Mountain Views News          Saturday, February 12, 2011

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, February 12, 2011 

ANNUAL SIERRA MADRE 

HISTORICAL PRESERVATION 
SOCIETY FEATURES DAN 
RICHTER

 Dan Richter is best known 
as Moonwatcher the man-
ape in the opening sequence 
of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: 
A Space Odyssey” which he 
also choreographed. Dan has 
had a long career as a mime, 
choreographer, actor, director, 
producer, memoirist, and 
for two decades a Hollywood 
executive. Dan will be the 
guest speaker at the SMHPS 
Annual Program meeting on 
Thursday, February 17 at 6:30 
pm in Hartzel Hall at Sierra 
Madre United Methodist 
Church, 695 W. Sierra Madre 
Blvd. (parking lot entrance is 
on Michillinda).

Dan’s talk “Why I Love the 
Mt. Wilson Trail!” will be the 
main program and will explore 
Dan’s battle with cancer 
and the part walking the trail 
daily played in his recovery. 
This is sure to be an engaging 
program by a warm, humorous 
man.

Dan currently lives in Sierra 
Madre, where he volunteers 
on weekends doing 
trail maintenance and has 
been leading Sierra Club 
mountaineering trips since 
1991 and teaches courses 
on rock climbing and 
mountaineering. 

 

Admission is free and light 
refreshments will be served.

 

www.danrichter.com

www.smhps.org

CITY OF SIERRA MADRE 
CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings listed below are held at City Hall 232 
W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 626-355-7135

NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING:

February 22, 2011 6:30 pm

Arts Commission - 2nd Wednesday @ 6:30

Community Services - 3rd Monday @ 6:00

Library Trustees - 4th Wednesday @ 7:00

Planning Commission - 1st & 3rd Thursdays 7:00

Senior Community - 1st Thursday @ 3:00

Tree Advisory - 3rd Wednesday @ 7:00

February 12, 2011 

Parks and Facilities Master Plan Committee

Special Joint Meeting with Community Services

9:00 AM – Community Recreation Center

SIERRA MADRE WOMAN’S 
CLUB OFFERS SCHOLARHIP 
OPPORTUNITIES

Who is Sierra Madre's student poet? Student visual 
artist? Student photographer? Student singer or 
instrumentalist? Sierra Madre Woman's Club invites 
these students to show their talent by entering 
SMWC's competition. ART and Photographs must be 
submitted February 23rd at 550 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 

 First Place winners receive gift cards and go on to 
statewide competition. Music Performance winners 
receive $500.00 scholarships. SMWC also offers Academic 
Scholarships to graduating students continuing 
on to college. Last year three local students received 
$6,00.00 total in academic scholarships.

Please inquire at smwcfinearts@charter.net


SIERRA MADRE HEALTHY FAMILY 
FUN AND WALK WITH THE MAYOR 

The Community and Personnel Services Department will be 
starting the Healthy Family Fun program again for 2011! The 
Healthy Family Fun program focuses on monthly outdoor 
activities for families to enjoy together. Such activities will 
include: the Huck Finn Fishing Derby, Mount Wilson Trail 
Race Kids Fun Run, Capture the Flag, Historic Bike Ride 
and a monthly Walk with the Mayor just to name a few. 

The Walk with the Mayor will begin on Saturday, March 
5, 2011. Each Walk with the Mayor will be held the first 
Saturday of every month in 2011. Please meet at Sierra Vista 
Park at 9:00am for a stroll with Sierra Madre Mayor Joe 
Mosca for the March activity. There is no need to register 
for the activity, just show up with your walking shoes and 
plenty of questions for Mayor Mosca to answer!

 

For more information on Healthy Family Fun please call 
626-355-5278.


SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY’S FREE 
PARENT/CHILD WORKSHOPS TO 
FEATURE LOCAL EXPERTS

Sierra Madre Public Library’s new five-week Parent/
Child Workshop for families with children ages three and 
younger will feature noted resource professionals from the 
community. Each workshop session will feature a different 
aspect of parenting, including early literacy, speech, hearing 
and language development, child development, nutrition, 
music, play, and health. The workshops, which will take 
place at the Library on consecutive Wednesdays: March 2, 9, 
16, 23 and 30, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., will be interactive 
and will include toys, crafts, books and play in addition to 
discussions of parenting issues and concerns. Enrollment 
is free, but in-person pre-registration at the Library is 
required to ensure a spot in the program.

The workshop itinerary and speakers are:

March 2: Orientation, Early Literacy – Meegan Tosh, Sierra 
Madre Public Library Children’s Librarian.

March 9: Speech, Hearing & Language Development 
– Justine Sherman of Justine Sherman & Associates, 
a nonpublic agency serving the speech-language, and 
educational needs of young children. Ms. Sherman also 
conducts a series of family programs to help parents 
enhance their children’s language and social skills in a fun 
environment. JSA is a family centered clinic that believes 
parent involvement and education leads to great carryover 
of skills.

March 16: Child Development – Dr. Tina Bryson, lecturer, 
parenting educator and psychotherapist at Pediatric and 
Adolescent Psychology Associates. Dr. Bryson is the author 
of “The Whole-Brain Child.” Tina combines practical 
parenting tips you can use every day with cutting-edge 
science. She gives parents easy ways to solve parenting 
struggles, lay the groundwork for whole and happy 
children, understand their child’s development, and be 
more intentional in their parenting. Come learn how to 
tame tantrums and build your child’s brain at the same time!

March 23: Nutrition – Dr. Edward Laurance, pediatric 
gastroenterologist specializing in nutrition and in treating 
children’s stomach and digestive disorders, along with 
Registered Dietician Wendy Crump.

March 30: Music, Play & Health – Melissa Moore Castillo, 
who holds a master’s degree in dance-movement therapy 
and has led preschool movement groups. Melissa is 
currently Sierra Madre School PTA President.

This project is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum 
and Library Services under the provisions of the Library 
Services and Technology Act, administered in California by 
the State Librarian.

For more information, please call Meegan Tosh, Youth 
Services Librarian at (626) 355-7186. The Sierra Madre 
Public Library is located at 440 West Sierra Madre Boulevard 
in Sierra Madre.www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us 

WISTARIA FESTIVAL SHUTTLE 
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce reminds you that 
shuttle tickets to ride up to view the Wistaria Vine at its annual 
Wistaria Festival are now available online. The 2011 Wistaria 
Festival will take place on March 20th, 2011.

The Wistaria Festival features tours of the world’s largest 
blossoming plant, certified as such by the Guinness Book of 
World Records. Each year, the property owners upon whose land 
the vine sits, the Solts and the Dorrances, open their property 
to allow thousands to view the vine. Dozens of Sierra Madre 
residents volunteer to act as docents at the property, telling the 
story of the vine, which was originally planted from a 1-gallon 
pot that was purchased for $0.75 in 1894. At its peak, the vine 
covered more than an acre of ground, and in the early 20th century 
was so large that it even destroyed a home that was under it.

In addition to the tours of the vine, the two main downtown 
streets of Sierra Madre are closed to traffic so that 175 juried 
crafters and artists can set up booths to display and sell their arts/
crafts. Downtown village shops are open, and more than a dozen 
musical acts perform at multiple outdoor venues. Memorial Park 
is transformed into a combination Kids/Food zone, as bouncy 
houses, slides, rock climbing and other kids attractions set up in 
the park alongside food vendors, both for profit and non-profit 
alike.

The shuttle to the vine from downtown avoids a long uphill walk 
from downtown to the neighborhood in which the vine sits. 
“Day of” tickets for the shuttle have been reduced from $15 to 
$12 this year, and pre-sale tickets are just $10. This year, for the 
first time, seniors and kids (6 to 16) receive a discounted rate of 
$7. Children under five ride for free. There is no charge to view 
the vine.

Mountain Views News readers that purchase non-discounted 
($10) pre-sale tickets on line can also receive a $1 savings on their 
ticket by entering promo code MVN01 on the ticket order page 
when prompted.

To order tickets online, visit www.WistariaTickets.com.


Sierra Madre Police Blotter

During the week of Sunday, January 30th, to Saturday February 5th, 
the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approximately 
397 calls for service. See crimereports.com for updated information.

Sunday, January 30th: 

12:19 AM- Vandalism/under $400, 400 Grove St. Unknown 
suspect(s) vandalized the front yard of a residence with shaving 
cream, eggs and toilet paper, the suspect(s) also wrote obscenities 
on the vehicles. 

6:05 PM- Danger to Self/others/Gravely Disabled, Shadow 
Grove Rd. This case involves a woman leaving her ex-boyfriend 
due to domestic violence. On January 30th her ex-boyfriend was 
outside her parent’s house and claimed that he would hurt himself 
if the victim did not speak with him. The victim also claimed that 
her former boyfriend had a 9mm Beretta. Officers responded and 
briefly pursued the man as he was leaving in his car. During the 
car stop officers took the man into protective custody for a 72-
hour psychiatric evaluation. Officers recovered a loaded handgun 
in the man’s car. 

 

Wednesday, February 2nd:

11:05 PM- Possession of Marijuana in Vehicle Arrest, Orange 
Grove Ave and Baldwin Ave. An officer stopped a motorist for 
a Vehicle Code violation. Further investigation revealed that the 
driver was in possession of 0.8 grams of marijuana. The resident 
from Monrovia was cited and released on the field. 

2:11 AM- Warrant/Outside/Traffic Arrest, Santa Anita Ave and 
Orange Grove Ave. An officer stopped a motorist for a Vehicle 
Code violation. Further investigation revealed the passenger 
in the vehicle had three warrants for his arrest from three L.A. 
County agencies. The Sierra Madre resident was arrested and 
released into the custody of Pasadena Police Department.

Thursday, February 3rd:

2:04 PM- Petty Theft, 200 blk. E. Montecito Ave. Unknown 
suspect(s) stole a chain saw and hedge trimmer from an unlocked 
truck while it was parked on the street.

Friday, February 4th:

10:01 AM- Residential Burglary Arrest, Valle Vista Ave. An 
officer stopped a 21-year old female resident of Sierra Madre 
for a traffic violation near Park and Manzanita Ave. During 
the investigation, the officer noticed that her car had stolen 
registration tabs. The officer questioned the woman and learned 
that she had provided home cleaning services to an older man on 
Valle Vista Ave, and had burglarized his home to steal the tabs. 
The officer arrested the suspect for burglary and booked her at 
the Pasadena jail.

Saturday, February 5th:

4:58 PM- Disorderly Conduct/Drunk in Public Arrest, Sierra 
Madre Blvd and Hermosa Ave. An officer saw an intoxicated 
man seated on a bus bench. The officer arrested the Los Angeles 
resident and took him to the Pasadena jail for booking. 

BARGAIN BOOK SALE AT 
SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY

Drop by the Sierra Madre 
Public Library between 
Monday, February 14 and 
Saturday, February 19 and take 
advantage of our Valentine 
deals for book lovers. This 
month’s Friends of the Library 
Table Sale will feature Fiction, 
Cookbooks, Gardening, 
Health and Diet, Animals, 
and Children’s and Specialty 
Books. All books are in good 
condition and are $1.00 each. 
The sale is on during the 
Library’s open hours, so drop 
by often—there will plenty of 
new titles to choose from, as 
books are replenished daily.

The Sierra Madre Public 
Library, located at 440 West 
Sierra Madre Boulevard in 
Sierra Madre, is open Monday 
through Wednesday from 
Noon to 9 p.m., Thursday and 
Friday from Noon to 6 p.m., 
and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 
6 p.m. For more information 
call (626) 355-7186, or 
check out our website, www.
sierramadre.lib.ca.us.