Mountain Views News          Saturday, January 8, 2011

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Mountain Views News Saturday, January 8, 2011 

Assistance League® of Arcadia Receives $50,000

Thursday Garden Talks with Lili Singer

WINTER 2011: 8 Thursdays: January 6 – February 26

9:30am–Noon / Palm Room

(Please note special times for field trips, which are self-driven 
and require pre-registration)

$100 for the series, $20 per class / Reservations or you may pay 
at the door: 

Information and registration: 626.821.4623 or jill.berry@arboretum.
org

January 13 The Native Flower Garden with Susan Van Atta 

This inspiring talk profiles colorful native plants in fabulous combinations 
and locations, from habitat restoration to urban gardens 
and campuses. Susan is a Santa-Barbara based landscape architect. 
Her award-winning designs pay careful attention to form 
and detail, as well as “making places better” by regenerating the 
land, engaging the public and promoting health for both people 
and the environment. Following the lecture, Susan will sign her 
new book, The Southern California Native Flower Garden, a 
beautifully illustrated and fun-to-use guide to plant selection. 

January 20 Recycling in the Garden with Yvonne Savio 

Go really green in your garden! Join Yvonne Savio, manager of 
the University of California Cooperative Extension Common 
Ground Garden Program in Los Angeles County, and most recently 
the Southern California Horticultural Society’s 2010 Horticulturist 
of the Year, for a showing of the “California’s Green” 
program of Huell Howser’s visit to her garden and a stimulating 
discussion of the many ways that household throwaways can be 
used as garden tools in home and community. 

January 27 Field Trip: Four Westside Gardens by Susanne Jett 
10:00 a.m-1:00 p.m. 

Traveling from the Pacific Palisades to Mar Vista to the Robertson 
district, we’ll visit four residential gardens of varying sizes, 
styles and ages – each with its own stunning mix of native, South 
African and other Mediterranean-climate plants. Susanne, owner 
of Jettscapes Landscape (jettscapes.com), has been designing 
and installing environmentally sensitive gardens in the Southern 
California area for nearly three decades. Since 1989, as landscape 
consultant to the City of Santa Monica, she has designed and coordinated 
four public demonstration gardens. Pre-registration 
required.

Monthly Family 
Fun Nights 

Join in for an evening of 
stories, crafts, games and 
surprises just right for the 
whole family. Thursdays, 
January 6, February 10, 
and March 3; 6:30 p.m. No 
registration necessary. The 
Arcadia Public Library is 
located at 20 W. Duarte 
Rd. Arcadia. For more 
information, please call 

(626) 821-5566.

Arcadia, CA,—Assistance League of Arcadia 
(www.alarcadia.org) was the recipient of a 
$50,000 donation from Chino Valley Ranchers 
(www.chinovalleyranchers.com) to be used to 
enhance and expand the Arcadia chapter’s philanthropic 
programs. The donation was presented 
to Shelly Romo, Assistance League of Arcadia 
President, by Kathy Nichols, co-owner of Chino 
Valley Ranchers, at the December membership 
meeting and luncheon. 

Chino Valley Ranchers has been donating to a 
charity a percentage of every Chino Valley Organic 
egg sold since the inception of their organic 
egg sales in 1993. Kathy Nichols explained why 
they chose Assistance League of Arcadia. “We 
(Chino Valley Ranchers) recently ended our relationship 
with the charity we had been supporting 
and did a lot of research on other charities. We 
wanted to make sure our donation went to an organization 
that actually used the majority of the 
funds to support the community.”

Assistance League of Arcadia develops and 
funds programs that make it possible for school 
children in need to concentrate on academics 
by providing proper clothing and supplies; for 
seniors and visually impaired the opportunity 
to gather and socialize; for the education of elementary 
students with puppet shows about the 
dangers of smoking, bullying, disabilities, as well 
as the importance of healthy eating; and for new 
mothers to receive much needed supplies and 
clothing for their newborns. Assistance League 
of Arcadia serves the communities of Arcadia, 
Monrovia, Duarte, Temple City, Alhambra, and 
Rosemead.

For more information about Assistance League 
of Arcadia’s philanthropic programs and membership 
opportunities visit www.ALArcadia.org


APARTMENT FOR RENT

753D Arcadia Ave 
Arcadia

1 BR Refrigerator/Stove 
A/C - Carport 

$1095 per month 

 Call 626-893-0473

Immediate Action Needed to Save 

Sycamore Oak Woodland in Arcadia!

Recreation and 
Community Services 
Department New 
2011 Winter Classes!

This winter the City of 
Arcadia Recreation and 
Community Services 
Department is offering a 
variety of new classes for 
youth, adults and adults 
over 50 years of age. For 
youth we have Parent and 
Me Ceramics; Introduction 
to Tap; and Improv and 
Debate for Kids. For adults 
and adults 50+ we have 
Cooking; Pajama Bottoms 
Sewing Class; Brazillian 
Self Defense; Kinetic Tai 
Chi; Zumba Gold and 
Hoopnotics. You can register 
now on-line, by mail or in 
person! For times, location 
and fees go on-line to the 
City of Arcadia’s website: 
www.ci.arcadia.ca.us, to 
download the registration 
form or stop by the office, 
375 Campus Drive, Arcadia, 
CA 91007. 

 For more information please 
call 626.574.5113!

This 11-acre sycamore oak woodland is slated 
for destruction. LA County Public Works Department 
has approvals and permits to destroy 
this woodland habitat to create a disposal site 
for sediment removed from behind Santa Anita 
Dam. On the recommendation of Supervisor Antonovich, 
on December 7th the Board of Supervisors 
authorized a 30-day moratorium on tree removals, 
which was originally scheduled to begin 
on December 13th. This moratorium will expire 
on January 6th!

Please immediately voice your opposition to 
this oak woodland destruction by communicating 
your concerns to Supervisor Antonovich and 
your local newspaper/radio/television station. 
Removal of the sycamore/oak woodland to create 
a sediment disposal site is a short-term solution 
to a long-term problem. Sedimentation will continue 
to occur indefinitely until foothill dams are 
removed, an unlikely occurrence. However, other 
locations exist to place sediment that does not involve 
removal of trees.

The sycamore/oak woodland provides water 
storage, pollution filtration and carbon sequestration 
benefits to the community. Woodlands 
provide ecosystem services including (but not 
limited to) intercepting rainfall and storing it underground; 
filtering particulates and other pollutants; 
and sequestering carbon dioxide from 
the atmosphere. (One large tree can store 10,000 
lbs of carbon dioxide) Residents of the local community 
lose these benefits if woodland loss at this 
location is mitigated off-site. In addition, it would 
take many years for nearby mitigation plantings 
to create similar benefits to those which this mature 
woodland provides.

This is an intact, functional and dynamic ecosystem. 
The ecological functions of groundwate 
storage, shade, habitat, nutrient cycling, carbon 
sequestration and wind/noise/dust abatement are 
occurring in this self-sustaining and regenerating 
woodland, which is not severely degraded as the 
project Environmental Impact Report suggests.

The area has potential to become a recreation 
corridor for activities such as hiking and 
mountain biking. Although a public hiking trail 
through this area from Arcadia to the Angeles 
National Forest is shown on some maps, the area 
is currently fenced off from public use.

There is a need for coordination between the 
County’s Departments of Public Works and Regional 
Planning. The Regional Planning Department 
is currently working with the Los Angeles 
County Oak Woodland Habitat Conservation 
Strategic Alliance, a group of tree and biological 
professionals, to develop oak woodland preservation 
and enhancement policies to meet the 
requirements of the California Oak Woodlands 
Conservation Act (SB 1334). The Department of

Public Works should join in this effort.

For updates regarding the campaign to save 
the Arcadia Oak Woodlands, visit www.angeles.
sierraclub.org/pasadena and www.arcadiapatch.
com.

Kindergarten 
Information Night at 
St. Luke School 

St. Luke School, Temple City, will hold a Kindergarten 
Information Night on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 7:00 
PM in the school library. Parents with children who will 
be starting kindergarten in September 2011 are invited to 
attend.

Parents attending this informational meeting will find 
out why a Catholic education is an investment for life and 
what St. Luke School has to offer children and families, 
both academically and spiritually. In addition to getting a 
first-hand look into the kindergarten experience, parents 
will be able to have their questions answered regarding the 
registration process, curriculum, extra curricular activities 
and the benefits of attending St. Luke School. Additional 
information is available at the school’s website, www.
stlukelions.org

St. Luke School is located at 5521 North Cloverly Avenue, 
Temple City, CA 91780. Established in 1947, St. Luke 
School has a reputation for excellence that provides a 
strong academic and spiritual foundation for children 
from Kindergarten through 8th grade. The school is fully 
accredited and certified.

Sled Dogs 

Coming to the 
Arcadia Public 
Library!

On Saturday, January 22 at 
2:30 p.m. come join the fun and 
learn what it would be like to 
lead your own dog sled team. 
Come meet the mushers of Adventure 
Quest! Learn about life 
on the Iditarod and meet the 
four-legged members of Southern 
California’s only competitive 
dog racing team. 

For more information, please 
call (626) 821-5566 or visit online 
at http://library.ci.arcadia.
ca.us . For more upcoming fun 
programs, follow us on Facebook 
and Twitter too.

The Arcadia Public Library 
is located at 20 W. Duarte Rd. 
Arcadia

Arcadia Police Blotter

For the period of Sunday, December 26, 
through Saturday, January 1, the Police Department 
responded to 808 calls for service of which 
138 required formal investigations. The following 
is a summary report of the major incidents 
handled by the Department during this period.

Sunday, December 26:

1. Between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., an auto 
burglary occurred at the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter Day Saints, 170 West Duarte. Unknown 
suspect(s) smashed a car window and 
stole the victim’s designer handbag, credit cards, 
bank checks, and cash. The suspect(s) then used 
a stolen credit card to make a gasoline purchase 
in El Monte.

2. Units responded to Sport Chalet around 
12:24 p.m. in reference to a man detained for 
theft. The suspect used pliers to remove electronic 
sensors from two pairs of football gloves. 
He concealed the gloves in his pocket and tried 
leaving the store without paying for them. A private 
person’s arrest was made, and a 22-year-old 
Caucasian was taken into custody for commercial 
burglary and possession of burglary tool.

Monday, December 27:

3. A victim came to the station to report a 
fraud that occurred between October 19 and 
December 6. Unknown suspect(s) obtained the 
victim’s bank account information by unknown 
means and made fraudulent transactions totaling 
about $8500.

4. Around 1:42 p.m., a victim came to the station 
to file a fraud report. She received a call 
from the Old Navy/Gap fraud department and 
was advised that an account was opened using 
her personal information on December 26, and 
the unknown suspect(s) made online purchases 
of almost $800.

Tuesday, December 28:

5. Between 6:30 p.m. on December 27 and 
8:01 a.m. on December 28, a white flatbed truck 
was stolen from the racetrack.

6. Units responded to a solo traffic accident 
at Orange Grove and Oakwood around 11:18 
p.m. An intoxicated 39-year-old male Caucasian 
driver lost control of his vehicle and struck 
a tree and several trash cans.

Wednesday, December 29:

7. A 2007 blue and white Toyota FJ Cruiser 
was stolen from the 2400 block of South Baldwin 
between 11:00 p.m. on December 28 and 
8:17 a.m. on December 29.

8. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., officers were dispatched 
to AMH regarding an assault victim being 
treated at the hospital. The victim advised 
that two male Hispanic suspects stole bottles of 
alcohol at Rite Aid, 39 Las Tunas, where he is 
employed. When the suspects were confronted, 
one suspect jabbed the victim’s face with a bottle 
causing a laceration to his face. The victim tackled 
the suspect to the ground, but both suspects 
were able to get away.

Thursday, December 30:

9. A theft from a storage unit in the 700 block 
of South Old Ranch occurred between 9:00 p.m. 
on December 29 and 8:00 a.m. on December 30. 
Unknown suspect(s) removed a lock and stole a 
box containing swords, knives, and axes worth 
over $3000.

10. Shortly before midnight, a car was stolen 
from the 76 gas station located at 701 West Huntington. 
While the victim was filling his tire 
with air, a male Caucasian, 40’s with gray hair 
and gray goatee, entered the running vehicle 
and drove away. The victim tried to stop the 
suspect by opening the passenger door but fell 
to the ground when the handle broke off. An 
area search was conducted, but the suspect was 
not found.

Friday, December 31:

11. A residential hot prowl occurred in the 
800 block of West Duarte between 10:03 p.m. 
and 10:09 p.m. A male African-American suspect, 
20’s, 5’9”, entered the house by prying open 
a bedroom window. He fled through the front 
door when he saw an eight-year-old resident. 

12. Around 9:53 p.m., a traffic stop was initiated 
at Live Oak and Second for a moving violation. 
Three male occupants were contacted, 
and record checks revealed that the 42-year-old 
Caucasian driver had a suspended/revoked license 
so he was cited and released at the scene. 
A 41-year-old Caucasian passenger was found in 
possession of a baggie of marijuana and a baggie 
of cocaine, and he was taken into custody.

Saturday, January 1:

13. While APD officers were working a DUI 
checkpoint in Baldwin Park around 1:00 a.m., a 
driver in a blacked-out vehicle, going the wrong 
way, tried to avoid the checkpoint. The driver 
failed to yield to officers and a short pursuit ensued. 
An intoxicated 43-year-old male Hispanic 
was located at his residence, and he was belligerent 
and resisted arrest. When he was finally 
handcuffed and placed inside a patrol unit, he 
continued to violently kick the seats.

14. A traffic stop was conducted at Colorado 
and Old Ranch around 11:46 p.m. when officers 
observed a car swerving and crossing over the 
double yellow lines. A 51-year-old male Caucasian 
was arrested for DUI.

ARCADIA ROAD 

INFORMATION 

Santa Anita Avenue 

Santa Anita Avenue from Camino Real to Longden Avenue, 
Duarte Road to Christina Street and Foothill Boulevard to the 
210 freeway are being rehabilitated. Damaged concrete will be 
repaired, a signal communication line and new signal poles are 
being installed, the surface of pavement will be removed and 
the roadway repaved. Work hours are from 7:00am to 5:00pm 
through January 14. Motorists can expect to see traffic control 
devices, lane losures, equipment operations, materials on the 
street, driveway and sidewalk closures. Possible delays may occur 
when traveling through the area. 

Railroad Bridge Retrofit - Huntington Drive and Second Avenue

 Beginning on January 3, Los Angeles County will be seismically 
retrofitting the railroad bridge crossing at Huntington Drive and 
Second Avenue. The project will take 14 weeks to complete and 
will be divided into 2 work periods for each abutment. For one 
7-week period, westbound Huntington Drive will be reduced to 
one lane and for the other 7-week period, eastbound Huntington 
Drive will be reduced to one lane. If you would like a more 
detailed construction schedule, or if you have questions about 
this project, please contact Neil Munaweera of the Los Angeles 
County Department of Public Works at (626) 458-4952; refer 
to Project ID #RDC0011732. Office hours are from 7:00am to 
5:30pm Monday through Thursday. 

Gaming 
Unplugged

The popular board game returns 
to the Arcadia Public Library 
with old and new favorites 
on January 26 from 3:00 p.m. to 
6:00 p.m. exclusively for high 
school students. Come and get 
your game on. 

The Arcadia Public Library 
is located at 20 W. Duarte Rd. 
For more information check out 
the Library’s website at http://
library.ci.arcadia.ca.us or call 
(626) 821-5569. For more upcoming 
events, follow us on 
Twitter or Facebook.

LAWN BOWLERS PAIR OFF ON THE GREENS

January 6th the Santa Anita Bowling Green Club held 
their first Floy Torvid Tournament of the New Year, between 
the rain storms. Beaming with pride for winning 
two games in the Floy Torvid Pairs Tournament 
against seven other teams are Rose Blennov (L) and 
Margi Rambo (R) who really enjoy the sport of lawn 
bowling.

Photo by Gene Plunkett


Will Read For 
Chocolate!

A special storytime on Saturday, 
January 29 at 3:30 p.m. 
filled with everyone’s favorite 
candy. Join us for chocolate stories, 
sweet songs and make an 
amazing craft to take home. All 
ages welcome and no prior registration 
required. 

For more information, please 
call (626) 821-5566 or visit the 
Arcadia Public Library’s website 
at http://library.ci.arcadia.ca.us . 

You can also follow the Library 
on Facebook and Twitter 
too. The Arcadia Public Library 
is located at 20 W. Duarte Rd. 
Arcadia.