Mountain Views News          Saturday, January 25, 2014

Mountain Views-News Saturday, January 25, 2014 

DUARTE MAYOR LIZ REILLY TO LAUNCH TWO 
MONTHLY OUTREACH PROGRAMS AT LIBRARY 

Duarte Mayor Liz Reilly has a long history of involvement in Duarte schools as a volunteer and inher longtime job as an instructional aide at Valley View Elementary School. Thus, it’s no surprise thatthe recently appointed mayor has decided to expand her educational outreach to the community’s 
children, parents and residents in general by hosting two new monthly programs at the DuarteLibrary. 

On Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 4:30 p.m., the mayor will launch “Literacy and Learning with MayorLiz” at the Duarte Library. For the first 15 minutes of the hour-long program, the mayor will read tothe children, followed by a 15 minute craft project provided and taught by the Library staff. The lasthalf hour will be devoted to taking questions from the parents in attendance. 

Mayor Reilly will also host a “Coffee and Conversation with the Mayor” program on the 
fourth Saturday of each month beginning February 22. The program will be held in the CommunityRoom of the Duarte Library from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., with coffee and cookies provided by the City.
This casual conversation with the mayor provides residents with an opportunity to ask questions andspeak to the mayor one-on-one in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. 

The Duarte Library is located at 1301 Buena Vista St. 

For additional details about the Mayor’s outreach programs at the Duarte Library, call DuarteCity Hall at (626) 357-7931, ext. 221. 

LOVE YOUR DUARTE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK? HERE’S YOUR 
CHANCE TO ADOPT IT 

DUARTE, CA - Among the many attributes that make Duarte a comfortable and livable city are the 
number of parks, sports fields and walking trails for residents to enjoy. Many of Duarte’s one dozenparks, including the “pocket” parks that dot neighborhoods throughout the City, feature picnic andbarbeque areas and playground equipment. Others also include tennis, volleyball, and/or basketball 
courts. 

Duarte residents value their parks and the recreational amenities they provide so much thatsome have informally “adopted” their neighborhood parks by helping to keep them clean by picking 
up trash carelessly discarded by others. Recently one group of residents even organized a “clean-upday” at their neighborhood pocket park, which got the City’s Parks and Recreation heads thinking 
that perhaps others might also be so inclined. The result is the newly established official City ofDuarte “Adopt-A-Park Program”.

With limited staffing and resources the City is supporting and encouraging residents to joinin helping to make their parks even more attractive and welcoming.

Adopting groups and organizations will work without direct City of Duarte supervision butwill work through the Parks and Recreation Department and maintenance supervisor under a formal 
one-year agreement. Adopt-A-Park activities may include general clean up in and around the parkmonthly, sifting sand play areas for hazards and trash, cleaning playground equipment areas, removalof dead plant matter, leaves and fallen twigs and small branches, and planting trees, flowers or shrubswith the approval and guidance of the Field Services division. Adopted parks will be assigned on afirst-come, first served basis, although adoption by one organization does not preclude adoption ofanother area of the same park by another organization.

To learn more about the Adopt-A-Park Program, call City of Duarte Maintenance Supervisor, 
Jeff Risley (626) 357-7931, ext. 249. 

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The Arcadia Chamber of Commerce is 
pleased to announce that Bob and Patsy 
Harbicht have been named Citizens of the 
Year for 2014-15. 
Individually and together the couple has 
devoted a lifetime of volunteer service 
to the community of Arcadia through 
scouting, schools, church and myriad 
organizations. 
The Harbichts will succeed Jim and Shelly 
Romo at the 2014 Citizen of the Year / Installation 
Dinner to be held on March 27 
at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel on Huntington 
Drive. The annual dinner event, 
featuring the induction of the new Chamber 
officers, including President-elect 
Denise Weaver of Weaver & Associates 
Insurance, a tribute to outgoing Chamber 
President Arlynn Robinson, and presentations 
by Chamber and City leaders and 
political dignitaries, is considered one of 
Arcadia’s premier events. In addition, Rose 
Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary will receive 
the Corporate Community Contributor 
Award. For information and tickets, 
call the Chamber office at 626-447-2159. 
Other recent Citizens of the Year include 
Alice Wang, Sho Tay, Vince Foley, current 
City Councilmen Gary Kovacic and Mickey 
and Lee Segal, and Gail Jensen. 
Early on a Monday morning last September, 
Bob Harbicht was spotted putting 
table cloths on dozens of tables at the 
Arboretum being set up for that evening’s 
Taste of Arcadia, which he calls “Arcadia’s 
signature event.” 
It was emblematic of his attitude even 
while leading the City as Mayor four times 
and on a record-setting 20 years on the 
City Council, which ends in April.
“We’re pretty good at being Indians as well 
as chiefs,” he says. 
Bob has also been Chairman of the Lucky 
Baldwin District of the Boy Scouts of 
America, and received the Boy Scouts 
Silver Beaver Award. His other volunteer 
leadership roles have included President of 
the Arcadia Rotary Club and Arcadia High 
School Drill Team Booster Club, as well as 
serving on the Board of Directors for the 
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, Arcadia 
Red Cross, Arcadia Welfare & Thrift, and 
the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association. 
And that’s in addition to his years as 
AYSO soccer coach and referee. 
When they aren’t traveling and bicycling 
the world and caring for their children and 
grandchildren, the Harbichts have a hard 
time keeping up with each other as Patsy 
also has a full slate of volunteer responsibilities. 
In addition to serving on the PTA 
from Highland Oaks Elementary, Foothills 
Middle School and Arcadia High School 
and as a leader in the Girl Scouts, she has 
also been President of: Visiting Nurses 
Association of Methodist Hospital; Children's 
Home Society of Arcadia; Arcadia 
Partners in Rotary; and Monrovia Guild of 
Children's Hospital. Her decades of volunteering 
have also included participation in 
the Assistance League of Arcadia and more 
than 30 years at the Los Angeles County 
Arboretum. 
ROSE HILLS NAMED RECIPIENT 
OF CORPORATE COMMUNITY 
CONTRIBUTOR AWARD 
The Arcadia Chamber of Commerce also 
announced that Rose Hills Memorial Park & 
Mortuary will be the second annual recipient 
of the Corporate Community Contributor 
award to be presented along with the annual 
Citizen of the Year Award at the Chamber’s 
Board of Directors and Officers Installation 
Dinner March 27 at Doubletree by Hilton 
Hotel on Huntington Drive. 
Each year the award recognizes the contributions 
to the community by a Chamber 
business member. The contributions may be 
financial and/or pro-active generous support 
in other ways. 
The annual Installation dinner program featuring 
presentations by Chamber and City 
leaders and political dignitaries is considered 
one of Arcadia’s premier events. In addition 
to the tribute to Rose Hills, Bob and Patsy 
Harbicht will receive the Citizens of the Year 
award, Arlynn Robinson will be feted as the 
outgoing Chamber President, and Denise 
Weaver will be inducted as the new Chamber 
President for 2014-15. 
Rose Hills is one of the key sponsors responsible 
for supporting the meteoric rise in 
the popularity of productions staged by the 
Arcadia High School Theatre department in 
recent years. The company has also supported 
the Arcadia Chinese Association’s annual 
Gala for the past three years and provided a 
large one-time gift to the community group. 
Similarly, they have supported the Methodist 
Hospital Foundation’s annual Gala and 
Mardi Gras fundraisers for the past three 
years. 
Rose Hills executive Bruce Lazenby takes an 
active role in local organizations by being a 
member of the Arcadia Community Coordinating 
Council and serving on the Board 
of Directors for the Arcadia Chamber of 
Commerce. 
The company also provides programs of its 
own for the betterment of the broader community, 
including Welcome Home Vietnam 
Veterans Day, where veterans of all ages can 
find needed goods and services, and the Dia 
de los Muertos outreach to Hispanic communities 
throughout San Gabriel Valley. 
CITIZENS OF YEAR 
Arcadia Police Blotter

BOB AND PATSY HARBICHT NAMED ARCADIA CHAMBER OF 


For the period of Sunday, Januaryhit a construction worker on the

COMMERCE 


12th, through Saturday, January 18th, head with a metal pipe and fled thethe Police Department respondedlocation on foot. Officers searched for 
to 940 calls for service of which 124 the suspect, but he was not located.
required formal investigations. TheThe victim was treated by Arcadiafollowing is a summary report ofFire and transported to Arcadiathe major incidents handled by theMethodist Hospital for further 
Department during this period. treatment. 

The suspect is described as 16 to

Sunday, January 12:

18-years-old, 5’7” tall, clean shaven,

1. At approximately 00:49 
with short black hair and a thin build.

a.m., an officer was dispatched to 76Gas Station, 102 East HuntingtonThursday, January 16:
Drive, regarding a possible strong6. Just after 12:50 p.m., 
arm robbery. While sitting in thean officer responded to Bank of 
driver seat of his taxi cab, the victim America, 180 North Santa Anita 
was approached by an unknownAvenue, regarding a commercial 
male subject who asked him for someburglary report. The suspect, a 
change. After the victim refused, the22-year-old White female, entered 
subject struck him in the face with athe location and attempted to cash 
piece of wood and fled the locationa fraudulent check. She was arrested 
on foot. and transported to the Arcadia City 

The suspect is described as a Jail for booking. 
Hispanic male in his twenties, 6’ tall,7. At approximately 9:08 
175 lbs., thin build, wearing a lightp.m., an officer working burglary 
blue short-sleeved jacket with a whitesuppression patrol conducted a 
shirt underneath, dark colored pants,traffic stop on a vehicle for no 
and a black beanie. license plates in the area of Hugo 

2. At about 9:05 p.m., an Reid Drive and Baldwin Avenue. 
officer conducted a traffic stop onAn investigation revealed the driver 
a vehicle in the area of Huntingtonwas never issued a license and he 
Drive and Santa Clara Avenue for had an outstanding misdemeanor 
lane swerving. The officer discoveredwarrant. A search of his person and 
the driver was under the influence of vehicle revealed he was in possession 
marijuana. The 18-year-old Hispanicof marijuana, drug paraphernalia, 
male was arrested and transported toburglary tools, and known stolen 
the Arcadia City Jail for booking. property. The 17-year-old Hispanic 
male was arrested and transported 

Monday, January 13:

to the Arcadia City Jail for booking. 

3. Shortly after 00:30 a.m., 
officers were dispatched to Motel 6, Friday, January 17:
225 Colorado Place, in reference to 8. Just after midnight, an 
suspicious activity. Officers located officer conducted an enforcement 
two juvenile females hiding behind stop on a bicyclist for riding with no 
a storage box to the rear of the lights on Huntington Drive at Second 
property. The subjects refused to Avenue. The officer discovered the 
identify themselves and were taken 33-year-old Hispanic male was in 
into custody for curfew violation. possession of cocaine and forged 
A records check revealed the documents. He was arrested and 
17-year-old Hispanic female was transported to the Arcadia City Jail 
reported missing by Fresno Police for booking. 
Department and the 15-year-old 
Saturday, January 18:

White female was reported missing 

9. Around 4:45 p.m., an 
by the Riverside County Sheriff ’s 

officer was dispatched to a rear-end 

Department. Both subjects were 

traffic collision at the intersection 

arrested and later transported to a 

of Colorado Street and Colorado 

group home for housing. 

Place. An investigation revealed 
Tuesday, January 14:the suspect, a 43-year-old Hispanic 

4. Sometime after 11:50 p.m.,male, was driving under the 
unknown suspect(s) stole a walletinfluence of an alcoholic beverage 
from a vehicle that was parked atand possibly drugs with his 15-year24 
Hours Fitness, 125 North First old nephew inside the vehicle. The 
Avenue. The victim accidentally leftjuvenile was released to a family 
the doors unlocked and no witnesses member while the other driver was 
were located. transported to Arcadia Methodist 
Hospital for a complaint of back 

Wednesday, January 15:

and chest pain. The suspect was 

5. At approximately 3:23 p.m.,
arrested, transported to the Arcadia 

an officer was dispatched to Ralphs,

City Jail for booking, and his case 

16 East Live Oak Avenue, regarding

was forwarded to the Department 

an assault with a deadly weapon

of Child and Family Services for 

report. An unknown Hispanic male 

review. 

Monrovia Police Blotter 

Highlighted Activity for the Weekdays of 
January 20-22, 2014 

During the last seven-day period, the Police Department 
handled 349 service events, resulting 
in 77 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. 

Commercial Burglary – Suspect ArrestedJanuary 20 at 2:04 p.m., loss prevention personnel 
from a business in the 500 block of West Huntington 
called police to advise they had a male 
suspect in custody for theft. Officers arrived and 
discovered the subject had no identification and 
would not provide his name. He was arrested for 
the theft and for establishing his identity. At the 
police department he provided a name and was 
eventually identified and found to be on parole. 

Petty Theft / Warrant – Suspect ArrestedJanuary 20 at 8:13 p.m., loss prevention from a 
business in the 1600 block of South Mountain 
called police to report a subject had taken merchandise 
and left the store without paying for 
it. The same subject was seen in the parking lot 
looking into vehicles. Officers responded and 
detained the subject. The male subject attempted 
to discard an item as the officers were detaining 
him. The object was found to be a Garmin GPSdevice. As the officers were detaining the suspect, 
a customer of the business approached the officers 
and said someone had entered his unlocked 
vehicle and took his Garmin GPS. The victim saw 
the Garmin device the suspect had discarded and 
said it belonged to him. The suspect admitted he 
had stolen the GPS and it was returned to the victim. 
The suspect was also found to have an outstanding 
warrant for his arrest. He was arrested 
and taken into custody. 

Elder Abuse / Criminal Threats / Barricaded Suspect 
– Suspect ArrestedOn January 21 at 1:13 a.m., a 71-year-old female 
called police for help because her mentally ill, 
51-year-old son had physically abused her the 
day before, causing injuries,
and he was currently yelling, incoherently, and 
banging on the walls of their home. She was 
afraid he was going to hurt her or himself. When 
officers arrived, the male subject barricaded himself 
inside his bedroom, blocking the door. Officers 
could see him through his bedroom window, 
pacing back and forth, holding a large ice pick, 
and he had a knife holstered to his belt. The subject 
yelled at officers and told them to enter the 
bedroom so he could kill them with the ice pick. 
He also said he had a gun in the bedroom and 
was going to shoot the officers. The subject has 
a prior history of physical violence, physical violence 
toward officers, and weapons violations, so 

the regional Foothills Special Enforcement Team 
was requested to assist in apprehending him.
The Foothill Special Enforcement Team responded 
to the location. The suspect tried to exit a bedroom 
window to accost officers outside and was 
quickly taken into custody by Special Enforcement 
Team officers. No one was injured in the 
incident and the suspect was arrested. 

Vehicle BurglaryJanuary 21 at 6:50 a.m., a vehicle burglary was reported 
in the 700 block of East Huntington Drive. 
The victim parked and went into a business at the 
location. When she returned to her vehicle, she 
found the passenger window shattered and her 
purse and cell phone were missing. The items 
were visible from outside of the locked vehicle. 
The investigation is continuing. 

Theft of Batteries From Cable Relay BoxesJanuary 21, in the afternoon, two cable service 
providers called police to report their cable relay 
boxes had been broken into and the batteries had 
been taken. The thefts occurred in the 300 block 
of East Walnut and the 100 block of E. Greystone. 
The investigation is continuing. The Monrovia 
Police Department is seeking the publics helpand requesting that anyone who sees any suspicious 
persons or activity near this type of cable 
relay box in your neighborhoods please call police 
and report it right away. 

Resisting and Delaying a Peace Officer / Warrants 

– Suspects ArrestedJanuary 21 at 4:50 p.m., police received a call reporting 
a subject with an outstanding warrant for 
his arrest was in the area of Fifth and Huntington. 
The caller provided a vehicle description and 
the location of the suspect. Officers responded 
and located the vehicle. The suspect was seen at a 
nearby business and fled on foot when he saw theofficers. An officer went in foot pursuit of the suspect, 
who fled across Huntington drive through 
four lanes of traffic. As officers attempted to detain 
him, the suspect resisted, but was eventually 
taken into custody without further incident. The 
suspect’s girlfriend was located in the same parking 
lot and was also found to have an outstanding 
no-bail warrant for her arrest. Both suspects were 
arrested and taken into custody. 
Vandalism / Graffiti in Progress – Suspect Arrested 
& Graffiti Bounty RewardedOn January 22 at 2:48 a.m., a caller reported a female 
subject spray painting something on a wall. 
Police responded and located the suspect and the 
spray paint can. The suspect had sprayed graffiti 
on the wall. The suspect was positively identified. 
She was arrested and taken into custody. The caller 
was given the $100 Graffiti Bounty cash reward 
for reporting the graffiti, which led to the arrest of 
the suspect.