SIERRA MADRE’S FIRST 16U COLT DIVISION BANNER EVER - 2013 REGION CHAMPIONS! ..Page 7


SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2013

VOLUME 7 NO. 29

Inside this week: 

WALKING SIERRA 
MADRE…. 

The Social Side

By Deanne Davis

We Sierra Madre folk are a healthy 
bunch! We can be found day and 
night, crack of dawn till…for the 
radical fitness extremists… almost 9, 
walking, running, bicycling and, as 
Harvey Hyde (our former Mountain 
Views News Sports Guru) always said 
when we ran into him on his walk, 
usually with a phone glued to his ear, 
“gettin’ it done!”

Walking ‘round town is actually quite 
a pleasant pursuit, checking out whose 
roses still look decent in spite of the 
water situation and the burning heat; 
whose lawn is just clinging to life (like 
ours); who’s painted their house; and 
whose sprinklers are watering the 
street. This particular item brings out 
the seven-year-old tattletale in me, 
you know: “I’m telling!” Well, I won’t 
name any names, but some schools 
and churches need to take a look at 
their sprinklers.

The mornings lately have been cool 
and pleasant and, walking up Canon 
Drive into the canyon, we have spotted 
groups of three and four deer several 
times in the last week or so. It is such 
a delight to see these lovely creatures 
turn and look at us, then go back to 
nibbling, keeping one eye on us just 
to see if we’re going to turn into large, 
ravening wolves. We don’t, we just 
take their pictures.

Walking downtown today, we admired 
the new STOP sign at the corner of 
Baldwin and Highland, which went 
up with astonishing speed and is 
probably going to be a real shock to a 
lot of drivers who whiz down Baldwin 
at a great rate (myself included)! 

We looked in the window at Mother 
Moo’s to see if she still has Rum 
Raisin ice cream! Woo hoo, she does! 
Noticing the yogurt place has cleaned 
all the posters off their front windows, 
which looks really nice now you can 
see inside. Seeing if P E Dean’s, that 
fabulous furniture resale store, has 
anything we can’t live without and, 
frequently, they do!

Did you know that we have an amazing 
number of places here in town where 
you can do just about anything 
associated with fitness? There’s Sierra 
Health & Fitness on South Baldwin, 
Village Yoga on Sierra Madre Blvd.; 
there’s Curves right by P E Dean’s on 
Sierra Madre Blvd.; Body Shop Fitness 
on North Baldwin, which is a private 
fitness studio; Yoga Madre upstairs at 
16 W. Sierra Madre, and even more! 
Most of these folks feature Pilates and 
just about everything you can think of 
to lengthen, strengthen and tone your 
bod! We had no idea! 

Also in the fitness realm, there’s our 
new G3 Academy of Martial Arts on 
Sierra Madre Blvd. where, in days of 
yore, Highlander Liquor used to be. 
Didn’t you love seeing all those kids 
in their martial arts uniforms in the 
July 4th parade! All learning life skills, 
discipline, and respect, in addition 
to balance, flexibility, coordination, 
fitness, focus and strength. Not bad 
at all!

The Jacaranda trees are still blooming 
a little, the Crape Myrtle Trees are 
coming into bloom, the Pepper Tree 
in Kersting Court is looking great, we 
still haven’t tried out the wine tasting 
room at The Bottle Shop but it’s not 
going anywhere!

If you haven’t taken a stroll around 
town lately, just to see what’s going on, 
you need to give it a try! Have a cup 
of coffee at Beantown or Starbucks, 
maybe a little breakfast at Corfu or 
Only Place in Town Café and see who’s 
out that you know. Hey, how about 
this Saturday?!

PLANNING COMMISSION DENIES 
STONEGATE PERMITS; APPEAL FILED

SIERRA MADRE

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Sierra Madre News Page 3


PASADENA/ALTADENA

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AROUND SGV Pg. 5

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ARCADIA NEWS Pg. 6 

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MONROVIA/DUARTE 

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EDUCATION & YOUTH

 Pg. 7

Region Champs

BEST FRIENDS Pg. 8

Doggie TV?!

 
In the ongoing struggle to complete the Stonegate Development (formerly 
known as 1 Carter), the developers recently filed an appeal of he Planning Commissions 
decision not to grant conditional use permits for three of the homes 
that are ready to proceed.

 At the June 20th meeting, the commission denied the applications on the basis 
that in general the size of the proposed residence was out of character for the 
project. According to staff reports, tn the instance of 638 Baldwin Court the 
proposed development “is inconsistent with Policy L12.1 because of the density 
of the development proposed.” Similar reasoning was used in denying permits 
for 630 Baldwin Court as well. For the latter, the Commission felt that the scope 
of what was proposed was not in complicance with the Hillside Management 
Zone. 

 A Conditional Use Permit is required to insure that the proposed residences 
“which can be seen from the historic Macomber Cabin, Carter Barn and Willis 
Estate contrasts with the design of these structures.”

 An appeal has been filed with the City Council by the developer, CETT Investment 
Corporation of Rosemead, Ca. It will not be heard by the council, however 
until perhaps sometimes after the summer recess in September.

 CETT Investment Corporation owns 23 of the 28 lots in the development. Five 
are owned by individuals. To date, the most progress that has been made are 
the completion of the access roads, utilities and for the three before the council, 
some basic layout as shown in the photo above taken on Friday.

 This land, which begins at the intersection of Baldwin and Carter Avenues, has 
been a bone of contention in Sierra Madre for more than a decade, beginning 
with the attempt to build Maranatha High School on the property. After that attempt 
failed, the property was sold to another developer who proposed building 
50 ‘McMansions’. After years of litigation, and Greg Galletly lost the property in 
foreclosure, an agreement was reached with the bank and the city on just what 
could be built on the property. The agreement prohibits building anything that 
conflicts with existing city codes, including the Hillside Management Zone. The 
settlement also reduced the number of units to 29 and the size to less than 4,000 
sq. ft., 5 bedroom, 5 bath homes. S. Henderson/MVNews 

THE GOOD LIFE Pg. 9

Savvy Senior

Senior Happenings

BUSINESS Pg. 10

HEALTHY LIVING 

 Pg. 11

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

 Pg. 12

Left Turn/Right Turn

 World Around Us

 ScienceNews Pg. 13

New 4-Way Stop Sign at Baldwin 
and Highland Avenues

OPINION Pg. 14

LEGAL NOTICES Pg. 15

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Time is running out! The Sierra Madre 
Honors Awards Dinner is the way of honoring 
the true treasures of Sierra Madre. 
To Nominate: Simply e-mail Dorothy 
Costello or drop off a short letter at City 
Hall listing qualifications of your nominee 
by 5:00 pm, Thursday August 1, 2013.

 The award categories are:

 George Mauer Lifetime Achievement 
Award - Awarded to a person / entity 
whose lifetime of service embodies the 
spirit of volunteerism

 Wistaria Award - Recognizes a City / 
Community partnership that assists with 
providing community-wide programs and 
services

 Police Chief’s Special Award - Presented 
for outstanding service and duty to the 
community

 Public Safety Award - Awarded for protecting 
and maintaining safety in the 
community

 Public Service Award - The Employee of 
the Year award 

 Community Youth Service Award - Presented 
to a youth (under 18) for outstanding 
service 

 

Sierra Madre Honors Awards Nominations

FYI Pg. 20


WILL THE FARMERS’ MARKET MOVE 
TO SUNDAYS IN KERSTING COURT?

By Noah Green

The Sierra Madre Chamber of 
Commerce has teamed up with the 
company that runs the Sierra Madre 
farmer’s market, Raw Inspiration, 
Inc., in an effort to move the farmer’s 
market to Sundays in Kersting 
Court. The market’s current 
time and location on Wednesday 
afternoons on Hermosa Avenue 
next to Memorial Park has been an 
obstacle and an inconvenience to 
many customers who simply cannot 
get off of work in time to make it 
to the market. The location has 
also been a problem for the market 
vendors because of the general lack 
of foot traffic in the area.

The Chamber believes that moving 
the market to Sundays in Kersting 
Court will benefit customers 
by providing them with a more 
convenient location with abundant 
parking. Attracting more customers 
will hopefully boost the vendors’ 
business. The Chamber also hopes 
that the new time and location will 
encourage market customers to 
patronize local businesses in and 
around Kersting Court, as well as 
enrich the town’s sense of community 
by providing residents with a central 
location where they can shop and 
mingle during the weekend.

Thus far, the Chamber has received 
an overwhelmingly positive response 
to its initiative from the community. 
Indeed, the Chamber was able to get 
every business in the Kersting Court 
vicinity to sign a petition in support 
of the move.

The decision as to whether the move 
will actually happen now lies with 
the City’s Community Services 
Commission. If you support moving 
the farmer’s market to Sundays in 
Kersting Court, please contact the 
Commission and let them know!

For more information on the effort, 
contact Noah Green at 626-355-5111.


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