Swap Candy for a Shot at a Bike

The Monrovia YMCA will accept candy from kids in trade for a raffle ticket to maybe win a new bike. The candy? It goes to Camp Pendleton.
 
http://goo.gl/DTm2
 
- Brad Haugaard

Schamadan: "For Lease" Signs around Town

Charlotte focuses on the different kinds of signs around town.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_16388584

- Brad Haugaard

More on Old Monrovia Airport

Here's more Monrovia Airport info for you history buffs:

http://goo.gl/py21

- Brad Haugaard

Ask a Pharmacist

Do you have questions or need one on one time with a pharmacist? Walgreens Pharmacy Manager, Stuart Lee will be available for a FREE personal consultation at the Monrovia Community Center, 119 W. Palm Avenue on Thursday, October 28 at 1:30 p.m. Reservations are suggested. For additional information and reservations please call the Monrovia Community Center at 626.256.8246.

- Brad Haugaard

Football: Monrovia 56, San Marino 0 :-)

Star-News article: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_16413309

- Brad Haugaard

Football: Monrovia 56, San Marino 0 :-)

Star-News article: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_16413309

- Brad Haugaard

School Enrollment Declines

The Monrovia School District's October Enrollment Report shows enrollment for 2010-11 year declined by 52 students. Not good, but the district had figured on losing 70, so better than expected.
Source: http://goo.gl/Sb0G
- Brad Haugaard

School Enrollment Declines

The Monrovia School District's October Enrollment Report shows enrollment for 2010-11 year declined by 52 students. Not good, but the district had figured on losing 70, so better than expected.
Source: http://goo.gl/Sb0G
- Brad Haugaard

Go-Between for Builder and School District?

At its Oct. 27 meeting (7:30 p.m.), the Monrovia School Board will consider hiring two Owner's Representatives "to provide enhanced communication and additional oversight of the construction project currently underway at Monrovia High School."
It'll cost the district $80 an hour and travel expenses.
Details: http://goo.gl/gaLG
- Brad Haugaard

Go-Between for Builder and School District?

At its Oct. 27 meeting (7:30 p.m.), the Monrovia School Board will consider hiring two Owner's Representatives "to provide enhanced communication and additional oversight of the construction project currently underway at Monrovia High School."
It'll cost the district $80 an hour and travel expenses.
Details: http://goo.gl/gaLG

- Brad Haugaard

When MHS Projects Should Be Done

According to a report to be discussed at the Oct. 27 School Board meeting (7:30 p.m.), construction at Monrovia High should be completed on this schedule:

- Science building, stadium, track and field - November 2010.
- Modernization (of various buildings, I believe) - March 2011.
- Mid-Campus Building (Building M) - June 2011.
- Front entrance improvements - June 2011.

Source: http://goo.gl/paK9

- Brad Haugaard

School District: State Using 'Accounting Gimmicks'

Monrovia Schools' Director of Fiscal Services, David Conway, strongly criticized the California State budget in prefacing remarks to a revised school district budget.

Conway said: "As has become standard practice in recent years, the State Budget is balanced using accounting gimmicks, funding shifts, dubious economic forecasts, the assumption of revenue from the Federal government that may not be realized, and an increase in the deferral of state apportionments into the next fiscal year."

He wrote that because the state budget has been balanced in this way, along with the possibility of cuts to educational funding, it is likely the Monrovia School District's estimated budget of about $49 million may soon be deemed to be out of balance.

Here is the full document: http://goo.gl/xSBA

UPDATE: And later, at the board meeting where this information was presented, the board was VERRY ticked off at the state: http://goo.gl/vb1U


- Brad Haugaard

Entertainment Books Support Unity Center

If you use those Entertainment Books for coupons, you can buy the 2011 San Gabriel Valley Entertainment Book ($25) from Foothill Unity Center to help support the Center. The book contains hundreds of 50-percent off and two-for-one discounts on dining, groceries, shopping, services, attractions, plus discounts on travel, home goods, more. You can get them at 415 W. Chestnut Ave., Monrovia - two blocks N. of Huntington, just E. of Mayflower.

Source: http://goo.gl/TI1f

- Brad Haugaard

NY Times Bestsellers at Library

Thought you all might like to check to see if the latest NY Times bestselling books are available and checked in at the Monrovia Library. Just click on a book's link to see if it is checked in. (If there's no link, I couldn't find it.)
 
Top 5 Hardcover Fiction
1. The Reversal, Michael Connelly http://goo.gl/GKJE
2. Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett http://goo.gl/fRBu
3. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen http://goo.gl/FknU
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson http://goo.gl/ccIo
5. Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks http://goo.gl/bXpH

Top 5 Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Obama's Wars, by Bob Woodward http://goo.gl/vfQo
2. Earth (The Book), by Jon Stewart and others http://goo.gl/fGHe
3. Trickle Up Poverty, by Michael Savage (Not Listed at Library)
4. The Roots of Obama's Rage, by Dinesh D'Souza http://goo.gl/HGWt
5. ------ Finish First, by Tucker Max (Not Listed at Library)

- Brad Haugaard

Volleyball: Monrovia 3, San Marino 2 :-)

MHS edges out San Marino.

Source: http://goo.gl/mQRn

- Brad Haugaard