Mountain Views News          Saturday, April 6, 2013

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, April 6, 2013 

Five hikers 
Found Safe 
in Eaton 
Canyon


Man Climbs Edison Tower, 
then Threatens to Jump

 Pasadena Police received a 
call at 3:45 p.m. Friday March 
29 of despondent male who 
climbed the Edison power 
tower and was threatening to 
jump.

 Police officers and 
Pasadena Fire Department 
personnel responded to the 
scene. The male, 48 years old, 
resident of the Los Angeles 
area, climbed the power 
tower at Colorado Blvd. 
and Kinneloa St. to a height 
of about 50 feet above the 
ground. 

 The Pasadena Police 
Department Crisis 
Negotiating Team negotiated 
with the despondent male 
until about 10:00 p.m. The 
despondent male then 
jumped from the tower and 
landed on the rescue airbag 
deployed by the Pasadena 
Fire Department, which 
saved the man’s life from the 
fall. 

 He was taken to a hospital 
for evaluation.


By Dean Lee

 Search and rescue teams 
headed out Friday morning 
looking for five hikers 
reported missing in Eaton 
Canyon —the same location 
a 17-year-old girl was killed 
and two other rescued while 
hiking two weeks ago.

 According to reports, 
The Los Angeles County 
Sheriff’s and Altadena 
Search and Rescue started 
the search around 8 a.m. 
after the father of one of 
the hikers reported his 
daughter missing at 7 a.m.

 Dense fog in the area 
hampered rescue efforts 
limiting the search by 
helicopter. 

 All five hikers were found 
safe. Deputies said search 
efforts on the ground 
focused on the areas around 
the two waterfalls in the 
canyon. The group was 
located around 11 a.m. at 
the second waterfall.

 It was first thought the 
group, all in their 20’s, set 
out Thursday morning for a 
day hike and repelling. The 
trip was planned overnight 
and a misunderstanding 
led one parent to become 
concerned when the group 
did not return according to 
deputies.

 Rescue officials said the 
group had food and water 
with them. They were 
escorted out of the canyon.

 Last week the Sheriff’s 
Department Search and 
Rescue Team members 
circulated a video on 
YouTube of the danger in 
the area, “(The Dangers 
of the) Eaton Canyon 
Waterfall - Don’t believe the 
false information --- There 
is no safe trail to the second 
waterfall.”

Food Co-op Leases Site for Local Market

 With plans to offer organic, 
sustainable, and locally sourced 
products, the Arroyo Food Co-
op announced this week they 
have leased a former grocery in 
central Pasadena. 

 In a public statement the 
organization said the move is a 
major step toward their plans 
of opening a long-awaited 
community-owned grocery 
store.

 In a vote by Co-op members, 
over 98 percent, gave their 
approval for the Board of 
Directors to sign the lease on 
a 4,900 square-foot building 
at 494 N. Wilson Avenue, on 
the corner of Villa Street. The 
building was once the site of 
George’s Market. 

 “We looked high and low to 
find just the right spot to open 
the Co-op,” said Tricia Keane, 
president of the Co-op’s Board 
of Directors. “We looked for 
all those things that make 
a location a good location. 
We wanted it to be as close 
to our members as possible, 
and conveniently located for 
members of the public. I always 
had a dream that we would 
find a former grocery store just 
waiting for new people to move 
in, and, apparently, dreams do 
come true. The former George’s 
Market site has all the things 
we were looking for—and then 
some. This is truly an exciting 
time to be part of the Arroyo 
Food Co-op.”

 Along with signing the lease, 
the Co-op also announced a 
campaign to raise final funds 
necessary to open its doors. 
The Co-op needs approximately 
$70,000 to refurbish and 
renovate the site and another 
$251,000 for operational 
expenses, primarily inventory, 
they said.

 Years of hard work have 
brought us to these last steps 
before we open our doors,” 
said Patrick Reagan, Arroyo 
Food Co-op founder and 
CFO. “With the community’s 
continued support, we’ll clear 
these remaining milestones, 
establish a significant resource 
for healthy food, and provide yet 
one more example of how well 
the cooperative business model 
works for a local economy.”

 The co-op currently has a total 
of 550 members. 

 The new market would also 
sell fair trade items and non-
GMO produce. Possible features 
such as a deli, coffee bar, and 
community space are also being 
considered they said.

 For more information about 
the Co-op’s location, its capital 
campaign—including how to 
make a loan and becoming a 

Former Journalism 
Advisor Steps In to Help 
Student Run Newspaper

By Dean Lee

 Retired journalism instructor 
and college newspaper advisor 
Mikki Bolliger assumed the 
teaching duties of PCC inductor 
Warren Swil Monday after he 
was placed on administrative 
leave last week pending a 
complaint. 

 “I still don’t know any the 
details, just what’s been said, 
“Bolliger explained. “I talked 
to him [Swil] on the phone 
about routine stuff, like where 
is the roll book? He has been 
instructed not to talk about the 
investigation.”

 Bollinger said she was called 
suddenly Friday and asked if 
she teach Swil’s classes. 

 “I had to juggle a lot of stuff 
around to make this work,” she 
said explaining that if she did 
not, her thinking was, students 
might not be able to continue 
with the newspaper. “It’s very 
late in the semester.”

 Swil spoke out Wednesday for 
the first time, in an interview on 
KPCC radio, since being put on 
leave last Thursday. He said the 
situation is stressful and that he 
grieves for his students, further 
saying, none of them deserve 
this crisis.

 Swil has been a fulltime faculty 
member since 2007. 

 In recent weeks, the 
Courier has been critical of 
the schools administration 
including reporting on votes 
of no confidence for current 
President/ Superintendent 
Mark Rocha at a March 13 
Board of Trustees meeting.

Earth and 
Arts Festival 
April 20

 Celebrate a world of nature, art 
and live music at the Pasadena 
Earth and Arts Festival, 11:00 
a.m.to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, 
April 20, at Pasadena’s 
Memorial Park and, across the 
street at the Armory Center 
for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond 
Ave. Master of Ceremonies is 
noted author, performer and 
KPCC (89.3 FM) public radio 
commentator Sandra Tsing 
Loh.

 This is the 11th anniversary 
of Pasadena’s Earth and 
Arts Festival, one of the 
biggest Earth Day events in 
Southern California. The 
free, family friendly festival 
features activities, exhibits and 
entertainment for all ages. The 
2013 Green City Awards also 
will be presented during the 
festival.

 Browse through a huge eco-
marketplace where exhibitors 
will promote green living, 
energy and water efficiency, 
composting, organic foods, 
green building design, 
alternative transportation and 
renewable energy. City staff 
from many city departments 
will be on hand to answer 
your questions about waste 
reduction, recycling, water 
and energy conservation, and 
parks and nature preserves.

 Armory Center for the Arts 
is bringing MIA “Moving 
Images Art” which will feature 
projections of artists work 
using the moving images from 
experimental film, video art, 
installation art, performance 
art, essay films and animation.

Show your Metro pass at 
the transportation booth to 
receive an Earth Day reusable 
bag, while supplies last. 
Alternatively, join the 5.7-mile 
Earth and Arts

 Festival Bike Ride through 
town, led by C.I.C.L.E. 
Perfect for riders of all ages 
and skill levels, the guided 
tour will highlight the City’s 
Rotating Public Art Exhibition 
Program.

 The annual festival is 
sponsored by the City of 
Pasadena, Armory Center 
for the Arts, Conscientious 
Projector and Metro. For 
more information, visit www.
cityofpasadena.net/earthday 
or call (626) 744-4087.

 


 Pacific Asia Museum is set to 
present a wide variety of public 
programming in May. All 
programs below are included 
with museum admission.

Silk Road Storytime

 May 4, 10:30 a.m. 

 Join storyteller Sunny 
Stevenson as we celebrate 
gardens this month with 
springtime stories from all 
gardens all across Asia. Plus, 
make your own mini-garden 
and enjoy some Asian snacks. 
Free and open to the public.

 Art and Coffee

 May 10, 3 p.m. 

Curatorial staff introduce and 
lead discussion of selected items 
in the exhibition Takashi Tomo-
oka in this series of informal 
Friday afternoon gallery talks. 
Complimentary coffee provided 
by Starbucks.

 
Free Family Festival: The 
Garden in Asia

 May 12, 12-4 p.m. 

 Mothers’ Day is the perfect 
day to celebrate the current 
exhibition The Garden in Asia 
with a free Family Festival full of 
hands-on fun, demonstrations, 
crafts, performances, and more. 
Fun for all ages! Free and open 
to the public.

 
Fusion Friday: Premiere

 May 17, 7:30-10:30 p.m. 

The celebrated summer 
series is back for a whole new 
season! Each evening, enjoy an 
exciting blend of art, DJ music 
and drinks in the courtyard, 
live performances, hands-
on activities, prizes, gourmet 
food trucks and more. May’s 
premiere will feature a beautiful 
Indonesian shadow puppet 
performance with live gamelan 
music and DJ Arshia’s special 
Bollywood dance mix! Free for 
members, $15 general public. 
More information is available 
at pacificasiamuseum.org/
fusionfridays.

 
Authors on Asia: Farhana 
Sahibzada

 May 19, 2 p.m. 

 Talk and cooking 
demonstration with the author 
of Flavorful Shortcuts to Indian/
Pakistani Cooking. Originally 
from Lahore, Pakistan, chef 
and cooking instructor Farhana 
Sahibzada will demonstrate 
recipes from her new cookbook 
and provide the audience 
with light food samples. The 
program will be held in the 
museum courtyard. Books will 
be available for purchase and 
signing. RSVP (626) 449-2742, 
ext. 20

May Events 
at Pacific 
Asia 
Museum

Swil


Police to Conduct ‘Every 
Fifteen Minutes’ Program

 The Pasadena Police 
Department’s Traffic Section 
will again conduct a teen 
education program known as 
“Every 15 Minutes” Thursday 
— bringing awareness to the 
problem of teen drinking and 
driving.

 The program is held once a 
year at one of the local high 
schools. 

 According to police, this year’s 
two day awareness program 
will begin held at Polytechnic 
School starting on Thursday at 
8:00 am. 

 A realistic mock fatal collision 
will be staged in front of the 
school on Arden Rd west of 
Wilson Ave. Students will be 
directed to the collision scene 
and view participating fellow 
students involved in the mock 
fatal collision. Over the course 
of two days, students will 
experience the “grim reaper” 
of death, staged loss of fellow 
classmates, and family grief as 
student participants and their 
families share their obituaries 
and deepest thoughts on the 
subject of drinking and driving. 

 The PPD, along with the 
Pasadena Fire Department, Los 
Angeles County Coroner’s Office 
and Huntington Memorial 
Hospital will participate in 
this major demonstration to 
expose teens to the realities of 
alcohol and driving with the 
aim of preventing these deadly 
consequences. State Farm 
Insurance and the CHP fund 
the program.

Pet of the 
Week

 
Fluffy is an eight-year-old 
black and white longhair 
cat. She’s very friendly and 
enjoys attention. She loves 
to purr too! 

 Fluffy’s regular adoption 
fee is $70, which includes 
her spay surgery, a 
microchip, the first set of 
vaccinations, as well as 
a free follow-up health 
check at a participating vet. 
New adopters will receive 
complimentary health and 
wellness exam from VCA 
Animal Hospitals, as well 
as a goody bag filled with 
information on how to care 
for your pet. Fluffy also 
qualifies for our Seniors 
for Seniors program in 
which her adoption fee 
is waived for adopters 60 
years old and up. Ask an 
adoptions counselor for 
more information during 
your visit 

 Call the Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA at 
626.792.7151 to ask about 
A179264, or visit at 361 S. 
Raymond Ave. in Pasadena. 
Adoption hours are 11-4 
Sunday, 9-5 Tuesday –
Friday, 9-4 Saturday. Pets 
may not be available for 
adoption and cannot be 
held for potential adopters 
from phone calls or email. 
Directions and photos of all 
pets can be found at www.
pasadenahumane.org.


Learn How to Produce 
Your Own TV Show

 Pasadena Media offers a free 
television-training program 
for volunteers. Various Areas 
of training are available to 
Pasadena residents. Plan 
to attend an orientation to 
discover the right classes for 
you. Producers’ Training 
teaches citizens how to 
produce their own show for 
The Arroyo Channel. Studio 
Production/Equipment 
training is also offered for 
volunteer crewmembers. 
In addition, on-going 
training and memberships 
are available in our citizen 
journalism and digital film 
groups. Call (626) 794-8585 
or go to PASADENAMEDIA.
ORG explore all that PM 
hasto offer.


Holden holds 
‘100 Days 
Town Hall’

 This is an opportunity to 
talk with Assemblymember 
Chris Holden about issues 
that affect our district - from 
transportation to business 
to education; bring your 
ideas and we will supply 
cookies and coffee.

Thursday, April 18, 
5:30pm -7pm District 
Office – 600 N. Rosemead, 
Suite 117, Pasadena

 To RSVP: call 626.351-
1917.

Class Offerings 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Nightly

Orientation: 1st & 3rd Monday

Producers’ Training 2nd & 4th Monday

Camera 1st & 3rd Tuesday

Character Generator 2nd & 4th Tuesday

Lighting 1st & 3rd Wednesday

Audio 2nd & 4th Wednesday

Video Tape Operator 1st & 3rd Thursday

Technical Director 2nd & 4th Thursday

Stage Manager 1st & 3rd Friday

Teleprompter 2nd & 4th Friday

Citizen Journalism Every Tuesday

Digital Film Group Every Thursday

Free JPL Lecture 

 
NASA has led a recent push for 
development of regenerative 
fuel cell systems. This talk 
will introduce fuel cells and 
regenerative fuel cell systems, 
and highlight how this 
technology can enable future 
NASA missions to the moon, 
near-Earth asteroids and Mars.

 Free lectures on April 11 at 
JPL; April 12 at Pasadena City 
College; both at 7 p.m.

Regenerative Fuel Cells, 
Energy Storage Systems 
For Space Application