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Ask Sierra Madre entrepreneur Sandy Lewis-Duvall why on earth she would chose to start another new business in the middle of a recession, and she just smiles. “I’m crazy,” she says while standing at the entrance to The Shabby Dog, her new-
est venture tucked away in a quaint shop along Montecito Avenue. “I knew it was risky at the time,” said Lewis-Duvall of her decision to branch out and start the high-end dog boutique and product line, “but you can never do
just one thing and expect to succeed.” Indeed Lewis-Duvall, who cut her teeth in the fitness industry writing and producing promotional videos for the Suzanne Somers Thighmaster in the early
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The City of Sierra Madre’s proud all-citizen-volunteer float was awarded the Governor’s Trophy for its entry, “California Girls” in the 2010 Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, Ca. on New Years Day. In spite of the fact that the colorful float received applause all along the parade route, the float developed brake problems that halted the parade for over 10 minutes. It all started, according to Sierra Madre Rose Float Association Construction Committee chair, Dick Sappington, when the front braking system began to seize up early on. “We knew there was minor difficulty as we came down the hill,” Sappington said, referring to the incline of Colorado Blvd. after turning the corner at Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado. The right front brake began to act up. There never was any danger of brake failure, Sappington noted, since this float, and all parade floats,
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are required to have a duplicate system on the rear wheels of the float body for safety. About half way through the parade trouble began ahead of the Sierra Madre float when the City of Torrance entry broke down and needed to be towed. At that time, the entire procession came to a complete halt for 20 minutes. The delay was exacerbated because the Torrance float was not equipped to be towed. Due to the delay ahead, at 9:55 a.m., the Sierra Madre float was stalled at the corner of Oak Knoll Ave. and Colorado Blvd. as it waited for the disabled float to be removed. Finally, at 10:15 a.m. the floats and marching bands in front of them began to move. The “California Girl” music, which had played incessantly during the halt, came to a stop as the driver attempted to re-start the engine. The engine balked. In a roar, the float started-up belching lots of black smoke out the tail-pipe. Finally, it be-
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South Pasadena Shops Support Vietnam Cultural Exchange By Bill Peters Bringing a new meaning to the term “traveling Troubadours” the Southwest Chamber Music is continuing its tradition of taking its musicians around the world to share their talents and love of music. This year, Southwest Chamber will participate in a U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs program that will see the Grammy-winning ensemble in two major cities of Vietnam and later, a group of Vietnamese musicians will visit Pasadena as part of a cultural exchange, the first of its kind with the Southeast Asian country. Southwest Chamber previously has visited such cities as Vienna, Mexico City and Guadalajara, Phnom Penh, and Hanoi. The current trip will take place beginning Feb. 27 in the Vietnam cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) for a threeweek stay. Following that, the Vietnamese musicians will arrive in Pasadena and stay for three-weeks, until May 3. Nineteen members of Southwest Chamber will perform, instruct during rehearsals, and give concerts side-by-side in Vietnam with programs of American compositions. While here, the Vietnamese
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Enrique Molina of Monrovia puts finishing touches on a cello-shaped cake he baked for a Holiday Open-house in South Pasadena to support Southwest Chamber Music’s planned trip to Vietnam next Spring.
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he New Year 2010 is here. For many people that means that their New Years resolutions are already set. Generally these are self-inflicted transformations that each person does to improve their life. However, at our house, it is very different. You see I have been morphing into a much more pleasing person each year of our marriage, as my wife would tell you, as she continues to impose new resolutions for me, in her search for the real Wally. I can still remember those early courting days when I was “The Most Wonderful Person in the World.” It seems at that time I was near perfect, as I could do no wrong in the eyes of my cherished sweetheart. However, now that I am married and much older I apparently have become like an old house in need of a lot of repairs. The transforming New Years resolutions that she establishes for me each New Year, she says, are for my own good. I suppose it is just a matter of time that like the ugly
caterpillar that morphs into a beautiful butterfly, I too will soon become a beautiful person. (Ugh) Well it all started when my life custodian, read that the secret to a long marriage requires that the couple should be evenly yoked. Hearing this matrimonial revelation, I explained to her that you cannot yoke a prize show horse to a kangaroo and expect marital bliss. At that point she quickly informed me that there are lots of kangaroo’s in the circus that have been retrained? Yes, this is where my Marital Makeover began. I will begin by explaining some of the differences that we shared. She likes everything extra well done or burnt. Well, she implemented this marital makeover of me early in our marriage. Soon, I found myself complaining about restaurant food if it wasn’t overcooked or the toast burnt like charcoal. Growing up in a family of all manly boys, etiquette was not a top priority at the dinner table. Placement of the fork and the other instruments for eating did not have an assigned location. Enjoying dinner meant that as the serving plates passed around the table each food selection you chose shared space on the same plate. This sometimes required the “pancake stacking” approach to filling your plate. Learning the importance
of having an exact location of silverware placed upon the table from my etiquette coach was a reasonably simple metamorphic change on my part. However, the change from eating from just one plate and a salad dish to eating everything in separate dishes constituted a major change. This makeover was to help my digestion she claimed, as no item of food touches another prior to entry into the digestion system. At this point, I found that this New Years resolution was enough to give me gas. Early into my reconstruction process I was obliged to accommodate her many propositions for my behavior changes. Sharing the household duties was one resolution she quickly instituted. My agreement to do the dishes whenever she cooked seemed like a fair tradeoff. However, her implementation of the new eating technique of using a separate dish for everything that we ate changed the simple task of washing two plates, glasses and silverware, into an enormous job. My dishwashing duty was now the equivalent of washing dishes for a dinner for twelve people. It is often said that people who have been married a long time soon begin to act alike. This just may be happening to me. Now with my marital overhaul nearing completion, it seems as though I have become a clone of “ Miss Good Man-
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ners.” I have been accused of acting like an old lady by some of my friends for going home early from poker night and bull sessions with the boys. I am not eagerly looking forward to the New Year resolutions that the “Etiquette Lady” has proposed for herself this year. Each night at bedtime we have an evening ritual of watching television prior to going to sleep. We have always banned TV snacks during the pre-sleep viewing session. However, since I usually coast off within fifteen minutes of viewing one of her favorite shows she has decided to bring her snacks to bed to enhance her viewing pleasure. I would not complain too loudly if the snack were just a small slice of pie or cookies and milk. But I have adammently resisted her enjoying her fragrant snacks of garlic dip and chips and her chomping celery to the Sound of Music. Her New Year resolution may be improving her life, but not mine. Well I guess it could be worse though…as she could ask me to go after her favorite junk food snacks, as she is crazy about a Big Mac, Fries, Pizza and a Big Gulp. Now t h a t we h ave launched into the New Year, I am Wishing You and Your Family a very Happy New Year 2010 and may all your New Years Resolutions be much more fun than mine! E-mail comments to wallygoodlife@att.net
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Sierra Madre’s Entry to Rose Parade Breaks Down Mid-Parade Continued from 1 gan to move eastward to the approving applause of parade on-lookers. But, moments later, the balky right front brake began to give trouble as the float approached Hudson Ave. The brake seized up and “California Girls” stopped in its tracks. After several attempts to free the brake system the float was unceremoniously moved to the side of the boulevard and on-coming traffic of bands and floats moved cautiously around them following a 10-minute hiatus on top of the previous 20 minute stall. Sappington, who was with the team supervising the float, used his intimate knowledge of the installed systems. He went under the float and accomplished some quick fixing that allowed the float to re-take a position in the parade. With the brakes in order, about 15 minutes after the second stop, the float re-joined the procession. What started as entry #64 (and the 30th of 42 floats) dropped back a few numbers. The “California Girls” melody began once again bringing its joy back to the parade. Sierra Madre float Princesses waved and the Derby Dolls skated around the
floral tribute to California lifestyle as the float continued its happy and successful march to the end of the parade route. According to Tournament of Roses rules, the Association could face a fine starting at $1,000 for delaying the parade. A hearing will be held in March to determine the nature of the float failure. Additional money could be sought if Tournament officials believe the float breakdown could have been avoided, though how much more or to what dollar limit was not revealed. Sappington said he thought that the hearing would find that an innocent malfunction had occurred as might with any engine or system, although he anticipates that the Association will be assessed the base penalty of $1,000. In spite of the difficulties it was, nevertheless, a successful day for the Sierra Madre Float Association. The float gained the Governor’s Trophy which is awarded for the best depiction of life in California. This marks the fourth consecutive award and the seventh major award since 1917 when Sierra Madre first entered a float in the Tournament of Roses parade.
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South Pasadena Shops Support Vietnam Cultural Exchange Continued from 1 musicians will perform music by contemporary composers from their country. Although the grant from the State Department was generous, matching funds are required as terms of the grant. Several private foundations, two cities cultural affairs commissions and private donors have helped fill the gap; the group is seeking further funding. In a letter to supporters, Jan Karlin, Executive Director at Southwest Chamber, wrote, “Every public dollar of the grant must be matched by private donations.” Two Mission Street shop owners in South Pasadena opened their shops to Southwest Chamber supporters and others to help. Barbara Goldeen and John Selmer of Santa Fe CraftsTHE STORE and Sheena Gorelick of Wine Styles offered special discounts on merchandise and shoppers were offered a bit of wine, cheese and a very special cello-shaped cake was cut by pastry chef Enrique Molina, all in an effort to bring Southwest Chamber closer to their goal of funds needed for the exchange. Karlin and Artistic Director of Southwest Chamber, Jeff von der Schmidt, are passionate about the project, which
they have named “Ascending Dragon”, a name taken from Thang Long the first name of Hanoi which celebrates the 1000th year of its founding in 2010. Von der Schmidt mused, “It is my goal to demonstrate that Vietnam is a country—not a war!” Partners with Southwest Chamber in Vietnam are the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi; and Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music in that city. U.S. partners include the Armory Center for the Arts, the Colburn School of Performing Arts, the Drucker Institute at the Claremont Graduate University, Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development Program, Cal Tech, Pacific Asian Museum, Los Angeles and the Pasadena Unified School Districts and Villa Aurora. Contributions have been received from the James Irvine Foundation, the Schoenberg Family Charitable Fund, the City of Pasadena Arts and Culture Commission, the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Los Angeles and private donors. “Ascending Dragon” project is believed to be the largest cultural exchange in history between Vietnam and the United States.
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By Susan Motander Two of the highest profile white color crimes in this area were perpetrated by doctors, at least doctors of a sort. Mon-
rovia’s Mini Madoff was Mark Colasuonno, the so called Tax Doctor and Duarte medical doctor, Daniel J. Healey, was arrested for the illegal sale of
OneWest Buys First Federal as 7 U.S. Banks Fail By Terry Miller There has been a plethora of bad news in past weeks as we try desperately to put an end to this turbulent decade. So it might be forgiven if you missed the news that yet another seven banks failed and were seized by the FDIC just last Friday. Failure for one however, always means opportunity for another. OneWest Bank, formerly failed Pasadena mortgage lender IndyMac, bought the assets of First Federal Bank after it was closed by U.S. regulators, in a deal that may bolster the case for private drugs. Both cases were largely the work of Monrovia detectives, the first in conjunction with the District Attorney’s Fraud Investigators and the second with federal Drug Enforcement Agents. The Monrovia Weekly first broke the story of Monrovia Mini Madoff as the result of looking into a story about tax preparation in January of this year. After contacting the Tax Doctor, a Monrovia firm once owned by Colasuonno, the whole story came together. By that time, Mark Colasuonno had sold the Tax Doctor to an accountant. Michael Di Pietro is the new Tax Doctor. He is not associated with Mark Colasuonno in any way. By that time Colasuonno had already been arrested on charges that he embezzled more than $150,000 from clients. He was first released on his own recognizance. Slowly during the year several of Colasuonno’s victims stepped forward to tell their stories. The victims included Paige and Frank Lopez who lost the money they had inherited from an uncle. They subsequently lost their home. Next Marie Greco contacted this newspaper after reading about Mark Colasuonno, the Tax Doctor and his arrest. She related the story of how she and her husband had also become victims of this Mini Madoff. Along with preparing their taxes, Colasuonno also advised them on investing some of their retirement funds. He allegedly manipulated the funds so that they ended up without those moneys. Colasuonno appeared in court on August 11 for the beginning of his trial on the first charges, but was rearrested at time on additional charges which included 470(a) Forgery, 368(d) Fiduciary Abuse of an Elder, and 487(a) Grand Theft. These charges were a result of Colasuonno’s dealings with the Grecos. This time Colasuonno was held on bail. On Friday, August 28,
investment in banks. California’s First Federal was one of seven U.S. lenders closed on Friday by regulators, bringing the total number of U.S. bank failures this year to 140. The 39 branches of First Federal -- formerly controlled by FirstFed Financial (FFED. PK) -- reopened recently as OneWest Bank FSB. In addition to assuming $4.5 billion in total deposits, OneWest, of Pasadena, agreed to buy essentially all of First Federal’s assets of $6.1 billion, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said.
Continued on 9 after changing his plea to “no contest,” Colasuonno was sentenced to four years in state prison and ordered to pay $3,222,535.91 in restitution to 19 of his victims. Unfortunately since Colasuonno has said that he has no funds, it may be difficult for those victims to recoup their losses. However, by September of this year, the attorney for at least two of the victims, the Lopez brothers indicated that they would be bringing a civil suit against Monrovia’s so called Mini Madoff. The September 3 print edition of this paper has complete details of the sentencing. On February 10, 2009, the problems of the other bad doctor arose. Daniel J. Healey was arrested on that day by DEA agents who had developed the case against the Duarte physician with the help of both the Monrovia Police Department and California’s Pharmaceutical Board. He was charged with dispensing large amounts of controlled substances without even examining the individuals. Records revealed that he had ordered more than 1 million hydrocodone pills in 2008 alone. Refer to the print editions of February 12 and 19 of this paper for complete details of the charges. Healey is still in custody to date. He entered a guilty plea to one of the charges and is awaiting sentencing. According to Monrovia police detective Rich Doney, Healey is scheduled to be sentence in February and will face asset forfeiture and may face as much as 20 years in prison. Colasuonno, the Tax Doctor is currently in State prison. He is still facing addition civil litigation in conjunction with his operations. Healey, Duarte’s Dirty Drug Doctor is sitting in federal custody awaiting sentencing of up to 20 years. The consequences of white color crime, at least in this area, can be a bitter pill to swallow.
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Continued from 1 1990s, is no stranger to a diversified portfolio of business ventures. She has owned Sierra Fitness for the last 15 years, during which time she has started and sold a number of businesses in the area including Sierra Juice Company in Kersting Court and a spa now owned by the Center for Wellbeing. But even for someone with such a rich history of business endeavors off the beaten path, this latest venture may seem somewhat unexpected. The f lagship product of the new line of canine essentials is a hands-free leash system which features a matching leash and bracelet, both fashioned out of equally durable and fashionable Italian leather. With this ingenious system, what could easily pass for a functionless, broad bracelet for the ladies in fact doubles as an anchor for a dog leash, leaving the dog owners hands free and fingers unstressed. And if the owner isn’t in the mood for a bracelet, the leather leash can loop over on itself to form a traditional leash, with attachment hooks located at two different lengths along the leash, making its length adjustable or able to be attached to a fence post while you run into the store for some more dog treats. Originally, the idea had been to design, produce and market her line of fashionable and functional hands-free dog leashes on the internet in what would be an online store for high-end dog products from a variety of manufacturers. “But as I started looking around,” says LewisDuvall “I saw all these products and thought to myself, ‘I
can do better!’” And thus, The Shabby Dog - as a one-of-a-kind brand for all things a truly pampered pooch could desire - was born. And the attention has been very forthcoming. That Shabby Dog’s hands-free leashes have been the pick of the litter across a wide variety of media outlets this holiday season as the nation searched for the perfect gift for their perfect dog. LewisDuvall has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” and CBS’s “Early Show”, as well as in the pages of Pet Edge Magazine and the National Enquirer. And following a hugely successful product launch and showcase at Pet Fashion Week in New York City earlier this fall, LewisDuvall and her prized pet models are slated to appear on an upcoming broadcast of the Rachel Ray Show on the Food Network. “We’ve got a great PR company working for us out of New York, but a good PR company really isn’t worth anything if you don’t have a great product,” says LewisDuvall while showing off some of her store’s other products. And the homegrown efforts poured into every aspect of The Shabby Dog’s product line are certainly to be credited for much of the line’s success. That, and the humor. Take, for instance, a line of doggy beds designed with the celebrity-minded pet in mind. There’s “The Bennifer”, the “TomKat” and the “Branjelina”. ‘Nuff said. Even more exciting for lovers of humor, their pets and this newspaper, is a line of comical T-shirts for man’s best friend designed by none
other than Tom Gammill, the comic genius behind the perennial page three comic strip, The Doozies. A television writer for such shows as Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Futurama and The Simpsons, Gammill has been training at Sierra Fitness for years. When he found out about The Shabby Dog, he knew he had to be involved. “He just started bringing me these hilarious comic drawings of dogs.” said Lewis-Duvall. “At first I didn’t know what to do with them, so I sort of put them away in a drawer. Then one day I realized we had to put them on T-shirts.” The comics, which mirror the drawing style of the Doozies, include such quips as “Fleas Navidad” and “My other leash is a Gucci”. And there are already plans in the works to put these and other forthcoming comics onto other dog products such as food bowls and leashes. It may be a difficult time for many businesses and families across the country, but for many, the simple pleasures a pet can bring are more than enough to forget the woes of the world. And for those people, there isn’t enough they can do to thank their pets for the joy they bring into their life, but The Shabby Dog is certainly a good place to start. The Shabby Dog is located at 31 East Montecito Avenue in Sierra Madre, just one block north of Kersting Court. Their website is located at, you guessed it, w w w.theshabbydog.com. Online you can check out videos from their recent Pet Fashion Week show as well as all their recent television appearances and press.
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At last night’s meeting, the Sierra Madre City Council designated Don Watts and MaryAnn MacGillivray to serve as By SuSan Motander delegate and alternate to the - Photo by Terry Miller San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, ousting Councilman Joe Mosca from the posiThrough the cheers By terry Miller tion mid-term. Mayor MacGillivray and and John StePhenS and the jeers, Rep. Schiff attempted to provide an update Mayor Pro Tem Watts attended It was the best of times on the health care proposal a meeting of the Council of and it was the worst of times, (H.R. 3200) currently under Governments recently, which all depending with whom consideration in Congress. the mayor said was an interestadditional charges. Cervantes of Monrovia a In the you spoke Tuesday evening But opponents would hear ing exercise. courtroom,Valerie, Monrovia Police in Alhambra. The meeting nothing of it and hundreds in ThuRsday, OcTObER 22 - OcTObER 28, 2009 VOlumE 14, NO. 43 new computer. pasadenaindependent.com FREE Though Mr. WattsByhad hisMIller -Photo Terry Sergeant Glen Tuesday was perhaps a mi- the audience expressed their a sixthDetective grader at Clifton complaints, saying he had felt MiddleColeman School, arrested told us the “Tax crocosm of the nation’s pulse disgust with the plan in no that there was little opportunity Doctor” on three that her computer shemore felofor the city to have a voice in the ny charges. has been using was purCouncil of Governments. He As for chased more thanthetenfirst matsaid he felt that Sierra Madre ter - and the charges years ago that shefor which representatives were outnumColasuonno was originally was unable to complete bered and outvoted in the scheduled to appear on her school assignments organization that represents Tuesday - the proceedings 87 cities throughout Southern Continued on 14 were trailed (delayed) until California. this afternoon (Thursday). City to Install New High-Speed “I tend to agree, but we Colasuonno is currently in (l-r) Princess Ashley Thaxton, Princess Kinsey Stuart, Princess Katherine Hernández, Princess Michelle Van Wyk, Princess Natalie Innocenzi, have to try,” MacGillivray Mcustody, E D I A , I and N C . he most likely Internet Service, Cable Access Wiring said. Princess June Ko and Princess Lauren Rogers -Photo By Terry Miller will stay there, having told Joe Mosca, who formerly Monrovia Police Detective Full Coverage on Page 12 Continued on 12 Rich Doney that he does This week, in a move Foothills, a non-profit cable not have funds necessary to Beacon Media’s official request to photograph Mark Colasuonno in court Tuesday morning was denied. meant to further facilitate access studio in MonroHis attorney, Sumpba Kedia, is pictured here leading the former “Tax Doctor” away from our cameras meet the $307,000 bail. live video coverage of City via, to record City Council on Tuesday morning outside the Pasadena Superior Court. Later than morning, Colasuonno was But this may just be the Council Meeting via the meetings for rebroadcast arrested and led away in handcuff’s. -Photo By Terry Miller beginning. internet, Temple City will both on the city’s dedicated “We believe there are install new wiring and hard- cable access channel and -Photo By Terry Miller as many as 38 victims, with ware for its outdated infor- via the internet. However at party involved tolosses continue to approximately totaling mation systems network. this point, the meetings are By SaMeea KaMal Builder, Residents, have a prosperous economicsaid Doney, who $8 million,” The new connection, not broadcast live on either Full story on page 12 future,” said Lisa Flores, senior In an effort toCity provide went on to say that “around which will be provided by medium due to hardware Council Spar Byhalf Bill[of Peters city’s Develbusiness owners in Arcadia planner with the the victims] were AT&T, is expected to pro- constraints and insufficient Department with the opportunityover to voice One opment Carter,Services senior citizens”. Coleman vide data transfer capabiliupload bandwidth When Elias Jackson velopment dreams. The line out of “Weacquired concerns and suggestions, the of the Planning added they were investigatties equivalent to twice reached that the Council “Lucky”division. Baldwin Santa AnitaChambers Ave. in and Huff vows to return CasH after Stonehouse Properties ing the casesAnita of several tothe discuss how to retain City of Arcadia and Chamber want Natalie Anne Innocenzi, 16, is captured in the moments following the announcement made Tuesday morning at Tournament House in Pasadena proclaiming the Arcadia teenager Rose use of the Villa has By become of a normal T1 line, a longCity Hall. Rancho Santa in other 1886, just in time forCurrently, Baldwin the By sameea Kamal -Photo Terry MIller butwas thatvery “it takes a growth, of Commerce co-sponsored a businesses, time industry standardand in hismeetings available for Some neighbors recall excessive to the detriment and more photossHuttereD Queen for 2010. Innocenzi, who attends Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is the 92nd Rose Queen and will preside over the 121st Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. ForabruPtly 1875,continue thevictims region businessare manager sCHool leaves great dealre-of time to docuand work withwith business General Plan Business dedicated internet accessHyram for viewing the cable ByWorkBill PeterS details of the announcement see page 13. -Photos by Terry Miller rural small populaUnruh toonopen prop- access the early days of Alverno of the neighborhood,” said ment the information.” stuDents anD teaCHers oweD tHousanDs large companies and governrevitalizashop on Tuesday, August development onlyunder after the they have CarolynKAMAL Simon, one of the BY SAMEEA tions. and Even in all Pasadena, the erties tochannel the public High School as a convent, In this new case, A settlement agreement ment networks. been recorded tion.” H a s t he E c onom ic gust as previously thought. 4 at the City Hall Council and thenwhere set Indiana Colony, formed in Coledevelopment name, “Baldthe sound of nuns residents who lives across arrested Monrovia between the city and twocity In his weekly report, up for playback the In anreverberate Though staff expect-on and Downturn Hit Education, Please stand-by until further Chambers. effort to provide from the meeting eastern border of a few provided 1873, wasman focused growwin”. Monrovia, just tothrough the singing would Police booked hillside developments Assistant to the City Manplay-out system in the business owners in ArcaBy Kyle business ed a higher turnout, Despite a low turnout, notice.” Private Education Harder ownersschool and memthe private Catholic ingran citrus andFlores walnuts,Colasuonno not east, was a bustling center of adjathrough the neighborhood. ager Gary Flod calledland Zhang, founder provided on population. threerate new counts into opposition the sales, cent building. The hardware Today, dia with opportunity to girls. bers of the General Plan said residents thetowns low attendance theofmeeting a few from The noticeTrisha goes on the wife than Anticipated? KhandiKian and But includbut the Baldwin thethe sounds are for upgrade “an important development Kuckelkorn, donated ing10470(a) whomembers fear the realmay estatebeproject step and wiring upgrades not are quite voiceasconcerns and sugges- The Advisor y Committee current negotia- to people having business$1,000 owners and handwritten The parking lot is com- say (in hurried, Ed induea to mere years Forgery, all that 368(d) for unknown harmonious in obtaining sufficient bandHuff’s 2012 re-election cam- will Abuse of an Elder, being named up as aalready visual,changed. envi- Fiduciary address this issue, tions, residents, the City ofand Arcadia reviewabout the plan’s A Terrible Thing:pletely void of carsShortly tions came whengoals the and submitted their input, of the General PlanendAdvimarker) tothat anyone at theafter magic Pasadena, incorreasonsmeant simplytodied. Unruh to nearby width to accommodate live allowing the meetings to and Chamber of Commerce paign committee sory on June 29, al- ronmental and 487(a) Small the call Year(626) by 833-7437. and even a muddy discuss applied toand thetocity or that people have comCommittee to review the Fine ArtsBusiness Col- ofcan poratedwill in 1886 had aGrand popu- Theft. and Baldwin tried the scheme their negotiations with the schoolapproach, Strangled WomanMontecito video streaming of the City be directly most a month before the college The victim in this new case is State Senator Bob Huff, the mess. At Tuesday’s city couna General potential problems. use permit questions once9,000—its a The Monrovia Week- plan’s goals and approach, ments and lege on Huntington Drive Participants in the Health Care Reform Town Meeting in Alhambra lation of almost 1887, firstbroadcast with an from co-sponsored administration is for a conditional Council meetings overagain the in the Council Chambers school’s live Plan toBusiness on potential who was Montecito of unexpectedly cil meeting, agenda item sheJohn “Wetheir wantfundraisto make sure Tuesday evening ranged not only in age and socio-economic is incorporation ready, said.Greco, and down to discuss prob-the draft ly’sCollege numerous attempts to closed in Monrovia. The reasonFine is Arts spurred by born in announced of “Live continuing attempt toWorkshop ad- to legitimize P.D. Internet.” as thename meetings By Bill Peters take place. on Tuesday, August 4 at the the adobe, but rebuild Elias Delivered to Monrovia unclear we get Neighbors Julywent 30. Zhang’s 1936. Theto amount alleged to abruptly its doors every stakeholder felt levels but also in vastly different opinions on how the proposed the meeting, Developlems. dona- resulted in a lengthyAtdiscuscall this number un- generous and no Design one seems to closed citizen’s attempts rid the Oak”, the sales dress the traffic ing activities. month, city but Flodassaid in hisoffice report that Citynoise Hall and Council Chamandchanged party involved came just after her have been stolen from Greco in July, thatsure sent the to conAs you read this, the J. “Lucky” Baldwin’s homebill reads. At times those at the podiumLast had to strugglethe to get little had even after mentproposal Services Jason want tosion make returned.and The tion founder, Eda month“We be willing to talk aboutleaving it. students city of Director saloons. Real estate opened, development signed an agreement with thisthe system is expectedissues to caused bers. by the school’s years tinue to have a to prosperous was and almost teachers alike dumbfounded and her husband’s school was back to negotiators. A report adobe structure located on stead, an effort they see as their message across. of complaints the -Photo By Terry Miller was selling by$240,000. 1886 a name was changed to “Arrenting our of its facilities By susan Motander A typed sign on the Kuckelkorn (as he likes to we get every stakeholder and Continued on 12 Community Media of the Despite a low turnout, named Small Business of the and a settlement proposal Greco’s wife, without Monpay, andbewithout Continued More photos at pasadenaindependent.com the grounds of the Los An- returning the founder and filed on 8 called),anwas not available door of the short-lived real estate boom was in full Marie, cadia” perhaps toContinued extol the on for2 events, among other school and a lawsuit It had been a relatively Senator Huff. swers. named Settlement Agreement Developers Harbicht: geles County Arboretum and first mayor of Arcadia to his by a Pasadena resident who comment atYear pressbytime. tecito of FineHowever, Arts forMontecito swing. contacted this newspaper virtues of country living over concerns. the College Vice Senator in February following our on the issue. Amid scattered uncertain terms. President and wife of the Botanic Garden in Arcadia rightful place in the City’s quiet Friday night forand a successful Montecito Fine ArtsHuff, representa- and Mutual Release was deliv-Baldwin, Design in Monrovia expanding cities such as Los Residents affected by won her case. Misusing ofClassGuilty tive ofnthewa29sth Senate District ered to city council members story which One African Americollege’s founder showed no recontinues to deteriorate. And history. Within the walls of Monrovia Police Department. “It’s essentially a wedrancher original and Northern Cali-first cast cat calls and the occasional Angeles and Pasadena. This the school’s facility rentals Col$1,000 lege of Desig reads: 28, All Montecito public light on the charges “recall Schiff”, 29th District can gentleman who held an straint when donating to said he did not know the colprior to the meeting with the its condition is of grave con- the adobe, Baldwin signed Then Guillermo Marinero, ding and event catering busibusinessman, saw time, Baldwin was successful say the current adminisEnvironmental founded an struggling ate- Byfinancially, and Campuses still Laws tor hasfornia been charged withformer by Terry the lobby andestold intoMiller walked SuSan Motander against Huff’sarere-election campaignina1977 legeaswas hope that the document could cern to many at the County, city incorporation papers in- Photo opportunity in the land. EverTax Doc- Representative Adam Schiff altered image of President as 400 lots were sold in four tration has not adequately ness which is not compatible lier, areceived studio providing closed GrandtoTheft by embezzlement. I until further tor. In story which ran in hosted a boisterous and spir- Obama depicted as Adolph monthnotice. after the college and has fine announced that he produce an agreement settle Arboretum volunteers and 1903 and it is the place he the desk personnel, “I think with a residential neighborthe visionary anda risk-taking days Themade trial ofvarious Mark Colain AuThis charge Continued on 23 did a terrible thing.” We will not reopen Marchsigned 5 edition, ited town hall meeting mod- Hitler was in attendance as a and almost sold out by considered their needs and his award. will return the donation issues surrounding the wasourenhanced a growing number of Arca- died in 1909. a Greco April of 1887. “Hell”, Bald- made the necessary changes hood,” she said. By saMeea KaMal suonno has been continuedHomes withand theentrepreneur, allegation that he morethe painful Marinero had parked his The city’s history took a recounted story erated by NBC4’s Dr. Bruce representative of the Lyndon According to state elec- by Zhang. Stonehouse One dians. “The conditional use contract the Los Angewin was thought to have said, to ensure their quality of once again. Originally set than $100,000 The Nationwaswith stolen. station and of theover in frontfrom carofficials sent to a letter According Hensel. tion records, Vice President up local turnedand research whenAnnual jolt 26th Believing that the adobe Continued Continued Continued on permit was for a day school, Continued on “We’re 12 giving away the land. life. les 20 and San Gabriel for July on 30 it7was continued to al Night Out (NNO), a unique communities fromCardoza, to the city by the Westfield Colasuonno is alleged to Valley on 14 was Theresa the inside of news:15,000 piece a a shocking might actually crumble, crime/drug Railroad money Co. in 1885 We’re selling the climate!” ac“While neighbors know an academy with specific This photo shows the adobe structure and the attached Baldwin annex that served as the August 5 and has now been have embezzled event collecall 50 states, U.S. territories, from to bring She had been Vice President, the corporahis girlfriend. in the historic adobeprevention group of Arcadians have home of Arcadia’s first mayor. Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin occupied this home from 1875 to a line to books the ranch—and that cording to Sandy Snider and that every school needs to rules … like the gate must be continued to August 11. It is clients of sponsored by the National Canadian cities and military his tax preparation travel Design sense estate notes fooD to withdraw decided his death in 1909. The photo was taken in 1939, nine years before the property became Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin, a successful entrepreneur and the founder begun to rally support for tion at the Los Angeles Coun- strangled. Monrovia Police tion hasreal buyers have fund raising events, the (subsequently) the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. - Photo from the still set for trial in Department E firm bywould Association of Town Watch bases worldwide. illegallybring investing andto his de- of the Citythis Continued on 19 Continued on 3 officers attempted to revive its request to convert 13,500 Downtown getaway is of Arcadia. a project to restore not only Arcadia Public Library collection on 12 Continued Defaultingon now pizzalosing money entrusted to him. in Pasadena of theBeach Los Angeles (NATW), was held Tuesday, In the all, 28 over 37 old million even using year 11an Continued home to more than just the visit your paper’s Superior Court with before aJudge August 4, 2009 around the people the participated NaPaige DeAutomaticinExternal option for home owners? side of dipLopez, Colasuanno’s alColiseum, but museums, a website, and click on Teri Schwartz. Although the leged victim said that the Tax United States. Texas, however, tional Night Out 2008. now regular unitStatisfibrillator rose garden and a great up aontastyDoctor vegetable with small, inexpensive an ode tohis bad behavior trial is set to beginCook at 10 a.m. will celebrate on October 6th, tics for this year have be started preparing thetodepartment. foryet equipment "Print edition" for farmers market. PAGE 5 learn how defaulting on with and in therussell touches make small spaces brand, the slithering, Tuesday, the courtpizza has ten daysa corn 2009. compiled, but they look be taxdip returns late 1990s. Fire toDepartment Monrovia a look at our newly Vigil Held at Pasadena City Hall Monday actually trial which Each year the National of a similar vein. several years of working uk rocker. continued the paramedics electric-haired a mortgage can save you munch away at After the beach. the place to ridetoout the begin the improved digital to another Night Out campaign involves Theattempt community program with Colasuonno, Lopez said the young to revive thousands. PAGE 11 6 summer. PAGEmay 13 also be sentPAGE archives. PAGE to no avail. woman courtroom for adjudication. citizens, law enforcement agen- is designed to: heighten crime She was that in approximately 20085 he In an event celled “Repronounced Mark Colasuonno known realized that money he had encies, civic groups, businesses, and drug preventiondead. aware-Marinero membering The Faces”, 150 arrested. on 23 was is by Terry Miller Jason Jensen, 46,- Photo locally as the former Tax Docneighborhood organizations Continued on 22 plus area residents repreContinued On Tuesday he was ar- seeking damages in federal senting various interfaith raigned on one count of first court after a Sierra Madre Pasadena-area congregations degree murder with the en- police officer shot him. The marched and held vigil to hancement alleging the “per- incident occurred in the mourn the 45,000+ people sonal use of a deadly weapon” back of a vehicle officers who die every year for lack according to Sgt. Jim Gates of impounded not realizing of affordable health care. the Los Angeles County Sher- there was a person inside. These local citizens, who iff’s Homicide Bureau. The officer, Henry Amos believe that the health insurAmong other things Mar- was caught by surprise when ance system is broken and in inero told police, he indicated he found Jensen sleeping in need of reform, gathered at that the argument with Car- the back of the hatchback Pasadena City Hall Monday doza had taken place in the after the vehicle had been night and listened to speak2400 block of South Myrtle towed to the Sierra Madre ers including a local doctor Avenue in the unincorporated Police dept. Amos fired his named Donald Thomas, who section south of Monrovia. service weapon at Jensen as practices at Huntington Hos-Photo By Terry Miller
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The Funky Hippeez To Perform in Temple City
"Compatibility" with Residential Area Usage Negotiations Await School Review
The Funky Hippeez are a live 70s Retro Show complete with elaborate costumes and antics reminiscent of the late 70’s disco era. Popcorn Jackson, Superfly, Rio Love, Danny Dynomite and The Disco Shiek will boogie down as the The Funky Hippeez on Wednesday, August 12 at Temple City Park beginning at 7 p.m. The Funky Hippeez show is a fast-paced, non-stop ride
through your favorite K-Tel disco hits. Grab your love beads, bell bottoms and platform shoes and get set to groove to Le Freak, Got To Be Real, Disco Inferno and more! Don’t miss the world’s grooviest live disco and funk show to date. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Pavilion at Temple City Park, 9701 Las Tunas Drive. Bring a chair or blanket to enjoy an evening of music in the park. Pre-concert activities start at 630 p.m. – Participate in Shape Up TC – all ages are welcome to join TC Parks & Recreation staff during a miniexercise demonstration. Hot Dogs, soft serve ice cream, shaved ice, popcorn and more will be for sale during the concert. For further information, please call the Parks & Recreation Department at (626) 285-2171 ext. 2328.
LOCAL REALTOR DONNA BAKER TO RUN FOR MONROVIA SCHOOL BOARD Candidate Managed Clarence Shaw’s City Council Campaign, Now Vies to Fill his Vacant School Board Seat BY NURIA MATHOG Monrovia resident Donna Baker has joined candidates Chris Rich and Alexandra Zucco in campaigning for a spot on the Monrovia Unified School District Board of Education. Baker, a Dickson Podley realtor, has been an active citizen in the community for many years. In addition to supporting the Foothill Unity Center and the Monrovia Public Library, she has sponsored numerous sports programs at Monrovia High School and the Monrovia Unified School District’s “Making the Grade” program. Other contributions include her work with the Monrovia Historic Presentation Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the restoration of historical city buildings, and her service as the current President and Chief Officer at the Santa Anita Family YMCA. Baker has been involved with many local groups, most
notably the Foothill Community Democrats, a local chapter of the American Democratic Party, and the Monrovia Chamber of Commerce. In 2008, the Chamber awarded Baker the title of Monrovia Citizen of the Year. Rival candidate Chris Rich, who has a degree in Business Management from the University of Houston, has served on the Board since 2005 and is currently running for reelection. Alexandra Zucco, a graduate of the University of La Verne, filed for candidacy as a “consultant/ parent.” This November, the candidates will compete for the two open positions on the Board: the office of former Board member Clarence R. Shaw, who relinquished his seat on the Board to serve on the Monrovia City Council this April, and the office of
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Located in Montrose this two level, 2 master bedrooms, 3 baths, fireplace in family room, dining area with built-in bar, new flooring in kitchen and baths, new carpeting, walk-in closet, laundry room, double attached garage. Low Association Fee. (D2248)
west Covina
$815,000
Income property features: ONE 3Bd/1.5Bth, TWO 2Bd/1.5Bth, and ONE 2Bd/1.0Bth. The South facing end units have a view, balconies. Near parks, baseball fields, and shops. The front entry has direct garage access. There are large living rooms with balconies. Four 1car/garages, and four 1car/ carport spaces. Each unit has its own laundry area. (N1627)
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el monte
$475,000
This Triplex has Mountain & water tower landmark views. South of Gidley Elementary. The first flr is 2 bdr 1bth, newer ceramic flrs, covered & 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)
Century 21 ludeCke inC (626) 445-0123
ready to move in
$349,000
Situated on a large lot in La Verne this wonderful starter home has great curb appeal with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, great open kitchen with spacious pantry and a very large backyard with patio area. Two car detached garage. Not a Bank Owned or Fixer. (B1401)
Century 21 village inC. (626) 355-1451
Century 21 village inC. (626) 355-1451
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$210,000
HigH-visiBility FootHill Blvd. CommerCial sPaCe $1,600/mo mg
626-301-1888
Century 21 adams & Barnes • (626) 358-1858
This two level home features 2 spacious bedrooms, updated bathrooms and nice size patio. Freshly painted and move-in condition. Located near Citrus College and APU. Association Pool. (CER)
Century 21 earll, ltd.
Bungalow character home tastefully rehabbed to office use. 2 private offices, 4 open work spaces, 2 bathrooms, full kitchen, lots of storage, central air & heat, wired for CAT 5 and phones. On site free parking for minimum 6 cars. Phone system & furniture can be included. Zoned neighborhood commercial; some retail allowed. Walking distance to Old Town Monrovia. (F419)
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January 4 - January 10, 2010
OneWest Buys First Federal as 7 U.S. Banks Fail Continued from 4 The deal is OneWest’s first since it was formed to take over IndyMac’s assets earlier this year by a group of private equity and hedge fund investors, including funds run by billionaire investors J.C. Flowers, John Paulson and George Soros. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, worried about the stability of the banking sector over the long term, has made failed bank
acquisitions by private investors harder than they are for banks looking to buy one another. According to a recent Reuters report, smaller institutions have been collapsing at a “rapid clip because of deteriorating loan portfolios and related liquidity and capital issues amid a weak economy.” This year has marked the highest annual level of bank failures since 1992,
when the industry was still cleaning up from the savings and loan crisis. Other banks closed include: Imperial Capital Bank of La Jolla, California, with assets of $4 billion; Peoples First Community Bank of Panama City, Florida with assets of $1.8 billion; New South Federal Savings Bank of Irondale, Alabama with assets of $1.5 billion; Independent Bankers’ Bank of Springfield, Illinois, with assets of $585.5
million; RockBridge Commercial Bank of Atlanta with assets of $294 million; and Citizens State Bank in New Baltimore, Mich., with assets of $168.6 million. The FDIC has said the pace of failures will likely peak next year. The agency has boosted its operating budget for 2010 by 55 percent to $4 billion to handle the cost of failures, which is expect to total $100 billion from 2009 through 2013.
Recent Shootings Evoke Memories of Two Years Ago In the November of 2007 a spate of violence began in Monrovia, Duarte and the unincorporated area adjacent to the cities. It continued with two murders in January 2008. In February 2008 a joint antigang task force was formed. As a result, violence seemed to have declined substantially. Sgt. Tom Loy of the Monrovia Police Department said “Violence has been way down this year,” noting that until recently there had been only one shooting in the city itself. Perhaps one of the reasons the shootings of two years ago seem more recent is that throughout 2009 there were new developments in those old cases. In March of this year two individuals were charged with the January 26, 2008 murder of Sammantha Salas. The suspects are Rayshawn and Nickleis Blackwell. They lived in the house on Sherman in front of which Sanders Rollins was murdered in January 2008. The Monrovia Redevelopment Agency (MRA) purchased that house in March of this year as well. The house has been leveled and the city has “land banked” the property until the market improves according to Kevin Obrien of the MRA. At the time to city pointed to the fact that every since the shooting, the house had been the focus of gang activity. On December 18 of this year, Jimmy Santana had his most recent court appearance. Santana, an alleged Monrovia gang member, was accused of shooting Daniel Graham on January 12, 2008 in the 2500 block of Peck Road. This is in the unincorporated area south of Monrovia. Press reports of this hearing again brought the earlier violence to mind. And on the same day that Santana had his court appearance, in an unrelated matter, Judge Daniel Yaffee issued a preliminary injunction against two local gangs, the Du-Roc Crips and Monrovia Nuevo Varrio (MNV). According to Monrovia’s official web site the “injunction specifies that the identified members of the two gangs cannot congre-
gate in public, drink alcohol, unlawfully possess weapons or cause graffiti inside of, or within 100 yards of, a “safety zone” that covers specific portions of the City and adjacent unincorporated County area - from Mountain Avenue on the east to Fifth Avenue on the west, and from Live Oak Avenue on the south to Foothill Boulevard on the north.” In addition it places a curfew on adult gang members from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Those under 18 are on curfew starting at 8 p.m. Violations of the injunction are misdemeanors as are any violations of court orders. In order for the injunction to be enforced the members must be served with notice of it. Members of the gangs are in the process of being served with that notice according
to Loy. All of this press notification may make it seem that there has been a great deal more violence than has actually been occurring. Three recent shootings also reminded many of that earlier violence. There were two separate shootings on December 15 and another on December 27. On December 15 there was a shooting in the 100 block of Los Angeles Street at approximately 5:30 p.m. No one was injured in this drive by shooting, but the building in front of which several people were standing, was hit. Just after 8 p.m. on the same evening two people were shot in the 300 block of Colorado, near the corner with California. This was the incident in which Gentile was
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fatally wounded. A woman identified only as his girlfriend was shot in the foot, and was treated at a local hospital and released. The shooters are believed by law enforcement to be members of MNV. Gentile had a web page on which he identified himself as a white supremacist. Then just two days after Christmas a man was wounded in a in what may be a gang related shotgun shooting at the corner of Beckville and Broderick Avenue, an area adjacent to the safe zone created in the injunction. The man wounded was a 21 year old Monrovian who was hospitalized which non-life-threatening injuries. According to a sheriff’s official their gang investigators are looking into the possibility that the shooting was gang-related.
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Stunning Mediterranean Estate! This 4 bedroom, 5 bath home has been meticulously designed to accent the superior architectural features. The grand foyer welcomes your guests. Step down dining room and living room complete with surround sound. The master bedroom is truly a retreat with its own balcony and large walk in closets. The backyard features three patios and a koi pond. Call today and let us help you set up your own private showing! Pasadena (Lin)
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