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Sierra Madre Fourth of July, 2008
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Videos still to come...
4th of July Parade
Friday, July 4th, 2008
On Friday July 4th, after a flyover of
“Vintage Warbirds” (vintage military aircraft including a WWII trainer
twin-engine C-45), Sierra Madre Brownies, part of the Mt. Wilson Vista
Council, opened the Parade, which featured seventy entries, including this
year’s Parade Grand Marshals, the Sierra Madre Fire Department.
Following the Grand Marshals, Sierra Madre Mayor
Kurt Zimmerman, Mayor Pro Tem Maryann MacGillivray, and Council members John
Buchanan, Joe Mosca and Don Watts represented the City. Next came Citizen of
the Year Pete Siberell and Older American Eph Konigsberg.
Congressman David Dreier, State Senator Bob Margett,
and County Supervisor Mike Antonovich all participated in the Parade.
Members of the world famous Sierra Madre Search and
Rescue Team marched and drove their vehicles down the boulevard.
Representing the Sierra Madre Rose Float
Association, which is riding a streak of three consecutive major awards in the
Tournament of Roses Parade, were Princess Hanna Storlie, Princess Alexandra
Flores, and their Escorts Andrew Pirrone and Timothy Crilly. This year, for
the first time in recent memory, the float was nearly 30 percent complete
structurally at the time of the parade, so parade goers were treated to a
partial preview of the 2009 entry in the T of R parade.
If your name isn't under your picture,
e-mail me and I'll add it.
It'll help with Google search engine results.
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About the flyby |
Officer John Ford clears the boulevard
for the parade |
Here it comes, here it comes...it's
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Brownies, followed by Pasadena High's
JROTC Color Guard |
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Vintage police vehicles, a 1968 Dodge
and 1969 Plymouth led the way |
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Ted Saraf's 1968
Dodge police car |
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1939 Dodge "Pearl Harbor Staff Car
w/SM VFW Post 3208 Commander Wayne Moreira |
More VFW Members |
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2006 Citizen of
the Year and VFW Member Bud Switzer
handed out flags along the route |
I believe this is a current soldiers
entry |
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Current soldiers with VFW members,
including Post 3208 Quarter Master Ted Evans on the right |
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A banner thanking the Grand Marshals
hangs above some paradegoers |
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Navy League entry |
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Sierra Madre City College Marching
Band (video to come) |
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Sierra Madre City College
float is on the way |
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Patty Sullivan hydrates as members of
SMCC hand out free gas and a "change" we can believe in |
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SMCC member Mark Kennedy |
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The Grand Marshall SMVFD |
Firefighter Christine Lowe |
Firefighter Brent Bartlett |
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Battalion Chief Mike Bamberger |
Ditto, w/fellow Battalion Chief Bob
Burnett |
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Congressman David Dreier |
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State Senator Bob Margett |
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Supervisor Mike Antonovich
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Citizen of the Year Pete Siberell's
wife Marianne brought her dogs with her |
Supervisor Mike Antonovich |
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Citizen of the Year Pete Siberell |
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Older American of the Year Eph
Konigsberg |
Assemblyman Anthony Adams didn't make
it, but his ride did |
Mayor Kurt Zimmerman |
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From Ted Saraf: "My car
is a 1968 Dodge Coronet Police Special. It is an actual police car and is
equipped with the following equipment:
The drive train has a 383
cubic inch engine with a 4 BBL carburetor, police heavy duty bar suspension,
factory air conditioning, police radio and growler siren. The siren was found
in a storage bin at B and M Siren and was remanufactured to the original specs.
The light bar and siren platter was hand made and mounted with TLC by myself,
Bud Ireland (a former Pasadena Police Detective and the owner of B and M
Siren), and Kevin O’Connell. This vehicle was just like the one that I drove as
a rookie Pasadena Police officer in 1968. I have always had the urge to try to
get one of these rare cars and restore it to original condition. I found this
vehicle on EBAY, flew to Dallas and drove to Quinlan, Texas to see it. This
was a real “barn find”
as I pulled it out of a dusty dirty storage car port, wiped off the cob webs,
chicken feathers, poured gas into the engine and gas tank and put on a fresh
battery. Like most Chrysler MOPAR cars, it started right up after not running
for over 7 years. I drove it back to Dallas, then had it shipped to Pasadena,
where my friend Mark Galoustian, owner of a 1969 Plymouth LAPD police vehicle,
and I stripped it and prepped it for restoration. During the next 4 months, my
vehicle was transformed from a rusty hunk into what it is today, a fully
restored Pasadena Police Special Cruiser, fully operational and it will be
utilized in many parades and by Pasadena PD. My wife Janine and I will enjoy
our new Historic Police Car. The residents of Sierra Madre will see this car
again next year in the 4th of July Parade.
P.S.
The air conditioning worked perfect during this years 4th of July
parade which was amazing on this 40 year old car."
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