Morning jolt

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  This recent post on the Meadows blog just seems to us to be the quintessential Altadena story of summer, 2010.
• PSN has an obit of Allen Davis, who taught at Pasadena City College for over 30 years.  An Altadena resident throughout his working career, Davis was a popular teacher in the business division, and in retirement volunteered as a clown, magician, and balloon-animal-making Santa Claus.
• The Mt. Wilson Observatory Assn.'s monthly lecture on Sat., July 24 at the Altadena Library will be Dr. Edward L. (Ned) Wright, of the UCLA Physics & Astronomy Dept. His subject will be the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space astronomy mission, for which Dr. Wright is Principal Investigator. Refreshments are at 2 PM, the program begins at 2:30.