Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, November 5, 2016

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Mountain View News Saturday, November 5, 2016 

Grand Marshals

Free Events Roundup at the 
Pasadena Senior Center

Michelle 
Perera 
Appointed 
Library 
Director

 
swimmer in history. She was 
inducted into the US Olympic 
Hall of Fame in 2004 and the 
International Swimming Hall 
of Fame in 2001. In 1989, she 
was awarded the prestigious 
Sullivan Award as the United 
States’ top amateur athlete. 
Out of the pool, Janet has 
made a name for herself as 
a commercial spokesperson, 
author and a highly sought after 
motivational speaker. Her most 
recent role as Vice Chairperson 
and Chair of the LA 2024 
Bid Committee’s Athletes’ 
Commission and Director 
of Athlete Relations, Janet is 
responsible for promoting 
the candidacy of the Bid 
Committee and Los Angeles 
to host the Games, soliciting 
athletes’ involvement in the 
development and promotion 
of the bid and enhancing 
the athletes’ experience at 
the Games. Janet is a vital 
member of the Bid Committee, 
helping integrate the athletes’ 
perspective and personalities 
into the entire bid process. 

 Allyson Felix did not try 
out for the track team until 
her ninth-grade year at Los 
Angeles Baptist High School in 
North Hills, California. At her 
first practice Coach Jonathon 
Patton asked her to run 
40-meters and thought he must 
have mismeasured the distance 
when he saw Allyson’s time. In 
2003, Felix turned in an even 
more impressive performance 
when she competed in the 
Banamex Grand Prix in Mexico 
City’s Olympic Stadium and 
ran a blazing 22.11 second 
200-meter race, which was 
a new world record in the 
under-20 category. She 
emerged as the new American 
Female sprinter to watch and 
has never looked back winning 
three Gold Medals in the 2012 
London Olympic Games and 
followed that up in 2016 with 
two more Gold Medals and 
another Silver Medal. Under 
the tutelage of Coach Bob 
Kersee, she has won a total of 
six Olympic Gold Medals and 
is now the most decorated 
female track & field Olympian 
in history.

 Greg Louganis is simply 
the greatest diver in history. 
The beauty and power of his 
diving captured the world’s 
attention.2016 marks the 40th 
Anniversary of Greg’s first 
Olympic medal. Greg won 
a Silver Medal at the 1976 
Montreal Olympics, in platform 
diving, at the tender age of 16. 
Eight years later he became 
the first male diver to win 
double Gold in springboard 
and platform in the 1984 Los 
Angeles Olympics, and again in 
the 1988 Seoul Olympics. His 
1995 autobiography, Breaking 
the Surface, spent five weeks 
at #1 on the New York Times 
bestseller list. He has won a 
total of 5 Olympic medals, 5 
World Championship titles 
and 47 national titles — more 
than any person in U.S. history. 
His records remain unbroken. 
His Emmy Nominated HBO 
documentary “Back on Board” 
tells the story of Greg’s life, is a 
story that has inspired millions. 
He regularly speaks to the 
most significant organizations 
and companies in the world 
to share that story. Today, as 
an author, actor, activist and 
humanitarian, clothing and 
jewelry designer, he continues 
his traditional of excellence in 
every field he touches.

 All three Olympians 
serve on the LA 2024 Athletes’ 
Advisory Commission, 
ensuring Olympians and 
Paralympians are involved in 
all aspects of Los Angeles’ plans 
and bid for the 2024 Games.

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 There is something for 
everyone in November at the 
Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. 
Holly St. You do not have to be a 
member to attend. Some events 
require advance reservations as 
noted.

 Smart Phones, Tablets and 
Computers – Any Questions? 
– Tuesdays and Thursdays, 
Nov. 8 to 29, from 10 to 11 
a.m. Get the answers you need 
about technology devices, 
whether you own them already 
or are considering a purchase. 
Learning how to text, check 
voicemail, set an alarm, navigate 
the Internet and download 
apps is easier than you may 
think! Please note there will be 
no session Thursday, Nov. 24.

 Friday Movie Matinees 
– Friday, Nov. 18 at 2:30 
p.m. “Willie Wonka & the 
Chocolate Factory” (1971, 
G) starring Gene Wilder and 
Peter Ostrum. Young Charlie 
seeks the priceless golden ticket 
that will win him a lifetime 
supply of sweets and a tour 
of a mysterious candy man’s 
chocolate factory.

 Cardmaking Workshop – 
Monday, Nov. 7, from noon 
to 2 p.m. Surprise a special 
someone with a personalized, 
handmade greeting card. 
Whether it’s happy birthday, 
happy holidays, thank you, 
thinking of you or other 
sentiment, you’ll create a 
decorative card in your own 
unique style and have fun 
discovering your creativity 
while workshop leaders help 
you bring your ideas to life. All 
materials will be provided.

 Spirituality and Aging – 
Thursday, Nov. 10, at 12:15 
p.m. Spirituality is the measure 
of how willing we are to allow 
grace, some power greater than 
ourselves, to enter our lives 
and guide us along the way. 
Each person has a different 
interpretation of spirituality. 
A local leader who brings 
faith into aging will discuss 
this important topic. A boxed 
lunch will be served to the 
first 50 people who have 
made confirmed reservations 
by stopping by the Welcome 
Desk or calling 626-795-4311. 
Presented by Doug Edwards, 
director of church outreach, 
be.group.

 Veterans Services – 
Thursday, Nov. 17, at 10 a.m. 
Veterans of the U.S. military 
will learn about eligibility, 
priority groups and health care 
issues related to seniors and 
aging services within the VA 
system, as well as community 
living, adult day care, tele-
health services and palliative 
and hospice care for veterans. 
Presented by U.S. Department 
of Veterans Affairs.

“Xocolatl” (Chocolate) – 
Thursday, Nov. 17, at 1 p.m. 
Learn the captivating story of 
chocolate from the discovery 
of the cacao tree to the present 
– a story of intrigue and desire 
with wondrous culinary and 
scientific aspects. Afterward, 
guests will enjoy a discussion 
and tasting of different varieties 
of chocolate. Reservations are 
required at the Welcome Desk 
or by calling 626-795-4311. 
Presented by Dr. Lee Scott 
Thiesen, an expert on food, 
culture and Latin American 
history.

 Founded in 1960, the 
Pasadena Senior Center is 
an independent, nonprofit 
organization that offers 
recreational, educational, 
wellness and social services to 
people ages 50 and older.

 City Manager Steve Mermell 
today announced he has 
appointed Michelle Perera 
as the new Director of the 
Pasadena Public Library 
and Information Services 
Department. Perera comes 
to Pasadena from the City of 
Rancho Cucamonga where 
she has been the city’s Library 
Director for the past two years. 
Perera assumes her new duties 
in Pasadena effective December 
19.

 Perera will oversee a 
department of 108 full-time 
employees and an annual 
budget of about $14 million. 
The department, www.
cityofpasadena.net/Library, 
currently includes the Central 
Library and nine branches, 
collectively serving about 
1.2 million people per year 
and about 500,000 online 
customers. With more than 
2,300 on-site programs, free 
WiFi services and an extensive 
collection of printed books, 
periodicals, media and cloud-
based eBooks, the Pasadena 
Public Library serves as a 
life-long learning center and 
cultural beacon for the greater 
Pasadena community.

 Perera brings more than 20 
years of professional public 
library system experience to 
the position. She has held 
numerous positions within the 
Rancho Cucamonga Library 
Department since 1997 and, 
prior, worked for the public 
libraries for the cities of San 
Marino and Glendora. She 
has a master’s degree in 
library science from California 
State University, San Jose; a 
bachelor’s degree from the 
University of California, 
Riverside, and, in 2001, she 
completed the Institute for 21st 
Century Librarianship training 
at Stanford University.

 In 2008, the California Library 
Association (CLA) gave her 
its “Award of Excellence” as 
a public librarian and she 
served on CLA’s Board from 
2011 to 2014. In 2013, she was 
named a “Mover & Shaker” by 
the national Library Journal. 
Also in 2013, while serving as 
Rancho Cucamonga’s Assistant 
Library Director, the library 
won a National Medal for 
Museum and Library Service 
from the Institute of Museum 
and Library Services that 
was presented by First Lady 
Michelle Obama at the White 
House.

 “I am honored to have been 
selected by the City Manager to 
lead Pasadena’s Public Library 
at a time of great opportunity 
and change for how library 
resources, programs and 
services are used every day and 
how they meet the demands 
in the digital era,” Perera said. 
“I look forward to serving as a 
member of the City’s executive 
team and continuing the finest 
traditions of outstanding 
community service provided 
by the library and its staff.”

 Perera said she is particularly 
interested in participating in 
Pasadena’s 15th annual “One 
City, One Story” community 
reading program organized 
by the Library Department. 
This year’s selection is The 
Sympathizer by author Viet 
Thanh Nguyen. 

 City Manager Mermell 
said Perera “has the right 
combination of public library 
expertise, leadership and 
community values making her 
the right fit at the right time for 
our valued public library.”

 The maximum salary for the 
position as posted on the City’s 
website is $15,000 per month.


Pet of the 
Week

 Chaplin (A407673) is an 
adult, male, white rabbit 
with an adorable dark brown 
ring around one eye. This 
adventurous bunny loves 
playtime. Whether he’s busy 
hopping around our rabbit 
enrichment playpen as 
quickly as he can or bopping 
every toy in sight with his 
chin, Chaplin is constantly 
on the lookout for new 
sights and smells. Once he’s 
satisfied his need to explore, 
Chaplin calms down and 
looks for affection. Chaplin 
is easy to pick up and loves 
being held and petted.

 The adoption fee for rabbits 
is $30 and includes the spay 
or neuter surgery and a 
microchip.

 New adopters will receive a 
complimentary health-and-
wellness exam from VCA 
Animal Hospitals, as well 
as a goody bag filled with 
information about how to 
care for your pet.

 Call the Pasadena Humane 
Society & SPCA at (626) 792-
7151 to ask about A407673, 
or visit at 361 S. Raymond 
Ave. in Pasadena. Adoption 
hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Sunday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Tuesday through Friday; and 
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

 Pets may not be available 
for adoption and cannot be 
held for potential adopters 
by phone calls or email. 
Directions and photos of 
all pets can be found at 
pasadenahumane.org.

Veterans Day

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School Army JROTC, 
members of the Pasadena 
Police & Fire Departments 
and the 2nd Battalion, 23rd 
Division, USMC, based in 
Pasadena. 

 Free refreshments will 
be provided at the event’s 
conclusion sponsored 
by Farmer John and the 
International Association 
of Fire Fighters Local 809. 
Military vehicles courtesy of 
the 2nd Battalion will be on 
display. 

 Specific City closures or 
exceptions are noted below:

 Pasadena residents and 
businesses with any power 
emergencies should call 
Pasadena’s Water and 
Power (PWP) Department 
at (626) 744-4673 and for 
water-related emergencies 
call (626) 744-4138. PWP’s 
Customer Service Call 
Center will be closed for the 
holiday, but customers can 
access their accounts and 
make payments by phone at 
(626) 744-4005 or online at 
www.PWPweb.com. 

 The Citizens Service Center 
will be available to answer 
your calls on Nov. 11 from 8 
a.m. to 2 p.m. only. Regular 
hours will resume Nov. 12. 

Residents with City trash 
and recycling service will 
be on their regular pickup 
schedule for Nov. 11, but no 
pickups for bulky items will 
be scheduled that day. 

 All Pasadena Public Library 
sites and all of the City’s 
Recreation and Community 
Centers will be closed on 
Veterans Day. 

 All parking meters will 
be free and parking time 
limits will not be enforced 
only on Veterans Day, Nov. 
11, however, violations 
for parking regulations, 
including red curb violations 
and blocking fire hydrants, 
will be enforced.

Curiosity Checks Odd-
looking Iron Meteorite

 


 Laser-zapping of a globular, 
golf-ball-size object on Mars 
by NASA’s Curiosity rover 
confirms that it is an iron-
nickel meteorite fallen from the 
Red Planet’s sky.

 Iron-nickel meteorites are a 
common class of space rocks 
found on Earth, and previous 
examples have been seen on 
Mars, but this one, called “Egg 
Rock,” is the first on Mars 
examined with a laser-firing 
spectrometer. To do so, the 
rover team used Curiosity’s 
Chemistry and Camera 
(ChemCam) instrument.

 Scientists of the Mars Science 
Laboratory (MSL) project, 
which operates the rover, first 
noticed the odd-looking rock 
in images taken by Curiosity’s 
Mast Camera (Mastcam) at at 
a site the rover reached by an 
Oct. 27 drive. 

 “The dark, smooth and lustrous 
aspect of this target, and it’s sort 
of spherical shape attracted 
the attention of some MSL 
scientists when we received 
the Mastcam images at the new 
location,” said ChemCam team 
member Pierre-Yves Meslin, 
at the Research Institute in 
Astrophysics and Planetology 
(IRAP), of France’s National 
Center for Scientific Research 
(CNRS) and the University of 
Toulouse, France.

 ChemCam found iron, nickel 
and phosphorus, plus lesser 
ingredients, in concentrations 
still being determined through 
analysis of the spectrum of 
light produced from dozens of 
laser pulses at nine spots on 
the object. The enrichment in 
both nickel and phosphorus 
at some of the same points 
suggests the presence of an 
iron-nickel-phosphide mineral 
that is rare except in iron-nickel 
meteorites, Meslin said.

 Iron meteorites typically 
originate as core material of 
asteroids that melt, allowing 
the molten metal fraction of the 
asteroid’s composition to sink 
to the center and form a core.

 In addition, the study of iron 
meteorites found on Mars 
-- including examples found 
previously by Mars rovers 
-- can provide information 
about how long exposure to 
the Martian environment has 
affected them, in comparison 
with how Earth’s environment 
affects iron meteorites. Egg 
Rock may have fallen to the 
surface of Mars many millions 
of years ago. Researchers will be 
analyzing the ChemCam data 
from the first few laser shots 
at each target point and data 
from subsequent shots at the 
same point, to compare surface 
versus interior chemistry. 

 Egg Rock was found along the 
rover’s path up a layer of lower 
Mount Sharp called the Murray 
formation, where sedimentary 
rocks hold records of ancient 
lakebed environments on 
Mars. The main science 
goal for Curiosity’s second 
extended mission, which began 
last month, is to investigate 
how ancient environmental 
conditions changed over 
time. The mission has already 
determined that this region 
once offered conditons 
favorable for microbial life, if 
any life ever existed on Mars.

 For more information visit: 
mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.

ALTADENA POLICE BLOTTER

PUSD Seeks Applicants 

for 7-11 Committee

Sunday, October 23rd

2:00 AM – Pastor Villatoro, 
24 years old of Pasadena was 
arrested in the 2100 block of 
Navarro Avenue for public 
intoxication. 

4:00 AM – A vehicle 
vandalism occurred in the 
100 block of E. Sacramento 
Street. Suspect has been 
identified as the victim’s 
boyfriend. 

6:40 AM – A robbery 
occurred in the 2000 block 
of Sinaloa Avenue. An 
argument ensued between 
the victim and suspect 
regarding loud music. As 
the victim attempted to take 
a picture of the suspect, the 
suspect grabbed the victim’s 
cellphone and fled the area. 
Suspect has been identified 
as a neighbor. 

1:42 PM – A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 
300 block of W. Mendocino 
Street. The vehicle was 
recovered by Pasadena 
Police Department later in 
the day. 

7:45 PM – Henry Winter, 
42 years old of Arcadia was 
arrested in the 1000 block 
of Morada Place for being 
under the influence of a 
controlled substance. 

Monday, October 24th

10:24 PM – A vehicle 
vandalism occurred in the 
900 block of E. Woodbury 
Road. Vehicle damage: 
shattered window. 

Tuesday, October 25th

8:15 AM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the 2100 block 
of N. Lincoln Avenue. 
Suspect(s) shattered the rear 
driver’s side window. Stolen: 
unknown. 

11:30 AM – A petty theft 
occurred in the 2000 block 
of N. Lake Avenue. Stolen: 
brown cruise type bicycle. 

6:14 PM – David Lucarello, 
28 years old of Altadena 
was arrested in the area of 
Washington Boulevard and 
Allen Avenue for possession 
of a controlled substance. 

Friday, October 28th

7:50 AM – A residential 
burglary occurred in 
the1900 block of Homewood 
Drive. Suspect(s) entered 
the location by shattering the 
window. Stolen: jewelry. 

11:00 PM – A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 
2500 block of Fair Oaks 
Avenue. Vehicle described 
as a gray 2014 Nissan Altima. 

Saturday, October 29th

8:10 PM – Michael Martinez, 
28 years old of Altadena was 
arrested in the area of Olive 
Avenue and Figueroa Drive 
for being under the influence 
of a controlled substance.

 

 The Pasadena Unified 
School District (PUSD) 
seeks applicants to serve 
on its 7-11 Committee. The 
Committee is being formed 
to advise the Board of 
Education on the disposition 
of property.

 The purpose of the 
committee is to review and 
analyze PUSD properties 
known as the former Edison 
and Burbank Elementary 
Schools. The committee 
will help determine whether 
they should be designated 
as surplus because they 
will not be needed for 
school purposes. Next, the 
Committee will establish 
a priority list for the use 
of the properties, provide 
community input on 
acceptable uses, and forward 
its recommendations to 
the Board of Education for 
consideration and approval. 
It is anticipated that the 
Committee will meet four 
times through the end of 
January 2017.

 State law requires that the 
advisory group be composed 
of not less than seven and 
no more than 11 members 
and must be representative 
of specific groups in the 
community, including 
parents of students, the 
business community, 
landowners or renters, 
teachers, and administrators.

 PUSD is seeking 
applications from residents 
who live within the district’s 
boundaries, which include 
the cities of Pasadena, Sierra 
Madre, and Altadena. To be 
considered for membership 
on a voluntary basis only, 
applicants must live within 
Pasadena Unified School 
District boundaries, but 
cannot live or own property 
within 500 feet of the 
properties. 

 Interested community 
members should complete 
the application and a brief 
statement regarding their 
interest in participating on 
the committee; additional 
background and/or 
experiential information 
will assist the committee and 
any clarifying information.

 Applications may be 
completed online at www.
measurett.org or mailed 
to 740 Woodbury Rd. 
Pasadena, CA, 91103 
Attention Jessica Frazier. 

 All applications are due 
Tuesday, November 22, 2016. 
If you have questions, please 
contact frazier.jessica@pusd.
us.

Amgen 

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(cont. from page 1) The 2017 
race will mark the first year the 
men’s race has been elevated 
to UCI WorldTour status, 
making it the only stage race 
in North America to receive 
this prestigious classification. 
The upcoming race will also be 
the tenth consecutive year that 
a women’s competition will be 
held as part of the Amgen Tour 
of California.

 More information is available 
at amgentourofcalifornia.com.

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