Mountain Views News          Saturday, March 28, 2015

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, March 28, 2015 

Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side by Deanne Davis

“If you love me, if you love, love, love me,

Plant a rose for me. 

And if you think you’ll love me for a long, long time, 

Plant an apple tree. The sun will shine, the wind will 
blow,

The rain will fall and the tree will grow, 

And whether you comes, or whether you goes,

I’ll have an apple, and I’ll have a rose, 

Lovely to bite, and nice to my nose.

And every juicy nibble will be 

A sweet reminder of the time you loved me

And planted a rose for me, 

And an apple tree.” Malvina Reynolds

While heading down Baldwin to go to Target one 
day this week, I was at the Stop sign at the northwest 
corner of Baldwin and Orange Grove, where there 
is a spectacular rose garden. As I waited, admiring 
the roses, a gentleman walked past them, stopped, 
walked back to the beginning of the garden and 
touched many of the roses. Smelled some, stepped 
back, touched others with the gentlest of hands 
and was still so engaged when it was my turn to 
move on. He was completely unaware of the world 
around him, just the roses before him. That’s pretty 
much the way I feel about them, too. Right now, 
Sierra Madre is awash in amazing roses. Look 
around you as you’re out for your walk. Our town 
has never been more beautiful. And we are being 
very stingy with water. Like all the rest of us, the 
roses have to learn to get along with less.

 We’ve sprayed ours with dormant oil, 
guaranteed to wipe out spider mites, have given 
each one it’s annual quarter cup of Epsom salts, 
fed them with Bayer 3-in-1 Rose & Flower Care, 
which is loaded with fertilizer to promote strong 
roots and beautiful blooms, insect control and 
disease control. Powdery mildew on your biggest 
rose bush is disconcerting to say the least. Ours are 
all in the red-leaf-I’m-almost-ready-to-burst-into-
bloom stage and we’re anxiously awaiting the flood 
of roses.

 We’re still thinking about Hector Velazquez 
Sun Lovers Place which we saw at the Wistaria 
Festival. Those big bronze and copper suns 
and moons were so unique. We don’t have an 
outside wall where one of those would work, 
but I’m still measuring between windows. Take 
a look at their website: HYPERLINK “http://
www.hectorvelazquezsunloversplace.net” www.
hectorvelazquezsunloversplace.net. Hector’s 
family has been making these since 1915, first in 
Mexico and, since 2005, here in the U.S. We’re 
hoping they’ll be back for the Annual Sierra Madre 
Art Fair, May 2-3.

 Sierra Brigante, right next to The Only Place In 
Town Café, is remodeled, refurbished, and open! 
You have got to get in there! Zach and his crew took 
down the wall covering the original brick on their 
most easterly interior side and it looks fantastic. 
Sierra Brigante has fresh fish every single day, 
free range chicken and they’re running out of the 
Fettuccine Nere Con Cappesante E Gamberi (black 
fettuccine with shrimp, scallops, brandy, shallots 
and curry cream sauce) every day. Speaking of The 
Only Place In Town, they were serving a shrimp-
avocado tostada in there a few days ago that was 
fantastic. We are so fortunate to have so many good 
restaurants right here in town. Try one this week, 
as you’re checking out the roses around town. Bon 
Appetit! And may all your roses be nice to your 
nose.

 Why not check out my book page: Amazon.
com: Deanne Davis

Blog: www.authordeanne.com

My book: “Tablespoon of Love, Tablespoon of 
Laughter” is available there…


SIERRA MADRE POLICE BLOTTER

BARKS AND BOOKS OFFERS FURRY READING FUN

Sierra Madre, CA. – – Children are invited 
to read to gentle Apple the Chihuahua 
every second Thursday of the month at 
the Sierra Madre Public Library. Join 
them for Barks & Books on April 9, from 
3:30-4:30 pm. This reading enrichment 
program makes reading fun, boosts 
children’s confidence and encourages 
respectful, humane treatment of animals. 
Apple is one of the specially trained dogs 
from the Companion Animal Program 
sponsored by the Pasadena Humane 
Society & SPCA. Reading to dogs about 
dogs helps children realize that animals 
experience emotions similar to their own 
and that they have needs like humans 
according to the Humane Society.

 

Read, Discover Connect @ Sierra Madre 
Public Library

 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra 
Madre, CA 91024 (626) 355-7186 www.
cityofsierramadre.com/library

During the week of Sunday, March 15th, to 
Sunday, March 22nd, the Sierra Madre Police 
Department responded to approximately 354 
calls for service.

Monday, March 16th

 At 5:09 am, Sierra Madre Police responded 
to the Post Office located at 61 South Baldwin 
Ave regarding a report of a mail trap being 
discovered. Upon arrival, Officers were 
informed by the subject that he was attempting 
to use the postal box, but when he opened 
the drop box door he discovered the mail 
trap device. Upon inspection of the drop box, 
Officers discovered a glue board with a black 
cord attached to it. The device is commonly 
used to “fish” or remove small packages by 
dropping the glue board into the box in an 
effort to stick it to a package, then pulling it 
out by the attached cord. It appeared the glue 
board got stuck to the interior of the drop box 
and the suspect was unable to remove it. The 
box was sectioned off to prevent further use 
until the Post Office could properly inspect it. 
It is unknown if anything was taken. This case 
has been forwarded to the U.S Postal Inspectors 
Office. 

Thursday, March 19th

 At 10:40 am, Sierra Madre Police responded 
to the station lobby regarding an identity theft 
report. Upon arrival, the victim informed 
Officers that his personal bank card had been 
compromised on several occasions during 
October of 2014 and recently March of 2015. The 
victim informed Officers that the compromises 
occurred after he had used his card at a local 
business. The victim provided card statements 
displaying the day after his card was used in the 
store, a charge was made from New York. The 
victim notified his bank and was reimbursed 
for the unauthorized transactions totaling 
over $800. This case has been forwarded to the 
Detectives Bureau. 

Friday, March 20th 

 At 3:18 pm, Sierra Madre Police responded to 
the area of Sunnyside and Sierra Madre Blvd 
regarding a possible fight in progress. Upon 
arrival, Officers made contact with two male 
subjects. The subjects informed Officers that 
while traveling eastbound on Sierra Madre 
Blvd at a low rate of speed, they approached 
a line of cars near the stop sign. Subject one 
stopped, and Subject two failed to stop in time 
and bumped into the rear of Subject one’s 
vehicle. Both subjects exited their vehicle and 
ensued in a verbal altercation. When one of 
the subjects came at the other aggressively, the 
second subject armed himself with a hockey 
stick, but never struck the man or vehicle. 
While interviewing the subjects, several 
witnesses approached Officers described the 
verbal altercation between the two men, with 
some stating the vehicles did not in fact make 
contact but came close to it. Officers were 
unable to determine the primary aggressor in 
the incident, and both men were warned and 
released. This case has been forwarded to the 
Detectives Bureau for follow up. 

At 5:32 pm, Sierra Madre Police responded to 
the 600 Block of Sierra Meadows Dr regarding 
suspicious circumstances. The subject informed 
Officers that several hours earlier, she received 
a phone call at her business from a female 
stating she was responding to an employment 
ad advertised on an online network for the 
position of care giver. The female continued to 
inform the subject that she called the number 
on the ad and a man directed her to a webpage 
to download the job application then to fax 
it, but she realized the fax the man gave her 
did not match the fax listed on the webpage. 
So the female called the subject’s business to 
clarify. The subject informed the female that 
her company did not recently advertise online 
and the female provided the subject with the 
man’s cellphone number. The subject called 
the number acting as if she was responding 
to the job ad and the man gave his name and 
webpage to download the job application. The 
subject visited the webpage and realized the job 
application was identical to her own business’s 
application. The subject searched the man’s 
name online and came across information that 
a man with the same name had been arrested 
in the past for a health care fraud scheme and 
collected $20 million from Medicare. At this 
time it is not known if a crime has occurred. 
This case has been forwarded to the Secret 
Service for further investigation. 

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE

The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library announce 
that the next Best Used Book Sale will be held on 
Friday, April 3 (3 - 7 p.m.) and Saturday, April 4 
(10 a.m. - 2 p.m.) Featured in the basement will be 
a HALF-PRICE sale on many beautiful and useful 
books on gardening, native plants, decorating, 
remodeling and crafts. Just in time for those Spring 
projects! Just donated for the sale is a wonderful 
collection of plays and theater books ready for 
inspection. There are shelves in the basement full 
of wonderful fiction and non-fiction books in every 
genre, and DVDs and audio books too. Don’t 
forget to check out the vintage and collectible 
collection too. 

 As always, the parking lot will have Children’s 
and Teen books from 25 cents - $1.00, as well as 
small paperbacks 25 cents or 5/1.00. Recently we 
received a large donation of paperbacks in beautiful 
condition including thrillers, mysteries and 
romances. Our Bargain Books will also be in the 
parking lot for only $1.00 each. 

 The sale will take place behind the Sierra Madre 
Library at 440 West Sierra Madre Blvd. and is 
sponsored by Friends of the Sierra Madre Library. 
Come early for the best selection! All proceeds will 
be used in support of the services, programs and 
acquisitions of the library.