Mountain Views News          Saturday, April 28, 2012

SCHOOL (continued from page 1)

“Functionally, the main impact to the Middle School, in addition to the loss of a safe 

playing field, would be a decrease in the proposed enrollment capacity from 550 to approximately 
430.”, cited one concerned parent. 

 The Sierra Madre Schools (Elementary and Middle) are the only schools in the district where enrollment 
is increasing, a fact known to parents and confirmed by the district office. For the five year 
period from 2007-8 through 2011-12, overall PUSD enrollment has declined from 20,805 to 19,802. 
On the other hand, the Sierra Madre schools enrollment during the same period has increased from 
949 in the 2007-2008 school year to 1,088 for the 2011-12 school year.

For more information, email:

organizesierramadreschools@gmail.com

 

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, April 28, 2012 

TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE 
– ART IN THE PARK

The 50th annual Friends of the Sierra Madre Library’s Art 
Fair will be held in Memorial Park, 222 West Sierra Madre 
Blvd, Sierra Madre, on Saturday, May 5, from 9:30AM to 
6:00PM and Sunday, May 6, from 9:30AM to 5:00PM. 
Ninety-five artists will be displaying and selling their fine 
arts in mediums that include oil painting, jewelry, water 
colors, glass, wood, metal, photography, pottery, ceramics, 
mixed media, and weaving. Stop by the booth of our 
featured artist, Carolyn Grantham Gravatte, a long-time 
resident and painter of Sierra Madre who has painted a 
series of canvases featuring ‘site specific’ scenes around 
and about Sierra Madre.

Live music will be featured throughout the weekend 
in the band shell and on the south lawn from 11am to 
5pm on Saturday and from 11am to 4pm on Sunday. 
Performers will entertain you with several types of jazz, 
contemporary, bebop, Celtic, folk, and classical music. 
And, a strolling guitarist will serenade you as you stroll 
from booth to booth.

A food court will offer a variety of food and drinks provided by local non-profit groups as well 
as food vendors. You’ll be able to choose from Korean and Chinese barbecue, Greek, Mexican, 
and Mediterranean food as well as good, old-fashioned hot dogs, hamburgers, and corn on 
the cob. The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library will again be selling their homemade loaves 
of quick breads and sweet breads.

For the children, the Creative Arts Group has planned a fun and imaginative craft activity on Saturday and Sunday from 10am-4pm. Titled “Fish Windsocks”, the project will allow the 
children to decorate a fish on rice paper with such things as fins, tails, teeth, gills, eyes, and a mouth and then attach their creation to a stick with a fishing tackle swizzle that will help it to 
catch and twist in the wind. Every participant will go home with a lovely souvenir of the art fair.

In honor of our 50th anniversary Art Fair, we are excited to be offering a silent auction. Forty-seven of the artists who are displaying and selling their creations at this year’s fair have donated 
lovely, one-of-a-kind pieces for the auction which means that you’ll have a chance to bid on some really beautiful artwork. We have both large and small pieces so you’ll be sure to find 
something that suits your taste and your wallet.

So plan to spend a day (or two!) with us strolling through Sierra Madre’s lovely Memorial Park finding those perfect Mother’s Day, graduation, or wedding gifts as well as beautiful items 
you’ll enjoy wearing or displaying in your own home. Proceeds from the Art Fair benefit the Sierra Madre Library. For more information, visit our website at sierramadrelibraryfriends.
org or call 626 355-7186.


PET OF THE WEEK


City of Sierra Madre Receives “C” Grade from 
the American Lung Association for Tobacco 
Control Efforts

JIGZ: Animal ID #A4108205

Meet an absolute sweetheart, the stunningly handsome 
Jigz (A4108205). Jigz is a friendly and well-trained 
seven-year-old brown and white neutered male Beagle 
mix who was found in Covina with his companion, 
a terrier named Sarge (A3877059) on April 21st and 
brought to the Baldwin Park Animal Care Center. 
Weighing thirty-one pounds, this volunteer favorite sits 
on command and walks incredibly well on the leash; he 
is also treat-motivated. This stocky little fellow is very 
well socialized; he is friendly with every person and dog 
that he meets, especially with his mate, Sarge. The two 
are a bonded pair and we would love to see them adopted 
together, but they can also be adopted separately. Jigz 
will make a wonderful indoor companion for anyone in any living situation whatsoever.

To meet Jigz in person, please see him at the Baldwin Park Shelter, located at 4275 N. Elton, Baldwin 
Park, CA 91706 (Phone: 626-430-2378 or 626-962-3577). He is currently available now. For any 
inquiries about Jigz, please reference his animal ID number: A4108205. The shelter is open seven 
days a week, 12 pm-7 pm Monday-Thursday and 10am-5pm Friday-Sunday. This is a high-intake 
shelter with a great need for adoptions. For more information about Jigz or the adoption process, 
contact United Hope for Animals Volunteer Adoption Coordinator Samantha at samanthasayon@
gmail.com or 661-309-2674. 

In January, the American 
Lung Association released 
their annual State of Tobacco 
Control Report, and the city 
of Sierra Madre received 
an overall “C” letter grade 
for their efforts in tobacco 
prevention and control. 

The American Lung 
Association’s annual report 
serves as a comprehensive 
resource that provides 
information on the cities 
and counties in the state 
of California with tobacco 
control policies in three 
graded categories: smoke-
free outdoor air, smoke-
free housing, and reducing 
sales of tobacco products. 
Sierra Madre received above 
average marks in all the 
smoke-free air and sales 
reduction categories, but 
received zero total points 
for their work with smoke-
free housing. In total ten 
cities in the state, and six in 
the County of Los Angeles 
received the prestigious 
overall “A” letter grade in the 
2012 report. Among the cities 
receiving an “A” grade were 
the nearby municipalities of 
South Pasadena, Pasadena, 
Glendale, and Baldwin Park. 

The city has enacted a 
number of ordinances 
in recent years that have 
greatly aided in local tobacco 
control efforts. In February 
2006, the Sierra Madre City 
Council passed a tobacco 
retailer-licensing ordinance 
that requires local retailers to 
acquire a license and pay an 
annual administrative fee in 
order to sell tobacco products 
to the public. This was 
followed by the passage of a 
comprehensive smoke-free 
outdoor dining ordinance 
in March of 2009 that 
designated all restaurants, 
bars, cafes and delis in the city 
as smoke-free. Owners were 
required to post no-smoking 
signs, remove ashtrays, and 
ask employees to remind 
customers not to smoke in 
order to provide a healthier, 
breathable environment for 
all patrons. 

The City Council of 
Sierra Madre should be 
commended for taking 
strong action in tobacco 
control efforts at the local 
level, but there is still plenty 
of work to be done in regards 
to smoke-free housing. In 
California, tobacco use 
continues to levy a heavy 
toll against public health and 
taxpayer dollars. “Nearly four 
million people in California 
smoke, and tobacco-related 
illness remains the number 
one form of preventable 
cause of death in the state, 
responsible for more than 
36,000 deaths each year – 
that’s more people lost to 
tobacco than alcohol, HIV/
AIDS, car crashes, illegal 
drugs, murders, and suicides 
combined” (ALA, 2011). 

A full copy of State of Tobacco 
Control 2012 along with a 
listing of all city and county 
tobacco control grades can 
be found at: www.lungusa.
org/associations/states/
california/ 

To receive additional 
information on tobacco 
control,

please contact Day One at 
(626) 229-9750 or email us 
at ian@dayonepasadena.com 

To learn more about Day One 
visit www.dayonepasadena.
com 

Day One is a community 
based nonprofit organization 
with a 20-year history of 
providing effective, high 
quality and culturally 
sensitive public health 
education, intervention, 
and policy development 
by involving health policy 
advocacy and community 
mobilization efforts. Day 
One’s mission is to provide 
an organizational structure 
by which Pasadena and 
Altadena and the greater San 
Gabriel valley will reduce 
the problems associated with 
alcohol, tobacco, and other 
drug use. Day One convenes, 
develops, coordinates, and 
provides prevention services. 


SIERRA MADRE SEARCH AND RESCUE LOCATE 
MISSING ARCADIA MAN

In a statement issued by the 
Arcadia Police Department 
Friday afternoon, the search for 
Missing Mark Allen Craychee 
of Arcadia had come to an end. 

In the early morning hours, just 
before 2 a.m., family members 
had reported the 55 year old 
man with a history of psychological 
problems as a missing 
person. The family was concerned 
that he may have been 
suicidal.

 After discovering Craychee’s 
car abandoned at a turnout 
along Santa Anita Canyon 
Road just after 7 a.m., the APD 
called the SMSR in to assist, as 
the APD fear was that with the 
steep embankments that lined 
the roadway above and below 
the turnout, Crayshee may have 
fallen.

SMSR was able to locate 
Craychee at about 9:30 a.m. 
According to the APD, he 
(Crayshee), had hung himself 
in a tree about 150 yards from 
his vehicle. The L.A. County 
Coroner was called to the scene 
to remove the remains and the 
family was notified. 

Santa Anita Canyon Road was 
closed during the investigation.