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NAACP Award Ceremony Overshadows Justice for Slain Teen BY JIM E. WINBURN
San Gabriel Crossing Guard Hit, 70, in Critical Condition At approximately 07:29 Tuesday, San Gabriel Police Dept received numerous 911 calls regarding a vehicle vs. a pedestrian. Upon arrival of paramedics, fire and Please see page 15
A Whale of a Bridge Emerges Over the 210 Fwy in Arcadia BY SUSAN MOTANDER
They took up signs in his memory. They lined the street and shouted at passersby so Pasadena would not forget 19-year-old Kendrec McDade’s name or how he died. The demonstration last week took place less than 30feet from the hotel entrance where city and police officials under intense public scrutiny for the McDade shooting received various honors from the NAACP Pasadena chapter's annual awards dinner. But those outside refused to be quiet. On Thursday, Sep. 13, the Pasadena Branch of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted its 27th Annual Ruby McKnight Williams Awards Dinner at the Pasadena Hilton on South Los Robles Ave. Serving as master of ceremonies was Phillip L. Sanchez, Chief of Police for the Pasadena Police Department. Family and members of the community who demonstrated outside the Hilton responded with outrage. Retired City of Pasadena employee James Green, who attended the demonstration, said the Chief of Police’s presence at the NAACP sent the “wrong message” to a community still in shock over the McDade shooting - and while still waiting for the results of ongoing investigations Please see page 14
Volume XVII, No. XXXVIII
For the last few weeks and for the next several weeks, the eastbound lanes of the 210 Freeway have been closed from midnight to five a.m. five nights a week to allow for the removal of the “falsework” surrounding the new bridge over the 210 freeway. As the wood and metal structure is removed the bridge itself is slowly being revealed. The cast concrete features of the bridge that are emerging look a great deal
like the ventral pleats on the underbelly of a whale. It is an apt image as this is one whale of a bridge. It will span 584 feet from one end to the other, stretching from the center of the 210 Freeway over the eastbound lanes into Arcadia. It will allow the Gold Line to go from Union station beyond its current terminus at Sierra Madre Villa in East Pasadena. More than 640 full Please see page 27
Healing the Wounds of War Sierra Madre School's Garden of Goodwill Offers Hope Amid Rapidly Changing World BY TERRY MILLER
One of the key elements in the McDade case has been the lack of any video. The McDade family is stunned by the fact that officers did not engage the camera in their patrol car the night Kenneth McDade was killed. -Photo by Terry Miller
Tournament of Roses® Tryouts Approximately 1,000 young women (and a couple of young men) from Pasadena and surrounding cities took part in the Royal Court tryouts at Tournament House Saturday and Monday. It will be up to the Tournament judges to select a smaller group for the final court and then the final court from which one will emerge 2013 Rose Queen. On Jan. 1 the 2013 Rose Queen and Royal Court will reign over the 124th Rose Parade themed “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” and the 99th Rose
Bowl Game. The tryouts were especially difficult this year due to triple digit heat on Saturday but the girls didn’t seem to mind that musc with such an opportunity before them. This years theme ‘Oh, the Places you’ll Go’ honors Grand Marshal Jane Goodall. The Queen & Court Finals are on Oct. 4, with the Royal Court announcement Oct. 8. The Rose Queen will be announced Oct. 16 and the Coronation Ceremony is set for Oct. 25.
Lew Watanabe said the “Garden of Goodwill” he believes, was reborn through the efforts of so many people that it “ was ordained by God.” -Photo by Terry Miller
Eve, 17 year old Mayfield Student, waves to her fan club as she waits for her 15 seconds in front of the team of judges. -Photo by Terry Miller
As Sierra Madre School celebrates the 81st Anniversary of the Japanese Goodwill Garden at Sierra Madre Elementary School, a reunion of sorts, was held Saturday at the school with some of the key individuals who made the Garden of Goodwill what
it is today, and help keep it that way. A dutiful location of peace, solitude and refection. Issei fathers of the two dozen Japanese-American children who attended the Please see page 8