Happy Thanksgiving


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015

VOLUME 9 NO. 47


SIERRA MADRE’S COMMUNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST

Giving Thanks for Unity and Diversity

From left to right: Pastor Shin Sangman, Siera Madre United Methodist Church, Rev. Alan Phillip, Mater 
Dolorosa Passionist Community, Mr. Joseph Angle, Temple Beth David, Patricia Woodland, Event 
Chairwoman, Mr. Steven Licata, Baha’i Faith, Deacon Mauel Valencia, St. Rita Catholic Church and 
Barbara Lampman, President, Sierra Madre Woman’s Club

On Wednesday, the Sierra Madre Woman’s Club 
held its 41st Annual Prayer Breakfast in the historic 
Essick House. The event, attended by a crowd 
that filled every room of the house, was a mixture 
of Clergy, residents, city officials, city staff and 
guests. It was a wonderful gathering of the diverse 
population of Sierra Madre. The breakfast also 
marked the beginning of the holiday season for many.

 Guests were treated to a free breakfast served 
by members of the Woman’s Club included their 
famous special recipe quiche, an annual favorite. 

 The Sierra Madre Woman’s Club, established as a voice 
for women in Sierra Madre in 1907. It’s purpose “is to 
promote charitable, civic and educational advancement 
and social activities.” 

For more information on SMWC, go to: https://www.
facebook.com/SierraMadreWomansClub.

The first sight that greets 
visitors and residents who 
stop by Sierra Madre City 
Hall is a graceful rotunda 
with a beautifully landscaped 
central garden graced by 
a lovely metal statue of a 
fisher boy. What they may 
overlook is a small plaque 
among the garden’s plantings 
announcing that the Sierra 
Madre Civic Club maintains 
the garden and indeed all the 
plantings in the rotunda.

 
For over 
25 years, 
members 
who join 
Civic Club’s 
Beautification 
Committee have 
been insuring 
that the rotunda 
is lovely and 
welcoming. 
Originally the 
committee 
decorated for 
holidays and 
placed greenery 
and flowers in the 
planters several 
times a year. They 
still decorate for 
holidays, but their 
civic pride has led 
to the creation of 
the striking area 
that we have today. 

 Nearly 
20 years ago 
the committee issued invitations 
to local artists to submit designs for 
a statue for the garden. The winner 
was David Williams of Arcadia whose 
“Iron Boy” calls to mind the children 
who take part in the Huck Finn Fishing 
Derby. When the committee decided 
they needed professional help with the 
garden, they approached civic-minded 
Sierra Madrean Mark Meahl, owner 
of Garden View Landscape, Nursery, 
& Pools. Mark designed the dry river 
bed, suggested plantings, donated the 
initial plantings, sent his crew to the site 
with dirt, rocks, and plants, and did the 
entire installation, including the statue, 
as a donation.

 Several months ago Civic Club’s 
Beautification Committee noticed that 
the wisteria vine covering the pergola 
of the rotunda was dead in some places 
and in desperate need of professional 
trimming. Committee members 
contacted another civic-minded Sierra 
Madrean, arborist Danny Osti. Danny 
and his crew spent two days cutting 
away the dead parts of the vine and 
professionally trimming it so that it 
again looks healthy and promises to 
reward us with lovely blossoms next 
spring.

 The Sierra Madre Civic Club is proud 
of the work of their Beautification 
Committee and grateful to those 
professionals who love our city as much 
as we do and are willing to donate 
materials and so many hours of labor 
for little recognition and very small 
fees. As in many of our other citywide 
endeavors, we’ve learned that it indeed 
does take a village.

 The Sierra Madre Civic Club is a 
civic and philanthropic organization. 
We meet the second Thursday of every 
month at 7:30 PM in the Hart Park 
House. You are welcome to join us to 
find out the fun ways we support special 
events in Sierra Madre and how we raise 
money to give back to the community.


CIVIC CLUB 
MAINTAINS 
CITY HALL 
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