CURLING…ON GRASS IN ARCADIA
Margi Rambo delivers a bowl in a Triples Tournament at the Santa Anita Bowling
Green Club’s Greens at the Arcadia County Park. (Photo by Gene Plunkett)
We all watched Curling in the Olympic games, but did you know that that sport on ice [...]
Annual Wistaria Festival Offers Good Eats, Music, Fun – and One Spectacular Vine This Sunday
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Wistaria Festival on Sunday, March 14, 2010. The festival first began in the early 20th century, drawing as many as 100,000 people over an extended period of time. Now the vine, which is on private property, is available to the public for viewing [...]
Children Enjoy Monrovia’s New Library Playground
Recently, the Monrovia Library held a ribbon cutting for the long awaited park for kids.
Here are a few more images from that morning before the rains. Just click on “untitled” and you’ll see a series of images. Hit the enter button to see the next image and so forth.
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Playground Reopens in Library Park
Library Park has not had a playground since construction began on the new library in December of 2007. With the ribbon cutting for the new play area last Saturday, that situation has been remedied. Children of Monrovia: Rejoice.
For months the whole park was locked behind a construction fence. Then when the library [...]
Bigger Gym, Smaller Waistlines
Sierra Fitness Expansion Means More Weights, More Spinning Space
Last week we told you about Sierra Madre fitness mogul Sandy Lewis-Duval and her newest business venture, The Shabby Dog. And while Lewis-Duvall is certainly branching out into new business areas with her high-end dog leashes sold online and at her Montecito Ave. boutique, she’s not leaving [...]
Huntington Recognized as Gold Seal Stroke Center
Huntington Memorial Hospital’s stroke program has received the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission, designating the hospital a primary stroke center. This means Huntington will join the network of “approved stroke center” hospitals throughout Los Angeles County.
“This is a significant milestone for the hospital, but more important, a wonderful benefit [...]
Albertsons Donates Over 1,000 Toys to City Of Hope Patients
Executives and managers from Albertsons braved the cold and rain Monday to bring some holiday cheer to patients at City of Hope with a large truck that delivered more than one thousand toys, video games, dolls and stuffed animals to City of Hope’s Pediatrics Department. Hundreds of the youngest patients along with their siblings will [...]
Students Helping Other Students and Themselves
At Monrovia High School there is a unique tutoring program going on. Students, some from local colleges including Citrus, Cal Poly Pomona and PCC, and some from the high school itself, are helping other students. The tutoring takes place after school in the library. Students looking for help show up, sign in and sit down [...]
Continuing 33 Years of Fulfilling Holiday Wishes
Sugar Plum Tree is the most popular and uplifting of all the Friends of Foster Children (FOFC) programs. Volunteer members are optimistic that as in years past shoppers at Westfield Santa Anita Mall will be generous in to helping the organization fulfill holiday wishes. Many holiday shoppers have included a stop at the Sugar [...]
Help Needed to Pack Food for Foothill Unity
Monrovia’s Foothill Unity Center needs help packing boxes for its annual Christmas Food and Gift distribution. The big packing day will be December 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until the work is done. The packing will take place at Ayers Hall at the L.A. County Arboretum in Arcadia. Several shifts are [...]
