Mountain Views News          Saturday, July 24, 2010

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Mountain Views News Saturday, July 24, 2010

PACCD Board President 
Bradbury-Huang Resigns


Sid Tyler Gets 
Park Named 
After Him

City Shows 
Public Art 
Some Love

 
The Pasadena Area 
Community College District 
Board of Trustees announced 
Tuesday that its president, Dr. 
Hilary Bradbury-Huang, will be 
leaving to accept the position of 
professor of management at the 
University of Oregon’s Health 
Sciences University (OHSU) in 
Portland. Her resignation was 
final Thursday. 

 Dr. Bradbury-Huang 
explained the decision-making 
behind this move started in 
the fall of 2009. “This was a 
tough decision for my husband 
and me. Transitioning our 
life and work to Portland and 
leaving the eternal sunlight 
of lovely Pasadena seemed at 
first unthinkable. But Portland 
made us an offer we couldn’t 
refuse.”

 Bradbury-Huang has served as 
president of the PACCD Board 
of Trustees since December 
2009. She was elected in 
November 2005 to represent 
Area 5, which includes the 
cities of South Pasadena, San 
Marino, and a large portion of 
Temple City. She was re-elected 
in August of 2009.

 Dr. Mark Rocha, 
superintendent/president of 
PCC, expressed gratitude on 
behalf of the entire faculty, 
staff, and students of PCC for 
Bradbury-Huang’s service to 
the college. 

 “In so many ways, trustee 
Bradbury-Huang has had a 
positive effect on the college 
and the community,” Rocha 
said. “She will be sorely missed. 
We are all deeply grateful for 
her service and wish her and 
her family all the best in their 
new adventure.”

 During her tenure as trustee, 
Bradbury-Huang oversaw the 
completion of many Measure P 
construction projects, including 
the Industrial Technologies 
Building, Bookstore, and 
Campus Center. She was also 
involved in the groundbreaking 
of the forthcoming PCC Center 
for the Arts.

 An environmentalist, 
Bradbury-Huang spoke to the 
board about sustainability issues 
at her first board meeting. She 
happily notes that these new 
practices (such as LEED) will 
be part of all ongoing building 
efforts at PCC.

 More recently, Bradbury-
Huang led the six month 
search that culminated in June 
2010 with the unanimous 
appointment of Dr. Rocha as 
PCC superintendent/president. 
Overall she hopes to be best 
remembered for emphasizing 
the unique needs of the Asian-
American student population at 
PCC, which also forms a large 
majority of constituents in the 
area she represented.

 Former Councilmember 
Sid Tyler saidlast week that 
he was surprised when he 
heard a landscaped median on 
Lakewood place could forever 
be known as “Sidney f. Tyler 
Park” in his honor. 

 “Tyler devoted much of his 
energy to the protection of 
trees, open space, and parks in

Pasadena,” Wrote 
Councilmember Terry Tornek 
in the formal request. “The 
dedication of this park, in his 
name, is well deserved.”

 The council voted 
unanimously July 12 in favor of 
the name after a motion to do 
so was made by Tornek. Mayor 
Bill Bogaard said it was an 
unusually rare opportunity for 
the council to give recognition 
to Tyler for serving the city for 
many years. 

 Tyler humbled himself 
saying there were many 
more deserving people in the 
community.

 “I hope that in spite of the 
budgetary crisis that we are in 
that we don’t lose sight of the 
opportunities as they come 
along in the future to acquire 
additional park space lands 
either as additional parts 
of existing parks or maybe 
even as new parks…” he said 
accepting the honor. “ 

 He added that he thought 
there was support in the city 
for acquiring new parks, “And 
I count myself as one of them,” 
he said. 

 Tornek, elected to the city 
council last year, replaced 
Tyler who chose to retire 
representing district 7. Tyler 
was first elected in 1997 
serving 12 years.

By Dean Lee

 The days of secretly sticking 
a giant haphazard 18-foot fork 
in the road are over as the city 
council voted Monday night to 
set up guideline surrounding 
a public art program that will 
allow 10 locations throughout 
the city for artists to temporally 
show off their works. 

 “Art should be fun” 
Councilmember Terry Tornek 
said. “There is a component to 
this that should be fun. I think 
that one of the reasons that 
that fork in the road, piece of 
guerrilla art, was so successful 
was because it was whimsical… 
you can do things if they’re 
transient in nature that you 
might not otherwise be willing 
to try.”

 Tornek suggested there never 
should have been an attempt 
to make the wooden fork 
permanent where Pasadena and 
St. John avenues divide. The 
site is now one of 10 locations 
making up phase one of the new 
public art exhibition program. 

 Under the guidelines artwork 
would be on display, at each 
site, for one year to 18 months 
said Cultural Affairs Manager 
Rochelle Branch. The fork in 
the road lasted nine months 
before Caltrans, who owns the 
property, requested it taken 
down.

 Bob Stane, owner of The Coffee 
Gallery Backstage in Altadena, 
along with what is now known 
as “The Fork in the Road Gang,” 
mounted a campaign to save the 
fork. 

 Stane said last month the fork 
could come back as part of this 
art program, which at the time 
he did not disclose calling it 
only “an idea the city has.”

 Branch said the program was 
intended to both, place existing 
loaned sculptural works on 
public view for a limited time 
and to invite local artists to 
create works for a specific 
site within a pre-determined 
timeframe. 

 She said the program is based 
on successful models launched 
in New York, Chicago, Santa 
Monica, Palm Desert and West 
Hollywood. 

 Each site will require the 
installation of cement pads and 
lighting from below to display 
the works. 

 According to Branch, all 
art, “will be juried by an 
independent panel of art 
professionals and community 
stakeholders which will make 
recommendations to the Arts 
and Culture Commission for 
approval. 

 Councilmember Steve 
Haderlein was the only no vote 
saying he thought the locations 
were not fairly distributed 
throughout the city.

 Only two of the locations will 
be in East Pasadena and two 
in Northwest Pasadena leaving 
six to be placed elsewhere 
something he said he could not 
support.

By Dean Lee

 Almost 24 hours after being 
sworn in as the city’s next police 
chief, Phillip Sanchez was out 
the next night meeting with 
residents, community leaders 
and city staff something he said 
he has been doing for the last 
three weeks. 

 Sanchez told a group of residents, 
during a District 1 town hall 
meeting at the Rose Bowl Media 
Room, that his days have been 
routine getting to Pasadena at 
5:30 a.m. working out, going 
through a series of meetings, 
and then leaving at 8:00 after 
doing paperwork. The meeting 
was held by Councilwoman 
Jacque Robinson. 

 When asked if he planned to 
move to Pasadena he made a 
deal, “if you think you have not 
seen enough of me within eight 
months, then we can talk about 
moving here.” 

 According to city documents 
Sanchez will make just over 
$212,000 a year. 

 He said being sworn July 12 was 
a humbling experience. 

 “What I thought was fascinating 
and profound was the number 
of community leaders that 
were there in attendance. What 
that signals to me, is a clear 
indication that the community 
wants to collaborate, they want 
me to invest in the future of 
Pasadena through integration 
and resource sharing, through 
open and honest dialog.”

 Chris Vicino, who had been 
acting interim police chief, said 
during the ceremony he would 
work with Sanchez stepping 
back into the position as Deputy 
Chief. 

 Vicino had started a series 
of community meetings, a 
partnership with the Western 
Justice Center on how to better 
communicate with the public 
over policing needs something 
Sanchez said Tuesday he planned 
to stay committed to. 

 The officer-involved shooting 
February 2009 of Leroy Barnes, 
a Northwest Pasadena resident, 
sparked the need for the 
meetings. Sanchez said the focus 
needs to me more on youth 
violence something that had 
been brought up at the time.

 Sanchez discussed budget 
cuts and freezing 14 positions 
of sworn officers saying it was 
the department’s contribution 
to help. He said their response 
capacity would not change. 

 He also said he thought 
predictive policing was the 
future of law enforcement, using 
statistical real-time data to show 
trends, and then better allocating 
resources to those trends.

 Councilwoman Margaret 
McAustin also hosted a town 
hall meeting for District 
2 Wednesday at Mt. Olive 
Lutheran Church where Sanchez 
again met with residents. He said 
he wanted to build trust between 
the police and community. 


Eatery Destroyed by Fire


Meeting to 
Focus On 
Safety Around 
Elementary 
School 

 Pasadena City Councilwoman 
Jacque Robinson will host a 
meeting Tuesday, July 27, from 
6 to 8 p.m. at Perry’s Joint, 2051 
Lincoln Ave. , to help residents 
address neighborhood safety 
issues in the area of Cleveland 
Elementary School .

 Presentations will be provided 
by Lt. Chris Russ of the 
Pasadena Police Department 
and representatives from the 
Neighborhood Connections 
Office of the Human Services 
and Recreation Department; 
residents will participate in 
problem-solving dialogs.

 Refreshments will be 
provided. Free parking is 
available on Lincoln Avenue 
and Montana Street .

 For more information 
contact District 1 Field 
Representative Tina Williams 
at (626) 744-4444 or district1@
cityofpasadena.net.

Sanchez Sworn In

New chief hits the 
ground running

Water rushes out of Plate 38 after firefighters put out a two- alarm 
fire destroying most of the building’s roof.

 Four days after the grand 
opening of the new restaurant 
Plate 38, the café was declared 
a major loss as a fire raged 
through the roof July 9 sending 
customers and employees 
running for safety.

 “We heard that insulation in the 
ceiling caught fire from sparks 
after someone was welding 
on the roof,” a small group of 
customers said standing outside 
the heavily damaged building 
on the corner of Sierra Madre 
and Colorado Boulevards. 

 According to firefighters on 
scene, they responded shortly 
after 11:00 a.m. to a ceiling 
fire. The fire raged for over an 
hour before being fully put out. 
Reports from a news helicopter 
show the fire visible for miles. 

 The intersection of Sierra 
Madre and Colorado was 
shutdown most of the 
afternoon. Two firefighters were 
injured, one heat related and 
the other for burns, according 
to fire officials.

 The café’s owner, Robert 
Humphreys, told reporters he 
planed to recover. 

 “Everyone was so exited and so 
happy,” he told KCAL 9 reporter 
Greg Mills. “And now it’s going 
to probably be another two or 
three months [before opening 
again]… we have about 30 
employees that are not going to 
be able to work here.” 

 Twelve customers were in the 
building when the fire started.

Pet of the 
Week

Thousands Sign Petition in Favor of Ice Rink


By Dean Lee

 Council member Steve Madison urged a large 
group of ice-skating enthusiasts last week to show 
up August 2, as the city council will once again 
discuss the id0ea of moving the Pasadena ice 
skating facility, currently set to close September 
of next year. 

“Community input means a lot at city hall,” 
Madison said. “The more input we have the 
better… so please come and let your voice be 
heard.” 

 Madison also made reference to 6,000 signatures 
gathered in support of a new rink. 

 “These signatures are great,” he said looking 
at the numerous 200-foot long sheets of paper 
unrolled by kids from the Pasadena Maple Leafs 
Hockey Team. “I’m told that something like one 
third of these are Pasadena residents, that’s an 
important point for the elected leaders in the city 
of Pasadena.” 

 The new plan would move the exiting facility 
to a temporary tent structure presently in the 
Pasadena Convention Center close to where the 
rink is now. Mike Ross, chief executive officer of 
the Pasadena Center Operating Company said the 
structure built three years ago and was designed 
to last 25 years. 

 The informal meeting was held in the structure. 
About 150 people attended. 

 Ross said if approved Aug. 2, the new facility 
could open before the existing rink closes. “We 
hope to have it open by August 2011,” he said. The 
project is estimated to cost $3 million. 

 Ross said he anticipated part of the cost would 
come from raising the rates at the rink although 
he also said only by a reasonable amount. When 
one person said she would support higher rates, 
the crowd broke out applauding. 

 It was also asked if funds could come from holding 
competitions now that the skating rink could be 
25 percent bigger allowing hockey leagues and 
championship figure skating matches. Ross said 
there would be seating for only about 100 people.

 Pasadena Maple Leafs Hockey Club President 
Lily Lieu said that was a minor detail. 

 “Hockey players, hockey parents, I think 
even figure skating families, we’re use to being 
adjustable and flexible,” she said. “We’re just glade 
to have the ice.”

Pool Safety Review Called 

 In light of today’s incident 
at Arcadia County Park 
, Supervisor Michael D. 
Antonovich will introduce 
a motion to direct the 
Departments of Parks and 
Recreation and Public Health 
to conduct a thorough 
investigation of all County 
public pools to identify and 
remove any conditions that 
may impact public safety. 
Antonovich’s motion will require 
a report back to the Board on 
current testing procedures 
of water and equipment, and 
recommendations to ensure 
water quality and safety in 
public pools. 

 Approximately a dozen 
swimmers at Arcadia County 
Park were evacuated today 
from the public pool due to a 
problem with the pool pump 
system that may have caused 
over-chlorination in the water.

 Robbie, an outgoing and 
friendly, two-year-old tabby 
is looking for a happy home. 
She loves attention and 
gets along with other cats. 
Robbie is already spayed 
and can go home with you 
today!

 The regular cat adoption 
fee is $70 which includes 
the spay or neuter surgery, 
microchip, vaccinations, 
and a free follow-up health 
check at a participating vet.

 Please call 626-792-7151 
and ask about A270981 
or come to the Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA, 
361 S. Raymond Ave , 
Pasadena CA , 91105. 

 Our adoption hours are 
11-3 Sunday, 9-4 Tuesday, 
Wednesday, Thursday, and 
Friday, and 9-3 Saturday. 
Directions and photos of 
all pets updated hourly 
may be found at www.
pasadenahumane.org

Citizen Journalism Boot Camp 

 


 
Get hands-on multimedia 
journalism training! What 
makes news? Is it better to 
use a video instead of a still 
photo? How can I get this 
story out?

 Pasadena Community 
Network and this newspaper 
are holding a seminar on 
Citizen Journalism. Putting 
the news in your hands. 
Learn how to find the story, 
the tools needed to capture 
the story and the means to 
tell the story using the power 
of video, audio and print 
along with the internet. Free 
orientation August 11, class 
from 11a.m.- 1p.m. at the 
PCN studios 2061 N. Los 
Robles Ave. #109. For more 
info contact Aaron Wheeler 
(626) 794-8585. Cost of the 
six week camp is $10 which 
covers all instructional 
materials and equipment. 

 Learn not just how 
to blog but how to 
report the news


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