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Mountain View News Saturday, January 18, 2025
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WALKING SIERRA MADRE -
The Social Side by Deanne Davis
6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.
“I’d like to cancel my subscription to 2025.
I’ve experienced the free 7-day trial and I’m
definitely not interested.”
I expect a lot of us feel exactly like that and my constant prayer is,
“Oh Lord, please no more wind!” As people we know are trying
to cope with the worst thing they could ever imagine, i.e., losing
their homes and everything they treasured, I’m sitting with
this blank page trying to think of something to say that will bring
comfort and hope. Friends and neighbors are doing everything
they can to help each other and food, no matter what some people
say, is always a big comfort. Why do they call macaroni and
cheese comfort food? Because it is.
A couple of days ago, my dear next-door neighbors, Sarah and
Jay, asked me if I could use some zucchini as a friend of theirs had
given them seven homegrown beauties. Having grown zucchini,
I discovered that it’s delicious when it’s small and tender but if
you turn your back on those cute little ones, they somehow grow
into the size of baseball bats and you can grate all day to make
zucchini bread and never use up one of them. So, I grated two of
these more than medium size dark green babies and made zucchini
bread. If someone you know needs comfort they can just
slice and eat, this will do the trick.
“Comfort food is whatever makes your heart stop pounding, your
tears stop flowing, the ache in your stomach to ease and the tiny
seeds of hope to start growing in your soul.”
ZUCCHINI BREAD
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 8” x 4” loaf pan
1-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon (generous)
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg (generous)
½ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
Combine all those in a large bowl
1 cup sugar
1 cup grated zucchini
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 tsp. or more grated lemon peel
½ cup pecans (optional) dried cranberries are good and
a little chopped apple is also a delicious, comforting
addition.
Combine all that in a medium bowl. Mix well then add to the dry
ingredients.
Spoon batter into greased pan. Bake 55-60 minutes or until a
wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool
in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes or so. Remove the loaf
from the pan and cut yourself a slice. You can spread a little butter
on it, pour yourself a cup of coffee and thank God for comfort
food.
This recipe can be doubled as many times as you like. The two
zucchini I used ended up being four loaves of bread. You can
make lots of little loaves, too, and give them to those around you
who could use a little comfort. The picture is the four loaves of
zucchini bread.
I got this recipe from the Pasadena Star News in 2011 from Dorothy
Reinhold’s column, which is no longer there. In it, she described
her son’s ecstasy about the zucchini bread that his 3rd
grade teacher, Mr.s Corinne Le, had baked and brought to share.
“It’s soooo good,” he said, “and she gave me the recipe!” Corinne
Le knew how to bring comfort to 3rd graders and I hope this will
bring you some, too.
“We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to
bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war,
of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for
survival and renewal is awesome.” Isabel Allende
This recipe is in my book:
“A Tablespoon of Love A Tablespoon of Laughter”
Available on Amazon
There are lots of other comforting things in there, too.
“May God bless you and keep you all and make His Face to shine
upon you and give you peace…and comfort.”
Sun Sunny Hi 60s Lows 40s
Mon: Sunny Hi 60s Lows 40s
Tues: Sunny Hi 60s Lows 40s
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
January 28, 2025 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)..
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
From: The City of Sierra Madre
Subject: Public Hearing: Proposal for
Parking Violations Fines
and Penalties
Notice is hereby given that on January 28, 2025,
at 5:30 PM, or soon thereafter, the Sierra Madre
City Council will conduct a Public Hearing to
hear testimony regarding a proposal to establish
parking violations fees.
DATE AND TIME OF HEARING
City of Sierra Madre City Council meeting; Tuesday,
January 28, 2025 (Hearing begins at 5:30
p.m. or soon thereafter). All interested persons
may attend this meeting and the City Council will
hear them with respect thereto.
PLACE OF HEARING
This meeting will be conducted at City Council
Chambers and will be recorded for live streaming.
Watch the meeting on Channel 3 (Government
Access Channel) or live on the City's website
at www.sierramadreca.gov Email public comments
to: publiccomment@cityofsierramadre.
com by 3:00 PM on the day of the meeting.
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.
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