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Volume 22, NO. 11
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TREASURE ALLEN ALLENSWORTH RECOGNIZED IN MONROVIA Susie LING, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR On Saturday, 10 March 2018, it was like a blood moon in Monrovia; all the celestials lined up for a spectacular celebration of the continuum of life. The City unveiled its first “Neighborhood Treasure” plaque with a “block party” that attracted a mix of 150 people. The local hero that brought Monrovia together was Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth, the first pastor of Monrovia’s Second Baptist Church (SBC) over 110 years
ago. Pastor Allensworth was born a slave and rose to be the highest ranking African American military officer of his time. He was killed on Myrtle Avenue on 14 September 1914, having stepped out of the Santa Fe Train Station and on his way to preach at Second Baptist Church - then located on Royal Oaks Drive. (For a full story of Allensworth’s achievements, read Susan Motander’s article “The Value of Literacy Was the Legacy of Allen AllenSEE ALLENSWORTH PAGE 6
Monrovia’s Mobility Program Launches Friday On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, the City Council approved a completely revamped Monrovia Transit model! The new, multi-modal transportation program, called GoMonrovia, leverages the strengths of two thriving private companies – the car-sharing provider Lyft, and the dockless bike-
sharing provider LimeBike – in partnership with the City’s existing dial-a-ride operator, to provide fast and affordable transportation all throughout Monrovia. Typically, suburban communities have relied on limited dial-a-ride type SEE PROGRAM PAGE 7
THE MONROVIA OLD TOWN REPORT
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handful of protesters stood outside Trader Joes HQ on South Shamrock in Monrovia Wednesday afternoon, with the hope that the popular grocery store might commit to ending the use of gestation crates in their supply chain. Over the past several months, almost 370,000 consumers have signed a petition asking Trader Joe’s to join almost every other major grocery chain and commit to ending the use of gestation
Pam FITZPATRICK, Columnist
crates in their supply chain. The group of petitioners delivered the petition (10,000 pages of signatures and 1,000 pages of requests directly from consumers) asking Trader Joe’s to help end the needless suffering of the animals that feed us. Few people today think that it is acceptable to cram an animal into a crate so small it can’t SEE PROTEST PAGE 6
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Here come the LimeBikes! Saturday, March 17th is the launch date for Monrovia’s new LimeBike program. The event will take place at Library Park beginning at 9 a.m. with some LimeBike Facts and Rules of the Road (like helmet laws and no riding
on sidewalks in Old Town). Then at 10 a.m. the green bikers will join their brother and sister cyclists and begin the Inaugural LimeBike Ride. This program sounds just crazy enough to work here in SEE OLD TOWN PAGE 6
COME SEE THIS HIT NEW MUSICAL FOR A GIRLS NIGHT OUT! limited engagement - BEGINS MARCH 15
In the same energetic and fun spirit as Menopause The Musical®, WaistWatchers The Musical! takes a hilarious and light hearted look at four women dealing with food, friendship, love, life and sex!
“YOU’LL BURN OFF POUNDS JUST LAUGHING!”
“THE AUDIENC EATS TH E SHOW U E P!” - Miami Herald
- Los Angeles Times
THE GROVE THEATRE - 276 E. Ninth St., Upland, CA - Tickets & Groups: 1-909-920-4343 - WaistWatchersTheMusical.com