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Volume 22, NO. 14
YOUNG MOTHER ENCOURAGES CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IN HER TWINS IN MONROVIA Susan MOTANDER motander@yahoo.com
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The state of California has suggestions on dealing with living in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). Their catch phrase is “A Fed Bear is a Dead Bear.” - Courtesy photo
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT MONROVIA’S KGEM? Susan MOTANDER motander@yahoo.com
Those who tried to watch the Monrovia City Council Meeting on television on Tuesday may have been disappointed. It was also not available on the KGEM website. Brittany Mello, a management analyst in the City Manager’s Office, worked
with the KGEM staff to correct the problem when she was made aware of it. Shortly after 8 pm, more than half an hour after the meeting began, the cable channel clicked away from the Los Angeles County news broadcast it had been showing the council meeting. An attempt to contact the SEE KGEM PAGE 11
Now Is The Time To Register For The Monrovia MAP Conference The planning is complete for the Monrovia Area Partnership Conference 2018 and it is time for residents to register. The theme this year is “Celebrating Monrovia: Our Treasures, Our Differences. Each Other.” There is a wide selection of programs to attend and the city staff needs prereg-
istration to ensure adequate space is available for all those who wish to attend the various sessions. The programs range from the active shooter training program used by Monrovia Police Department to two SEE MONROVIA MAP PAGE 10
he youth of the mother is no excuse for her patterning poor behavior for her young twins. It was almost a week ago that the russet haired mom tried to break into my home. As she worked on my kitchen door, her blond twins were at the back door, trying to pry open the screen. Unfortunately for the trio intent on burglarizing my home, I was in the house, heard them and called 911. Within minutes two Monrovia P.D. cars were in my driveway. The attempted burglars fled at the sounds of the sirens. But they did not go far. They ran to about 100 yards away and climbed a tree. This was not as unusual as might be thought. Did I mention the three were California Black Bears? Perhaps not. Their genus does not excuse their felonious intent, but does explain it. This was not their first attempt at breaking into my home. When the twins were much smaller (they are now between 150 and 200 Lbs.) SEE CRIMINAL PAGE 10
THE MONROVIA OLD TOWN REPORT Pam FITZPATRICK, Columnist pam@oldtownreport.com
I do love living in a small town where each individual matters. We all have days when it may not seem so, but it really is so. I smiled when I read the beginning of City Manager Oliver Chi’s ‘City Manager Update’ (which
you can find at www.cityofmonrovia.org). Oliver (who we rarely address as ‘Mr. Chi’} quoted Brandi Snyder: “To the world you may be just one person, but to one SEE OLD TOWN PAGE 11