Mountain Views News          Saturday, September 10, 2016

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Mountain View News Saturday, September 10, 2016 


Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side 

by Deanne Davis

“If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, 
it would probably be Labor Day weekend.” Doug Larson

Walking Sierra Madre on Labor Day weekend has been 
splendid. Saturday’s weather was so perfect that I didn’t 
have to close the windows and turn on the A/C. Of course, 
the only thing wrong with Saturday was the start of the 
long-awaited, long-anticipated start of college football. 
Watching Texas A & M stomp all over UCLA – 31 to 24 – 
was sad but when Alabama wiped the stadium floor with 
the Trojans – 52 to 6 – that was flat out depressing. We did 
see a fantastic game Sunday afternoon: Texas Longhorns 
vs. Notre Dame. That one went into double overtime with 
Texas winning 50-47. As our Texas girls are all Longhorn 
supporters, we were delighted. 

 It was so cool Sunday morning that...dare I say it...we 
were chilly while walking. It’s been so long since we were 
chilly outside that we hardly knew what to say. Labor 
Day Monday started out with another cool morning and 
beautiful blue and pink flavored clouds filling the sky.

 All the changes are complete at St. Rita’s and we stopped 
to admire the planters, which have some stunning crepe 
myrtles in place, some succulent things and a bunch of 
spider plants, which grow with determination and send 
out runners to make more. My kinda plant! These plants 
will effectively screen off the seven huge air conditioners 
they have there in the corner. St. Rita’s is going to be 
cool, friends and neighbors! The new steps and railings 
are gorgeous and if you haven’t stopped by to take a look, 
you should.

 Labor Day Monday was very very quiet. I said to 
my walking buddy and BFF, John, that tomorrow will 
be different. Tomorrow will be bedlam, chaos, and a 
traffic nightmare as all the children return to school. 
We’re kind of excited as we love to hear them playing. 
Speaking of playing, the little kids’ play area at St. 
Rita’s – around the corner on Alegria – has been raked 
perfectly smooth, all the toys are in plastic boxes and it 
looks so lonely without a herd of little people in there. 
Tomorrow! Took pictures of these scarecrows along 
Grandview. So clever!

 Made this really easy crustless quiche which I adapted 
from a recipe I saw in the Costco Magazine. 

Grape Tomato & Cauliflower Quiche

Preheat oven to 350.

1 small cauliflower, cut into small florets and steamed till 
tender (about 8 minutes in a microwave steamer bag)

2 TB Olive Oil

2 TB butter

. an onion, chopped

Put the butter and olive oil in a small pan, melt the butter, 
add the onion and sauté till it’s tender

8 eggs

. cup fresh basil, chopped (I didn’t have that so just used 
a tsp. of basil flakes)

1 cup all purpose flour

1-1/2 tsp. baking powder

1-1/2 tsp. kosher salt

. tsp. ground turmeric

. tsp. ground cumin

Pinch of chili flakes 

Ground pepper to taste

5 oz. Parmesan cheese grated (I used good ol’ Kraft’s in 
the green can)

1-1/2 cups grape tomatoes, sliced (use a serrated knife)

Whisk the eggs, add in the onion, combine all the dry 
ingredients and add to the egg mixture. Gently stir in the 
cauliflower and tomatoes. Spray a large pie pan – I used a 
10” – add the mixture. Place on middle rack and bake 40-
45 minutes till golden brown and set. Remove from oven 
and let set 15-20 minutes. Slice into wedges and enjoy!

 Incidentally, if you haven’t seen Pete’s Dragon yet, you 
need to treat yourself. It’s an excellent movie and Robert 
Redford is great.

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

Blog: www.authordeanne.com

 “Tablespoon of Love, Tablespoon of Laughter” is available 
there…

An excellent The Kids Are Back In School gift, by the way!

SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC BLOTTER

During this time period, the Sierra Madre Police 
Department responded to approximately 208 day and 
night time calls for service.

Monday, August 29

At about 12:37 a.m. officers were dispatched to the 
00 block of S. Baldwin Ave. regarding a theft report. 
Based on video footage available at about 11:00 p.m. 
the suspect parked his vehicle, a white Chevy pick-up 
truck next to two rubber mats that are used to cover 
the fuel intake covers for the underground storage 
tanks, and put them in the bed of his truck. Suspect 
then fled the scene north on Baldwin Ave. The victim 
stated that the mats were at the location the previous 
night when he locked up for the evening.

 Case to Detectives

Friday, September 2

SMPD officers responded to a burglary investigation in 
the 600 block of Camillo Street at about noon. During 
the investigation officers discovered that the glass door 
in the master bedroom was shattered allowing suspect(s) 
entry into the house. Once inside the residence, the 
suspect(s) ransacked the entire house and took an empty 
black safe from the living room.

 Case forwarded to Detectives

ALSO:

 The Sierra Madre Police Department reminding 
residents that September is FEMA’s

 National Preparedness Month. Weekly topics are 
covered and posted on the SMPD’s Facebook page. Be 
safe. Be prepared!


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