SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015

VOLUME 9 NO. 40


SIERRA MADRE POLICE DEPARTMENT or LA COUNTY 
SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, WHAT’S BEST FOR OUR TOWN?

Review Committee Seeking Public Input

 The City of Sierra Madre via 
the Sheriff’s Contract Proposal 
Review Committee, is asking 
the Community for input on 
whether or not Sierra Madre 
should retain its’ independent 
Police Department or contract 
those services out to the LA 
County Sheriff’s Department. 
The meeting will be held on 
Monday, October 5th at 6:00 pm 
in the City Council Chambers.

 The Sheriff’s Contract Proposal 
Review Committee is one of 
three committees appointed by 
the council in an effort to get 
public input on ways to deal with 
the city’s current budget issues. 
The other two committees are 
the Revenue Committee and 
the Library Services Proposal 
Committee. 

 The committee consists of 
Former Mayor Glenn Lambdin, 
Chair, Bill Coburn, Vice Chair, 
Former SMPD Chief Marilyn 
Diaz, Mayor Pro Tem Gene Goss, 
and residents Rosemary Burnett 
and Donald Handly. Lambdin, 
Diaz, Coburn, Burnett and 
Handly are members of the Public 
Safety Committee.

 A Request for Proposals to provide 
police services was sent out earlier 
this year to the LASD, the Pasadena 
Police Department and the Arcadia 
Police Department. Arcadia PD 
and Pasadena PD did not submit 
responses, however in May, the LA 
County Sheriff’s Department did.

 The LASD proposal lists several 
different levels of service and states 
that Sierra Madre would become 
part of the East Patrol which includes 
Altadena, Crescenta Valley (La 
Canada Flintridge), Industry (City 
of Industry, La Habra Heights, La 
Puente, San Dimas, Temple City, 
Bradbury, Duarte, Rosemead, South 
El Monte, Walnut and Diamond Bar.

The complete proposal can 
be viewed online at: http://
www.cityofsierramadre.com/
common/pages/DisplayFile.
aspx?itemId=279535

 The committee is seeking public 
input as to the cost effectiveness 
and other benefits of either keeping 
the SMPD or contracting it out. 
After receiving information from 
the public the committee will 
reconvene and using the information 
from Monday’s meeting make a 
recommendation to the city council.

Note: This meeting will NOT be 
televised., so if you are unable to 
attend, please submit your questions 
or concerns via email to: psc@
cityofsierramadre.com

S. Henderson/MVNews


REMEMBRANCE

THEY’RE HERE!

 Sierra Madre’s 4th annual Scarecrow Festival kicks off 
October 2nd with scarecrows appearing throughout town 
through the end of October. Awards will be given in several 
categories including best representation of a business, church, 
service organization or government office; best scarecrow 
story, most humorous, scariest, most clever etc. in child and 
adult categories. 

 Tour all of the scarecrows on display, and then vote for your favorite. Maps will 
be available at Creative Arts Group as well as at participating businesses throughout 
Sierra Madre. Or you can register for a free shuttle tour of the residential scarecrows 
on October 10th at www.creativeartsgroup.org/scarecrow-festival/ An awards 
ceremony will take place Friday, October 16th at 7 pm at Creative Arts Group, located 
at 108 N. Baldwin Ave. 


Inside this week: 

MARIE WOOD 
HARTLEY

Marie Wood Hartley, 62-year 
resident of Sierra Madre, died 
September 21 of complications of 
COPD. Marie was born October 
24, 1922, the oldest daughter of 
Capt. Tipton Lee Wood (USN) 
and Lenore Richardson Wood, at 
the Mare Island, California Naval 
Base. As the daughter of a Navy 
chaplain, she lived in her early 
years in a variety of locations 
around the Pacific Rim including 
Manila and Shanghai. She never 
forgot the joys of traveling the 
world as the daughter of a naval 
officer and, in her later years, found great joy in cruising. Returning to 
the US, she attended Beverly Hills High School and then the University 
of California, Berkeley. While there, she met a young seminarian 
studying at the Divinity School of the Pacific, Richard Hartley. They 
both worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad during WWII and were 
married in 1945. 

 Marie and Richard moved to Sierra Madre in 1953. Among her many 
activities, Marie was actively involved in the Friends of the Sierra Madre 
Library. Until her death she was a parishioner at Ascension Church, 
where Richard served as a deacon and vestryman. Richard Hartley 
died in 1984. Marie is survived by her four sons, Alan of Claremont, 
CA, Frank of Fort Collins, CO (and grandchildren Brent, Brian, and 
Megan), William of Monrovia, CA, and Bruce of Huntington Beach, 
CA (and grand-daughter Emily). Following Marie’s wishes there will 
be no memorial service. Donations may be made in her name to the 
American Lung Association.

 


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SIERRA MADRE NEWS

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PASADENA/ALTADENA

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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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THE GOOD LIFE

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BUSINESS NEWS & TRENDS

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