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SIERRA 
MADRE CITY 
COMMUNITY 
MEETING 

October 14, 2026 6:00 
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). 

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 Communitynformation Radio.IThe 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. 
Sierra Madre 
Woman’s Club 
550 W. Sierra Madre Blvd, 91024 
Why have 
you 
not yet joinedSierra 
Madre Woman’s Club? 
We’re NOT “Little Old Ladies” playing Bridge at Tea! 
We offer: Tuesday Morning Chair Yoga (1011) 
w/ Paul Hagen (members only). 
We enjoy 2nd Wednesday Luncheons or Teas w/ with interesting programs! 
We host Nov. 18th’s Annual Community Interfaith Prayer Breakfast and 
our July 4th Pre-Parade Lawn Social (w/ Continental Breakfast) 
Visit Our Booth during: Winter Village, Wistaria Festival, Trail Races 
Wistaria Thrift Shop is our biggest fundraiser! 
Shop is open: 1st Thursday in September through Last Saturday in May 
M, Th, F – 10 am – 3 pm; Saturdays 10 am – 1 pm 
Join our weekly Tues / Wed Prep Crew: Jul –May. 
Fundraisers : October Pumpkin Decorating & March Murder Mystery 
AND: We annually award 8 Scholarships and donate to 20+ Charities! 
Join 
Now! 
Call Lynette at 626-836-7715 
SierraMadreWomansClub.org 626-355 -4379 

COMMUNITY EFFORT TO HELP 
LONGTIME RESIDENT AND 
VOLUNTEER ALAN TIERNEY FIGHT 
THE BATTLE OF HIS LIFE 

For years you've seen Alan around town, helping whereever 
he could - at Little League, numerous community events and 
much more. Now he needs our prayers and support. Please 
scan the QR code below and join Team Alan. 


Mountain View News Satuurday, October 10, 2026 

WALKING SIERRA MADRE: The Social Side by Deanne Davis 

“Halloween is right around the corner. You can tell because all the stores are decked out forChristmas.” STEPHEN COLBERT 

“Halloween is confusing. All my life my parents said, ‘Never take candy from strangers!’
Then they dressed me up and said, ‘Go beg for it!’ I didn’t know what to do. I’d go knockon people’s doors and go, ‘Trick or treat…no thank you!” RITA RUDNER 

Even though it’s still scathingly hot, October means pumpkin spice, jack-o-lanterns, giant bags of candy, pumpkin pancakes,
and spooky decorations on every house. So glad we live in a world where there ae Octobers. Speaking of giant bags of candy,
I saw an article yesterday that stated that Halloween spending will hit $13.5 billion this year. On average, shoppers plan tospend $37 on costumes, $37 on decorations, and $35 on candy. Normally, I’m not a big candy freak, but there’s somethingabout those little boxes of Dots that come with the Halloween candy that fill me with an unhealthy desire for them. Much tomy joy, my grandchildren save them for me from their huge collections of candy and I have a little box of Dots every now andthen for months to come. Personally, I think $35 for candy is way too low. We all know we’ll spend more than that. Especiallyif we eat it all and have to go buy it again! 

When our children were small, I’m ashamed to admit that after they went to bed Halloween night, John and I would gothrough their bags, select a Milky Way or two for ourselves and then put all of it in the freezer, promising the children theycould have a piece or two every day after school. They promptly forgot it existed and eventually we’d bury it in the trash binand thus, heroically, saved our children from cavities. If they asked where their candy was, we would tell them the dog gotinto it. The things parents do! Shameless! 

I haven’t added anything to my store of Fall-Halloween décor. I’ve already got so much of it I’m sort of embarrassed to buymore. The stores have been Halloween-ized since August or early September and this shows that everyone is sick of summerand beyond ready for a change in the weather and a change in their personal scenery. 

Scarecrows will be appearing soon all around town and, as usual, creativity abounds. You may not have seen these particularladies gathered ‘round their cauldron. On a midnight cold anddreary, as I wandered weak and weary through dark and narrow alleyways, these…dare Isay…witches… caught my eye. Intent on what they were doing, they dismissed my presence as“harmless.” I took their picture, unobserved, and recorded what they were saying in voicescracked with age and haunting laughter… 
“Double, double toil and trouble; 
Fire burn and caldron bubble. 
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake; 
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg and howlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble, 

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. 
Double, double toil and trouble; 
Fire burn and caldron bubble. 
Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.” 

I’m sure all of you recognized this delightful curse fromShakespeare’s “Macbeth,” and if youwant to check out all of Shakespeare’s works, our fabulousnew library is available for your search. 

A personal note: While attending Ramona Convent in tenthgrade, I slept through the class on “Julius Caesar.” 
Upon wakening, with drool running down my chin, myEnglish teacher, Sr. Paula Marie, enquired sarcastically,
“Nice nap, Deanne?” I was humiliated. 

“When the witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moonlaughs and whispers…’tis near Halloween.” 
“Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror then be turned into a treat.” Nicholas Gordon 


My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne DavisThere are treasures there! Trust me! 
Including “Just Desserts” A Fall Fantasy of Pumpkins Gone Wrong!
And all the Emma Gainsworth Adventures. 
Pumpkins are so much more than mere squash. 


Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com