Mountain Views News          Saturday, March 15, 2014

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REMEMBRANCE 

MILTON WILLIAM VALOIS 

 The strong and forward-looking Foundation. He was active on the 
spirit of our dear father, Milton boards of many organizations, 
William Valois, left us on the and helped establish the Dental 
afternoon of February 13. Dr. Hygiene Department at Pasadena 
Valois died of consequences of a Junior College. 
fall he had sustained the Saturday Pop’s passion was boating. 
before. The day of his accident, Beginning with a small 
he’d taken one of his daughters powerboat, the Yoyo, and later 
to lunch and spent the afternoon graduating to a sailboat, the 
sailing his boat with a friend; Santé, he and the family cruised 
just two weeks before that, he’d the Pacific from Mexico to San 
completed a snorkeling trip in Francisco. Countless weekends 
Belize with another daughter. were passed at Cherry Cove, 
beloved grandchildren, Dana 


Milton “Pop” Valois was 96 years Catalina Island. Pop was a 

Keig, Rob Walter, Zachary 

old, and had hoped to live to be member of the Alamitos Bay 

Linford, and Scott Linford reside 

100.Yacht Club, the Shoreline Yacht 

in Scottsdale, North Tustin, 

 Pop was born on June 22, Club, and was Commodore of the 

San Diego, and Los Angeles, 

1917, in Pasadena, California. Cherry Cove Yacht Club. He was 

respectively. Pop enjoyed and 

He married his sweetheart, Ann awarded “Emeritus” status by the 

followed the exploits of grandson-

Dowell Hayes, in 1942, before Adventurer’s Club of Los Angeles, 

in-law, Gordon Keig, and two 

completing dental school at the and was a founding member of 

granddaughters-in-law, Rebecca 

University of Southern California. the Pasadena Power Squadron. 

Walter, and Rachel Linford; and 

He served as Dental Officer and He and Mom traveled throughout 

six great grandchildren, Anna 

Junior Medical Officer aboard an the world, often cruising on small 

and Caroline Keig, Robby and 

attack transport ship, the U.S.S. ships.

Pearce Walter, and Abby and Joe 

Crittenden, for two years in the Pop loved music. After retiring 

Linford.

Pacific, and retired from duty as a from his dental practice, he joined 

 Friends and family surrounded 

Lt. Commander in 1954.the Valley of the Sun Theater 

Milton in his last days. We are 

 Pop and Mom chose the small Organ Society, and the American 

grateful for the friends, new and 

community of Sierra Madre, Theater Organ Society. 

old, who sailed with him, kept 

California, for their home But in Pop’s own words, “my 

in touch by phone, and indulged 

and for the site of Pop’s dental true love was my wife Ann of 71 

in his local dreams and schemes. 

practice. They reared their three years, my three daughters, four 

Our last words to him were “À 

daughters, Pamela, Renee, and grandchildren, and six great-

Votre Santé!”

Teresa, in Sierra Madre. Both grand children.”

 In lieu of flowers, donations may 

Mom and Pop were very involved Pop is survived by his three 

be sent to: The Los Altos Family 

in their community. Pop served daughters, Pamela Valois, of 

YMCA, Dr. Milt Valois Memorial 

as President of the School Board, Berkeley; Renee Walter, of 

Fund, 1720 Bellflower Blvd, Long 

the Kiwanis Club, the San Gabriel Phoenix; and Teresa Valois, of 

Beach, CA 90815. Checks should 

Valley Dental Society, and the Seattle; and by his son-in-law, 

be made payable to the YMCA. 

Southern California Dental Lloyd Linford of Berkeley. Four 

Sierra Madre Police Blotter 

For the period March 2--9, 2014 

During the week of Sunday, March 2, 2014 through Sunday March 9, 2014 the Sierra Madre Police 
Department responded to approximately 265 calls for service. 

Wednesday March 2, 2014 
On Wednesday March 5, 2014, at 4:23 pm, Sierra Madre Police Department responded to Kersting 
Court regarding a male subject acting aggressive and approaching people for money. A witness 
advised Sierra Madre Police, that they saw this same subject getting out of a grey Nissan Sentra parked 
outside a local business. During investigation, vehicle was located; license plate was run to find 
that the vehicle was stolen out of the City of Fontana. Police saw suspect matching the description 
entering a business. Suspect was detained and later booked on charges for Grand Theft Auto and 
Commercial Burglary. 

Saturday March 8, 2014On Saturday March 8, 2014 at 9:59 am. Sierra Madre Police responded to a threatening call in the 
200 block of W. Laurel. After officer’s investigation, one party was arrested for threatening another 
individual with bodily harm. Case is still under current investigation. 

Sunday March 9, 2014On Sunday March 9, 2014 at 1:00 pm, Sierra Madre Police Department responded to the 300 block of 
Foothill regarding a residential burglary. Resident advised officers that they were gone approximately 

3.5 hours. When resident returned home they discovered their house had been ransacked, and items 
were stolen. 
WALKING SIERRA MADRE……THE SOCIAL SIDE 


Photo and Story By Deanne Davis 

“Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have hadbeer and hot dogs.” Dwight Eisenhower 

“Only in America do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten 
and buns in packages of eight.” Anonymous 

VICIOUS DOGS IS OPEN! 

Woo hoo! Went to our brand 
new restaurant today (24 W. 
Sierra Madre Blvd. – site of the 
former Mountain View Sushi) for 
lunch and had a great time! All 
sorts of folks, including friends 
Kim Clymer-Kelley and Charley 
Kissinger were in there devouring 
hot dogs. My hot dog companion, 
the adventuresome and intrepid 
John, had the “I Love New York” 
which is a Polish dog with ranch 
dressing topped with grilled onions 
and pan fried tomatoes. And I had 
the “Papi El Guapo” (I’m going 
to spend the rest of the day going 
around saying Papi El Guapo for 
no reason at all!) which is a bacon 
wrapped jalapeno cheddar link 
with house chipotle sauce and their 
fresh pico de gallo salsa. Delicious. 
Just delicious. Charlie made quick 
work of “The Green Hornet” – a 
Louisiana Link with house-made 
spicy habenero green sauce, 
melted Monterey jack cheese and 
guacamole. This one is Very Spicy! 
Said so right on the menu! Kim had 
the “Slaw Dog” – an all beef dog 
topped with regular mustard, chili, 
shredded cheese and the house 
made cole slaw. Everybody liked 
everything. Doesn’t this make your 
mouth water?? 

Well! I’m going back. In fact, if I 
can talk him into it, we might do 
Vicious Dogs again for dinner. I want that Green Hornet (I am, after all, fearless and close to Pepto 
Bismol at all times) and John wants a chili dog. Kim and Charlie shared their fries with us – very 
crispy and hot. I want to try the Garlic-Feta Fries, or maybe the Chili Cheese Fries. 

Ah, friends and neighbors, we’ve needed Vicious Dogs! And judging from the crowd last Saturday 
for their opening day, the rest of Sierra Madre thinks so, too! They were mobbed from the opening 
bell till the doors finally closed. Hours, by the way, are 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and they’re closed 
Mondays. 

The staff today, Rayna White and Keisha Tucker, were very helpful, friendly, and able to keep all the 
people and orders organized while continuing to smile and explain the menu. I like that. 

Right now Vicious Dogs can serve you a variety of sodas, iced tea, bottled water, lemonade and other 
soft drinks. Yes, wine and beer are coming, but not for a few more weeks. 

 It was really pleasant sitting outside looking up at our own personal mountains and eavesdropping 
on one of our public works guys who was saying that the rain a couple of weeks ago was just totally 
absorbed and brought our reservoir level up about a foot or so but we’re still needing it to rise about 
another hundred feet. So, I guess we continue to do our best to be H2O Heroes and keep our showers 
down to a couple of minutes and water sparsely. After all the rain, I was astonished to see how quickly 
the ground dried out. 

We’re H20 Heroes,
Our water use is low. 
With all our sprinklers turned off,
Just how low can it go! 


We’re doin’ all we can here,
To save a drop or two,
H20 Heroes! 
That’s me, that’s you! 


And keep praying for rain! And maybe do a little rain dance or two like they’re doing up in San 
Juan Bautista. “Dozens of locals danced with hopes that their positive energy will help welcome rain 
clouds, and organizers said the power of prayers and people is strong.” Like they say in the movies, 
“It’s so crazy it just might work!” 

“Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians 
would keep dancing till it rained.” Sherman Alexie 

Meanwhile, take a walk downtown and drop in at Vicious Dogs for something outrageous…like the 
“Chicago” with neon green relish! Bon appétit! 

Check out my book, Walking Sierra Madre friends!

“A Tablespoon of Love, A Tablespoon of Laughter.” 

 It’s available on Amazon.com and at the following link: https://www.createspace.com/4561071And at the bookstore at Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene 
3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasad 

Rayna White and Keisha Tucker modeling the Vicious 
Dogs t-shirts 


LETTER TO THE EDITOR 

Re: Sierra Madre Utility Tax Extension 

On April 8, 2014 we vote whether to extend the Utility Tax. 

I don’t like paying taxes any more than anyone else, but at the same time I have read both the official 
argument against the extension and a letter to the editor of the Pasadena Star News and I simply 
cannot figure out how failing to vote for the extension will leave the City able to fund the present level 
of modest expenditures. It is a truth we accept when we move here that we do not have the tax bases 
of other nearby communities and will need to do more for ourselves. 

I have lived here since 1989. I can remember when Sierra Madre was so broke that when the City had 
to replace a police car we had to buy one used that another city was discarding. I can remember when 
the mechanic who serviced our fire trucks went unpaid for months and appeared before the Council 
begging for his bill to be paid. Things are no longer as desperate as that, but yet only this past year 
did we finally get our street resurfaced, which had needed it for years, and I look around and see that 
there are many other streets that equally need to be resurfaced. 

Every house in the City is valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In my opinion, that is 
an investment worth protecting. A modicum of public services, a library that we can be proud of, 
parks that I am happy to entertain my grandchildren at, streets that look like they are not in a slum, 
reasonable fire, paramedic and police protection, pay considerable dividends in the value of our 
property as part of being in a desirable community. The the loss of these expenditures would promptly 
cost us dearly far beyond any alleged “savings”. Think of it as “saving” money by firing your gardener 
and letting the yard go, and wondering why your property value is down. 

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Eric Olson, Sierra Madre