CINEMA RETURNS to SIERRA MADRE CITY of SIERRA MADRE ANNOUNCES INTERIM Generosity and a Good Cause Has Brought Cinema the SMP
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SIERRA MADRE EDITION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018 VOLUME 12 NO. 08 CINEMA RETURNS TO SIERRA MADRE CITY OF SIERRA MADRE ANNOUNCES INTERIM Generosity and a good cause has brought cinema the SMP. As she drove up Baldwin Avenue for back to Sierra Madre. Ninety-four years after its the first time, she was taken aback at the beauty FIRE CHIEF KURT NORWOOD first film screened, Sierra Madre resident Carolyn of the tree-lined street and cute older homes and Dasher has generously donated a screen to bring dreamed of living in such a lovely place. Sierra Madre, CA – The City of Sierra Madre has selected Kurt films back to the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Her `In 2000, her dreams came true and she became Norwood to serve as Interim Fire Chief while it initiates recruitment contribution is motivated by her desire to have a SM homeowner and has cherished her time of a Fire Chief. Chief Norwood begins his service to Sierra Madre the Playhouse be the venue for the Wild and in our City. In 2015, she was concerned about on the heels of Fire Chief Steve Heydorff’s retirement. Stephen Scenic Film Festival on Saturday, March 10, 2018. the drought and Sierra Madre’s beautiful trees. Heydorff served as Fire Chief for the Sierra Madre Fire Department On Feb. 2, 1924, the silent film “The Virginian” Trees need deep root water. So she began a for almost 10 years. opened at what was then called the Wisteria sheet mulching and swale project at her home to Chief Nowood began his career with the Arcadia Fire Theater with a thirty cent admission and fifteen capture the rain water and to lessen the rain run- Department as a paramedic in 1987, and went on to serve as cents for children. The theater ,owned by Mr. and off to get the trees the water they so need. Captain, Battalion Chief, Deputy Chief, and Fire Chief until he Mrs. Mason Brown showed silent films with an To educate citizens on how they can collect retired in 2016. organist and seating for 300. Research indicates the precious rain to protect their trees, she held Soon after he retired, the City of Montebello contracted Chief that the Browns didn’t have it long. It closed after community garden classes at her home and taught Norwood to serve as Interim Fire Chief while they searched for a a year, but was reopened in 1930 by J. Coburn a Water Harvesting class for the City. Subsequently, Fire Chief. at the very time that sound was finding its way she was appointed as a Commissioner to the Chief Norwood is highly respected in the Verdugo System as well into films. Coburn installed a sound system and Sierra Madre Energy, Environment and Natural as with area Fire Chiefs. His extensive experience, knowledge, and brought the first ‘talkies’ to Sierra Madre. Resources Commission. credibility will help the Fire Department through the transition to a On March 14, 1930 the theater ran the ad: In 2016, the EENR Commission began the full-service Fire Department. Best and Latest Sound Equipment Now Installed! Sierra Madre First Annual Wild and Scenic Film These pictures are 100 percent Talking” Festival in conjunction with the Mono Lake COUNCIL TO FILL UNEXPIRED CITY CLERK TERM Unfortunately Coburn’s dream seems to have Committee bringing environmental films to the On Tuesday, February 27th the applications to fill the unexpired The applicants are (in alphabetical faded a year later with the depression. According City of Sierra Madre. Films were shown in the Sierra Madre City Council is likely to term of the City Clerk. Government order): to a Mar 26, 1940 newspaper article, the then- City Council Chambers, but outgrowing that do something that hasn’t been done Code Section 36512(b) provides owner of the building, Milton Weber, refurbished venue, Dasher targeted the Playhouse for this in more than 40 years, appoint a new the City Council with the option • Christopher 0. Bamberger the building once again, including seats 800 year’s festival. To overcome only obstacle, no City Clerk. Due to the resignation of appointing a City Clerk to serve • Carolyn Joy Dasher seats!!!! screen, she generously donated one, bringing the of the elected City Clerk last month, the remainder of the vacant term, • Alexandra E. Potter-Watts the position has been vacant. Below until April, 2020. The Council may • Sue Ann Spears The theater then ran full-length movies Playhouse into a new era of both award winning is the staff report on the matter: only appoint an elector of the City continuously through the ‘60s. Some current plays AND films for the benefit of the entire (e.g., a City resident and registered Duties and stipend of the City Clerk: Sierra Madre residents remember “two features Sierra Madre Community. SUMMARY voter). The decision to appoint The statutory duties of a City Clerk, and a cartoon for a nickel” and seeing Gone With The City Council received notice must be made within 60 days of whether elected or appointed, are set the Wind and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Wild and Scenic Film Festival from elected City Clerk Melinda the commencement of the vacancy. forth in Government Code Section sometime during that period. This year’s Wild and Scenic Film Festival is Carrillo resigning her position The last day Council may make an 40801 through 40811, and as they effective January 5, 2018. At the appointment is March 6, 2018. pertain to the City of Sierra Madre, According to old L.A. Times Independent on Saturday, March 10 from 7:00–9:30pm. January 9, 2018 meeting the Council are as follows: Theater Guide listings, it was known as the and features eight short, beautiful films about directed staff to solicit applications City staff advertised the vacancy Bogart Theatre from 1968 to 1971, and showed wilderness, community, belonging, and to fill the unexpired term of the City through social media, on the City’s • keep an accurate record art house films like Closely Watched Trains and empowerment through the lens of skiing, Clerk. website, through press releases of the proceedings of the legislative Ingmar Bergman’s The Touch. mountaineering, climbing, trail running, and ANALYSIS to several media outlets, and in body About 1970, Frank Green purchased the more. City Clerk Carrillo was elected the City’s bi-weekly electronic • --keep-and record all city to City Clerk in the April 2016 newsletter. A notice was also ordinances with the clerk’s certificate building and divided it, with a foreshortened For more information and tickets, including Municipal General Election to published in the City’s adjudicated annexed to each, auditorium and small storefronts on either side film lineups and sponsors, check out the Wild & serve a four (4) year term. City newspaper, Mountain Views which record, with the certificate, of a central aisle in the front portion He showed Scenic Film Festival, Los Angeles website or call Clerk Carrillo provided her letter of News. Staff has received four (4) constitutes prima facie evidence of movies, mostly Disney and cartoons for kids on (760)6476595. For a limited time, you can also resignation effective January 5, 2018. applications and provided them the contents of each ordinance and Saturdays. In the ‘70s, the theater changed hands use promo code MONOLAKE to save 20% on Government Code Section 36512(b) to the City Council in advance of its passage and publication and is again and was transformed into the Sierra Madre general admission. All proceeds go to the Mono states “the Council shall, within 60 of this meeting for their review. admissible as such evidence in any days from the commencement of The applicants were all previously court or proceedings; and act as the Playhouse and the rest is a lot more history. Lake Committee’s Outdoor Education Center the vacancy, either fill the vacancy notified that the Council would be custodian of the city seal programs that bring students from Los Angeles by appointment or call a special discussing an appointment at the The stipend paid to the appointed Dasher Brings It All Home to the Mono Basin to learn about the source of election to fill the vacancy.” February 27, 2018 City Council City Clerk will be $250 per month Carolyn Dasher’s first visit to Sierra Madre in the their water through five days of life changing At the January 9, 2018 meeting meeting. beginning March 1, 2018 and 90s was to audition for the play Blithe Spirit at outdoor experiences. the Council directed staff to solicit concluding April 2020. Creative Arts Group is proud to present Art in our gallery for the weekend of March 2nd. Bloom 2018, an art exhibition pairing the area’s The peningo reception with wine and hors finest floral designers with work from our most d’oeuvres will be held Friday, March 2nd from 7-9 talented artists. Floral designers will create an pm at Creative Arts Group, 108 N. Baldwin Ave. arrangement based on their interpretation of Sierra Madre, CA 91024. selected art pieces. The art work and the floral The hows will continue Saturday, March 3rd interpretation will be displayed side-by-side in from 10-5 pm, and Sunday, March 4th 11-4 pm. Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com 2 Mountain View News Saturday, February 24, 2018 COMMUNITY CALENDAR Weather Wise 6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca. Sun Sunny Hi 50s Lows 30s Mon: Rain 30% Hi 50s Lows 30s Tues: Rain 35% Hi 40s Lows 20s Wed: Sunny Hi 50s Lows 30s Thur: Sunny Hi 50s Lows 30s Fri: Sunny Hi 40s Lows 30s KIWANIS CLUB OF SIERRA MADRE Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service MEET OUR FRIENDS FROM THE PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY! CITY OF SIERRA MADRE CALENDAR OF EVENTS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2018 12 NOON Unless otherwise noted, all meetings listed below are held at City Lunch begins at Noon and is $10.