Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, September 15, 2018

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, September 15, 2018 

Zest Gala to Benefit Senior 
Center in Pasadena and 
Honor Rosemary Simmons

South Pas Measure M 
Public Forum to be Held

Author Night with Ned Colletti

 
Ned Colletti will be 
discussing his book, “The 
Big Chair: The Smooth 
Hops and Bad Bounces 
from the Inside World of 
the Acclaimed Los Angeles 
Dodgers General Manager”. 
Colletti is also a SportsNet 
LA TV Analyst, a Special 
Adviser to the President of 
the Dodgers, and a Professor 
at Pepperdine University. He 
will be in conversation with 
Mark Langill, the Dodgers 
Historian and an All Star 
caliber author in his own 
right . Ned Colletti delighted 
a full house audience at the 
South Pasadena Library in 
2017 along with LA Times 
Sportswriter and “Dodgers 
Dugout Columnist” 
Houston Mitchell. 

 The Library Community 
Room is located at 1115 El 
Centro Street. Admission 
is free, refreshments will be 
served, and autographed 
Ned Colletti and Mark 
Langill books will be 
available for purchase. No 
tickets or reservations. 
Doors will open at 6 p.m. Mr. 
Colletti and Mr. Langill will 
sign books starting at 6 p.m. 
before their presentation at 
7 p.m. and after the Q & A 
that will conclude around 
8:30 p.m. Special surprises 
will be presented between 6 
p.m. and 7 p.m., including 
an appearance by Roger 
Owens, the behind-the-back 
peanut bag tosser at Dodgers 
games for more than 60 
years. 

 Seating is limited as are the 
number of books available 
for purchase. The event 
is presented by the South 
Pasadena Public Library, 
the Friends of the South 
Pasadena Public Library, 
and Flintridge Books and 
Coffeehouse with Special 
Thanks to 210eastsound, 
Cindy Murphy, and Charles 
Yung.

 Upon request made no 
later than four (4) business 
days before the event, 
the City will provide a 
reasonable accommodation 
for a qualified person with 
a disability to have equal 
access to the event. Please 
contact ADA Coordinator 
and Human Resources 
Manager, Mariam Lee Ko, at 
(626) 403-7312 or fill out the 
City’s request form available 
at www.southpasadenaca.
gov and email the form to 
Human Resources at HR@
southpasadenaca.gov.

 The Former 
General Manager of 
the LA Dodgers in 
Conversation with Mark 
Langill

 The Arroyo Verdugo 
Communities Joint Powers 
Authority (AVCJPA) consists 
of the cities of Burbank, 
Glendale, La Cañada 
Flintridge, Pasadena, and 
South Pasadena and the 
unincorporated areas of 
Crescenta Valley/Montrose 
within Los Angeles County. 
Earlier this year, the city 
councils and county 
approved the formation of 
the JPA and have begun work 
on the ?rst ?ve-year funding 
plan for the JPA’s Multiyear 
Subregional Programs 
(MSP). Funded through 
the voter-approved sales 
tax, Measure M, the Arroyo 
Verdugo Communities must 
create their MSP Plans in 
order to determine what 
projects to fund in the ?rst 
?ve years. 

 Each agency within the 
JPA will be hosting a public 
meeting to discuss the 
potential projects and would 
like your input. Please join 
us at one of the following 
public meetings:

City of South Pasadena

Public Forum

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 
|6:30 pm

and 

City Council Meeting

Wednesday, October 17, 
2018 | 7:30 pm

1414 Mission St

 If you are unable to attend 
a public meeting, you may 
submit your comments 
https://sur-vey.typeform.
com/to/ns1msA. For 
questions, please contact 
Ann Wilson at email 
awilson@lcf.ca.gov.

 For more Measure M 
information, please visit, 
theplan.metro.net

 
The Pasadena Senior Center’s 
annual Zest gala Saturday, Sept. 
29, will be an elegant, fun-filled 
evening honoring Rosemary 
“Rary” Simmons, a long-time 
community volunteer whose 
good works have impacted 
thousands in the greater 
Pasadena area.

 Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and 
a silent auction during a 5 p.m. 
reception will be followed by 
dinner and the program at 6 
p.m. 

 Dr. Drew Pinsky, known 
to international television 
and radio audiences as Dr. 
Drew, will serve as master of 
ceremonies. He is a prominent 
Pasadena physician who is an 
addiction specialist and media 
personality. 

 “We are pleased and proud 
that our Zest gala this year will 
honor Rary Simmons, who has 
developed an extraordinary 
legacy of community and 
philanthropic leadership 
over the decades through her 
faithfulness to the Pasadena 
and San Marino communities 
and her generous disposition,” 
said Akila Gibbs, executive 
director of the Pasadena Senior 
Center. 

 Born and raised in the Los 
Angeles area, a graduate of 
Occidental College and a 
resident of San Marino since 
1954, Rosemary “Rary” 
Simmons, serves on the 
advisory committee for the 
Pasadena-based Cancer 
Support Community; serves 
on the board of directors for 
Hill-Harbison House, which 
primarily benefits San Marino 
Girl Scout troops and City 
of San Marino Recreation 
Department programs; and is 
the only emeritus member of 
the Huntington Hospital board 
of directors, where she chairs 
the Philanthropic Committee. 

 She previously served as 
board chair for the Sycamores 
Boys’ Home in Pasadena 
(now Hathaway-Sycamores 
Child and Family Services) 
and has served on boards and 
committees for the Los Angeles 
Music Center, Hillsides 
home for foster children and 
Pasadena Showcase House for 
the Arts.

 She served for 10 years on the 
San Marino City Council, was 
its first female member and 
went on to become the first 
female mayor of San Marino.

 She was married to Frank 
Simmons from 1952 until his 
death in 2008. She has five 
children and six grandchildren.

 For more information or 
to receive an invitation to 
the Zest gala, email pamk@
pasadenaseniorcenter.org or 
call (626) 685-6756. Tickets are 
$200 per person. Proceeds will 
help fund the Pasadena Senior 
Center’s enrichment classes 
and social service programs. 
The location of the gala will 
be included in the printed 
invitation.

 For more information about 
services and programs visit: 
pasadenaseniorcenter.org or 
call 626-795-4311.

Blue Boy Conservation 
Exhibition Set to Open Sept 22

 

 The exhibition “Project Blue 
Boy” will open at The Huntington 
Library, Art Collections, and 
Botanical Gardens on Sept. 
22, offering visitors a glimpse 
into the technical processes of 
a senior conservator working 
on the famous painting as well 
as background on its history, 
mysteries, and artistic virtues. 
One of the most iconic paintings 
in British and American history, 
The Blue Boy, made around 
1770 by English painter Thomas 
Gainsborough (1727-1788), 
is undergoing its first major 
conservation treatment. Home 
to the work since its acquisition 
by founder Henry E. Huntington 
in 1921, The Huntington will 
conduct some of the project in 
public view, as part of a year-
long educational exhibition that 
runs through Sept. 30, 2019.

 The Blue Boy requires 
conservation to address both 
structural and visual concerns. 
“Earlier conservation treatments 
mainly have involved adding new 
layers of varnish as temporary 
solutions to keep it on view as 
much as possible,” said Christina 
O’Connell, The Huntington’s 
senior paintings conservator 
working on the painting and 
co-curator of the exhibition. 
“The original colors now appear 
hazy and dull, and many of the 
details are obscured.” According 
to O’Connell, there are also 
several areas where the paint 
is beginning to lift and flake, 
making the work vulnerable 
to paint loss and permanent 
damage; and the adhesion 
between the painting and its 
lining is separating, meaning it 
does not have adequate support 
for long-term display.

 The painting first appeared in 
public in the Royal Academy 
exhibition of 1770 as A Portrait 
of a Young Gentleman, where 
it received high acclaim, and by 
1798 it was being called “The 
Blue Boy”–-a nickname that 
stuck.

 Huntington is located at 1151 
Oxford Road, San Marino. 
For more information visit: 
huntington.org. 

Coyote 
Reporting 
Form

 The City of San Marino is 
working with the Pasadena 
Humane Society and other 
organizations in the San 
Gabriel Valley to monitor, 
track and respond to coyote 
complaints. For information 
visit: cityofsanmarino.org 
click “Complete Form...” to 
access the reporting form.


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