Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, October 21, 2017

5 Mountain View News Saturday, October 21, 2017 
Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side MT. WILSON FIRE UPDATE 
65% Contained – Burned Body Found 
5 Mountain View News Saturday, October 21, 2017 
Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side MT. WILSON FIRE UPDATE 
65% Contained – Burned Body Found 
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SIERRA MADRE DADS START A NEW TRADITION THAT WILL 
GENERATE FUNDS TO OFFSET BUDGET CUTS By Russ Meeks IV 
Sierra Madre Dad David Ouch led a special trip to a Ventura farm toacquire one of the largest pumpkins grown on record in California this 
year. Nearly 1000 pounds, this one is of the rare Atlantic Giant species,
directly related to the world record setter grown last fall on Belgium,
topping 2600 pounds.

 So on the trip South, they rounded up a big crew of Dads to safelyplace Sierra Madre's Official Great Pumpkin in front of Sierra MadreElementary school.

 It is quite a spectacle, and with Sierra Madre Schools' upcoming PTAFall Festival there will be a "guess the weight" contest and the seedsfrom this elite monster will be sold at the Sierra Madre schools tree lot 
that will open this December next to Arnold Hardware. Each Springmany residents will use their rare seeds to begin growing potential record 
setters that will ripen by next fall. All local entries will be included 
in the Sierra Madre Schools 2018 Great Pumpkin Contest, and everyyear there after.

 
At a time of peaking need for fundraising support and new ideas tosupport Education in Sierra Madre, this sustainable and exciting plan was conceived by none other than 4th graderstudents. For more info on the pumpkins or Sierra Madre School events: 626.827.5011 Sierramadreafb@gmail.com 

by Deanne Davis 


“Dear Great Pumpkin, I am looking forward to your down, compared the take, did a lot of trading, and ate all 
arrival on Halloween night.they wanted that night. Every year I assured them that I’d 
I hope you will bring me lots of presents. Linus van Pelt” put all the rest in the freezer and they could have a couple 

of pieces every day. Every year they totally forgot about it 
Even though Charles Schulz, creator of the immortal and life went on. 
Peanuts has changed his residency to the heaven-side, his It was fun, they were safe and it was no big deal. Now we 
kids, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Peppermint Patty and Linus love seeing the littlest kids, out with their mommy and a 
still show up in our newspapers, which is a good thing. brother or sister in a stroller. They are adorable, say thank 
What would Fall be like without Lucy holding the football you with just a little prompting...or a lot of prompting...
for Charlie Brown, promising that this time she won’t and are happy with a Tootsie Roll. Later we lock the gate, 
yank it away at the last minute, leaving him flat on his back turn out the porch light and see what’s left. Tootsie Rolls, 
with all the air punched out of him. Or Linus sitting out in by the way, go really well with a nice glass of Chardonnay! 
the pumpkin patch with Sally, Charlie Brown or Snoopy, As always, I’ve been on the lookout for the best 
convinced that if his pumpkin patch is the most sincere scarecrow. I absolutely love this guy, Conductor Lenner. He 
pumpkin patch that the Great Pumpkin will rise up with comes equipped with a dandy story about how he became 
his bag of toys and bestow gifts upon him. His friends are a scarecrow and he’s got a miniature train he’s guarding. 
skeptical. We would be, too.You’ll have to hunt him down yourself and be sure to take 

In our neighborhood, we have the sincerest pumpkin a minute to park your car and read his story. Halloween is 
patch every year when our neighbors down the street, just a couple of weeks away, be sure you indulge yourself 
the Parkers, grow the most awesomely huge pumpkins. with a pumpkin latte, a pumpkin bagel, some pumpkin ice 
No, they aren’t those thousand pound babies that you cream and maybe even a piece of pumpkin cheesecake. I 
see on TV, actually, this year’s winner was over 2,000 know I’m going to!
lbs, but these guys are pretty big. When Halloween rolls John Davis, best friend, husband, and walking buddy of 
around, the Parkers and assorted friends carve them into mine passed away October 9th. If you missed last week’s 
fantastical creations: Cinderella’s coach, the body and Mountain Views News, John’s memorial service will be 
head of a black widow spider...yes, they add twenty foot Saturday, November 4th at 1:00 p.m. at First Church of the 
long legs, a lamp for a skeleton to read by, and just plain Nazarene, 3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena 91107. In 
scary jack-o-lanterns. lieu of flowers, donations to World Vision’s Clean Water 

In days of yore, when our kids were young, they’d Project would be greatly appreciated. John’s ID/Pledge 
rummage through the house and create costumes for Number is D10002667. The address: World Vision, PO 
themselves, one of the best being our son when he was Box 70399, Tacoma, WA 98481-0399. 
about twelve, dressed in one of my old maternity dresses My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis 

– yes, should have been donated years ago, but outta sight, Blog: www.authordeanne.com 
outta mind - a cascade wig of curls, all the makeup in “A Tablespoon of Love, A Tablespoon of Laughter” is 
the world and a pillow stuffed up inside his underwear now available at 
to create the baby on the way. They were hobos, clowns, Sunrise Books + Coffee at Pasadena First Church of the 
hippies and sometimes, just, “I’m not sure, mom said it Nazarene – just down the road on Sierra Madre Blvd.
was the fifties!” They’d hit the streets of our neighborhood Kindle readers, give yourself the gift of: 
where everybody knew them and gave them cookies, Just Dessert: A Fall Fantasy 
pennies, apple cider, a few Hershey’s kisses and the It’s on Amazon.com on my book page!
occasional Snickers bar. A massively good time was had by Follow me on Twitter, too! https://twitter.com/@
all, they came home covered with sweat and chocolate, sat playwrightdd 
HELP TRIM THE SIERRA MADRE CHRISTMAS TREE! 

Preparations are underway to decorate Saturday and Sierra Madre’s Holiday Winter 
KerstingCourt for the Winter holidays! Join in theEvents. Program Sponsored by the Sierra Madre 
holiday spirit. Purchase an ornament for the Sierra Community Foundation and Sierra Madre Chamber 
Madre Community tree and help raise funds for civicof Commerce 
improvements.Sierra Madre Community Foundation is a charity 

It’s easy just visit Leonora Moss (9 Kersting Court) singularly devoted to Sierra Madre. SMCF solicits 
or the Bottle Shop (58 W Sierra Madre Blvd) and donations to enhance our community by making 
fill out a postcard and leave your donation. Checks direct grants, both large and small, to worthy 
should be payable to Sierra Madre Community people and organizations that might otherwise be 
Foundation. Volunteers will be decorating overlooked and also assists other community groups 
Kersting Court in mid-November for the holidays in collecting and distributing funds for programs 
and in preparation of the Support Small Business 

Firefighters are still battling a 50-acre wildfire that isthreatening the historic Mt. Wilson Observatory anda collection of vital communications towers in the 
San Gabriel Mountains. The fire started on Tuesday, 
October 17th. 

“It could be several days before we see fullcontainment,” Angeles National Forest spokeswomanSeneca Smith. The fire is burning on terrain that is “verysteep and rocky and inaccessible by foot,” making itdifficult for firefighters to establish a containment line inthose areas. 

As firefighters were making progress on 
containment, they discovered an unidentified (as ofpress time) burned body in the Mt. Wilson area. The 
coroner’s office has not determined a cause of death 
said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner’s office.
The body was that of a male and was burned, theLos Angeles Times reported, saying authorities couldnot confirm if the fire was responsible for the death.
Sheriff ’s detectives determined the death was not a 

homicide, the Times reported.

On Wednesday, the sister of 18-year-old MatthewHuerta told KTLA her brother had left the family’sSylmar home before dawn Tuesday and never returned.
Relatives found a letter indicating the teen wanted tohurt himself. 

The Find My Friends app led Huerta’s friends to tracehis cellphone to the Mount Wilson area, but familymembers were initially unable to access the area due tothe 50-acre Wilson Fire. 

In addition to threatening the Observatory, portionsof the iconic Mt. Wilson Trail have been damaged. The 
location is approximately 3 miles above the segment ofthe trail used in the annual Sierra Madre trail race 

There have been more than 400 firefighters assistingin the effort to reach 100% containment includingfirefighters from Sierra Madre, Pasadena and ArcadiaFire Departments as well as the Sierra Madre Searchand Rescue team. The cause of the fire is still under 
investigation. MVNews 


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