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Thursday, February 18 - 24, 2010 Volume XV, No. XI
New Location, New Queen and a New Era for Doo Dah By Terry Miller
Daring to go where no parade has gone before, this year’s May 1st - Pasadena Doo Dah Parade will venture east for the first time in its extremely colorful and eclectic history. While the Parade has enjoyed much popular success in the Old Pasadena retail and entertainment district, organizers are excited to bring the diverse parade to the town-like setting of East Pasadena. “Old Pasadena has been a terrific backdrop and host for the Doo Dah Parade,” says organizer Tom Coston. “But with Doo Dah we see an opportunity to keep it fresh and interesting. We fondly leave Old Pasadena on the cusp of predictability. We look upon East Pasadena as an exciting frontier with its own local character and possibilities.” The Pasadena Doo Dah Parade originated in Old Pasadena, then “Old Town,” in 1978 as a spontaneous grassroots event. Known as the “Other Parade,” it soon gained national attention as the eccentric alter-ego to the Tournament of Roses.
Plan Calls for 800 Additional Bear Hunting Licenses By Terry Miller
part of Pasadena. There’s no doubt Doo Dah will bring more people to our neighborhood and that’s only going to be good for us.” Poo
In 1980 there were an estimated 10,000 Black Bears in California now those estimates are near 40,000. The California Department of Fish and Game has handed a proposal to the Fish and Game commission aimed at keeping up with the rising population of black bears in the state. About 38,000-40,000 black bears live in the state now, according to Harry Morse, Fish and Game Information Officer for Central and Southern California. About 300 to 500 of those bears are estimated to be in the San Gabriel mountains, and the recent increase in encounters in Duarte and Monrovia has caused some alarm in the foothill communities. The Monrovia Police Department received almost four times the number of bear related calls in 2009 compared to 2008. The Department received 464
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Doo Dah Queens (left to right) Kavita, Naughty Mickie, Skittles and Sierra Madre Sue flank 33rd Queen Erica Valentine. - Photo by Terry Miller
East Pasadena, which boasts many small businesses and shops, is part of the Lamada Park District. Lamanda has a unique niche in Pasadena as it attracts more of a pioneer type of business. These
businesses are what created the modern identity of the creative industrial arts that are located here. And who knew that at one time, this area had the largest winery in Southern California!
Pasadena resident Joe Colletti, Executive Director of the nonprofit, Mama’s Small Business Kitchen Incubator in the area says, “What we like to see is people venturing to a different
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The beer flowed like wine as Mardi Gras Committee Co-Chair Sherry Taylor (right) tended the bar Tuesday night along with Olivia Davis and Wendy Rivas of Methodist Hospital's Human Resources Department. - Photo by Terry Miller
By Bill Peters
Richard Schulhof was named Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden by the County Board of Supervisors in August of 2009. He stepped down as Deputy Director of the Arnold Arboretum to return to his Southern California roots, arriving here just in time to take the reins of the 127 acre garden wonderland in October. Now, as SchulContinued on Page 4
(Paid for by the Campaign to Re-Elect Peter Amundson)
Workers are completing a restoration project at the Depot at the Arboretum. The historic train station exhibit will re-open in a few weeks.