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Mountain View News Saturday, June 14, 2025


WALKING SIERRA MADRE 

 The Social Side by Deanne Davis

Weather Wise

6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

“The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers 
of liberty loving people everywhere march with you.”

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Message to Troops Before the 
Invasion, June 6, 1944

“You are about to embark upon the great crusade toward 
which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the 
world are upon you…I have full confidence in your courage, 
devotion to duty and skill in battle.” 

June 6, 1944 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

D-Day, the anniversary of the largest seaborne invasion in history, 
was June 6th. This invasion, which began the liberation 
of France and later western Europe and laid the foundations 
of the Allied victory on the Western Front. Allied infantry and 
armored divisions, began landing on the coast of France at 
06:30. Strong winds blew the landing craft east of their intended positions, particularly at Utah and Omaha beaches. The 
men landed under heavy fire from gun emplacements overlooking the beaches and the shore was mined and covered with 
obstacles such as wooden stakes and barbed wire. German casualties on D-Day have been estimated at 4,000 to 9,000 
men. Allied casualties were documented for at least 10,000 with 4,414 confirmed dead. (Wikipedia) The picture this week 
commemorates this day when so many gave their lives.

“That road to V-E Day was hard and long, and traveled by weary and valiant men. And history will always record where 
that road began. It began with the first footprints on the beaches of Normandy.” — George W. Bush

Last week’s Mountain Views News with all the pictures of the graduates in our area was simply wonderful. Susan Henderson, 
our Editor, did an amazing job gathering all the pictures of these beautiful, hopeful young people and letting us see 
them. They are our future, friends and neighbors.

June is a glorious month. The occasional day of June gloom keeps the heat somewhat at bay and everyone’s garden looks 
fabulous. It’s the last hurrah before the sun burns everything and it all looks just plain tired.

Here’s a little June trivia for you: In the 15th century, most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath 
in May and still smelled pretty good. June is also Accordion Awareness Month, Iced Tea Month and Candy Month. The 
June birthstone is the pearl, which is pretty neat as pearls were believed to possess magical powers. The Pearl signifies 
wealth. If you were born in June, you are a fun person known for your sense of humor. You are an extrovert. People love 
being with you and you are also an intelligent person. So there! Little known facts about a well-known month.

June is also where we find Father’s Day. Yes, it’s tomorrow and I’m hoping you got your Dad a card and are planning to 
spend a little time with him, if you are so fortunate as to still have your Dad with you. The men in my family are extraordinary 
fathers and I’m sure the ones in your family are, too.

“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” — Anne Geddes

“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers,

and singers of song.” — Pam Brown

 “It is much easier to become a father than to be one.” — Kent Nerburn

One last Father to mention before I close this week, the One we lean on the most:

Our Father, Who art in heaven, 

Hallowed be Thy Name.

They kingdom come, Thy will be done,

On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread, 

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, Forever. Amen.

Stay well, find something good to read. Walk and count your steps. Rejoice! You are alive! Speaking of good things to 
read…look right below here at the goodies you could be reading written by me!

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

Where you’ll find “Sunrises and Sunflowers Speak Hope”

And “A Tablespoon of Love, A Tablespoon of Laughter”

Take a look at both of these books, stuffed with hope and some really good recipes.

And there are Kindle treasures galore you can send straight to your Kindle,

Including the best adventure story ever about my Father and Grandfather:

 “A Treasure Map, A Drunken Owl And 

47 Rattlers in a Bag”

 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

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

June 24, 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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