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Beacon Media Server Stays Dry, for Now

jbstephens — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:24:17 +0000

The influx of unseasonable rain showers to the foothills has caused a leakage into the roof of the world Headquarters of Beacon Media, Inc. in Monrovia. Workers were forced to improvise a makeshift rain shield in order to ensure that the Beacon server wasn’t harmed in the indoor flash flood.
Said Terry Miller, photographer for the news gathering organization, “Someone get a bucket, there’s water everywhere.”
The server, which contains all past, present and future publications issued by the company as well as the necessary tools for updating the company’s website, was temporarily disabled last month during a rainstorm.
Responding the accusations that the matter was not properly handled to avoid a repeat crash, Editor John Stephens said, “As you can see, the drippage coming from the ceiling lands on this precision positioned umbrella, after which, the water drains into this bucket away from the file server towers.”
As for the possible implications of opening the umbrella indoors, Stephens had no comment.

Louise Dowler

jbstephens — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:53:55 +0000

Louise Dowler, 83, of Brookings-Harbor, OR, died May 5, 2008 in a local hospital of natural causes. She was born Sept. 17, 1924 in Defuniak Springs, Florida; a daughter of Jacob Ambus and Anna Ellen Lee (Bell) Bishop. Mrs. Dowler was raised in Avon Park, Florida and graduated from high school there as the class valedictorian. During WWII, she worked for the U.S. Government as a clerk and secretary at the Avon Park Bombing Range, and later at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia for the Air Force and NACA (now NASA). In 1949, she moved to Denver, Colorado where she was employed as secretary to the Commanding General at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital.

In 1950 she decided to become a professional social worker and entered the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado. While there, she met Warren Leroy Dowler and married him on September 20, 1952 in Ft. McClellan, Alabama. In Baltimore, Maryland Mrs. Dowler was employed in the social work field. Mrs. Dowler became a homemaker with the birth of their first child. Following her husbands military career assignment, during the Korean Conflict, they moved several times with their children. They later lived in Kankakee, Illinois, Rapid City, South Dakota and Sunland, San Jose, and Granite Bay, (Roseville) California. The Dowlers finally made their home in Sierra Madre, California for 40 years, and moved to Brookings-Harbor, OR in 2003.

She was passionate about traveling, and had journeyed to many areas, including Russia, China, Tibet, Bhutan, Greece, Turkey, Argentina and Antarctica, Alaska, Canada, Western Europe, Ireland, Scotland and Greenland, Chile’s Amazon River, Equador’s Galapagos Islands, and several Islands in Seven Seas of Indonesia.

She also enjoyed writing and self-published five editions, from 1973 to 1989, of the Lake Powell Boat and Tour Guide, and two editions of the pictorial Lake Powell and Rainbow Bridge. Her flower gardens in Sierra Madre were award-winning and filled her home year around with fresh cut; strangers frequently stopped to admire them. More often than not, they left with the gift of a bouquet. Locally, she loved the Winchuck beach and beachcombing.

Survivors include her husband Warren of Brookings-Harbor; two sons, Randy Dowler and wife Karen of Brookings-Harbor, OR their one son Chad (helicopter pilot) and Kim with their son Kalea and daughter Hi’ilei residing in Kilauea on the garden island of Kauai, Hawaii; and Louise’s son Danny Dowler and wife Crit of Alameda, California; and daughter Candy Dowler, of Eagle Rock, California and significant other Peter; Louise’s brothers, Willie J. Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland and Robert Walton (Walt). Bishop of Minneapolis, Minnesota; sisters, Ruby L. Soulek of Lacy, Washington, and Marie Odean Parrish of Waco, Texas. She was preceded in death by two brothers H. L. Bishop of Lake Placid, Florida, and Edward of Miami, Florida.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m, Monday, May 19th at Redwood Memorial Chapel, 1020 Fifield St., Brookings, OR. Interment will follow at W. J. Ward Memorial Cemetery in Brookings. In lieu of flowers, Memorials, may be made to the Louise Dowler Memorial Fund for medical research funding, c/o Evergreen Federal Bank, P.O. Box 1099, Brookings, OR
97415.

MPOAches: Citizens March for Resolution

jbstephens — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:33:34 +0000

Protesting PR tactics, Monrovians express worry over image and home values.
In the next installment of the Monrovia police salary dispute, residents demonstrated outside the Monrovia police station Friday night to voice their encouragement and disapproval of the Monrovia Police Officers Association’s recent billboards reading, “You’re Approaching Monrovia. Higher Violent Crime. Thank The City Manager & City Council.”
“There shouldn’t be something like that that causes division, but at least in Monrovia we can have counter demonstrations and everybody’s being polite,” said Jim Merriam, whose sisters own The Dollmakers store on Myrtle Avenue.
Merriam and about ten others carrying homemade signs chanted “We support the police. Take down the billboards,” while those that support the billboards carried “Support the Police” yard signs and chanted “Wake up Monrovia. We support the police.”
“The reason we are out here is simply because the billboards are so offensive,” said Merriam. “The police are out on the street with their MPOA booth selling tickets and everybody supports them and then some of that money turns around to be used against us…because it is telling people to stay out of Monrovia.”
The MPOA is also sending out their annual mailer asking for donations and Merriam and others are sending the donation slip back empty and instead writing “take down the billboards”.
“We love the police and have always supported them and hope it can get back that way,” said Merriam.
Aztec Hotel owner Kathie Reece-McNeill demonstrated in support of the billboards and brought her young daughters along to participate.
“I think it’s really sad that it had to come to the point that the billboards had to go up, but no one in Monrovia was really doing anything,” said Reece-McNeill. “People are out here talking now and before that they weren’t so I think the billboards were productive. The city uses their City Manager’s log and their public information officer Dick Singer’s information for newspapers and that’s the same thing as the billboards.”
While Reece-McNeill and fellow supporter Maria Conlon believe the billboards draw attention to the crime problem that the city has tried to cover up, Bellissima Salon owner Maria Fajardo said she feels safe.
“We support the police but I am against the billboards because it’s directly affecting my business,” said Fajardo. “If people are seeing this is a dangerous city and there’s high crime why would they come and do their hair over here? I have no words to describe what this is doing to our community and to our real estate agencies. Would you buy a house when you’re seeing that there’s high crime over here?”
For the first time in about 10 years, Fajardo had difficulty paying her salon’s rent last month, which she said also affects her 15 employees.
“The economy is bad and perhaps that’s part of it but I certainly don’t want a billboard to affect that even more,” said Fajardo, who also feels the billboards put homeowners in jeopardy since they publicize a supposed lack of Monrovia police forces.
“Who stops anyone from going to Compton, East LA or Downtown?” said Conlon. “If you really want to go there you’ll be there—crime or no crime.”
As of press time, Monrovia Police Officer’s Association members had not returned requests for comment.

By Jessica Hamlin

There Really Are Blue Eggs

jbstephens — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:50:00 +0000

New recipe book by local writer has just been released.

Jeanne Thiel Kelley grew up in the Pasadena area, got all her education right here. All, that is except her specialty, which is cooking. Kelley has top-flight training. She attended La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris, has been affiliated with Bon Appetit magazine for 20 years where she contributed feature articles and recipes for more than 60 editions. She also writes frequently for Cooking Light magazine and other publications.
Pasadena-raised Jeanne Kelley (Pictured) shares recipes using ingredients from her Eagle Rock garden in the just-published book “Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes: Recipes from a Modern Kitchen Garden”.

Her publisher has just released her new book, “Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes: Recipes from a Modern Kitchen Garden”, a coffee-table sized book with tips on growing vegetables, keeping chickens and 150 recipes showing how to use home-grown produce.
“I live in Eagle Rock, so I obviously don’t have a lot of room. But between space for chickens and goats and the use of a community garden a block away, I have been able to grow several varieties of lettuce, pole beans, tomatoes and the like,” Kelley reports.

But what about the blue eggs? Those colorful eggs come from Arucana (also known as Americana chickens) chickens that lay eggs with pale blue yolks. The oddity is a sure-fire attention getter.
The cookbook contains a guide to starting a kitchen garden, tells how to keep chickens, gives guidance on equipment and pantry stocking, then provides an array of recipes from the extremely simple to gourmet.
Recipes include such marvelous sounding items as Burrata Cheese with Fresh Pesto Drizzle to a ham glaze.
Kelley reports that her cranberry sauce with cherries, Marsala and rosemary glaze recipe was inspired at home.
“My father has been glazing the holiday ham with Marsala as far back as I can remember.”
Jeanne Kelley’s parents, Carolyn and Thomas Thiel, are residents of South Pasadena.

“Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes: Recipes from a Modern Kitchen Garden” is available at all our local bookstores and on-line. The list price is $35, but is discounted just about everywhere.

By Bill Peters

The Social Whirl – 5/15/08

jbstephens — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:03:02 +0000

“Gala Bel Canto To Honor Artists, Hosted by Pasadena Based LACC”
A quartet of eminent artists and arts patrons will be honored at the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus’ (LACC) festive Gala Bel Canto on Thursday, May 22, 6 p.m., at the California Club in downtown Los Angeles. Honorees include Grant Gershon, music director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, assistant conductor of L.A. Opera and LACC honorary board member, and LACC supporters Kimberly Marteau Emerson and John Emerson, chair of the Music Center board of governors. In addition, fast rising soprano Khori Dastoor, a Pasadena native, graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and principal artist in residence with Opera San Jose, will be named LACC’s 2008 Distinguished Alumna. Famed mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzman, a Cal-Phil favorite, will host the event, which features a sumptuous three-course dinner and a special performance by the elite LACC Concert Choir conducted by artistic director Anne Tomlinson. All proceeds from the gala benefit LACC’s artistic, educational and scholarship programs.
Gala Bel Canto co-chairs are Laura Moyles LaBarge and Eileen Stueck Leech. The honorary committee includes Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, James Conlon, Placido Domingo, Jeffrey Kahane, Freida Lee Mock, Paul Salamunovich, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jessica Sanders, Eva and Marc Stern, Rebecca Thompson, Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, and John Williams.
Tickets to Gala Bel Canto are $300 per person. To purchase, call Lauran Huff at Levy, Pazanti & Associates at (310) 201-5033. The California Club is located at 538 S. Flower St., Los Angeles.

(L-r) Honoree Barbara Murphy, R.N., with Alpha Auxiliary president,Mickey Harbur, at 27th Marvelous May Brunch, held in the Chandlier Room at Santa Anita. Over 200 attended the elegant event.

“Methodist Hospital Celebrates Volunteers at Appreciation Luncheon”
Meeting first in the Vance Auditorium on April 29, members of the Hospital Auxiliary were welcomed, praised and thanked by Dennis Lee, hospital CEO; Sue Frances, Foundation president; Diane Bade, director of Volunteer Services, and Dr. David Ratto, chief of staff, for their thousands of hours of dedicated service to the hospital.
Volunteer hours were announced from 200 to the highest, Kay Hopkins at19,000.
Members then adjourned to Lewis Hall for an outstanding luncheon.

(L-r) Mary Hansen, chair; Tom Beck, president of Methodist Hospital Foundation, and honoree Andrew Lee, M.D., at Alpha Auxiliary, May 4th, “Order of Merit” awards.

POPS Presents Free Music “Under the Stars”
The Pasadena POPS, under the direction of Maestra Rachael Worby, presents its annual kick off to summer, “Music Under the Stars,” a free community concert event on Sunday, May 25, at Pasadena City Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Parsons Corporation, Target, Bank of America and the City of Pasadena, “Music Under the Stars” begins at 5:30 p.m., with a family festival featuring face painting, stilt walkers, a youth jazz band and more fun. Attendees can set up lawn chairs or blankets, bring their own picnics or enjoy the food court by Pasadena top restaurants.

“Arcadia Woman’s Club has Busy Social Calendar”
Basking in the positive response to their spring bridge luncheon, members are planning a pre-holiday repeat. June 4th is the installation. A buffet salad and dessert luncheon will be served. Community volunteer Mickey Ball will be installed as president.
“Broadway at the Playhouse”
The Musical Review, May 3rd, was another smash hit. Danny Michaels, as Will Rogers, was host. Richard Allen and the wonderful Music Theatre orchestra kept the show on beat and feet tapping. The many singing and dancing artists received standing ovations. Kudos to San Gabriel Valley Music Theater.

Pasadena native, the talented Khori Dastoor, will be the first ever recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Award at LACC’s Gala Bel Canto.

Ellen Enloe (president) and Gail Alexander (chair) of the Arcadia Republican Woman’s Club, at luncheon and fashion show April 21st.

Former Mayor Gail Marhsall models clothes from Angels Everywear, Sierra Madre, for ARWC Fashion Show at San Gabriel Country Club.

Arcadia Woman’s Club Spring Bridge Luncheon was a big success. (L-r) Committee Mary Foley, Mae Craig, Donna Osgood with Jane Reichenfeld (chair, (not shown, Mickey Ball).

Cast of comedy “Beau Jest,” playing at Sierra Madre Playhouse through June 14th, (l-r) standing director San Kelly, Meg Wolf, Travis Nefores; seated (l-r)Howard Krupnick, Rosina Pinchot, Jonas Gabriel, and John Lysaght. I attended opening night and loved it. The audience was in stitches. Great timing. Don’t miss this.

“Chickens and Cherries” – Dorothy’s Place

jbstephens — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:41:02 +0000

There is a lady in town named Margaret who, I’ve learned, is a regular reader of “Dorothy’s Place.” She sent me a note and a clipping from her hometown newspaper. She said she thought I might find it interesting and maybe I could use it for a column.
Margaret was right. I found it interesting and I will use some of the information. The article was based on a woman’s memories of her life in the 1930s, during the Great Depression.
She told how she and her husband nearly lost their car for the lack of $15 to make the final payment. She told about how neighbors helped one another, and how people often got paid for their labors with products or food instead of money.
My favorite was her story of the chickens and the cherries. Her husband did some work for a nearby farmer and was paid with 12 baby Plymouth Rock chickens. The chickens became one of their prize possessions, supplying them with all the eggs they needed plus a few extra for selling or sharing with neighbors.
One day she decided to make a cherry pie, so she went to the basement to get a quart of her home-canned cherries. The first jar she picked up had a bulging lid and juice was running down the side.
“Uh-oh,” she thought. “Food for the chickens.” She went out and scattered them in the chicken yard. The chickens fought over them and ate them eagerly.
She then retrieved a good quart and finally got a pie in the oven. While it was baking, she went to the garden to pick some fresh vegetables. To her horror she noticed all of the chickens lying flat on the ground.
She wondered how in the world she could ever tell her husband that she had poisoned the chickens. She fretted until about an hour before his expected homecoming. She still didn’t know how to tell him, so decided she would carry them into the coop, out of sight.
When she got to the chicken yard, she was overjoyed to see some of them moving, trying to get up. They would stand up, flutter their wings a little, take a few steps, and fall down again.
She realized what had happened. Because the cherries were fermented, the chickens had gotten so drunk that they had passed out. The chickens were acting so weird and making such strange sound that it brought the neighbors out. She says, “I have never heard sounds like those from chickens before or since.”
It was easier for her to tell her husband about alcoholic chickens than dead ones. And, her story certainly matches any that Mom and Aunt Jessie ever told about their lives in the Great Depression.

Nature’s Garden, Goosed By Helping Hands – Ask Garden Gal

jbstephens — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:02:54 +0000

The split personality required to be a gardener and a writer has caught me off guard. Again. Where’s Jake Gittes when I need him to slap some sense into or outta me. “I’m a gardener! I’m a writer! I’m a gardener!” So gardening won the arm wrestle this week. Hence, I’m too sore to dip into the old mailbag for the queries of kindly readers.

In the lovely, wacky weather pattern rains of last week I dug up 50 square feet of lawn. I’m doing this in one foot lengths so my husband doesn’t notice. He likes the Connecticut style of our gardens because it looks just like his childhood home. I mutter, “When Daddy comes back from the Great Beyond to pay the water bill you can have your Connecticut garden here in the flipping desert.”

So on Mother’s Day a group of us packed up our sore muscles for a carefree hike from Switzer’s picnic grounds to JPL. This jog is about ten miles long. Although as I recall it, it seems more like 37 miles. Ensuring that I won’t be doing my Olympic training in the Lawn Pull this week.

Soon, California poppies will grow wild among the freeways after a massive planting initiative sweeps the state. The Revolution will be printed on the website.

So, the good news: The wildflowers are in still bloom! In our canyon ramble we saw wild Penstemon, prickly cucumber, yarrow, scarlet bugler, a multitude of sages, sugar bush, and an amazing Our Lord’s Candle inflorescence. Nodding directly into our path, we had to duck to avoid this giant branch. With hats and sunglasses on, deep in conversation, we weren’t really even paying attention to the scenery at that moment. I missed this agave bloom entirely. Luckily, its intoxicating scent called me into the moment, and we all stopped and admired her beauty. The next time you go do stop in reverence in that last stretch, approaching JPL. A huge prehistoric looking agave stand, like something out of Planet of the Apes, is not to be taken lightly. There are forces at work in this world.

You, too, can be a force. And this Is one of those times. Our friends at Arlington Garden, Betty and Kicker McKenney, the Constant Gardeners, sent around an email last week. It’s time to prepare for a poppy uprising this time next year! The California poppies at Arlington Garden are nearly spent and are now working to produce seeds for next year’s flower show. They’ve increased mightily at Arlington Garden, so it’s time to collect and store. Now, here’s the McKenney’s twist. In this the second annual seed collecting event, they’re asking for volunteers to stop by and snip the pods that have dried to a tan color. Bring a brown paper bag for the pods. They need to dry completely so they can release seeds that won’t moulder. The Garden will store the seeds or you can take ‘em with you. Keep in a cool, dry place. In the fall, as you’re getting onto the freeway for your morning commute, or when hiking your favorite trail, release your seed collection. Into the wild! Yeah, you hear that right! Let the seeds fall free! So that next year we can read a gardening column noting all the beautiful California poppies in bloom in all sorts of public places. The revolution begins with you.

By Sandy Gillis

Reel Truth Reviews – 5/8

jbstephens — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:58:01 +0000

IRON MAN

Reformed bad boy Robert Downey Jr plays Tony Stark, a billionaire weapons maker who takes the law into his own steel-bot hands after the blatant misuse of his weaponry (Iraq war, cough). Sure Iron Man may not have the fanboy cache of Spider Man, but I’m willing to bet that Hollywood could rake in boffo greenbacks from even the most obscure comic book hero out there, the one and only “Plastic Shoelace Man”.

MADE OF HONOR

America’s dreamiest McDoctor Patrick Dempsey plays Tom, a well-manicured cad who’s asked by his best gal pal Hannah to be her maid of honor. The problem is Tom just realized he loves Hannah and wants to marry her himself. While Tom of course succeeds in winning Hannah’s hand, he then all too predictably ruins things by falling into the brittle adulterous arms of Meredith Grey. Is it just me or did the same thing happen last season!?!

REEL TRUTH MAILBAG

Q: Dear Editor,

Recently, I picked up a copy of your news weekly. I found most of it very informative, kudos. This “Reel Truth” column, though, was appalling. Movies are very important to the robust economy of Los Angeles, and for this blowhard Burch fellow to criticize every film released is very disheartening for moviegoers. I (and most critics mind you) found “Nim’s Island” to be nothing short of Nimtastic. I suggest finding a new writer for your film section, perhaps the brilliant booming bombast Peter Travers.

Signed,

Dr. Jonathan Harker

A: My Dearest Jonathan,

I strive to be the best movie capsule critic in the upper Sierra Madre region, and constructive criticism like yours will only help my quest.

Dictated but not read,

Matthew Burch
The Reel Truth

Greg’s Getaway – Barefoot Luxury on the Big Island of Hawaii

jbstephens — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:32:25 +0000

It was one of the most exotic and unique rooms I’ve ever stayed in. Built upon an ancient field of black lava rock, it looked like a hut on the surface of mars. But with secluded beaches only steps away, it was a true Polynesian paradise.

My getaway to the Kona Village Resort began after a half-day of fishing along the Kona coast with Sea Wife Fishing Charters (www.fishkona.org/sea_wife.html), one the island’s most popular sports fishing outfits. When the charter returned to port with its ice chests stocked with tasty fish such as ono and tuna, we headed to the resort for unforgettable barefoot luxury.

Located at an ancient Hawaiian fishing village, Kona Village Resort covers 82 private acres on Kahuwai Bay, along the Big Island’s Kohala Coast. The resort features 125 thatched-roof bungalows called hale (ha-lay). The hale are grouped into tiny villages surrounding lush lagoons, pristine white and black sand beaches, and lava fields.

As I mentioned, my hale was surrounded in the back by a sea of black lava, dating back thousands of years. Some of the rocks are engraved with ancient petroglyphs, the picture-like writings of early Hawaiians. The resort features more than 400 of the carvings, representing one largest petroglyph sites on the island.

In front of the bungalow, the landscape transitioned naturally into sandy beach. From my lanai, I could see the blue ocean peeking through swaying palm trees about 30 yards away. I could reach the water by walking 10 seconds over warm sand. When I did this I found a hidden cove, with an empty hammock and a couple of large sea turtles basking in the sun.

And then there was the hale itself. Topped with a thatched-roof, the wooden hut oozed Hawaiian charm. To keep things real, it came without island nuisances such as TV, radio or telephone. In their place I listened to wooden wind chimes and song birds, gazed at a real-life water color painted on my lanai, and breathed in the enchanting aroma of the colorful plumeria.

For faster paced fun, I explored the resort’s swimming pools, tennis courts, fitness center and Shipwreck Bar. But my favorite attraction was the Polynesia Luau, held Wednesday and Friday nights.

Staged on the banks of ancient Hawaiian fish ponds, this award-winning luau celebrates the culture and heritage of Hawaii, and in the process, it serves up incredible authentic food.

The luau begins when traditionally-dressed islanders unveil a bunch of food cooked underground in an Hawaiian earthen oven or imu. The highlight of this is when they lift out the large, succulent kalua pig, followed by fresh fish, chicken and island veggies.

After this, guests are seated near the lagoon, while a buffet is prepared. When the food is ready everyone lines up to fill their plates. They then sit down to beating drums, strumming guitars, spinning fire, grass skirts, melodic voices and beautiful dancers.

For more info on visiting the Big Island of Hawaii, visit www.bigisland.org. For info on staying at Kona Village Resort, visit www.konavillage.com

By Greg Aragon

Statewide Shifts Favor Dems

jbstephens — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:15:13 +0000

Perhaps reflecting the continued excitement from the February Presidential primary, the Democratic party continues to show a substantial increase in registered voters as the deadline nears to register for the state primary.

Democrats total nearly 7 million in the state, an increase of half a million since 2004 and a jump of some 200,000 since January.

By contrast, the Republican party has lost 100,000 registered voters in net numbers in four years. Also dropping are the ranks of the Green, Libertarian and Peace and Freedom parties, with American Independent showing a small increase.

The growth in the state has been among independent voters, known as declines to state in California, where the total has now topped 3 million.

Registration in the state as a whole is 15.8 million, up about 900.000 from 2004. The figure represents about 69 percent of all those eligible to register.

In Los Angeles county, 3.9 million people are registered to vote, 2.01 million of them Democrats. Republicans total about half that figure, and independents 19.66 percent.

There are 67,299 registered voters in Pasadena, 32,741 of them Democrats. There are 18,901 Republicans, 1,010 American Independents, 585 Green Party members, 319 Libertarians, 267 Peace and Freedom and 12,968 declines to state.

Arcadia has 27,683 registered voters, with the majority Republicans, 11,130. Democrats total 7,564, American Independent 349, Green Party 60, Libertarian 90, Peace and Freedom 83, and declines to state 8,161.

Monrovia has a total of 17,538 registered voters, with Democrats in the majority at 7,110. There are 6,497 Republicans, 338 Amrican Independent, 113 Green Party, 94 Libertarian, 71 Peace and Freedom, and 3,199 declines to state.

Registraion in Sieera Madre totals 7,388, with 3,048 Republicans, 2,699 Democrats, 148 American independent, 71 Green Party, 64 Libertarians, 17 Peace and Freedom, and 1,280 declines to state.

The last day to register for the June primary is May 19. The last day to request a ballot by mail is May 27. Primary date is June 3.

By Charles Cooper