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Mountain Views News Saturday, May 25, 2024


Weather Wise

WALKING SIERRA MADRE - The So


6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

“It is imperative that the sacrifices made by the fallen not fade into the ether. We 
believe that a veteran, a person – anyone – has two deaths, once when their breath 
leaves their body, and the second time is when no one is able to talk about them or 
say their name. That is why it is important for communities to come out and honor 
those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. It’s really getting the community around 
remembering those people and making sure that they are never forgotten.” 

Rachel Charles, Acting Director of the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona

The Trail Race is probably over by the time you pick up the Mountain Views 
News and I would not be one bit surprised if the winner came in at a time under 
an hour. These people get faster every year. I can still see in my mind’s eye the 
pictures of Roger Bannister being the first to run a mile in under four minutes. 
It was 1954 and his time was 3:57:9. He collapsed as soon as he finished. Our 
runners now breeze up and down the trail at the speed of light and are ready to 
head to Lucky Baldwin’s for a little hydrating brew. World Athletics, the official 
body which oversees these records states that the current men’s record holder is 
Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 3:43:13 for a mile. So I can’t wait to see what 
our Trail Race winner’s time is going to be.

It's also Memorial Day weekend and Sierra Madre never fails to salute, 
commemorate, and remember those who gave all. There have been so many pictures everywhere you look this past week, 
leading up to Monday, of small flags adorning graves at Veteran’s Cemeteries, stretching as far as the eye can see as friends 
and families of those who rest there gather together to remember. One of the most touching pictures, as far as our family 
is concerned, is one of our grandchildren, Nicole, Blake and Luke Simon at the Los Angeles National Cemetery, visiting 
the grave of their other grandmother, Margaret Ineson, who was a Navy nurse. They were very small at the time but love 
was written all over them. Sierra Madre is such a special place to be on Memorial Day. John and I went so many years to 
Pioneer Cemetery, where he rests now, to participate in the Memorial Day ceremonies and came away every single time 
glad we had gone.

We visited Arlington Cemetery some years ago. It was an unforgettable experience. We wept the whole time we were 
there. 639 acres with close to 400,000 people buried there. The picture today speaks for itself.

Somewhere else this week I saw this great statement by Laurie Roberts, USA Today Network: “Before you slap the burgers 
on the grill, remember Inchon and Heartbreak Ridge and Chosin Reservoir where heroic Marines fought to their last breath 
against overwhelming odds. Remember Khe Sanh and Hamburger Hill. Remember Ramadi and Fallujah and Kandahar. 
It’s easy to forget the fallen, especially on a day when the sun is shining and we are so blessed with the tremendous good 
fortune to live in peace.”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We don’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. 
It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling 
our children and our children’s children what it once was like in the United States where men were free.” Ronald Reagan

Just one last thought this week on graduations. Granddaughter, Emily Brown, graduated from 8th grade last Wednesday, 
leaving the horrors of middle school behind. I can’t even count all the graduations we have attended over our lifetime. 
The standouts are missing our son, John’s, high school graduation as we booked ourselves onto a Windjammer Cruise, 
totally forgetting he was graduating. However, his graduation from college more than punished us as the speaker was 
Edward James Olmos, it was 1,000 degrees and Olmos spoke for several days. Best ones, Nicole from Point Loma College 
in San Diego (it was cool), Ashley’s from Chino State, Blake and Luke from USC. And there are dozens more. Emily’s was 
delightful. It was brief.

“The road to success is always under construction.” Lily Tomlin

“To those of you who are graduating this afternoon with high honors, awards and distinctions, I say, “Well done!” and, as 
I like to tell the C students: You, too, can be president.” 

George W. Bush

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

Where you’ll find the Emma Gainsworth Kindle novelettes, 

Along with other goodies like “A Treasure Map, A Drunken Owl

And 47 Rattlers in A Bag” True Tales of Early California

 Sun Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s

 Thur: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 

 Fri: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

MAY 28, 2024 5:30pm

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD 
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS!

As part of the City of Sierra Madre’s 

COVID-19 transparency efforts and The 
Brown Act provides the public with an opportunity 
to make public comments at any 
public meeting. Public comment may also be 
made by e-mail to PublicComment@CityofSierraMadre.
com by 3:00 p.m. on the day of 
the meeting. 

Emails will be acknowledged at the Council 
meeting and filed into public record. The 
public may also comment in person at the 
meeting.

The meetings will be streamed live on Foothills 
Media website at foothillsmedia.org/sierramadre 
and broadcast on Government 

Access Channel 3 (Spectrum)..



1630 AM EMERGENCY RADIO & 

Free on-air publicity for local events

 Sierra Madre’s EMERGENCY radio station is now accepting scripts for 
Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about community events. PSAs 
will be broadcast on the air at no charge. The station operates 24/7 and can 
be heard at 1630 on the AM dial.

 Any local non-profit or non-commercial organization can have their 
event information broadcast to the public on Sierra Madre Community 
Information Radio. The station covers the city of Sierra Madre, plus 
surrounding areas of Pasadena, Arcadia, and Monrovia. 

Your event must:

• Benefit a non-commercial or non-profit entity
• Be open to the public
• Be of general interest to local citizens


Just 
write a Public Service Announcement that describes your event and 
e-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 


LONG TIME SIERRA MADRE RESIDENT AND RENOWNED CLASSICAL GUITARIST, 
CRUZ TREVINO, WILL HAVE HIS LUMINOUS CIELO, COMPOSITION PUBLISHED BY 
THE LEGENDARY MEL BAY

PUBLICATIONS THIS COMING 
SPRINGTIME. 

Luminous Cielo, was written and dedicated 

to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center as 
an inspirational tribute.

Written in the French Impressionistic style, it 
depicts Christ as a "seabird above you gliding in 

one place, like Jesus in the sky" as Jackson 
Browne so aptly says in his song: Rock me on 
the Water.

"When I read that line some time ago, I 
needed to put music to it to give it measurably 
significance",

says Trevino. "Already one of my students is 
playing the piece" and is included in a treatise 
of encores

by famed Argentinean, Classical Guitarist, 
Nestor Ausqui.

Trevino is a long time Sierra Madre resident and grew up in town in the 60's and has established himself as a teacher, 
musicologist, and Classical Guitarist, having studied at the Royal Conservatory

in Madrid , Spain in 1973. -Scott Irving


SCOUTS NEEDED FOR 
4TH OF JULY PARADE

The Sierra Madre Events Committee (formerly 
the 4th of July Committee) in conjunction with 
the City of Sierra Madre has begun planning for 
2024 Sierra Madre 4th of July Celebration. The 
parade will take place on July 4th .

 

The Committee is seeking special assistance 
from local Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and 
Scouts in general to assist with this year’s 4th 
of July Parade. This specific request is for any 
interested Scout who would like to march in 
the parade July carrying banners for award 
recipients and dignitaries. Scouts will be 
required to be in dress uniform and able to carry 
a banner during the two-mile parade route. 
The parade begins promptly at 10:00 am sharp 
with staging activities beginning at 9:00 am. 
This is an extraordinary opportunity for young 
leaders to represent themselves and the scouting 
community while participating in a small-town 
celebration representing an All American City.

Interested scouts should contact Committee 
Member Michelle Keith by emailing sponsors@
sierramadreevents.org 

2024 SIERRA MADRE 4TH OF JULY PARADE 
REGISTRATION MAY 1 - JUNE 7, 2024

 The Sierra Madre 4th of July Parade is an annual tradition that is an 
integral part of the Sierra Madre community! This hometown parade 
features community members, organizations, classic cars, marching 
bands, kids on their decorated bikes and so much more.

 Please join us for the 2024 City of Sierra Madre Parade on Thursday, 
July 4th, from 10:00am – 12:00 pm. The parade route will begin at the 
corner of Sierra Madre Blvd. and Sunnyside Avenue, and proceed down 
the boulevard to Sierra Vista Park.

Parade participation is open to all; young, young-at-heart, and 
everything in between.

 Registration will close on Friday, June 7th. For more information 
on the parade and all of the happenings please visit our NEW 
website athttps://www.sierramadreevents.org/

 For questions regarding parade registration please contact the 
4th of July Parade Chair at parade@sierramadreevents.org or the 
Community Services Department at 626.355.5278.

Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com