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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...
View Article7th 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,...
View ArticleREI 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...
View ArticleSeniority 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...
View ArticleNASA 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...
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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...
View ArticleObituary- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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