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

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, November 5, 2016 

Voter Guides at the South 
Pasadena Public Library

South Pasadena ‘Pathways 
to Art’ Street Sign Sale

Library Veterans Day Event 
Performance 'Hell and Back'

 

 A remarkable Veterans 
Day Night Living History 
Event with Duffy Hudson 
performing in “To Hell and 
Back” as Audie Murphy, 
America’s most decorated 
military hero. After WW 
II Murphy also became a 
popular motion picture star. 
The event will be presented 
in the beautiful, historic 
South Pasadena Public 
Library Community Room 
on Friday, November 11 
at 7 p.m. The free event 
is presented by the South 
Pasadena Public Library, 
the Friends of the South 
Pasadena Public Library, the 
Living History Centre Fund, 
and The Woman’s Club of 
South Pasadena. Special 
thanks to 210eastsound! and 
Dr. Bruce Solheim.

Please note that the Library 
proper will be closed for 
Veterans Day, but the 
Community Room will 
open for this extraordinary 
performance.

 Actor, director, writer, 
and teacher, Duffy Hudson 
has played Audie Murphy 
around the U.S. including 
for Audie Murphy Day in 
the hero’s hometown of 
Kingston, Texas. Duffy has 
also performed on Broadway 
and directed more than 
300 theatrical pieces. The 
chameleon-like Hudson 
has already appeared at the 
South Pasadena Library as 
Edgar Allan Poe, George 
Burns, Albert Einstein, 
Harry Houdini, and in a 
one-man Charles Dickens 
“A Christmas Carol” in 
which he played every part. 
After each performance the 
audience has accorded him 
sustained, rousing standing 
ovation.

 The Community Room is 
located at 1115 El Centro 
Street. Doors will open at 
6:30 p.m. and refreshments 
will be served. No tickets 
or reservations are needed. 
Free parking is available 
after noon on weekdays and 
on weekends at the Mission-
Meridian Parking Garage 
located at 805 Meridian 
Avenue, adjacent to the 
Metro Gold Line Station.

 South Pasadena Educational Foundation (SPEF) and the South 
Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) are teaming up to sell 300 local 
retired city street signs. This joint project, “Pathways to Art,” will 
raise money to advance the arts within our community, such as 
SPARC’s utility box initiative and funding an SPUSD Visual and 
Performing Arts Coordinator. Signs were donated by the City 
Council.

 Signs are $100 per sign, shipping is not included. 

 Please note: The signs are not in pristine condition, reflecting the 
character of their years of service, and sold as is. All sales are final. 
The city’s sign replacement is an ongoing, three-year process, as 
new signs become available a list will be updated.

 If the street you are interested in is not listed please contact 
Stacey Petersen at spetersen@spef4kids.org or call 626-441-5810 
ext. 1163. 

 
Free copies of the Easy Voter 
Guide are now available at the 
South Pasadena Public Library. 
This non-partisan handbook 
provides information about 
the November 8th California 
General Election, including 
an explanation of the U.S. 
Presidential election process, 
the electoral vote system, and 
how it is used to determine the 
winner of the election. The 
Guide outlines the different 
U.S. Senate, Representative, 
and Assembly offices, the term 
limits of the offices, and the 
constituencies each represent.

The Easy Voter Guide also 
provides detailed information 
about each of the 17 
Propositions on the California 
ballot this election, the fiscal 
and legislative measures they 
cover, and the possible effect of 
passage and implementation of 
each of these measures. 

 The Guide contains links and 
other information regarding 
polling places, as well as how to 
download the Guide in English, 
Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, 
and Korean.

The Easy Voter Guide is created 
in collaboration with The 
League of Women Voters of 
California Education Fund, 
The California State Library, 
and the Common Knowledge 
Group.

Important Election Dates:

 November 1, 2016 Last 
day to request a “vote by mail” 
ballot

 November 8, 2016 
ELECTION DAY – Polling 
locations open from 7:00 am to 
8:00 pm

 For more information, visit 
the Library at 1100 Oxley 
Street in South Pasadena, call 
the Reference Desk at (626) 
403-7350, or check out the 
Library’s website at www.
southpasadenaca.gov/library. 

San Marino Congresswoman 
Statement on Pentagon 
Forcing Veterans to Repay 
Enlistment Bonuses

Audie Murphy

 
Ten years ago, the California 
National Guard began offering 
bonuses of $15,000 or more 
to encourage enlistment in 
order to meet our country’s 
needs to fight the wars in 
Iraq and Afghanistan. This 
week, it was reported that the 
Pentagon is requiring nearly 
10,000 veterans to return that 
money, stating that these cash 
incentives were improperly 
distributed. Rep. Judy Chu 
(CA-27) released the following 
statement:

“I am proud of the Californians 
who answered our call when 
we needed men and women to 
serve and defend our country. 
And I am equally as shocked 
that now, those same men 
and women are being asked 
to pay for another’s mistake. 
The Pentagon’s error has now 
turned into a penalty for others, 
with many soldiers facing 
excessive interest charges, 
tax liens, and even wage 
garnishments if they do not 
comply. These servicemen and 
women acted in good faith, at 
times extending their years of 
service in exchange for these 
bonuses – years of their lives 
they cannot get back. It is now 
the responsibility of Congress 
to provide a legislative fix to 
address this error. I call on 
the Department of Defense 
to halt these collections and 
for Congressional leadership 
to bring up legislation for a 
vote as soon as we return in 
November.”

South Pasadena Unified 
School District About Bond Measure SP

 

 Vote YES on Bond Measure 
SP to upgrade and repair aging 
classrooms, labs and facilities 
to ensure all South Pasadena 
Unified students are ready 
to excel in the 21st-century 
economy. Strong academic 
programs, excellent teachers 
and high-performing students 
make our South Pasadena 
Unified School District schools 
strong, keeping property values 
high and our community 
desirable.

 Yet to continue providing a 
top-quality education, South 
Pas schools are in serious 
need of repair. Many schools 
are more than 40 years old, 
with leaky roofs, old rusty 
plumbing, faulty electrical 
and air conditioning systems. 
The Bond Measure will fund 
critical improvements to aging 
classrooms, labs and facilities, 
ensuring that all local schools 
are safe and accessible for 
students.

 We need Bond Measure 
SP to keep up with the 
growing demand for science, 
technology, engineering, arts 
and math education. The Bond 
Measure provides a dedicated 
source of local funding to 
expand science labs, computers 
and other learning technology 
so that all students are prepared 
for success in the modern 
world. 

Vote Yes on Bond Measure SP.

 
South Pasadena has been 
named Tree City USA by Arbor 
Day for 17 years straight. The 
Tree City USA program is an 
Arbor Day Foundation program 
recognizing cities that support a 
healthy tree canopy. The benefits 
of a robust urban forest include 
cleaner air, improved storm 
water management, energy 
savings, and increased property 
values. Caring for our trees takes 
a year round, community wide 
effort. No matter how old your 
trees are, or what size, caring for 
them can be easy if you follow 
some basic rules.

 In order to help keep your 
trees alive and healthy, there are 
some key factors to consider. 
First is watering, which should 
be changed depending on the 
age of the tree and the time of 
the year. Second is maintenance. 
Trimming your tree and caring 
for the ground beneath it are 
both important for tree health. 
Lastly is observation. It is 
important to take note of what 
condition a tree is in. If a tree is 
under or over watered, stressed, 
diseased, aging or dying, there 
will be signs. This can include 
the appearance of the trunk, leaf 
color, and more.

 Observation is also important 
to maintaining trees in medians 
and parkways. It is the resident’s 
responsibility to water parkways 
trees adjacent to their property, 
but it is the City’s responsibility 
to maintain and trim those trees. 
We need residents to be our eyes 
on the street, and should any 
issues arise with the parkway 
trees, please submit a service 
request to the Public Works 
Department. 

 How should I water?

 The amount of water your tree 
should receive depends upon 
the tree size. A general rule of 
thumb is to use approximately 
10 gallons of water per inch 
of trunk diameter for each 
watering. General formula: Tree 
Diameter x 5 minutes = Total 
Watering Time. All size trees 
should be watered April through 
September, but young trees 
should also receive adequate 
water during the winter months 
if rainfall is scarce.

Water once or twice a month 
for established trees, and more 
frequently for younger trees.

 Water slowly for hours with a 
“tree ring”, tree watering stakes, 
or coil a soaker hose around the 
drip-line of the tree (the outer 
canopy of the leaves).

Infrequent slow waterings are 
much better than multiple 
shallow waterings because they 
allow the water to seep down 
deeper into the roots.

Place 3 to 4 inches of mulch 
under the tree, keeping the 
mulch 6 inches from the trunk.

 When planting a new tree, 
create a moat at the drip-line 
to hold the water and reduce 
runoff (adjust the placement of 
the moat as the tree grows). 

 Under our current water 
restrictions, irrigation systems 
designed to water turf do not 
sufficiently water your trees. 
During the drought, trees should 
be given a higher priority than 
lawns. Lawns can be replaced in 
a matter of months whereas a 20 
year old tree will take 20 years to 
replace.

 Working with West Coast 
Arborist (the City’s arborist), 
staff created a helpful flyer with 
some watering tips, which is 
available here. Another helpful 
flyer was created by Tree People, 
and can be found here. 

 What should I look for?

 Symptoms of drought injury 
to trees can appear suddenly, 
or may take up to two years to 
be revealed. Drought injury 
symptoms on tree leaves include 
wilting, curling at the edges, and 
yellowing.

 Leaves of deciduous trees 
may develop sun scorch, which 
causes brown leaf edges or 
browning between veins.

 Evergreen needles may turn 
yellow or brown, usually starting 
at the tips of the needles.

During extended drought, leaves 
may be smaller than normal, 
drop prematurely or remain 
attached to the tree even though 
they’ve turned brown.

Drought stress may not kill a tree 
outright, but it may contribute 
to serious secondary insect and 
disease infestations in following 
years.

 When should I trim my trees?

 The City operates on 
a four year cycle when it comes 
to trimming its trees; however 
some trees are visited more 
frequently depending on their 
condition, specie and location. 
This means that once a tree is 
trimmed, it won’t be trimmed 
again for four years. Residents 
should consult with a contractor 
and/or arborist to establish 
an appropriate maintenance 
schedule for their trees. As a tree 
grows its trimming needs will 
change, so be sure to reassess 
your maintenance schedule 
based on your trees’ growth.

 To ensure proper tree 
health in oak trees, residents 
are only allowed to trim them 
from July through October. 
Prior to trimming an oak or 
California native tree in South 
Pasadena, residents must submit 
a completed application to 
the Public Works Department 
to obtain a trimming permit. 
A permit is also required 
for the removal of any trees. 
More information and both 
applications are available in the 
Public Works Office at City Hall, 
1414 Mission St., or on the City’s 
website southpasadenaca.gov.

South 
Pasadena 
Tips on 
Proper 

Tree Care

Duffy Hudson


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