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Volume XV, No. XXXXIV
Sierra Madre to Lacking Not in Fame Read Proposed There's a High School in the Valley/Which is Lacking Not in Fame Water Rate 4,000 Attend CIF Final Game Increase Ordinance
Great Dane Carries SixMonth-Old Baby from Mother’s Arms
The second reading of Ordinance No. 1312 adjusting water rates in the City of Sierra Madre is scheduled for the Regular Council meeting of January 11, 2011. The meeting begins at 6:30 PM at Sierra Madre City Hall, 232 West Sierra Madre Boulevard. The public is invited to attend and provide comment at the meeting. Ordinance No. 1132 will implement a four-year rate increase program in which water rates will increase approximately 7.54% each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011. The ordinance will also introduce tiered water rates, which will result in slightly higher water rates for those customers using higher amounts of water. Ordinance 1312 eliminates certain charges for multipleunit residential customers, reduces the Utility Users Tax Rate on water, and provides for annual review of Sierra Madre Water Department maintenance, debt service, and other operational costs to ensure that rates are kept as low as possible. For additional information regarding Sierra Madre water rates, please visit the City’s website at www.cityofsierramadre. com, or contact City Hall at (626) 355-7135.
Baby Suffering from Collapsed Lung and Several Broken Bones BY SUSAN MOTANDER Monday afternoon an infant in Monrovia was snatched from her mother’s arms by a Great Dane. The woman had gone to the home of a friend and neighbor, the dog’s owner, when the animal grabbed the child from her mother’s arms. According to Lt. Mike Lee of the Monrovia Police Department, the attack appeared to be unprovoked. The baby was rushed by helicopter to the Los Angeles County, USC Medical Center. While still
The Monrovia High Wildcats’ wide receiver Jay Henderson, caught five passes for 167 yards and three touchdowns. Please see Inside page 5 for story andmany more photos from the historic game. - Photos by Terry Miller
Divali Celebration in Arcadia Honors India's PUSD Awarded $250,000 Education Technology Grant Rich Heritage BY TERRY MILLER
Santa will be coming to town, specifically this Friday night, December 17, at Family Festival event along Myrtle Avenue in Monrovia from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. He will be located in the Farmer’s Market area of the
I’ve come to know a rather wonderful and exceptionally unique, benevolent lady over the years. Her name: Rupa Dore. Ask anyone who knows her, and they’ll no doubt agree that Rupa is one of the most unique and giving individuals one may ever come across in a lifetime. Rupa Dore, 75, teaches Yoga at Santa Anita Church in Arcadia. She has always struck me as kind but moreover she teaches me something every time I see her. This past Saturday, Rupa invited me to celebrate the Indian festival of light, Divali, complete with a candle light ceremo-
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Santa Visits Friday Family Festival!
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Federal Funds to Boost College and Career Readiness and Graduation Rates The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced that it will receive a $250,000 federal Enhancing Education Technology (EETT)/ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant to support college and career readiness and raise graduation rates. The grant will support an early warning system that uses student attendance, discipline and behavioral data to identify and provide early intervention for students who may be at risk of dropping out of high school. “This grant recognizes the District’s strategic approach to improve graduation rates, and to
use data to support the individual student,” said Superintendent Edwin Diaz. “We actively sought this grant to ensure that we can maintain our focus on dropout prevention and college and career readiness despite the current budget crisis.” The funds will be used to make data part of the ongoing cycle of instructional improvement, teach students to examine their own data and set learning goals, establish a clear vision for the use of school-wide data, and to provide training to support teachers’ use of online grading to increase student and parent
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