SATURDAY,
JUNE 6, 2015 
The Sierra Madre City Councilwill be hosting a Town HallMeeting at the Fire Stationon Saturday, June 6, 2015.
Residents are encouraged to 
drop by between 10am andnoon and enter to win one of 
six great participation prizes:
A Meal with the Mayor, AHelicopter Ride, Dinner withFirefighters, a Free Park Rental,
10 Free Library DVD Rentals,
or a Storytime Birthday Partyat the Library. 

At the Town Hall Meeting,
each participant will have 
the opportunity to “balance”
the City’s budget with the 
current projected revenues. 
Residents will be able to 
study the impacts of variousreductions including, but notlimited to, reduction in hours 
and programs at the Libraryand Community Services, 

SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2015 VOLUME 9 NO. 23BUDGET TOWN 
HALL MEETING 
fewer public counter hoursat the Planning Departmentand City Hall, contracting
EMERGENCY HORN 
ON COUNCIL AGENDA

policing services to the Sheriffs 
or paramedic services to a 
private ambulance company.
Participants will also be askedto “vote” on various revenue 
measures ranging from no 
new revenues to increased 
fees and fines, or a general orspecial tax. 

The accumulation of inputgathered at ten different 
budget input meetings thattook place in May will also beavailable for further comment 
and discussion. 

All the information collected at 
the Town Hall Meeting will bepresented to the City Councilfor consideration as the 
Council deliberates and makes 
decisions on how to balance 
the City’s budget at their 
regular meeting on Tuesday,
June 9, 2015 at 6:30pm in theCouncil Chambers. Residents 
are encouraged to attend andprovide public comment onthis very important topic. 

COMMUNITY YARD SALE SATURDAY, 
JUNE 6, 2015 

The City of Sierra Madre Senior Community Commission ishosting the 5th Annual Community Yard Sale on Saturday, June6, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. located in the Sierra VistaPark (611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd). Community organizations andmembers are invited to come together with their neighbors toparticipate in a community yard sale. The Community Yard Salewill encompass the west parking lot and basketball court in SierraVista Park. 

THESE KIDS ARE GOOD!


 
The regular Little League season is over and in Sierra Madre,
when the dust settled, the Sierra Madre Dodgers were able to dosomething their namesake could not, take their Division Title! 

The Dodgers, who range in age from 10-12 play in the MajorDivision of SML.

 On Tuesday evening, in 
addition to the discussions on 
the city’s budget woes, the fateof the city’s emergency hornhas been placed on the agenda. 

The fire horn, which is 
located on the city’s parkinglot at the corner of Baldwin 
and East Montecito, is used in 
the event of an emergency tonotify residents to check withthe city’s Emergency RadioStation, website or authorities 
for further instructions. It can 
be heard throughout the city.

 Some residents, however, 
say that the horn’s volume 
and the testing frequency isunbearable.

 Daily, at 5pm, a test blastis sounded, often startlingpeople who are visiting orworking in the area.

 While there are those who do 
not see the need for the horn, 
others are very passionatethat the horn is the city’s mostreliable means of notifyingresidents of an emergency. 

During the 2011 windstorm,
in particular, power was outthroughout the city for severaldays. There was no internet, 
no radio or television. Manyresidents had no idea what to 

do or what was happening.
There was nowhere to gowithout leaving home and 
going to City Hall in order toget information.

 In 2008 when 500 acres 
of Sierra Madre’s hillsides 
burned, notification by 
telephone was not alwayseffective due to power andtelephone lines being down 
and internet services were 
not reliable. Police and fire 
personnel had to go door todoor in some circumstances to 
warn residents who were not 
aware that their homes were 
being threatened.

 In both incidents, the Horn 
was not functioning. Had 
the horn been in operation,
when it was sounded, citizens 
would have been alerted of an 
impending emergency.

 Shortly after the fire, an effort 
was launched to repair the 
horn that took several years.
In January of this year, thehorn was repaired and regulartesting began.

 The primary issue appears tobe the frequency and volumein which the horn is tested. 
The council will hear from 
people of both sides of theissue at Tuesday’s meeting. 

OLDER AMERICAN LAURIE COOPER 
These courageous little leaguers in blue, who never rose above 3rdplace during the regular season, were known as the “overwhelmingunderdogs” with a record of 6-20 going into the playoffs. But then,
something happened and this team managed to go against two oftheir toughest rivals, the SMLL Blue Jays and SMLL Yankees. In a 
previous match up with the Yankess they lost, however, during theplayoffs, they defeated both teams: Dodgers vs. Blue Jays 9-8 and 
Dodgers vs. Yankees 13-10. 
They will now move on to the Little League District 7 Tournamenton June 6th. Congratulations are in order for the Dodgers and theirManager Jason Young. 
MVNews 
Photo by Amy Stipa 
BEST USED BOOK SALE TO 
BENEFIT LIBRARY SATURDAY 
The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library announce plans for the JuneBest Used Book Sale Saturday, June 6 (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) The Sale will 
be held in the basement and the parking lot behind the library at 440West Sierra Madre Blvd. Just received is a large donation of knittingand quilting books (many with patterns) in pristine condition, readyfor those summer projects. Also in the basement will be newer 
fiction and non-fiction books, including some current best-sellers.
“Coffee-table” type books on art, history, cooking and contemporaryculture will be on our Basement Table, while on the shelves are a 
great collection of books of every genre, DVDs and audio books,
and wonderful children’s books. The parking lot will have the ever-
popular Bargain Books for only $1.00 each. Small paperbacks areonly 5/$1.00 and a large donation of thrillers and mysteries just camein. Shop early for the best selection.
Inside this week:


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SIERRA MADRE NEWS 
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PASADENA/ALTADENA 
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ARCADIA NEWS 
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MONROVIA/DUARTE 
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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY 
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BEST FRIENDS 
Pg. 9 


EDUCATION & YOUTH 
Pg. 10 

FOOD & DRINK 
ARTS Pg. 11 

HEALTHY LIVING

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GOOD LIFE 
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THE WORLD AROUND 
US Pg. 14 
OPINION Pg. 15 

LEGAL NOTICES 
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HONORED BY COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 


 
Sierra Madre’s Older American of the Year, Laurie Cooper, was also honored on May 21stby the County of Los Angeles and the LA County Board of Supervisors.

Pictured above with Supervisor Antonovich and Sierra Madre Senior CommissionerDorothy Jerneycic. Photo by Debby Prohias 

SM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CHANGES 

Changes to the Sierra Madre Dial-A-Ride and fixed route Gateway Coach services take effect June

1. 2015. Dial-A-Ride services in Sierra Madre will operate Monday through Friday from 8:00am –
10:30am and 2:00pm – 5:00pm. Dial-A-Ride services are available to Sierra Madre residents that are62 years of age or older, or have a signed form by a physician attesting to a disability that hindersmobility. For additional information contact the Community Services Department at 626-355-7135. 
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