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Mountain View News Saturday, June 28, 2025


WALKING SIERRA MADRE 

 The Social Side by Deanne Davis

Weather Wise


6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

“Everything good, everything magical, happens between the months 
of June and August.” Jenny Han 

“Half the people in Sierra Madre are watching the parade. The other 
half are in it! 

“July is a blind date with summer.” Hal Borland

Can you believe it’s almost July already? And next Friday is the 4th! 
What a weekend we have coming up! Don’t make any plans to leave 
town, there’s nothing happening anywhere else that can match what 
we have going on.

Thursday night, July 3rd, Memorial Park is the place to be with the 
beer garden, Groovy Lemon Pie sending out the music, bubble wrap 
fireworks, kids booths, community photo, food trucks and the Rotary 
is offering their tri-tip.

Then, at last, one of the Sierra Madre highlights of the year, the July 4th Parade is Friday starting at 10 a.m. The parade is such a 
great time. John and I always got up early, drove downtown, set up our chairs in front of Happy’s Liquor, had coffee at dear departed 
Beantown and walked all over town to see who we would see. Every year it just got better. It is actually the best parade anywhere, 
mainly because it’s stuffed with people we know. We loved seeing the kids from all the teams, the fire engines, the parents pulling 
wagons with little people in them looking bewildered. We admired the Search & Rescue Guys, waved at all the dignitaries smiling 
in the backs of open cars, trying not to sweat, wondering if they’ve got enough sunblock on, working hard to look responsible and 
re-electable. Our veterans carrying flags and please, friends and neighbors, stand when our flag goes by. Oh! And be sure you buy 
a rose from those nice folks in the Sierra Madre Rose Float Association to support our float, “Magic in Teamwork” celebrating the 
teamwork between the community, the fire department and first responders, who are, most fittingly, the Grand Marshals of the 
parade this year.

“You have to love a Nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns, tanks and soldiers who file by 
the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and 
the flies die from happiness. You may think you’ve overeaten, but’s it’s really patriotism.” Erma Bombeck

JULY 4TH – BEST DAY OF SUMMER

Deanne Davis

 I’ll bring the hot dogs,

You bring the beer,

The Fourth of July,

Is finally here!

Let’s walk downtown,

And watch the parade.

I hope we can find,

A place in the shade.

It’s our day to celebrate,

Our Nation’s story.

Is your hand on your heart?

Here she comes! It’s Old Glory!

Let’s stand up and cheer!

Old Glory’s passing by.

Here come our V.A. guys,

Standing so tall and straight!

Thank you, guys, for your service,

We think you’re just great!

We love those old cars,

Filled with folks that we know.

We’ll barbeque later,

A burger…or three,

A hot dog for you, some chicken for me.

We’ll have potato salad,

Sure! It’s calorie free! (Not!)

We’ll count all our blessings,

Be glad that we live in a land that is free.

Free to celebrate Independence Day,

To celebrate…Liberty!

 

Speaking of potato salad, I’m fond of the hard-boiled eggs, pickle relish, onions, potatoes, celery salt and seed, pepper, dill, mustard, 
mayonnaise, a dash of 1000 Island dressing and of making it a couple of days ahead of time so everything has a chance to get 
acquainted and develop flavor.

I’ve cut out dozens of potato salad recipes from magazines and various newspaper cooking pages but I can’t bring myself to deviate 
from the old familiar one. I have great memories, though, of a potato salad made by a chef in Greece that featured Greek olive oil 
(he turned up his nose at any other kind) celery and diced scallions. Simple, but absolutely delicious.

Whatever you do this July 4th weekend, be sure you have a great time with people you love, people who enjoy food, laughter, each 
other, and maybe you can sit out somewhere and watch the sun set, put your feet in the water, have another hot dog and delight in 
every minute. Somewhere along the way, be sure to remember that freedom isn’t free. It has been bought and paid for at great cost 
by people who gave all.

Let’s Celebrate Everything!

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 80s Lows 60s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s

 Thur: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Fri: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

July 8, 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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