Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, April 28, 2018

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Mountain View News Saturday, April 28, 2018 

DRIVER SUSPECTED OF DUI 
CRASHES INTO YARD AND UTILITY 
POLE

LADIES NIGHT: 

DENISE DELMAR ELECTED MAYOR; OUTGOING 
MAYOR RACHELLE ARIZMENDI HONORED

 
On Monday, April 23, 2018 at approximately 4 pm, a female driver lost control of her 
vehicle on N. Lima near Highland in Sierra Madre. The accident happened near Sierra 
Madre Elementary School.

 According to Detective Henry Amos of the SMPD, the driver, who is from El Monte, was 
in her twenties and sustained injuries that required her to be taken by ambulance to the 
hospital. It was at the hospital that she was cited by the police for driving under the influence. 
There were no other injuries.

 Amos discussed the increase in such accidents and referenced the SMPD Facebook post: 

"Distracted driving is a public health issue that affects us all. The latest statistics show motor 
vehicle fatalities are up 6% from 2015. More than 40,000 people were killed on our nation's 
roadways last year, and distracted driving is a major contributor.

Thankfully this was not the scene of a fatal accident ... just a reminder from the Sierra Madre 
Police Department." 

MVNews/Photo courtesy Sierra Madre Police Department

On Tuesday, April 24th, a new chapter in the history of 
Sierra Madre began. The City Council elected Denise 
Delmar as Mayor. She follows outgoing Mayor Rachelle 
Arzmendi and it marks the first time in the 111 
year history of Sierra Madre that women have held the 
office of Mayor for two consecutive terms. In addition, 
former Mayor John Harabedian was elected as 
Mayor Pro Tem which will, if tradition is followed, allow 
him to serve two terms as Mayor within a 4 year 
period. Councilman and Former Mayor John Cappoccia 
declined the position of Mayor Pro Tem to give 
John that opportunity.

 There were other firsts that evening. The newly appointed 
City Clerk, Sue Spear, administered her first 
Oaths of Office to the three re-elected councilpersons, 
Delmar, Arizmendi and Councilman Gene Goss. 
Spear was appointed to fill the unexpired term for the 
previous City Clerk in resigned earlier this year.

 Mayor Delmar expressed her excitement at being able 
to work together with the same colleagues again. She 
thanked everyone for their support of the council and 
their support of her re-election.

 Former Mayor Rachelle Arizmendi was recognized 
for her achievements during her term in office by 
Mayor Delmar on behalf of the city. Those accomplishments 
included (partial listing) presiding over 23 
regular and 2 special council meetings, ushering in a 
fiscally balanced budget and presiding over the establishenent 
of the city's first fully paid Fire Department. 

 Arizmendi was also honored by the Sierra Madre 
Chamber of Commerce, and the representatives from 
the offices of Congresswoman Judy Chu, State Senator 
Anthony Portantino and State Assemblyman Chris 
Holden. A reception followed the the meeting with the 
traditional 'Sierra Madre Cake'.

 The first council meeting for Mayor Delmar will be 
held on May 3, 2018

MVNews/Photo courtesy City of Sierra Madre


WALKING SIERRA MADRE.. The Social Side By Deanne Davis


“Upon the palms of my hands I have written your 
name.” Isaiah 49:16

“The keys to happiness are in your hands.”

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands 
to rest...” Proverbs 24:33

 The beautiful little hands here in the picture belong to 
Jessie and Emily, my Texas girls. My hope is that these little 
hands will never have anything happen to them that is not 
wonderful.

This edition of Walking Sierra Madre...The Social Side is 
being written on Wednesday, April 18th. You’ll be reading 
it around April 28th when, hopefully, the writer will have 
recovered from having hand surgery on Friday, April 
20th. Never having been a great typist at any time in her 
life, the writer, due to Dupuytrens Contracture, has now 
had to resort to the hunt and peck method to get words 
on the page. What on earth is Dupuytrens Contracture, 
you’re asking?? “Over the course of time with Dupuytrens 
Contracture, fibrous tissue in the palm thickens and 
tightens. This causes one or more fingers to progressively 
stiffen, bend and lose flexibility.” Yep, that’s what’s 
happened over the last few decades to the little finger on 
my left hand. Thankfully, not my right hand as that might 
have interfered with my ability to eat! On Friday, my hand 
surgeon, Dr. Shankar Lakshman, will fix this whole thing. 
It’s day surgery, I get to go home almost immediately 
and, if all goes well, will be able to type again using all ten 
fingers!

It’s been an exciting week around town as the movie 
people have invaded us again. I’m always delighted to 
see the movie folks come to town as they bring revenue 
with them. I realize not everybody’s thrilled as there’s 
no place to park and the sidewalk on Baldwin is jammed 
with people, reflector lights, more people and equipment. 
I don’t mind having to walk a little further to get to the 
bank or Best Buy Drugs, because everywhere I look, 
movie people are walking around with coffee cups from 
our Starbucks, sitting in front of plates of enchiladas at 
Casa Del Rey, and doing a little shopping at all our shops. 
Revenue, friends and neighbors, they bring in revenue. 
Welcome them and encourage them to spend more. 

A few weeks ago, they were filming an episode of Little 
Big Lies and transformed the former Petunia’s into the 
Sunshine Beach Café, and this time around, Petunia’s 
is “Antics Antiques.” Foothill Tek was magically 
reconfigured into the cutest saloon ever. What they’ve 
been filming, by the way, is a new series for HBO entitled 
Camping, starring Jennifer Garner, written by Lena 
Dunham and Jenni Konner. It’s a comedy so let’s watch 
for it and tell everybody it was filmed right here at home!

Being unsure of when I’m going to be able to use my left 
hand to full capacity again...which leaves me wondering 
how on earth I’ll be able to do anything with my hair or 
dress myself... I have a strange desire for muffins. One of 
the many things I liked to do with my husband - (Barbara 
Bush passed away yesterday at 92 years of age and she 
referred to her husband as “my hero.” I like this so much 
that I shall incorporate that term when speaking of John, 
who now resides in heaven, because he really was my 
hero.) – was stay at Harris Ranch, which is in Coalinga, 
which you’ve never in your entire life heard of.

The Inn at Harris Ranch is beautiful, comfortable, relaxed, 
and it’s possible to sit out by the pool and not see another 
person all day. For breakfast, we go to their Ranch 
Restaurant where they make the most astonishing biscuits. 
The Los Angeles Times graciously published the recipe for 
Harris Ranch buttermilk biscuits! But, being me, I can’t 
leave well enough alone, so I changed the recipe slightly 
and made it better (easier) skipping that rolling out the 
dough and cutting out biscuits part and move right into 
muffin tins. I’m making these tomorrow to have when 
I get home Friday with my hand totally restored to its 
original shape

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease your 12 space 
muffin tin.

1 egg

1-1/3 cups buttermilk (it’s been my experience that very 
few people just happen to have 1-1/3 cups buttermilk so 
I put 2 Tb. white vinegar in a measuring cup, add enough 
milk to make 1-1/3 cups and let it sit for a few minutes 
while I assemble the rest of the ingredients.

2-3/4 cups flour

2 Tb plus 2 tsp. sugar

. tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. baking soda

1 Tb plus 2 tsp. baking powder

Mix all these dry things together. 

 2/3 cup cold butter cut into 1” pieces - If you’ve got a pastry 
cutter, cut the butter into your dry ingredients mixture till 
it’s the size of small peas. If you don’t have a pastry cutter, 
a fork will do fine.

 Very gently stir the liquid into the flour-butter mixture, 
stirring as little as possible (too much stirring makes for 
tough muffins, which we definitely don’t want). It will 
thicken before your very eyes! Spoon your muffin mix into 
the muffin tin. Bake 25-30 minutes, remove, butter, pour 
a fresh cup of coffee, sit down somewhere pleasant, and 
enjoy! 

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