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JULY 4TH GRAND MARSHAL, HOMETOWN HEROES CHOSEN

The 2023 Fourth of July Parade Grand Marshal 
will be Sierra Madre’s very own superhero 
teacher and former Sierra Madre Rose Princess 
Laura Palmer. (top right).

 “The Grand Marshal is a person or persons 
whose efforts over a long period of time have 
been beneficial to the community of Sierra 
Madre. The title of Grand Marshal is intended 
to honor a person or persons’ volume of work, 
dedication and overall enhancements to our 
community.” 

Laura or Ms. Palmer (above) known by her 
students and former student alike, is a lifelong 
resident of Sierra Madre who has always chosen 
to better her community in many ways. She is 
an exemplary 4th grade teacher at Sierra Madre 
Elementary School (2016 Pasadena Teacher of 
the Year and LA County Teacher of the Year)! 
Her passion toward education and her students 
is outstanding! Her commitment to the young 
citizens of Sierra Madre is reflected in not only 
their love of being in her class, but how many 
continue to keep in touch after leaving SMES. 
She always brought that local “355” vibe to her 
classroom. Laura’s deep commitment and love 
of her town is also shown in her volunteer activities. 
She is a member of the Sierra Madre 
Library Board of Trustees and serves on the 
Sierra Madre Community Foundation Board 
of Directors as its Recording Secretary. The 
Sierra Madre 4th of July festivities have always 
been Laura’s favorite holiday. The Committee 
couldn’t think of a more special and appropriate 
way to honor her commitment to Sierra 
Madre and being an AWESOME local teacher, 
by being this year’s 4th of July Parade’s Grand 
Marshal!!

 Additionally, the Committee is proud and 
honored to announce that Mike Amerio and 
the Doug & Heather Parker (above) have been 
selected as “Hometown Heroes”, aka Mr. and 
Mrs. Sierra Madre in their own right. 

For the past 23 years, Doug & his wife Heather 
Parker (pictured below) hav been planting and 
growing Atlantic Giant and Big Max pumpkins 
in their backyard on East Alegria Avenue, all for 
Halloween Week, during which he carves and 
builds unique beautiful pumpkin structures for 
the community to come enjoy on Halloween 
night. Each year, thousands of visitors come to 
Sierra Madre just to visit this street and admire 
the creations. They even welcome visitor onto 
their property to watch as he carves and builds 
during the week, and the pumpkins are always 
lit for visitors the night after Halloween as well. 
Over the years, the Pasadena Star News and the 
Mountain Views News have featured articles on 
his work, and KCAL/KCBS carried segments on 
Parker and his Pumpkins in 2010 and 2014. It’s 
been a long, wonderful, happy adventure with 
Parker’s Pumpkins and this beloved hometown, 
and this is why we are honored to thank them 
for their extra special piece of local joy as the 
2023 Hometown Hero. 

Did you know the City has an elected City Treasurer 
and that the position is strictly volunteer? 
Yep that’s right and his name is Mike Amerio. 
He has gone above and beyond looking out 
for the community and City of Sierra Madre. 
Mike’s immense dedication over the greater 
part of ten years as City treasurer is remarkable 
as he watches over the finances of the City. 
But his volunteering didn’t start there, Mike 
who has always supported local businesses also 
spent many years on the field of Heasley and 
Dapper volunteering with Little League and 
Pony as his boys grew up in town. Mike and his 
wife Cynthia have raised 3 boys in Sierra Madre 
over the course of their 20 years here. They have 
also been very 
active at St. Rita’s School & Parish. Mike’s dedication 
to public service volunteering certainly 
make him a Sierra Madre treasure and we are 
happy to thank him for his service recognizing 
him as a Sierra Madre Hometown Hero 2023! 

Parade Registration is also OPEN now through 
June 4. If you’d like to enter this hometown 
event, as an organization or business or individual 
or group featuring community members, 
organizations, classic cars, a marching band, 
kids on their decorated bikes and so much 
more. Join us for the 2023 parade Sponsored 
by The Kensington on July 4th, from 10:00am 
–12:00 pm.

Parade participation is open to all; young, 
young-at-heart, and everything in between and 
there is NO FEE to participate thanks to the generous 
support of the Sierra Madre Kensington. 

Parade registration is now open and all applications 
must be submitted by June 4th. Due 
to safety and staging concerns, no late entries 
will be accepted. Please make sure to fill out all 
fields and hit the submit button! It’s super easy 
just visit our website at https://www.sierramadrefourthofjuly.
com/

For questions regarding parade registration 
please contact the 4th of July Committee at 
4thofjulysierramadre@gmail.com or the Community 
Services Department at 626.355.5278.

For more information on all of the 4th of July 
Festivities, please visit https://www.sierramadrefourthofjuly.
com/


Mike Amerio 

Photos Courtesy July 4th Committee


FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER 
HELD ON 2.5 MILLION DOLLAR BAIL ON 8 
CHARGES OF SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST 
CHILDREN.

PAUL RAZO, WAS ALSO SIERRA MADRE 
PARAMEDIC FROM 2007 - 2019.

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ASKS FOR THE 
PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING 
OTHER POSSIBLE VICTIMS

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INSIDE THIS WEEK

The Mount Wilson Trail Race......Page 2

Sierra Madre Animal Hospital ....Page 3

Sierra Madre News & Notices ......Page 4

Community Calendar ..................Page 5

Pasadena News .............................Page 6

Altadena & More...........................Page 7

Shop Local .. .................................Page 8

Around SGV .................................Page 9

Education & Youth .......................Page 10

Best Friends .................................Page 11

The Good Life ..............................Page 12

Opinion .......................................Page 13

Legal Notices ...............................Page 14 

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