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Mountain View News Saturday, July 19, 2025


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WALKING SIERRA MADRE 

 The Social Side by Deanne Davis

I just realized that July is half over and 2025 is more than halfway 
over. A singer-songwriter John and I always admired, Kate Wolf, 
who is now singing her songs in heaven where John can enjoy them 
with her, once recorded a Sandy Denny song entitled, “Who Knows 
Where the Time Goes,” here’s a little bit for you…

“Across the evening sky,

all the birds are leaving,

But how can they know,

it's time for them to go?

Before the winter fire,

I will still be dreaming,

I have no thought of time.

For who knows,

where the time goes?

Who knows,

where the time goes?”

School starts for granddaughters, Jessie and Emily, in just three weeks. Jessie will be a senior this year. Emily is going to band camp 
next week and will be in the marching band this year. I’m sure you’re all thinking if you want to go someplace this summer, you better 
get on it or it will be time for you to be buying new sneakers and a new backpack for your school people.

What with the fires in Eaton Canyon and the tragedy in Texas where so many people are still unaccounted for, it seems like a good 
time to revisit the Word of the Year. 

Each year I like to pick a Word of the Year. Rather than setting goals or resolutions based on improvements or fixing something in 
your life (exercise more, lose weight, drink less coffee, watch less TV…sigh) we can start our year with a word that symbolizes our 
intentions for the year ahead. As you may recall, my Word for the Year this year is:

Thankful

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, 

and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” William Arthur Ward

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His steadfast love endures forever.”

Ps. 107

So, listing a few of the things I’m Thankful for:

 Breaking my femur in February didn’t kill me and I’m walking some without the walker.

 Looking forward to being able to walk around the block again!

 My family are all well and flourishing. 

 The Olive tree I planted in my front yard is growing.

 Fall is coming and I can put all my pumpkins out and quit paying a fortune for A/C.

 Speaking of Fall, thankful I don’t have to cook a turkey!

 Ahhhh…Pumpkin Spice Lattes…truly Thankful!

I’m so Thankful I get to write this column each week and impart a little wisdom or foolishness.

“I have a lot to be thankful for: I am happy, healthy and I am loved.” Reba McEntire

Me, too, Reba! And even if you have to look under the bed to find something to be thankful for, there’s something there for you. Have 
a great week and enjoy not having to get up early to get people ready for school just yet! The picture this week: Pumpkins! 

“This is the day that the Lord has made! We will rejoice and be glad in it!”

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

6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

 Sun Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 90s 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

Council is on Summer 

Recess Until:

August 26, 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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