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Mountain View News Saturday, June 7, 2025


Weather Wise

WALKING SIERRA MADRE 

 The Social Side by Deanne Davis

6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

 Sun Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 60s

 Thur: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 60s 

 Fri: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 60s

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers 
and singers of songs.” Pam Brown

Father’s Day isn’t for a couple of weeks, but I wanted to get a jump on it so 
you all have plenty of time to get your Dad something special. I visited a page 
entitled, “All of the Best Father’s Day Gift Ideas…Everything the Strategist 
Recommends for Dad in One Place.” And I was astonished! How about a 
Smart Bird Feeder with Camera; or a wireless meat thermometer, a personalized 
indoor-outdoor game ball. Or, for that outdoorsy type of Dad, the Patagonia 
Provisions Hiker’s Gift Box, or the Outdoors Insulated Cocktail Set. 

Lingering in June just a little longer is my plan, before we turn the page and 
start thinking about what we’re going to do July 4th. Well, we know exactly 
what we’re going to do here in Sierra Madre, we’re going to go to the parade, 
where our Grand Marshalls will be hometown heroes from our Fire Department, 
Public Works Department and other First Responders. Celebrating 
these folks will be an absolute delight. Then you can go to Mother Moo’s and 
have an ice cream cone or make your own…recipe coming right up!

But first, just a little bit about my dad: He was an amazing and acclaimed artist and his work is on all the walls of my house. 
He was a storyteller with an endless supply of true and astonishing tales. He sent me many letters describing his childhood 
and his dad and the early wild days of California and Mexico, which I turned into a very successful Kindle book: A Treasure 
Map, A Drunken Owl and 47 Rattlers in a Bag! He was a covert member of the CIA, an officer in the Chinese Army, 
an engineer and in his 80’s took a trip around the world on a container ship and ended up being the second mate. He was 
a gardener, a compassionate man who fed all the immigrants from below the border who came to his lime ranch in Valley 
Center looking for work. He would engage them in Spanish and hear some truly excruciating stories of deprivation, terror 
and hope for a better future. My sister, Heidi, and I miss him so much. 

“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost 
everything.” Warren Buffett

Warren is absolutely right. That applies to fathers, too. John had no trouble saying “NO!” to our children when they 
wanted to do something that was a really bad idea. That’s the picture this week, the best Dad ever, my beloved John, participating 
in a race at the Rose Bowl. One of his favorite things to do.

The weather is still doing odd things, a little sun, a little gloom, a hot day then a cloudy one. Friends and neighbors, enjoy 
these last shreds of gloom…the heat is coming! Think watermelon, popsicles, barbeques and swimming. 

The lemon tree is bursting out with hard little green lemons, the oleanders are covered with blossoms and my yard is overrun 
with lizards. Fat ones, skinny ones, and they’re all doing that cute little pushup thing they do. Live Science tells us that 
“Lizards work out for the same reason a guy at the gym might: as a display of strength. And with lizards, as can be the case 
with men, the push-ups also mean "get out of my territory." A new study finds some lizards make a morning and evening 
routine out of the displays.” It feels sort of Jurassic Park to me. 

There was a recipe for Grown-Up Strawberry Ice Cream in our Mountain Views News last year where the recipe called 
for a quarter cup of vodka or tequila, which sounded intriguing. I am the proud owner of a bright red Cuisinart Frozen 
Yogurt-Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker, which is hardly ever used. Why? Because the ice cream it makes is so incredibly easy, 
fast and good that I eat it all, immediately, which is a really bad idea. My favorite is their Simple Vanilla Ice Cream. I expect 
this recipe will work with any ice cream maker:

GROWN-UP STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

1 cup whole milk

¾ cup granulated sugar

2 cups heavy cream

Pinch of salt

1 TB Vanilla extract. 

Combine the milk, sugar and salt until the sugar is dissolved, Stir in the heavy cream and vanilla. Cover and refrigerate 
1 to 2 hours. Then pour mixture into the frozen freezer bowl and let it mix until thickened, about 15 to 20 minutes. It 
comes out soft, creamy and absolutely delicious. I now am salivating at the very idea of a bowl of this cold, tempting 
yummy stuff.

A positive thought to end the week…

Everything seems much easier with a smile. Smiling makes you happier. Smiling can drastically reduce stress. Smiling 
helps you live longer. Smiling decreases blood pressure. Smiling can boost morale. A smile costs nothing but gives a lot. 
A smile takes only a moment but the memory of it can last forever. No one is so rich or so mighty that they can get along 
without a smile. A smile brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad and is nature’s best cure 
for trouble. So start smiling!

If you’d like to take a look at my dad’s stories, here’s where to find them: Amazon.com where everything in the world is 
now available!

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

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

June 10, 2025 5:30 pm

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. 


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