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A Look Back Five Years After the Sierra Madre Fire of 2008 LIVING TRU by Lori Koop The Right Brain Business Coach Page 14 SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2013 VOLUME 7 NO. 17 COUNCIL REORGANIZES - NANCY WALSH BECOMES MAYOR Photo and Story by Susan Henderson tation Districts of Los Angeles County. In an interview held with Walsh in 2012, she noted that “serving the citi- Following the long standing tradition of rotating council zens of Sierra Madre requires ones undivided attention. members through the positions of Mayor Pro Tem and It is no easy task, and also requires great sacrifice”. Prior Mayor, Nancy Walsh was unanimously elected Mayor of to serving on the council, Walsh served as Chair of the the City of Sierra Madre. In the town’s history, she is only city’s Senior Community Commission. the fourth female to hold such a position,three of which held the position within the last decade. (Enid Joffe, Mary An outspoken critic of the “protracted” General Plan Ann MacGillivray - who actually was elected Mayor twice, process, she is not known for biting her tongue when it and now Mayor Walsh). comes to facing the challenges of sitting on the council. The former CEO of LA County Coastal Outpatient Clin- Walsh was first elected to the council in 2010 and has been ics, she has two daughters Jennifer & Melissa, two-son’s in a very active member holding such positions as Board law and three granddaughters. Member of San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments aka. SGVCOG, Member of the Energy, Environment and Many Sierra Madreans will remember her also for surviv- Natural Resources Committee (of SGVCOG), Council ing the hostage situation in Mumbai in 2008 while vaca- Liaison to Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce, Council tioning. An avid world traveler, she has set her suitcases Liaison to the Senior Community Services Commission, aside to take on the challenges of serving Sierra Madre as Council Liaison to Sierra Madre Library Board, Council a member of the City Council, and now as Mayor. Liaison to the Green Advisory Committee, and Alternate Sierra Madre’s reorganized council: (l to r) John Capoccia, Mayor Pro Tem Director to the Board of Directors of the County Sani- John Harabedian, Mayor Nancy Walsh, Chris Koerber and Josh Moran Inside this week: JOHN HARABEDIAN ELECTED MAYOR PRO TEM DESPITE EFFORT TO SIERRA MADRE CIRCUMVENT THE PROCESS Calendar Page 2 One of the last acts by outgoing Mayor Moran also shared a letter he had re- ber disputing Moran’s statements. Mosca who already served as Mayor Sierra Madre News Page 3/4 Josh Moran was to set into motion the ceived with some of the same admoni- When the matter was finally called for for this term. We have a tradition in Si- parameters for the council’s reorgani- tions. The resident went on to ask that a vote, a motion was made by Moran erra Madre that a councilmember can Sierra Madre Historical Pres- zation. He reminded the public that the position of Mayor Pro Tem be given and seconded by Walsh that John Har- only become Mayor and Mayor Pro ervation Society Showcases The traditions established for the better- to the person who received the most abedian be elected Mayor Pro Tem. At Tem once in a term. I cannot sit idly by Caldwell/Fairbank House ment of the community were impor- votes in the last election, Chris Koer- that point Capoccia offered a second while others attempt to undermine and tant. He also reminded those who may ber. To that, Moran objected. He ex- motion and nominated Chris Koerber game that system for personal gain.” have forgotten of the great divide that plained the procedure which allows for for the position. Koerber seconded his After several testy exchanges between PASADENA/ALTADENA was created when those traditions were each council member to serve as Mayor own nomination. Koerber and Harabedian, a vote was not followed in 2008 and 2009. Dur- Pro Tem and Mayor, and that it is based Harabedian expressed his disappoint- taken on the second motion. It was de- Pg. 5 ing those years, the council twice over- on Seniority not votes. He noted that, ment that “what should have been the feated 3 to 2. Armenian Genocide Memorial looked then Councilman Joe Mosca contrary to the writers statement, Ko- council’s finest hour” had become so When the original motion was called as Mayor Pro Tem and Mayor. What erber had not been the highest vote contentious. (Harabedian for Mayor Pro Tem) it followed were years of division in the getter, noting that Koerber’s race was “The issue is not very complicated. passed 4 to 1, with the only no vote AROUND SG Valley Pg. 6 community. It ultimately is said to a special election, not the regular elec- Councilman Koerber is not eligible to coming from Koerber. have cost Mary Ann MacGillivray her tion. Much discussion followed with become Mayor Pro Tem because he is Christopher Nyerges On What re-election. Councilmen John Capoccia and Koer- filling the vacancy of councilman Joe S. Henderson/MV News Every Hiker Should Take With Them A LOOK BACK FIVE YEARS AFTER THE SIERRA MADRE Bob Eklund’s Looking Up ARCADIA NEWS Pg. 7 FIRE OF 2008 – ARE WE READY IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN? Photos and Story By Bill Coburn, Sierra Madre News.Net A Walk of Champions Comes To Arcadia Saturday, April 26th, 2008, started out like many other spring days in Sierra Madre. Blue skies, a high of 80 degrees expected, and multiple community activities scheduled. The City was going to hold dedication ceremonies for its first new park in thirty years, Goldberg Park in honor of long-time residents MONROVIA/DUARTE Milton and Harriet Goldberg that morning. Later in the day, at Memorial Park, the now defunct Community Arts Commission was going to hold a Jazz Festival First Responders & The Pg. 8 featuring live music. Little did folks who planned to attend both events realize as Madison Fire they left the first one, that the second one would never take place. The Jazz Festival was cancelled because a fire, dubbed the Santa Anita Fire by state and federal fire officials, broke out at about 3pm in the mountains above EDUCATION & YOUTH Sierra Madre. The fire burned for several days, ultimately burning 584 acres at PUSD schools receive Pg. 9 the time of its containment on May 1st. Two hundred thirty eight acres were in national recognition the Angeles National Forest, and three hundred forty six acres were within the FOOD & DRINK Pg. 10 Peter Dills & Greece BEST FRIENDS Pg. 12 Harmonius, Happy Hummer of Sierra Madre had a new sense of community and appreciation for one another THE GOOD LIFE Pg. 13 and emergency personnel. Savvy Senior Sierra Madre Fire Department Senior Happenings In recognition of their efforts, the entire Sierra Madre Fire Department was LA County’s Air Quality named Grand Marshal of the 2008 4th of July Parade. I asked Fire Chief Steve Heydorff to assist with this article, and he was kind enough to do so. HEALTHY LIVING Pg. 14 SMNN: How has the Fire Department improved its preparedness for the next fire? Chief Heydorff: Our Fire Department has changed a lot in the last five years; the most significant change being that we now have 24-hour staffing of both the ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT RA and fire engine. Our 24-hour manning at the station has also improved our BUSINESS TRENDS Pg. 15 response time to the scene of any fire. corporate boundaries of Sierra Madre. Five minor injuries were reported, and The addition of full-time paid Captains is just one aspect in the Fire Department’s at one point more than 1,000 firefighters were assigned to the fire. Just after increase in preparedness. The other aspects are more training hours for both OPINION Pg. 16 midnight on Sunday morning the 28th, the City Council, under the leadership firefighters and officers; and we have received a new fire engine since the Santa LEFT TURN/RIGHT TURN of Mayor Kurt Zimmerman, had an emergency meeting to declare the City to Anita Fire. Communication is always the number one complaint on any after be in a state of emergency, freeing up resources from outside agencies to assist in action review of a fire; community donations, like the radios from Rotary, help at fighting the fire. a time when we were very low on new digital radios. PUBLIC NOTICES Pg. 17 Two Red Cross shelters were set up. Approximately 1000 people were evacuated from Oak Crest Drive across Carter Avenue to East Mira Monte Avenue, Thanks to increased training and the change in staffing models we have improved Sierra Madre Ordinance continuing down Mountain Trail Avenue, across Grandview Avenue to Santa from an ISO rating of class IV to a class III. However, the City still has the same PUSD Notice of Intent Anita Avenue. A wedding party of 45 people and four pets were helicoptered out levels of reciprocity as it did five years ago - mutual aid. from Sturtevant Camp, it took five helicopter trips to move them all. One of the most important aspects of any fire is finance. The fires out, the engines LEGAL NOTICES The people of Sierra Madre banded together as a community to help each other go home, the firefighters pat each other on the back and have great stories for and the emergency personnel fighting the fire, controlling traffic, and keeping out the rest of their careers. Now the work of the Fire Chief and the City’s Finance Pgs. 18-21 looters (there was a false report that houses in the evacuation area were robbed).
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