Mountain Views News, Sierra Madre Edition [Pasadena] Saturday, October 22, 2016

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Mountain View News Saturday, October 22, 2016 


Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side 

by Deanne Davis


“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your 
head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a 
lullaby.” Langston Hughes

 Monday morning we awoke to the sound of 
rain. I’m sure you did, too, and it was wonderful, 
delightful, thrilling, exquisite and made us want to 
do our Snoopy happy dance. A gentle, easily absorbed 
rain and already our drooping lemon trees are 
looking a little more enthusiastic. Gerardo Jimenez, 
our landscape artist and all around garden genius, 
has told me that if I would set our hose out to drip 
just one small drop at a time and let it do that for 24 
hours, our trees would all be happier. Unfortunately, I 
can’t seem to get it together to do that very simple task 
so we water all the trees sparingly, stingily, a couple 
of times a week, while mentally beseeching them to 
continue to live. “Live my beauties! Live!”

 Walking Sierra Madre currently is so much fun 
because cleverly created scarecrows are everywhere. 
Moses, shown here, is in front of Ascension Church 
and the sign down by his feet says, “Moses – He 
started life as a Basket Case. He was the first Water 
Bender. He used tablets before Apple. Created by the 
youth of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 
Sierra Madre CA.” Now that’s clever.

 If you walk down Baldwin to Sierra Madre Blvd. 
and turn right, you can see the really horrifying 
scarecrow Norma has out in front of Sierra Juice Co. 
Leonora Moss has a great one in her window with 
a good story. Savor the Flavor does, too, and there’s 
one in front of the Playhouse. Look across the street 
at Brown’s Classic Interiors – Dee Wallace has a 
terrific window. Don’t miss the buxom lass in front 
of the Buccaneer and the guy in front of The Bottle 
Shop. But ya gotta walk it, friends and neighbors, 
you can’t see these amazing scarecrow people out the 
window of your car. Trust me! The Kensington has a 
scarecrow family.

 Speaking of the Playhouse, hope you saw the 
column on the Arts & Entertainment page of the 
October 15 issue of the News, boldly announcing 
“Return of the Tingler” – The Time Machine returns, 
plus Roddy Robot. All presented by The Symbiotic 
Society – formerly known as the Zombie Players. Free 
shows will run every half hour from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 
on Halloween Night Only! We thoroughly enjoyed 
the Zombie Players presentation last Halloween and 
strongly encourage you to take advantage of what The 
Symbiotic Society somewhat nutty, demented and 
over-the-top members have for you this year. Free is 
always good, and the Playhouse is right in the center 
of all the Halloween activities downtown. 

 We’ve heard a lot this past week or so about bad 
behavior by some of our bears on the Bailey Canyon 
Trail. Lots of conjecture about a romance interrupted; 
or possibly our friend, Dan Richman got between a 
mama bear and her pretty overgrown cub, but we’re 
happy he wasn’t hurt worse than he was and that no 
bears were euthanized. All of which brought to mind 
a dear friend, storyteller and singer, Rosalie Sorrells, 
who for many years, sang a wonderful song: 

Waltzing With Bears.

“Well my uncle Walter goes waltzing with bears;
It’s a most unbearable state of affairs.
Every Saturday night he creeps down the back stairs;
Slips out of the house and goes waltzing with bears.
Chorus:
He goes wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa- waltzing with bears,
Raggy bears, baggy bears, shaggy bears too.
And there’s nothin’ on earth uncle Walter won’t do
So he can go waltzing - wa- wa- wa- waltzing,
So he can go waltzing, go waltzing with bears.
I went to his room in the middle of the night,
I tiptoed inside and I turned on the light;
But to my dismay he was nowhere in sight,
‘Cause my uncle Walter goes waltzing at night.
Chorus:
Well I bought uncle Walter a new coat to wear,
But when he comes in it’s all covered with hair.
And lately I’ve noticed a couple new tears;
‘Cause my uncle Walter goes waltzing with bears.”

And there’s even more about uncle Walter.... Think it 
was written by Seamus Kennedy and you can find it 
on YouTube. A guaranteed smile!

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

Blog: www.authordeanne.com

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

As are all the Emma Gainsworth Pumpkin 
Adventures

 Follow me on Twitter, too! https://twitter.com/@
playwrightdd

SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC BLOTTER

October 9, to October 16, 2016 

During this time period, the Sierra Madre Police 
Department responded to approximately 230 day 
and night time calls for service. 

Monday, October 10 

At about 9:35 a.m. an officer was dispatched to the 
100 block of Grove Street for a theft from vehicle 
report. The victim stated that it appears an unknown 
suspect(s) tampered with the victim’s vehicle and 
stole the battery. This took place between 10/8/16 
around 4:00 p.m. to 10/10/16 around 9:05 a.m. 

Case to Detectives 

11:45 a.m. 

SMPD officers were dispatched to the 200 block of 
W. Highland Ave after reports that an adult male 
was attacked by a bear in Bailey Canyon. The attack 
took place on the trail in the area of Georgia’s Cabin, 
north of Sierra Madre’s jurisdiction in the county of 
Los Angeles. 

 The officers spoke with a witness who stated as she 
was walking in the area of Lima St. and Highland 
Ave., she saw a male who appeared disheveled and 
covered with blood. The witness escorted the victim 
to his home where he was met by SMPD. Sierra 
Madre Fire arrived to transport the victim to a local 
hospital for further treatment. As of this notice, the 
victim is recovering from his wounds. 

 Case forwarded to the California Department of 
Fish and Game and the US Forestry Service. 

3:30 p.m. 

The victim of a hit and run accident came to the 
SMPD to report the collision. The victim stated her 
vehicle was struck by another vehicle as she was 
driving north on Baldwin Ave., in the vicinity of 
Mariposa Ave. 

Case forwarded to Detectives. 

Wednesday, October 12 

At around 10:12 a.m. officers responded to the 600 
block of W. Alegria Ave. regarding a vandalism 
report. The investigation revealed that an unknown 
suspect(s) damaged the victim’s fence and flattened 
a rear tire on their vehicle sometime between 10/9/16 
around 1:00 p.m. and 10/11/16 around 5:50 p.m. 

Case to Detectives 

Thursday, October 14 

SMPD supervisor and officers responded to a call of 
two men fighting in a location at Baldwin Ave. and 
Sierra Madre Bl. at around 12:28 p.m. Upon arrival, 
the store manager reported that the two males 
are store employees and the fight escalated from a 
disagreement and resulted in one of the males being 
struck by a large knife. The victim suffered a cut to 
his head and was transported to a local hospital for 
treatment for his injuries by SMFD. The suspect 
was transported initially to the Pasadena Police PD 
jail for booking then transported to county Inmate 
Reception Center where the County Sheriff took 
custody of him. 

 Case forwarded to the Pasadena DA’s office for 
filing considerations for Assault with a deadly 
weapon. 


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