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Mountain View News Saturday, June 21, 2025


WALKING SIERRA MADRE 

 The Social Side by Deanne Davis

Weather Wise


6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

I’m writing this week’s Walking Sierra Madre well in advance of 
Editor, Susan Henderson’s deadline date because two totally unrelated 
events are happening today and you all need to know about 
them. 

Event #1: My great grandson, William Davis (grandson of Sierra 
Madrean, Leah Davis) is graduating today from UC Irvine. The 
picture is William and his parents, Alexandra and Michael who 
are, as you can see, bursting with pride. Much to the relief of all 
the attendees, it is inside and air conditioned. The family were in 
their seats shortly after 8 a.m. and I’m hoping the speaker will be 
inspirational, uplifting, understand how much humor helps any 
speech and, best of all, brief!

There are many milestones in life, but none quite as monumental 
as a graduation. It represents the end of an era, an accomplishment, 
and a transition from one life stage to the next.

For the graduate, it's an emotional day. One that's hard-earned. 
For friends and loved ones, it's a time to recognize and celebrate 
the achievements of someone dear. 

My very favorite graduation address was by Mary Schmich. Entitled 
the "Wear Sunscreen" speech, officially titled "Advice, like 
youth, probably just wasted on the young," was never actually delivered 
as a speech at a graduation ceremony. It was written as a 
hypothetical commencement address by Chicago Tribune columnist 
Mary Schmich and published in her column on June 1, 1997. 

“Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’97:

Wear Sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, 
sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have 
been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no 
basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will 
dispense this advice now:

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You 
will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until 
they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos 
of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility 
lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are 
not as fat as you imagine.

 Don’t worry about the future, or worry, but know that worry is as 
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble 
gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never 
crossed your worried mind. The kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. 
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don’t be reckless 
with other people’s hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless 
with yours. Floss.

Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes 
you’re behind. The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with 
yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed 
in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters. Throw 
away your old bank statements. Stretch.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your 
life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what 
they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 
40-year-olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You’ll miss them 
when they’re gone.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it or 
of what other people think of it. It’s the greatest instrument you’ll 
ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.”

There have been so many great graduation addresses…and so 
many really long, dull, boring

ones, but I want to pass along some really great graduation 
comments:

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the 
stars.” — Norman Vincent Peale

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live 
forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi 

Books are being created out of graduation addresses. YouTube memorializes 
the best and the

worst. Steve Jobs’ address at Stanford in 2005 has been viewed millions 
of times. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can 
change the world are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs 

Brevity is encouraged, beseeched, begged for and I heartily agree. 
We all want to get on to the party and the presents. Congratulations, 
William! We all love you and are so proud of you!

Event #2: Today is my beloved John’s heavenly birthday. I hope 
there’s champagne and some really good cake!

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

Where you’ll find “Sunrises and Sunflowers Speak Hope”

And “A Tablespoon of Love, A Tablespoon of Laughter”

Take a look at both of these books, stuffed with hope and some 
really good recipes.

And there are Kindle treasures galore you can send straight to 
your Kindle,

Including the best adventure story ever about my Father and 
Grandfather:

 “A Treasure Map, A Drunken Owl And 47 Rattlers in a Bag”

 Sun Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s

 Thur: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Fri: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

June 24, 2025 5:30 pm

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD 
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS!

As part of the City of Sierra Madre’s 

COVID-19 transparency efforts and The 
Brown Act provides the public with an opportunity 
to make public comments at any 
public meeting. Public comment may also be 
made by e-mail to PublicComment@CityofSierraMadre.
com by 3:00 p.m. on the day of 
the meeting. 

Emails will be acknowledged at the Council 
meeting and filed into public record. The 
public may also comment in person at the 
meeting.

The meetings will be streamed live 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 Community 
Information Radio. The 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 and 
e-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 


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