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Humorist Dorothy Denne Honored by City Council for Her Years of Laughter BY KATTA HULES
This week’s city council meeting saw long-time Arcadia Weekly columnist Dorothy Denne receiving the Mayor’s Certificate of Commendation for her weekly column. Dorothy’s Place has been running since before the inception of the paper and is now ending. Denne called the decision ‘bittersweet,’ saying, “Twentythree years is a long time. It’s a lot of weeks and a lot of columns…It was just time.” The column came into being after she had to retire from teaching for health reasons. She joined a writing group in Pasadena. While waiting for a meeting, she idly began writing about a lamp. After everyone in the group had read, the leader turned to her and asked if she had anything to read. “I said ‘I don’t have anything’ and she said ‘but you were writing’ so I read it,” Denne recalled. It was well re-
Coyotes in Arcadia If you see a coyote wandering the streets that is not causing harm, there is nothing to do other than perhaps trying to scare it away if you are walking nearby. If you are walking with a SEE PAGE 10
ceived. On a whim, she submitted it to a newspaper, not expecting anything. The editor liked it “and that’s all she wrote,” Denne said, laughing. Two decades later, Denne stood on stage, smiling and dressed in a blue ‘Meowy Christmas’ cat sweater with matching blue shoes and cane. Her ‘heartson’ retired police chief Bob Sanderson, his wife Marie and Denne’s young neighbor Luke, clutching a bouquet, accompanied her. Mayor Tom Beck read the Commendation aloud, saying, “It is said that anyone is replaceable. In Arcadia, California, there are a couple of exceptions to this rule. You are one of them. You are a true Arcadia treasure.” When handed the miSEE PAGE 11
Longtime columnist for this newspaper, Dorothy Denne, was honored Tuesday evening for her years of comical insight into this thing we call life. – Photo by Terry Miller
49th Assembly District Make-A-Difference Award Given to Arcadia’s Elected City Clerk State of California Assembly member Ed Chau recently honored Gene Glasco, Arcadia’s elected City Clerk, with his 2016 “Make-A-Difference” award in an evening
ceremony Dec. 2 at Rosemead Community Center. Glasco’s Certificate read: “In Recognition of Your Outstanding Commitment and Service to the Community of
the 49th Assembly District. Your Dedicated Volunteerism has Improved the Quality of Life of All Those You have SEE PAGE 10
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Assembly Member Ed Chau (right) honors City Clerk Gene Glasco (left) with “Make-A-Difference” Award. – Courtesy photo