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Mountain Views News Saturday, February 2, 2013

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, February 2, 2013

VOLUNTEER ATTENDANT TRAINING

MENTAL
ILLNESS
AND GUN
VIOLENCE
COMMUNITY
CONFERENCE

National Alliance on
Mental Illness and Fuller
Seminary sponsor event

Tragic events like the shootings
at Sandy Hook Elementary
School and Aurora, Colorado
have left public officials and
mental health researchers
wondering what is the role of
mental illness in gun violence?

In response, the National
Alliance on Mental Illness and
Fuller Theological Seminary
is hosting a community-
wide conference on Monday,
February 11 titled “Facing the
Crisis: Mental Illness and Gun
Violence.”

The conference, which brings
together community leaders and
mental health officials, seeks to
answer questions like “What
are our leaders and institutions
doing to prevent future Sandy
Hooks and similar tragedies in
our community?”

Speakers at the event
include: Pasadena Mayor Bill
Bogaard, Pasadena Police Chief
Phillip Sanchez, Pasadena Public
Health Director Dr. Eric Walsh,
Pasadena Unified Schools
Director of Child Welfare and
Safety Eric Sahakian, and Los
Angeles County Department
of Mental Health Director Dr.
Marvin J. Southard.

Fuller’s School of Psychology
Dean Dr. Winston Gooden and
the TRI Center for Research
Director Dr. Cynthia Erickson
will also be speaking. Fuller’s HR
department will be delivering a
short report on what the local
higher education community
(Art Center, Cal Tech, Fuller,
PCC, etc.) is doing to prevent
gun violence.

The event is open to the public,
but seating is limited.

The conference is co-sponsored
by All Saints Episcopal Church,
Pasadena Mental Health
Advisory Committee, and Peace
Over Violence.

ABOUT NAMI

NAMI San Gabriel Valley is a
nonprofit, self-help advocacy
and support group of consumers,
families, and friends of people with
severe mental illnesses, dedicated
to the eradication of those mental
illnesses and to the improvement
of quality of life of those affected by
these diseases.

ABOUT FULLER

Fuller Seminary, founded
in 1947, is one of the largest
multidenominational seminaries in
the world, providing graduate-level
education in schools of theology,
psychology, and intercultural
studies. With more than 4,400
students from 75 countries and 110
denominations, Fuller Seminary’s
main campus is in Pasadena.
Fuller’s regional campuses are
located in Irvine, Menlo Park,
and Sacramento, Calif.; Phoenix,
Ariz., Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Seattle, Wash., and Houston, Tex.
In addition, Fuller Seminary has
on-line study programs available.
More information is available
at fuller.edu, or 626-695-6141.

For more information on the
event, contact Sharon Hong
at sharonhong@fuller.edu.

The City of Sierra Madre is offering the Volunteer
Facility Attendant Training on Sunday, February
10, 2013. This training is offered to eligible local
non-profit organizations and schools. The Volunteer
Facility Attendant Training allows organizations
to provide their own volunteers to serve as
a Facility Attendant for rental of City facilities.
This is a two-part training which review facility
procedures and provides First Aid/CPR certification.
Please refer to the attached memo for additional
information on the training. There is a $27
fee to complete the First Aid/CPR certification,
or if you are already certified you will only need
to provide verification and can skip that portion
of the training.

Volunteer Facility Attendant only need to take
the training course every two years. If you or a
member of your organization completed the
course in 2012, you are exempt for 2013 and will
not need to renew your training until 2014. The
deadline to register and complete your applications
is Thursday, February 7. Please give me a
call at 626-355-5278 or respond to this email for
additional information.

FRIENDS OF THE SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY BEST
USED BOOK SALE

Don’t forget the next Friends of the Sierra Madre Library’s Best Used Book Sale is being held in the
basement and back parking lot of the library on Friday, February 1, from 3:00-7:00 p.m. and Saturday,
February 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Vintage and collectible books and publications will be
featured, but, as always, the sale will include cookbooks, art books and coffee-table books on history
and contemporary culture in beautiful condition as well as new fiction, including lots of mysteries.
Our Bargain Book Table on the parking lot offers good quality books at only $1 each and we have
several tables of paperbacks and children’s books at twenty-five cents each or 5/$1.00.

These sales offer high quality, slightly used books that are culled from our library shelves or donated,
books that you’ll be proud to place in your own library or to give to friends and family. So come early
and come often to see what treasures you can find. Proceeds from the Best Used Book Sales will be
donated to the Sierra Made Public Library to support program and equipment needs. The library is
located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. in the city of Sierra Madre and there is parking on the street and
behind the library. For more information visit our website at www.sierramadrelibraryfriends.org.

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
NOW

Academic scholarships are again being
offered by the Sierra Madre Woman’s Club
for local students planning to start college in
2013. Applications are available by email now.
Please put “Academic Scholarship Application
Request” in subject line. In email, please
list name of student, name of school, name
and phone number of student’s counselor to
sierramadrewomansclub@gmail.com.

MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
NOW

Musical scholarships are again being offered by
the Sierra Madre Woman’s Club for local students.
Applications, available by email today, MUST be
submitted no later than January 30. Include “Music
Scholarship Application Request” in subject line.
In email, please list name of student, name of
school, name and phone number of student’s
counselor to sierramadrewomansclub@gmail.
com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Re: Citizen Of The Year Dinner

Dear Editor:

I want to thank the Chamber of Commerce for having the Citizen of the Year dinner in Sierra
Madre. It was great. The food was great. The honoring of the new Citizen of the Year was fantastic.
Congratulations to the Chamber for a great job and to the honoree, Marlene Enmark.

I am a former COTY and always attended every year’s dinner until I could no longer drive after
dark. I was always sorry to miss out on being there to honor each new person. It is great to be able
to go again. I hope that this event will always be in Sierra Madre every year in the future.

I know that it took a lot of volunteers to pull it off, but isn’t that what our town does? Thank you all
for your hard work.

Marjorie Peterson, Sierra Madre

Save The Date:

SIERRA MADRE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS

On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm the City of Sierra Madre will host its 3rd Annual
State of the City Address at the Community Recreation Center in the Sierra Madre Room at
611 East Sierra Madre Boulevard.

This year’s theme is “Finding the Right Balance” and this event will highlight programs and services
the City has provided over the past year and give residents insight to the City’s goals for the next
fiscal year.

We’d like to hear from you! What’s on YOUR
Mind?