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SIERRA MADRE JULY 4TH CELEBRATIONS....Pg. B1


SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2013

VOLUME 7 NO. 26

Inside this week: 

EXCESSIVE HEAT 

Sierra Madre May Reach Triple Digits On Sunday

REMEMBER

No Fireworks 

In Sierra Madre

Sierra Madre City Manager Elaine 
Aguilar reminds residents that 
should air conditioning and/or power 
fail and you are in need of a place 
to go, city facilities such as the Senior 
Center, City Council Chambers, or 
the Recreation Center are available 
during normal business hours. (City 
Hall and the Senior Center are closed 
Friday, Saturday and Sunday – but re-
open on Monday at 11:oo am. ) The 
Library is also available and is open 
on Saturday. 

Other Places To Go:

Altadena Senior Center 

(626) 798-4971

560 East Mariposa St. Altadena 

Mon –Fri 8 am – 5 pm

Arcadia Senior Center 

(626) 574-5130

365 Campus Drive Arcadia

Mon –Fri 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Pasadena Senior Center 

(626) 795-4331

85 East Holly St Pasadena 

Mon -Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Sat 8:30 am - 3 pm

 

SIERRA MADRE


Calendar Page 2

Sierra Madre News Page 3

Los Angeles County Issues 
The Following Alert:

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles 
County Health Officer has declared a 
Heat Alert as high temperatures have 
been forecast beginning tomorrow for 
the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys 
through Monday, July 1 and the 
San Fernando, San Gabriel and East 
San Gabriel Valleys through Sunday, 
June 30. This alert may be extended if 
weather conditions do not improve. 

The Department of Public Health 
would like to remind everyone that 
precautions should be taken, especially 
by individuals who participate in outdoor 
activities, older adults, caretakers 
of infants and children, and those sensitive 
to the heat.

“Everyone should remember to take 
special care of themselves, children, 
the elderly, and their pets. Extreme 
heat such as this is not just an inconvenience, 
it can be dangerous and even 
deadly,” said Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, 
MPH, Director of Public Health and 
Health Officer. “When temperatures 
are high, prolonged sun exposure may 
cause dehydration, heat cramps, heat 
exhaustion, and heat stroke. Deaths 
can occur in vulnerable population’s 
particularly very young children and 
frail elderly. Over 700 deaths occurred 
in Chicago during a heat wave in the 
late 1990s. Equally large numbers of 
deaths have occurred in Europe during 
a heat wave. It is critically important to 
never leave children, elderly people, or 
pets unattended in homes with no air 
conditioning and particularly in vehicles, 
even with the windows ‘cracked’ 
or open, as temperatures inside can 
quickly rise to life-threatening levels. 
If you have an elderly or infirm neighbor 
without air conditioning, make 
sure that they get to a cooling center or 
other air conditioned space between 
10 a.m. and 8 p.m.”

Air quality in the Santa Clarita Valley 
will be unhealthy for sensitive individuals. 
People living or working in 
these areas with heart disease, asthma 
or other respiratory disease should 
minimize outdoor activities. Schools 
or youth camps that have children 
with sensitive conditions, including 
heart disease, asthma, other chronic 
respiratory diseases, should not participate 
in PE or outdoor physical activity 
and should stay indoors as much 
as possible. Additionally, schools, day 
camps, and non-school related sports 
organizations or athletes should take 
extra precautions during extreme heat. 
Practices and other outdoor activities 
should be scheduled for very early or 
very late in the day in order to limit the 
amount of time spent in the sun and 
heat.

If you plan to be outdoors, please take 
precautions to protect yourself from 
the sun and heat.

Avoid the sun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
when the burning rays are strongest.

Reduce physical activity.

Wear a wide-brimmed hat and light 
colored lightweight, loose-fitting 
clothes when you are outdoors

Avoid hot, heavy meals that include 
proteins.

Set your air conditioner between 75° 
to 80°. If you don’t have air-conditioning 
take a cool shower twice a day and 
visit a public air conditioned facility.

Drink plenty of fluids even if you are 
not thirsty. Avoid alcohol.

Use sun screen with a sun protection 
factor of at least 15 if you need to be 
in the sun.

Don’t forget about your pets, they need 
plenty of water and shade.

Symptoms of dehydration and heat 
cramps include dizziness, fatigue, 
faintness, headaches, muscle cramps 
and increased thirst.

Note: Air quality can easily degrade 
during hot weather. If you have heart 
disease, asthma or other lung disease, 
minimize outdoor activity to reduce 
heat-related illness.

PASADENA/ALTADENA

Pg. 4

Local Man Sentenced For 
Bomb Threats 

AROUND SGV Pg. 5

SCHMIDT: Mutual Aid l in SGV

NYERGES: Witch In The Kitchen

FOOTHILL MWD REBATES

ARCADIA NEWS Pg. 6 

Suspected Released In Attempted 
Abduction

MONROVIA/DUARTE 

 Pg. 7

Monrovia-Arcadia-
Duarte Town Council

SIERRA MADRE 
SCHOOL UPDATE:

EDUCATION & YOUTH

 Pg. 8

 Sierra Madre city councilman Chris 
Koerber shared the following brief 
update on the Sierra Madre Upper 
Project received from PUSD:

 The district has received all the documentation 
in from the Contractor - 
Sinanian who has in turn been sent 
the official Notice To Proceed. 

 Frazer Thompson of PUSD has also 
sent out a request to the Contractor 
and union agent assisting the District 
to please coordinate the trades meeting 
for the 5th. Immediately following 
that meeting the “formal project 
kick-off meeting (where we make 
sure the contractor understands the 
rules of working on a school site, 
will set all our meetings, make final 
determinations for the expectations 
we have, and can ask any lingering 
questions before we get going) and 
immediately after that we will be 
underway.”

St. Rita Honors Its Own

BEST FRIENDS Pg. 9

It’s Hot Out There

THE WORLD AROUND US 

 Pg. 9

LOOKING UP -

FOOD & DRINK

Pg. 10

Hot Dogs!

THE GOOD LIFE Pg. 11

Savvy Senior

Senior Happenings

BUSINESS Pg. A12

HEALTHY LIVING 

Pg. A13

SECTION B

SIERRA MADRE 
CELEBRATES JULY 4TH

 

 Pages B1 - B3

FRIENDS OF THE SIERRA MADRE 
LIBRARY ANNUAL MEETING

CITY DISPLAYS STARTLING GRAPHIC 
OF CURRENT WATER LEVELS


CELEBRATING WISELY

 Pg. B4


SPORTS Pg. B5

ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT 

 Pg. B6

LEFT/RIGHT Pg. B7

OPINION Pg. B7

LEGAL NOTICES 

 Pg. B8

FYI Pg. B12


By Jane Zamanzadeh

On Wednesday, June 19, Friends’ President, 
Darlene Traxler, and Vice-President, Beth 
Smith-Kellock, welcomed guests into the 
parish hall at Sierra Madre United Methodist 
Church for the Friends of the Sierra Madre 
Library annual dinner meeting.

 In celebration of the Friends’ 60th 
birthday, the hall had been decorated in 
the bright colors of birthday balloons with 
lovely birthday cakes serving as the table 
centerpieces.

 Darlene greeted all the guests and 
introduced the Mayor, Nancy Walsh, City 
Council members, Library Trustees, and 
city staff in attendance. She also recognized 
former Director of Library Services Toni 
Buckner. 

 Carolyn Thomas, the Director of Library 
Services thanked the Friends and volunteers 
for all their support this year and raising 
additional funds for the Library that helped 
in providing such services as 2 new databases, 
Ancestry.com and New Book Alert, as well 
as programs such as eReader, Summer 
Reading for children and adults, One Book 
One City, I Love My Library Contest and 
2 Digital Storyboard presentations. A new 
iPad has been purchased that can be used 
by patrons. 

 The current Friends of the Library 
Board members were asked to stand to 
be recognized and the dinner committee 
consisting of Sandra Dickey, Fran 
Garbaccio, Beth Smith-Kellock, Pat Locher, 
Sharon Murphy, Connie Wortham, Mary 
Talwar, and Toni Navarro were thanked 
for organizing such a lovely event. Chair 
of the Library Trustees, Glenn Putnam, 
was introduced and congratulated us for 
another successful year and also said he 
really appreciates our many fund raising 
efforts. They enable the Library to be 
what it is today and fulfill many of the 
Library’s requests. Darlene thanked Sue 
Hart, Archives Chairperson, for gathering 
information about the Friends’ 60 years of 
service and fundraising for our Library and 
directed guest’s attention to the display she 
had created in the back of the room.

 Beth Smith-Kellock reported on the 
Partner’s Program that was started by the 
Friends to raise additional funds for the 
Library. We have 35 current members who 
have pledged to give annually at levels of 
either $100; $250 or $500. Last year $4,000 
was given to help remodel the Children’s 
Reading Room. She has also completed a 
new updated brochure for (cont. on page 3)

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Sierra Madre’s water problem is real. And, to further help residents 
understand the issue, a sign was constructed in Kersting Ct. to show 
just how much trouble we are in. Above is an enhanced photo which 
clearly shows our current levels and how close we are to well failure.


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