Mountain Views News          Saturday, October 11, 2014

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

SECTION B

AROUND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

FEEDING THE HUNGRY: FOOD FORWARD IS A 
PICKIN’ IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

LOCAL U.S. MARINES KILLED IN EFFORT TO ERADICATE 
TERROR REMEMBERED AT MEMORIAL DEDICATION


As each name of a U.S. Marine killed in the global effort 
to eradicate terror was recited and a bell was rung, the dog 
tag was placed on a special memorial at the Pasadena U.S. 
Marine Reserve Center on Thursday, Oct. 2. Each of the 
Marines was from the greater Pasadena area.

 U.S. Marines and reservists, community leaders, 
members of the center’s Citizen Support Group and 
others took time to reflect on the sacrifices of the 12 
Marines who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to 
their nation:

Cpl Carlos Arellanopandura Rosemead

PFC Eric Ayon Glendale

2nd Lt. James Blecksmith San Marino

LCpl Donald Cline Sierra Madre

LCpl Sergio Escobar Pasadena

LCpl Mario Gonzalez Baldwin Park

LCpl Blake Howey Glendale

LCpl Francis Martinez-Flores Duarte

LCpl Raul Mercado Monrovia

Cpl Brian Oliveira Glendale

LCpl Rogelio Ramirez Pasadena

LCpl Dion Whitley Altadena

 The ceremony began with an invocation, continued 
with the reading of the names and the placing of the dog 
tags on the monument and ended with the lowering of 
the U.S. flag.

 “The intent of such a memorial is not to glorify war or 
even commemorate some great victory of the past. It is 
meant simply to honor those who have died in service 
to their country,” said LtCol Donald Wright during 
the ceremony. “We honor their sacrifice and remind 
ourselves of the need to be ready to answer our nation’s 
call. We also remind those who have fallen that we have 
not forgotten them and that we will not let them down.”

 The Pasadena U.S. Marine Center is at 2699 Paloma 
St. at the northwest corner of Paloma Street and Sierra 
Madre Boulevard. 

 Resting near the flagpole and the entrance to the main 
building, the memorial can be seen easily through the 
fence that surrounds the center.

 The 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, also known 
as the 2/23, is an infantry reserve unit that provides 
trained personnel to augment and reinforce active-duty 
units in times of war, disasters and other situations as 
national security requires. About 30 active-duty and 
reserve U.S. Marines are on staff daily at the center. 

 The 2/23 also participates in local civic events and 
works in cooperation with the city of Pasadena during 
emergencies and natural disasters.

 During monthly training drills there are more than 
200 U.S. Marines at the center. 

 Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard and the Pasadena 
City Council unanimously voted to adopt the 2/23 on 
Nov. 25, 2013, formally recognizing the relationship 
between the city of Pasadena and the Pasadena U.S. 
Marine Corps Reserve Center, which is on city-owned 
land.

 For more information call 626-398-0295.

Across the valley, plump persimmons, gorgeous 
guavas, and peak pomegranates have ripened to 
fruition and are begging to be picked. For those 
homeowners who have more backyard fruit 
than they can eat or share, fallen fruit means a 
wasteful over--
abundance. For those in need, 
excess fruit means a bounty of sweet and direly 
needed nutrients. For Food Forward, this means 
incredible potential and a call to the community 
for action.

 Food Forward is the largest non--
profit fruit 
gleaning organization in Southern California; 
since 2009, Food Forward has rescued and 
donated over five million pounds of fresh, local 
produce that would otherwise go to waste. When a 
fruit donor in the neighborhood has fruit to spare, 
Food Forward organizes volunteers from the 
local community to pick it, provides harvesting 
equipment and a trained leader as support, and 
then arranges for a local food pantry or receiving 
agency to collect the fruit donation.

 As Los Angeles is home to some of the nicest 
weather anywhere in the world, it also has some of 
the best growing conditions. Because of this, fruit 
grows wildly on healthy trees, often producing 
more than the owner can eat by him or herself, 
and more than they can share with friends and 
neighbors.

 The abundance on the branches hangs in stark 
contrast to LA’s serious problem of food insecurity. 
One in six adults and one in four children in LA 
County are food insecure, meaning they don’t get 
enough nutritious food to lead a healthy and active 
lifestyle. Food Forward fills a vital role in the 
community by connecting those with abundance 
to those who need it the most. In the 5 years since 
their establishment, Food Forward has collected 
over 5 million lbs. of fresh produce, donated 20 
million servings, engaged 6,000 volunteers, and 
picked at over a thousand properties.

 In order to continue growing, Food Forward is 
always looking for more properties and volunteers 
so spread the word! If you or someone you know 
has fruit to donate, check out foodforward.
org to register your tree. Anyone interested in 
volunteering can check out foodforward.org/
events to find a pick or farmers market glean 
happening close by; the picks are fun and highly 
rewarding, so grab a friend or two and come out 
for a pick!

 Lillian Krovoza, San Gabriel Valley Branch 
Lead, (530) 219--
3306, lillian@foodforward.org

THE HUNTINGTON ENRICHES BRITISH PAINTINGS 
COLLECTION WITH “THE THREE WITCHES” BY FUSELI

In private hands since its creation around 1782, the dramatic depiction of the “weird 
sisters” from Shakespeare’s Macbeth will go on public view for the first time on Oct. 11


SAN MARINO, Calif.—The Huntington Library, Art 
Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today the 
acquisition of one of the best-known compositions by the 
Anglo-Swiss painter Henry Fuseli (1741–1825). In private 
hands since its creation around 1782, The Huntington’s 
version of Fuseli’s The Three Witches or The Weird Sisters 
appears to be a finished, full-size study, presumably 
made before the two other known full-size, final versions 
Fuseli made of the subjects. These are in the collections 
of the Kunsthaus Zurich, and the Royal Shakespeare 
Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England. After months 
of conservation treatment at The Huntington, the new 
acquisition will go on public view for the first time on Oct. 
11 in the Huntington Art Gallery.

 “Given the fame of The Huntington’s collection of 
18th-century British paintings, it may come as a surprise 
that we did not already have a painting by Henry Fuseli—
one of the most celebrated, notorious, and inventive 
artists of the period,” said Kevin Salatino, Hannah 
and Russel Kully Director of the Art Collections at The 
Huntington. “Finally we do, and a great one, a picture 
full of mystery and suspense. Its powerful composition 
packs an incredible punch, second in impact only to the 
artist’s famous painting The Nightmare at the Detroit 
Institute of Arts, which is from the same period. The 
acquisition of The Three Witches now fills a major gap in 
our collection.” 

About The Huntington

 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical 
Gardens is a collections-based research and educational 
institution serving scholars and the general public. More 
information about The Huntington can be found online 
at www.huntington.org.

Visitor information

 The Huntington is located at 1151 Oxford Rd., San 
Marino, Calif., 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles. It 
is open to the public Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and 
Friday from noon to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Sunday, and 
Monday holidays from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Summer 
hours (Memorial Day through Labor Day) are 10:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays and major holidays. 
Admission on weekdays: $20 adults, $15 seniors (65+), 
$12 students (ages 12–18 or with full-time student I.D.), 
$8 youth (ages 5–11), free for children under 5. Group 
rate, $11 per person for groups of 15 or more. Members 
are admitted free. Admission on weekends: $23 adults, 
$18 seniors, $13 students, $8 youth, free for children 
under 5. Group rate, $14 per person for groups of 15 or 
more. Members are admitted free. Admission is free to all 
visitors on the first Thursday of each month with advance 
tickets. Information: 626-405-2100 or www.huntington.
org.

REMEMBRANCES

PIETRO CAROLFI: Sculptor Extraordinaire 

October 24, 1915-October 6, 2014


Monday afternoon, I received the call from New Jersey; 
my beloved Uncle Pete had passed away. Of course I 
was sad, but then I thought of what one remarkable 
man accomplished in his almost 99 years of life and the 
personal sacrifices made along the way.

 Uncle Pete was born in northern Italy, the second 
youngest of several children. An Italian soldier who 
fought in World War II, he was captured by the British in 
Tunisia in 1943 and sent to America as a prisoner of war. 
Like most Italian POWs he agreed to support the US War 
Effort by joining the Italian Service Unit over the next 
three years. Meanwhile, serving as a volunteer at Ft. Dix, 
was Natalie Allegrini who was fluent in Italian. Natalie 
and Pietro fell in love. After the War ended, he returned 
to Italy and they corresponded for one year till Natalie 
reunited and they married on a beautiful hill in Tuscany.

 They moved to Park Avenue in Collingswood in 1952 
where Uncle Pete established his sculpting/casting 
business; in 1956 they purchased a larger Victorian 
home on Haddon Avenue with an attached large studio 
where “Uncle Pete” did his magic. I am most proud of 
his statue of George Clymer (signer of the Declaration of 
Independence) in front of Independence Hall in Philly. 
His lifelong career turned models into hundreds of works 
of art in the Delaware Valley. During his time running 
Carolfi Studio, he made molds for hundreds of statues, 
including Church saints, the fountain-leaping gazelles at 
Philadelphia 
Zoo, Walt 
Whitman 
at Rutgers-
Camden 
University, installations in front of the Philadelphia 
Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Convention Center, 
and molds and casts for famous artists such as Angelo 
Frudakis and John Giotti. Another favorite- an award-
winning bust he designed of himself used as the model 
for Caesar’s head in Atlantic City!

 What I failed to mentioned was Pietro left behind his 
ENTIRE family to come to America-his parents and 
five living siblings. I am sure that was not easy. But he 
and Natalie did go back many times over the years on 
vacation to see them.

 Natalie and Pete shared a special love till her death in 
2005. He leaves behind six children and their spouses, 
Joseph (Muriel) Carolfi, Maria (Mike) O’Donnell, 
Francis (Lorraine) Carolfi, Angelo (Anne) Carolfi, 
Emilia (Thomas Mihalek) Carolfi and Claire (Michael) 
Locantore, 18 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren 
and sisters-in-law Martha Tenuto and Margaret 
Allegrini.

Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), The Three Witches or 
The Weird Sisters, ca. 1782, oil on canvas, 24 ¾ 
× 30 ¼ in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, 
and Botanical Gardens.


JAN GARRIGAN Submitted by K. Lansdown

WATER, WATER 
EVERYWHERE

...But not in the 
form of the much 
expected rain. The 
water is from the 
tears shed for Jan 
Garrigan who passed 
away from cancer on 
October 2nd. The 
Water is in the form 
of tears from the 
children on Oakdale 
Street in Monrovia. 
For years they have 
been greeted by 
Freddy Kruger, Bela Lugosi, Frankenstein, Various witches and 
ghosts, sound effects and spiders. Jan was indeed the ’Santa 
Claus’ of the neighborhood and children came from far and 
near to be at her house. They waited in anticipation every year. 
Her unquenchable curiosity and genuine delight in human 
interaction drove her to form deep and lasting relationships to 
be cherished and nourished for life. She charmed everyone she 
met. No one could hold, hug, nor love as warmly as Jan. She 
gave herself selflessly to the whole world. What we have done 
for ourselves dies with us, what we have done for others and the 
world remains and is immortal” Albert Pike


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