Mountain Views News Saturday, March 21, 2026 

Weather Wise 

6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca. 



Sun Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 
Mon: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 
Tues: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 
Wed: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 
Thur: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 
Fri: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s

 Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service 


SIERRA 
MADRE CITY 
COUNCIL 
MEETING 

MARCH 24, 2026 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 CommunityInformation 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 ande-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 
So much exciting news this week! Our 2027 Rose Float,
“Barn Dance,” design by Richard Burrow and Deb Ryan, 
is going to be absolutely fabulous. The picture on the 
front of last week’s Mountain Views News with those 
adorable cowboy boots, square dancers and that laughing 
pig are going to bring Sierra Madre another prize, 
for sure! “The 2027 Rose Parade theme, “Welcome,” 
celebrates the joy of belonging, community, and the 
warmth of family and friends, extending an invitation to 
all. It focuses on inclusion and being seen and valued.” 
Another wonderful Rose Parade with the Sierra Madre 
float being seen and valued is in our future! 

I hope you read Lori A. Harris’s column, “Unlock Your 
Life,” here in the News. She made some points in the 
February 28th issue that really resonated with me and if 
you didn’t read it or already forgot, let me refresh your 
memory: 

“Lean into your purpose. When your focus shifts 
to serving, inspiring and uplifting others, your brilliance 
becomes a gift to share-not something to diminish.

Remember this truth: Your success doesn’t diminish 
anyone else’s potential. There’s abundant room for all 
of us to shine. When you show up fully as yourself, you 
silently give others permission to do the same.” 

(You can meet Lori at the Wistaria Festival next Saturday.” 

And, speaking of the Wistaria Festival, it is indeed next 
Saturday and I don’t think we need to worry about rain 
or being chilly. The vine should be incredibly beautiful 
and full with the weather we’ve been having and it’s not too late to get your tickets to see this world-famous vine.
If you’ve never seen it, you really need to go and if you have seen it, you should go again. 
My picture this week is another wistaria that’s up on Grandview, close to Santa Anita. It’s not The Wistaria Vine, but it’s 
nice to see. 

WALKING SIERRA MADRE: 
The Social Side by Deanne Davis 
I don’t know about you, but I really dislike going to the dentist. I went today, anyway, for the first of the two annual cleaning 
events. If I had any Valium on hand, I would have taken one. As I do not, I prayed a lot. This, to me, is torture of the 
finest kind. It seems to take an absolute eternity but it was actually less than an hour. The good news, all is well and I don’t 
have to undergo this misery till September. 

I, apparently, am not alone in this as thoughts along this line abound: 

“Going to the dentist is just paying someone to drill for oil in your mouth.” 

“Why is it that the dentist always asks you a question when their fingers are in your mouth?”

“36% of people experience dental anxiety…12% suffer from extreme phobia…

which makes skipping very tempting.” 

“Nothing says ‘relax’ like a high-pitched drill and someone lecturing you about flossing.’ 

On a much higher level of thought, the National Day of Prayer is still a couple of months away, May, 7th, but somebody 
sent me Washington’s Prayer for America, delivered June 8, 1783, and I wanted to share it with you before I misplaced it 
or spilled coffee on it and it was gone forever! 

“The theme for the 2026 National Day of Prayer is “Glorify God Among the Nations – Seeking Him in all Generations,” 
drawn from 1 Chronicles 16:24, encouraging people to share God’s glory across generations and nations, with special emphasis 
on historical milestones like America’s 250th anniversary.” 

With Easter just a couple of weeks away, this seemed like a good time to pass this along to you: 

“I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have the United States in His holy protection, that He would incline the 
hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection 
and love for one another, for their fellow citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have 
served in the Field, and finally, that He would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and 
to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind which were the Characteristics of the Divine 
author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to 
be a happy Nation. Amen.” 

It's not a bad idea to pray for our Nation now and then. Just add that in when we lift our family and friends to God to bless 
and protect them. 

One last thought about teeth: My precious husband, John, now in heaven and with perfect heavenly teeth, held my hand 
and looked deep into my eyes when I was about 40, and said, most tenderly… “I really need you to start flossing.” And I 
did…and do. 

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne DavisEaster is on the way and “The Crown”
My story about what happened to that crown of thornsIs now a real book in addition to a Kindle! Also available on Amazon.com 


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