Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, December 31, 2016

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, December 31, 2016 


Events at The Huntington


Ranch Open House - Jan 07 
- 29, Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 
p.m.

Stop by The Huntington’s 
urban agriculture site during 
its weekly open hours and 
pick up some fresh ideas 
for sustainable gardening. 
Experts from the L.A. 
Master Gardener program 
will be on hand to answer 
questions and offer seasonal 
tips. From the Teaching 
Greenhouse, follow signs to 
the site. General admission. 
Ranch Garden

Japanese Teahouse 
Tours - Jan 09, 2017 
Monday, 11:30 a.m.–
3:30 p.m.

Take a peek inside 
the Japanese Garden’s 
ceremonial teahouse and 
learn the traditions behind 
its use. Informal tours 
are offered at 20-minute 
intervals on the second 
Monday of every month. 
No reservations required. 
General admission.

Garden Talk & Sale - Bare-
Root Roses Jan 12, 2017 
Thursday, 2:30 p.m.

Tom Carruth, The 
Huntington’s E. L. and Ruth 
B. Shannon Curator of the 
Rose Collections, shares tips 
for planting and growing 
one of the best rose bargains 
around: bare-root roses. 
With Southern California 
performance in mind, he’ll 
also review each variety 
offered in our annual bare-
root sale, which follows the 
talk. Free; no reservations 
required. Ahmanson Room, 
Brody Botanical Center.

The Huntington Library, Art 
Collections, and Botanical 
Gardens is located 1151 
Oxford Road, San Marino or 
call 626.405.2100.


Volunteers work on South 
Pasadena Float ‘Never Give Up’

Analyses of the Library Strategic 
Plan Survey Now Available

Story and Photos by Dean Lee 

 Despite rainy weather, Head Decorator and President of South 
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Janet Benjamin had a bucket of 
roses in her hand Friday as she helped the many volunteers trying 
to finish the city’s float aptly named “‘Never Give Up.”

 “This year we have bumped up the number of flowers,” Benjamin 
said. “We made a commitment to be at least 70 to 80 percent 
floral, leaves, and flowers instead of seed.” 

 South Pasadena Tournament of Roses is the oldest “self built” float 
in the parade, dating to 1893, and being all floral is a throwback to 
early years of the parade. She said they also harvested Eucalyptus 
bark for the large trees at the back of the float, “We got that from 
the War Memorial Building, she said. " We’re also scavengers."

 A volunteer pictured above puts Garbanzo beans on the 
underside of the tortoise. Benjamin said this is the first time they 
have used the beans.

 The base of the float will be Wimbledon green roses, “so it will 
look like a lawn,” she said. 

This year’s theme is the age old Aesop’s Fable the Hare and the 
Tortoise. The tortoise races to win and great 2017 while the 
overconfident hare naps. Long time South Pasadena resident Ann 
Muller came up with this year’s design. 

Benjamin joked that riding on the float are, Ted the tortoise, 
Harry the hare, Squishy the snail 
and Sheldon the turtle. 

 

 Public response to South 
Pasadena Public Library’s 
online Strategic Planning 
survey has been very strong 
with about 700 community 
members completing the 
survey. The online survey was 
utilized to collect opinions, 
suggestions, and thoughts about 
the Library from the public. The 
Library’s Strategic Planning 
Consultant Joe Matthews also 
conducted a Strategic Planning 
Community Forum on 
October 22 in the Community 
Room. It was attended by about 
20 individuals, comprised of 
members of the public, the 
Friends of the Library, the 
Library Board of Trustees, and 
the Library staff. The Library 
is very appreciative of all the 
input from the public from 
both the Community Forum 
and the Online Forum.

 Mr. Matthews has recently 
published four new easy-to-
read documents that offer 
analyses of the public’s Library 
Strategic Planning responses: 
“Analysis of Online Survey—
‘Inspiring Ideas,” “Analysis 
of the Community-Related 
Questions,” “Online Survey 
Appendix, and “Online Survey 
Related Questions”. The 
documents can be found under 
“News” on the homepage of 
the South Pasadena Library 
Website and southpasadenaca.
gov/library.

South Pasadena Rose 
Parade Traffic Restrictions

 

 Excitement is building 
fast for Pasadena’s 128th 
Rose Parade on Monday, 
January 2. In order to ensure 
safe traffic conditions for 
the parade, Orange Grove 
Avenue will be closed north 
of the 110 Freeway from 7:30 
pm on Sunday, January 1, 
through to early morning on 
Monday, January 2.

 Local access will be 
available to residents 
of the 200 through 500 
blocks of Orange Grove 
Avenue and the 700 block 
of Orange Grove Terrace 
only. Residents living on 
streets to the east and west 
of Orange Grove Avenue 
who normally access their 
street via Orange Grove 
will be temporarily required 
to access their street via 
Grand Avenue or Meridian 
Avenue. The City of South 
Pasadena apologizes for any 
inconvenience that this may 
cause, and looks forward to 
lifting traffic restrictions as 
soon as feasible on January 
2, 2017.

 For residents and guests 
of residents along Orange 
Grove Avenue and Orange 
Grove Terrace:

Please complete passes 
received from the 
Tournament of Roses as 
requested and utilize them 
at all times in order to 
access your residence on 
the evening of January 1 
and throughout the day on 
January 2.

 Please obey all “No 
Parking” signs posted along 
local streets. Resident 
passes allow local access 
to streets but do not allow 
parking along those streets. 
All “No Parking” signs will 
be strictly enforced at the 
dates and times specified.

 Please contact the 
Tournament of Roses 
directly at (626) 449-4100 
to request additional passes 
for guests or if you have 
questions regarding the 
Rose Parade.

 Please contact the South 
Pasadena Police Department 
at (626) 403-7297 for 
questions regarding parking 
and parking restrictions in 
the City of South Pasadena.


Haaga Lecture 
- The Value 
of Patents: 
A Historian’s 
Perspective

 The Huntington Library 
will hold the lecture Jan 09, 
Monday, 7:30 p.m.

 Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Stanley 
B. Resor Professor of Economics 
and History at Yale University, 
discusses the important ways in 
which patents have contributed 
to technological innovation 
over the course of U.S. history. 
Free; no reservations required. 
Rothenberg Hall. 1919 (café) 
will be open until 7:15 p.m. 
before the start of this event. 
The Huntington Library, Art 
Collections, and Botanical 
Gardens is located 1151 Oxford 
Road, San Marino. For more 
information 626.405.2100.

South Pasadena Holiday 
Parking Restrictions Relaxed

San Marino 
10th Annual 
Bookmark 
Design Contest

 

 Overnight parking 
restriction will not be 
enforced from the morning 
of Friday, December 23, 
through the morning of 
Wednesday, January 4. All 
other parking restrictions 
will be enforced including 
preferential parking 
districts, timed-restrictions 
and parking a vehicle 
continuously for 72 hours. 

 The Mission-Meridian 
Parking Garage is open to the 
public from 12 noon to 2 am 
daily, and from 4 am to 2 am 
on weekends and holidays. 
This year the holidays fall 
on the weekends but the 
Rose Parade is on Monday, 
January 2, and parking will 
be free in the parking garage 
that day.

The City of San Marino is 
set to hold its 10th Annual 
Bookmark Design Contest. 

There are three Three age 
categories: 8 and under 9 to 
13 and 14 to 18.

Each entrant needs to have a 
library card.

Each winner will receive a 
$100 gift card.

Entry forms available in the 
Children’s area, YA area, 
Lifelong Learning Center, 
library entry and Adult 
Reference Desk.

You can enter more than 
once. Names are hidden 
from judges.

Winning bookmarks will be 
distributed for 2 months as 
limited edition bookmarks.

Winners notified on January 
7, 2017.

Winners will be recognized 
on January 21, 2017.

San Marino Snow Day is Jan. 14

 

 Bring your family for a day of 
fun in “Snow Marino!” 

 Fifty tons of snow will be 
delivered at Lacy Park 10 am 
- 2 pm for sledding, throwing 
snowballs, and making 
snowmen. Parents are invited 
to watch their children play in 
the snow! Pre-sale Wristbands 
will be available starting 
December 12 at the Recreation 
Department 

(open Monday-Thursday, 8 
am-5 pm) for ages 2 yrs. to 
adults for $7 each. On the day 
of the event, wristbands will be 
$9 each. Children 1 and under 
are free. Wristband sales are 
final.


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Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com