Mountain Views News          Saturday, July 27, 2013

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Pasadena City College 
officials announce that the 
student-run weekly newspaper 
The Courier has been 
awarded the prestigious 
General Excellence awards at 
the Journalism Association of 
Community Colleges’(JACC) 
State Convention held in 
Sacramento, Calif. 
Awards were presented for 
student work in the 2012-2013 
academic year. Publications, 
were judged based on a 
criteria that included writing, 
photography, design and 
editing. 
Joseph Futtner, interim dean 
of the Visual Arts and Media 
Studies division said, “I am 
not at all surprised; I know 
from numerous occasions 
talking to The Courier staff 
just how hard these guys work, 
including the time and effort 
put in by past editor Nicholas 
Saul and current editor 
Christine Michaels, as well 
as advisors Rachel Fermi and 
Mikki Bolliger.” 
In addition, individual 
awards were presented 
to Courier staffers in the 
categories of news writing, 
copyediting, feature writing 
and photography. 
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excellence4 Mountain Views-News Saturday, July 27, 2013 
Pasadena City College 
officials announce that the 
student-run weekly newspaper 
The Courier has been 
awarded the prestigious 
General Excellence awards at 
the Journalism Association of 
Community Colleges’(JACC) 
State Convention held in 
Sacramento, Calif. 
Awards were presented for 
student work in the 2012-2013 
academic year. Publications, 
were judged based on a 
criteria that included writing, 
photography, design and 
editing. 
Joseph Futtner, interim dean 
of the Visual Arts and Media 
Studies division said, “I am 
not at all surprised; I know 
from numerous occasions 
talking to The Courier staff 
just how hard these guys work, 
including the time and effort 
put in by past editor Nicholas 
Saul and current editor 
Christine Michaels, as well 
as advisors Rachel Fermi and 
Mikki Bolliger.” 
In addition, individual 
awards were presented 
to Courier staffers in the 
categories of news writing, 
copyediting, feature writing 
and photography. 
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General 
excellence
California Senate, Schiff 
authored Senate Bill 1847. 
Signed into law in 1998, this 
paved the way creating the Gold 
Line. 

monopoly 
tournament 
to be Held 

 Pasadena Public Library’s 
annual Monopoly Tournament 
for teens will be held on 
Thursday at 10:30 a.m. 
in Central Library’s Teen 
Patio, 285 E. Walnut St. To 
participate, register by calling 

(626) 744-4766.
Refreshments will be served at 
10:30 a.m. Game preparations 
begin at 10:50 a.m. The 
tournament starts at 11 a.m. 
sharp. Two 90-minute rounds 
will be played, with lunch 
provided between rounds. 
Official monopoly rules will 
be followed. The teen librarian 
will be the official tournament 
judge. 
For more information, 
contact Veronica Fuentes at 
(626) 744-4766 or vfuentes@
cityofpasadena.net. 
Fear Factor 
Food 
Challenge 

 Join the Pasadena Public 
Library’s for its first Fear 
Factor Food Challenge for 
teens on Wednesday, August 7 
at 2 p.m. in Central Library’s 
Teen Patio, 285 E. Walnut St. 

 Those that think they have a 
strong stomach can join in the 
Fear Factor Food Challenge. 
The teen who is able to eat the 
grossest of foods wins! First, 
second and third prizes will 
be awarded.

 Registration and a signed 
parental waiver are required. 
To register call (626) 7444766. 
For more information, 
contact Veronica Fuentes at 

(626) 744-4766 or vfuentes@
cityofpasadena.net.
longtime 
local 
reporter 
Found dead

 Pasadena Star News 
reporter Janette Williams 
was found dead, by a 
neighbor, at her Monrovia 
home over the weekend. 
The cause of death was 
not immediately known 
although it appeared not to 
be foul play. 

 According to the Star News 
website, Williams worked 
for the paper 22 years. She 
was 68.

 Williams was best known 
for her in depth reporting 
on Pasadena’s historical 
places including, saving 
the Greene and Greene-
designed Herkimer Arms 
apartment building. She 
was also known as an 
expert on the history of the 
Tournament of Roses. Her 
last story, published July 20, 
dealt with the Ambassador 
Gardens development on 
former Worldwide Church 
of God’s Ambassador 
College campus. 

 As a tribute to her, 
many of her coworkers 
posted short videos on 
pasadenastarnews.comsaying what a joy it was to 
work with her. Pasadena 
Star News Editor Frank 
Girardot said the news of 
her sudden death devastated 
the newsroom. 

 Williams, a native of 
Scotland, moved to the 
United States in the 1980s.

 Two weeks ago Williams 
said she was semi-retired 
working at the paper just a 
few days a week. 

Pet of the 
Week

 Scooter is a three-yearold 
Poodle mix. He’s very 
friendly and loves sitting in 
laps. He’s been out on our 
Mobile Unit and did very 
well.

 Scooter’s adoption fee 
is $125, which includes 
his neuter 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. Ask an 
adoptions counselor for 
more information during 
your visit. 

 Call the Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA at 
626.792.7151 to ask about 
A331846, 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.

Gold line Celebrates 10 years 


 Ten years ago Friday the first downtown Los Angeles.
Metro Gold Line light rail full He went on to say the Gold Line 
of passengers made its way from has radically changed how many 
Pasadena to Union Station in of the local residents, workers 
downtown Los Angeles. To and visitors travel every day. 
mark the occasion the Metro “This is just the beginning of a 
Gold Line Foothill Extension long term evolution that occurs 
Construction Authority held following such a significant 
an anniversary event at the transit investment.” 
Del Mar Station Plaza complete Other speakers included, 
with a cake cutting by Pasadena Assemblymember Chris Holden, 
Mayor Bill Bogaard.LA County Supervisor Michael 

 “This project has been such a Antonovich, Congresswoman 
significant factor in the modern Judy Chu, among others. 
development of the city of Congressman Adam Schiff ’s 
Pasadena,” Bogaard said. “We field representative Teresa 
celebrate a very successful first Lamb-Simpson also spoke on 
decade of Gold Line passenger Schiff ’s behalf.
service between Pasadena and During his tenure in the 

rare Images of earth taken 
by Cassini Spacecraft

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn’s rings and our planet 
Earth and its moon in the same frame. Image Credit: NASA/JPLCaltech/
Space Science Institute

 Color and black-and-white in Pasadena, Calif. “Cassini’s 
images of Earth taken by two picture reminds us how tiny our 
NASA interplanetary spacecraft home planet is in the vastness 
on July 19 show our planet and of space, and also testifies to 
its moon as bright beacons from the ingenuity of the citizens of 
millions of miles away in space. this tiny planet to send a robotic 
NASA’s Cassini spacecraftspacecraft so far away from 
captured the color images of home to study Saturn and take 
Earth and the moon from its a look-back photo of Earth.” 
perch in the Saturn system Pictures of Earth from the 
nearly 900 million miles (1.5 outer solar system are rare 
billion kilometers) away. because from that distance, 

 In the Cassini images Earth Earth appears very close to 
and the moon appear as mere our sun. A camera’s sensitive 
dots -- Earth a pale blue and detectors can be damaged by 
the moon a stark white, visible looking directly at the sun, just 
between Saturn’s rings. It was as a human being can damage 
the first time Cassini’s highest-his or her retina by doing the 
resolution camera captured same. Cassini was able to take 
Earth and its moon as two this image because the sun had 
distinct objects. temporarily moved behind 
“We can’t see individual Saturn from the spacecraft’s 
continents or people in this point of view and most of the 
portrait of Earth, but this pale light was blocked. 
blue dot is a succinct summary More information about 
of who we were on July 19,” the picture and the Wave at 
said Linda Spilker, Cassini Saturn campaign is available 
project scientist, at NASA’s at: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory waveatsaturn . 

Julia Child Cocktail Partykicks off SIP-tember event

 Sixty-four drinks willcompete to be named thefavorite during six-weekonline cocktail bracket 
challenge.

 Patrons will get to decide 
which cocktail is Pasadena’s 
favorite during SIP-tember: A 
Celebration of the Cocktail in 
Pasadena. From August 15th 
through September 26th, local 
restaurants will serve cocktails 
that will be paired against 
each other in a competition. 
64 cocktails, ranging from 
drinks specially concocted for 
the competition to margaritas 
and sangria, will begin the 
competition that will last six 
weeks and culminate in a live 
taste-off of the four drinks that 
win their bracket.

 Brackets will be unveiled on 
the Pasadena Restaurant Week 
website on Monday, August 
5th at 2pm. The 64 cocktails 
competing in 32 brackets 
will be available for viewing 
at the Pasadena Restaurant 
Week website at www. 
pasadenarestaurantweek.com.

 Voting will be live on August 
15, with the first bracket voting 
open for two weeks. 

 “Last summer we were 
looking for a fun way to honor 
and remember Pasadena 
native Julia Child for her 
contributions to culinary and 
television history. Since Julia 
Child was known to enjoy a 
good cocktail, we decided to 
throw the citywide cocktail 
party on her birthday, August 
15th, at venues throughout the 
city,” said Pasadena Chamber 
CEO Paul Little. “At the same 
time, we wanted to highlight 
all that Pasadena’s restaurants 
and lounges have to offer for 
visitors, residents and those 
who work here.”

 The four finalist drinks will 
face off in a live sip-off at the 
Taste of Pasadena on September 
26th at the Rose Bowl. The 
first challenge will take place 
over two weeks and pit 32 
pairs of cocktails against each 
other. Each week following the 
winners will be paired head-
to-head with another winning 
cocktail until, on September 
26th, the four finalists will be 
matched in a live tasting during 
the annual Taste of Pasadena 
hosted by the Pasadena 
Chamber of Commerce at the 
Rose Bowl from 6pm to 9pm. 

annual Wiggle Waggle 
Walk Coming September

 The fundraiser for 
the Pasadena Humane 
Society sets $400,000goal

 Animal lovers are invited to 
put their best feet forward at 
the Pasadena Humane Society 
& SPCA’s 15th annual Wiggle 
Waggle Walk – a community 
fundraiser for animals – at 
Brookside Park adjacent to the 
Rose Bowl. Organizers hope 
to raise $400,000 through 
the event, which will provide 
food, shelter and medical care 
to homeless animals, nearly 
12,000 of which are taken in by 
the humane society every year. 
The walk will start at 9 a.m. on 
Sunday, September 29. 

 Thousands of people and 
their dogs are expected to 
take part in the walk, which 
begins at 9 a.m. Walkers and 
their dogs can choose either a 
one-mile or three-mile route 
around the outside of the Rose 
Bowl stadium before enjoying 
a free Pet Expo at the park. 
Participants do not need a dog 
to join the fun—just a desire 
to help animals—and they 
can walk individually or form 
teams. 

“The Wiggle Waggle Walk 
is a fun event that brings 

events for the Pasadena 
Convention Center

 August 23-25 – 5 p.m.

 PRO PHOTO EXPO 2013Admission $8 good for all three 

 Professional Photographers days; discount tickets available 
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more. 

TOURNAMENT

Friday & Saturday noon – 5 This USTTA-sanctioned, 
p.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.4-star event features some of 
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ppconline.com including 2004 Olympic Men’s 

Singles gold medal winner Ryu 
August 30 – Sept 1 Seung-Min and 2012 Olympic 

 THE INTERNATIONAL Men’s Singles bronze medal 
GEM & JEWELRY SHOW winner Dimitrij Ovtcharov. All 
Industry professionals and the skill levels and all age groups 
general public enjoy a large are represented. Winners share 
selection of jewelry at deep $36,000 in prizes, including 
discounts. The show features $10,000 for the open singles 
top-quality diamonds, silver, winner.
gold, opals, rubies, watches, Games start at 8:30 a.m. and 
earrings, necklaces, rings, finish when scheduled games 
settings, onsite sizing and are completed.
repairs, and onsite jewelry Saturday $20, Sunday $30, two-
cleaning at affordable prices. day pass $40, VIP ticket $200Friday noon – 6 p.m., Saturday Pasadena Convention Center, 
10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. 300 E. Green St. laopentt.com 

altadeNa SHerIFF CrIme blotter 

 Monday, July 15th 

10:00 AM – A residential 
burglary occurred in the 900blk 
of E. Mariposa St. Loss: gold 
necklace, currency. 
10:35 AM – A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 400blk 
of Figueroa Dr. ***Vehicle 
was recovered on 7/23 by 
Pasadena PD*** 
4:41 PM – An assault with a 
deadly weapon occurred in 
the 2200-blk of Oakwood St. 
Suspect was taken into custody. 
Between 10:00 PM and 6:30 
AM (Tuesday) – A petty theft 
from an unlocked vehicle 
occurred in the 1400-blk of N. 
Grand Oaks Av. Loss: black 
wallet, cellphone. 

 Wednesday, July 17th 

 Between 2:00 AM and 7:45 AM 

– A vehicle burglary occurred 
in the 1600-blk of Grand Oaks 
Av. Loss: diaper bag. 
Between 11:45 AM and 2:50 
PM – A residential burglary 
occurred in the 2300-blk N. 
Allen Av. Loss: coffee & tea set, 
two purses. 

1:39 PM – A petty theftoccurred at Ralph’s, 2270 N. 
Lake Av. Suspect described as 
a male, Black, 25-30, 511-602, 
210-245 lbs. Loss: security 
device. 
10:05 PM – Suspect O’Neal 
Hamilton, 34 yrs, of Altadena 
was arrested for possession of a 
controlled substance. 
Thursday, July 18th 

everyone together to help 
animals in need,” says Steve 
McNall, president and CEO of 
the Pasadena Humane Society 
& SPCA. “This is our biggest 
fundraiser of the year. We would 
not be able to provide the level 
of care to all the animals without 
the community’s support.”

 Participants are encouraged 
to fundraise for the animals by 
creating personal web pages 
through the Wiggle Waggle 
Walk website and asking family, 
friends and co-workers for 
donations. Non-walkers, and 
those unable to attend the event, 
can also create fundraising web 
pages through this site. Entrants 
who raise $50 will receive an 
official Wiggle Waggle Walk 
T-shirt. Registration is free.

 Check-in starts at 8 a.m. at 
the entrance to Brookside Park. 
The walk will begin at 9:00 a.m. 
and the Pet Expo will take place 
immediately after the walk until 
1 p.m. The Pet Expo will feature 
K9 demonstrations by the 
Pasadena Police Department, 
a variety of pet product 
booths, paw-tapping music 
and fun dog contests. This 
year’s sponsors include Wells 
Fargo, VCA Animal Hospitals 
, and Community Bank. For 
more information, visit www. 
wigglewagglewalk.org. 

 Between 12:30 AM and 5:00 
AM – A vehicle vandalism 
occurred in the 700-blk of 
Royce St. 

7:50 AM – An arrest for 
possession of a firearm 
occurred in the area of Allen 
Av. & Washington Blvd. 
The following suspects were 
arrested: Wash Dorsey, 63 
yrs., of Pasadena, Anthony 
Anderson, 21 yrs. of Altadena, 
Pedro Mraz, 23 yrs., of Los 
Angeles, and Calvin Cadle, 19 
yrs., of Altadena. 
Between 9:00 PM and 6:30 AM 
(Friday) – A petty theft from an 
unlocked vehicle occurred in 
the 1500-blk of N. Altadena Dr. 
Loss: Avon products. 

 Between 11:00 PM and 6:00 
AM (Friday) – A vehicle 
burglary occurred in the 
2000-blk of E. Jefferson Av. 
Suspect(s) entered the vehicle 
via unknown means. Loss: 
black iPod. 

 Between 11:00 PM and 6:45 
AM (Friday) – A vehicle 
burglary occurred in the 2300blk 
of Glenrose Ave. Loss: 
iPhone car charger. 

 Friday, July 19th 

 Between 5:00 AM and 8:00 
AM – A petty theft occurred 
in the 2200-blk of Navarro Av. 
Loss: sign. 

Between July 14th and July 
20th there were 12 runaway 
juveniles reported to the 
Altadena Sheriff Station.