Two More Metro Branches Join Inter Library System
Heat brings more readers to the library as two Metro branches join the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System expanding access. Los Angeles and Long Beach join as new participants with other members spanning from Altadena to Whittier. Cardholders can borrow from any member library and return materials to any location except films and art prints.
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Metro
San Marino
Metropolitan Cooperative Library System
MCLS
San Gabriel Hospital Marks 20 Years Of Service
San Gabriel Hospital celebrates twenty years as a 184 bed not for profit charity serving West San Gabriel Valley. The open house runs Sunday from 1 to 4 pm at 218 South Santa Anita Street with a community call line 284 3282. The hospital highlights include a $3 million radiology wing opened in 1978 and a record of 4 quarter million emergency room visits over twenty years.
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Community Hospital of
San Gabriel
West San Gabriel Valley
CHSG
Santa Anita Street
San Marino Paramedic Initiative Clears Signature Hurdle
San Marino Citizens for Paramedic Coverage gathered over 2000 signatures in San Marino verifying names for a November ballot measure. The proposal would raise 202000 for 24 hour paramedic service via a citywide assessment of 45 per parcel each year for three years.
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Registrar/Recorder's
City of Commerce
San Marino
Betty Groomes
San
Bill Steele Appointed To Planning Commission Post
Bill Steele named by Mayor Lynn Reit hover to serve on the Planning Commission for four years starting retroactively July 1, filling the vacancy left by Alex Smith after 12 years. Steele, Rotary past president, cites commitment to community and civic service with City Club and as former forum moderator. The Steeles moved to San Marino in 1965 from Pasadena area after long ties to the San Gabriel Valley. Their three children attended San Marino schools. Steele grew up in Orange County and his wife in Beverly Hills. He met at USC and enjoys tennis along with travel, hunting and fishing.
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Bill Steele
Rotary
Lynn Reithover
Planning Commission
Steele
Alex Smith
Smith
Commission
City Club
San Marino
Steeles
Pasadena
San Gabriel Valley
Long Beach
Sas Mariano
Orange County
Beverly Hills
USC
Lin Hildeburn Named San Marino Library Board Trustee
Lin Hildeburn was introduced as the new San Marino Public Library Board trustee at a City Council meeting. Her term runs July 1980 to June 30, 1983, and she has long been active in local civic groups and school PTAs.
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Lin Hildeburn
Lynn Reithover
San Marino Public Library Board
San Marino
Hill
Hildeburns
Will
John
UC Santa Cruz
Planning Commission Delays Bellwood Addition Hearing
The San Marino Planning Commission postponed the Hus addition case to August 19 after neighbors and commissioners lacked access to compromise building plans. Commissioner Ben Schmid, ready to explain details, spoke post vote as about 25 neighbors attended. The dispute centers on setbacks and the expanded living area, requiring review of proposed compromise plans at City Hall during weekday hours.
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Bellwood
Jan Shing Hu
Planning Commission
Commission
Ben Schmid
The
Hus
City Hall
Schmid
San Marino
Altar date vs alter date in marriage vs divorce terms
A reader asks if setting a time to marry is an altar date and whether choosing a date for a divorce action is an alter date. The question contrasts homophonic terms with marriage and divorce processes.
Diamonds Missing After Glendale Suspect Caught
Six thousand dollars worth of unmounted round cut diamonds and the display tray disappeared from Kraemer's Jewelry on Huntington Drive last Wednesday around 2:20 pm. San Marino police captured a 24 year old Glendale man minutes later after a chase through back alleys and streets. He was jailed in Pasadena after bail was set at 1000 dollars. diamonds and tray remained unrecovered.
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Kraemer’s
Huntington Drive
Kraemers
San Marino
Glendale
Kraemer
Frank Beeal
Roger Erwin
Ira McKay
Stevey Bruce Reflects on One Year on Grand Jury Experience
Stevey Bruce, ex Grand Juror from San Marin, recalls a year serving on the Grand Jury in Los Angeles County. She details the audit committee work selecting private auditors, handling 15 audits, and acting as liaison between auditors and county offices. She also served on the government organization committee and balanced needs among jurors while pondering lasting impressions from the role.
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San Marinan Stevey Bruce
Seci
Bruce
Los Angeles
Afzal Sentenced For Cousin’s Stabbing Murder
Rahim Afzal, 32, was sentenced Friday in Pasadena Superior Court to five years to life for second degree murder. He stabbed his cousin Abdul Afzal, 51, at the victim’s San Marino home on December 28 after a two-week trial in July. The older man reportedly sought a better life in America and asked the suspect to move out. immigration officials requested copies of the case.
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Rahim Afzal
Pasadena Superior Court
Afzal
Abdul Afzal
San Marino
C F. Braun and Company
West Drive
America
Immigration Department
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Alhambra
Altadena
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Burbank
Redondo Beach Public Library
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San Gabriel Hospital
Jenny Spector, RN
Board of Trustees
Chsg Charitable Trust
William True
Total Health Care
Valley Vista Hospital
Alan A. Snyder
Norma Yocum
Bulance
Club
Charlie
UC. Berkeley
Mary
SMHS
Mrs. Hildeburn
Eleanor McLain
Sen Marino Tribune
Bellwood Road
Alex
Coldwell Banker
Pasadena City
West Haven Road
Grand Jury
Stevey Bruce
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