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SIERRA 
MADRE CITY 
COUNCIL 
MEETING 

COUNCIL ON SUMMER BREAK FOR THE 
MONTH OF AUGUST 

The Brown Act provides the public 
with an opportunity to make public 
comments at any public meeting. 
As an alternative, public comment 
may be submitted by e-mail to publiccomment@
sierramadreca.gov by3:00PM on the day of the meeting. 
Emails will be acknowledged at the 
City Council meeting and filed into 
public record.

 A copy of the posted agenda and a 
live video stream of the meeting can 
be found on the City’s website at sierramadreca.
gov on Foothills Media 
website at foothillsmedia.org sierramadre, 
and broadcast on Government 
Access Channel 3 (Spectrum). 

WALKING SIERRA MADRE: The Social Side by Deanne Davis 

movie was released in 1960, all these guys

“AUGUST IS HAPPINESS 

were awesomely good looking. Great plot,

HAPPENS MONTH!” 

Mexican villagers hire Yul Brynner and he 
recruits a bunch of fellow gunfighters to

Author Glenn Van Ekeren suggests a 

liberate their village from the evil Calvera,

place to start being happy is by becoming 

who appears constantly to steal everything

a grateful, thankful person. He said, “it’s 

they’ve got. Great action, and, of course, a

not happy people who are thankful. It’s the 

good ending.

thankful people who are genuinely happy. 
Happy grateful people appreciate the little 

“The Thomas Crown Affair,” with McQueen

blessings, see the best in people and invest 

and Faye Dunaway, 1968, featuring the

their energies into what’s right in their life 

most enthralling chess game ever played.

rather than focusing on the trials, nuisances 

There was a remake in 1999 starring Pierce

and tribulations!” 

Brosnan and Rene Russo but, to me, it’s just 
not nearly as good a story and we got to

Friends and neighbors, this past weekend,

7th 8th 9th see way more of Rene Russo than we really

August , and , happiness 

wanted to see.

overflowed all over the place in the lives 
of my family and everyone who knows 

“The Great Escape,” was one of my dear

us. The picture this week shows it all! 

John’s favorite movies and we watched

Twin baby girls, Elizabeth and Eleanor, 

this 1963 World War II epic featuring

arrived on the planet about 10:00 Friday 

everybody trying to escape from a German

night. As you can see, they are gorgeous 

POW camp many times. McQueen did

and they are miracle babies in that their 

most of his own motorcycle riding, which


mom, my granddaughter, Ashley, had been 

did not make the insurance people happy,

scheduled for a c-section delivery but at the 

Combine those ingredients in a large bowl,

but it’s one of those movies that hold up

last minute, God repositioned both babies 

zest your lemons (1 or 2) and add the zest

over time.

into the normal, head down, position and 

to the flour. 

no surgery was necessary. Giving birth to 

Twins, Steve McQueen movies all day

twins is taxing enough, but a surgery on 2 large eggs

Saturday, it just doesn’t get much better

top of that, well, so glad that didn’t happen. 1 8 oz container yogurt 

than that!

And at 5 lbs. 12 oz. and 6 lbs. 5 oz., these 6 Tb. Butter, melted 
girls are nice and big enough to be cuddled ½ tsp. vanilla extract

Sunday, rest and more pictures of Elizabeth

by their two sisters and big brother. See! Juice of your lemons 

and Eleanor. Happiness, indeed, did

Happiness happened! 

happen all weekend! But it needed just one In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs with 
thing more…something yummy to eat! the yogurt, butter, lemon juice and vanilla.

On a far lesser scale, Saturday, August 8th, 

Add to dry ingredients and very gently fold

was Steve McQueen day on Turner Classic 

I’m watching my lemon tree as the lemons them together. Do not overbeat as your

Movies. 

are slowly turning from green to yellow. muffins will be tough instead of soft and

As I have always considered him to be one 

They have a way to go yet before I can tender. Pour into muffin cups, bake for 3

the best-looking men ever, I spent the day 

make lemon muffins, but as I still have a minutes at 425 then reduce temperature to

alternating between pictures of the twin 

few in the freezer that work just fine, lemon 350 and bake an additional 12-17 minutes.

girls and Steve McQueen movies. “The 

muffins it is! Cool for 10 minutes then move to a wire

Magnificent Seven,” “The Thomas Crown 

rack then move to a plate, add butter

Affair,” “The Great Escape,” it just doesn’t 

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees, butter 12 and enjoy! Lemon muffins equal pure

get much better than that. 

muffin cups happiness! 
“The Magnificent Seven,” featuring 

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour My book page: Amazon.com:

McQueen with Yul Brynner, Charles 

1-1/2 tsp. baking powder Deanne Davis

Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn 

½ tsp. baking soda So many fun books, great recipes and

and Eli Wallach as Calvera, the really 

¼ tsp. salt stories in A Tablespoon of Love, A

bad guy, is one of those movies you can 

2/3 cup sugar Tablespoon of Laughter, and Sunrises and

watch over and over…and I have. As this 

Sunflowers Speak Hope 

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. 


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