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The Pasadena Play-house has announced the upcoming 2010 fall produc-tions. The doors of the his-toric theatre that went dark last year will reopen with seven-time Emmy Award and five-time Golden Globe Award-winner Ed Asner starring in the solo perfor-mance drama, FDR, based on Dore Schary’s Broadway hit Sunrise at Campobello, in association with Campo-bello Theatre Productions Inc. and Gero Productions LLC. The show runs Octo-ber 12 – November 7 with the official press opening on Wednesday, October 13.

Television icon Ed As-ner will star in this one-man show that takes us through FDR’s White House years including the Depression, the steps leading up to WWII and the war years. Asner shows us why this president was known as “that man in the White House,” scorned by many and admired by most.

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Taste of Arcadia this Monday Sept 20 - Biggest & Best Ever

This time of year, it seems, everyone has a taste of something or other to offer. However one of the premier events that has grown exponentially is this coming Monday’s Taste of Arcadia which will be held at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Each year, the extraordinary food and wine event fea-

tures hors d’oeuvres, en-trees, wines, cheeses and desserts from some of the finest restaurants in the area in a truly breathtaking set-ting.

What do most people seem to like about the event? Well, it depends on who you talk to. Some love the chance to be food critics for a night, others may enjoy

BY TERRY MILLER

Planning Commission Denies CUP ForMarijuana Dispensary in Arcadia/Monrovia

Leon San Blas ,left, speaks to commissioners Monday evening at Pamela Park where his request for a CUP was denied amid growing protests from the community like the one held Saturday outside the proposed dispensary - Photos by Terry Miller

Planning Commis-sioners denied Leon San Blas’ applica-

tion for a Conditional Use

Permit ( CUP) for a medi-cal marijuana dispensary Monday night. The hear-ing, held a at Pamela Park was attended by a gathering of approximately 350 peo-

ple, the majority of whom were perceptibly vocifer-ous against the proposed facility. The final vote: 4-0 One commissioner Ester Valadez was not present.

The Los Angeles Re-gional Planning Commis-sion collectively rejected the permit for a dispen-

BY TERRY MILLER

British Jazz Guitarist Chris Standring blew the roof off the Sierra Madre Elementary School at the Taste of Sierra Madre. See page 5 for more photos and story.

Arcadia Red Cross Chapteris Open Despite Reports to the Contrary

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The Arcadia Red Cross is open con-trary to reports of

the local chapter’s un-timely demise.

However, ten employ-ees have been laid off in an effort to streamline the deficit beleaguered chap-ter in Arcadia. The Los Angeles Communications Director, Charlie Sardou, and local CEO Ben Green confirmed that changes have occurred but assert-ed that at no time was the Red Cross closed and all services remain fully func-tional.

The Arcadia Weekly spoke with Charlie Sardou Monday who informed us some personnel issues re-sulted in 2 management staffers and 8 instructors leaving but the local Chap-ter of the Red Cross alive and well, albeit smaller in staff.

The deficit acceler-ated severely Green said. Subsequently the CEO decided took rapid ac-tion because there was not enough money to meet

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Wallowing In It

Regular readers will recall that, not too long ago, I wrote a column about being on the edge of a bad mood. That day, in typical Dorothy fashion, I decided not to be in a bad one. I lifted my spirits, put on a smile and went for the good.

Today I went over the edge. I’m in a downright dirty, mean, bad mood. I’m wallowing in it. I re-fuse to give it up. Some-times a bad mood is good for you. If nothing else, it helps you appreciate the good.

It’s not my fault I’m in a snit. It’s the rest of the world. It’s the cowboy drivers at the self-serve gas station and the pump that won’t stay on at that same station.

It’s the computer that I told to save my document and instead it ate it. When I tried to call the document up again, all I got was a blank screen. I would wish it indigestion but then I’d have to make it well and I haven’t passed computer 101 yet.

It’s the chair that at-tacked my toe. My poor toe was innocent. It was minding its own business

just passing by and whack. The chair just reached out and hit it. Just for no rea-son except to make me holler. It worked.

It is the long distance phone bill that came yes-terday. It is not the amount that ticks me off. That part is actually a pretty good bargain. It’s the fact that the entire thing is printed in Spanish. I mean the whole thing. I recognized an 800 number so I called it. You guessed it, the oth-er end spoke only Spanish.

It wasn’t a real hu-man. It was one of those machines. I knew it was telling me to press differ-ent numbers for different information. I pressed them all. They all spoke Spanish. I didn’t.

I hung up and dug out an old phone bill. I found a number. I dialed it and it had a human on the oth-er end. The human spoke English. Things were look-ing up. He said he would take care of everything. The next bill would be in English. Then he told me he wasn’t even in Califor-nia. He was in Florida.

I decided to go out for a coffee and to relax a bit. When I opened the back door, the smell of skunk was in the air. The closer I got to my car, the more I realized what he/she had sprayed. I don’t know what he/she had against my little car but he/she re-ally did a number on it. When I climbed in, the interior was even worse than the exterior. He/she must have emptied its en-tire gland.

I decided to stay in a bad mood. l’m going to just wallow in it all day.

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This event was some-thing I had been anx-

iously looking forward to! It was well publicized, and the turnout appeared to be a good one. It certainly seemed to be the center attraction in Sierra Madre that day, the proverbial “talk of the town.” I really enjoyed the Police and Fire Departments’ Chili Cook-Off, and I discovered a new favorite pizza topping; but, in retrospect I truly wish the event had been held on some other day.

September 11th, Pa-triot Day and 9-11 Remem-brance Day…the anniversa-ry of our greatest national tragedy, is not the day for a crowd to be happily enjoy-ing an afternoon of fun and festivities.

Yes, for those who

stayed for the entire after-noon, the event closed with patriotic songs and a trib-ute to our own great Pol-lice and Fire Departments. Yet the City Fire Depart-ment’s annual 9-11 Memo-rial Service went virtually unattended that morning, and the Sierra Madre Indi-vidual Preparedness Proj-ect’s “Family Prepared-ness Festival” in Memorial Park could have benefitted more attendees. The focus of these two other events more closely honored and respected the memory of those who perished on 9-11.

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When it came time to plan our vacation itinerary I asked my live-in Tour Guide to tell me the ad-dress of her niece so that I could look up directions on Google. When she told me the name of the town I cracked up in disbelief. Tightwad, Missouri, 64735. Now that name of the town, Tightwad … should have been an absolute in-dicator that this vacation stop was not a good idea! However, my Vacation Planner had reminded me that this was her “painfully thrifty” niece, so I gave in as I thought, this side trip idea might head off any possible return visits, by them, for a vacation stay at our house.

As the trip plan began to unfold additional unbe-lievable information was

slowly revealed about my wife’s niece, Penny Pinch-er and her husband Sly. It seems that they were able to purchase a bargain home in Tightwad, as it was a bank foreclosure de-scribed as a Fixer-Upper. Her niece stated that since there was a surplus build-ing materials location near-by their house the remod-eling would be practically nothing. She said that the County Dump and Rec-lamation facilities located just across the dirt road in front of their house was loaded with old construc-tion materials. She thought

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Forcing herself to climb out of bed at 7 a.m., 16-year-

old Kristin McHugh prepared for a long day at Duxbury High School in Massachusetts. She brushed her teeth, gath-ered her notebooks and papers and ate break-fast, rushing to get to the bus stop before the 7:45 pick-up time. Af-ter arriving at school, she walked into her first period class, almost an hour later than the year before.

“I used to be re-ally tired in the morning,” McHugh said. “After the time change, it was better, and I wasn’t as tired as be-fore.”

During the 2009-2010 school year, Duxbury pushed back its start time from 7:30 a.m. to 8:20 to give McHugh and her class-mates more sleep.

McHugh’s school is not the only one to delay its start time. Although ex-perts and administrators across the country cannot pinpoint exactly how many schools are doing this, a dozen interviews with them have shown that many have recently proposed plans to start school days later to accommodate teenag-ers’ sleep patterns. Mary A. Carskadon, director of Sleep and Chronobiology

at E.P. Bradley Hospital in Providence, R.I., said the numerous studies on ado-lescent sleep behavior is “getting attention on a fed-eral level,” causing more schools to look at later start times.

School districts throughout the country have taken notice of these studies. The school com-mittee at Sharon High School in Sharon, Mass., voted in May to change its start time from 7:25 a.m. to 8:05, and the Rockland Public Schools system in Rockland, Mass., is now proposing its schools delay their start times by 15 to 30 minutes.

Near San Francisco, the Sequoia Union High School District an-nounced earlier this year that its high schools are switching their start time from 8 a.m. to 8:30.

“I am definitely e x c i t e d for the later start time be-cause I am not a morning person,” said Erin O’Loughlin, a junior at Carlmont High School in Belmont, Calif. “It will be a welcome change. Right now, first period is pretty much a joke until at least 8:30 when people start wak-ing up.”

Matthew Zito, prin-cipal of Menlo-Atherton High School in the Se-quoia Union district, said the school spent months educating students, parents and the Board of Education on the importance of sleep and its effects on teenagers.

“I can’t force students to sleep at a reasonable time,” Zito said. “But even if students don’t have suf-ficient time to sleep, at least they will be more alert in classes when we start later.”

Neighboring school district to Sequoia Union, New Haven Unified changed its start time to 8:40 a.m. in 2007 and saw the number of suspen-sions go down and the at-tendance go up by a half percent. Rick LaPlante, director of parent and community relations, said the district looked at the research on the effects of sleep on adolescents and “understood intuitively” that the high school needed to adjust.

“Other districts in northern California have contacted us about this,” LaPlante said. “The Fre-mont school district is considering this seriously.” School board members in Fremont have looked into statistics regarding academ-ic performance and atten-dance from other schools in the area to decide wheth-er to push back its current 7:35 a.m. start time.

Results from one study on how sleep affects aca-demic performance done at St. George’s School in Newport, R.I., published in July, showed dramatic changes when the start of the school day was delayed by half an hour. The nine-

week study done in early 2009 showed a 30-per-cent decrease

in first period absences and

a 34-percent i n c r e a s e in students who report

sleeping at least eight hours.

“Av-erage high school

students need nine hours of sleep,” said Pa-tricia Moss, assistant head of academic affairs at St. George’s. “As a teenager, you sit in class just pinching yourself to stay awake and write that essay. With an extra half hour of sleep, stu-dents are better prepared to learn, can focus more and have better nutritional habits.” With more time to eat breakfast, students con-sumed double the amount of healthful food, including fruits, in the school’s din-ing halls, she said.

Judith Owens, who led the study, said teenagers have difficulty falling asleep before 11 p.m. and waking up before 8 a.m. because of normal shifts in circadian rhythms, the 24-hour bio-logical clock.

“The evidence we have strongly suggests that delaying high school start times not only makes bio-logical sense, but works,” Owens said. “This is being considered in many schools across the country, and we hope that our research will provide some impetus for other schools to consider this as well.”

However, some schools have found that the costs of starting later out-weigh the benefits. Schools,

particularly public schools, have to consider how changing start times will im-pact busing, parental work schedules and after-school activities, such as sports and club meetings.

“Changing start times makes sense, but the prac-ticality of it is so complex,” said Joel Shawn, superin-tendent of Arcadia Uni-fied School District. “Think about after school activities and clubs at Arcadia. Any-thing you change would change everything else.”

Shawn said he cannot see Arcadia Unified chang-ing its schedule anytime soon.

“What I would like to see is the ability to be more flexible with our sched-ules,” he said. “But we need money to do that, and we clearly do not have that.”

Justine Odier, a student at Duxbury in Massachu-setts, said the time change was counterproductive.

“For students who play sports, that meant sports didn’t end until 7 or 8 at night, meaning many late nights doing homework,” the 16-year-old said. “So I got the same amount of sleep—if anything, a loss of sleep.” Besides impacting school schedules, a change in start time may also affect community businesses.

“My parents didn’t like it because they own four bakeries,” said Odier. “They rely on high school students for afternoon shifts, and they had to change the whole schedule to accom-modate them.” Though she recognizes the challenges schools and communities face with changing start times, Mary A. Carskadon of E.P. Bradley Hospital said more needs to be done.

“We know so much about sleep and circadian rhythms, but almost none of it has penetrated the school curriculum,” she said. “It’s like a reservoir of ignorance.” After a year of starting school at 8:20 a.m., McHugh said she is used to the later time. She said it was hard at first—es-pecially after school, when she played field hockey and softball, but it has got-ten better now that she has adjusted to later practices.

“I think that a later time can be good for many schools,” McHugh said, “because waking up later is much better than getting up at 6:15.”

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Well, once again Sierra Madre r e s i d e n t s

showed its collective benevolent personality by supporting the first annual Taste of Sierra Madre, spearheaded by Sierra Madre’s man about town Tom Brady.

Kersting Court was closed off to traffic while locals had a chance to sam-ple delicacies from area restaurants and culinary creations from many of Si-erra Madre’s best young chefs, and those training to become the next Emeril Lagasse - Bam!

For the admission price (which benefited cleft palate surgeries), Sierra Madreans had a chance not only to sample some remarkable food, see some excellent artwork from area students but also hear some of the most preemi-nent jazz around.

One of my favorites was undoubtedly jazz gui-tarist, Chris Standring who performed at Sierra Madre Elementary school Sep-tember 11 for the special fundraiser concert. Stan-dring’s sixth album was released in March, 2010. Guitarist Standring and his

incredible band performed the complete album “Blue Bolero” which has been ac-

claimed as a musical mas-terpiece for a darn good

reason.From the moment fel-

low Brit, Chris Standring

picked up his stunning sunburst Fender Stratocast-er, I knew the forty or so the audiences were in for a fantastic treat.

Why more people didn’t venture up to the Elementary School prob-ably was logistical, but they certainly missed a terrific afternoon of musi-cal talent and humor. In addition to the ticket sales, I was informed that many CDs were sold to which Standring donated half of the proceeds to the Cleft Palate surgeries.

Standring recalled his

days in England on a farm and then between songs told the rather funny tale

of the purchase of his first car in America. Music and humor seem to go hand in hand and Standring is ex-ceptionally adept at both. Perhaps it was because I hail from the same part of the world, but I thought this chap was bloody fun-ny as well as an immensely talented musician.

Comparatively, I not-ed some similarities to an-other of my favorite guitar players, Larry Carlton, in some numbers. The confi-dence and expressive style Standring exuded was clearly from a seasoned

professional.Along with Chris’

band there came a terrific

string quartet. The entire band was extremely tight and genuinely remarkable in every sense of the word.

Standring has become a fixture on the contem-porary jazz touring scene, performing solo dates and attractions such as the pop-ular Guitars and Saxes.

Standring stays busy with touring and recording new music and he’s known for his spirit of giving back to fellow musicians. With this in mind, he founded A&R Online (AandRon-line.com), a place for aspir-ing musicians to get their

music heard and to learn about the industry.

After Chris’ set there was a slight change of pace with Grammy win-ning guitarist Paul Brown playing with an expressive MB Gordy, former Doo-bie Brothers’ drummer and great bass player. The band really got moving quickly especially when Michael Lington lit up the stage with his alto sax.

Lington, originally from Denmark, defines the contemporary jazz experi-ence. Since the late 90s, he has scored numerous hits while seducing fans with passionate performances that turn the sax into a cel-ebration of love and life. Lington -- who became a US citizen in March 2008, 18 years after emigrating from Denmark.

Brown and Lington exchanged riffs flawlessly with the backing of one of the best rhythm sections I’ve heard live for a long while.

In addition to these musicians who performed at the Elementary School other musicians graced Kersting Court earlier in the day and treated food lovers to a veritable pleth-ora of contemporary jazz.

Mr. Tom Brady and talented and faithful crew of volunteers did an out-standing job in the prepa-ration and implementation of combining music and food to help children with who were born with cleft palates smile again.

Like the two young essay winners said while reciting their eloquent writings prior to Chris Standring’s performance, there’s “nothing like the smile of a child.”

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The ‘Guns and Hoses’ Chili Contest was won by Sierra Madre PD for the “arresting chili” it served Saturday

Paul Brown, left and Michael Lington on sax lit up the stage trading incredible musical riffs during the The inauguaral Taste of Sierra Madre held last Saturday - Photos by Terry Miller


There is something about trickling fountains, shady courtyards and Spanish mission-styled ar-chitecture that put me in relaxation mode. Combine these features with a host of other first-class resort amenities and I’m ready for a memorable getaway.

Such was the case last week when a friend and I snuck away to La Costa Resort and Spa in Carls-bad.

The getaway be-gan Thursday when we checked into a beautiful room above a peaceful gar-den alcove. The suite was highlighted by a large flat-screen TV, comfortable king bed, waterfall shower, stocked mini-bar, free In-ternet and a big window overlooking a Jacuzzi, trees and a few lazy hammocks.

After relaxing in the

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After lounging by the pool, I discovered the

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And when the time came we walked a across the garden alcove, through the village square and found Legends Bistro. Of-fering indoor and outdoor seating, the modern chic restaurant features an ar-ray of familiar favorites, uniquely recreated by chef Robert Gaffney.

For dinner we be-gan with crab and shrimp cakes with lemon caper ai-oli; Peking Duck Egg Rolls with blueberry dipping sauce; and crispy calamari with tomato basil sauce & chipotle aioli.

For the main course I had an incredible penne pasta dish with sautéed rock shrimp, Manila clams, oregano, basil, spinach, roasted tomatoes and mas-carpone cheese. My friend went with a delectable 8-oz filet of beef with vegetables and garlic mashed pota-toes.

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Our arrival in Tight-wad City, with a popula-tion of 50 people, was shocking. But our arrival at the Penny Pincher Estate was totally unbelievable. Their house was formerly an abandoned Logging Shack. This mountain cab-in might well be described as a fixer-upper that failed.

We were met with great enthusiasm by the couple as they apologeti-cally announced that the Power Company had in-formed them that their electricity would be off for several days due to the Tornado windstorm that occurred the night before. That it would be neces-sary for all of us to stay at the local “Motel Sixty”. I was momentarily encour-aged by the situation once I had seen their house …

until we arrived at the Last Chance Motel & Benny’s Beanery Shack. The Mo-tel might well have been named Daze Inn, as it was a converted Army Bar-racks. The attached build-ing, Benny’s Beanery was the former Mess Hall and by all indications, it was a more appropriate name for Benny’s eatery.

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A workshop for Pasa-dena residents on making the most of compost bins will be offered Saturday, Sept. 25, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 N. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena.

Sponsored by the Pasadena Public Works Department, the free work-shop will teach residents how to help decrease land-fill waste while generating rich soil for their gardens. Topics include bin assem-bly, placement, start-up and material collection.

Residents also will be able to purchase high-qual-ity backyard composting bins for $50. Reservations are not necessary for the workshop or bin purchas-es.

Household composta-ble materials, including food scraps and yard trim-mings, make up 23 per-cent of the nation’s waste stream according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

“Composting slowly and naturally decomposes such items as banana peels and coffee grounds into dark, healthy soil,” said Gabriel Silva, the city’s re-cycling coordinator. “Us-ing your compost can ne-gate the need for chemical fertilizers, provide valuable nutrients for plant growth, and help combat pests and plant diseases.”

For more information or to purchase a compost bin call (626) 744-7175.

Workshop on Tap for Pasadena Residents Regarding Compost Bins Sept 25


Dr. Dino Clarizio,Arcadia Internist

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100,000th Patient Visit

Dr. Clarizio has been in practice in the area since December 1987, having started in Tem-ple City with Dr. Jack Baker, then moving to Arcadia where he shared space with Dr. Albert Peters. Dr. Clarizio has fond memories of working with Bert. He has great admira-tion for Bert and learned a lot from him. Dr. Clarizio then took over Dr. Ray Adamcik’s practice before moving in 1998 to his present office location at 1505 South Baldwin Av-enue, Arcadia.

Realizing that he saw close to 100,000 patients in his office over his 23 years in practice, Dr. Clarizio decided a celebration was in order to show his appreciation to his patients and demonstrate how much he values their trust. On September 3rd, 2010, Henrietta Ste-vens who has been a patient since 2006 was delighted to be Dr. Clarizio’s 100,000th office patient visit and the winner of a flat screen television. The festive decorations and chart let everyone know the day the winner would arrive was impending. When Henrietta arrived for her appointment her daughter mentioned the prize and Henrietta said, “I never win anything.” Well Henrietta was quite surprised when she was greeted with a spray of con-fetti and horns. Snacks and deserts were served through out the day, and of course it was highlighted with Henrietta winning the TV. She was so excited, it was a great moment. Seeing how excited Henrietta was, Dr. Clarizio is planning to celebrate the holidays with his patients with other raffles and prizes.

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payroll Green said. Ben Green, the Pasa-

dena Red Cross CEO, will oversee the changes but the offices are still open and all facilities running as planned.

Ben Green said “We are committed to the Ar-cadia Chapter of the Red Cross and there will be no disruption in services.” He added that while some long term employees have been laid off he is a bit con-cerned that the workload might be a little heavy for those remaining but as-sured The Weekly that de-spite a smaller staff, there would be no changes. “It’s a board driven organiza-tion” said Green of the Red Cross. The Arcadia Chap-

ter has 8 board members and the Pasadena Chapter has 20 board members. Green said he’d like to see Arcadia’s Board get to that 20 Board Member fig-ure soon.

The approach of downsizing has become the strategy at many businesses and Red Cross chapters nationwide. Green said a large percentage of Red Cross workers are volun-teers. The San Gabriel Po-monaValley chapter has reduced its staff from 34 to 11 paid employees Green said.

While CEO Ben Green said there will be no service cuts, the staff cuts have significantly impacted the Arcadia Chapter op-

posite Methodist Hospital. However, with the volun-teer spirit in Arcadia, offi-cials are confident the tran-sition will be smooth,

In the meantime, here is the relevant info you may need should you want to contact the Red Cross:

American Red Cross Arcadia Chapter - 376 West Huntington Drive Arcadia, CA 91007. Tele-phone 626 447 2193 - Fax 626 445 4147

Hours Monday – Fri-day 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Community Class Registration 1 800 627 7000

Workplace training – Sales Team 310 445 2688

Authorized Providers/Instructors 626 447 2193

Retail 626 447 2193

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San Gabriel Valley-area residents are invited to be edu-

cated, entertained and inspired on Friday, Oc-tober 15 at the Wom-en’s City Club Third Annual HeArt of Food + Wine + Charity event at the historic Edmund Blinn House to benefit local non-profit organi-zation Leadership Pasa-dena.

World-renowned certi-fied wine educator Yvonne Rich, CWE will lead din-ner guests through an el-egant four-course dinner and wine pairing, while sharing anecdotes from her personal career and

world travels as a wine ed-ucator. A highlight of the evening is her traditional sabrage with select audi-ence members that always brings cheers.

This fundraiser is the most popular evening all year because it is a unique and entertaining event at which to host clients or friends, while helping out a worthy volunteer organiza-tion – Leadership Pasade-na,” said Martha Gonzales, Women’s City Club event chair.

Evening highlights will also include a private art exhibit of California Art Club members Julie Syn-der, Laura Wambsgams

and Karen Winters, as well as a Silent Auction and Event Raffle for a “Night Out in Old Town Pasa-dena” package valued at $150.

Leadership Pasadena, established in 1997, is a lo-cal non-profit organization that helps emerging and accomplished local leaders reach their full leadership potential through an eight-month community lead-ership training program. More than 200 participants have graduated and play key roles in the city’s gov-ernment, business, educa-tion, legal and technology sectors among others.

Women’s City Club of Pasadena Celebrates Third Annual Food and Wine Event October 15

The Santa Anita Church and The Arcadia Interfaith Action Group, will present an “Interna-tional Day of Peace Inter-faith Service” - A celebra-tion and observance of peace on September 21, 2010 at 7:00PM. With the objective of raising public awareness of the Interna-tional Day of Peace, es-tablished by the United Nations, and to commem-

orate and strengthen the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples, this observance seeks to achieve the broad-est possible awareness and observance of this day in our community. Let us all share the vision established by the United Nations’ res-olution for an International Day of Peace: “Building peace one day at a time” Our gathering of faiths will

celebrate this observance with music, prayers and other peace- building activ-ities from several faith tra-ditions.Child care will be available. For more infor-mation contact The Santa Anita Church at (626)446-8206 located at 226 West Colorado Blvd. Arcadia or visit our website www.santaanitachurch.org

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I hadn’t been to Cam-eron’s Seafood in Pasadena in a while.

When I learned that Ex-ecutive Chef Luis Diaz was regularly coming up with new menu items, my editor and I thought it high time we get back over there and taste some of them!

Our server was 13 year Cameron’s veteran, Susan-nah. She cheerily brought us nine items, starting with Mango Shrimp Ceviche, Prawns in Barbecue But-

ter Sauce, Popcorn Shrimp (I’m seeing a pattern here), Crab Cakes, and Halibut Tacos.

The Ceviche, por-tioned onto individual torti-lla rounds, was overflowing with shrimp. The mango added a touch of sweetness, and allowed the flavor of the shrimp to come through. Make sure you’re wearing your napkin.

Popcorn Shrimp, bat-ter-fried and plentiful, was served with a choice of jala-peno dipping sauce, tartar, and cocktail sauce. They were crunchy, hot (as well as just a little spicy—with or without the hot sauce) and delicious.

My favorite of the day:

Jumbo Prawns in BBQ But-ter. There is a garlic alert on this dish, which is a plus for me. Think of it as scampi with some nice twists. The sauce is a little tangy, and leaves a nice coating on the prawns, so you get the flavor without drizzling butter all over your lap. I could have made a whole meal out of these!

Second favorite: Dunge-ness Crab Cakes with Aioli sauce. One of my co-diners said they could use a little more Cajun spice. I can

agree, but didn’t think any-thing was lacking until he mentioned it. They were savory, meaty, and seared crispy.

The Halibut Tacos (aka Cameron’s Fish Ta-cos) were surprisingly light and tasty. Plenty of big chunks of Northern Hali-but, and topped with ched-dar cheese—which I didn’t expect to pair up, but it worked.

For entrees we had Shrimp and Bay Scallops in a garlic crème sauce over Fettuccine, Grilled Canadian Whitefish, and Top Sirloin ( baseball cut ) Steak with Jack Daniels Peppercorn Sauce.

The Shrimp and Scal-lop Fettuccine had a lot of

flavor, looked and tasted very rich. I would probably look past on the menu, but am glad I had the chance to try it.

The Grilled Whitefish was a thick, meaty fillet, topped with barbecue but-ter, served over ratatouille. I found myself digging in to try to get some of everything in on each bite. As expected for Cameron’s, the fish was perfectly cooked, fresh as can be, and satisfying.

The Top Sirloin was ter-rific. The Jack Daniels Pep-

percorn Sauce didn’t over-power the steak. You go to Cameron’s for fish, but if your party has a non-seafood person, they will be pleased with the beef.

They forced upon us a Fresh-Made Peach Cob-bler, and coffee (from Caffe D’Amore—gourmet roasters here in Monrovia). The cob-bler, topped with vanilla ice cream, was delicious, and enough for the three of us to split.

Chef Diaz was friendly but coy when questioned. “My recipes are in my head, I don’t write anything down,” he grinned. He wasn’t giv-ing anything away, but he does clearly love his job.

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The audience will see and hear his fireside chats; his controversial packing of the Supreme Court; his personal life with Eleanor and his discreet affair with Lucy Mercer; his courage to break the Neutrality Act; his manipulation of Congress; the Pearl Harbor contro-

versy and the benevolent dictatorship he called the presidency from 1933-44, which made him the first man in history to be elected to four terms.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Ug-gams returns to the Play-house stage in UPTOWN

DOWNTOWN. This show runs November 16 – De-cember 12 with the official press opening on Friday, November 19, in association with The Kelvin-Pratt Corp.

For tickets and informa-tion call (626) 356-7529

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The First Couscous Festival will de-but in Pasa-

dena, CA on Octo-ber 16 and 17th at the Chefs Center of California.

The First Cous-cous Festival, a produc-tion of Ecole de Cui-sine Pasadena (ECP), is a celebratory and edu-cational event designed to educate and inform gourmets and profes-sionals about North African and Mediter-ranean cuisines.

“North African cuisine is food based on exploration and discovery,” said Chef Farid Zadi, co-founder of the Couscous Festival. “The spices, the aromas, and the ancient techniques behind it are the basis for lively and imaginative cooking.”

Special guest speakers include clay pot cooking and Mediterranean and North African food expert

Paula Wolfert, Clifford Wright, author of Little

Foods of the Mediterra-nean and A Mediterra-nean Feast, Charles Perry, and Faye Levy, author of the International Jewish Cookbook. A full sched-ule of lectures and demon-strations can be found at couscousfestival.com.

Festival attendees may purchase their tickets in ad-

vance at couscousfestival.com. A $20 ticket includes

$15 in food coupons for sampling multi-ple tagines, Algerian pastries and pizza, Spanish escabeches, Turkish coffee, and of course couscous in its myriad forms. In ad-dition, many unique regional spices, con-diments, and hard to find preserved foods will be available for sale. A full food and vendor list can be found at couscousfes-tival.com.

The Couscous Festival is an Ecole de Cuisine Pasadena

production, instigated to raise awareness and ad-miration of the glorious flavors and techniques in North African cuisine. For more information about Ecole de Cuisine Pasa-dena, the Couscous Festi-val, or the Chefs Center of California, send an e-mail to [email protected].

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The 2nd Annual Pasa-dena Wine Festival takes place October 9, 2010 at the Los Angeles Arbore-tum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia. The hours are from 2:00pm to 10:00pm.

Wine tasting featuring over 125 wines from Napa Valley, Sonoma, Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, Spain, Chile, Argentina, France, Italy, New Zealand

and Australia. There will be food

from LA’s top gourmet food trucks such as the Border Grill, Sprinkles Cupcakes, Worldfare Bustaurant, Dosa, Crepe’n Around, and the infamous Grilled Cheese Truck.

Byron Miller, José Es-pinosa and the Umbalaye Band and the Ryan Cross Experience will be playing.

Try your hand at hula hoop, throw around the Frisbee or watch the magic of the enormous hot air balloon as it lights up the sky. The Pasadena Wine Festival is a fun time for all..

Most recently the Arboretum was home to the phenomenal redwhite+bluezz Pasadena Jazz Fest.

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stabbing deaths of Clark Shaum, 78 and his wife Bernice, 70 occurred in 2003.

Prosecutors had origi-nally asked for the death penalty in the case, but the jury which convicted Va-lenzuela, who is now 38, in July of this year, recom-mended life without parole on August 1 instead. In California if a jury recom-mends the more lenient verdict, the judge is barred from imposing the death penalty.

Valenzuela broke into the home of the el-derly couple whom he had known since his childhood. He and an accomplice, his then-girlfriend Shawna Ro-bles, were said to be high on meth amphetamines and alcohol according to testimony in the trial. Va-lenzuela was said to have broken into the house looking for money as Ro-bles needed approximately $200 to get her belongings out of a storage facility. .

In breaking into the couple’s bedroom Valen-zuela woke Bernice Shaum and stabbed her approxi-mately 40 times. He then went into the hallway of the home where he en-countered Clark Shaum and stabbed him 113 times. The couple fled the crime scene with only a checkbook and some loose change.

Robles was tried sepa-rately in 2008 and was convicted of first degree murder.

Judge Ito’s clerk, Cathy Mires, described the testimony at the Va-lenzuela trial and the pho-tographs of the victims presented in evidence as “gruesome.” She said she had no idea how the vic-tims’ two daughters had been able to stand the tes-timony. “They were here everyday of the trial,” she said. Mires also noted that one daughter told her that she wore her mother’s wedding ring each day of

the trial for strength.At the sentencing hear-

ing which was held in late July, one of those daugh-ters, Susan Fisher made an impact statement to the jury saying that her family would be “happy that he will never get out of pris-on,” but added that “we will never forgive him.”

Valenzuela never de-nied committing the mur-ders, but his attorney ar-gued that he had been high on meth amphetamines as the time of the crime and that he had not slept for several days. The attorney, Michael Adelson made the argument in order to avoid the death penalty. Adelson was quoted as saying that he had repeatedly offered to have his client plead guilty if he was promised a life sentence rather than the death penalty, but that the District Attorney’s of-fice would not accept the plea.

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Six of the 29 members of Temple City Kiwanis are (l-r) Ron Dorazio, Barbara Dorazio, Barbara Gera, John Gera, Judy and Mike Lepore, joined in the great time had at their president’s home August 29th. Steve and Lisa Montesantis hosted a delicious tri tip BBQ with all the trimmings plus margaritas. What more could you want? Please see page 15

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Pasadena alumnae members of Kappa Alpha Theta, their families and friends enjoyed an evening in August at the Hunting-ton Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino. The setting for the group’s summer party was the exclusive use of the Conservatory, the Children’’ Garden and the lawn area in between. Gourmet box suppers were provided and a disc jockey added to the party atmo-sphere. Games for the chil-dren included relay races and teams wrapping one of their own with rolls of pa-per to create a mummy.

The award winning Pasadena Alumnae Chap-ter, established in 1925, was acknowledged at The-ta’s national convention in June for its programming, scholarship support to an undergraduate or graduate member of the fraternity and its work with Court

Appointed Special Advo-cate, CASA, LA. CASA is the designated charitable organization for Theta members throughout the country.

President of the chap-ter is Arcadia resident Kris-tin Bennett. Chair for the event was Janet Peters of Sierra Madre. Committee members included Eliza-

beth Gavigan and Wendy Taylor of Pasadena, San Marino residents Barbara MacIntosh and Helen Franke, and Grace Cashion from Arcadia.

The amazing Kath-leen Ellison will be honored at this year’s Crystal Ball, Octo-ber 16th, starring the Beach Boys. A philan-thropist, Ellison has served on the board of directors of Meth-odist Hospital Foun-dation since 1999.

Co-chairs of the 21st annual Crystal Ball benefiting Method-ist Hospital Cardiac Care, are Christine Antonovich, the first lady of our district and wife of Supervisor Michael Antonovich. She is also co-chair of the Chinese Film Festival. Richard Sun, DDS, is a San Marino council member and was the grand spon-sor in 2007.

Members of the Pasadena Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta held their summer party at the Huntington Library Children’s Garden and Conservatory area. The family picnic event attracted near-ly 100 people.

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It’s the time of the year for that fantastic Friends Book Store/Half Price Sale. Come early and come often during the week of Septem-ber 27-October 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday, to enjoy bargain prices on all books – novels, mysteries, biographies, cookbooks, history and more – records, videos, DVDs, sheet music, the ever intriguing ephem-era. This is a great way to save money, stock up on your reading choices and help support the library. Shelves will be restocked frequently from the large in-ventory. Visit daily during this once a year sale event. This truly is a sale worth your time and money.

The Friends Book Store is just inside the main entrance to the Arcadia Li-brary, 20 W. Duarte Rd.

“Kid’s Night Out – A Bonanza for Mom and Dad, Friday, Sept. 17, 6-11 p.m.”

Recreation staff and volunteers will offer themed games, a movie, delicious dinner and supervision so mom and dad can have a night on the town or a quiet evening at home. Children must be at least four years of age to attend. All activi-

ties will be geared toward elementary school children, anyone younger must be potty trained.

Cost is $15 per child and also includes snacks and beverages. Registration for Kid’s Night Out can be done by fax, (626) 821-4370, or by coming into the Recreation office.

For more information, call (626) 574-5113.

Half Priced Book Sale Sept. 27-Oct. 2

Sierra Madre Wom-an’s Club welcomed Rosemary Morabito as its new president for 2010-2011. She was installed at the club’s May installation meeting by Phyllis Bugh, the club’s President Emer-itus. Officers also installed were Janet Ten Eyck, Elma Flores, Anne Montgom-ery, Eleanor Hensel, Bev-erly Clifton, Alma Mays. Board directors installed were Mary Carney, Phyllis Chapman, Karlene Englert and Betty Mackie.

Morabito has been Ways and Means chair and ran The Wistaria Thrift, located at the rear of the clubhouse. She is a second

generation member. Her mother, Genevieve Stubbs, is very active in the club.’

Ten Eyck is the retiring president after serving two terms. These were banner years and she was praised for her leadership. Twenty thousand five hundred dol-lars was given away this past year to a long list of worthy causes.

The club’s annual Membership Tea, Wednes-day, September 22, 1 p.m., is open to any woman in the area interested in learn-ing more about the group. The event will be held at the club’s historic Es-sick House, 550 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

Rosemary Morabito to Lead Sierra Madre Wom-an's Club

The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum invites the pub-lic, beginning at noon, to the “Lucky Baldwin Lives Again” program on Sep-tember 16 by Sandy Snid-er, local author and former curator of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.

Bring your lunch, kick back and enjoy listening to the guest speaker on the outdoor patio, 380 W. Huntington Dr., Arcadia.

For more information, call (626) 574-5440 or visit museum.ci.arcadia.ca.us on the Web.

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the meeting of the minds; it’s a veritable who’s who of Arcadia every Septem-ber at the Taste of Arcadia. Some say the Martinis have a special drawing power all their own. However, more than a few people have mentioned to me that their favorite part of the event is the scantily clad Brazil-ian dancers’ performance which has almost become synonymous with Taste of Arcadia. The traditional dancers, complete with colorful outfits dance to hypnotic rhythms and en-gage the audience in teach-ing the art of that form of dance.

Taste of Arcadia has become one of Arcadia’s more popular events of the year. Boasting an ex-panded layout design, even more opulent culinary offer-ings from area culinary ex-perts will ensure this year’s event will be memorable. The live entertainment, dancing under the stars at the LA County Arboretum has become the happening of the year for so many that the event organizers had to expand the area this year to accommodate the ever- growing demand.

We’re glad to report that one of the charitable recipients of event, The Arcadia Red Cross, is not closing as was reported on a local website recently. In fact they are reorganizing and have an interim CEO from Pasadena taking over the world renowned Red Cross reins and will be on hand at the event. The event also benefits The Foothill Unity Center and the Arboretum Foundation.

Cold Duck is the fea-tured live band at the event on Monday and just to whet your appetite: Nicki C’s will be serving their famous Shrimp Tacos…or how about Chocolate Bread Pudding from the Derby? Okay for you meat lovers, what about good ole Matt Denny’s Pulled Pork? I hear it is quite startling.

Are you hungry yet? Well, you won’t leave the Arboretum hungry next Monday evening, that is certain. With over 30 top food establishments to sample, there’s bound to be at least one item that you’ll need to sample at

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“Taste of Arcadia has grown to be a true Signa-ture Event for Arcadia and a not to be missed evening” Bob Harbicht – past Arca-dia Mayor, Councilman and Arcadia resident.

What’s different this Year? Lots, including the new Roost : where the Mar-tini Bar will be located and world famous Perfect Mix drinks will be sampled. The Wine of the month club; Wine warehouse; Wine Detective; San Antonio Winery and Stone Brewing for those who prefer a cold beer on a hot September evening will all be serving their finest offerings for this once a year benefit.

Tickets are $45 or $55 at the door. Call (626) 447-2159 or visit www.tatsteofar-cadia.com and don’t forget to check out the map of all the vendors on page 11, if you haven’t already.

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kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. that evening.

The field which will be used for both football and soccer was one of the many projects funded by the bond issue which voter approved in 2006. This measure provided funds for updating facilities at the high school including build-ing a new gymnasium and science building, updating the auditorium and turning it into the Louise K. Taylor Performing Arts Center and improving other structures at the school.

The new turf on the field is water permeable which will allow rain water to soak through the turf. A

new drainage system has been installed under the field to aid in water run off. The field is permanently marked for football in white and for soccer in black.

While the field will be ready for the game this Fri-day, the entire project is not quite complete according the MHS principal Darvin Jack-son. The new tract around the field has not yet been in-stalled. According the Jack-son, the wrong bleachers were manufactured and in-stalled on the visitors’ side. The manufacturer is fabricat-ing the additional structural pieces necessary to elevate and widen these bleachers.

“For this game we are

going to designate a portion of the home team bleachers for our visitors,” Johnson said. If additional seats are needed, the overflow will use the visitors’ bleachers. According to Jackson, they hope the corrected bleachers will be available for installa-tion soon, perhaps when the new track is installed.

The other projects fund-ed by the bond measure are also nearing completion. Johnson said he hoped that the science building would be ready for use by the sec-ond semester which begins in January, and that the Per-forming Arts Center will be ready for the holiday season.

Monrovia High's New Athletic Field will be Dedicated Friday Night Before Football Game

One of the latest projects completed at Monrovia High is the new artificial athletic field which will be dedi-cated at the football game between Monrovia and Arcadia on Friday evening - Photo by Terry Miller


Assemblymember An-thony Portantino (D- La Ca-ñada Flintridge) announced today the approval of a $2,089,711 loan to Soliant Energy, Inc, a solar panel manufacturer headquar-tered in Monrovia.

The low-interest loan is part of the state’s Clean Energy Business Financing Program (CEBFP) that is providing some $30million in federal stimulus money to eligible businesses that cre-ate or retain clean manufac-turing jobs in California.

“Because of the tight economy, California is pro-viding the loans to local green manufacturers unable to get loans from traditional lenders or banks,” explained Assemblymember Portanti-

no. “The program supports our state’s plan to become a center for renewable energy and green manufacturing and helps to put Californians back to work.”

Monrovia-based Soliant Energy will use the loan to help purchase equipment for its solar photovoltaic system factory in San Ber-nardino. The total cost of the expansion project is nearly $9 million; the loan covers $2 million and Soliant will cover the rest. The factory is expected to be completed as early as October 2011. It is estimated that the new pro-duction facility will create or retain 118 full-time jobs and will offset more than 23,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year.

The Clean Energy Busi-ness Financing Program is administered by the Cali-fornia Energy Commission and makes low-interest loans to companies producing en-ergy efficient or renewable energy products and tech-nologies.

Soliant’s loan is one of three approved this week by the Energy Commission that total $10.5 million for Cali-fornia-based manufacturers of solar products. They will begin repaying their loans once their new manufactur-ing equipment is installed.

For more information about the Energy Commis-sion’s Clean Energy Busi-ness Financing Program, go to: www.energy.ca.gov/re-covery/cleanenergy.html

Assemblymember Portantino Announces $2 Million Loan for Monrovia's Soliant Energy


Monrovia Historical Museum hosted a Latino Heritage Art Exhibition this past weekend. After the very successful Black History Event in February, plans began for a similar celebration heralding Latino roots to the community.

The exhibit included vintage photo-graphs as well as contemporary artwork. The celebration was produced by Jimmy O’Balles (who also organized the Black History event), Richard Valdez, a local artist, and Rena Delgado, a member of the Monrovia Historical Preservation

Group.Delgado Brothers (yes one is the

husband of Rena) provided the enter-tainment while guests enjoyed along with a large art exhibit with approxi-mately 16 local Latino artists

Stories of their grandparents’ and parents’ lives in Monrovia from the 1890s to the 1950s from families included the Alegria, Espinosa, Gar-cia, Guardado, Hernandez, McKinn, Mejia, Olivas, O’Balles, and Romero families.

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Chris Shevlin has packed 42 years and more of service into his 23 years in Monrovia. Count 13 years on the Santa Anita Family YMCA Board of Directors, 17 years as a member and past president of the Kiwanis, 7 years on the board of the Volun-teer Center, and 5 years as chairman of the Make A Difference Day and you have a man constantly in motion and genuinely com-mitted to helping make Monrovia a better place to live.

For his self-less contributions to the community and particu-larly for his continuing dedication to the Santa Anita Family YMCA, The Y has chosen Shev-lin to receive its first an-nual Cathy Hotchkin Humanitarian Award. Established this year to honor the memory of longtime benefac-tor and supporter of the SAFYMCA, Cathy Hotchkin, the award will be presented to Shevlin at the SAFYMCA’s Red Envelope Gala and Chair-man’s Roundtable dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at Embassy Suites in Arcadia. The event celebrates The Y’s commitment to youth development, healthy liv-ing and social responsibil-ity.

The Cathy Hotch-kin Humanitarian Award honors an outstanding com-munity member who do-nates time and resources to charitable causes, plays an active role in their commu-nity, is a positive advocate for youth and families, and is connected to the Santa

Anita Family YMCA. “Chris is a tireless

advocate for kids in our community and works to ensure that all kids have the opportunity to develop to their full potential. Our community is a better place because of Chris’ philan-thropy,” said SAFYMCA Executive Director, Da-mon Colaluca.

In addition to his many years of service on the SAFYMCA board, Shev-

lin, who was a high school and college basketball of-ficial for 35 years, donates his time to teach basketball referee clinics at The Y. He is also a strong sup-porter and volunteer with the SAFYMCA’s Youth Alliance program, a com-prehensive personal devel-opment program that pro-vides at-risk middle school and high school students with educational guidance, homework help, counsel-ing, leadership training, and spiritual support. More than 100 community teens and their families partici-pate in the program.

“This is a great place to live. I love it here. I want to do things to make this a better place. You get in-volved and one thing leads to another.

One of those things that led to another is re-sponsible for a soon-to-launch official Old Town Walk, an idea that evolved from Shevlin’s love of walking for exercise, which in turn began through his participation in the Y Part-

ner exercise program. “I thought, what

if we had a walk that encouraged a healthy lifestyle and got more people into downtown and gave Kiwanis some recognition. The Old Town Walk will have markers for distance and recognition for Kiwanis on all of the posts. It will start at the fountain at Library Park and include all of down-town,” he said.

In 2007, Chris and his wife, Becky, a Monrovia City Council member, received the

Iris Award as “Citizens of the Year,” from the Mon-rovia Chamber of Com-merce.

“I expect to live the rest of my life in Monrovia and continue to participate in any way I can to make this a great place to live. Whatever the future brings Monrovia will be a big part of it,” said Shevlin.

Tickets for the Red Envelope Gala where Shevlin will be honored with the Cathy Hotchkin Humanitarian Award, con-tact Cheryl Reynolds at the SAFYMCA at (626) 359-9244.

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James H. Noble passed away quietly at his San Cle-mente home on September 10, 2010.

The third son of Fred-erick and Suzanne Noble, Jim was born on March 5, 1924, in Manila, Philip-pine Islands, where he lived until leaving to at-tend Colgate University, New York, in 1941. His university studies were interrupted by his enlist-ment in the U.S. Army on October 24, 1942. Since both his father and eldest brother were prisoners of the Japanese, he had hoped to fight in the Pa-cific arena but instead was assigned to the European Theatre where he was one of only a handful of men from Troop A, 18th Cav-alry Mechanized Recon-naissance Squadron who eluded death or capture at the commencement of the Battle of the Bulge. Follow-ing several weeks’ recuper-ation from gunshot wounds and frostbite, Jim was reas-signed to duty where he continued fighting in the Belgian Ardennes. Shortly

after Germany’s surren-der, Jim returned to the United States, was award-ed the Purple Heart, and was honorably discharged from the military. On July 28, 1945, he married Anna

Mae Reidenbach, and over the next several years, fin-ished his studies at Colgate University where he was af-filiated with the Sigma Nu Fraternity. Jim, Anna Mae, and their young daughter, Kathleen, moved to Cali-fornia in 1949. In 1950 Jim and Anna Mae made their home in Arcadia where they raised their seven children and lived until re-

locating to San Clemente in 1997. Jim served as a contracts’ administrator at Aerojet in Azusa, Califor-nia, for 30 years.

As a young Boy Scout in Manila, Jim de-

veloped a life-long love of, and appreciation for, the natural world and frequently took his fam-ily on camping trips. A rugged individualist, he enjoyed solo motorcycle drives and camping trips around the country. He was especially proud of his month-long post-retire-ment jaunts to 49 of our 50 States, including up to and through Alaska.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents

and two brothers, and is survived by his wife Anna Mae, daughters Kathleen, Mary, Julie and Linda; sons James, William, and Christopher; twelve grandchildren, three step-grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and in-laws. Jim will be missed by all of us whom he left behind

Obituary NoticesJames H. Noble 1924- 2010

Dennis Dale Yelland died peacefully of natural causes in his apart-ment in Corvallis, OR on August 12, 2010.

Dennis was born to Bill and Mary Yelland in Pasadena, CA, on November 26th, 1944 and was the oldest of four children. He was active in high school athletics and stayed physi-cally fit his whole life. He loved to be outdoors and was happiest with a fishing pole in his hands.

D e n n i s worked at several jobs during his lifetime. He was most fond of the years he spent working with troubled youth in the Sierra Madre mountains. He had a real impact on their lives and main-tained contact with them for years after the projects were completed. He was

also a master craftsman and spent most of his later

years as a small contrac-tor in Paradise, California. When the housing market collapsed, Dennis moved north to Corvallis to be with his family.

He is survived by his mother Mary Yelland;

brother Bill Yelland; two sisters Anita Pickett and

Sandi Dollar; two nephews, Waylon and JD Pickett; one niece Caitlin Dollar, his two children, Chad Prescott in Cali-fornia and Sierra Rhinehart and g r anddaugh t e r Emily in Arizona; and his soul mate Fran Stabile in Paradise, Califor-nia.

Dennis had great social skills and was loved my many. He was one of the “gray-beards” in the Clampers organi-zation in Paradise. When he moved back to Corvallis after twenty years,

he picked up on friend-ships made before he left. And he made many more friends during the two years he was there.

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Monrovia’s Myrtyle Ave. was Hot Rod Heaven on September 11San Gabriel Valley’s Street Rods Forever 20th annual Hot Rod and Custom Car Show convened in Monrovia on September 11, 2010 for its biggest show ever. In the process, the rodders took over Myrtle Avenue, from Palm Av-enue, all the way down to Walnut Avenue, and stretching down the side streets of Olive, Colo-rado, Lemon, and Lime. The proceeds benefited Foothill Unity Center.

The Lucky Baldwin District of the San Gabriel Council Boy Scouts of America will be holding an open house on Wednes-day evening October 13, 2010 from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm at the Church of the Good Shepherd located at 400 W. Duarte Road in Arcadia. This event is be-ing held to showcase Boy Scout troops from the com-munities of Sierra Madre, Arcadia, Monrovia, Du-

arte, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and Temple City. The purpose of this event is to recruit boys between the ages of 7 and 18 interesting in joining both Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.

The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fit-ness.For over a century, the BSA has helped build

the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The Boy Scouts of Ameri-ca believes — and, through nearly a century of experi-ence, knows — that helping youth is a key to building a more conscientious, re-sponsible, and productive society.For more informa-tion on this event please call the San Gabriel Valley Council at 626-351-8815.

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The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Ben-efits Security Administra-tion today announced that the owner of a Pasadena spa and salon has been in-dicted on federal charges that he embezzled thou-sands of dollars from his employees’ 401(k) profit-

sharing plan.Joseph Wong of Row-

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Celebrating in style, members of a birthday club formed many years ago when all were involved in the former Alpha Auxiliary, brought their gourmet luncheon to the honorary Dorothy Cunningham, seated. Standing (l-r) are Mary Hansen, Gail Wong, Floretta Lauber, Mickey Harbur, Ginnie Donohoe, and Helen Dahlstrom.

Arcadia Republicans, Inc., cordially invite you to The Great American BBQ on Saturday, September 25, 6 p.m., at the home of Mayor Peter and Jackie Amundson, 275 W. Long-den Ave., Arcadia.

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sary at 4332 E. Live Oak Blvd. in an unincorpo-rated area in Arcadia. Leon San Blas made an emotional plea to the com-missioners but they were not overwhelmed.

Commissioners said they were “disappointed” in San Blas’ presentation and that while some of the commission members favored medicinal use, they said San Blas did not meet the burden of proof for developing such a facility this location. Af-ter San Blas’ 15 minute testimony he received a warm round of applause from about 15 supporters. It seemed obvious to Leon San Blas from the begin-ning of the meeting that the proposal would get reject-ed by the crushing testimo-ny presented by concerned residents who live near the proposed site fearful of vio-lence and drug use at the facility.

San Blas said he and his partner Bob Doolittle were very “disappointed but knew they were rail-roaded from the start of the meeting” and that there was little they could do to

allay the fears of his imme-diate neighbors.

There were over 45 speakers who had turned in requests to speak, the majority of which were vehemently against the

proposed facility. Thirty spoke, three in favor and twenty-seven opposed.

The Mayor of Duarte was one of those opposed to the planned facility and equated the contro-versy over the facility to the current mining prob-lems Duarte is facing with an Azusa company , the

comparison to which, con-fused San Blas and many others in the audience. The location would have been at a site of a car wash/gas station in county area between

Monrovia and Arcadia. One speaker held up an ariel photo allegedly show-ing the proximity of the proposed facility to homes where children are home schooled. One gentleman spoke of the “horrors and dangers” of marijuana and proclaimed himself an ex-pert on the subject as he

lived through the 1960’s an could see the way “pot destroys lives.”

Meanwhile a handful of supporters held signs outside the meeting which read…” They’re Buds

not Bombs”…”Leaf us Alone” and” Freedom Speech, Freedom of Medicine.”

The meeting was extrordinarily tame by comparison to the MAD meeting a few weeks earlier in which Blas was heckled. This time no signs were allowed inside the gym at Pame-la Park where the com-mission heard testimony from enraged residents.

San Blas argued that he would run a clean and safe facil-ity with armed security and ensure that patients wouldn’t smoke on the property. He assured com-missioners that the facility would be purely medicinal and not what the majority of the public perceived it

to be. From the look on San Blas’ face, he knew the preponderance of the community was against his proposal.

There was a heavy sheriff’s deputy pres-ence at the meeting due not only to the contro-versial nature of the pro-posal but also in reaction to the last MAD meeting where there were some angry outbursts against San Blas and his business partner, a former Monro-via volunteer Reserve po-lice officer Bob Doolittle. “I’m sorry to say this, but the community that is against me is closed-mind-ed,” applicant Leon San Blas said.

At the beginning of the

meeting, Commissioner Wayne Rew said speakers should focus on the facts of this case and not focus on the upcoming Proposi-

tion 19 that aims to legalize marijuana.

In reaction to the decision, Leon San Blas said “ That was terrible….the moment they don’t recommended a facility , I got screwed..They had made up minds already. When Los Angeles County Commission staffer Philip Estes said ‘We don’t rec-ommend approval of Mr. San Blas’ proposal’ it was clear where the meeting was going. We didn’t have a chance” San Blas added

San Blas told the Bea-con Media that he might appeal the decision. He has until Sept 27 to do so.

He has thus far spent over $40,000 on security When asked if he would

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I think my mission is, “helping people’s dreams come true,” he says. “I know, that when I was a struggling poet, wanting my words and feelings to be heard, I wished there was someone who could understand my poetry, and what I was trying to say with it, without judgment. And then, help me take my poetry to the next level, by making it available to the world in a format that ev-eryone could experience.”

According to Schwam today’s digital world and the internet have made this possible.

In the 1970s he began writing poetry “profusely, volumes and volumes.” But he stopped writing poetry in the early part of this century and began concentrating more on do-ing sound effects for the-aters, as well as recording his own music. He recalls, “I have been working with sound and old fashioned tape recorders ever since I was a young child.”

The more work Schwam did in the sound world the more proficient at recording techniques he became.

“Several years ago I decided to record a group of poets I knew, just for the experience of doing it. They met on a weekly basis and I thought it would be fun to record them. Their poems, though interesting enough, seemed a little re-dundant one after the other on a CD. So I thought I would try and enhance them a little, adding sound effects and music, altering their voices, etc. to fit the poem. I understood what they were trying to say as poets, because I was one.

“Add to that, my re-cording and producing talents, and I made what was a very unique CD: 12 different poets with each of their poems customized to make a nicely framed sound. All the poets loved

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“I give poets their little edge of fame, by making their poetry CDs available world wide for purchase or download.”

After the group of Pekins Ave. poets was re-corded Patrick Jeffries ap-proached Schwam and asked if he would record him and make his dream of his own poetry CD come true. “He and I worked together for many, many hours, recording dozens of poems. The finished prod-uct, ‘Everything’s on Fire’ by Patrick Jeffries (avail-able on Amazon.com) turned out to be the finest finished product I think I have ever done; including my own dozen or so music CDs.”

Jeffries says, “Barry has a sixth sense in his production. He listens and grasps what the poet is aiming to convey on a deep and metaphysical level. His sounds, with striking consistency, often enhance and compliment the voice he is working with. His music, his touch, often possess a flair for the heart thumping dramatic, knowing what fits with what; at times, he is quite effective in the sprinkling of comedic elements that can promote giggling and joy when needed.

“Above all, B. Schwam is broad, wise and experi-enced in creating a unity of work from gathering any number of poems. I highly recommend his services, in the exploration of any artist . . . in the context of their poetic journey.”

Northern California poet Anita Holzberg came down to Sierra Madre spe-cifically to record her CD, “Enter In.”

“Barry is a great pro-ducer,” she enthuses. “He has the ability to modulate the sound, add an inter-esting mix of music to en-hance the poetry, and is open to suggestions and changes. I flew down from Sunnyvale (Silicon Valley) to work with Barry, as he was highly recommended. His sound quality is so pre-cise and my CD, said by many that heard it, is so professional.”

She continues, “In ad-dition, to the CD, Barry did a fine job of graphics

for the CD. He was very creative in the layout and design. He demonstrated again here how profes-sional he is. Barry’s mu-

sic really enhanced the poetry. It was a privilege to work with a producer who listened and followed through with his ability on all levels. My CD came out just wonderful in ev-ery way!” Don Kingfisher Campbell, a poet Schwam has known for over 15 years, wanted to bring to life some of his more imag-inative poems.

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Arcadia PDFor the period of Sun-

day, September 5, through Saturday, September 11, the Police Department respond-ed to 906 calls for service of which 104 required formal investigations. The follow-ing is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period.

Sunday, September 5:A traffic collision oc-

curred at Santa Anita and Colorado around 9:26 a.m. A 33-year-old unlicensed fe-male driver ran a red light and struck another car in the intersection. The male driv-er in the other vehicle was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. A private per-son’s arrest was made for the unlicensed driver, and she was later cited and released at the scene.

Around 8:19 p.m., of-ficers were dispatched to the 00 block of West LeRoy in reference to a fraud report. The victim was advised by an employee from Nord-strom that $1600 in fraudu-lent charges were made to her account between August 28 and September 5.

Monday, September 6:A grand theft was re-

ported in the 600 block of Sharon around 1:43 p.m. The property owner advised that a tenant vacated the rental property and took her refrigerator, washer, and dry-er for a loss of $3700. The suspect is described to be a 47-year-old male African-American.

Loss prevention person-nel from JC Penney advised that they had detained a woman for theft around 1:43 p.m. The woman concealed over 100 items, worth about $2932, into several shopping bags that she had brought with her. A private person’s arrest was made, and the 32-year-old was taken into custody for commercial bur-glary.

Tuesday, September 7:Around 2:12 p.m., offi-

cers were called to Sephora located at Westfield Mall in reference to a woman de-tained for theft. The suspect concealed cosmetics in a shopping bag and additional stolen property from Ma-cy’s was also recovered. A 29-year-old Asian was arrest-ed for commercial burglary.

Units were dispatched to the 1700 block of South First regarding a theft of ac-cess card report. An em-ployee from a bank advised the victim that there were five suspicious charges on his account. About $1250 in unauthorized charges were made at Sears and Target stores located in the City of Glendale. The victim be-lieved that his credit card in-formation was compromised when he took his vehicle for an oil change in Arcadia.

Wednesday, September 8:A 38-year-old male

Caucasian subject attempted to commit suicide by over-dosing on prescription medi-cation while staying at Motel 6, 225 Colorado Place. He called 9-1-1, and he was transported to a nearby hos-pital for treatment and psy-chiatric evaluation.

Shortly before 10:00 p.m., a traffic stop was initi-ated in the 100 block of East Colorado for an expired reg-istration. A consent search of the vehicle was conduct-ed, and officers found suit-cases, tools, jewelry boxes, and personal information belonging to different indi-viduals. A 41-year-old male Hispanic was arrested for suspended driver’s license and receiving stolen prop-erty.

Thursday, September 9:Between 8:50 a.m. and

6:28 p.m., a residential bur-glary occurred in the 900 block of South Eighth. Un-known suspect(s) entered the home via an open win-

dow and stole electronics, cash, and jewelry.

Units responded to JC Penney around 8:14 p.m. regarding a fraud investiga-tion. Two women and a man attempted to purchase merchandise by using a fraudulently obtained credit card. The 79-year-old ac-count holder was contacted and she indicated that she did not give anyone permis-sion to use her credit card. A 28-year-old female Cau-casian, a 31-year-old female Hispanic, and a 31-year-old male Hispanic were all ar-rested for commercial bur-glary.

Friday, September 10:Around 9:59

a.m., officers

w e r e c a l l e d to the 2 0 0 block of East Santa Clara i n reference to a grand theft. The property manager was advised by the Foothill Surgery Center that their emergency generator had been running for about nine hours. A maintenance worker checked the electri-cal junction box and discov-ered that copper wiring had been removed from the elec-trical piping.

A 35-year-old male Hispanic employee from the Lids store located at Westfield Mall was taken into custody for grand theft and embezzlement around 11:42 p.m. A customer no-tified the corporate office that when he purchased a hat with cash, the employee did not scan the item nor give him a receipt. Instead the employee took the cus-tomer’s cash and made change with money from

his own pocket. When the employee was confronted, he admitted to keeping the cash in about 35 transactions over a several week period in August.

Saturday, September 11:A traffic collision oc-

curred at Baldwin and Gate 8 around 7:02 p.m. An in-toxicated 51-year-old male Indian driver crashed into another vehicle. He was taken into custody for DUI.

An armed robbery oc-curred at Burger King, 82 West Las Tunas, around 8:07 p.m. A male Hispan-ic, around 40 years of age, 5’10”, 180 pounds, wearing prescription eyeglasses and with a moustache and goa-tee, pointed a handgun at an employee and demanded money from the cash regis-ters. The suspect then fled northbound from the busi-ness.

Monrovia PDDuring the last seven

day period, the Police De-partment handled 616 ser-vice events, resulting in 120 investigations. Following are the last week’s highlighted issues and events:

Commercial Burglary / Forgery - Suspect Arrested

On September 2 at 12:12 p.m., a suspect entered a business in the 700 block of East Huntington in pos-session of fictitious money orders. The money orders were determined to be counterfeit and the suspect was detained. The suspect admitted that he knew the money orders were not real. The suspect was arrested and taken into custody.

Outside Assist / Arcadia Police Department - Sus-pect Arrested

On September 2 at 1:35 p.m., Arcadia Police Department requested assis-tance for a vehicle that was not yielding at Chestnut and Monterey. A short pursuit ensued that ended in the

100 block of East Central. The suspect collided with another vehicle at Hunting-ton and Ivy in Monrovia; no injuries resulted. Arcadia advised that the suspect was wanted for grand theft auto and evading. After the colli-sion, the suspect exited the vehicle and ran into a nearby house. The occupants all exited, telling officers the suspect was inside. Perimeter containment was set up and numerous attempts to get the suspect to come out proved unsuccessful. Arcadia Police Department activated its SWAT team and requested assistance from Pasadena Police Department for more SWAT resources. Residents in the immediate area were relocated to the Community Center during the incident. Officers on scene advised that a gun had been located in the car the suspect had been driving. Arcadia Police Department deployed their robotic vehicle, and after a short period of time, the suspect surrendered to offi-cers without further incident at approximately 8 p.m. He was taken into custody by the Arcadia Police Depart-ment.

Strong Arm Robbery - Suspect Arrested

On September 2 at 3:31 p.m., a female juvenile subject was walking in the 500 block of West Colorado when she was approached by another female juvenile. The female demanded to know who she was and then quickly grabbed the victims iPod from her hands. The suspect then fled west on Colorado. A Sierra Madre police officer who was pa-trolling in Monrovia due to the above Arcadia incident, observed the female suspect near Ivy and Colorado. She stopped the suspect and de-tained her. The suspect was positively identified by the victim. The suspect was ar-rested and charged, then later released to her parents.

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rant - Suspect ArrestedOn September 3 at

10:26 a.m., a female caller reported a suspicious person at a park in the 700 block of East Lemon. The male sub-ject was staring at kids at the park and acting strangely. An officer responded and attempted to contact the sub-ject. The subject was unco-operative, used profanity to-ward the officer, and walked away. The officer called for assistance, as the subject continued to be uncoopera-tive, and he was detained. The subject was determined to have an outstanding war-rant. He was arrested and taken into custody. The suspect has a long history of police contact, mental health issues, and drug use.

Medical AssistOn September 3 at

12:28 p.m., officers were requested for a possible drowning victim at the high school. They arrived and found a young man who could not swim had jumped into the deep end of the pool. He had been helped out and was sitting on the pool deck coughing when officers arrived. Monrovia Fire Department paramed-ics arrived and took over the medical assist.

DUI CheckpointOn September 3, from

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Vehicle BurglaryOn September 4 at

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On September 5 at 5:20 p.m., the suspect in this in-cident was dropping off his child to his ex-girlfriend at a park in the 300 block of South Myrtle. He became involved in an argument with the victim, who is his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. The suspect hit the victim and a fight ensued. The sus-pect was detained by several family members until police arrived. He was arrested and taken into custody.

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On September 5 at 11:19 p.m., an officer stopped a motorist for unsafe speed. When he approached the vehicle, he could smell marijuana coming from in-side. The driver admitted to having marijuana in the ve-hicle. A search of the vehicle resulted in the officer finding marijuana, THC oil, approx-imately $2,000 in cash, and several organizers contain-ing evidence of marijuana sales. The suspect claimed to be unemployed and did not provide a statement. She was arrested, but immedi-ately bonded out of custody. Her money and cell phone were collected for evidence.

Receiving Stolen property - Suspect Arrested

On September 6 at 1:35 a.m., officers responded to

a residential burglary. Prior to the officers’ arrival, the victims confronted their neighbor, who they believed was the suspect. The vic-tims recovered a small glass container from the suspect, which had been stolen from one of the victims. The sus-pect admitted that his friend went into his neighbor’s house and took the glass container, and then hid the container in his room. The suspect was arrested and was later released to his parents.

Commercial Burglary - Suspect Arrested

On September 6 at 1:16 a.m., loss prevention officers from a business in the 1600 block of South Mountain called to report a burglary. Two suspects had attempted to use an empty hose cabi-net to conceal merchandise. When one of the suspects went to check out in the garden area, he noticed he was being watched and abandoned the property. When the two suspects were confronted by loss preven-tion, they fled. One of the suspects was located trying to hide behind some plants. He was positively identified by the loss prevention offi-cers. The other suspect is still outstanding. Investigation continuing.

Vehicle BurglaryOn September 8 at

7:43 a.m., an officer was dis-patched to a business in the 700 block of East Hunting-ton regarding a suspicious silver vehicle with a broken window and its trunk open. A victim was located and reported his vehicle was broken into, but it did not appear anything had been taken. Investigation continu-ing.

Burglary - Suspects Ar-rested

On September 8 at 5:06 p.m., a loss prevention of-ficer from a business in the 500 block of West Hunting-ton reported two male sub-jects stealing merchandise. The loss prevention officer provided a license plate for the suspect vehicle and a description of the suspects. A DMV check of the license plate returned to a residence on Mountain Avenue in Duarte. Officers went to the residence and detained two subjects sitting on the porch of the residence who matched the suspect descrip-tion. The stolen property was also found on the porch. The suspects were arrested and taken into custody.

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day, September 5th, to Sat-urday September 11th, the Sierra Madre Police Depart-ment responded to approxi-mately 244 calls for service.

Monday, September 6th:1:13 AM – Draw and

Exhibit a Deadly Weapon, 70 W. Sierra Made Blvd., Buccaneer Lounge. A sus-pect brandished a knife at a patron when he was asked to leave. Upon leaving, a suspect(s) through a large rock at the front glass win-dow, shattering the window. The suspect was described as a Hispanic or Armenian male, 35-40 years old, dark complexion, 5’11”, 165 lbs, short black hair, brown eyes, wearing a red shirt with a “Sprouts” market logo and khaki pants. Any informa-tion regarding this case please contact the police de-partment.

Tuesday, September 7th:11:23 AM – Auto

Burglary, 314 N. Baldwin Ave., St. Rita’s Church. Suspect(s) smashed the front passenger side window and stole a black backpack from under the front seat. The crime occurred Tuesday, 9/7 between 9:30 am and 11:15 am. The loss was estimated at $230.00.

Wednesday, September 8th:10:39 PM – Suspicious

vehicle, 500 block E. Mon-tecito Ave. A residential extra patrol resulted in the arrest of two subjects seated in parked car. A records check revealed each had an outstanding warrant, one for trespassing and the other for possession of marijuana. Both males were arrested and transported to the po-lice department. They were later released to officers from Monrovia PD and Pasadena PD.

Saturday, September 11th:12:31 AM – Kidnap-

ping / Robbery, Sierra Madre Blvd. and Mountain Trail Ave. Two suspects reportedly forced a female into the back seat of a car and stole her purse. The female victim was driven a few blocks south on Moun-tain Trail Ave. before being released just north of Or-ange Grove Ave. The crime occurred on Friday, 9/7 at around 11:30 pm. The sus-pects were described as two male Armenians, 26-28 years old, driving a newer dark colored car. The loss was re-ported as a black purse con-taining a black wallet, cash, a California ID card and two credit cards. The loss was estimated at $65.00.

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gReat oNe leVel Home $509,000This beautiful home is located on a quiet cul de sac and features 3 bed/2 ba, newer tile roof, AC/FA and enclosed patio/sunroom. Remodeled with lots of upgrades and appealing exterior stone work. Centrally located to fwy, shops market and transportation. MOVE IN CONDITION!


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iNCome PRoPeRty $239,000This Triplex has Mountain & water tower landmark views. South of Gidley Elementary. The first flr is 2 bdr 1bth, newer ceramic flrs, cov-ered & enclosed patio, upstairs remodeled unit 2008, 2bd 1bth, eating area, green lawn between front units and back SFR w/ 1bdrm 1bth, slab porch, private patio, laundry hook-up. This is a well maintained property. (A4027)


Huge PRiCe ReduCtioN $410,000 This 3bdrm 2bth home has been remodeled with many modern upgrades. Set back from the street with a long driveway, fenced large flat back yard, modern kitchen w/maple cabinets, white appli-ances, contemporary bathrooms w/custom ceramic tiles, laminate flooring throughout, crown moldings’, and much more! (C228)


goRgeouS ViCtoRiaN! $749,900This Victorian features 3 Bed/3 ba and an additional office space. Great location across from the walking trail and Bradbury. The curb appeal is amazing with the wrap around porch, cobblestone drive and attention to detail. This home has been totally remodeled with upgraded kitchen and ss appl. Large lot w/Avocado trees, lush backyard and a two car detached garage. (ROY)


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SuN Valley HillS $598,000On its own private knoll with views, this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with den, formal dining and fireplace has a remodeled kitchen and baths. New windows, newer roof, FA/CA, on a 21,000 sq.ft. lot. 1,811 sq.ft. home per assessor. (O8526)


uNBelieVaBle eState $899,000Wonderful Park like grounds located in NE Monrovia with 4 bedrooms, 2 master suites, 3 baths, walk-in closets, living room and formal dining room with vaulted ceilings and fireplace. French doors that open to pool & cabana area, double attached garage, gated entrance. (O1017)


loVely CoNdo $85,000Wonderfully landscaped with ponds, streams & trees. Located close to Chaffey College in Alta Loma this 1 bedroom, ground floor unit with large patio, dining room, kitchen, ample closet space, complex has 3 pools, club house, tennis courts and laundry room. (L10655)


tRaditioNal oNe leVel $649,000Located in N/E Monrovia with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, walk-in pantry, hardwood flooring, breakfast counter/bar, formal dining room, detached two car garage, laundry room, lovely patio and backyard. (O1013)


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