Mountain Views News          Saturday, August 8, 2015

Mountain Views-News Saturday, August 8, 2015 
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Mountain Views-News Saturday, August 8, 2015 
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LIBRARY STORYTIMES TAKE A NAP 


Storytimes will take a “nap” from August to children and their adults who want to visit 
13 through August 30 at the Sierra Madre on their own during regular library hours.
Public Library. Children’s programs taking a Read, Discover, Connect @ 
break are: Barks & Books, Monday morning Sierra Madre Public LibraryPreschool Storytime, Tuesday morning Sierra Madre Public Library, 440 W. Sierra 
Baby Rhyme Time, and Wednesday evening Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024, (626) 
Preschool Storytime. Regularly scheduled 355-7186, http://cityofsierramadre.com/ 
early learning programs will resume on services/library 
Monday, August 31. The Family Place early 
learning area of the Library will still be open 

SIERRA MADRE POLICE BLOTTER 


During the week of Sunday, July 26th, to 
Sunday, August 2nd, the Sierra Madre Police 
Department responded to approximately 254 
calls for service. 

Tuesday, July 28th

At 8:44 am, Sierra Madre Police responded tothe 400 block of Fairview Avenue regardingan assault. The reporting party informed thedispatcher that his brother had come at himwith a bat. Upon arrival the subject deniedany confrontation or even having a bat. Themother of the two subjects confirmed thatshe had heard them arguing but did not seewhat had actually happened. When Officersasked the subject how they could resolvethe multiple disturbance calls the police hasbeen receiving at the residence, he stated thepeople he lives with should move out andthat he needs to be alone. Due to the subject’serratic behavior and past history with hisfamily, Officers determined the subject was adanger to himself and others and placed himon a 72 hour assessment and evaluation. The 
subject was taken into protective custody andtransported to a local hospital.

At 3:55 pm, Sierra Madre Police respondedto the Mount Wilson Trail Park regardinga vandalism report. The vandalism wasdiscovered by public works crew member. 
The 2 foot by 1 foot section of the south sideinterior wall was painted over. It appeared the 

marking was made using a wide tipped blackmarking pen. Estimated cost of repair was$80. 

Friday, July 31st

At 11:43 pm, Sierra Madre Police responded 
to the 100 block of East Sierra Madre Blvd 
regarding an unknown circumstances after a 
female called the non-emergency line and the 
call was interrupted. Upon arrival, Officers 
were informed that the subject had assaulted 
both her parents and sister before running 
off. The father informed Officers that the 
daughter had been staying with them since 
early July, but appeared to have a drinking 
problem. The father informed Officers that 
when his daughter drank she often became 
loud and violent. He stated his daughter had 
begun drinking that morning and at around 2 
pm, she left to a local bar only to return upset. 
She began screaming and yelling at him and 
his wife. He then contacted his other daughter 
to come over to help calm her sister. The sister 
came over and tried to calm down the woman 
but her anger only escalated. Ultimately the 
daughter assaulted all three of them, leaving 
them with minor injuries, then ran before 
police arrived. Officers located the subject 
and arrested her without incident. This case 
has been sent to the District Attorney’s Office 
for review and filing for Battery and Public 
intoxication. 

SIERRA MADRE ART (SMART) 


Calling all Sierra Madre shutterbugs and iPhone users! We need your help! 

The Sierra Madre Community Services Commission is collecting photos of local Sierra MadreArt (SMArt) around town.

Now through Labor Day weekend while walking around town, if you spot some SMArt, snapa photo and email it to us at communityservices@cityofsierramadre.com telling us where thephoto was taken, or post it on Facebook and

The City will be using selected images to create the SMarts database and catalog local SierraMadre Public Art for others to enjoy. This includes sculptures, gardens, paintings, murals, stainglass, iron work, tiles – art in all shapes and sizes. If you know of hidden treasures in Sierra Madre,
we want to know! 

SGT. PEPPER – A BEATLES TRIBUTE TO PLAY 
AUGUST 16TH CONCERT IN THE PARK 


The July 19th Concert in the Park featuring 
“Sgt. Pepper – A Beatles Tribute” was cancelled 
due to rain. The band has graciously agreed 
to come together and get back on stage for a 
make-up show on Sunday, August 16th, which 
will extend the Concert in the Park season. 
The Senior Community Commission and 
the Los Angeles County Arts Commission 
are proud to sponsor this additional evening 
of rock and roll music before the end of the 
season because it won’t be long until the 
children are back in school. 

The concert will begin at 6:00pm and 
conclude at 8:00pm. The Senior Community 
Commission will be providing free popsicles. 
Bring your blankets and lawn chairs, which 
are allowed to be set out the night before or 
any time at all on Sunday. Enjoy the music 
and the watch the kids “twist and shout” in 
front of the stage. It will surely be another 
wonderful performance and something to 
remember to help us all close out another 
wonderful season of Summer Concerts in the 
Park. 

Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side



by Deanne Davis 

“There’s nothing like a jolly good disaster to get 
people to start doing something.” 
Prince Charles 

“I have always tried to turn every disaster into an 
opportunity.” John D. Rockefeller 

We’re doing our utmost, my joint tenant, John, and 
I, to put the best possible spin on the disaster which 
continues at our home. Our home which, up until 
now, has been a comfortable, roomy, beautiful place 
to live. Its one hundredth birthday will be in 2016 and, 
until recently, we had been planning a celebration...
possibly involving family members, neighbors...
some really nice champagne and something good 
to eat. Now, however, it’s gruel for all of us! House, 
family, joint tenant! And when our water bill arrives, 
our gruel ration will be cut drastically. 

As you may recall from a few weeks ago, a pipe 
burst in our back yard, creating an expensive marsh. 
Wringing our hands over the water loss, we got 
it fixed. That, alas, was just the beginning. A few 
days before we were preparing to leave for Texas to 
celebrate our granddaughter, Emily’s, fifth birthday 
and our youngest daughter, her mommy’s, somewhat 
older birthday, we arrived home from doing a 
hundred errands, to find that our new carpeting 
downstairs was also a marsh, a pipe having burst 
in the ceiling. John shut off the water and, once 
again, we called Mike, our amazing go-to guy for 
all plumbing disasters. Yes, friends and neighbors, 
more proof that all the galvanized pipe in our house 
has to be replaced as it is, apparently, more fragile 
than Kleenex and subject to blowing itself up at the 
most inconvenient time. Mike capped the pipe. 

Thinking we were doing the right thing, we spent 
several days sopping up the water in our carpet 
with every towel we owned. We were wrong. Yes, 
disaster was underway. Mold is its name and mildew 
is its evil twin. The Titanic was a bigger disaster. 
The Sierra Madre earthquake was a bigger disaster. 
All hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, stock market 
downturns, floods and Albertson’s closing are bigger 
disasters, but when water is everywhere and people 
are breaking through your walls to set up blowers 
and dehumidifiers, your new carpet is history and 
your airline tickets are unchangeable...that feels like 
disaster. However, there is a blessing here: It didn’t 
happen while we were gone with water flooding 
unbeknownst to us for eleven days.

As Prince Charles said, our jolly good disaster 
has us gearing up to replace all the galvanized pipes 
in our house with Flexpipe, a wonderful new type 
of pipe that, apparently, has the capability to bend 
around corners and will make our life permanently 
free from the specter of more broken pipes.

We had a wonderful time in Texas, knowing 
our daughter, Patti, was here keeping an eye on the 
workmen who were systematically destroying our 
downstairs walls in search of moisture. We also were 
able to relax knowing we had turned off all the inside 
water and the gas to the water heater. 

SIERRA MADRE 


Emily had a several splendid parties, received 
more stuff than Toys R Us, including the Barbie 
Power Princess Cape and mask you see her wearing 
here in her role as the Caped Avenger. We wined and 
dined, shopped, made fabulous breakfasts, visited 
the Perot Science Museum in Dallas, (really great 
and very kid friendly) and had a delightful time. 
Texas was even cooperative with their weather and 
resisted the urge to be 113 degrees, which it has 
been in previous Julys when we visited. As they are 
now out of drought conditions and have had more 
rain than anyone has seen for years, Texas is green 
and lush with overflowing lakes and ponds, ducks 
meandering across the roads.

Sadly, all good things must come to an end. We 
returned to Sierra Madre, which is also beautifully 
green thanks to a bit of rain recently. Happy to be 
home, John turned on the water very slowly and 
carefully and not five minutes later, a new leak 
appeared in the ceiling. Turned the water back off, 
called Mike, he capped the pipe and now we have 
hot water in our kitchen, no cold. No washing 
machine water. Water in two bathrooms and one 
hose connection. We are grateful. But the water bill 
is coming. We are looking for the opportunity John 

D. Rockefeller assures us is in every disaster.
My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis 
Blog: www.authordeanne.com 
“Tablespoon of Love, Tablespoon of Laughter” is 
available there… 
An excellent graduation or wedding gift, by the way! 

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