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Mountain View News Saturday, September 27, 2025


Weather Wise

WALKING SIERRA MADRE 

 The Social Side by Deanne Davis


6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

“Pumpkin spice and everything nice.”

“In every leaf, there’s a whisper of autumn’s magic.”

“Autumn skies and pumpkin pies.”

“Fall is proof that change is beautiful.”

“Autumn leaves and pumpkins, please.”

“The jack-o’lantern follows me with tapered, glowing eyes. His 
yellow teeth grin evilly. His cackle I despise. But I shall have the 
final laugh when Halloween is through. This pumpkin king I’ll 
split in half to make a pie for two.” Richelle E. Goodrich

Fall is officially here. It arrived last Monday. It’s hard to get too 
excited about it, though, as it’s still hot and the very thought of 
putting on a sweater makes me want to lower the air conditioning 
temperature. My house is totally pumpkin-Halloween and even 
though it’s still September, I’m loving it! 

In other parts of the Country, people are planning trips to look at 
the Fall foliage. There are even Fall foliage maps and guidelines for 
the best viewing areas all over the internet. For me, Fall starts when 
the Creative Arts Group starts offering Make Your Own Scarecrow 
kits. These things are free and you can go on their website to enter 
the contest. I love this, to see how creative, humorous and inventive 
Sierra Madreans can be. I’ll be putting scarecrow pictures up every 
week and I hope you enjoy them.

Sometime today, Saturday, get yourself up to 304 No. Sunnyside and get yourself a glass of lemonade from Alex’s Lemonade 
Stand. You’ve got plenty of time, it’s 9 am to 4 pm and you’ll be donating to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to support 
childhood cancer research. In case you don’t know anything about this, let me fill you in:

The story of Alex’s Lemonade Stand began when Alexandra “Alex” Scott, who had been diagnosed with childhood cancer 
(neuroblastoma) as a toddler, decided to host her own front-yard lemonade stand at age 4 to raise money for cancer research. 
After raising over $2,000 that first year, her fundraising efforts continued, and by the time of her passing at age 8 in 2004, she 
had inspired a global movement and raised over $1 million. Her legacy was then carried on by her family, who established 
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) to fund and support pediatric cancer research and provide resources to families. 

Alex’s story and dedication spread, inspiring people worldwide to host their own lemonade stands to benefit her cause. 
ALSF is now the largest independent childhood cancer charity in the United States. So, take a few minutes, zip up to 
Sunnyside, and get some lemonade. You’ll be glad you did.

All our children are now officially, and thankfully, back in school. One of my dearest friends, a brilliant young woman who 
is a speech therapist, has a daughter who is now in sixth grade. My friend, Cecilia, has been struggling with her daughter’s 
math homework on a daily basis and is finding that this is one of those times that “try men’s (and mother’s) souls.”

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm S. Forbes

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your

self-confidence.” – Robert Frost

“It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with

facts...it is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for themselves.” 

Robert Hutchins

What we hope when we send our precious children off to school is that their teacher will love them, accept them as they are 
and see the hidden treasure buried inside each one of them. It would be nice if this teacher could awaken a love of reading in 
them which will carry them through their lives; teach them spelling and grammar are necessities, not just useless frills; help

them appreciate math and science; be kind to others, use nice words only and aspire to be on Jeopardy! one day. The best 
thing we can do for our children is pray. Make their lunch and pray. Give them frosted flakes for breakfast and pray. Take 
them for ice cream and pray. Put them to bed, thankfully close the door...and pray. Please God, keep them safe. Please God, 
don’t let anyone hurt them. Please God, help me be more patient. Please, God...

And that’s what I’m doing each morning for all the children on my list, including Sadie, who is struggling with sixth grade 
math. After spending last Sunday watching and weeping through the Charlie Kirk memorial, I’ve added Erika Kirk to my 
prayer list; that God will give her strength, courage, peace and wisdom. 

Look for signs of Fall and scarecrows this week, dear friends and neighbors.

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

There are treasures there! Trust me!

Including “Just Desserts” A Fall Fantasy of Pumpkins Gone Wrong!

 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 

COUNCIL 
MEETING

September 23, 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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