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REMEMBRANCE

LONGTIME SIERRA MADRE RESIDENT JERRY BURNETT PASSES AWAY

Jerry Howard Burnett was born on August 11, 1931 and passed away 
peacefully on August 22, 2024 at the age of 93. He attended and 
graduated from Tulare Union High School before earning a degree in 
Commerce and Finance from Occidental College. Jerry married his 
college sweetheart, Dorothy (Dottie), on July 10, 1954. After serving 
overseas for 2-1/2 years with the US Army, they settled in Sierra 
Madre, California. 

Jerry had a successful career in financial management, starting as 
a Controller at Royal Industries. He later served on the Financial 
Auditing Team, contributing his expertise to the aerospace and 
defense sectors. Jerry and Dottie hosted five separate foreign exchange 
students, one returning to become an American citizen and who has 
stayed very close to the family (like a 3rd son). Jerry was very active 
in community service, dedicating years to the Sierra Madre Kiwanis 
and supporting the Creative Arts Group in Sierra Madre. He was also 
a 35-year member of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. 

He and Dottie were honored by Occidental College in 2019 for 
their enduring commitment to education, alumni involvement and 
dedication to Occidental. (https://mtnviewsnews.com/v13/htm/n31/
p01.htm)

An avid traveler, Jerry and Dottie explored numerous countries 
which included multiple RV adventures across the United States and Canada. They loved tennis, regularly attending 
professional tournaments. Jerry is survived by his wife of 70 years, Dorothy (Dottie), his two sons Robert (Rosemary) 
and Brian (Kay). He has three granddaughters, Amanda (Manny), Paige and Karina; and two great-grandchildren 
Hunter and Owen. He is also survived by the “3rd son”, exchange student Robin Bartolo and his wife Jenni. 

Jerry will be deeply missed for his spirit, dedication to family, and passion for lifelong learning and adventure. Instead of 
sending flowers, we kindly ask that you make a memorial donation in his name to an organization that holds significance 
for you.

6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

 
Sun Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s

 Thur: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 

 Fri: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

Sept. 10, 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)..



WALKING SIERRA MADRE - The Social Side

by Deanne Davis

“THE ICEMAN COMETH” 

 Eugene O’Neill

This is a really depressing play about a bunch of sad, 
unhappy people living in a flophouse. Why, you’re asking, 
am I referencing this? Remember a week or so ago when 
I talked about the ice maker in my refrigerator ceasing to 
make ice? Well, the Ice Maker Repair Man did come last 
week and he was just as depressing as this play. No good 
news at all. “Well,” he said, “hear that noise?” I really 
hadn’t heard anything till he mentioned it. “I guess,” I 
replied wittily. “That’s your compressor. It’s about to go.” 
“Swell,” I thought. “Buying a new ice maker ($200+) would 
be a waste of money if your compressor is going.” 

So, bottom line on ice is, we’re now buying 8 lb. bags at 
Safeway, 2 for $5. And I’m wondering if this refrigerator 
I’ve only had for six years will keep going. “It might go out 
tonight and it might last another ten years,” he said with a 
hearty laugh. I was not amused. 

The Scarecrow 
Festival is 
starting! All 
over town our 
immensely 
creative people 
will be putting 
up fabulous 
creations. That’s 
today’s picture. 
One from last 
year. I love this 
time of year. Fall!

Starbucks is 
selling Pumpkin 
Spice Lattes. I 
haven’t gotten 
there yet, 
but possibly 
tomorrow!

Peter Dills and 
a bunch of other 
people are highly recommending 355 Burger. Rumor has it 
that the 355 refers to the Sierra Madre telephone number. 
Ours for all the years we lived on Alegria was 355-8710. 
I’m pretty sure they are located where the Lunch Box used 
to be a long time ago. Crissy and I loved going there for 
breakfast and that’s where I encountered my very first 
Breakfast Burger: A big burger with onions, cheese and a 
fried egg. I’d never had anything so good! The 355 menu 
is pretty simple so far, just a burger and fries or a double 
burger with fries, but I’m sure when they get settled in 
they’re going to offer a breakfast burger with a fried egg 
that drips all down your hand when you eat it. Good times, 
friends and neighbors!

As it’s still hot, I’ve been doing a lot of reading instead 
of wandering around outside. Several great books to 
recommend:

The Eight, published 1988, is American author Katherine 
Neville's debut novel. “It is an adventure/quest novel in 
which the heroine, computer whiz Catherine Velis, must 
enter into a cryptic world of danger and conspiracy in 
order to recover the pieces of a legendary chess set once 
owned by Charlemagne and buried for one thousand 
years. The Eight features two intertwined storylines set 
two centuries apart. The first takes place in the 1970s and 
follows Catherine "Cat" Velis as she is sent to Algeria for 
a special assignment. The second is set in the 1790s and 
revolves around Mireille, a novice nun at Montglane 
Abbey, in the French Pyrenees.”

I loved The Eight so much I continued with the follow-
up book, The Fire. “Set in Colorado in 2003, Alexandra 
Solarin is summoned home to her family’s ancestral Rocky 
Mountain hideaway for her mother’s birthday. Thirty 
years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, 
believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane 
Service around the world, burying with the chessmen the 
secrets of the power that comes with possessing them. But 
Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing–and 
that the Game has begun again.”

Those were riveting and so was John Grisham’s Camino 
Ghosts. There’s a curse, a lot of people ending up dead and, 
as usual, Grisham doesn’t disappoint.

Could not believe that horrible people are breaking into 
our beloved Pioneer Cemetery and stealing grave markers. 
How low can you get. My beloved John’s marker with his 
life verse, Micah 6:8 is there. I hope they are found, arrested 
and put away forever! A heinous crime, committed by 
craven ghouls!

I’m stocking up on pumpkin and getting ready to make 
pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins. So 
ready for Fall! I’m sure you are, too.

“I am falling in love with Autumn, the smell of warm cider, 
the orange-colored leaves,

 pumpkins everywhere and a crisp, cool breeze.” Charmaine 
J. Forde

“Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a 
pumpkin.” Simone Swarz-Bart

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

So many fun books, great recipes, lots of pumpkin ones, 
and stories in

A Tablespoon of Love, A Tablespoon of Laughter, and

Sunrises and Sunflowers Speak Hope

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. 


City of Sierra Madre

 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

To: All Residential Households in the City of Sierra Madre

From: The City of Sierra Madre

Subject: CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE AMENDING SECTION 8.06.010 (PROHIBITED WHERE) OF CHAPTER 8.06 (SMOKING) 

 OF TITLE 8 (HEALTH AND SAFETY) OF THE SIERRA MADRE MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING SMOKING IN 

 CERTAIN PUBLIC PLACES. 

This notice serves to inform you that the City Council will hold a public hearing to consider Ordinance No. 1473 amending section 8.06.010 (Prohibited Where) 
of Chapter 8.06 (Smoking) of Title 8 ( Health and Safety) of the Sierra Madre Municipal Code regulating smoking in certain public places. 

The meeting will be streamed live on the City’s website at www.cityofsierramadre.com, on Foothills Media website at http://www.foothillsmedia.org/sierramadre 
and broadcast on Government Access Channel 3 (Spectrum). 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 PM on the day of the meeting. For further information 
on this subject, please contact the City Manager’s Office at (626) 355-7138.

 

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING 

City of Sierra Madre 

City Council Regular Meeting 

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

(Hearing begins at 5:30 p.m.) 

PLACE OF HEARING 

City of Sierra Madre 

City Council Chambers

232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 

Sierra Madre, CA

All interested persons may attend this meeting and the City Council will hear them with respect thereto.

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