CURLING…ON GRASS IN ARCADIA
Margi Rambo delivers a bowl in a Triples Tournament at the Santa Anita Bowling
Green Club’s Greens at the Arcadia County Park. (Photo by Gene Plunkett)
We all watched Curling in the Olympic games, but did you know that that sport on ice [...]
The Homes That Love Built
By Susan Motander
The San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity turned keys over to four families on Saturday at the dedication of their new homes on Sherman Avenue in Monrovia. In giving the Invocation, Reverend Gregory Douglass of the Monrovia United Methodist Church, called the homes “A place to be a family.” [...]
Annual Wistaria Festival Offers Good Eats, Music, Fun – and One Spectacular Vine This Sunday
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Wistaria Festival on Sunday, March 14, 2010. The festival first began in the early 20th century, drawing as many as 100,000 people over an extended period of time. Now the vine, which is on private property, is available to the public for viewing [...]
Queen Erica Valentine, Guitarist Extraordinaire, selected at 33rd Doo Dah Queen – 33rd Occasional Doo Dah Parade hits Colorado Boulevard May First……..but this time in East Pasadena
Doo Dah Queens Kavita, Naughty Mickie, Skittles and Sierra Madre Sue flank 33rd Queen Erica Valentine
Queen Erica Valentine, Guitarist Extraordinaire, selected at 33rd Doo Dah Queen – 33rd Occasional Doo Dah Parade hits Colorado Boulevard May First……..but this time in East Pasadena
A New Era for Doo Dah
By Terry Miller
A [...]
Paul Neiby Passes Away Just Before Citizen of the Year Award Dinner
Dr Paul Neiby was always lending a hand – like teaching kids how to make apple cider during one of the many festivals in town a few years ago. – Photo by Terry Miller
One of the two recently selected Sierra Madre Citizens of the Year, Dr. Paul Neiby, passed away last week. Dr. [...]
Mud Flows in Sierra Madre
The first of three storms brought at least 60 tons of mud crashing in the walls near homes on Skyland Drive in Sierra Madre Canyon on Monday.
Photos by Terry Miller
Paul and Louise Neiby Named Citizens of the Year
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce announced today that for the first time, it has named two people as its Citizen(s) of the Year. Dr. Paul Neiby and his wife Louise were chosen to receive the Chamber’s 2009 Citizen(s) of the Year award. Chamber president Matt Krantz presented the couple with a bouquet of flowers [...]
Huntington Recognized as Gold Seal Stroke Center
Huntington Memorial Hospital’s stroke program has received the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission, designating the hospital a primary stroke center. This means Huntington will join the network of “approved stroke center” hospitals throughout Los Angeles County.
“This is a significant milestone for the hospital, but more important, a wonderful benefit [...]
Continuing 33 Years of Fulfilling Holiday Wishes
Sugar Plum Tree is the most popular and uplifting of all the Friends of Foster Children (FOFC) programs. Volunteer members are optimistic that as in years past shoppers at Westfield Santa Anita Mall will be generous in to helping the organization fulfill holiday wishes. Many holiday shoppers have included a stop at the Sugar [...]
Ralph Walker – The Man, the Myth the Legend
Last Tuesday evening the Monrovia City Council honored Ralph Walker for what Mayor Mary Ann Lutz called “not so quiet service to this community for many, many years”, a time span in which Mr. Walker has been enlightening and challenging the citizens of Monrovia and engaging news makers on local issues via his television talk [...]
