Mountain Views News          Saturday, May 12, 2012

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, May 12, 2012 

ISAIAH RAYA WINS KID’S FUN RUN T-SHIRT 
DESIGN CONTEST

A winner has been 
selected in the Mount 
Wilson Trail Race Kid’s 
Fun Run T-shirt Design 
Contest. 

The winning artwork 
is titled “The Joy of 
Running: Having a 
Winning Attitude” and 
was submitted by Sierra 
Madre Elementary 
School student Isaiah 
Raya. 

Isaiah’s artwork will be 
featured on the back of 
the MWTR Kid’s Fun 
Run T-shirt. He will 
be recognized for his 
accomplishment on 
Saturday, May 26th at the 
Mount Wilson Trail Race 
prior to the Kids’ Fun 
Run. 

Approximately 40 youth 
submitted their artwork 
for this new contest held 
by the City of Sierra 
Madre’s Mount Wilson 
Trail Race Committee. 
Submitted pieces of 
artwork had to include a 
depiction of Mount Wilson in their design. For more information on the Mount Wilson 
Trail Race and activities please contact the Community Services Department at 626-355-
5278.

RENATTA COOPER, ED HONOWITZ 

RE-ELECTED TO LEAD PUSD BOARD FOR 
SECOND TERM

Pasadena, CA - The Board of Education of the 
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) voted 
unanimously to re-elect Renatta Cooper as 
board president for the 2012-2013 school year. 
Ed Honowitz was also re-elected as vice president 
at the annual organizational meeting held 
Monday, May 7. The board elects officers for one-
year terms. 

"I'm honored to be reelected unanimously," said 
Cooper, who will serve her second consecutive 
term as president. "I hope to work closely with 
Superintendent Jon Gundry and Chief Academic 
Officer Brian McDonald to implement 21st century 
learning in our classrooms, work to close 
the achievement gap and continue to strengthen 
our child development program." 

Since her election to the board in 2007, Cooper 
has focused on early childhood education, closing 
the achievement gap between groups of students, 
English learners and stronger engagement 
of parents and the community. She was recently 
named one of this year's Women of Influence 
by Pasadena Magazine for her advocacy for the 
education of all children. An expert on early 
childhood education, Cooper formerly taught 
graduate-level child development programs at 
Pacific Oaks College and has been a member of 
the First 5 Los Angeles Board of Commissioners. 
This is her second term as president of the board 
of Education.

Board members also re-elected Ed Honowitz by 
a vote of 4-3 to serve in the role of vice president. 

"It is an honor to be re-elected to help move the 
board forward to educate all students," said Honowitz, 
who served as vice president in 2011-2012. 
First elected to the PUSD board in 2001, Honowitz 
also served as president of the board for 
two years. He is an alumnus of Pasadena public 
schools and his children attended PUSD schools 
as well. He has been elected twice to serve as a 
member of the California School Boards Association 
delegate assembly. 

Board member Kim Kenne was elected as clerk 
of the board of education. The board clerk certifies 
actions taken by the board, maintains records 
or reports as required by law and serves as 
the presiding officer in the absence of the president 
and vice president. Kenne was elected to the board in 2011.

The board named Kim Kenne as its delegate to the Los Angeles County School Trustees Association, 
Ed Honowitz and Ramon Miramontes as delegates to the Five Star Coalition and 
Elizabeth Pomeroy and Ramon Miramontes as representatives to the Pasadena Educational 
Foundation. 

School liaison assignments for each board member remained the same with the addition 
of charter schools and the separation of the Center for Independent Studies from Pasadena 
High School.

Regular board meetings will continue to start at 5:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays 
of each month, with some exceptions. 


An Extraordinary Woman By Anne Montgomery

Anne Montgomery is a member of the Sierra 
Madre Woman’s Club and recent recipient 
of two regional writing awards. This 
inspirational story should remind us all that 
it is never too late.

Lucile Pepper Bailey was the youngest of 
four girls who grew up in a household of 
women because her father died when she 
was six. At that time, my mother was the 
oldest at 18 and she went to work in the 
local school as a teacher to help support the 
family. They lived in the little town of Salem, 
West Virginia. At 18 she grduated from high 
school and began teaching in Salem. She 
continued to take classes at Salem College 
with a degree in English and a minor in 
French and Social Studies. After graduation, 
she was hired to teach fifth and sixth grades 
in Williamson, West Virginia and was there 
for the next three years. In those days, she 
would have been considered a “women’s 
libber.” She decided that life had more to offer 
and went to George Washington University 
in Georgetown where she got he degree in 
Library Science. The next year she was hired 
as an English teacher in Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, West Virginia. A year later 
she became the school’s Librarian where she spent the next four years.

She married Harry Miles Bailey and eventually. in the early 1940’s, they moved to Richland, 
Washington where miles worked at the top secret Hanford Nuclear Plant. Soon after their 
three children were born, Lucile went back to work as the Librarian of the local High School. 
She loved books and felt they were a world to explore. Her inquiring mind kept her informed 
on a myriad of subjects.

As the years went by, she became the matriarch of our family. She loved to play word games 
and when we had family gatherings, there were many games of Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble or 
Perquacky and Aunt Lucile could trounce us all.

When she was 90, she bought a computer and went to school to learn how to use email and 
to surf the internet. She wanted to keep informed and to be able to communicate with her 
family in various parts of the United States. She was an excellent driver but at 96 she decided 
it was time to quit driving and use Dial-a-Ride to do her errands. That same year she had her 
ears pierced because she wanted to have diamond earrings before she died.

On her 100th birthday, the family gave her a huge party. Many of her family attended, coming 
from all over the United States. There were also some of her former students in attendance, 
as well as those friends who were still living. Amazingly, she could remember them all.

When she was 102, her mind was still strong but he legs forced her to navigate in a wheelchair. 
One day she told her daughter, Mary, that she would like to learn how to play gin. A few days 
later, they were eating dinner and Mary said, “After dinner we will have a game of gin.” As 
Mary was helping Aunt Lucile into her wheelchair, suddenly she slumped over and died. She 
left a gaping hole in our family but an extraorinary exmple to follow. 


Anne Montgomery addresses the 
Sierra Madre Woman’s Club at a recent 
luncheon.

HEALTH INSURANCE AND YOU

Luncheon Forum Sponsored By The Sierra Madre Kiwanis Club

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 the Sierra Madre Kiwanis 
Club will host a public forum on the topic of Health 
Insurance and you. The event will afford attendees the 
opportunity to hear the latest information on Health Insurance 
programs, their relationship to Medicare, Billing 
Practices and more. 

The speaker for the event will be health insurance advisor 
John Barrett. Barrett is the founder of Health Insurance 
Brokers. The firm was created in 2004 to capitalize 
upon the upheaval in the health insurance industry, and 
the subsequent trend toward consumer driven health 
care. The mission of the firm is to meet the needs of individuals, 
business owners and their employees seeking affordable 
health insurance and related employee benefits. 
Mr. Barrett also is the Founder and President of Palisades 
Capital Group, a Southern California investment banking 
advisory and valuation firm.

The event will be held at The Lodge (formerly the Masonic Temple), 33 E. Sierra Madre 
Blvd. Parking is available in the rear of the building.

Lunch will be served at noon. The program will begin at 12:30. The program is free, however 
the cost of lunch is $10.00. Reservations are required.

If you would like to attend, please call Susan Henderson at 626-355-0728.

Primary Election Forum Planned for May 22nd

The following Tuesday, May 22nd, Kiwanis will sponsor a Candidates Forum featuring 
those running for seats in the newly created 27th Congressional District, the 25th State 
Senate District and the 41st Assembly Districts. For more information, please contact 
Clem Bartolai at 626-355-0757.