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Annual Wistaria Festival this Sunday in Sierra Madre The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Wistaria Festival on Sunday, March 16, 2014. The festival first began in the early 20th century, drawing as many as 100,000 people over an extended period of time. Now the vine, which is on private property, is available to the public for viewing only one day a year. In the previous two years, rain has lessened the number of attendees, however, with dry weather forecast, crowds in excess of 10,000 people are expected. Please see page 27
Arcadia’s Joey Harmon sticks to baseball BY SHEL SEGAL Everything was going well for Joey Harmon in the summer of 2012. He had just transferred to Arcadia High from South Pasadena High and was going to play quarterback and pitch for the Apaches. But then it happened. Harmon hurt his right knee during a scrimmage Please see page 20
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Barricaded burglary suspect on 'bath salts' busted in Monrovia
High on designer drug, suspect pilfers ice cream during burglary spree
Volume 19, No. 11
Sierra Madre Elementary recognized for high academic achievement Other PUSD schools also make the grade
for back up. A neighbor apparently saw a man walk out of a residence with a tub of ice cream and a spoon, Watch Commander Alfaro said.
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced Monday that Hamilton Elementary School, Roosevelt Elementary School and Sierra Madre Elementary School have been selected by California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) to receive the title of 2013 Honor Roll school. The 2,099 public schools in California receiving this distinction from the California business community have demonstrated consistently
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Brian Anthony Wheeler, 44, of Montebello was arrested and treated for minor injuries after a 2 hour standoff with police in Monrovia. -Photo by Terry Miller
BY TERRY MILLER Monrovia police, assisted by Arcadia PD and Pasadena police helicopter arrested a 44 male Monday who was allegedly under the influence of bath salts
he barricaded himself in the 400 block of Sunset. The suspect who broke into several homes Monday afternoon apparently was in search of ice cream. The incident started around 1:30 p.m. when po-
Temple City hires Don Penman as interim city manager Don Penman, former Arcadia City Manager, will act as Interim Temple City Manager while city officials search for a permanent replacement for Jose Pulido, whose employee agreement was terminated on Jan. 13. The announcement came Tuesday evening after much speculation that Penman was top candidate for the position.
lice got a call of an alarm being activated at a home in the 200 block of South Violet Avenue. From there police from Arcadia and Monrovia quickly mobilized and established a perimeter as officers called in
Gold Line construction moving forward
First Avenue in Arcadia to open by the end of March BY SUSAN MOTANDER & TERRY MILLER Construction on the Gold Line is moving forward on schedule according to the construction authority’s Director of Public Information Lisa Levy Bush. The bridge over the 210 Freeway, the one over Colorado Place and the one over Santa Anita, have all been completed. Work on
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The changing face of Arcadia will see the completion of this phase pf the Gold Line by next Sept. -Photo by Terry Miller