Mountain Views News          Saturday, December 28, 2013

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CALENDAR

Mountain View News Saturday, December 28, 2013 

 
Weather Wise

5-Day Forecast 

Sierra Madre, Ca.

 Mon: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 40s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 40s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 40s 

 Thur: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 40s

 Fri: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 40s 

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

CITY OF SIERRA MADRE 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings listed below are held at City 
Hall 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre, Ca. 

626-355-7135

NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING:

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

6:30 pm


CALENDAR

*Senior Community Commission 1st Thursday 3:00 

*Planning Commission 1st and 3rd Thursday 7:00

*Community Services Commission 3rd Monday 6:30

*Tree Advisory Commission 3rd Wednesday 7:00

*Library Trustees 4th Wednesday 7:00

* = Meetings are held in City Council Chambers 

1630 AM EMERGENCY RADIO & 

Free on-air publicity for local events

 Sierra Madre’s EMERGENCY radio station is now accepting scripts 
for Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about community events. 
PSAs will be broadcast on the air at no charge. The station operates 
24/7 and can be heard at 1630 on the AM dial.

 Any local non-profit or non-commercial organization can have 
their event information broadcast to the public on Sierra Madre 
Community Information Radio. The station covers the city of Sierra 
Madre, plus surrounding areas of Pasadena, Arcadia, and Monrovia. 

Your event must:

• Benefit a non-commercial or non-profit entity
• Be open to the public
• Be of general interest to local citizens


Just 
write a Public Service Announcement that describes your event 
and e-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 


Sierra Madre Police Blotter

SIERRA MADRE CITY HALL - Holiday Hours

The City of Sierra Madre City Hall, Public Library, Community Recreation 
Center and Hart Park House Senior Center will be closed December 25, 
2013 - January 1, 2014. Normal operations will resume Thursday, January 
2, 2014.

 

There will be special hours on Friday, January 3, 2014 from 11:00 am to 
5:00 pm. During the closure, water customers will still be able to pay their 
bills online or drop bills off in the drop box located in the City Hall parking 
lot. Customers can call 626.355.1414 for service requests. 

 

During the holiday closure Library patrons will still have access to online 
databases, catalog searches and book 
renewals, and patrons can still return 
material at the outside book drop in 
front of the Library.

 

The City of Sierra Madre staff wish all 
happy holidays and look forward to seeing 
everyone in the new year!

 

*Please note there will be no Farmers' 
Market on December 25th or January 
1st.

Parking Enforcement

The SMPD will suspend overnight 
parking enforcement during the Christmas 
and New Year holidays. Overnight 
parking enforcement will be suspended 
from 2:00 am Dec 20th until 2:00 AM 
on Friday January 3, 2014.


NOMINATE 
THE CITIZEN 
OF THE YEAR!

The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce 
is seeking nominations for the 
2013 Citizen of the Year. To be eligible, a 
person must be a resident of Sierra Madre. The accomplishment(s) 
or project(s) for which they are being nominated must have been 
of benefit to the community of Sierra Madre and its citizens during 
2013. They must have served without remuneration on the 
project for which they are being nominated, and members of the 
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors are not eligible.

Completed forms should be mailed to Sierra Madre Chamber of 
Commerce, 19 Suffolk Ave, Unit A, Sierra Madre, 91024 by Jan. 
6th. The winner will be selected by members of the Chamber 
Board of Directors, and will be honored at the annual Citizen 
of the Year/Board of Directors Installation Dinner to be held in 
January 31, 2014. Nomination forms are available either online at 
www.sierramadrechamber.com or by calling the Chamber Office 
at 626-355-5111.


WINE AND CUISINE TASTING TICKETS ON SALE NOW 

Tickets are on sale now for the 44th annual Friends of the Sierra Madre Library Wine and Cuisine 
Tasting. The event will be held on Friday evening, February 21, 2014, at Alverno Villa, 675 West 
Highland Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA, and will be an elegant affair featuring more than two dozen 
vintners providing superb wines and local restaurants offering delectable hors d’oeuvres and desserts. 

Tickets to the premier event are $80 and allow you early admission at 6:00PM and a souvenir wine 
charm. A sommelier will give a special wine tasting for those at the premier event, a chocolatier will 
provide chocolates to be paired with the red wines, and a local restaurant will offer hors d’oeuvres to 
be paired with the white wines. Tickets to the main event are $60 and provide admission at 7:00PM. 
All are on sale at the Sierra Madre Library, the Bottle Shop, Savor the Flavor, and Arnold’s Frontier 
Hardware. 

Throughout the evening you will enjoy live music and Magic Castle magicians as you stroll about the 
lovely grounds of Alverno sampling the wonderful wines and appetizers. A silent auction will again 
be offering lovely artwork, services, tickets to special events, restaurant vouchers, and many other 
tempting items. 

For a delightful evening of enjoying fine wines, tasty food, and lively entertainment amidst the company 
of friends, joins us at Alverno on February 21, 2014. 

The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library is a non-profit organization and all proceeds benefit the Sierra 
Madre Library. For more information visit our website at www.sierramadrelibraryfriends.org, 
or call the library at 626 355-7186.


HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM

THE GANG AT

VILLAGE VINE!

 VILLAGE VINE THIS WEEK

MONDAY - 10 - 11 am Barry, Rich & Lisa Show

Trivia and Humor at it’s finest. Just try to keep up with their wit! 
JOIN THE FUN!!!

Village Intersections with Gene Goss is back on the air! This week 
Gene’s guest is Sierra Madre Police Chief Larry Giannone. Join 
Gene and the Chief as they discuss public safety in Sierra Madre. 
See our Calendar for airing times or listen to the podcast at our 
Village Intersections page.

THURSDAYS - Noon 

Catherine Adde’s

 
OUR TRAVEL 
AFFAIR

NEW: TINA TIME 
WITH COUSIN 
MATTHEW

SATURDAY 

MORNINGS

D. J. Boddington

AKA James 
Faulkner returns 
Saturday morning 
at 7:00 until 10:00 
with his Saturday 
Morning Mix 
show. Lovers of 
music - tune in!

Set your smart 
phone and or computer 
browsers to

www.villagevine.
org

SIERRA MADRE ONE BOOK ONE CITY IN FEBRUARY

Maisie Dobbs has been chosen as the Sierra Madre 
Public Library 2014 One Book One City choice and 
an appearance by the author Jacqueline Winspear will 
highlight a month of exciting free programs at the 
Library. 

Winspear will speak on Saturday, February 22 at 2:00 
p.m. in the Gooden School multi-purpose room.
and will talk about her mystery novel featuring an 
extraordinary young woman living through epic times 
in World War I era England and France. A reception 
will follow the talk and copies of all the books in the 
Maisie Dobbs series will be available for purchase and 
signing by the author. 

014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World 
War I and Winspear’s talk caps a month of programs 
with a World War I theme. 

Kickoff Event - Saturday, 
February 1, 2:00 p.m. at 
the Library

• Children’s 
Airplane Flying Contest 
• Display of 
artifacts from World War I
• Display of 
World War I award-
winning poetry by 
Christopher “Kit” Adde
• Teen Docents 
will feature virtual tours of 
Sierra Madre in the World War I period 
• Music from the era 


Events throughout the month

• Tuesday, 2/4, 7 p.m. Library 
Travel in Time and Space. Immerse yourself in Maisie’s 
world with an armchair traveler’s tour of World War 
I life. Catherine Adde will take us away to Cambridge, 
London, an historic house in the English countryside and 
the battlefields of France where the story takes place
• Monday, 2/10 7 p.m. Sierra Madre Playhouse
Wings, the only silent film to win the Best Picture Oscar. 
Wings is an epic World War I action drama that features 
spectacular aerial sequences of vintage dog fighting and a 
romantic angle featuring its top-billed star Clara Bow. 
• Wednesday 2/ 12 at 7 p.m. Library 
Featured Book Discussion - Everyone is welcome to 
attend a special discussion of Winspear’s book. 
• Thursday, 2/ 20 11 a.m., Library 
Third Thursday Book discussion 
• Wednesdays, February, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 
Teen Book Club will read Leviathan, a steam-punk novel 
with a World War I setting. Library basement
• Friday 2/21, 7:00 p.m. Library 
Friends of the Library Wine Tasting. Actors dressed in 
the World War I period of Maisie Dobbs will mingle 
with the crowd. A signed copy of Maisie Dobbs will be 
featured as a silent auction item. Alverno Villa
• Saturday, February 22 at 2:00 p.m. 
in the Gooden School multi-purpose room 
Appearance and book signing by author Jacqueline 
Winspear.


Happy 
New 
Year!