{"id":75158,"date":"2016-12-21T13:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T21:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=75158"},"modified":"2016-12-28T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T20:06:39","slug":"chimbole-statue-moving-to-new-home-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/12\/21\/chimbole-statue-moving-to-new-home-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Chimbole statue moving to new home in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_75159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75159\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75159 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Chimbole-statue-moving-2-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"The statue will be cleaned, repaired and powder coated, city officials said. [Contributed]\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Chimbole-statue-moving-2-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Chimbole-statue-moving-2.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The statue will be cleaned, repaired and powder coated, city officials said. [Contributed]<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PALMDALE \u2013 A life-sized bronze statue of Palmdale\u2019s first mayor, <\/span><b>Larry Chimbole<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will have a new home inside the Chimbole Cultural Center at the Palmdale Civic Center in January of 2017, according to city officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statue was unveiled in Poncitl\u00e1n Square in October 2015 by a grassroots group of Antelope Valley residents called the Local Legends Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn order to protect and preserve the statue and bench, we\u2019re removing them and having them cleaned, repaired and powder coated at our maintenance yard,\u201d said Palmdale City Manager Jim Purtee. \u00a0\u201cAfter the holidays they\u2019ll be placed in the lobby of the Chimbole Center to greet patrons entering the center that bears Larry\u2019s name.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere have been past attempts to steal and vandalize the statue,\u201d Purtee continued. \u201cIn the new location, the statue will be protected from the elements and remain available for future generations to enjoy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 200 people witnessed the unveiling of the statue, entitled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe First Mayor,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which depicts Chimbole seated on a bench with one arm resting atop the back of the bench to encourage visitors to sit and visit with a \u201clocal legend.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the 50 Grand Men who helped incorporate the City of Palmdale, Chimbole also served in World War II, was the City\u2019s first mayor and represented the Antelope Valley as a State Assemblyman. \u00a0He passed away on Nov. 10, 2015.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe First Mayor\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> statue also had much local flavor in its creation. Antelope Valley resident and artist David Arroyo sketched the concept drawing, sculptor Michael DeMedina created the statue, steel fabricator Tony Murachanian created the steel bench upon which the statue sits, and powder coater John Perez colored the bench green to match the existing color-theme of Poncitl\u00e1n Square. Palmdale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Works employees assisted in placing the statue.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\f<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 A life-sized bronze statue of Palmdale\u2019s first mayor, Larry Chimbole, will have a new home inside the Chimbole Cultural Center at the Palmdale Civic Center in January of 2017, according to city officials. The statue was unveiled in Poncitl\u00e1n Square in October 2015 by a grassroots group of Antelope Valley residents called the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}