SIERRA MADRE PASADENA/ALTADENA ARCADIA MONROVIA SPORTS A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO JACK Breaking News: ARCADIA CITY AND MAYOR LUTZ DELIVERS ANTHONY HARRIS LALANNE Ex-Huntington SCHOOL BUDGETS FALL STATE OF THE CITY LASALLE HIGH Memorial Official SHORT ADDRESS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT SCHOOL’S NEW Arrested ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Page 10 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 15 SATURDAY JANUARY 29, 2011 Whatever Happened To.......? VOLUME 5 NO. 5 MURDER AT 1 CARTER Autumn and Asher Win Top Prizes In 2006 A Startling Discovery Was Made At 1 Carter - Two Men Had Been Shot - One Dead - The Other Critically Wounded. Students Win Talent Competition Have the Killers Been Found? What Happened? Has Anyone Autumn Rodriguez, a 4th grade stu- Been Prosecuted? dent at Sierra Madre Elementary school and Asher Smith, a 5th grader at SME, Photos and Story By Susan Henderson On January 11, 2011, Bustos was re- won First and Second place, respectively manded to Patton State Hospital where at the school’s 4th Annual Family Con- April 3, 2006 started like any other spring he will remain until such time as a court cert’s Talent Show. The first place win- day in Sierra Madre, however by 5:30 p.m., finds him competent to stand trial. In ner was awarded $200.00 and the second the tranquility and peace that normally the meantime, all criminal proceedings place winner won $100.00. surrounds the city had been violated. against Bustos have been suspended. Autumn, who won for her vocal rendi- What sounded like gunshots is said to have tion of “Part Of Your World” sang a capel- been heard by some residents in the vicin- Now 31, this man accused of murder and multiple other violent crimes, may never la. Asher won second place for his dance ity of 1 Carter. A wounded man stumbled performance to the tune of “It Don’t Mean down the fire A Thing”. road looking The competition, which consisted of for help. An- performance by 7 semi-finalists, was other man lay sponsored by the school’s Annual Fund dead in what Committee. The performances were fol- has been re- lowed by a concert by Dread Zepplin, ported to be which included Sierra Madre’s favorite a ‘carjacked’ rock star, Elvis. vehicle. Judges Meegan Tosh, LynnAnne Han- News re- sen-Miller, Ty Gaffney and Susan Hen- ports were derson had a tough time selecting the top sketchy. One performers for the evening. dead man, Among the other contestants were: one wound- Megan Alle, Ashley Mao and MacK- ed. Inves- enzie Vocek, all 5th graders who sang “A t i g a t i o n s Thousand Miles”. (Ashley played the key- by the LA board for the group.); County Sher- AylahRobinson, 5th grade who sang iff’s Depart- a saucy Country Western Tune, “Our ment began. The property where the murder took place, shown above as it looked in Song”; late 2006, was formerly known as 1 Carter. It is currently being developed Camille Kennedy, 3rd grade, who For months, for luxury homes. At the time the crimes were committed, the former de- there was no veloper had just begun clearing some of the vegetation in the area. Since danced a traditional Irish dance and wore news, only the time of the murder and assualt, roads have been paved and the site is an beautiful traditional Irish costume; s p e c u l a - preparing to construct new homes. The photo below was taken in 2010. Maddie Rahn, a 4th grader who sang “I won’t say I’m in Love” and captured the attention of ev- tion that the eryone in attendance with her showmanship and Amy Stapenhorst, 4th grade, who sang “Take Me crime involved gangs and/or drugs. Home, Country Roads” with her father Steve on the guitar. Then in December, 2007, approxi- All of the contestants displayed amazing courage to perform before more than 100 parents, mately eight months later, an arrest friends and well wishers. Terri Brown and Matt Hourihan were the Family Concert chairpersons. was made. Principal Gayle Bluemel served as MC for the talent show. Funds raised for the event go to the school’s Annual Fund which helps support programs and Federico Gonzalo Narvaez Bustos activities throughout the school year. Paul Beach is the chairman of the Fund and this year, the from Riverside who was age 27 at goal is to raise at least $100,000, the amount raised last year. The fund helps maintain and protect that time, was arrested for an array of the quality of children’s education. With the severe cutbacks from Washington and Sacramento, serious felony charges. They includ- private donations are critical. ed murder and attempted murder. The next event will be Sierra Madre School Annual Auction on March 26, 2011 - La Salle High By then it was believed that the crime School. “100% of the money raised at the Auction goes to the school and funds staff training, science did involve illegal drugs and that at and technology programs, health and safety services, performing and visual arts education and many least two other men were wanted in more programs that would otherwise be eliminated.”. connection with the murder and attempt- come to trial. Whether or not he does is a ed murder. For more information on the auction, please contact Lisa Brault (626) 791-3678, Tobi Nishikawa function of his mental state. (626) 579-6426 or Mimi Young (626) 818-0184. Staff/MVNews The dead man was Victor Tapia. The In addition, if and when Bustos goes to wounded man, the only witness to the trial, he will have to deal with another law crime, remained unidentified. After -re enforcement agency. Bustos is an illegal cuperating in the hospital, he kept a very immigrant and on an INS immigration low profile. hold. Should he be released from custody In the meantime, the wheels of justice for any reason, he will be turned over the moved very slowly. Arrested in 2007, the INS for deportation. That will occur Bustos has not gone to trial for the mur- whether or not his mental incapacity sets der yet. He was arraigned and a prelimi- him free or even if he is convicted and nary hearing was held in Pasadena Supe- serves his time in jail. rior Court in March, 2008, where he was So, the full story of what happened on held to answer to seven serious felonies: that fire road may never be fully disclosed. 1 count of premeditated murder, 1 count The facts may never come out in trial. of attempted murder, 1 count of assault What drove these men to Sierra Madre with a deadly, semi-automatic weapon, 2 we will only be able to speculate for now. counts of kidnapping, 1 count of carjack- ing and 1 count of robbery. Hopefully, one day we will get the full sto- However, somewhere along the line, ry and close that chapter of the seemingly never ending 1 Carter dilemma. Bustos, who has been held without bail Talent show semi-finalists, left to right: Amy Stapenhorst, Maddie Rahn, Camille Kennedy, Aylah since his arrest, has been determined to Robinson, Asher Smith, Autumn Rodriguez, Megan Alle, Ashely Mao and Mackenzie Vocek. be mentally incompetent to stand trial. ONE NIGHT ONLY! “FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY” AT Also Inside... SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE ON FEBRUARY 6 CALENDAR Page 2 “Fibber McGee and Molly” was one of the most popular comedies of the Golden Days of Radio, enduring from 1935-1959. The fun is being re-created by actors of Bill Martyn’s Special Mark Productions in a mock radio broadcast on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. FEATURES Fibber McGee was a likable fellow frequently getting himself into some sort of trouble, patiently endured and Education & Youth Page 7 soothed by his loving wife Molly. Their home at 79 Wistful Vista was frequently visited by a comical assort- Good Food & Drink Page 8 ment of characters (in every sense of that word). Legals Page 9 The actors will re-create the original broadcasts complete with commercials and sound effects. (The show’s Left Turn/Right Turn Page 11 most famous running gag was the overstuffed hallway closet, which would burst with a cacophonous down- Opinion Page 11 pour of stuff when anyone opened it.) The radio episodes being re-created include “”Fibber The Magician” (1948), “Molly the Dressmaker” (1949), “Fibber and Molly Braid a Rug” (1952), The World Around Us Page 12 and “Fibber and the I.R.S.” (1952). Homes & Property Page 13 The actors of Special Mark Productions play roles originally made famous by Marian and Jim Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Harold Peary, Gale Gordon, Bea The Good Life Page 14 Benedaret, Arthur Q. Brian, Bill Thompson and Cliff Arquette. The series’ head writer and co-creator was Donald Quinn. “Fibber McGee and Molly” would have endured into the 60s, but for Marian Jordan’s failing health. Now, for one more night, you can see what all the fun was about. SPORTS Page 15 Bobby Eldridge - On The Course At Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024. Free parking behind theatre. Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 7 p.m. FYI Page 16 Tickets: $20. Seniors (65+) and students (13-17), $17. Children 12 and under, $12. Reseervations: (626) 355-4318 or www.sierramadreplayhouse.org Read The Paper Online At: www.mtnviewsnews.com 2 Mountain View News Saturday, January 29, 2011 CALENDAR CITY OF SIERRA MADRE Weather Wise Older “Sierra Madre” CALENDAR OF EVENTS American of the Year Unless otherwise noted, all meetings listed below are held at City Hall 232 5-Day Forecast W.