Mountain Views News          Saturday, November 23, 2013

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, November 23, 2013 

Monrovia Police Blotter

Duarte Volunteers Invited to Help Decorate 
City of Hope’s 2014 Rose Parade Float

DUARTE, CA, November 20, 2013 -- City of Hope and City of Duarte have designated Saturday, 
Dec. 28 “Duarte Day,” an opportunity for local volunteers to work on City of Hope’s especially 
significant 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade float. The world-class biomedical research, treatment 
and education institution founded in 1913 in Duarte, will be officially sun setting its Centennial 
festivities as a participant in the 2014 Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.

 “Helping to decorate a Rose Parade float that will be seen and enjoyed by millions of parade 
viewers around the world is a fun and exciting way to kick off the new-year. Volunteering to work 
on the City of Hope float is a great opportunity for our Duarte residents to salute City of Hope’s 100 
years of life-saving work,” said Deputy City Manager, Karen Herrera. 

 City of Hope is recognized worldwide for its compassionate patient care, innovative science 
and translational research, which rapidly turns laboratory breakthroughs into promising new 
therapies. The theme of City of Hope’s 2014 Rose Parade float, “Turning Hope & Dreams into 
Reality,” depicts the Wishing Trees that line the entrance to the medical center where patients, 
visitors and supporters can make a wish or honor a loved one. The float is being built by Phoenix 
Decorating Co. 

 The decoration site for the City of Hope’s float is Rosemont Pavilion, 700 Seco St., in 
Pasadena. Volunteers must be at least 13 years of age or over. Opportunities are available for 80 
volunteers who will be split into two work shifts of 40 persons each. The first shift will work from 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m. The second shift from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Duarte Day volunteers will receive a t-shirt and 
commemorative City of Hope lapel pin. For details about volunteering and to register go to www.
cityofhopeparadefloat.eventbrite.com and select a shift during Duarte Decorating Day. 

For those who would like to support City of Hope’s float decorating efforts, but are unable to 
volunteer, there is another way to help. Add a wish to the Wishing Trees to make dreams come true 
and help save lives. Virtual wishes can be purchased for $25. With a $125 donation, wishes will be 
placed on the float. Wishes can be purchased at www.cityofhope.org/floatwishes .

Highlighted Activity for the Weekdays of November 18-20, 2013

During the last seven-day period, the Police Department handled 468 service events, resulting in 88 
investigations. To see a complete listing of crimes reported, go to http://www.crimemapping.com/
map/ca/monrovia for crime mapping. For Police Department news and information, visit our website 
and follow us on Twitter for police notifications.

Robbery

November 18 at 3:40 p.m., a robbery occurred in the 1100 block of South Myrtle. The victim was 
walking south on Myrtle with his cell phone in his hand and his head down. The suspect walked past 
the victim, grabbed the victim’s phone out of his hand and ran north on Myrtle. The victim chased 
after the suspect, but when the suspect verbally threatened to beat him up, he stopped. The suspect is 
described as an African American male, 20 to 30 years old, short hair cut, a goatee, approximately 6 
feet tall, average build, wearing a green hooded sweatshirt with yellow writing and possibly matching 
green sweat pants. Investigation continuing.

Public Intoxication – Suspect Arrested

November 19 at 3:40 a.m., dispatch received a call reporting a subject having difficulty parking a vehicle 
on the street in the 500 block of East Walnut. The caller stated that the person possibly struck a 
parked vehicle and drove up on the curb. The driver got out of the vehicle and walked away. When officers 
arrived, they saw the parked vehicle with recent collision damage. There were no other vehicles 
in the area that appeared to have damage caused by this vehicle. As officers were taking pictures of the 
vehicle, the owner of the vehicle exited his residence. The subject had a laceration over his left eye. The 
subject started cursing at officers and displayed signs of intoxication. There were no witnesses that

could identify the suspect as the driver, and the vehicle was legally parked. Officers took pictures of 
the vehicle and the suspect was arrested for being drunk in public.

Burglary / Possession of Burglary Tools / Grand Theft – Suspect Arrested

November 19 at 10:46 p.m., a female subject entered a business in the 500 block of West Huntington 
and selected several items of clothing and merchandise. She entered the changing room, where she 
stayed for two hours. When she exited the changing room, loss prevention personnel discovered several 
metal clothing sensors cut into pieces. The suspect exited the store and walked to a fast food restaurant, 
where she entered the bathroom. Officers arrived and when the suspect exited the bathroom, 
she was detained. The wire cutters used to cut off the metal sensors were found in the bathroom, and 
the suspect was in possession of the stolen property. The suspect was arrested.

Residential Burglary

November 20 at 6:58 p.m., police dispatch received a call from an alarm company reporting that the 
residential burglary alarm had activated at a residence in the 300 block of North Madison Avenue. Officers 
responded and discovered a shattered rear sliding-glass door. A search team entered and cleared 
the residence; no suspects were located inside. The homeowner was contacted and indicated he was 
out of town. The investigation is continuing.


HOSTING AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTChor Moua of 
the Cambridge Institute of International Education, brought an enlightening program to the Duarte 
Kiwanis Club. The Cambridge Institute partners with Green Planet to identify families that want 
to host and international student for a school year. Host families, in general, commit to hosting 
a visiting student for 10 months. Hosting provides an amazing opportunity learn about cultural 
diversity and to show an international student what American life is all about. Additionally, Green 
Planet provides 24/7 support for bilingual support and counseling. With our modern technology – 
students are interviewed by prospective schools via Skype. They are provided with two family profiles 
to choose from and then the match takes place. A monthly stipend is provided to the host family as 
well. Pictured from left, speaker, Chor Mour, Residential Manager from The Cambridge Institute of 
International Education and Duarte Kiwanis Club President, Pam Kawaski.

The Duarte Kiwanis Club has lunch meetings the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of the month at 
Westminster Gardens. For further information on speaking or joining the club, contact Dr. Diane 
Hernandez at drdiane@drhernandezoptometry.com. 


NOVEMBER IS SCIENCE MONTH AT MONROVIA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Join us for a month full of exciting science programs. Every Tuesday in November at 4:00 p.m. in the 
Library Community Room. This program is sponsored by Friends of the Monrovia Public Library 
and is for 1st through 8th graders. Shows, Animals 101, hands-on experiments and more. 

November 5 - Great Scott, the Glad Scientist

Be a part of this entertaining and educational presentation. Learn what matters about mater—discover 
the properties of air and water—be amazed at the science of magic!

 November 12 - Sizes of Things

Join Steven L. Cornford, NASA/JPL as we learn about the Sizes of Things, from planets to the biggest 
star and from the human hand down to atoms. See amazing photos and learn about a Mars mission. 

 November 19 - Animals 101

See live animals and learn about the science of taxonomy. Wildlife Company will introduce insects, 
amphibians, reptiles and more while we learn what makes them unique.

 November 26 - Hand’s On Science

Is it a solid or a liquid? Pour...poke...drop...push...and stretch. Make your own batch of oobleck and 
perform experiments to see if you can figure it out!

The Library is located at 321 S. Myrtle Avenue, in Old Town Monrovia’s Library Park. Call (626) 256-
8274 for more information or visit our website at: www.cityofmonrovia.org/library.