WEEKLY NEWS FOR SIERRA MADRE AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES Friday, October 27- November 2, 2006 Volume 1, No.5 Council Approves The Pumpkin Supremacy Largest Public Works Project Ever including six robust beauties the block, they said. that weigh over 100 pounds “The neighbors across the Votes Down Emergency 2-30-13 Ordinance apiece. street from us had four kids and “I slowed way down,” said we had our kids plus the ones By Dean Lee said Zimmerman it,” said Mosca. “I’m Switzer. “After my son left and from down the street - it adds Councilmember not comfortable went back to Alabama a few up,” Switzer said. “There were The Sierra Don Watts was the reversing that many years ago, I just haven’t been a lot of kids around the area Madre City Council only other person years of policy.” able to keep it up. With the 35 back then.” voted unanimously to vote in favor of Mosca also talked the ordinance and about the lack of or so I have now it will take me He said both Monrovia and Tuesday in favor of the most expensive many residents said an Environmental until Halloween just to carve Hastings Ranch have events, public works project they thought this Impact Report (EIR) them all.” but those are too planned out in the city’s 100- was no big surprise. on the ordinance, Switzer said 10 years ago and controlled, so people like to year history with an The 3-2 vote was questioned where the he would, along with his son, come to Sierra Madre. estimated cost of 9.7 quickly becoming city would upzone the standard on if it downzoned carve out hundreds of pumpkins “I think people like the million. The projectdevelopment issues, downtown and and display them Halloween feeling here,” Grijalva said. “Its calls for the Mira they said. added there would be night. At times he said his son friendly. That’s it.” Monte reservoirs Zimmerman lawsuits. However, Kevin carved out pumpkins Switzer said that his neighbor and booster said he thought neither the proposed that weighed more than two three doors down from him pump stations to the city needed ordinance nor the the ordinance proposed initiative hundred pounds. One year normally grows large pumpkins be replaced and retrofitted to provide because developers have any provisions Kevin received the Sumo of all for Halloween, but because a seismically reliable were planning that would cause Squash, an 829-pound pumpkin of this year’s drought, he lost water system to the a high density the downtown to be to carve. the patch and had to resort city in the event of condominium downzoned. “I think another year we had to buying them along with an emergency. project for the While Councilman downtown area in Mosca was over 300 of them,” he said. “The everybody else. It was announced at the meeting the very near future. concerned that the funny thing is there have been a “I think this is a cult, they that the work will He also asked that council was moving few years I skipped and people trade pumpkin seeds like they be completed by the ordinance be too fast, earlier got mad. They would come up are sacred,” Switzer said. Spiess Construction amended to include this month, Mosca to the house demanding to know “You’ll hear them talk, ‘I’ll Company, Inc. all projects along the voted in favor of an Photo By Jacqueline Truong during Halloween. One year, a which successfully East Montecito area. amended Hillside where the pumpkins were.” WUDGH\RXWZRRIWKHVHIRU¿YH City Manager John Management Zone busload of tourists from China won the contract According to both Switzer and of your seeds.’ It must work after an open bid Gillison confirmed ordinance rushed By Dean Lee trundled through the town to Grijalva, the Alegria Avenue though because you should process. recent plans for a to beat the Nov. EHKROG WKH JUDYH\DUGV À\LQJ Halloween Extravaganza began see some of the pumpkins they development project 7 election date in There they were sitting in ghosts and bubbling cauldrons in 1971. Everyone had kids on grow.” Emergency in the downtown fear of a passing front of BeanTown, Bud Switzer that decorated front lawns Ordinance and said that Proposition 90. building plans had The emergency and John Grijalva, legends in gauzy with spider webs. The most contentious item been submitted but ordinance was the city of Sierra Madre when “I’ve had family that said they on the agenda, had been rejected put forth with the it comes to Halloween, having turned around after seeing the however, was by the Planning same reasoning carved thousands of pumpkins WUDI¿F MXVW WR JHW XS WKH KLOO´ Council member Commission. behind passing an over the years and displaying Grijalva said. “I’ve heard it Kurt Zimmerman’s “As we have found HMZ ordinance, out this evening something which them all along Switzer’s backs up at Foothill.” effort to provide Sierra Madre with an there was a plan the council passed. driveway on Alegria Avenue. Switzer added that the freeway urgency ordinance for a multi-story The council Switzer himself said he is can back up for miles. “My son prohibiting building with a chamber was single-handedly responsible said it could take him hours just development in the density of higher packed with for the chaos that surrounds to get up the hill,” he said. “If Downtown Overlay than 55 units per Downtown Specific acre,” Zimmerman Plan supporters that the estimated 10,000 people you don’t get here early you’re Zone in excess of the existing general plan said. broke out in a cheer that come to the city every year not going to make it up the provisions. “What I Council Member after the vote. Webb during Halloween. So many so, hill.” see this as, is a stop Joe Mosca said Martin realtor Carol that City Manager John Gillison Switzer sat sipping on his gap measure until that he thought Canterbury, smiled said the city now needs “event coffee then explained that he the Downtown the council was saying “Now that’s moving too fast. the way they should planning” since the population had just gotten a new shipment Specific Plan either passes or the people “To move forward vote.” swells to almost twice normal of pumpkins to carve this year, vote on 2-30-13.” would be rushing Shirley Meets McScary Bradbury Terry Bing Memorial Saturday Oct. 28 Details Page 3 Photos by Gloria Prins
Harvest Festival This Edition Hosts 1,000 at St. Rita’s 1 Pumpkin An evening of fun for children and adults at St. Rita’s Annual Supremacy Harvest Festival last Saturday raised at least $50,000, according to PTO Board Member Andrea Bertollini. The Football Toss was still crowded past 11 p.m. and at that late Citizens hour, people were still carrying out pots of lavender, sage and roses 2 Datebook from the Garden Shop sponsored by Norman’s Nursery. Other donors included Paulina’s Catering, Gordon Biersch Restaurant & Ron Cooper Brewery, Chiquita Bonita, T-Burgers, Savor the Flavor, Starbucks, 3 Photo By Nard Kardell and Cycling Fremont Theater in South episode of Rod Serling’s The Bottle Shop, the Ellis Family and the church’s Women’s Guild By Shirley Moore and Men’s Club. Pasadena (and possibly Twilight Zone, although an 4 1,000 Cranes Master storyteller Ray extending through entirely different sensual Bradbury’s favorite season November 19; please call experience when viewed is upon us, and with the theater for confirmation) live. The story unfolds on 5 Something advent of autumn come the are two short plays adapted a man whose uncertain New: reminders of this season of from stories written by mortal state drives him Videophones transitions: piles of cast-off Mr. Bradbury, directed by to lethal determination of crackling leaves, ripening longtime Bradbury artistic his function in a futuristic 6 Trick or pumpkins, darkening associate Alan Neal Hubbs world where death and Treat? days and the whisper of a (the first to produce a stage dying are denied their adaptation of “The Martian proper due. chill in the air and down Bird’s Eye the spine—the best time Chronicles” in 1970), and “Touched with Fire” 7 produced by Bradbury and (world premiere) revolves View with of year to stage a Ray Pat Birdsall Bradbury piece. Running Mindy Brandt. around the efforts of two through November 5 at the “Pillar of Fire” is retired insurance salesmen Mr. reminiscent of a satisfying (continued on page 5) 8 Youngblood Mt. Wilson Observer - A 'HX[DPLV3XEOLFDWLRQ:6LHUUD0DGUH%OYG6LHUUD0DGUH&D 2I¿FH )D[ www.mtwilsonobserver.com 2 THE MT. WILSON OBSERVER | October 27- November 2, 2006 Weather Wise Warnings Wise 5-Day Forecast for Sierra Madre, Ca. Do you know exactly what your weather person means when they use the following terms?:
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Citizens’ Datebook Seniors Reserve Your Spot Saturday, October 28 8:00 am - noon Today! Bailey Canyon Fall Clean Up Thursday, November 16 Sponsored by Sierra Madre Environmental A Deluxe Excursion Council Tour Rogers Gardens in 11:00 am Corona del Mar, known Sierra Madre Boulevard in Just dying to repeat Memorial for Environmentalist Terry Bing for holiday inspiration Sons of The Wild Pilot Pasadena for “hand packed history? and decorations. ice cream.” Monday, October 30 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Rogers offers exclusive “I think that was my “I’m on the veteran’s TheOrange County Downtown Dialogue artifacts in an elaborate father,” David Edwards wall,” said Edwards, and Business Journal reports Downtown Specific Plan world of nutcrackers, called from Corona to say so is his uncle and great- that residents of Newport Sponsored by Sierra Madre City Council & peppermints, pine he’d seen our column in the uncle. His mother’s name Beach will be voting Planning Commission boughs, angels and stars. Mt. Wilson Observer about was Fairbanks and they November 7 on a measure Youth Activity Center The gardens feature the daredevil pilot who not still have relatives who live called Greenlight II. 611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. unusual plants such as only strafed our town but in town. The slow-growth measure purple elephant ears, the – it turns out - waggled the Although Edwards was requires public votes on Thursday, November 2 3:00 pm Don Gillogly Avocado wings of the aircraft over the more cautionary one in large development projects. Senior Commission tree and spiral aloe from his home on Mariposa the family, he did go postal The first Greenlight 7:00pm the mountains in Lesotho, Street to wave hello and delivering the U.S. Mail. garnered 63% of the vote. Planning Commission Africa. shouted “Hi Mom!” before Kristine Thalman, Chief After the Gardens, lunch zooming away. Curtain Call Executive of the Orange at the landmark Five That was his father,Roy County chapter of FLU SHOTS Crowns, built in 1953 Edwards, who later moved Are actors and directors the Building Industry to replicate Ye Olde to Huntington Beach to Thursday-November 2nd 9 - 11:30 am aware that board members Association, calls the Bell at Hurley-on-the- work the oil rigs there. of the Sierra Madre measure “horribly flawed.” Adults 60 years of age and older at Thames in England. The Dad also used to ride Hart Memorial Park House Playhouse prevailed upon restaurant, also has an down Baldwin standing a representative to call the Where are the little blue 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre, Ca. English garden. on the seat of his Indian For more information call Dr. Neiby 626-355-1291 Mt. Wilson Observer to pills when you need them? Call Senior motorcycle, with his arms pull a free advertisement Commissioner Theresa out, recalled Edwards. for the play The Miracle At the last city council Daley for information at Sierra Madre Library Notes & Notices Roy’s other son, Douglas, Worker? So who needs an meeting, Dan Bryant, (626)-355-7427. inherited his father’s audience? who sold the Howie’s BARGAIN BOOKS TABLE daredevil genes. Perhaps the board Market site to its present SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC The Pasadena League of Women “He was 16 and I was members will fill seats development group, told EARLY HOLIDAY Voters Presents... SHOPPING LIBRARY five or six,” said Edwards themselves performance the city council: Election Musings: Are of his brother. “I’m lucky I after performance. “Would you like a The Friends of the Sierra HOLIDAY CLOSURE Madre Library will have a We Being Served? survived those years.” Big Managing Editor downtown like San brother would do things “Bargain Books Table” inside The Library will be closed on Thursday, Susan Henderson sent Marino? I don’t think so… the Library from Monday, Friday, November 10 in honor November 2 like make a rope pulley an email to the Playhouse I know and understand real November 6 through Saturday, of Veterans’ Day Women’s City Club system over a ravine and weeks ago regarding the estate… This draconian AND Thursday, November November 11. Biographies, 12DNODQG$YH put little brother David complimentary ad – a way measure would emasculate 23 through Sunday, November Pasadena fiction, and mysteries in good into a milk crate and haul for this paper to support the downtown…” 26 for the Thanksgiving parking at rear; enter off N. him over the chasm. condition will be sold for holiday. Madison artistic efforts in the $1 each during the Library’s 9:30 a.m. Registration Edwards’ good memories community. The ad was public open hours. 10:00 Panel include walking to the received weekly by over Discussion movie theater in town, 6,000 residents at no cost The Sierra Madre Public Library, which is located at 440 West Sierra and going to the dairy on Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre, is open Monday through Wednesday on the Initiative to the Playhouse. from noon to 9 p.m., Thursday and Friday from noon to 6 p.m., and 12:00 Process Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For further information on programs 12:45 Luncheon and services please visit the Library’s web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call (626) 355-7186. Afternoon WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS SUZANNA GUZMÁN PERFORMS “CANTA LUNA” Session: ON THE BOSTON COURT MAIN STAGE Election Quiz Show and Cafe 322 Beantown international opera Inka Vote 322 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 45 N. Baldwin Halloween companies. Plus Sing-A-Long Opera (626) 355-1596 Based on the writings Demonstration & Friday, October 27th Activities of Lorca, the show )RUUHVHUYDWLRQVSOHDVH Broadway Barry Schwamm, was compiled by the SKRQHWKH/HDJXHRI¿FH Every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, E\)ULGD\ Theramin Master production’s director, October 27 at noon. Pianist Danny Guerrero Saturday, October 28th October 31 Thor Steingraber, who Cost is $20.00, including with world class singers Archie Francis, also wrote additional UHJLVWUDWLRQIRUWKHSURJUDP. Domenico Zangeri, Norma Country & Western material. Steingraber Guerrero, Mario Storace, Trick or Treat has directed for leading Mark Almy, Diana Briscoe, Vive Dining & opera companies, Mario and Edalyn Lalli Lounge Downtown including Lyric Opera of and many more, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Chicago, San Francisco including you! Tuesday, October 31st Opera, LA Opera, Opera Free admission HALLOWEEN Costume Parade COSTUME PARTY Pacific, and New York BRIGHT IDEA 4:30 p.m. City Opera. Pianist is Founder Kim Clymer Lindy Hop Age 21 and Over John Ballerino, one of promotes the use of Every Thursday Free Entrance with Full from Kersting Court to the foremost experts on compact fluorescent at 7:30 p.m. Costume Memorial Park Sierra Madre’s own Spanish music. The cast bulbs via free All Ages- Teens to 90s Before 11pm Costume awards for 200 S. Euclid free parking opera diva Suzanna includes Danny Bolero, distribution. Clymer’s toddlers to teens in Guzmán in a workshop Marc Cardiff, Guzmán, organization aims to & free dance lessons from Every Sunday production of “Canta Margo Reymundo distribute more than 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. Salsa Dancing Luna.” Based on an idea and Vincent Zamora. 110 million bulbs $7 admission with Live Salsa Band! various categhoulies by Guzmán, “Canta Luna” Tickets for “Canta nation-wide. “If every www.lindygroove.com Free dance classes between is a passionate look at the Luna” are $25 and are household replaced one 4 and 5 p.m life and times of Federico available online at www. 60-watt bulb with one Dance until 10 p.m. Garcia Lorca, the Spanish Farmer’s Market Ages 21 and up bostoncourt.org. Senior compact fluorescent bulb Every Saturday poet and composer. and student discounts of the same brightness… 61 N. Raymond Avenue “Canta Luna” plays for 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pasadena are also available. reduction of greenhouse PHS Parking Lot six performances on the Zebulon Projects is gases emitted into the (626) 583-8483 Main Stage Oct. 30 - Nov. 2925 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. headed by raconteur air would be equivalent Pasadena 1 & Nov. 6 -8, 7:30 p.m. at and philanthropist Clark to removing 1.3 million Boston Court Performing Branson, who financed cars from the road,” PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. DISPOSE OF BATTERIES PROPERLY! Arts Complex, 70 North the Boston Court according to Bright At City Hall, Police Department, Library Mentor (at Boston Court). performing arts complex. Idea’s flyer. Alkaline/Zinc/Carbon NiCad – rechargeable Mercury (hearing aids and watches) Guzmán is a mezzo- Zebulon’s producer is For more information, Silver Oxide Lithium Ion (computers) Nickel Metal Hydride (cell phones) soprano and principal Mimi Champlin. call (626) 355-1629. soloist with many For more information, call (626) 355-7135 X803 The Teen Book Club - For readers in grades 7 and up in the Library basement. Enrollment is limited; please register at the Library. Now in its tenth year, the Teen Book Club encourages reading and peer discussion Starts Thursday, October 5 and runs twelve weeks through Thursday, of selected books under the guidance of Cathy Ryne, Young Adult Librarian. January 11, 2007, at the Sierra Madre Public Library. The program is free The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 West Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra (including books) and open to all students, from public and private schools Madre. For further information on this program and other Library programs and services and home schooling. The group will meet Thursday afternoons from 4 to 5 please visit the Library’s web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the (626) 355-7186.
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with Kyle McClure An Old Passion Arctic National Wildlife Refuge %\5RQ&RRSHU6LHUUD0DGUH5HVLGHQW I realize that 2001 was, like, half a decade ago (that’s fourteen U2 albums, six Madonna accents, sixty generations of butterflies) and it is probably stretching it a bit to be reporting on presidential press conferences that took place way back before today’s kindergarteners were even born. But I just couldn’t help myself. For one thing, that press conference on the Kyoto Accord was apparently the only a snowmobile repair shop with antlers time George Bush has ever actually said and offensive posters hanging from the the words “global warming” in public, so wall. if you have a column and you are fishing Kaktovik has a human population of for quotes, there just aren’t going to be a 276 of which, I can, with sincere and whole lot of bites. For another thing, I enthusiastic happiness, report that I didn’t have a column in 2001; I was busy am not one. Other animals you can spackling and painting the upstairs. find on the streets of Kaktovik, and Luckily the Bush Administration’s next door in the Refuge include: bears position on global warming has been (brown and black), wolves, wolverines, firm and steadfast, giving quotes from lynx, marten, musk ox, moose, caribou, 2001 a nice long shelf life, keeping them falcons, eagles, ducks and mergansers, relevant to us today (from the future we geese, and (during the 3.5 hour-long extend our thanks, Mr. President). summer) bazillions of mosquitoes. But, if you want, we can talk about The northernmost reaches of the something more current, more now, Rocky Mountains extend into the more late-breaking. How about 1960? Refuge, which lies along the continental Yes, that would be the year immediately divide. There are rushing rivers and following 1959, the very same year that placid lakes and blue skies and white the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was clouds and green trees just like you have created. seen in the brochure. Photo By Jacqueline Truong Peter Mathiessen, in an article called “Inside the Endangered Arctic Refuge” in last month’s New York Review of Books, Fortuitously, quitting stretching in all which call the lake their writes that the Arctic National Wildlife smoking two years ago directions. home I headed back Refuge is “the earth’s last sanctuary of and the ensuing weight You may have noticed toward Sierra Madre - the great ice age fauna.” It is, he says, gain reunited me with the bicyclists riding on top completing my loop on “one of the last places on earth where first love of my life - the of the dam as you travel the Upper Rio Hondo a human being can kneel down and Bicycle. north or south on the Trail, which also converges drink from a wild stream without being As a boy, a bike 605 Freeway? The dam at the Whittier Narrows measurably more poisoned or polluted represented fun, freedom is shaped like a crescent With the Mount Wilson than before.” and adventure. Today, each and the bike path on top as my compass point It is also, apparently, the place that can time I get on my bike I am of the dam is 3 miles from - having traveled the The Refuge is more than 19 million provide the solution to U.S. dependence catapulted back in time end to end. The views are majority of my 37 mile trek acres in the most isolated and remote on foreign oil. For, this past March, the - I immediately become breathtaking! on well-maintained paved corner of the United States (no, not U.S. Senate passed a bill authorizing oil that carefree young lad Looking south the trail bike trails - unencumbered Rancho Cucamonga… Alaska!). drilling in the refuge. And if the Senate with a spirit for fun and beckoned me to pedal by vehicular traffic on It was set aside by Fred Seaton, and the House of Representatives adventure. an additional 10 miles to a seasonably cool day Secretary of the Interior under Dwight (which had already passed such a bill) Thus far this year I Legg Lake - a beautifully - I returned home with Eisenhower, who was President when can reconcile their differences as to have pedaled over two scenic portion of the a sense of physical men wore hats and carried folded which gigantic corporations get which thousand miles. A paltry Whittier Narrows Dam achievement, mental and newspapers. Eight million acres of the massive tax breaks, soon the “great ice distance for the club riders and Recreational Region spiritual exhilaration and, Refuge are a designated “U.S. Wilderness age fauna” will be sharing their rivers we see swarming in and which also includes a what’s more, it was fun! Area,” and the rest are classified as and lakes with drilling rigs and men in around Kersting Court on wildlife preserve. This lake For pictures and “minimal management lands,” a useful, orange hardhats. So let’s talk about that, Saturday mornings but a is a veritable oasis of lush descriptions of this biking alliterative combination of words shall we? proud accomplishment green grass, trees, tranquil adventure please Google generated by a small (but earnest) for this recently turned 60 water and picnic tables “San Gabriel River Trail” committee of government workers who year-old who not that long aplenty and click on the first entry. thought they would best communicate ago was choking down After feasting on a I hope that the pictures the idea that this land is to be managed three packs of stinkerettes sandwich that had been will inspire and entice in a way that “maintains existing natural each and every day with stowed in my rack pack you to experience one of conditions and resources.” no thought or concept of and a brief respite to enjoy the beautiful bike trails The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge cardiovascular exercise the comical antics of the we have here in Southern has no roads, but there is a town – much less riding a bike. multitudinous waterfowl California. Happy Biking! Kaktovik – with competing Starbucks, Last Tuesday, as I am Coffee Beans, and Peet’s Coffee shops, prone to on my days off and a Hot Topic on the second floor of from work at Nobee’s the mall. Lies. Lies. I’m lying. But I Flower Shop, I jumped on will bet you money that you can find &KURQLFOHSKRWRE\.DW:DGH my Gary Fisher hybrid bike and sped out of Memorial for Environmental town, taking direct aim at the Santa Fe Dam and the Activist Terry Bing San Gabriel River Trail- a bike trail that extends A ceremony honoring Terry Bing will from the mouth of Azusa be held Saturday at Bailey Canyon Park Canyon all the way to Seal at 11 a.m. A plaque will be dedicated to Beach. Bing, who volunteered with the Sierra Accessing the trail in Madre Environmental Action Council for Duarte via an old railroad 14 years. Bing was also a member of The trestle that has since been Sierra Club, The Sierra Madre Mountain converted to a bicycle- Conservancy, the League of Women pedestrian bridge, I Voters and Friends of The Library. usually ride down to the Terry’s husband, Colin Bing, is expected 70-acre lake which is to speak, along with Midge Morash who hidden within the massive was Bing’s best friend. The event was stone architecture of the coordinated by SMEAC President Allison dam and eat my lunch. Wesley. The lake is stocked with The Bings also volunteered together trout, bass and catfish at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in and is a popular fishing Arcadia. spot for local residents “Terry loved Sierra Madre,” Bing said of who just want to relax his late wife. “The fact that it was close Photo courtesy of the Bing family and watch their cork bob to the action – and remote at the same in the water. time.” Today, however, with the Terry Bing passed away 18 months ago in March of 2005. crisp autumn air urging me onward, my journey Sierra Madre Centennial with Pioneer Days in October 2007. took me up and atop of Banner Sell Out the Santa Fe Dam where I Two-sided banners will be at 12 marveled at the panoramic See the Upper and Lower San Gabriel River trail maps and the The banner sales that will help prime downtown locations and view of the mountains Rio Hondo map for continuations. finance the planning, development two at the city’s western entry at and the San Gabriel Valley and implementation of activities Michillinda Avenue cost $1,000 each. for the Sierra Madre Centennial The 40 single-sided banners that will Celebration have completely sold line both sides of the boulevard cost out. The events celebrating the $500. milestone will begin Feb. 23 – the For more information contact Jackie incorporation date – and culminate Knowles at 626-355-6781.
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Michillinda Festival (626) 355-3463 Director Luella Wagner writes of their experience Saturday, October 28, Saturday October 28 10 am to 2 am Festival of Haunts Art Center College of 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Design Sierra Madre’s Premier Spooky House Hillside Campus Costume contests: Ages 3 to 6 at 5 p.m. 1700 Lida Street Ages 7 to 11 at 6 p.m. Pasadena Creepy Attic for older kids only. • Screenings Tickets $2 for kids 1 to 9, • Panel Discussions $3 ages 10 to 99. with Industry Leaders The Gooden School • Networking 192 N. Baldwin • Music and other (626) 355-2410 surprises! www.goodenschool.org • Featuring: Keynote Speaker Cara Mertes, Sunday, November 12 Director of the Open House from 1 to 3 p.m. Sundance Institute All classrooms open for current and Documentary Film prospective families Program • Michael Apted’s LaSalle High School latest chapter in the 3880 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Photo By Candace Siegle Students at Alverno make origami birds for the play One Thousand Cranes. famed UP series Pasadena 49 UP (626) 351-8951 “Possibly the most When I was asked to teachers, Karen Chavez, It is also a historical play. exciting use of the Sunday, November 5 direct the school play at who was in her late 20’s It deals with Hiroshima documentary medium Open House Alverno High School, also passed away from and Nagasaki, but in ever” 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm I wanted to come up a brain tumor. We are personal terms, and it New York Daily News with something really doing this play in honor shows the ravages of war • A special midnight Pasadena High School different. I had recently of them and also to bring and the effects that war screening of 2925 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. read an article on sacred peace and hope to our has. New York Doll Pasadena activism, which called for community. It also shows the courage (626) 798-8901 activism from a spiritual We are also folding of one person and how Advance Ticket Prices: perspective. It prompted cranes and will send them she dealt with adversity. Friday November 17th is the deadline for everyday people to search to the peace memorial Since Alverno is an $20 General Admission original stories, poems and art for within themselves and in Hiroshima in their all girls high school, I $15 ACCD alumni consideration in the PHS literary magazine find ways to incorporate honor. think this play has even and IDA members Submit your work to Dr. Verdi in G206 spiritual activism from This play reaches all more importance since $10 Students where they were in their levels of society and all the main character was (with valid ID) Sierra Madre Elementary School current work positions. levels of each individual. a girl herself. It shows 141 W. Highland Ave. With that in mind I took We are enjoying the that even one person can Tickets include (626) 355-1428 it upon myself to do the production of this play as make a difference. admission to all play “One Thousandwell as learning about the As part of our cultural screenings and events Tuesday, October 31 Cranes.” ravages of war, solutions exploration, we went to Costume Parade One Thousand Cranes is for peace and the value Little Tokyo on a field To purchase tickets the story of Sadako Sasaki. of a community coming trip. Students visited and for updated event Monday, November 6 to She lived in Hiroshima together for healing and the Japanese American information please visit: and was two-years old recovery. It is our belief Museum and the Friday, November 10 when the atomic bomb that this play will touch Buddhist Temple. After, www.UNDERXPOSD.org Scholastic Book Sale in the Library dropped. She suffered the lives of all who see it we shopped for kimonos or 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from leukemia 10 years and it will be remembered and other props for call (626) 396-4254 later. There is a legend for a long time to come. our play. Then we had Sierra Madre Middle School in Japan that if one folds I am also excited about an authentic Japanese 160 N. Canon one thousand cranes they this play because of the dinner. (626) 836-2947 will be cured. similarities it has with In addition to the play we Master Class Sadako began to fold All Souls Day. Much of are planning on having a Series at the Friday, October 27 one thousand cranes, but the play deals with the reception before and after Costume Dance only got as far as 644. Her afterlife, but in a very the play performance. Pasadena 6:30 to 8:30 in the Cafetorium friends completed the positive sense. We will feature displays Conservatory task and today there is a It is reassuring to know honoring our cherished Wednesday, November 1 peace monument to her that our loved ones have loved ones who have of Music: Flag Football in Hiroshima and every not forgotten us just as we passed on. We will offer Presenting 3:30 p.m. in the field year people from all over have not forgotten them. tea and cookies. Sierra Madre vs. Gooden the world send cranes, A big part of the play is We are thriving in this Excellence and made from origami. the Japanese tradition of enterprise which has Mastery Friday, November 3 Here at Alverno High celebrating OBAN - the effected our community Flag Football The 2006-2007 master School, this play has Festival of Lanterns. It is in many ways. There are class series at the 3:30 p.m. in the field special significance,celebrated in August but many themes at work Pasadena Conservatory Sierra Madre vs. Barnhart since we have lost it is just like our All Souls here – women’s issues, of Music offers students several members of our Day. People remember peace, health, cross- and lovers of music community. One of our those who have passed cultural similarities and the opportunity to St. Rita’s Catholic School receive the wisdom of students, Sasha Caraveo, on, and light candles spiritual growth. renowned performers 322 N. Baldwin a junior, passed away in and say prayers in their One Thousand Cranes and teachers. (626) 355-9028 June from leukemia. We memory. I don’t think has been a rewarding also lost our receptionist, that it is a coincidence experience for me and Thursday, November 9 Stella Ananian, to breast that our Opening Night one I will never forget! at 7 p.m. cancer. One of our is November 2. Pianist Stephen The Barnhart School Luella Wagner graduated from Boston University with a degree in history, received her Cook, currently a 240 W. Colorado in Arcadia teaching credential at UCLA and a Master’s degree in Educational Theater from New York faculty member of the (626) 446-5588 University. She has worked in England, Ireland, Scotland, South America and New York City. Colburn School of Performing Arts and Whittier College. He was the director of the pianist program at the Orange County High Alverno High School Presents A Thousand School of the Arts from 1996 to 2004 and Cranes is a frequent clinician November 2 and 4 at 7 p.m. and adjudicator for November 5 at 2 p.m. such organizations as the Music Teachers’ The beautiful story of a Japanese girl who Association of Ca., the California Association inspired a peace movement will be presented by of Professional Music Alverno at the Sierra Madre Elementary School Teachers and the Auditorium. A special tea reception precedes all Southwestern Youth performances. Music Festival. The Auditorium is at 141 W. Highland in Sierra Classes are held at Madre. the Conservatory, Tickets are $8 in advance, or $11 at the door. 100 N. Hill Avenue in Call Alverno at (626) 355-3463 for more Pasadena. All sessions information. of the series are free for PCM students and families and $15 for the general public. Please call (626) 683-3355 Send us your school news. or visit the website at pasadenaconservatory. [email protected] org.
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SIERRA MADRE POLICE BLOTTER OPINION SIERRA MADRE POLICE BLOTTER by the legendary Mary’s Market. I loved the idea of hot coffee in the morning, and a short During the week of Sunday, October 15th, to Saturday, walk to brunch on Sunday, but a For Sale sign October 21st, the Sierra Madre Police Department hung in the window shortly after I moved in. responded to approximately 146 Calls for service. I considered, perhaps that the neighborhood Editor was moving on, with the likes of city folk like Katina Dunn Sunday, October 15th: myself arriving, with preferences for Visa cards Managing Editor and two minute cappuccinos. 5:47 AM – Commercial Burglary, 322 North Baldwin Ave. Susan Henderson My own economic indicator was that I worked late on weekdays, and therefore missed 2I¿FHUVZHUHGLVSDWFKHGWR6W5LWD6FKRROUHJDUGLQJD Art Director Taco Tuesday, a neighborhood institution. EXUJODU\DODUPDFWLYDWLRQ2QDUULYDOWKHRI¿FHUVIRXQGWKH Marco Carreno Photo by Jacqueline Truong 7\SLFDOO\DZRRG¿UHEXUQHGLQWRWKHQLJKWZLWK PDLQRI¿FHGRRUXQORFNHGDQGGLVFRYHUHGWKDWIRUFHGHQWU\ City Editor the sounds of an acoustic guitar, a singer, and ZDVPDGHLQWRWKHSULQFLSDO¶VRI¿FH6HYHUDOFODVVURRPV Dean Lee Why I Chose Where I the random beer bottle hitting the trash can. doors were opened with drawers and closets forced Photography Live A parking lot stood down the street opened. Stolen property: Sony DVD player, cash, student Felix Orona By Stefan Bund where I parked my car so I could stash my paperwork, a play station and a Smart & Final gift card. Buddy Windsor Modern economists like to look for motorcycle in my garage. It stood to reason Included in the loss was damage to three doors at the school. Jacqueline Truong signs that the economy is rolling along; new that so long as I parked there that Mary’s lost a The total loss was estimated at $1485.00. Contributors home starts, births, RV sales… parking space. Sierra Madre has its own economic But this is how the story came out. Stefan Bund 7:12AM – Vandalism, 297 West Sierra Madre Blvd, Stanley J. Forrester LQGLFDWRUV :KHQ , ¿UVW GLVFRYHUHG WKLV WRZQ Facing a lack of offers on the place, the For Paul the Cyberian I was looking for a house along the foothills. Sale sign came down, and a neon sign went up. Arnold’s Hardware Store. The business owner called to Madeline Miller I rode my motorcycle here and people didn’t FREE INTERNET ACCESS. ATM machine. report that the front plate glass window was broken. The Kyle McClure damage occurred between 7:00 PM Saturday, 10/14 and Pat Birdsall throw things at me. There was a civic theater And TACO TUESDAY, hand painted in with a marquee, with a new play. the window. 7:00 AM Sunday, 10/15. The loss was estimated at $500.00 Editorial Cartoonist But the most telling sign was this: as Modernity had arrived, with ancient Ann Cleaves I rolled along Grandview, downhill, I caught rituals intact. The menu started to show some : Web Master Monday, October 16th Gary Miller the sight of a pair of teenagers. A boy and a spark, with a SPECIALS sign boasting girl, standing at the curb, the boy getting into appetizing fare. The Mt. Wilson Observer is a 2:55 PM – Vandalism, 160 North Canon Ave, (upper publication of Deuxamis Publishing, a beat-up hand-me-down compact auto. They Then the cars arrived… The economic campus) Sierra Madre Elementary School. The assistant Inc. established in 2006. This paper is seemed to share a joke that was so hilarious that indicator of the neighborhood parking lot was published weekly with offices in Sierra principal called to report damage to one of the classrooms Madre, California. All letters to the he leaned his head up to the sky, hand on the RYHUÀRZLQJ ,W FDXVHG PH WR FOHDQ RXW P\ editor and corresponence should be battered, open car door. garage to actually move my car back to the RQFDPSXV$FRXVWLFFHLOLQJWLOHVÀRUHVFHQWOLJKW¿[WXUHV sent to: and mirrors were smashed. The vandalism occurred between Mt. Wilson Observer So that is why I moved here. It was house. Taco Tuesday turned into a Crosby, Stills 280 W. Sierra Madre Bl. #327 the teenagers who convinced me. If a pair of and Nash revival, with people spilling into the 4:30 PM Friday, 10/13 and 7:30 AM Sunday, 10/15. No Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Phone: 626-355-2737 kids in high school could look happy, then streets. loss estimate has been established and is pending review by Fax: 626-604-4548 something was going right. That’s my economic This indicates that if a Sierra Madre district personal. email: [email protected] indicator… business wants to reinvent itself, it won’t take Here’s another. I bought a quaint house much. 4:11 PM – Vandalism, 225 West Sierra Madre Blvd. A Mt. Wilson Observer Mission Statement representative of the new owner’s of the vacant hospital We honor the traditions of the community newspaper and place our readers above all other concerns. We deliver local, state and national news every week. We support a prosperous community of facility (Sierra Madre Skilled Nursing) called to report well-informed citizens. We hold in high regard the values of the exceptional quality of life in our plywood covering the entrance doors were pried off and community, including the magnificence of our natural resources. Integrity will be our guide. other damage was found to the interior of the complex.
Thursday, October 19th: In response to inquiries to Trick or Treat? this paper regarding where 3:01 PM – Grand Theft, 160 North Canon Ave, (upper to sign the ballot measure campus) Sierra Madre Elementary School. A school By Susan Henderson for an initiative to require a employee called to report a stolen backpack. A student citywide vote on all projects trick (n): a crafty procedure or practice meant to deceive or defraud; treat: (n): an especially reported the loss of her backpack which contained: a new unexpected source of joy, delight, or amusement. exceeding the the current limits of 2 stories, 30 feet IPOD, cellular telephone and two books, A Mid Summer high and 13 units per acre, Nights Dream and When It Happens. The loss was estimated Do you think there is a very real reason why our general elections are close to Halloween? the information below was at $434.00 and the backpack was last seen at 1:30 PM After all, they are, or should be, the two scariest days of the year. Think I’m Kidding? Well consider supplied by Sierra Madre Thursday, 10/19. this: Residents for Responsible Halloween Modern Elections Development: Pumpkin Heads full of Holes Talking Heads Full of Holes Friday, October 20th: Skeletons (Out of the closet) Skeletons (In the closet) Volunteers will be Strange Noises Strange Noises gathering signatures 2:02 PM – Vandalism, 400 block West Carter Ave. A Tricks and Treats Tricks and Treats for the Height and UHVLGHQWUHSRUWHG¿QGLQJVFUDWFKHVWRWKHVLGHERG\PROGLQJ Bags of Tricks Bags of Tricks Density Restrictions of her car. The damage occurred between Thursday, 10/19 Smoke and Mirrors Smoke and Mirrors Ballot Measure and Friday, 10/20. Creepy People Creepy People (commonly known as Costumes Costumes 4:02 PM – Theft, 400 block North Baldwin Ave. A resident There are so many symbols and behaviors associated with Halloween that are identical to 2-30-13) at: reported Christmas decorations were taken from his carport. what we get from candidates that we probably should hold elections on Halloween! The latter started as a Harvest Festival that got way out of control. Our elections also started CAFE 322 The decorations were in three large Tupperware containers as a harvesting of the best of the crop to lead us and it has gotten way out of control. 322 W. Sierra Madre and last seen between 8:00 AM Tuesday, 10/17 and 1:00 PM At least on Halloween we get the joy of seeing little children perform as opposed to the Blvd. Wednesday, 10/18, loss undetermined at this time. following week watching a bunch of overgrown children perform! At least on Halloween, when you Sierra Madre give the little ones a treat, they go away. With the big ones, you can give them a treat, and then a bigger Saturday, October 21st: treat, and they still never go away. And talk about the costumes! Let’s see, we have a governor who came to town in a muscleman 9am - 12:00 noon 9:48 PM – Vandalism, 200 block North Baldwin Ave. A suit who now wears a costume that is politically correct, environmentally tolerable and walks on both Saturday and Sunday resident reported an obscene drawing was made on the hood sides of the aisle. In fact, he’s so convincing that he just might pull his re-election off. October 28th and 29th. of her car. The damage occurred between Friday, 10/20 and On the other hand his primary opponent never left town. He’s been right here wearing his white Saturday, 10/21. construction hat and keeping busy. His new costume however, is mean and green, environmentally For additional tolerable and politically correct. He tries to walk down both sides of the aisle although in his case one aisle is carpeted with play dough. information go to: But they are not the only ones participating in this tradition. We have a big group of other www.smrrd.org or call FRVWXPHGFKDUDFWHUVWKDW¿OOXSWKHEDOOURRP2XUFDVWRISURSRVLWLRQFKDUDFWHUVLQFOXGHVVRPHZKRVH 626-388-2168 bag of tricks have enough money to fund several foreign countries. The thing about all of this is that you don’t know when you will turn the corner and be scared half to death. The good news is that Halloween only happens once a year and then you get over it. The bad news is that these other characters are with you every day for years and they get harder and harder to recognize. They will be heavy on the tricks and you will be shocked if there are any treats! We won’t know for a while whether we have been tricked or received a treat on election day. But don’t let the anxiety get you down. You see, because Halloween has such a better participation rate than our elections, in all likelihood we won’t be getting a treat – it will probably be a trick! BOO!
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I thought you were going to be a wicked witch for Halloween?! No, I decided to downzone to a bloodsucking V A M P I R E! Along For The Ride Happy By Tina Salvatore I think it’s fair to say Halloween is a know I’m scared of shots). strange time it goes like this: Say no One year I did go as a bad investment, to strangers offering candy unless you and yes, I did turn some heads. are dressed in a costume then actually If you want to do something Halloween knock on their door and demand it. exciting dress as a chimpanzee and Usually for Halloween people dress frantically run through the zoo... see as scary monsters or ghosts. what happens. Don’t wear a costume I like to dress as my real fears such to a party but walk around as if you as a car that doesn’t start in a bad are continually asking if people think neighborhood. That one’s kind of your costume is realistic. difficult because you need to create a Dress as Nair at a Rogaine whole scene to go with you. Internally convention, of course for that you’d combusting. Having a really bad have to find a convention first. migraine. Public speaking. Dress Explain to anyone with a carved up as someone who can’t remember pumpkin that vegetarians find it where their wallet is. disgraceful to humanize a vegetable Try going as bruised shins. like that by putting a face on it. Then If you’re looking for something a run away really fast because that Shop Our Town little more simple go as a needle (I actually doesn’t make much sense. leave home, Walker decorates, and you return to a new room. The store shelves are packed with books of fabric samples for
furniture, drapes, pillows, bedspreads and window shades. A full-service interior design business, Walker works with an upholstery shop as well as painting contractors. “I work with photos so people always know what they are going to get,” said Walker. “I’ve never once heard anyone say ‘this isn’t what I ordered.’ ” Brown’s Classic Interiors 74 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. (626) 355-2712
Step into Brown’s Classic Interiors and leave everything up to Dee Walker. Holiday decorations, for one thing. Walker will come into your home and decorate your mantelpieces, staircases and even your holiday tree. Call (626) 355-2712 for an appointment before she is all booked up. She also decorates restaurants and homes for interior design tours. By November 18, when Dickens Village opens in downtown Sierra Madre, “The whole store will be solid Christmas,” said Walker. Eight pine trees will be laden with lights and ornaments, decorated in different themes. This year’s holiday decorating trend, she says, is all “glitter and sparkle.” Walker’s is a one-stop shop for home improvements. She even does the Home Improvement Surprise - a one-day room refresher. You BIRDS EYE VIEW SKYBARK everything else. In a Cruel and men’s prison in Arizona, HOWL-o-ween Fest! there is a Warden who Spooky fun for you AND your dog Unusual? makes the prisoners live in tents in all types of Friday, October 27, 2006 By Pat Birdsall weather. They eat bologna 8:00pm to 2:00am sandwiches and must I think I have happened wear pink underwear. SkyBark on a very inexpensive and Does this deter the crime 1026 Santa Fe Avenue almost humane solution rate? Perhaps. However, Los Angeles, CA to the high recidivism rate if the Warden added the www.skybark exhibited by prisoners piano tuning experience in our country. Having to his repertoire, he endured this myself last would be like the Maytag The Howl-o-ween Fest auction will benefit Walk for the week while trying to beat repairman…all alone. Underdog. Walk for the Underdog is an all-volunteer, non- my opponents in the fine Need a confession, profit organization that raises funds for dogs in rescues in art of poker at the Senior Detective? Just threaten Los Angeles through an annual walk and other fundraising Center, I know it is a sure- to call the piano tuner, events. You can learn more at: www.walkfortheunderdog. fire solution, an absolute and your prisoner will com. winner. It would bring a confess to stealing the grown man or woman to sunshine on a rainy day. To add to an already fun filled night, October’s SkyBark will their knees to the point I’m sure that once the include a doggie costume contest. The contest winner takes where they would scream ACLU gets wind of this, all so all pups are encouraged to come out dressed in their unabashedly, “No, no, I’m it would be classified best Halloween attire. (The winner will receive a gift package NEVER coming back.” as cruel and unusual valued at $500!) Photo by Jacqueline Truong What is it, you might ask? punishment and therefore Dressed to the ‘9’s’ at the Little Angels Pug Rescue’s It is being confined in a never implemented. Tickets are $20 per person and $10 per dog in advance Howl Fest at small space while a piano Alas… increasing to $30 per person and $15 per dog at the door. Bob Hope Park in Burbank. Pugalicious. is being tuned! I know it will work, I just know it. We seem to have tried
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The 5-foot-9 junior who now weighs 205 pounds Mr. Youngblood AKA “The Touchdown Machine” is the top ground-gainer in the Pacific League with well over 1,000 yards and is scoring TDs from all parts of the field at a dizzying rate. “We call Willie our touchdown machine,” said Ken Howard, in his second year as Muir’s head coach. Youngblood closed out 2005 on a high note, rushing for 190 yards and two touchdowns at the Rose Bowl in the Turkey Tussle against archrival Pasadena, won by Muir, 37-15. Blessed with speed and power, Youngblood is summoning memories of the great running backs in Muir’s storied football history—Ron Brown, Derick Holmes and the McCullough brothers, Saladin and Sultan. “The coaches talk about those guys all the time,” Youngblood said. “Those guys are Muir football. I hope I can live up to that.” Though he hurt his hamstring during a 25-18 loss to Pacific League rival Burroughs on Oct. 20 and hardly played in the second half, Youngblood carried 15 times for 116 yards and a touchdown. Against non-league opponent Jefferson, he carried the ball 19 times for 184 yards and both Mustang TDs in a 15-12 victory. He scored from three and 22 yards out. Youngblood ran wild in 49-0 and 47-6 routs of league rivals Hoover and Glendale in consecutive weeks. Against Hoover, he needed only five carries to gain 196 yards and three TDs, for 96, 31 and 53 yards, all in the first half. He sustained a neck injury early in the second half of the game with Glendale and sat out most of the last two quarters. Before he left, he’d run nine times for 176 yards and two scores. Photo by Jacqueline Truong Youngblood, who is beginning to attract attention By Larry Bortstein from college recruiters, has been a running back since he began playing football in youth leagues. But he only now is learning the refinements of the position. During his sophomore season at Muir High, Willie Youngblood ran for 768 yards “Last year I would get the ball and just run,” Youngblood said. “Now I’m studying and nine touchdowns. But he knew he’d have to get bigger and stronger to carry a defenses, looking where the linebackers go. I’m reading the game so much better and heavier load for the Mustangs this year. He did and he has. trying to become as good as I can be.”
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Marion Jones, the Cal Cup of the Oak Tree meeting, She has won nine of her 15 ever heard that? call it we love to see the great American sprinter she won the $100,000 races overall for earnings Every day we hear of yet ball leave the yard. When was accused of using a By Larry Bortstein Senator Ken Maddy of $504,055. Of that total, another athelete that has Sammy Sosa and Mark banned substance. She The first stakes race down Handicap to extend her she has banked $405,675 defiled themselves andMcGuire were battling was later cleared, but the the hillside turf course at streak of consecutive while winning all eight of disgraced their associates for the home run title of rumors remain. Santa Anita was run in victories over the course to her races down the hill at by introducing foreign “98”, there was the added A sound body and a 1959, more than five years an unprecedented eight. Santa Anita. substances to their bodies. attraction of breaking sound mind are the key after the first turf sprint on She figures to end the Even trainer Doug O’Neill There is no soundness in Roger Maris’ record of 61 to real success. We all the unique downhill layout 26-day Oak Tree season as admitted he doesn’t know that practice. However, I homers which had stood know that winning brings was contested on Dec. 31, the strong favorite in the why the filly is so fond of am continually struck by for 37 years. McGuire got big bucks in sports, but 1954. $150,000 Cal Cup Matron the trip, which includes the disregard that a world- the home run title hitting cheating brings bigger Horses with a particular when 10 stakes races worth the only right-hand turn class athlete gives to what 70 home runs that year, a disgrace. Barry Bonds will fondness for the trip of 6 ½ $1,325,000 for state-breds in American racing, then goes into his body. When I mere three years later Barry more than likely not break furlongs plus 7.64 feet have are run Oct. 28, the next- a left-hand turn and a 38- speak of drugs it is not just Bonds hit 73. How did that the home run record of included Irish O’Brien, to-last day of the season. foot dip that slows a horse’s the mind altering variety, it happen so quickly? Hank Aaron, does anyone Champagne Bid, Baffle Among the other runners momentum. is also the body changing The rumors begin to fly, care? Is anyone rooting for and El Cielo. taking part on Cal Cup “She seems to like type that athletes of today the air of suspicion rose, Barry? Bonds says that he Lennyfromalibu, winner Day are Moscow Burning, the configuration,” O’Neill must guard against. Congress had hearings the did not use steroids, but of the Cal Cup Mile in the all-time leading Cal- said of Cambiocorsa. Look at what athletes suspect was the dreaded, the stench is so great with 2003, set the record for bred female thoroughbred “When horses sprint on have done to themselves. PERFORMANCE the Balco smell that no one the distance when hr sped earner, who will be making conventional tracks, the Has there been a more ENCHANCING DRUGS. believes him. He is a man down the course in 1:11.13 her final career start in turn comes up right away. exciting time in recent The question, had they been chasing baseball greatest on Jan. 22, 2004. the $100,000 Distance, She’s a not a horse that likes baseball history than the used? Those particular individual record with no But Cambiocorsa is truly Handicap, an event she being held back much.” Mark and Sammy show ball players were placed one to cheer for him. the “Queen of the Hill.” won last year, and Jet West, Jockey Jon Court has of 1998? 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