Salvation Army-Pasadena, offers a pos-itive after-school atmosphere for ele-mentary, middle, and high school stu-dents. During the school year this program provides much needed transportation for participating students from selected school campuses to its center on E. Walnut St. P.A.L. has served over 3,000 youth so far and sponsors activi-ties such as: arts & crafts, culinary arts, field trips, tutoring and personal devel-opment.

While school is in session the P.A.L. department’s main focus is academic success. Each participating student is assigned one of the ten Youth Advisors, part-time employees of the Police Dept. and usually a college student, with whom the students stay in touch throughout the school year. The goal of the Pasadena P.A.L. Program is to help each student maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher by facilitating tutoring, school visits, and peer-to- peer mentoring from the Youth Advisors and also from individual police officers that often volunteer their time to help.

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By Allen Shay, Chair

This month’s featured story focuses on the safety and protection of the North-west community through the resources and programs offered by the Pasade-na Police Department. There are many resources and programs that even I learned about during two well-attended recent public events with Chief Phillip Sanchez and many of his command staff. Also in attendance were 60 stu-dents from the Citizens Police Acade-my and many residents of Northwest Pasa--dena.

The Community Outreach Unit under Sergeant Chris Gutierrez was a spe-cial eye-opener. The Unit is charged to promote on-site, direct and open communications with residents. It strives to facilitate effective two-way communications covering department policies, procedures and important issues that affect public safety. The Outreach Unit staff attends and pro-vides input at a number of regular and ad hoc community meetings. The de-partment also provides third-party ob-jectivity during instances of conflict between neighbors. The staff provides suggestions and steps toward media-tion and conflict resoltion. Outreach Officers also manage a variety of on-

going and annual projects.

In addition the Pasadena Police De-partment’s Police Activities League (P.A.L.), directed by Officers Roxanne Haines and Edward Bondarczuk and working in partnership with The in the Pasadena area.

NWC Congratulates

The Seed Bakery

Sydney Cattouse

John Muir Stu-

dent

Learn English

Latino Heritage

Month

NW Events Calendar

What’s Happening Editorial: Pasadena Police Department VOTE Exercise Your Rights

Kidspace Hosts Pumpkin Festival

Allen Shay, Editor October, 2016

Meet Vice Chair,

Cindy Schnuelle

Cindy Clark-Schnuelle is a na-tive Californian and a 20 year resident of Pasadena, the last 7 living in the beautiful North West. Cindy is currently the co-chair of the Northwest Commis-sion, chair of the Orange Heights Neighborhood Associa-tion and a sitting commissioner on the HWPAC – Hahamonga Watershed Park Advisory Committee. She is also on the executive board of the Gamble House Docent Council, where she serves as secretary. Having retired from a 30-year career in the rough and tumble fashion industry in 2010, Cindy now devotes a majority of her time and energy as an active member of the Pasadena com-munity support system, Cindy is a graduate of the Pasa-dena Neighborhood Leadership Institute – class of 2014. She lead the group in successfully bringing Reading Partners, a one on one tutoring program, to Madison Elementary in North-west Pasadena. Reading Part-ners serves other elementary schools in the Northwest and Cindy encourages everyone to give just an hour of their time to help a child read at grade level.

community.

P.A.L. also offers its members a full summer program that includes swimming, beach trips, and exposure to cultural experiences. The department maintains a variety of classes such as art, cooking, soccer, craft making, and Zumba. In addition, they also conduct girls and boys group sessions to talk about gender specific topics. In the summer 25 students are brought together for a Leadership Conference. If you would like to join the Pasadena P.A.L. program and are currently between the ages of 9-17 come to the Salvation Army’s Community Youth Center at 960 E. Walnut St. For more on this program go to https://pasadena.pal.com

The Community Outreach and P.A.L. programs along with the depart-ment’s initiatives in mental health training and Community police train-ing are examples of the community engagement plan to provide re-sources and community involvement for the residents of Northwest Pasa-dena that build trust in the Police Department’s ability to serve and protect.

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Police Community Staff Chief of Police, Phillip Sanchez

Community Services Section:

Lieutenant Tracey Ibarra, tibarra@cityofpasadena.net (626) 744-6485 Neighborhood Services Unit and Outreach Unit, Sergeant Chris Gutierrez, cgutierrez@cityofpasadena.net (626) 744-7694 Northwest Community Service, Lieutenant John Mercado jmercado@cityofpasadea.net (626) 744-4620 Police Specialist, Hilda Jurado, Police Specialist IV hjurado@cityofpasadena.net (626) 744-7659

For more information on the tragic death of Reginald Thom-as, please go to the link below to receive the latest updates from the Pasadena Police:

http://cityofpasadena.net/Police

IMPORTANT INFORMATION See More

For Pasadena registration and voting information go to: http://www.cityofpasadena.net/Voting_Information/

Find Your Polling Place View Your Sample Ballot Who Are My Representatives? City of Pasadena Office of the City Clerk City of Pasadena Election Information For more information, please contract the Pasadena Public Library at (626) 74404066 Option 7 or send an email to the library reference staff at: refquestions@cityofpasadena.net To contact the City of Pasadena Office of the City Clerk, please call (626) 744-4124 or visit the http://cityof pasadena.net/CityClerk

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One of the most critical ways that individuals can influence govern-

mental decision-making is through voting. Voting is a formal expres-

sion of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolu-

tion of an issue. Voting generally takes place in the context of a large-

scale national or regional election however, local and small-scale

community elections can be just as critical to individual participa-

tion in government.

Kidspace Children's Museum Hosts 22nd Annual Pumpkin Festival

Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16

Join Us For the 22nd Annual Pumpkin Festival at Kidspace Children's Museum!

Organized by the Circle of Friends

Saturday, October 15 & Sunday, October 16, 2016

9:30a.m. to 5:00p.m.

This family-friendly event includes fun for

all ages and will be hosted in Brookside

Park, directly in front of Kidspace Chil-

dren’s Museum.

Kids will giggle with delight at the petting

zoo, pony rides, exciting bouncers, carni-

val games, and seasonal crafts. Partake

in a costume parade, make your own

take-home fall crafts, enjoy face paint-

ing, and select pumpkins from our

pumpkin patch.

Parents will love the book and costume sale, and tasty picnic treats.

Festival admission is free - as well as the live music/performances, selected crafts,

and a photo opportunity at the pumpkin patch. There is also plenty of free parking in

Lot I of the Rose Bowl adjacent to Brookside Park.

Tickets are available for purchase to enjoy the bouncers, pony rides, games, food,

and many other festival attractions.

This is a fun, family-friendly way to celebrate the season!

The annual Pumpkin Festival is organized by the museum’s volunteer support group,

The Circle of Friends, and offers even the youngest children a fun and safe way to

celebrate the season. All proceeds benefit Kidspace Children’s Museum.

"This family-friendly event includes fun for all ages and will be

hosted in Brookside Park, directly in front of Kidspace Children’s

Museum."

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One of the newer bakeries in Northwest Pasadena is

Seed Bakery located at 942 E. Washington Blvd, Pasadena (near Lake Avenue).

Owned and operated by Joseph Abrakjian, who runs the business with his wife Pam, is baking whole grain loaves made from natural levin and flour he mills himself in a small back room on a stone mill.

The breads from heritage grains Kamut, Spelt,

Rye, Sonora— farro, einkorn — are chalked on the board in the front of the shop which make the place sound more like a heritage seed bank than a boulangerie, as do the sacks of grain stacked along the side of the dining room.

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Student Spotlight Meet Sydney Cattouse

Sydney Cattouse, a resident of Northwest

Pasadena, is a junior in the Engineering and

Environmental Science Academy at John

Muir High School where he maintains a 3.8 -

4.0 GPA.

Sydney runs cross country in the fall and

runs the 800m during track and field season

in the spring. He is a member of Muir’s

school newspaper, The Blazer, and a photog-

rapher for MuirNow.com, the student news

website for Muir.

Sydney was recently chosen for UCLA VIP

Scholars program

Business Spotlight

He's also making traditional baguettes and pastries

with white flour or a combination of white and whole

grain, including both plain and chocolate croissants.

To go with all the bread and pastries, there's a coffee

menu, with coffee from Kickapoo Coffee, a Wiscon-

sin fair trade coffee program, and a small menu of

breakfast and lunch dishes. Grain bowls, French

toast, quiche, sandwiches. And yes, there's avocado

toast.

After looking for years for the right space, Abrakjian is pretty happy to have found a permanent home at 942 East Washington Blvd in our neighborhood.

Contact Joseph or Pam at: (626) 486-2115 www.seedbakerypasadena.com.

Your

NORTHWEST COMMISSIONERS

Allen Shay, Chair District 4

Cindy Schnuelle,

Vice Chair

District 5

Steve Darden,

District 1

Barbara Richardson King

District 1

Carolina Romo,

District 2

Hilda Delgado,

District 3

Craig L. Washington,

District 3

Victoria Dominquez,

District 5

Vacant

District 6

Kimberly Douglas,

District 7

Carla Boykin,

Mayor’s Appointee

City of Pasadena Staff Lola Osborne Northwest Manager Office of the City Manager 626-744-4791 losborne@cityofpasadena.net

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NW Commission

Mission Statement

The City of Pasade-

na is dedicated to

delivering exempla-

ry municipal ser-

vices, responsive to

the entire communi-

ty and consistent

with our history.

Northwest Commis-

sion meetings are

held the second

Tuesday of every

month at 6:30pm at

the:

Location: Jackie Robinson

Auditorium

1020 N. Fair Oaks

Avenue

Pasadena, CA 91103

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CALENDAR of EVENTS Tuesdays: 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25 – 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. – Pasadena Chapter

of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Saving Our Young Black Men Job

Training Program. (Pasadena City College, 1570 East Colorado Boule-

vard) Match each participant with a Mentor that will be your resource and commit-

ted to your success.

Provide Skills on How to be a Successful Employee

Teach each participant how to access and use programs and resources that are

available in Pasadena via

Do a Workshop on "How to Survive .....” - Police Encounters, Job Environ-

ment and More

More Information: Elise Preston Mallory – 626/475-7710

Elise_Mallory@hotmail.com

Wednesday, 10/5 – PUSD: 4th Annual First Choice Festival. Explore edu-

cational options for your child. (Pasadena Convention Center)

More Information:

PUSD Office of Enrollment: 626/396-3639

Sunday, 10/9 – 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. – The Friends of the Pasadena Public Li-

brary (The Associates of the La Pintoresca Library): Reception.

(La Pintoresca, 45 East Washington Boulevard)

Tuesday, 10/11 – 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. – The Salvation Army: Homeless

Connect Day. The goal of this event is to provide as many direct medi-

cal, wellness and supportive services in one location to the low income

and homeless community. (180 North Mentor Avenue) Flu shots, hear-

ing testing, legal advice, haircuts, pet therapy, health education, vision

testing, and more.

Jhoana Hirasuna: 626/529-0503 (o); 626/643-9267

SATURDAY, 10/15 – Latino History Parade

Thursday, 10/20 – Assemblymember Chris Holden:

Young Legislators Program.

High school seniors with at least a 2.5 GPA who can attend a mandatory

orientation meeting and commit to monthly Saturday meetings begin-

ning in January 2017 are invited to apply for the Young Legislators

Program. Students gain valuable leadership and community experience,

learn how ideas become laws, and visit successful companies and the

State Capitol. Contact: 626/351-1917

Friday, October, 21 6pm – 10pm Art Night Pasadena City Hall is the hub for all of the buses.

Contact: 626/744-7062 Cultural Affairs Division

hhtp://artnightpasadena.org