Monrovia High Has Best Football Team - Star-News
Star-News says Monrovia High football team is tops. "There really can't be any disputing Monrovia is the No. 1 team in the area." http://goo.gl/5pKbi - Brad Haugaard
Fake Gunshots for Movie
Did anyone hear gunshots today near the corner of Duarte Road and Sixth Avenue? If so, it was a movie being filmed. http://goo.gl/gKtsp
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Reps Oppose Gays-in-History Teaching Mandate | World Songs and Fashion
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly and Senator Bob Huff, who represent Monrovia, oppose a new state mandate that schools teach about gays in history. http://goo.gl/ueVPh World songs and fashion, at the library. Saturday, July 23, 10 a.m. Free. Reserve at Adult Reference, or call 626-256-8274. http://goo.gl/BqnLv - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Artist Finds Look-Alike Sculpture at Orange County Building
Monrovia sculptor Don Wakefield was surprised to see something that looks an whole lot like one of his sculptures sitting outside a building in Orange County. http://goo.gl/NmVAo .
You can compare the two sculptures here: http://goo.gl/0pd8y
- Brad Haugaard
Cost of Protecting against Terrorism Will Rise | Monrovia Library Popular | Paying Off the State
In his weekly report ( http://goo.gl/JX3Ef ), Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa writes that:
~ The toolbox that wasn't a bomb, but was just a toolbox (here: http://goo.gl/BAHpH ), may be a sign of things to come. He says: "It is indeed better to be safe than sorry, but I suspect expensive days like this may become more common. Unfortunately, the credible threat of violence is like a bell that has been rung and now cannot be un-rung; a cost of doing business in the crazy world."
~ Library programs are growing: This fiscal year (June 2010 to July 2011) the library staff "presented a total of 504 programs for youth with 28,341 participants. Last Fiscal Year 2009-10, the Library Staff presented a total of 322 programs for all ages with 18,298 participants."
~ A Gold Line item has been removed from the City Council agenda because the city's redevelopment agency "may no longer function until we agree to pay off the State of California." (The recently passed state budget eliminates redevelopment agencies and only allows them to be reconstituted if they agree to pay money to the state.) So, the city council will need to "adopt a non-binding 'Continuation Ordinance' which tells the State that we plan to make the ransom payment next year."
- Brad Haugaard
Difficulties in Prosecution's Case Against Monrovian
The prosecution's case against Monrovian Kelvin McFarland, who runs a Pasadena "boot camp" and is accused of kidnapping, etc., seems to be running into some difficulties. http://goo.gl/gNVwD
- Brad Haugaard
Wonderelles in Monrovia
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia's Wizard of Bras | Food List for Unity Center
~ Creative Woman - aka "The Wizard of Bras" - is featured in the LA Times today. (The store has 18,000 bra styles. Who knew?). http://goo.gl/e1FXJ
~ Foothill Unity Center has released a list of the kinds of supplies they need. http://goo.gl/BDbKp - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Senior Complex
More on Rose Gardens at Santa Teresita, the planned senior retirement homes planned on the Monrovia/Duarte border. http://goo.gl/HFa91 - Brad Haugaard
School Employees Get 3% Pay Cut - in 2013, Etc.
Proposed school employee salary adjustments
The Monrovia School District has negotiated with its various employee groups a three percent salary decrease ("in conjunction with a decrease of 6 days in all work calendars"), effective Sept. 1, 2013, and apparently no raises until then. http://goo.gl/ebzvu
That will be on the agenda of the Board of Education's July 20, 7:30 p.m. meeting (agenda: http://goo.gl/V22T7 ). Also on the agenda, the board will consider ...
~ Upping the payment authorization to re-roof some Mayflower School buildings. Apparently the original estimate missed a few items. The price will now be $219,900. http://goo.gl/nZdaN
~ Consider switching to a data management system (Illuminate) that will save the district $20,000. http://goo.gl/7EaHR
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Mayor on Air Quality | Flamingos | Green Dot
Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz discusses Monrovia's work to improve air quality on this video. http://goo.gl/8WkAj
First Presbyterian Church's high school department is covering Monrovia lawns with pink flamingos as a fundraiser. $20 per hit. http://goo.gl/TkIa2
Green Dot will announce its Q2 results July 28. http://goo.gl/UjDvW
- Brad Haugaard
Lunch at Bella Sera
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Redevelopment: Join or Die | New Old Town Signs
At its 7 p.m., July 19, meeting ( http://goo.gl/xIN3C ), the Monrovia City Council will ...
~ Consider whether to pay the state of California for the privilege of allowing Monrovia's redevelopment agency to exist. City staff recommends joining the program, even though its report characterizes the state action as a "raid on local funds" and seems to mock the volunatary nature of the arrangement.
~ Consider a city staff recommendation to replace various Old Town signs, which "are quite old and have been looking shabby for the past few years." The new ones would be paid for by Monrovia Old Town Advisory Board and "available franchise fees."
- Brad Haugaard
Portantino Battle Heats Up | Monrovia Fundraiser | Shaw's Deployment
~ The battle between Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, who represents part of Monrovia, and his own party's leadership gets serious. He is demanding budget office records from his own Democratic Party ( http://goo.gl/2xnWi ). Background: 1. Portantino voted against governor's budget. 2. Democratic leadership cut his budget. 3. He says it was as punishment. 4. They say it's because he overspent his budget. [Opinion: I don't know if Portantino overspent or not, but there is a) something suspicious about the timing, and b) something ludicrous about Assembly leaders accusing ANYbody of overspending.]
~ Help Unity Center by having dinner at Paco's, July 31, 5-8 p.m. 10% of proceeds go to the Center's Auxiliary.
~ More on City Councilman Clarence Shaw being called on to active duty. http://goo.gl/1TrK1
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia's Unity Center Needs Help To Serve Students
Monrovia's Foothill Unity Center is looking for school supplies and funds to help equip low-income students going back to school in the fall. From the press release:
Throngs of children from local low-income families will fill the vast concourse at Santa Anita Park racetrack on Thursday, August 18, for Foothill Unity Center’s 13th Annual Back-to-School Fair. Last year, over 1,800 local kids participated in the distribution. This year, as the tough economy continues to put more families in desperate straits, the Center is preparing to outfit 2,000 local K-12 students. Only children of qualified low-income families can participate in the event. Families are asked to register their children by Friday, July 29.
On a day that’s a favorite for Center staff, volunteers, and the local community, the youngsters will pick out new backpacks; receive uniforms (clothing for high schoolers), underwear, socks and school supplies; and even get haircuts and manicures. Each child will also receive a shoe gift card from the Tzu Chi Foundation and a new age-appropriate book from Monrovia Reads. There will be dental screenings by the USC School of Dentistry, vision screenings by the Western University College of Optometry, and a ceramic art project with Paint N Play.
The entire community shares in this annual effort. Many of the costs of backpacks, clothing and supplies are covered by grants from major sponsors, including Vons Foundation and others. To date, however, this year’s sponsorships are down, making individual donations even more critical.
While donations of school supplies are welcome, monetary contributions allow the Center to buy much more efficiently. Just $50 helps to provide a uniform, socks, underwear, a new backpack and school supplies for one child. Checks may be mailed to Foothill Unity Center, Back to School Program, 415 West Chestnut Avenue, Monrovia, California, 91016. Donations can also be made securely online at www.foothillunitycenter.org.
School supplies may be dropped into one of sixty collection barrels in stores and offices throughout the community. Lists of collection sites, Back to School items needed and volunteer opportunities can be found on our website www.foothillunitycenter.org, or by visiting or calling the Center at (626) 358-3486.
- Brad Haugaard
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