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VOLUME 17 NO. 47VOLUME 17 NO. 47

NOT ALL THE TURKEYS WERE ON THE TABLE!


Certainly not the ones from Sierra Madre City College who participated in Pasadena's Doo Dah Parade recently. 

Doo Dah Story on Page 6. Photo by Dean Lee

Yes Virginia, there is a college in Sierra Madre. Well, sort of. It is rather challenging to describe. As one local journalist once wrote, 

"Sierra Madre City College was founded by 10 zany madcaps from Sierra Madre. The late Hugh Warden, a local businessman and sometime character 
actor, was president for several years, but these days leadership is as enigmatic as the college itself. According to one spokesperson “Nobody knows who’s 
running the joint.” But the joint is most definitely being run. While the college has no students, it still hands out degrees. Though the handsome, official 
looking degrees themselves cost nothing (SMCC is tuition-free), the frame is $20, and you can’t get the one without the other. The familiar (to parade goers) 
bright yellow Sierra Madre City College t-shirts are on sale at the Bottle Shop ($10.99), where you can also pick up SMCC license plate frames, $5.99 
for one, or $9.99 per pair (prices quoted here are subject to change without notice). There’s also a golf tournament to raise funds annually. Does all the 
money raised help pay the teacher’s salaries? Not one penny. It’s all donated back to the community. Over the years, the City College has donated to 
the City’s ambulance fund, and to Sierra Madre Search and Rescue. They donated a flagpole to St. Rita’s School, and installed a concrete art patio for 
the Kindergarten students at Sierra Madre School. They’ve installed lighting at Sierra Vista and Mountain Trail parks, funded a patio on the east side 
of City Hall and the south side of the Senior Center. With Kiwanis, they helped fund the pergola area in Memorial Park, and they are also responsible 
for the covered barbecue area in Sierra Vista Park (a revenue generator for the City). They’ve also installed barbecue sets in Memorial and Sierra Vista 
Parks.", Bill Coburn, www.sierramadrenews.net.

You can generally spot SMCC's alumni by either the T-Shirt they are wearing or the license frame on their vehicles. The marching band is a fixture 
at every Sierra Madre 4th of July parade along with a float that always, always sparks a bit of controversy. The college really is a reflection of the town 
-diverse in opinions, outspoken with the ability to solicit either a good laugh or a good cry out of just about everyone that views them in a parade.

In 1987, Mildred Barber of the LA Times wrote, " Mythical Sierra Madre College Has No Students but Lots of Class". SMCC is real however, and if you 
want to join its esteemed alumni, just go to The Bottle Shop on Sierra Madre Blvd. and purchase your Student I.D. in the form of either a T-Shirt or 
License Plate frame. The prices may have changed over the years, but it is without question the cheapest degree you will ever receive! Then, all you 
have to do is show them off, with pride.

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