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AHS Constitution Team Wins National Title By Susan Motander and Nuria Mathog T he A rca d ia H ig h School Constitution team won the National Championship in a competition which was held over the weekend in Washington D.C. The team of thirty high school seniors had won the state competition earlier this year. “Out of all the academic or athletic teams there are, I honestly believe t hat t he “We t he People” program is the most “tea m-l i ke,” sa id team member Derek Ha. ”I feel like the luckiest person in the world for having gotten to go through all of this. Working with these people - especially my unit - is challenging, frustrating, stimulating, inspiring, but above all, humbling. I think we all expected it [winning nationals] and did not expect it at the same time. All of us knew we could do it, but the fact that it truly happened is still unbelievable. To next year’s team: Mr. Fox deserves many more national titles...bring him
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Thursday, April 29 - May 5, 2010 Volume XV, No. XXVI
THISMoves WEEK Doo Dah Parade East this Saturday
Corky Peterson is this year’s Grand Marshal of the world’s funniest parade. The 2010 Doo Dah Queen is none other than Erica Valentine, guitar player extraordinaire. - Photo by Terry Miller After 33 years in the the Doo Dah Parade was Old Pasadena retail and actually born. This year enter t a inment dist r ict , the ever-present element the Doo Dah Parade will of surprise and hilarity bring its notorious brand will again run full throttle of wackiness across town when inventive, if zany, on Saturday, May 1st, step- art cars and floats accomping off at 11:00am. The pany a legion of frolickers relocation to East Colo- past the mom-n-pop shops rado Boulevard places the along their shady tree-lined parade in an older, retro streets. neighborhood reminiscent Comprising this year’s of its long-ago ‘Old Town’ visual fare will be such roots. In fact, this year’s wildly diverse entries as a Grand Marshal is Corky fleet of motorized “Kinetic Peterson, former proprietor Continued on Page 19 of Chromo’s Tavern where
Detective Doney MAP Celebrated Reorganized Council Picks Mosca for Mayor, Disgusted with in Library Park Buchanan Tapped as Pro-Tem MacGillivray Dirty Duarte By Susan Motander Offers Lone Doctor Decision Dr. Daniel Healy, Duarte’s Dirty Drug Doctor has finally been sentenced after several postponements. Federal Judge Manuel Real sentence the doctor to just 4 years, less than even his attorney had requested. In the sentencing, the Judge remarked that by his conviction alone, Healy had lost his livelihood and entire lifestyle. Healy’s attorney had requested leniency and asked that he be sentenced to only 5 years. The federal prosecutor had requested
No, this was not a celebration of cartographers, but rather of community. Monrovia Area Partnership (MAP) which is sponsored by the City of Monrovia shared the joy of community with the community. T here were boot hs from various departments of the city including the police and fire departments as well as public works. There were also booths from the other sponsors of the event. In addition to the city sponsorship assistance was received from the Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills, the Gas Company, Distinctive Proper-
Joe Mosca was selected the city’s new mayor on Tuesday night, replacing MaryAnn MacGillivray in what was one of the city’s most contentious elections in Sierra Madre’s history. The vote was 4 -1 w it h MacGillvary voting nay on both the Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem appointments. John Buchanan is now Sierra Madre’s Mayor Pro Tem. When long time clerk Nancy Shollenberger called up the newly elected council member Joe Mosca for swearing in, the audience
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By Susan Motander
Dissent on Both
Joe Mosca was selected Mayor at Tuesday’s Sierra Madre City Council reorganization. Pictured with Mosca is City Clerk Nancy Shollenberger. - Photo by Terry Miller