Mountain Views News          Saturday, October 2, 2010

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 Mountain Views News Saturday, October 2, 2010 

Funds 
Approved 
for Rotating 
Public Art 
Exhibition 
Program


Getting Ready for 
the Big ShakeOut

By Dean Lee

 

 This is one earthquake that 
can be predicted, or at least 
simulated. 

 On October 21, at exactly 
10:21 a.m. a hypothetical 
large magnitude earthquake, 
designed by geologists, 
will help show what would 
happen if the “big one” 
strikes southern California. 
Scientists say that California 
has a 99.7 percent chance of 
having a magnitude 6.7 or 
larger earthquake during the 
next 30 years. 

 The Great California 
ShakeOut, held on the 
third Thursday of October 
each year, is the way to 
raise earthquake awareness 
organizers said, and to 
encourage preparedness as 
well as participation in the 
“Drop, Cover and Hold On” 
statewide drill. 

 According to the website 
shakeout.org, over 6.2 
million people are currently 
registered to participate. The 
ShakeOut drill simulates a 
7.8 magnitude earthquake 
along the San Andreas, 
a right-lateral strike-slip 
fault forming the tectonic 
boundary between the 
Pacific and the North 
American Plates. 

 In this simulation, 
seismologists say deep-
rolling seismic waves could 
move nearly 200 miles across 
the Southern California 
landscape, leaving a wake of 
devastation. 

 According to a recent 
UCLA study, discussed 
Thursday by USGS Chief 
Scientist of Multi-Hazard 
Demonstration Project Lucy 
Jones, most Californians in 
high risk areas are not taking 
the necessary steps to get 
ready. 

 Jones, firefighters, 
Urban Search and Rescue 
teams, and other experts 
demonstrated earthquake 
preparedness and addressed 
misunderstandings and 
confusions through hands-
on activities showing what 
everyone can do to protect 
their homes, practice drills, 
and teach how to react 
during an earthquake. 

 Organizers said the event 
Thursday morning at the 
LA Country Fire Training 
Facility was a sneak-peek in 
advance of the ShakeOut.

 To learn more or sign up, go 
to: shakeout.org.

By Dean Lee

 The city council Monday 
night approved $125,000 
towards the creation of the 
city’s new Rotating Public Art 
Exhibition program set to 
begin early next year. Phase I 
of the project will include 10 
city-owned sites for display.

 Council members made 
no comments before the 
unanimous approval although 
there had been a lengthy 
conversation about the project 
at a June 19 meeting. At that 
time, Cultural Affairs Manager 
Rochelle Branch gave an 
overview of the plan.

 The program was inspired by 
the mysteriously appearance 
of an 18 foot tall fork in the 
road, last year Halloween. 
The intersection of Pasadena 
and St. John’s Avenues, where 
the fork in the road stood for 
eight months is one of the 
proposed locations for the 
Rotating Public Art Exhibition 
program.

 Other locations include, the 
fork at Walnut and Foothill, 
200 E. Washington, Sunset 
Avenue and Mountain Street, 
The Sierra Madre Blvd. 
median, 103 N. Catalina, 1199 
Fair Oaks, the Bonnie Avenue 
Parkway setback and Lake 
Avenue at the Lakewood Place 
median.

 The proposed sites will 
include community meetings 
to explain the program Branch 
said. 

 According to city staff, 
artwork will be exhibited for 
a temporary period of 12 to 
18 months. Artwork will be 
solicited through a request 
for proposal process. All 
submissions 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 Branch said. 

 Councilmember 
Steve Haderlein and 
Councilmember Jacque 
Robinson both said they were 
concerned with the number 
of art pieces to be placed in 
East Pasadena and Northwest 
Pasadena. In June Haderlein 
voted against the project.

Wiggle Waggle Goes to the Dogs

 

 The Pasadena Humane 
Society estimated thousands 
of people walked their 
dogs around the Rose Bowl 
Saturday morning as part 
of this year’s Wiggle Waggle 
Walk. The event started with 
a proclamation declaring 
Sept, 26 Animals Companion 
Day.

 “Today we celebrate Wiggle 
Waggle Walk and come 
together in a day of unity 
between men and woman and 
their best friend, to promote 
the enriching experience 
between the bond between 
animal and humans,” Mayor 
Bill Bogaard said as he made 
the proclamation. Steven 
McNall President/CEO of the 
Pasadena Humane Society 
& SPCA also welcomed 
everyone to the event before 
leading the walk in an official 
pace car. 

 Within minutes of starting 
the walk, many dog owners 
stopped at nearby drinking 
fountains as the temperature 
reached over 100 degrees. 

 There were two routes with 
the longer approximately 
3.2 miles, which followed 
a counter-clockwise loop 
around the Rose Bowl. The 
shorter route measured 
slightly less than one mile. 
Although taking the longer 
route was popular, so was 
carrying the dogs as many 
picked up there worn out, 
panting pooches, some just 
minutes into the event. Ricky 
Whitman, spokeswoman 
for the Pasadena Humane 
Society, said they hit this 
year’s fundraising goal of 
$300,000. 

 Team Punk Rock Rovers, 
for the fourth year in a row, 
were again the top fundraiser 
raising $23,000. The team 
originally had a goal set at 
30,000.

 The event is the Pasadena 
Humane Society’s largest 
fundraising event of the year 
with all the money going to 
save the lives of animals at 
the local shelter.

 The walk was followed 
by the Muttley Crew’s dog 
agility show; the Pasadena 
and Glendale Police K-9 
Units also demonstrated 
their skills.


San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, aerial view from 8500 
feet altitude

Get Up and 
Moving 
with Mayor 
Bill Bogaard

Artnight Pasadena Has 
Something for Everyone

Citizen Journalism Meet-up

 

 

 

 The Pasadena Community 
Network and this newspaper 
are holding a workshop on 
Citizen Journalism. 

 This group is the place where 
aspiring journalists can learn 
from trained professionals 
and support their local 
community by covering 
what’s really happening in 
their neighborhoods.

 We will put 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 online social media 
The next meeting will be 
October 5, from 6 to 8p.m. 
at the Pasadena Community 
Network - Studio G, 2057 N. 
Los Robles Ave.

 For more info call 
626.794.8585 or visit 
pasadenan.ning.com.

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

 
ArtNight Pasadena on Friday, 
Oct. 8, from 6 to 10 p.m. will 
have something for every taste 
when 14 of the community’s 
most prominent arts and 
culture institutions open their 
doors for free.

 Visitors also have a choice in 
transportation: Metro Gold 
Line, walking, bicycling tour 
or free shuttle buses available at 
each of the venues.

 ArtNight Pasadena’s featured 
exhibitions and performances 
include: Alliance Française de 
Pasadena, Armory Center for 
the Arts, Art Center College 
of Design, Kidspace Children’s 
Museum, Lineage Performing 
Arts Center, Norton Simon 
Museum of Art, One Colorado, 
Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena 
City College, Pasadena Museum 
of California Art, Pasadena 
Museum of History, Pasadena 
Central Library, Pasadena 
Symphony and the Shumei Arts 
Council 

 For more information call the 
ArtNight Pasadena Hotline at 
(626) 744-7887 or visit www.
artnightpasadena.org. For 
accessibility information or 
written materials in alternative 
formats, call (626) 744-7249. 
To join ArtNight bicycle tours 
visit www.cicle.org.

 Pasadena Mayor Bill 
Bogaard, along with board 
members and staff of the 
Pasadena Symphony and 
Pasadena Pops, will lead a 
3.3-mile walk around the 
Rose Bowl Loop at 7:30 a.m. 
Wednesday, Oct. 6, as part 
of Up & Moving Pasadena.

 The Pasadena Symphony 
and Pasadena Pops offer 
a full spectrum of live 
concerts throughout the 
year.

 Meet at Gate A at the 
stadium. Free parking is 
available. All levels of ability 
will be accommodated.

 Up & Moving Pasadena 
is a community effort to 
support fitness for health. 
Walks are scheduled the 
first Wednesday of every 
month except January. 

 Find walking tips, start 
a walking group and track 
your progress at www.
upandmoving.org or call 
(626) 831-2980.

Angelica

Pet of the 
Week


Budget Meeting on Potential 
Impacts to City Services

Villa Parke Branch Library 
to Host Open House

 The Pasadena City Council 
adopted an operating budget 
in June for the current fiscal 
year but there is still work to 
do. 

 What are the most important 
priorities for Pasadena? 
What levels of service at 
libraries, community centers, 
parks and fire stations are 
acceptable? Should fewer 
employees be providing 
these services? 

 Pasadena residents, 
business owners and other 
stakeholders are invited to 
provide input on these and 
other budget-related issues 
during a series of interactive 
community workshops. 

 The first, on Tuesday, 
Oct. 12, will be hosted by 
Councilwoman Jacque 
Robinson and Councilman 
Chris Holden, representing 
Districts 1 and 3 respectively. 
This meeting will begin at 
6:30 p.m. at La Pintoresca 
Branch Library, 1355 N. 
Raymond Ave. 

 Subsequent workshops are 
scheduled as follows: 

 -Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 
p.m. in the cafeteria at Wilson 
Middle School, 300 Madre 
St., hosted by Councilmen 
Steve Haderlein and Terry 
Tornek, representing 
Districts 4 and 7; 

 -Thursday, Oct. 21, at 
6:30 p.m. at Santa Catalina 
Branch Library, 999 E. 
Washington Blvd., hosted 
by Councilwoman Margaret 
McAustin and Vice Mayor 
Victor Gordo, representing 
Districts 2 and 5; 

 -Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 
6:30 p.m. in the Crawford 
Family Forum at Southern 
California Public Radio, 
474 S. Raymond Ave., 
hosted by Councilmen Steve 
Madison and Terry Tornek, 
representing Districts 6 and 
7. 

 For geographic purposes, 
District 7 residents have two 
opportunities to attend a 
workshop and are invited to 
choose the one that is most 
convenient. 

 “It is my hope that the 
community will be part of this 
very important discussion,” 
said City Manager Michael 
J. Beck. “It is vital for the 
opinions of residents and 
others to be heard as we 
move forward with difficult 
budget decisions.” 

 During the workshops the 
community will receive an 
overview of the top 10 direct-
service programs financed 
by the General Fund and will 
be asked to provide input 
on service levels in light 
of the city’s critical budget 
challenges. 

 For more information call 
(626) 744-4355.

 

Villa Parke Branch Library 
will hold an Open House for 
the public on Wednesday, 
October 6 from 2 to 6 p.m. 
Come, meet and greet 
library staff. Discover new 
materials, resources and 
services available to you! 
Pick up a free book! 

 Meet our Park Safety 
Specialists and learn what 
they do. Enjoy performances 
by local Folklorico dancers. 

 Villa Parke Branch Library 
is located at the Villa Parke 
Community Center , 363 E. 
Villa St. , Second Floor. For 
more information call (626) 
744-6510.

Library to 
Test Instant 
Message 
Service

 Angelica, a three year old, 
spayed female cat is calm 
but also loves to play with 
toys. She especially favors 
the fishing pole type. She 
will chase the toy around 
the room and even jump in 
the air to catch it. Angelica 
gets along with other cats 
and is ready to 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 A273759 
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

Region gets Emergency 
Communications Grant

 Supervisor Michael 
Antonovich joined with 
local officials in praising 
a $155 million grant from 
the Federal Government 
for the Los Angeles 
Regional Interoperable 
Communications System 
(LA-RICS) -- a modern, 
integrated wireless voice and 
data communications system 
that will support more than 
34,000 first responders 
and local mission-critical 
personnel within the region. 
Additionally, the system will 
also support interoperability 
with State and Federal 
Agencies, such as the 
California Highway Patrol 
and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation.

 “Los Angeles County 
is home to 88 cities, 
134 unincorporated 
communities, 50 law 
enforcement agencies and 
31 fire service agencies,” 
said Antonovich. “This 
system will enable agencies 
to communicate across 
different jurisdictions with 
one voice.”

 “With 85 members, 
including over 80 of our 88 
cities, LA-RICS is a model 
for our state and the nation 
in terms of its size and 
scope,” he added. “With this 
$155 million dollar down 
payment from the federal 
government we urge the City 
of Los Angeles to be an equal 
player and join the county in 
its financial investment into 
operations of the LA-RICS 
JPA as we move forward.”

 The system is estimated to 
complete in 3-5 years with a 
total cost at $700 million.

 Pasadena Public Library 
will host a new Instant 
Messenger service for a 
testing period; Tuesdays, 
Wednesdays and Thursdays 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Now 
you can Instant Message 
(IM) your Instant Librarian 
(IL). Text your question 
to (626) 394-4019 or add 
the library to your buddy 
list as “askpasadenalib.” 
Chat from your phone 
or from your computer. 
IL is available on MSN 
Messenger, Google Talk, 
AIM and Yahoo Messenger. 
Answers are free, check 
with your service provider 
for costs to send or receive 
text message. 

 For more information go to 
http://pasadenapubliclibrary.
net/ask/.

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