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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024

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Sierra Madre News Briefs

MOUNT WILSON TRAIL 
RACE & PASTA DINNER

RETURN NEXT WEEKEND

SIGNATURES SUBMITTED FOR PUBLIC 
SAFETY PARCEL TAX MEASURE 



On Thursday, approximately 1,000 signatures were submitted to the City 
Clerk's office in support of placing a parcel tax measure on the November 
Ballot, pending verification. Both the Sierra Madre City Clerk's Office and 
the LA County Registrar of Voters office have to confirm. 

In the April 20th edition of this paper (https://mtnviewsnews.com/v18/
htm/n16/index.htm), Mayor Pro Tem Robert Parkhurst shared a story that 
gave a good example of why the city needs to preserve its Public Safety 
departments...... 

"......As a small city, our strength is our residents. We make this city the 
most desirable place to live in the region. We have incredible events and 
fantastic services. We need to maintain those services and the most 
efficient way to do that is with a modest public safety tax. This tax will 
provide more than $2 million a year for our police and fire departments. 
It ends up being about $1.32 per household every day. This is a worthwhile 
investment for the lifesaving services our police and fire departments 
provide us." You can learn more at www.smsafety.org. 

Belowis a picture from the recent Public Safety Workshop presented to 
the public last weekend. The event shown is a demonstrations. 

Photos by Dirk Bolle.

 
The 2024 Mt. Wilson Trail Race (MWTR) 
festivities are next weekend beginning with 
the Pre-Race Pasta Dinner on Friday, May 
24, 2024, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., the MWTR 
on Saturday, May 25, 2024, starting at 7:30 
a.m., and the Kids’ Fun Run starting at
7:45 a.m. All events take place in Kersting
Court and everyone is welcome to attend.

 The public is cordially invited to the MWTR Pre-Race Stone 
Fire Grill Pasta Dinner on Friday, May 24, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. 
–7:00 p.m., in Kersting Court. The cost is $10.00 per person.
There will also be a Pasta Dinner Beer Garden at which adults 
ages 21 and above can drink the “2024 Mt Wilson Trail Race 
Kölsch” and “Woodchopper IPA”, made by RT Rogers Brewing 
Company of Sierra Madre. MWTR packet pickup (race number, 
t-shirt, and goodie bag) will also be available at the Friday night 
pre-race pasta dinner.

 Pasta Dinner proceeds will support Sierra Madre Search & 
Rescue and the Pasta Dinner Beer Garden sales will support the 
Fletcher Trail Maintenance Fund. This is an opportunity to have 
great food and meet and greet your neighbors and fellow racers 
ahead of the race. In addition, you will be supporting Sierra 
Madre Search and Rescue and the Fletcher Trail Maintenance 
Fund. 

 Before the race this year, Maggie Moran of Chantry Flat’s 
Adams Pack Station will sing the National Anthem. The 
MWTR Starter is Sierra Madre’s former Public Works Director 
Chris Cimino to thank him and recognize his many years of 
service to the MWTR.

 At the Kersting Court Race Day Expo, MWTR merchandise 
will be for sale. New this year will be a free photo booth available 
for everyone to enjoy. In addition, Sierra Madre Pizza will be for 
sale, with proceeds benefitting the Fletcher Trail Maintenance 
Fund. There will also be a Beer Garden at which adults ages 21 
and above can drink the RT Rogers Brewing Company’s “2024 
Mt Wilson Trail Race Kölsch” and “Woodchopper IPA”, with 
profits benefitting Sierra Madre Search & Rescue. 

 Race Day Vendor Booths will feature the following groups/
organizations:

Arcadia Association of Realtors

Cancer Support Group of San Gabriel Valley

Christ Church SM – drop bag station

Compass Realty & Strategy Asset Mgrs.

Free Animal Doctor 

Muscle Lab – Pasadena 

Run With Us – Pasadena 

San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District

Sierra Madre CERT

Sierra Madre Community Foundation

Sierra Madre Events Committee

Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society

Sierra Madre Library Foundation

USC Arcadia Hospital

Vision for Enrichment – Pasadena 

YMCA – Sierra Madre

MWTR – May 25, 2024 – Race Day Schedule

6:30 a.m. – 12 noon Kersting Court Expo – Enjoy the race, vendors, pizza, & beer

6:30 a.m. Packet pick-up & drop bag services open 

6:30 a.m. Kids’ Fun Run registration opens

7:30 a.m. MWTR starts in Kersting Ct 

7:45 a.m. Kids’ Fun Run starts in Kersting Court

8:30 a.m. Beer Garden opens

9:30 a.m. Sierra Madre Pizza Company sales opens

9:45 a.m. Awards Ceremony

Until 12 noon Kersting Court Expo closes

Registration for the Kids’ Fun Run (ages 3 – 13) is FREE and 
will take place on the morning of the MWTR. All children 
participating receive a t-shirt and finisher’s ribbon. The Kids’ 
Fun Run will begin in Kersting Court at 7:45 a.m. Parents may 
accompany their younger children during the Kids’ Fun Run.

Sierra Madre’s Bottle Shop and Taylor’s Ol’ Fashioned Market 
are currently selling four-pack cans of “2024 Mt Wilson Trail 
Race Kölsch”, a limited release beer made especially for this 
year’s MWTR by RT Rogers Brewing Company of Sierra 
Madre. The Kölsch beer is also currently being served on tap at 
RT Rogers Brewing Company on Montecito Ave. 

The MWTR course is 8.6 miles in length, starting at Kersting 
Court, up Baldwin Ave., Mira Monte Ave., to Orchard Camp 
and back. The total elevation gain is over 2,160 feet. First run in 
1908, the annual Mt. Wilson Trail Race is one of the oldest trail 
races in California. 


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