Monrovia Chamber has Free Speedway Tickets
Monrovia Chamber of Commerce has free tickets for Saturday May 21, 2011, Armed Forces Appreciation Night at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. Call now 626 358-1159 to reserve yours. The Chamber hours are Mon - Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. http://goo.gl/VaiZa - Brad Haugaard
Donnelly Accuses Brown, Challenges Him to a Debate
State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, who represents Monrovia, has accused Governor Jerry Brown of breaking a campaign promise not to raise taxes without the people's approval and of rejecting reform proposals. He offered to debate Brown: "I challenge you to meet me anywhere, anytime to debate the best way to solve our state's problems." http://goo.gl/mEFKd - Brad Haugaard
Aerovironment & BMW | VegeUSA Vegan Chicken
~ Monrovia's AeroVironment gets a deal to provide electric-car chargers for BMW. http://goo.gl/G7csd
~ VegeUSA, right next to the 210 Freeway, has introduced vegan kung pao chicken and vegetarian ginger chicken. http://goo.gl/uIYR5
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Softball :-) | Police Tweets?
~ Monrovia High tops Gabrielino in Softball 6-4. http://goo.gl/H7nRB ~ Monrovia PD may use Twitter and Crimemapping.com. http://goo.gl/wvbOD - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Unity Center & Biggest Loser / Gov. Brown Attending Huff's Prayer Breakfast
~ Claudia and Franklin, two clients of Foothill Unity Center, will tell their story tonight on NBC's The Biggest Loser as part of the program's Pound for Pound Challenge, an effort to raise awareness of hunger in America and encourage involvement in finding solutions. The program airs at 8 p.m. (Report from Linda Taubenreuther.) ~ State Senator Bob Huff, who represents Monrovia, announced that Governor Jerry Brown will be attending the California Prayer Breakfast that Huff is co-hosting. http://goo.gl/subM6 - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Mayor Annoyed by Governor's Budget / Football / Cool and Wet
~ Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz is annoyed that in his revised budget, Governor Jerry Brown "STILL wants to eliminate Redevelopment Agencies." http://goo.gl/7j4Ye ~ A look at Monrovia's football team for the upcoming season. http://goo.gl/iqG3E ~ Seems an awfully cool, wet year we're having. A good chance of rain today and tomorrow: http://goo.gl/L5KKn - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Race Winners / Portantino Bill Passes Assembly
~ The full list of winners of the Fountain to the Falls race. http://goo.gl/TIf3z
~ Assemblymember Anthony Portantino. who represents part of Monrovia, had legislation passed in the Assembly making it illegal to carry an unloaded gun in public. http://goo.gl/5zdqH - Brad HaugaardMonrovia Gold Line, New Chief, and Arts Supporter
In his weekly report ( http://goo.gl/BZieL ) Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa wrote that:
Despite the lawsuit against the Gold Line rail project, the city "will move forward with considering the transactions that we have negotiated in good faith with GLCA, and allow both the Gold Line and the plaintiff to decide upon whatever course of action they propose to take."
~ He hopes to have a new police chief to replace retiring Roger Johnson by September. Captain Jim Hunt is interim Chief of Police.
He congratulates City Council member Clarence Shaw, who was recognized May 7, as the Renaissance Award recipient by Monrovia Association of Fine Arts. He said, "Clarence has been a driving force in developing and supporting the arts in Monrovia."
- Brad Haugaard
John Wilson of Monrovia Boys & Girls Club / New Stayhealthy Chairman
~ Profile of John Wilson, head of the Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills. http://goo.gl/E2fR6 ~ Stayhealthy, Inc., of Monrovia, has announced that Tommy G. Thompson, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and governor of Wisconsin, has been elected to serve as the company's chairman of the board.
http://goo.gl/cpKms - Brad Haugaard
http://goo.gl/cpKms - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Home Ownership Increases
Monrovia and 11 other local cities buck the trend; increase the percentage of owner-occupied houses compared to 2010. http://goo.gl/kvp6C
Spacecraft Landing Site to be Discussed in Monrovia
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site Workshop will be held tomorrow (Monday, May 16) through this coming Wednesday at the Doubletree Hotel in Monrovia. The meetings start at 8:30 a.m., and a friend of mine, Roger Wiens, Genesis Project Leader at Los Alamos National Labs, said that as long as there is room, the public can attend. The topics look very technical ( http://goo.gl/S4ltd ), but if the discussion on where to land a spacecraft on Mars is of interest, you may want to attend.
- Brad HaugaardMan Arrested in Monrovia Stabbing Incident
A Covina man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing during a knife fight in Monrovia. Wounded man should be okay. http://goo.gl/WOwEp - Brad Haugaard
School Honoree / Debit Card Fraud
~ Martha Moncada, school/community liaison for Monroe Elementary School, will be honored as the Classified Employee of the Year at a joint meeting of the Board of Education and Personnel Commission. http://goo.gl/oodzf ~ The Wall Street Journal reports that thieves stole debit card info at Michaels arts-and-crafts stores across the country, and part of the money was withdrawn here in Monrovia. http://goo.gl/vdHpE - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia First Presbyterian Church at Odds with Denomination
The pastor of Monrovia First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Anthony Osimo, has written a letter to his congregation indicating that he is "deeply saddened" by a recent decision of the church's denomination, Presbyterian Church USA, to eliminate its requirement that church leaders live "in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness."
He said church leaders are discussing the MFPC's options, said that the church is in discussions with other concerned churches, and added that there will be a national meeting to "consider options for those churches who cannot in good faith uphold the new ordination standard."
Source: http://goo.gl/Js59K
- Brad Haugaard
Lunch at Monrovia Mimi's
- Brad Haugaard
Progress on the Sorta-Monrovia Park
Star-News opinion editor, Steve Scauzillo, is making progress in his push to get local communities to adopt the Peck Road Water Conservation Park, which is in county area just a smidge below the Monrovia border ( http://goo.gl/Gw3Wz ).
At his suggestion, I went and looked at the park and have two observations: 1) It is indeed a beautiful park with a nice lake. 2) The front gate is ugly and easy to overlook - a plain sign next to a scruffy chain-link fence. (See here: http://goo.gl/Id2zU ). Maybe a good first project would be to make the entryway easier to notice and more attractive. Unless he had told me that there was a beautiful park back there I'd have never known. I even passed it by when I was looking for it. Neat project! - Brad HaugaardMariachis / Lice
I saw School Board President Ed Gililland at the Monrovia Parade, and he had two interesting things to say:
~ As a mariachi band went past during the parade, it reminded him that he wants to get a student mariachi band going at Monrovia High School.
~ Perhaps you recall ( http://goo.gl/hu6TF ) that the Monrovia School District did not meet its goal of increasing student attendance (which means more money from the state). One reason, according to Gilliland, is that there was an outbreak of head lice at one school and students had to stay home.
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia's Favorite Bear on Parade
The Monrovia Day Parade was kind of an unveiling of the Samson the Bear statues that will be placed around town. I snapped these pictures, though there were more.
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Day Parade
Some pictures of the Monrovia Day Parade. That's City Council member Becky Shevlin, by the way.
- Brad Haugaard
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