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Thursday, July 22 - July 28, 2010
Sierra Madre Residents Win Water Battle - For Now A press release was issued by Sierra Madre Clerk Nancy Shollenberger Sunday. “Pursuant to the City’s Guidelines For the Submission and Tabulation of Protests, I, Nancy Sue Shollenberger, duly elected City Clerk of the City of Sierra Madre, have tabulated and determined the validity of the written protests to the City’s proposed water fee increase. I hereby find and give notice that there were 1,898 written protests. Accordingly, a majority of parcel owners, who would have been impacted by the proposed fee increase, have submitted written protests. I n a dd it ion t o t he above-mentioned 1,898 written protests, I also noted that the City Clerk’s Office received an additional 151 written protests which were duplicates, and/or did not qualify to be counted, two letters requesting their letters be withdrawn and one letter in favor of the water rate increase, which were not tabulated, along with 26 received after the deadline imposed by the City Council. Nancy Sue Shollenberger City Clerk P.S.The City Clerk did not have access to the Assessor’s Parcel Numbers List/Owner’s Names. If this list is made available to her, she will be happy to check the list again.” In recent weeks the city has faced numerous water mains breaks indicating a serious problem of aging water pipes and related infrastructure The 90 year old pipes, many corroded beyound repair and will need to be replaced. The city’s request for a rate increase in the water rates was overwhelmingly opposed by residents but wont be confirmed until next week.
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Local Women Honored by Local Legislators at Annual Awards Ceremony
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ore t han 550 busi ness women, community lleaders and supporters packed the ballroom at the Pasadena Hilton for the 11th Annual Women in Business Awards and Legislative Update sponsored by area legislators. The annual event hosted by state Sen. Carol Liu, Assemblymember Anthony Portantino and Asemblymember Mike Gatto, honored twentyfive businesswomen from Los Angeles, San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys whose professional skills and commitment to community have made them outstanding leaders and role models. “These women are leading the way into the 21st Century economy,” said Liu, D-La Canada Flintridge. Brigadier Genral Mary J. Kight, the Adjutant General of the California National
Guard and the Director of State’s Military Department gave the keynote speech encouraging women who are charting a new course in a new economy. General Kight is the first female general and first African-American women to lead a National Guard in the United States. “I am pleased to acknowledge these terrifc business leaders from my district,” said Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge. “And, I am especially pleased that Brigadier General Kight, a dynamic leader for California, could join us for this special day.” Recently elected Assemblymember Gatto (D-Los Angeles) appearing on videotape, applauded the 25 honorees for their accomplishments and invited District 43 constituents to call on his office. The Women in Business Awards recog nize
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Beacon Media Publisher Appoints New Editor
Summertime and the Living is easy - La Pintoresca Branch library’s park was perhaps the coolest place for kids last weekend with temperatures topping 100 degrees during the heat wave. The water park is one of Pasadena’s more popular venue’s this time of year. While the humidity ( for now) has gone, it seems that temperatures in the 80’s -90’s will be with us for the summer. - Photo by Terry Miller See more on Page 16
Excessive Chlorine Sends 17 People to Hospital after Being in Arcadia County Park Swimminmg Pool Subsequent to the “inordinate amount of chlorine inadvertently being released into the pool” at Los Angeles County’s Arcadia Park during a public swimming session, seventeen children were taken to local hospitals and another seventeen oth-
ers were decontaminated Monday morning. The circumstances surrounding the unnecessary amount of chlorine released is still under investigation. Fire and rescue and police vehicles surrounded the area shortly before
noon, followed by the media, reporting stories on local television, radio, and newspapers. The Arcadia Police Department, alongside the Fire Department, received a call and responded at ap-
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A new era in publishing is upon us. Here at Beacon Media News. The advent of online blogs amazes us . These “local news sites” that pop up like an unexpected gargantuan pimple suddenly appearing prominent ly on your nose two minutes before your very first date. This pimple, of course, shows up when you really don’t wish to deal with anything but the most gorgeous girl in the school! It is these sites that have caused a wee bit of concern in the boardrooms of newspapers, local, national and international. - Nothing a little Clearasil and a few disinfectants wipes can’t cure, methinks. There is, I purport, a great deal of optimism for the printed word - especia lly in communit y journalism. Indeed the Red-Bull addicted, twitter-text-facebook world wants information instantaneously or perhaps faster- I’m sure
that technology is coming to an Apple Store near you soon - Steve Jobs will probably call it - “ The iknowb4u Pad “. This technology will be so advanced that it will predict (with the utmost accuracy) any and every event 2-10 minutes before it actually happens anywhere in the world. From political decisions with world-wide implications to what your neighbor will be having for breakfast. However, until that time comes, Beacon Media News will rely on the old fashioned way of getting local news to you - we’ll , photograph it ; write about it and print it, every Thursday. We will, of course, utilize the technology of our popular websites too which we’ll endeavor to update frequently. Not everyone ‘Tweets’, does Facebook or even has access to a computer all the time. We know this first hand as Beacon
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