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2014 Tournament of Roses® Royal Court selected

MAFA Arts Fest celebrates 50 years Oct. 12-13 in Monrovia

The seven members of the 2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court were announced Monday at Tournament House. Selected from a group of 30 finalists, the Royal Court will attend more than 100 community and

This coming weekend, MAFA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the organization. The organization will take over Library Park for the weekend with a wide variety of arts and crafts for all ages. Ms. Mildred Lapson, a longtime Monrovian and world renowned artist working in oils, produced art exhibits and guest art lectures in the late 1950's and organized the first art festival in 1964. These art events lead to the formation of the Monrovia Arts Festival Association in 1965. Her vision was to enrich our lives by bringing fine arts to the community. This vision has continued through the efforts of many since that humble beginning. Featured artist is Bill Hyatt,a longtime MAFA Member and Metal Sculptor. The show will include Art Demonstrations, Music, Entertainment and an authors’ section in cooperation with the Friends

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Suspect was a six year veteran of APD. -Courtesy Photo

On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, investigators from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office obtained a felony arrest warrant for former Arcadia Police Officer Christian Blesch, 36, charging Grand Theft. The warrant was the result of an on-going criminal investigation into allegations that Blesch, a six-year employee of the department, feloniously stole money from the Arcadia Police Officers’ Association over a period of several months. Arcadia Police Department command Please see page 5

Clockwise the 2014 Royal Court members include: Elizabeth Katie Woolf, Katherine Diane Lipp , Ana Marie Acosta, Elyssia Hadi Widjaja, Jamie Ann Kwong, Sarah Elizabeth Hansen, and Kayla Diyana Johnson-Granberry. -Photos by Terry Miller

Wicked Lit’s immersive theatre brings scary lit to life

Gerardo Cortez arraignment continued to Oct. 25 BY SHEL SEGAL

BY SHEL SEGAL If you’re someone who doesn’t get scared off pulling up to a mausoleum after dark, then this is for you. Taking place in the Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery in Altadena, “Wicked Lit” brings to life scary literature in even scarier surroundings, complete with songs and dances. Jonathan Josephson, one of the producers of the show, said the three-and-ahalf-hour performance is not to be missed. “Wicked Lit is an evening of immersive theater inspired by classic horror

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literature,” Josephson said. “It is three adaptations of stories by H.B. Lovecraft, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Washington Irving and

there’s also connecting material that’s adapted from Edgar Allen Poe. Please see page 13

The arraignment of a Monrovia man who allegedly made a series of threats to several San Gabriel Valley locations recently has been postponed to Oct. 25 as the suspect’s attorney requested a continuation of the hearing at the West Covina Courthouse in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday. This is the second postponement of the case as Gerardo Cortez, 26, was first set to be arraigned on Sept. 19. Cortez – who has a

history of making false bomb threats – was arrested on Sept. 17 after allegedly calling in threats to several schools, a medical center, a shopping mall and a police agency – including Arcadia High School. The calls forced searches in several communities. Police departments of the cities of Arcadia, Covina and Monrovia, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators from Temple Station, Major Crimes Bureau, and the Joint Terrorism

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