Mountain Views News     Logo: MVNews     Saturday, June 2, 2012

MVNews this week:  Page 2

2

CALENDAR

Mountain View News Saturday June 2, 2012 


FAMILY MOVIE FRIDAYS 

The Family Movie Friday series is back for 2012 thanks to the 
generous support of the Sierra Madre Volunteer Firefighters Associations 
and the Annes, Harman, Gallagher and Swift families! 
All movies are shown in Kersting Court and are absolutely free 
for everyone. Movies begin approximately at 7:45pm and families 
can purchase food and drinks from the local Sierra Madre 
merchants or bring their own! Patrons are encouraged to bring 
blankets and chairs for the event.

Family Movie Fridays Line-Up:

 June 8, 2012 – Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer 
(parts filmed in Sierra Madre!)

 
Weather Wise

5-Day Forecast 

Sierra Madre, Ca.

 Mon: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 60s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 60s

 Wed: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Thur: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s

 Fri: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

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. 

626-355-7135

NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING:

June 5, 2012 6:30 pm

June 3rd General Plan Committee 10am - 4 p

June 7th Senior Commission - 3:00 pm

June 7/21 Planning Commission @ 7:00pm 

June 18th Community Services Commission @ 6pm 

June 19th City Council Meeting @ 6:30pm

June 20th Tree Advisory Commission @ 7:00pm

June 21th Green Advisory Committee @ 7:00pm 
June 27th Library Board of Trustees @ 7:00pm

COMMUNITY YARD SALE

The City of Sierra Madre Senior Community Commission presents 
a Community Yard Sale on Saturday, June 9, 2012 from 8:00 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. located in the Sierra Vista Park Parking Lot 
(611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd.). Community members are invited to 
come together with their neighbors to participate in a community 
yard sale. Participants have the opportunity to clean out their 
garages, attics, storage sheds and closets without sending those 
valuable items to landfill.

Fee for a selling space is $25.00; proceeds will benefit senior programs 
and activities. Alternatively, you may donate items to the 
Senior Community Commission booth to help raise money for 
senior programs and activities. If you would like to participate in 
the Community Yard Sale, please register online at www.cityofsierramadre.
com/onlineregistration or in person at the Community 
Recreation Office 611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Deadline to 
register is Thursday, May 31 or until spaces are filled.

 Participants must provide their own tables, chairs, canopies 
(10’x10’ maximum) and cash boxes. No electricity will be provided. 
Live animals, large canopies, and selling of food or drinks are 
prohibited. All business must be conducted within your space. 
Event may be cancelled due to inclement weather.

A limited number of spaces are available. For more information 
please call (626) 355-5278. 

SIERRA MADRE KIWANIS CLUB

INVITES YOU TO JOIN US:

Tuesday, June 5th Noon 

Speaker: Jennifer Sullivan, YMCA

Topic: Youth Activity Center Programs

Tuesday, June 12th 7:45 am Breakfast Meeting

Speakers: Sierra Madre Mayor Josh Moran and

 Sierra Madre Director of Development 
Services, Danny Castro

Lunch is optional. Cost is $10 per person

Breakfast is optional. Cost is $5 per person

Call 626-355-0728 for meal reservations

 
As part of our club’s lively weekly meetings, dynamic speakers are 
scheduled on Rotary’s service interests, local community topics 
and general appeal subjects. 
Sierra Madre Rotary operates an active high school service group, 
the Interact Club, participates in Rotary scholarship, music and 
essay competitions, raises funds for local and Rotary Foundation 
causes, recognizes exemplary teachers, offers mini grants for 
worthy projects, hosts the yearly Elvis in the Park concert and 
donates hundreds of service hours to community events like the 
Wistaria Festival, Dickens Village and July 4th Parade. 
Visitors are heartily welcomed to meetings. For more information, 
please visit our website or contact our Peggy Beauregard, 
membership chairperson at PeggyBeau@GMail.com. 
Sierra Madre Rotary Club 
Meets Tuesdays 7-8:30 a.m. 
631 E. Sierra Madre Boulevard 
Sierra Room of the Youth Activity Center 
www.SierraMadreRotary.com 
ST. RITA PARISH SENIOR MINISTRY

Annual Luncheon (All are Welcome)

St. Rita Parish – O’Malley Hall

Sunday, June 10, 2012 – 1:30PM

Presenting

Lisa Bowman, Radio & Singing Personality

“AGE SMAGE! – Unleash Your Inner Warrior!”

Submit $10.00 per reservation to:

St. Rita Parish Office

50 E. Alegria Sierra Madre

(626) 355-1292

Or Call to reserve and pay at the door.

FRIENDS OF THE SM LIBRARY BOOK 
SALE

The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are upon us and if you’re 
looking for a good book to bring with you to the beach, the 
mountains, on the plane, or to that lawn chair under the tree in 
your back yard, the best place to find one is at the Friends of the 
Sierra Madre Library’s Best Used Book Sale. Held on Friday, June 
1, from 3:00-7:00pm and Saturday, June 2, from 10:00am-2:00pm at 
the Sierra Madre Library, 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre, 
the sale offers high-quality books that have been culled from the 
library’s shelves or donated.

June’s sale features a large collection of books about American 
Bungalows and the Arts and Crafts movement in home furnishings, 
many sports books, including several about the great American 
pastime, baseball, and an assortment of coffee table books about 
artists and art including a two-volume set of Landsdowne’s Birds 
of the West Coast and Georgia O’Keefe: 100 Flowers. A diverse 
assortment of reference books from the Library’s reference room and 
a collection of Life and Saturday Evening Post magazines in library 
bindings are also available. In addition, we have a large number of 
contemporary and classic fiction books, current non-fiction books, 
children’s classics and pop-up books as well as DVDs, audiobooks, 
and collectibles. As always, in the back parking lot there will be 
$1.00 books on every subject, together with paperbacks, 5/$1.00, 
and children’s books 25 cents each.

Proceeds from the Best Used Book Sales benefit the resources and 
programs of the Sierra Madre Public Library. For more information, 
visit our website at sierramadrelibraryfriends.org or call 626 355-
7186.

SIERRA MADRE FARMERS MARKET 

The Farmers Market is open today and every Wednesday 
from 3:00-7:00 p.m. The location of the market is on Hermosa 
Avenue, south of Sierra Madre Boulevard to Mariposa 
Avenue, situated in the downtown area of Sierra Madre. 
The market has organic, fresh and locally grown produce. 
The farmers market is a great opportunity to come on down 
and meet the farmer directly. Dry Dock Fish has fresh and 
delicious wild caught varieties of fish. Rustic Loaf has your 
artisanal breads baked fresh that same day and brought to 
the market. Cutie Pie that has pies made with the fruits of 
our organic farmers, make sure you pick one or two up for 
desert. There are so many unique and amazing finds at the 
farmers market. Come on down to the Sierra Madre Farmers 
Market and shake the hand that feed you.

If you are interested in becoming a vendor at the Farmers 
Market, please contact Melissa Farwell from Raw Inspiration 
at (818) 591-8161 Ext. 806. Raw Inspiration, Inc., is 
responsible for all management and marketing of the City’s 
Farmers Market.

1630 AM

Free on-air publicity for local events

 Sierra Madre’s new community radio station is now accepting scripts 
for Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about community events. 
PSAs will be broadcast on the air at no charge. The station operates 
24/7 and can be heard at 1630 on the AM dial.

 Any local non-profit or non-commercial organization can have 
their event information broadcast to the public on Sierra Madre 
Community Information Radio. This new radio station covers the city 
of Sierra Madre, plus surrounding areas of Pasadena, Arcadia, and 
Monrovia. 

In a nutshell, your event must:

• Benefit a non-commercial or non-profit entity
• Be open to the public
• Be of general interest to local citizens


Just 
write a Public Service Announcement that describes your 
event and e-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 

Looking For 
The Mountain 
Views News?


REGISTRATION FOR 4TH OF JULY PARADE IS NOW OPEN

This year’s 4th of July parade will be held on Wednesday, July 4, at 10:00 am. The parade route will 
begin on Sierra Madre Blvd, from Sunnyside to Rancho. There is a $15 fee for all local non-profit 
entries and a $25 fee for all business entries. There is no charge for individuals wishing to enter the 
parade; however, an application must be submitted.

It is the 4th of July Committee’s hope to make the parade more green and earth-friendly! All participants 
are encouraged to come up with creative ideas to support this theme.

One way to do this is to register online at: www.cityofsierramadre.com/onlineregistration Keyword: 
parade

Hardcopies of the application should be completed and return the form with entry fee to:

SIERRA MADRE FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE c/o PARADE ENTRY

232 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD. SIERRA MADRE, CA 91024.

All applications are due Friday, June 8th, 2012 Due to staging concerns; no late entries will be accepted. 
For more information please call the Community Services Department at (626) 355-5278.

Stop by any of the following 
locations (partial listing) for 
your copy every Saturday or 
call 626-355-2737 to sign up 
for home delivery!

Sierra Public Library 
Sierra Madre Post Office 
Sierra Madre City Hall 

Bean Town Sierra Madre 
Starbucks Sierra Madre 
Bottle Shop Sierra Madre 
Happy’s Liquors Sierra 
Madre

Sierra Madre Senior Center 


Arcadia Public Library

Arcadia Post Office

Arcadia City Hall

Starbucks Arcadia

Denny’s Arcadia

Monrovia Public Library

Monrovia Post Office 

Monrovia City Hall 

Coffee Bean Monrovia 
(Foothill/Myrtle)

The Monrovian

Rudy’s Monrovia

Monrovia Senior Center

Duarte Public Library

Duarte City Hall 

Denny’s Duarte

Starbuck’s Duarte

Coffee Bean Duarte

I HOP Duarte

Duarte Senior Center

 

Pasadena City Hall

Pasadena Senior Center 
Faschings Car Wash

Robin’s Bar B Que Pasadena 
Walkway at Vromans 

Pasadena 

Gold Line Station - 

Sierra Madre Villa 
Niko’s Pasadena 

Fresco’s Pasadena

Websters Pharmacy Altadena 
Websters Fine Stationers 
Altadena 

$ CASH PAID $

Get CASH for Wood Furniture 

Small Tables

Glassware

Knick Knacks

Ceramics

Home Furnishings

Statues

Pottery

Etc., etc.,etc.!

CALL PAT

626-264-2085

GENERAL PLAN STEERING 

COMMITTEE MEETING – 

SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2012

The General Plan Steering Committee (GPSC) will hold a special 
meeting on Sunday, June 3, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in 
the City Council Chambers, 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. At this 
special meeting, the GPSC will discuss and review a number of 
draft written language items for the new General Plan, including 
historic preservation, parking and traffic, dark sky provisions, 
economic development, building bulk and mass issues, seismic 
considerations for buildings, group living, and identification of 
opportunity sites for the land use projection/build-out to be prepared 
for the environmental impact report (EIR) associated with 
the General Plan. 

The GPSC will also assign subcommittees to edit the new General 
Plan, create an implementation chart, and recommend revisions 
to the land use designation map. The meeting is open to the public 
and any public input is welcome. The meeting will also be 
broadcast live on SMTV-3 cable (Channel 3 for Time Warner 
customers).

Sierra Madre’s 
Farmer’s 
Market 

WEDNESDAYS

The Sierra Madre Farmer’s 
Market new location is in 
Downtown Sierra Madre on 
Hermosa Avenue, south of Sierra 
Madre Boulevard to Mariposa 
Avenue. The hours will 
be from 3:00-8:00 p.m. during 
the summer with the exception 
of major holidays. 


SIERRA MADRE HOLIDAY CLOSURES MONDAY, 
MAY 28, 2012 MEMORIAL DAY

Please note Sierra Madre City Hall and Community Services 
will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2012, for 

Memorial Day. Sierra Madre Library Holiday Closure

Please note the Sierra Madre Library will be closed on Monday, 
May 28, 20212, for Memorial day.

 Library materials to be returned may be place in the 

outside Book Drop.