Roy’s Restaurant Raises $22,350 for Pasadena Foster Care Charity
Hosting a private preview of its grand opening on August 7, Roy’s Restaurant in Pasadena raised $22,350 to benefit Hillsides, a local foster care children’s charity. Donating 100% of the evening’s proceeds to the foster care charity, Roy’s opened its doors to over 300 guests. From L to R: Bill Noce, Hillsides Board Member Susan [...]
Obituary
MULLEAVY – Nancy Perry Mulleavy, born June 23, 1925, died July 22, 2008. She was the daughter of longtime Sierra Madre residents Charles Hall and Martha Perry. Nancy married Lt. Col. William Robert Mulleavy with whom she had four children; Nan, Martha, Perry and Paula. Nancy’s grandparents, Charles Hall Perry Sr., and his wife Georgine [...]
Monrovia Community “adopts” 480 Baby Ducks for the YMCA
Karen Taylor Straley, SAFYMCA board member and committee chair said the public participated by adopting a rubber duck to compete in the Rubber Duck Dunk. Funds raised will help support the many programs provided to people of all ages by the SAFYMCA in Monrovia, regardless of ability to pay full fee. “It’s just a fun [...]
Obituary- Peggy Jacqueline DePalma
Peggy Jacqueline DePalma died peacefully in her home in Sierra Madre, California, on Friday, July 18, 2008, surrounded by her family. Peggy was born June 19, 1933 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. She grew up with her Mother, Grandparents, Aunt Daisy, Uncle Leonard, and Cousin Cheryl. Even this past year, Peggy and Cheryl Tromley still enjoyed [...]
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander to Begin Rasping Frozen Layer
A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is being tested for the first time on Mars in gathering sample shavings of ice. The lander has used its arm in recent days to clear away loose soil from a subsurface layer of hard-frozen material and create a [...]
NASA SPACECRAFT SHOWS DIVERSE, WET ENVIRONMENTS ON ANCIENT MARS
Two studies based on data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed that the Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life. One study, published in the July 17 issue of Nature, shows that vast regions of the ancient highlands of [...]
Seniority Counts – 7/15/2008
By Aunt Bee In this column, Aunt Bee provides helpful answers to questions that pertain to senior citizen lifestyles. Q: Since my husband died, it is very quiet around the house. I don’t have many friends or relatives, and can’t get out, but would love to talk to someone a few times a week. It [...]
REI Powers Arcadia Store with Solar Panels
Co-op Invites the Community to Celebrate Solar Electric Installations REI recently announced plans to retrofit more than 10 percent of its stores with solar panels in 2008, generating a total of 1.1 million kilowatt hours of electricity. The photovoltaic solar panels in Arcadia will self-generate nearly 112,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and up to 26 [...]
7th Annual Old Town Monrovia Food, Wine and Jazz Festival to Benefit YMCA
The non-profit Santa Anita Family YMCA (SAFYMCA) has been selected to be the beneficiary of proceeds from the 7th annual Old Town Monrovia Food, Wine and Jazz Festival that takes place on Sunday, Sept. 7 in the heart of Old Town on Myrtle Ave. The Food, Wine and Jazz Festival is sponsored by the Old [...]
Rose Parade float builder Bill Lofthouse passes
Bill Lofthouse, who founded the Phoenix float-building company in Pasadena, died Saturday in Arcadia. He was 68. Lofthouse died from pancreatic cancer. Phoenix Floats with Lofthouse and family builds nearly 50% of all floats annually in the Tournament of Roses parade. He was an active member of the Board of Directors of the Methodist Hospital [...]