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Volume XV, No. XXXVI
Bonds Evanne Freeman Selected as 2011 Rose Queen Beach Boys Sierra Madre Perform at Bonds Methodist Hospital’s A Tale of Two Crystal Ball Cities BY TERRY MILLER
BY TERRY MILLER Perhaps it was the rain, perhaps it was the celebration at the Buc but the council chambers was not at capacity for the initial part of Tuesday evening’s special water meeting. It’s not exactly Dickens but the deep division among residents who braved the elements to attend council Chambers Tuesday evening was robustly evident. One side deeply believes that the city failed to notify the citizens legally about the potential water rate hike claiming a violation of Prop 218. The other side, if you will, believes the city has the best interest(s) of the citizens in mind and agree that the city’s infrastructure of aged pipes need replacing and that a water rate increase is not only necessary it is vital to helping the city keep the quality of Sierra Madre water. Former mayor Kurt Zimmerman and John Crawford, two of the four people who penned a letter
Kathryn Thomas , left, reacts the moment Evanne Freeman was selected as 2011 Rose Queen at the Pasadena Convention Center’s Gold Room Tuesday morning - Photo by Terry Miller
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vanne Elizabeth Friedmann , 17, from La Canada High was selected as the 93rd Rose Queen at a special ceremony held, for the first time in
Rose Parade history, indoors Tuesday morning. The ceremony, which usually takes place at Tournament House, was relocated to the Gold Room of the
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20th Annual Make a Difference Day Did Just That!
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Barbara Eden Kicks off Wildlife Waystation Fundraiser This Sunday in Pasadena
Photo by Terry Miller
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attends La Canada High School and resides in La Canada Flintridge. She is a member of National Char-
Volunteers Make a World of Difference for Their Neighbors on the 20th Make a Difference Day
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A Jeannie and a Painted Pony will kick off the fundraising season, October 24, for the Wildlife Waystation, the non profit wild and exotic animal SANCTUARY based in the Angeles national Forest, just outside Los Angeles .
Pasadena Convention Center due to the rains which blanketed our area for the past few days. Rose Queen Evanne Elizabeth Friedmann, 17,
The Volunteer Center of San Gabriel Valley in partnership with the City of Monrovia is hosted the 20th Annual Make a Difference Day, Saturday, October 16, 2010. Make a Difference Day is a national day of volunteering that matches local residents with community service projects. In a single day, over 350 local volunteers completed projects for the Monrovia community through painting, planting, organizing and cleaning. Participating volunteer groups included: UPS, Santa Anita Family
Services, Monrovia Old Home Preservation Group, Rebuilding Together, LDS Church, Boy Scout Troop 143, YMCA, Re/Max Premier Properties, Girl Scout Troop 7621, Red Cross, Boy Scout Troop 180, United Methodist Church, Immaculate Conception School, Boys’ & Girls’ Club, Relay for Life, Monrovia High School Key Club, Monrovia Rotary, Canyon Oaks High School, Girl Scout Troop 507, DH Construction, Monrovia Kiwanis, Mon-
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The Methodist Hospital Foundation’s 21st annual Crystal Ball 2010, with the Beach Boys was held Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Pasadena Convention Center for an intimate crowd of about 1000. Mike Love and Bruce Johnston were on top form Saturday night playing a relatively long set of their hits over the past 5 decades. From such classics as God Only Knows to Help Me Rhonda and Fun Fun Fun, the legendary band did not disappoint the $350 a plate dinner guests. Of course, when the Beach Boys played The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, they brought down the house. Bruce Johnston encouraged the audience on to its collective feet to hit the dance-floor. Leader and front man Mike Love is one of rock’s foremost songwriters. With his cousin, Brian Wilson, Love wrote the classics “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I Get Around,” “Help Me Rhonda,” “California Girls” and the Grammy-nominated “Good Vi-
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Rosemary Children’s Services Celebrates 90 Dozens of Rosemary Children’s Services supporters, volunteers, and staff gathered at the historic Cottage, the oldest residential care facility of Rosemary Children’s Services, built in 1928 and home to 19 teenage foster girls, on October 13, 2010 to attend the Agency’s Annual Open House and 90th Anniversary Celebration.
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