Monrovia's Historic Aztec Hotel For Sale

The historic Aztec Hotel, at the corner of Magnolia and Foothill, is in foreclosure and will go up for sale. http://goo.gl/Jwvd3

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia High in Top 20% of California Schools

Announcement on Monrovia High web page: "Congratulations to the Wildcat Family. The Department of Education released the state rankings for all California Schools last week. I'm proud to announce that MHS ranks in the TOP 20% of schools in California. Way to go CATS!" http://goo.gl/3AYVQ
- Brad Haugaard

Interesting Old Monrovia House / MAFA Gala

~ Interesting old Monrovia house. I wonder if it is still around. http://goo.gl/AAklz

~ Monrovia Association of Fine Arts gala. http://goo.gl/mkulp

- Brad Haugaard

Happy Wet Monrovia Mothers Day

Have a wonderful Mothers Day! Kind of wet as we're starting out. Maybe a good day for a hot tea or bowl of soup.

- Brad Haugaard

Free Ice Cream for Monrovia Moms

ColdStoneSoCal is tweeting that there is free ice cream for moms this Mother's Day at Cold Stone Creamery (right by the theater on Myrtle).

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Student Artist

Evan Cook, Monrovia Association of Fine Art’s Student Artist of the Year. http://goo.gl/hRrjJ

- Brad Haugaard

Park Survey / Girl Scouts / Track & Field / Park Renamed / New Restaurant

~ Monrovia Public Works Department wants to know what you think about the city parks. Survey here: http://goo.gl/S0O94

~ Girl Scout Troop 2831 hosted a pet food drive at Petco in Pasadena and collected an entire pallet of much-needed supplies for Foothill Unity Center's Pet Food Bank. http://goo.gl/c1hCb

~ Monrovia's Amanda Mansoorbekht breaks 30-year record at track and field finals. http://goo.gl/W5hGx

~ Monrovia's Olive Park renamed for Latina civil rights leader. http://goo.gl/2snLl

~ Max's Mexican Restaurant on Huntington now open. http://goo.gl/36VlN

- Brad Haugaard

Donnelly Objects to Aid for Illegal Immigrant Students

California Assembly Member Tim Donnelly, who represents Monrovia, objects to extending financial aid to illegal immigrant students: http://goo.gl/rPhcH

 

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Schools May Charge Foreign Students / MHS Almost Done

Here is the agenda for the May 11 Monrovia School Board meeting (7:30 p.m.): http://goo.gl/30qbf . And here are a couple items:

~ The Monrovia School Board will consider charging international students (not immigrant students). Why? Because of the district's tight budget. http://goo.gl/FdTMz

~ The Monrovia High School renovation has a few more big items left to do, but it is scheduled to be done by this July. Big items: Old Ceramics building, old science building, front entrance, Mid-Campus Building (Building M). http://goo.gl/GDqwv

- Brad Haugaard

Attendance Slips at Monrovia Schools

A 2010-11 goal for Monrovia Schools was to improve attendance. (Remember, attendance isn't the same thing as enrollment.) Well, didn't quite work out. The elementary and middle schools actually went down in attendance, but this was almost made up by increases at Monrovia High and Mountain Park School. (The district is comparing against 08-09 because there was a flu epidemic in 09-10 that would mess up the stats.) http://goo.gl/tmV6S

- Brad Haugaard

Lunch at Peach Cafe

Just east of Myrtle on Colorado. I like the Southwestern Salad with cornbread. Got some gazpacho to go with it. Yum.

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Redevelopment History / Carbon Monoxide

~ A video history of redevelopment in Monrovia. http://goo.gl/qzk1G

~ A new California State Law requires homeowners to install carbon monoxide detectors in their homes by this July. Details: http://goo.gl/OcuNf

- Brad Haugaard

Produce Exchange and Worm Tea

Swap fruit and vegetables at Monrovia Library Park tomorrow (Saturday, May 7). Plus, free "worm tea." Yum. http://goo.gl/nUVV0

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Police Chief Retires / Free Cold Drink

~ Monrovia Chief Johnson retires after 32 years of service. http://goo.gl/dNuyj

 

~ Free cold drink. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (corner of Myrtle and Foothill) is giving away a free 12-oz. ice-blended drink (Cookies & Cream, Mocha Mint Chip, or Espresso Cream)  on May 10, 4-7 p.m. The card says to RSVP at Facebook.com/theCoffeeBean , but I can't tell if it is a requirement and I can't tell how to do it. Grrr.

 

- Brad Haugaard

May in Monrovia / Baseball / Old Car Dealership

~ Charlotte Schamadan reports on the busy month of May in Monrovia. http://goo.gl/mr3Cm

~ Wildcats over South Pas in baseball. :-) http://goo.gl/wXJom

~ Neat old picture of Bob Longpre Pontiac dealership in Monrovia (You'll have to scroll down.) http://goo.gl/K7DMU

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Tourist Bear / Book Sale / SciFi Monrovia

~ Another decorated Monrovia bear spotted. This one: "Samson the Tourist Bear." http://goo.gl/S0hEM

~ Friends of the Monrovia Library will have a huge book sale Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Library Park. $2 a bag from 3-5 p.m. ( http://goo.gl/DGhcW ). Also, the Friends could use volunteers: http://goo.gl/POefr

~ I just had coffee with Monrovian Rob McClinton, who represents TownLoop.com (a Pasadena company coming soon to Monrovia to benefit schools) and is a part owner of ScienceFiction.com.

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Jobs / Aerosmith

Monrovia jobs workshop details: http://goo.gl/TfRL0

 

Band, Aerosmith, held jam sessions in Monrovia. http://goo.gl/VvESE

 

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Musicians / Book Club / Dog Wash / Huff Annoyed

~ Monrovia Superstars of Music. May 19. More than 300 district music students showcasing their talents. http://goo.gl/oY4I1

~ Monrovia Library is forming a new monthly book club. http://goo.gl/dzgZ8

~ Get your dog washed at Dog Zone to support Wounded Warriors. May 15. http://goo.gl/Tppfq

~ State Senator Bob Huff, who represents Monrovia, is annoyed that legislation he authored "to root out and dispose of any and all state regulations that hinder new job and business development" was killed on a party-line vote. http://goo.gl/K4Stf

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia High Accomplishments

~ The Monrovia High dance team competed at Knott’s Berry Farm in the Sharp International State Championships and the hip hop team came in 1st and the dance team scored their highest points of the season.

~ The Monrovia High drumline took third place at the American Drumline Association Championships in open class this past weekend, and it was promoted this year to a higher division.

~ In track and field, tenth grader Amanda Mansoorbakht is ranked first in league in the 800 and mile and ranked in the top five in the school's division. Eleventh grader Max Armenta is ranked second in the 800 and mile and in the top ten in the school's division.
Source: http://goo.gl/vhM1w
- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Company Gives Money for Milk / Curb Painting

~ Prolacta Bioscience of Monrovia is donating $22,000 to the "Susan G. Komen for the Cure" organization, $1 for every ounce of breast milk it collected through March of this year. Prolacta makes human milk fortifier for critically ill, premature infants. http://goo.gl/kmnXe

 

~ A reader asks if the curb-painting organization, Canning Hunger, is legit. I asked the City and was told it does have a license. 

 

- Brad Haugaard