June 2010 Voice of the Village

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Voice of the Village
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Volume I, Issue 8
FEATURE:
Krekorian honors volunteers
– page 2
Feature:
Lions seek Watermelon Queen
– page 4
June 1 2010
Business:
How vegans help the water crisis
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Bandito captured
Chairmen of the Chord.
Staff
On May 16 in Bandito Park on Tujunga Canyon
Boulevard, some 300 neighbors and friends gathered
in the afternoon sun to share a picnic and conversation, and to witness the wedding of Susan Bishop
Boughton and Richard Vern Stewart, the Bandito
Artist.
The ceremony took place beneath the spreading
branches of the Wedding Tree at the north end of the
park. Tujunga’s own The Way to Happiness Band
and award-winning barbershop quartet Chairmen
of the Chord took turns warming up the crowd and
creating a truly festive mood.
At the appointed time Bob Sullivan, director of
The Way to Happiness Band, stepped to the microphone and announced, “If you listen closely you may
hear something magical.” As the crowd quieted, the
strains of a bagpipe were heard coming up from the
parking area at the south end of the park. As bagpiper George Allen led guests up the slight rise to the
wedding area.
To kick things off the Chairmen of the Chord performed three songs chosen by Stewart for the occasion, and The Way to Happiness Band played “Wind
Beneath My Wings.” Then organist Alan Steinberger
performed the traditional processional as the groom
and groomsmen walked the flower-lined aisle of
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Fourth of July parade in jeopardy
City’s budget crisis hits home
Photography: Michael Lucas/Voice of the Village
Your Fourth of July parade is at risk.
Staff
The Sunland-Tujunga Fourth of
July Parade might not happen this year
unless we as a community can raise
some additional money fast, according to Ellis Robertson, Chairman of
the Sunland-Tujunga Rotary’s parade
committee. Ellis estimates that we are
about $7,000 short of being able to pay
for the City of Los Angeles licenses and
fees required to put the parade on.
How could this happen, and
why are we just finding out about it?
Historically the LA City Council has
voted to waive the permit fees for
traffic control, cleanup, etc. that it normally assesses for public events, but
last year due to the budget crunch the
council passed a resolution to stop this
practice.
According to Robertson, based
on the amount of fees waived in earlier
years Rotary Club estimated that this
year’s fees would amount to about
$4,000 and proceeded to work on raising that amount. Robertson applied
for the parade permit and associated
services in February as usual, but it
wasn’t until May 18 that he received
a final proposal for all fees involved.
That proposal was almost three times
the amount of fees charged in prior
years.
Rather than speculate on the
reason for this tremendous increase, or
the delay in getting final cost data, it’s
time to step up and meet the challenge.
The city needs the money and we need
our parade; it’s as simple as that.
Your donations are needed
immediately. No donation is too small
- or too large! To donate call Robertson
at 818-352-3671, or mail a check to Ellis
Robertson, c/o Sunland-Tujunga Rotary, PO Box 366, Sunland, CA 91040.
Sunland-Tujunga must raise funds for city permits in order to hold a Fourth of July
parade this year.
You can also drop your donation off at these locations: Chamber of
Commerce, 8250 Foothill Blvd., Sunland; C&M Printing, 10034 Commerce
Ave., Tujunga; Bonner’s Equipment
Rental, 6935 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga.
Or drive through the Chamber of
Commerce parking lot on the evening
Staff Acknowledgements:
Editor in Chief
Bob Georgius
(818)523-5494
Ad Sales – Contact
Michael Lucas :
(818)397-3835
[email protected]
Liaison/Journalism Advisor
David W. Riemer
Layout Advisor
Jeannine Crowley
Supervising Co-Editors
Julia Ginter
Katie Pelon
Section Editors
Isabella Carpio
Yu Rha Choi
Amy Hwang
Georgina Martinez
Wyatt Pendleton
Samantha Wilson
Web Address
www.voiceofthevillage.org
P.O. Box 4323
Sunland, CA 91041
of June 4 for our “Drive through Donation Drop Off.”
If we do not reach our $7,000
goal to put on this year’s parade, all
donations will roll over to fund the
2011 parade.
Index:
News....................................................
Features..............................................
Announcements..................................
Business..............................................
Who We Are........................................
School News.......................................
Church News......................................
Service Clubs......................................
The Arts..............................................
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Krekorian honors
volunteers
Sonia Tatulian
On May 8 Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian gave Certificates
of Appreciation to the community volunteers who served during the rainstorms
and flooding after Station Fire to keep North Valley City Hall open to support
and feed the police, firefighters and rescuers.
Geoffrey Adlersberg - Partnership
Specialist, US Census Bureau
A census taker is a person from
your community who is hired by the
Census Bureau to make sure that your
neighborhood is counted as accurately
as possible. All census workers carry
official government badges with their
name; they also have a “U.S. Census
Bureau” bag.
By being counted you are standing up for what your community’s
needs are. That’s why census takers
are so important. The census taker’s
primary responsibility is to collect
census information from residences.
Most of these residences have not sent
back their 2010 Census form.
The Census Bureau provides the
census taker with a binder containing
all of the addresses that didn’t send
back a completed census form.
Community volunteers honored.
STNC receives certificate.
Welcome your census
taker and open doors for
your community
The census taker then visits all of
those addresses and records the answers to the questions on the form.
If no one answers at a particular
residence, a census taker will visit a
home up to three times and attempt
to reach the household by phone three
times. The census worker will leave a
double-sided (English and Spanish)
Notice of Visit in the doorway that
includes a phone number for the resident to schedule an appointment.
The census taker will only ask the
questions that appear on the census
form.
Do you have to talk to the census
taker? Yes - your participation in the
2010 Census is vital and required by
law, Section 221 of Title 13 of the U.S.
Code. Please answer the census questions and help our community get
what it needs for the next 10 years.
Photos by Sonia Tatulian/Voice of the Village
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Bandito captured continued from page 1
The cake, courtesey of Barbara Johnson
And here comes the bride
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white satin and took their positions beneath the
wedding oak. They were followed, as is tradition,
by a radiant bride dressed in a flowing gown with a
crown of flowers, and her bridesmaids.
Dan McManus, president of the Sunland-Tujunga
Neighborhood Council, welcomed the crowd and introduced Pastor Bill Manning, who offered a prayer
consecrating the park and blessing the wedding
about to take place. In a beautiful musical interlude,
flutist Ginny Atherton played “Somewhere Over the
Rainbow.”
The marriage rites were performed by Scientology Minister Michael Coventry. After the formal
recessional the wedding party broke off for photos
and enjoyed the beautiful four-tier wedding cake
donated by Barbara Johnson. The Way to Happiness
Band rocked out dance tunes that had the crowd on
their feet. In one tune, George Allen joined in for a
rousing jazz solo on the bagpipe.
Now, a few days later, the park is back to normal.
The white wrought-iron Cinderella Carriage used as
a prop for post-wedding photos is gone, and so is
the accumulation of stuff left over from the crowd of
happy celebrants; another Bandito project executed
with style and grace.
One thing for sure: Richard Stewart knows how
to party. And we all owe him a debt of gratitude the
way he and his lovely new bride have inspired us
and brought our community together. We wish them
eternally well.
Richard Ortiz
Garden & Landscaping
36 Years Experience
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Features
The horses are back:
then and now in
Big Tujunga Canyon
Steve Lukasiewicz
spectacular display of wildflowers
that are captivating the interest of both
photographers and regular people out
for a Sunday drive.
The contribution of horses in
helping us enjoy and explore this
wonderland has a rich history. Nearly
100 years ago, George and Dorothy
Kirchner acquired nearly 1,000 acres of
land in Big Tujunga Canyon between
Mount Gleason Avenue and Delta
Flats. It became “Big Tujunga Ranch,”
and was billed as “The Sportsman’s
Paradise.” George took groups of riders
into the Government Forest Reserve
and returned to a barbecue. The main
house and ranch buildings were
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As a Sunland-Tujunga resident
for nearly 25 years, it wasn’t until
the last 10 that I truly became aware
of the unique beauty and resources
to be shared by us all in this smalltown setting adjacent to the National
Forest. Most of us take for granted the
beautiful and sometimes spectacular
scenery that surrounds us all.
If you’ve ever had friends or
relatives visit from out of state, they
are overwhelmed by the beautiful
mountains we look at every day. These
mountains and canyons are rich in
history and present-day wonders
that have endured for decades. This
year was particularly unique with its
Caption Thundering Hooves Ranch.jpg: Thundering Hooves Ranch in Big Tujunga
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located just off Big Tujunga Canyon
Road, one mile past the county line just
before the current bridge crossing the
stream. It was also a base camp where
he conducted hunting trips for deer
and quail.
With the passing of time the hunting
trip business declined, but George’s
son Bill Kirchner kept the equestrian
spirit alive by using the property as
a base camp and staging area for trail
outings for the Los Angeles Sheriffs
Department’s Mounted Posse, from
which he retired as a Ccaptain. He
continued the tradition of trail riding
and western-style barbecues for the
participants, which included special
guests such as Monty Montana and
several of the old-time western movie
and television actors. During the 1960s
he used the area as a holding area for
horses that he had brought up from
Mexico for local buyers. As time went
by the equestrian activities declined
because of modern-day demands on
the owners of the property.
But now the horses are back. In 2004
the new owners opened Thundering
Hooves Ranch. Under the direction
of Jennifer Lukasiewicz, a new fullservice equine facility is in operation
providing boarding, training, lessons,
camps and special events for the
enjoyment of horse lovers of nearly
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items out of landfills, which in turn
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lessening the load they need to collect
from our homes.
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and vegetables, crushed egg shells, tea
bags (with the tea), coffee ground and
coffee filters, bedding from vegetarian
animals, hair, nail clippings, dog or cat
fur, cardboard, egg cartons, shredded
newspaper (especially those that use
soy inks), poultry manures. Do not
compost: meats, fats, bones, dairy
products, cooking oil, fish, cooked
food, cat litter, dog feces, metals, plastic
or glass.
I must add a word of caution when
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pile. Broad leaf herbicides containing
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We have all heard the mantra:
reduce, reuse, recycle. Recycling our
newspapers, glass, plastics and green
waste is easy because the City of Los
Angeles does it for us. The only effort
we expend is to toss it into the Big Blue
Bin, and off it goes. We here in the
City of Angels take our mantra very
seriously. According to the Bureau of
Sanitation’s Web site, the City of Los
Angeles had the highest recycling rate
out of the 10 most populous cities.
Believe it or not, we can do better.
Most people just throw food waste into
the garbage, which is then trucked to
a landfill. Modern landfills are lined
at the bottom to keep waste from
polluting the soil and ground water
below, and to prevent the leaching of
contaminants into the surrounding
area. This waste is covered daily with a
layer of dirt to reduce the odor. It does
not get air, water or light, so the landfill
becomes a giant trash tomb. Even items
that easily degrade like paper, food
scraps and garden waste just sit there
without decomposing, like garbage
mummies.
There is a better way to reduce,
reuse and recycle our kitchen scraps
and garden waste: composting.
Composting mimics Mother Nature
by transforming kitchen scraps and
garden waste into usable nutrition for
our plants. We all can make compost
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of our garbage. Compost improves the
texture and water-holding capacity
of the soil in our gardens. It also
adds valuable nutrients like nitrogen,
potassium and phosphorous, which
might have been depleted over the
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like a healthy person being able to
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Biker’s Beat
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Mike Lipe with his 2003 Harley Davidson 100-Year
Anniversary Heritage Softail Classic.
tastes. A Lipe guitar is truly a work of art. You can
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Triumph Bonneville, a ‘83 Yamaha 750, and a 2003
Harley Davidson 100-Year Anniversary Heritage
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getting out on his Harley and has cruised all over
the Golden State, already logging 50,000 miles on it.
Mike Lipe with his famous Twisted Soldata (“twisted
soldier” in Italian) guitar, crafted from bird’s eye maple.
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all disciplines. Lessons and training are available for both Western and English
riders. There are even cattle for roping practice and team sorting events that are
held on a regular basis.
Educational programs are available for Girl Scout troops and other groups.
Day camps for children are held during the summer and school breaks. The
camps have proven to be so popular that a new two-day overnight city slicker
camp experience is being offered for adults to get away from it all and learn basic
horsemanship, cattle sorting, and roping. These camps will include a night of
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Audrey’s master bedroom in her newly
purchased condo was freezing. It didn’t make sense.
The home inspection done during escrow said that
the radiant heat was working. She called the home
protection company who sent an electrician to sort
things out. The electrician told her that the wires
to the master bedroom heat were disconnected,
and further reported that there was no room in the
panel to connect them. He suggested that the home
inspection report was incorrect as the heater could
not possibly have worked.
Understandably upset, Audrey contacted the
home inspector but when she read through the report
with him she found out that he had a photograph
in his report proving that the wires were connected
at the time of the inspection. Audrey was confused.
Who could have gone into her electrical panel since
she moved in? Then she remembered that she had a
new washer and dryer installed when she relocated.
Further investigation revealed that the appliance
installers had not told her that there was no room
for a new circuit breaker. They just went ahead and
disconnected the wires to the bedroom heat so that
they could have power for the washer and dryer.
As a new homeowner, Audrey never thought
to ask exactly what was required to install the new
appliances. She now knows to ask questions and
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Horses are back continued from page 4
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Car buffs dream of driving a Ferrari or
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But when it comes to guitarists, the dream is to
play a Mike Lipe custom electric guitar or bass.
Tujunga resident Lipe has been building guitars
for more than 28 years and has built instruments
for many of the top names in the music industry,
including such famous artists as Carlos Santana,
David Bowie, Sting, John Fogerty, and Coco Montoya,
to name a few. He is known worldwide as a master
“Luthier,” one who makes stringed instruments.
The modern art dates back to an 18th century
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acoustic guitar. Later Adolph Rickenbacker invented
the first electric guitar in Los Angeles in the 1920s.
Lipe has taken the art to a new level of excellence.
Lipe grew up in Burbank in a musical family.
His father was a professional trumpet player during
the big band era and toured with Tommy Dorsey. He
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He followed in his father’s footsteps and took up the
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not being able to play horn, he started playing the
guitar. After serving in the Army in Vietnam from
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guitars from an old master. Over the years Lipe
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Create your own reality
Lynn Walker
For a long time we all lived in the
realm of Newtonian physics, which
described a world that could be seen
with the naked eye. An apple falls and
we know that gravity exerted a force on
the apple. Then the subatomic world
needed explaining and Newtonian
physics was no longer applicable. A
little something called quantum theory
stepped in, and nothing has been the
same since.
If a tree falls in the forest and no
one is there to hear it, does it make
a sound? That question perfectly
illustrates the crazy world of quantum
theory. Quantum theory, in a nutshell,
found that reality is really just a
series of probabilities (waves) until
an observer comes along and makes
an observation; at the moment of
the observation, all the probabilities
collapse into an instant called reality
(particle). Bottom line, reality is not real
until it is observed! So if a tree does fall
in a forest and no one is there to hear it,
it does not make a sound; the sound is
dependent on the ear to hear it.
Later on, quantum physics also
found that everything that is energy
is connected. More importantly,
everything is energy and therefore
connected even at a great distance.
A group of monkeys began washing
their food in salt water. After the 100th
monkey in that first group participated
in this same behavior, another troupe
of monkeys thousands of miles away
began washing their food in salt water
even though none of them had any
physical contact with the original
group.
These concepts were introduced to
me as a college undergrad at University
of California Berkeley. I had a deep
crush on a friend of mine who at the
time was a grad student in physics, and
I spent many an evening listening to
him explain quantum physics and the
like. These evenings and discussions
never got old, even though he had a
mad crush on my best friend.
In any event, I moved past my
crush and life beyond undergrad days.
I suffered from a series of chronic
illnesses, clinical depression, anxiety,
lousy jobs and worse relationships.
When my mother died unexpectedly
at the early age of 60, my life collapsed
even further. Years of therapy never
seemed to help very much because
Doing Disneyland on a budget
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One of the great perks of living in
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$169 you can have open admission to
both Disneyland Park and Disney’s
California Adventure Park on 170 days
of the year. If you go to the park three
times during the year, you save money.
Kids (and adults) tend to get
cranky when they are hungry or tired.
There is nothing worse than going to
all the trouble and expense of going to
Disneyland and then getting cranky
and fighting. Therefore, anything you
can do to avoid being hungry or tired
during your trip is well worth the effort.
Following the rules below will help you
have a happy and inexpensive Disney
adventure.
Make sure that everyone gets a
good night’s sleep the night before the
adventure. This means planning so
that you can get everything done early
enough to go to sleep on time. Any
Disney day has to begin at the crack of
dawn in order to make it worthwhile.
Make and pack nutritious food
the night before. Food at the park is
extremely expensive. The cheaper food
is full of sugar and carbs. Because the
junk food is cheaper than going to the
restaurants and getting something truly
nutritious, the family can end up in a
cranky after-sugar mood. Eat a good
high-protein breakfast. You can make
this the night before as well, and then
eat it in the car.
You are not supposed bring outside
food into the Disney parks. You can get
away with a water bottle and something
small in your purse or backpack, but you
can’t bring in picnic baskets. However,
each park has “hidden” picnic areas
just outside of the entrance. They are
not well advertised, but they are there.
At Disneyland they are just to the left of
the ticket booths, behind some bushes.
There are lockers and picnic tables. The
lockers are big enough to hold a goodsized picnic cooler and extra clothes.
You have to pay for these lockers ($7-15
depending on locker size) but the cost is
a drop in the bucket compared to what
you would pay for the food that you can
store there. If your group is composed of
people who are old enough to break into
groups, decide on a schedule for the day
that includes meeting back at the picnic
area for meals, snacks and the end of the
day.
Bring your own water. The mark-up
on water is outrageous. I always bring
my own large water jug full of filtered
water that I put into a locker along with
the picnic basket. I also make sure that
each person has a water bottle that they
carry into the park. Purchase a water
bottle with an over-the-shoulder lanyard
at a dollar store, so you don’t have to
carry the bottle in your hand.
Avoid sugary snacks. Salt and
protein will be your friend. Some good
treats to pack are trail mix, cheese sticks,
fruit, crackers, carrot and celery sticks,
dry cereal and granola bars. These are
good snacks to stick in small bags in
your purse.
Avoid mayonnaise on your
sandwiches in the heat of summer.
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I was always focused on the past.
Finally, after enough struggling and
conversations with myself about what
I was doing here on planet Earth, I
thought back to my days learning
quantum theory; through the fog
of puppy love, suddenly my ah-ha
moment crystallized. If as the observer
I am the one creating my reality, why
not create a better reality than the one
which I am living now? I was off and
running.
I studied anything I could get
my hands on about reality and
consciousness. What I learned simply
amazed me. Our lives do not happen
outside of us; they are created from
within our minds and simply projected
out for us to call reality. There is no
“there” out there; it is all in here (I am
pointing to my mind).
What we think is reality and
matter is nothing more than vibrating
energy and a lot of empty space. The
mind fills in the blanks to tell us what
makes sense. In other words, you may
see a wooden table in front of you, but
you are really seeing vibrating energy
and 90 percent empty space; however,
because your brain learned long ago
that what you are seeing is a wooden
table, your mind continues to fill in
those gaps and remind you that it is in
fact, a wooden table.
More importantly, our bodies
are also vibrating energy and empty
space as well. Since our minds are
energy, our thoughts are energy also.
The ramifications of this are immense.
This is why we are now hearing that
we are creators of our own reality and
that what we think about, we attract.
Energy will always follow intent, and
like attracts like. This is important:
energy does not follow hope, it follows
strong intent. An example of this is as
follows: if we think negative thoughts
about our finances over and over again
and we add in the element or emotion
of lifelong fear, then pretty soon we
find it nearly impossible to ever have
enough.
On the other hand, if we focus
on something that we desire, such as
getting that job that we interviewed
for, then we need only keep that focus
going with the intense conviction that
the job is ours and belongs to no one
else. I have used this technique myself
with incredible results. The important
part of this is that you must not only
focus the energy, but couple it with
strong emotion, desire (or intent)
and also take action toward your end
result. If you fail to do any one of these
steps, you will have no luck creating
the reality you are seeking.
We have come a long way since that
apple fell off the tree and Newton’s ahha moment resulted in understanding
gravity. I have also come a long way
since those evenings at Berkeley
hoping he would notice me. He ended
up married to someone in Europe, but
we are still friends, 20-plus years later.
Within a very short period of time,
I realized that the only thing wrong
within me was how I had been creating
my reality. I had been letting life live
me. When I discovered that I should
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8
Part of a Straight?
by Myles Mellor
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36. Bowl over
37. "Check this out!"
39. "___ any drop to drink." - Coleridge
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26. "Blue ___"
30. Opens
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38. Romantic guy?
42. Haw partner
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52. Banana variant
43. Ricelike pasta
44. Diminished by
65. Zeno, notably
45. More lively
47. Sportscaster Musburger
48. Ski trail
51. "Get ___!"
Down
9.
To be, to Brutus
66. Assortment
1.
Affranchise
10. Free
67. Sea slitherers
2.
Genuine
11. Radioactive element
68. Old Roman port
3.
Zone
12. A plant of the rose family
69. Don't believe it
4.
Film maker
13. Shield figure
5.
Chocolate source
18. Rabbitlike rodent
6.
"A rat!"
19. Engine sound
7.
"Give it ___!"
8.
Sort carefully
53. Profound
56. Contradict
60. 1991 Tinka Menkes film
64. Took advantage of
Your reality continued from page 7
be living and creating life, my entire world changed.
I have healed myself of three very painful, chronic,
degenerative diseases that I have been told by my
doctors have no cure. Moreover, I am happy, at peace
and hopeful every single day, which I never thought
possible. I now work to help others discover how to
create the reality they want to live, in addition to my
work as an intuitive, spiritual counselor and Reiki
practitioner. Life is full and very good today. I intend
to keep creating it that way.
(Lynn Walker if the founder of Awaken the Spirit. For more
information visit http://www.awakentospirit.com.)
Graduation Speech:
You'll have to excuse me if I cry.
I've been a little teary-eyed all
week; the sadness, the joy, . . .
the fact that I'm off my parents'
payroll.
- Melissa Amernick
54. C-worthy
55. New newts
57. Come into view
58. Deeply
59. Cut, maybe
61. "i" lid
62. "Rocky ___"
63. Scale note
Answers on page 20
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LA City Codes and tips you should know
Tomi Lyn Bowling
According to LA Municipal
Code (LAMC) 28.04 (A), posting
signs on public utility poles, trees,
etc. is not permitted. These signs
damage trees and utility poles
and are a major eyesore because
they are seldom removed after
they serve their purpose.
Honestly, the most effective thing to do with these is to
remove them, but use your best
judgment. If your neighbor’s
kitten went missing a few days
ago and they posted a notice on
a phone pole, legally it’s not allowed but morally and ethically
it requires some judgment. Some
people put up yard sale signs and
never take the signs down. Others
have decided it’s an inexpensive
way to advertise their business.
Call 311 to report illegal dumping.
Some even go so far as to hire a
company that hangs the posters high enough that illegal dump. According to LAMC 66.25, the depositno one can remove them without a ladder. Those are ing of rubbish on city property or vacant lots is proclearly the ones to remove and report the offender, hibited. City property includes streets, alleys, sidein this author’s opinion. The fines for these business walks, parkways, etc. The city offers a $1,000 reward
violations could be dramatically increased and help for information leading to the arrest and conviction
the city with some needed revenues. Report viola- of persons observed illegally dumping on public
tions by calling 311 or call your local council office. right of ways. Vehicles used in illegal dumping may
To find who your councilmember is and find contact be impounded.
information visit http://www.lacity.org.
Materials often dumped include construction
You might not be aware of restrictions regarding and demolition materials/debris, abandoned veyard sales. According to LAMC 12.03, yard sales are hicles, auto parts, waste tires, appliances, furniture,
permitted for sale of used items only, no new mer- yard waste, household trash, and sometimes more
chandise; you can hold a maximum of five two-day serious medical and hazardous waste. The latter can
events per year; and sale hours are limited to 9 a.m. carry criminal charges for those caught dumping.
– 5 p.m. This is not a widely known ordinance. The
Should you decide to report these dumped mahours are not known by many and in many cases terials or are a witness to dumping, take photos if
yard sales around town start much earlier.
possible. If you do take photos, please do so without
Unfortunately our area is frequently used as an being obvious and from a distance if a dumping is in
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progress; never endanger yourself for photos. Note descriptions
of persons and vehicles and the
time, date and specific location.
Exact addresses are required, or
specific locations if no address exists. Do not confront the dumpers
or in any way endanger yourself.
For hazardous materials dumping, call 911.
Graffiti, also known as tagging, creates a tremendous
amount of blight and costs the
city millions of dollars every year.
Per LAMC 91.8104.15 “The exterior of all buildings and fences
must be free of graffiti. Free graffiti removal is available by calling
the City’s Graffiti Hotline at (800)
611-CITY.” For graffiti removal
you can call 311 or the number
above. Remember that there is a
$1,000 reward offered by the city for witnesses that
leads to an arrest and conviction of taggers. Never
confront taggers; if you take pictures or otherwise
record tagging in progress, always do it from a distance, out of sight, and do not endanger yourself.
The city also offers a free bulky item pickup.
Call 311 the week before your next trash pickup day,
describe the items, and place the items at the curb
for the next trash pickup day. The pickup is not
done by the regular trucks; a special truck is sent on
your pickup day. There is also a service for unusual
amounts of pickup needed. The city will deliver bags
for you and ask how many bags will be being picked
up. You can also request pickup and other services
online at http://www.ci.la.ca.us/san/solid_resources/refuse/service_request.htm.
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Announcements
Sierra Club presents Joe Young’s
“Great African Adventures”
Chamber of Commerce designates
August as watermelon month
The Crescenta Valley
Group of the Angeles
Chapter of the Sierra Club
presents Joe Young’s “Great
African
Adventures”
on June 8 at 7:30 p.m. at
the CitiBank Building,
2350 Honolulu Avenue,
Montrose.
Joe Young will share
his PowerPoint program
along and discussion of
his three-week trip to Kenya and
Tanzania, including his climb to the
top of the highest mountain in Africa:
the 19,000-foot Mount Kilimanjaro. He
will speak on a safari to the Serengeti
wildlife reserve and one through the
Ngorongoro Crater, which he found to
have an even higher concentration of
The 49th Annual Lions Watermelon
Festival will be held August 13-15.
Local merchants are asked to feature
something related to watermelon
during the month of August. With the
melon season in full swing, look for
delicious melons in our local markets.
Local restaurants are challenged
to come up with some new and tasty
dishes using melon during August.
Merchants might want to feature
clothing and accessory items with
watermelons on them.
If you planted watermelons this
spring, take good care of your plants
and bring your best and biggest melon
wildlife than the Serengeti.
Young’s
longtime
membership with the
Angeles Chapter includes
bagging peaks (33 in one
24-hour period), climbing
with the Hundred Peaks
Sections,
the
Griffith
Park Sections, serving on
committees and task forces,
on the Ex-Com and various
other active participations.
He is the Chair of the Airport-Marina
Group.
Our program begins following
news of Conservation and Outings.
Refreshments will be served and this
program is free. Please contact Wayne
Fisher at 818-353-4181 for further
information.
Community presentation:
Co-existing with Wildlife
A
special
community
presentation by Officer Greg Randall,
Wildlife Specialist for L.A. Animal
Services, will address concerns about
the increase in wildlife activity and
sightings in our area. Topics will include
safety for people and pets, humane
deterrents vs. trapping, existing laws
and policies at city, county and state
levels, and more.
The presentation will be
Monday, June 14 at 7 p.m. at North
Valley City Hall, 7747 Foothill Blvd. in
Tujunga.
This presentation is sponsored
by Devil Dog Ranch Dog Training and
the Sunland-Tujunga Alliance. For
more information call 213-422-0090 or
e-mail [email protected].
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to the Watermelon Festival for the
Watermelon Growing Contest.
Do you like to sew, create jewelry,
or make accessories? Then get ready
for the Annual Watermelon Festival
Wearable Art contest. Patchwork
Penguin
has
some
interesting
watermelon print fabrics in stock,
and Joann’s Fabrics has watermelon
buttons. If you aren’t the creative sort
but still want to enter, keep an eye out
for anything wearable with melons on it.
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the
healthful
and
delicious
watermelon
throughout
August.
Little Landers presents:
The Debris Flows of 1934 and 1978
On Saturday, June 12 at 1 p.m. the
Little Landers Historical Society will
present “The Debris Flows of 1934 and
1978.”
Rocks, water and mud! After the
fires come the rains, then everything
slides down the mountains. It has
happened many times before. Our
speaker for this informative and
historical presentation is Art Cobery.
Through pictures and stories Cobery
will take us back in time and recount
two devastating floods that affected
our area. In the days before flood
control channels and round-the-clock
news alerts, people were unaware that
a wall of debris was headed their way,
and many people died. Anyone living
in the Foothills will be able to relate to
this presentation.
Cobery has lived in the Crescenta
Valley since 1942 and is active in many
historical societies. For 31 years Cobery
taught U.S. and California history at
Burbank High School.
Join us for this free program;
everyone is welcome. Bolton Hall
Museum is located at 10110 Commerce
Ave. in Tujunga.
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“Liar’s contest” Honorary
Sheriff fundraiser
Richard Stewart, candidate for
Honorary Sheriff of Sunland-Tujunga,
has been challenged by Russian Val
Rodionov to a Liar’s Contest.
Both are members of Toastmaster’s
International speaking clubs and both
have won awards for their “tall tale”
speeches.
In 1989 Stewart, then a member of
the Hollywood and Vine Toastmasters
Club, won the District Tall Tale contest
in which LA Times listed Stewart as
“The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles.” He
has maintained his status with two
additional District Titles.
Rodionov has challenged Stewart
in a “Liar’s Contest” to attempt to take
the title away from him.
“He is just using me to get
attention” said Stewart, who grew
up in Texas, giving him a “tall tale”
advantage. “I accept his challenge and
will out-lie him June 22 at the Gobble
Green!”
“I will take the title away from
Richard at the Gobble Green!” said
Party night at the Elks Lodge
Who is the life of the party? Some
will say it’s the lead singers for The
Way To Happiness Band, which will
play June 12 at the Elks Lodge.
“Four girls that can belt out a tune
and soothe your soul with harmony,”
said Richard Stewart, President of the
Sunland-Tujunga Rotary, who is cosponsoring the popular “Dance Night
Party” that has found a monthly home
at the Elks Lodge. The 14-piece band,
led by local resident Bob Sullivan, has
developed a local following that is
growing with every performance. “If
people knew how great the band is,
Rattlesnake aversion
training for dogs
On Friday, June 4 the Blue
Shadows Mounted Drill Team will
offer a rattlesnake aversion training
clinic for dogs. The class will be held
at Monte Verde Trails Ranch (Osborne
Stables), 11035 Osborne St., Sylmar.
You and your dog could
encounter
rattlesnakes
almost
anywhere: your yard, local park, hiking
trail, ranch, etc. Help protect your dog
from a painful, costly and often deadly
encounter with a rattlesnake. The staff of
Natural Solutions includes experienced
dog trainers, animal behaviorists
and naturalists. By introducing your
dog to both juvenile and adult live
rattlesnakes of the species found in
your area, the trainers are able to use
a remote training collar to provide an
appropriate correction and effectively
teach your dog to avoid the sights,
Rodionov. “He doesn’t know the
talents of a Russian Liar. I will crush
his spirit and make him cry like a
baby.”
Others have joined the fray,
requiring elimination rounds to be
added.
You can witness this show down
June 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Gobble Green
Restaurant, 10045 Commerce Ave. in
Tujunga.
Tickets are $20. All proceeds
will go to the Bandito for Honorary
Sheriff fundraiser; funds are used for
community projects put on by either
the Sunland-Tujunga Rotary Club
or the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of
Commerce.
Advance ticket purchase is
recommended as seating is limited.
Call Richard Stewart at 818-321-5912
or pick up tickets at OK Trophy, 8337
Foothill Blvd., or the Chamber of
Commerce, 8250 Foothill Blvd. #A. Or
you can take your chances at the door
at Gobble Green. Come early and have
dinner at Gobble Green; their vegan
food can’t be beat!
they would all come,” said fan Chuck
Borom.The winning combination is
the great music and the dance contest,
which creates excitement for all.
The Elks Lodge will boast newly
refinished wood floors at the next party.
You can see the new dance floor and
Bob Sullivan’s big band on Saturday
night, June 12 at the Elks Lodge, 10137
Commerce Ave., Tujunga, from 8-11
p.m. Entry is $15 for adults and $10
for those 20 years of age and younger.
Food and drink available for purchase.
Dance Night Party tickets are available
at the door, or call Richard Stewart
at 818-321-9512 for advance tickets
(recommended).
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Both your dog’s physical safety
and mental well-being are the top
priority. Trainers always start with the
lowest correction level and will tailor
each dog’s training session to meet
their individual psychological needs.
The snakes are all safely and humanely
muzzled, and equal consideration is
put into their well-being also. More
information about Natural Solutions
Wildlife Enterprises, the staff and the
training process can be found at http://
www.RattlesnakeAversion.com.
The cost is $65 per dog; proceeds
go to Blue Shadows Mounted Drill
Team for equipment and upcoming
events. Dogs should be at least 6 months
old; all breeds and levels of training are
welcome. The training generally takes
10-20 minutes per dog; annual retraining is strongly recommended.To
schedule an appointment contact Erin
at [email protected] or
call 310-210-5098.
Barn Party fundraiser at
Moonshadow Ranch in
Shadow Hills
Special Spirit Inc. (SSI), a non-profit
therapeutic riding center in Shadow
Hills, will hold its third annual Barn
Party fundraiser on June 26.
Our goal is to help children and
adults with disabilities face their
challenges, form lasting social skills,
and develop a sense of belonging
and purpose in the communities of
Sunland-Tujunga and Shadow Hills.
Celebrities, musicians, athletes and
others will help raise much-needed
funds to keep to these riding programs
running. Come out and join in the
fun and charitable spirit of this truly
special evening.
Eva
Lund,
co-owner
of
Moonshadow Ranch with Paul
Reynolds, Mary K. Hughes and Debby
Wolf, founded SSI more than two years
ago. The therapeutic riding center
emphasizes recreation, riding skills
and fun on horseback. Moonshadow
Ranch, home of SSI, is a safe and
nurturing environment monitored
by specially trained therapists and
devoted volunteers. Family members
and friends are welcome to learn
alongside their loved ones. Reynolds
is also the father of Jake, a 17-year-old
Special Olympics rider with autism.
Last year some 450 guests turned
out for the second annual Barn
Party Fundraiser. Celebrity guests
included Romi Dames of the Disney
Channel series “Hannah Montana,”
who enthusiastically served as
the evening’s emcee. Actors Ken
Davitian (“Borat,” “Get Smart”) and
James Kyson Lee (NBC’s “Heroes”)
were among those on hand to help
support the event. Entertainment
included The War Horse & Militaria
Heritage Foundation impressing the
audience with their historic riding
representation, and the Valley View
Vaulters keeping hearts racing while
performing their gymnastic stunts
atop moving horses. Also included
in the evening’s entertainment were
the Highlight Ropers from Gibson
Ranch, who chased a wild mechanic
bull. Between equine presentations
and musical performances by radio
Jeannie Ray Grover
Moneypenny
McDonough, 62
Jeannie died March 24 after an
extended illness at the home of her
daughter Kelly Bradish in Flagstaff,
Ariz., surrounded by family. She was
62. She passed away just 10 days after
relocating to Flagstaff to be with her
family. The family thanks Hospice for
their wonderful care.
She was born July 31, 1947 in Fort
Benning, GA to Audrey and Marvin
Grover. In addition to her parents, Jeannie was preceded in death by her
husbands, William “Bill” Moneypenny
and Robert McDonough, and her
brother Ronald Grover.
She is survived by her son and
daughter-in-law Kenneth and Chris
Moneypenny of Sunland; son and
daughter-in-law Kevin and Heather
Moneypenny of Flagstaff; and daughter
and son-in-law Kelly and Ryan Bradish
of Flagstaff; six grandchildren, Ryan Jr.
and Taylor Bradish and Kylee, Jake,
Dylan and Rhyannen Moneypenny;
two sisters, her twin Joyce and sister
host Native Wayne Jobson of Indie
103.1, the Paul Green School of Rock,
The Icebreakers and Johnny Cash
tributes, visitors bid on auction items
and enjoyed beverages, burgers and
“hound-dogs.” A special treat was
the unscheduled participation by a
firefighter from Station 77, who rode
with Special Spirit, Inc. athletes Sarah,
Meghan, Tyler, Paul and Molly.
The live auction items included
donations from local merchants and
celebrities, as well as a tour of the
legendary Playboy Mansion. Dames
did not hide her enthusiasm as she
emphasized her own experiences at the
party venue. The “Hannah Montana”
co-star also convinced auctioneers
to bid big money on Daisy Rock Girl
Guitars and ESP Guitars. Other prizes
included recording time at Glenwood
Place Studios, gift certificates to
Villa Dolce, Hill Street Café, Katsuya
Restaurant, Mi Casita Restaurant and
East Valley Feed, among others.
The tantalizing aroma from the
barbecue drew the hungry masses to
the chuck wagon, where they feasted
on burgers, dogs, and chicken, a
generous donation provided by HOWS
Markets. The thirsty masses were also
sated by donations from Anheuser
Busch and LUXCO. Proceeds from
one of the refreshment tents provided
monies towards the Barney McGeary
Scholarship Fund in honor of the late
Barney McGeary, who passed away in
2009. This scholarship is to be used for
continued participation in an equine
assisted therapy program. Those
who have participated in the Kiwanis
Horseshows over the years would
have seen McGeary judging the trail
courses. McGeary also volunteered
for many years with the Tri-Valley
Special Olympics Equestrian Center
in Chatsworth. He loved to help and it
made him very happy to see riders of
all ages and levels find the love and joy
of riding a horse just as he had. He will
be greatly missed!
Special Spirit, Inc. will also be
participating at The Kiwanis Equestrian
Competition for Special Athletes, which
takes place at Hansen Dam Equestrian
Center on September 26. Please come
out and support fabulous riders.
(For more information
specialspirit.org)
visit
http://www.
Wilma; and one brother, Randy
Grover.
Jeannie resided in the SunlandTujunga community for 51 years. She
graduated in the first summer class
at Mt Gleason Junior High School in
Sunland, and graduated from Verdugo
Hills High School in Tujunga in 1963.
She spent many fun years during the
late 1970s and 1980s serving in the
Tujunga Little League as Team Mother,
Chief Score Keeper, and member of the
Board of Directors. In the Verdugo Hills
Pony Colt League she was also Chief
Score Keeper, and had the distinction
of holding the office of President of the
League longer than any other president
of the era, four years running.
Jeannie retired from Washington
Mutual in 2006 and was able to travel
across the United States. She loved to
visit her children and grandchildren
and treasured the times they came to
visit her at her Sunland home. Family and friends gathered
together for a celebration of her life at
the home of Kelly and Ryan Bradish
on March 27. Though Jeannie will be
missed by all, many lives are richer for
having known her.
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Business
Sunland-Tujunga
Chamber of Commerce
welcomes new members:
Southland Nursery:
7415 La Tuna Canyon Rd., Sun Valley
Our Lady of Lourdes
ribbon cutting
Sonia Tatulian
On May 14 The Chamber of Commerce conducted the grand opening of Our
Lady of Lourdes Family Fun Days.
Our Lady Of Lourdes:
7324 Apperson St., Tujunga
From left to right: Sonia Tatulian S-T Chamber President, David Belusci Chamber
Board Member,Pam and Al Wollonciej Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Tim Moscicki
Family Fun Days Chair, Kathleen Jones Our Ladyn of Lourdes Principal, Mike Perry
S-T Chamber Board Member, Sierra Nelson Volunteer, Deanna Bowers 4th Grade
Teacher and Kathryn Mary Aintablian The Realty Connection-Volunteer.
Starbucks Coffee:
8349 Foothill Blvd., Sunland
Boyd’s Auto Paint & Body:
7706 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga
Hydrex Pest Control:
3256 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta
El Rincon Mexicano:
7061 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga
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Rosa’s Tutoring Center:
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How vegans help the water crisis
Gobble Green
One of Jon Stewart’s recent
guests on “The Daily Show”
wasn’t laughing. Robert Glennon, a
professor of law and public policy at
The University of Arizona and the
author of “Unquenchable” (http://
www.amazon.com/UnquenchableA m e r i c a s - Wa t e r - C r i s i s - A b o u t /
dp/1597264369), used his moment on
national television to stress the severity
of the global water crisis. Although it
is difficult for many of us living in the
United States, Canada, and the United
Kingdom to imagine fresh water as
a finite resource, the water crisis is
already a stark reality for people living
in developing nations.
Did you know that taking a fiveminute shower uses more water than a
person living in a developing country
slum uses in a whole day? Currently
more than 3.5 million people die each
year from water-related diseases, and
young children account for 88 percent
of these deaths.
Many people cannot comprehend
how a water crisis exists when
approximately 70 percent of the Earth
is covered by ocean.
The answer lies in the fact that less
than 1 percent of the world’s water
is fresh, safe, and ready for human
use. While clean tech companies like
Porifera (http://www.poriferanano.
com/) and Aquaporin (http://www.
aquaporin.dk/) are working toward
developing technology to make the
desalination process more energy and
cost efficient, these applications are not
yet ready for mass use and distilling
ocean salt water to solve the crisis
expediently is not a viable option.
The water crisis is beginning to
noticeably impact first world nations
and, according to Glennon and
other pre-eminent researchers, water
conservation is the best way to aid
drought-ridden areas like California,
Arizona and Nevada.
While you can start saving water
by making small changes, like running
the garbage disposal less frequently
and installing efficient showerheads,
one of the best ways to conserve water
is by adopting a vegan diet. Vegans’
contribution to water conservation
is best explained in Peter H. Gleick’s
“Scientific American” article titled
“Making Every Drop Count.
Gleick writes: “Growing a pound
of corn can take between 100 and 250
gallons of water, depending on soil
and climate conditions and irrigation
ROTARY CLUB NEEDS
YOUR HELP
TO SAVE THE PARADE
The Fourth of July Parade is in jeopardy.
With the financial crisis looming over City
Hall,twenty seven years of tradition may
disappear. We need the help of the
community of Sunland Tujunga.
PLEASE HELP SAVE THE PARADE
Donations can be made at:
The Rotary Club of Sunland
P O Box 366
Sunland, Calif. 91041
O K Trophies
8337 Foothill blvd. Suite x
Sunland
behind Kragen and Starbucks
818-352-3671
The Chamber of Commerce
8250 Foothill Blvd. Suite A
Sunland.
818-352-4433
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methods.
But growing the grain to produce
a pound of beef can require between
2,000 and 8,500 gallons. We can
conserve water not only by altering
how we choose to grow our food but
also by changing what we choose to
eat.”
For more information about how
a vegan diet saves water, please visit
http://www.waterfootprint.org. This
Web site offers a quick calculator tool
that you can use to figure out your
annual water footprint. You will be
amazed at the difference between
a vegan’s water footprint and an
omnivore’s water footprint.
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and specials happening at 10045 Commerce
Ave. in Tujunga.)
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Who
We
Are
The Character and Characters of Rancho Tujunga
The Power Of One
Marynance Schellenbach
When she said yes the project got
even bigger, as they decided “Bandito
Park” would be the perfect site for an
outdoor wedding.
The trees were pruned and the
weeds were cleared. Friends pitched
in and built a pedestrian bridge over a
gully running through the lot. Stewart
and Boughton joined their lives under
the “wedding tree,”
a pair of oaks whose branches had
grown together forming a perfect
chapel. The community gathered
under canopies and umbrellas, on
blankets and tarps, enjoying the
wedding celebration as well as the
sun, the music, the fellowship and
the picnic lunches. Drivers of passing
cars honked their congratulations.
Iridescent bubbles floated through the
air, babies cried and children played.
The community gathered to celebrate
the special occasion in a place that had
been a wasteland eight months before.
All because one man decided
to clean up a vacant lot that was an
eyesore, all by himself. The community
watched, applauded, and looked
forward to the next set of decorations.
A few folks decided to pitch in and
help him out.
Stewart brought humor, joy, pride,
and anticipation to the thousands of
people who drive past that property
every day. He gave the community
something to talk about that was
positive, fun and constructive;
something that brings us all together
with a sense of pride in our unique
community. One man, exercising the
power of one.
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in a lawn chair, enjoying a lovely May
wedding taking place at the foot of the
beautiful Verdugo Hills amongst the
venerable and majestic oak trees, I had
to be impressed by the accomplishment
of one man.
Richard Stewart saw a wasteland
on the principal route from the freeway
into Tujunga and turned it into a
wedding park.
The vacant lot on Tujunga Canyon
Boulevard was a weed-covered
property littered with trash at the
beginning of the last fire season. One
man, Stewart, decided to clean it up.
He picked up the trash, cut the weeds,
rearranged some of the rocks, and
saw that it looked quite interesting. A
friend asked him what he was doing
and he jokingly said, “I was stealing
the trash.” Stewart was immediately
nicknamed “El Bandito.
The whole project was turning into
something fun, so he did more and got
very artistic with the rocks, using them
as the base for seasonal decorations.
More decorations were hung on the
trees.
He hung a banner proposing to his
now-wife Susan Boughton amidst the
Valentine’s decorations.
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Local pet detective
helps locate the lost
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Parking behind salon
Landa Coldiron of Shadow Hills
makes it her business to find lost pets.
She knows how important animals
are to humans, and how terrifying it
is when one of these cherished family
members goes missing.
Currently Coldiron has three
trained dogs, a business partner with
two more dogs, a volunteer search
management team, and a perfected
police/search and rescue style strategy
for locating runaway pets.
Coldiron’s two bloodhounds are
Ellie Mae, the only Certified Trailing
Bloodhound in California for pets, and
the younger Glory who is skilled in establishing a Direction of Travel (DOT)
and in locating evidence.
“Other breeds are smart, but the
dog with the best nose is a bloodhound.
Their long pendulous ears, moist lips,
and many folds of loose skin which almost cover their eyes when their heads
are down, all work to intensify the scent
around their nose,” Coldiron said.
Her other search and rescue dog is
a Jack Russell terrier named Apache,
who’s been trained to find any type of
evidence, including blood (confirmed
by Luminal), fur, or decomposed matter (forensic comparisons for ID can be
made at the owner’s request, for a fee).
Apache’s specialty is finding cats. Often
Coldiron sends her into confined areas
where even a spotlight can’t reach.
Between Coldiron and her business partner Annalisa Berns, the find
rate for dogs is about 83 percent and
for cats about 60 percent, depending on
how soon the owner reports the missing pet and how willing they are to get
involved with the search effort.
Pet search and rescue is not cheap,
and there is no guarantee of success.
Clients must sign a contract, and be
willing to put in a lot of effort themselves. When a client calls Coldiron or
Berns, they begin immediate action.
They meet with the owner, get a profile
of the pet, and lay out a plan. Then a
search management team of 10-20 volunteers is called in.
While the bloodhound starts on
the trail, narrowing down the direction of travel, the team is busy making
maps, fluorescent posters, and flyers.
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D-Day, June 6, 1944:
A Tujunga story
Lynn Lowery
Adam Wallace
Julian Shur
Meet the Eagles
Beverly deLucia
Boy Scout Troop 509 is proud to
introduce its two newest Eagle Scouts,
Adam Wallace and Julian Drooks Shur.
Earning the rank of Eagle Scout is a
significant achievement.
After a 12-year journey with the
Boy Scouts, Adam Wallace has finally
achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
Wallace grew up in the mountains above
Sunland. Wallace began his scouting
adventure at age five with Pack 326
in Sunland. He advanced through the
ranks of Tiger Cubs, Wolf, Bear, and
Webelos. After satisfying all the above
rank requirements, Wallace received
the coveted Arrow of Light award, then
bridged into Boy Scouts. In 2005 Wallace
transferred from another local Scout
troop to Troop 509 to take advantage
of the numerous troop activities and
progressive leadership attitude. Since
then he has served in the following
leadership positions with the troop:
Assistant Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader,
Patrol Guide, Senior Patrol Leader and
Junior Scoutmaster. Over the last several
years, Adam has been on numerous
scout outings including an 80-mile
backpacking trip in the New Mexico
Mountains at Philmont Scout Ranch.
Wallace’s Eagle project consisted
of planning and raising the funds to
replace 300 feet of the 50-year-old foul
ball fencing and fence poles at Tujunga
Little League. He played on the Little
League fields for eight years and was
happy to give something back. During
the project he led 20 boys over several
days and donated more than 200 hours
of volunteer service.
Wallace is currently a senior at
Verdugo Hills High School, where he
is an honor student and captain of the
school’s varsity swim team.
Wallace became a certified lifeguard
and last summer worked at Pyramid
Lake, where he had numerous water
related rescues and saved several lives.
He currently works part time at the
Tujunga YMCA as a Lifeguard and swim
instructor. Wallace has been accepted
and is planning to attend Cal State
University Northridge in the fall.
Julian Drooks Shur was born in
Glendale, Calif. He started his 10-year
scouting career in Cub Scout Pack 304
at Fremont Elementary School and
advanced through the ranks of Cub
Scouts, earning all 20 Webelos Activity
Badges, the Arrow of Light Award and
bridged over to Boy Scout Troop 509 in
March 2004.
As a member of Troop 509 Shur has
held the following leadership positions:
Patrol Leader for the Troop and Patrol
Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader at
Camporee, and is currently an Assistant
Senior Patrol Leader. His participation
in outdoor activities has included rock
climbing, river rafting, kayaking and
local conservation projects.
For his Eagle Leadership Service
Project Shur led Scouts, family members
and friends in making improvements
to the playground at John C. Fremont
Elementary School. Faded and peeling
murals were sanded, primed and
repainted. Funding was provided by a
grant from Fremont’s Foundation, PAC,
after acceptance of Shur’s presentation
to the board members. Additionally,
several hours were spent gardening and
cleaning up the flowerbeds on campus
in 100 degree weather.
Shur is currently a junior at Crescenta
Valley High School in La Crescenta,
where he is a member of the Falkon
Robotics team, participates in honors
classes and performs in CV Theater
Arts productions. At age 16 he earned
a black belt in Ju-jitsu volunteers as a
teaching assistant to Sensei Kelly Miller
at the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA. He is
looking forward to studying electrical
engineering in college and possibly a
career here at JPL.
Shur is grateful for the dedication and
hard work of the leaders and parents of
Cub Scout Pack 304 and Boy Scout Troop
509, as well as his fellow Scouts and the
support of his extended family. Scouting
has given him valuable opportunities to
practice leadership build friendships.
This is a story about a young man
who lost his life on D-Day - June 6,
1944 - and a Tujunga woman who became a widow. It is also a story about
how small museums and historical societies can help people answer
questions about their own history.
About a year ago a man living in
England contacted the Little Landers
Historical Society. He was trying to
find a woman from Tujunga named
Martha Ester Allen. He was looking
for any information on her or her
family. What he knew was that Martha had married a man named Ethan
and they had lived in Tujunga in the
1930s and 1940s. He was trying to
get answers to questions about their
lives. Why were they here? What did
they do? Did they have a family?
Was there any family still in the area?
Who was Martha? Was she a local
girl? That is where the Little Landers Historical Society (LLHS) came
in. Some of the answers came from
our archives, some information came
from our members, and some questions still have not been answered.
Ethan was born in 1919, the son of
very wealthy parents. After his stepfather died, he and his mother and
sister traveled around the world and
finally ended up here in Los Angeles
in 1935. His mother was related to a
screenwriter who worked for the Hal
Roach studios. Ethan and his family
lived in the Hollywood area during
his youth. He married Martha Ester
in the late 1930s and they made their
home in Tujunga.
The Ethan Allen family lived in a
house on Haines Canyon Boulevard
from 1939 to 1946. Why was Ethan
living here in Tujunga? It is speculation, but thanks to one of our members and some research, we have a
good theory. Ethan joined the Royal
Canadian Air Force (RCAF) soon after the outbreak of the war in Europe.
We learned from one of our LLHS
members (whose father was a flight
instructor) that Royal Air Force (RAF)
and RCAF pilots were receiving basic flight training at War Eagle Field
near Lancaster, Calif. before the U.S.
entered the war. The flight school was
operated by the Polaris Flight Academy, a private flight school authorized
to train British and Canadian pilots.
This flight school and several others
had their headquarters at Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, Calif.
After getting this information, we
found several articles in the RecordLedger newspaper archives that talked about local families that provided
What is a Sibley Stove?
See one at Bolton Hall
Marlene Hitt
Along the tops of the cabinets at
Bolton Hall, washtubs, lanterns, toasters,
heaters and assorted tools stand at rusty
attention. Children are delighted to
see the laundry appliances of the past
and the odd assortment of household
articles in the hands-on box. Docent
Phyllis Shumberger is sometimes seen
capturing a great group of children with
descriptions of home tools from the “old
days.”
One artifact in the collection is the
Sibley Stove, a device invented to heat
military tents. The Sibley Stove was in
general use until about 1925, but was
recalled to active duty and used by U.S.
troops during World War II.
On a hot summer day John
Whelan bravely climbed down a steep
embankment in Angeles National Forest
to retrieve this clever invention. The
teepee-shaped piece of iron was packed
housing to RAF and RCAF pilots during their training. To date we have not
found records of the names of UK student pilots that trained here. However,
it is a reasonable guess that flight training might have brought Ethan to the
area and perhaps that is how he met
his bride.
After basic flight training Ethan
would probably have gone to Canada
for combat training. He chose to become a B-24 Liberator bomber pilot.
Prior to D-Day he flew anti-submarine
patrols. We don’t know what his mission was on June 6, 1944, but he was
killed flying over the English Channel the day the Allied Forces invaded
France. He was 25 years old and left
behind a widow here in Tujunga who
mourned the loss of her young husband, just as so many others did that
day.
Who was Martha Ester? We still
do not know. We have looked in our
archives, in high school yearbooks,
through the newspaper archives for social notices, news about local servicemen, birth notices and obituaries. We
have asked our members who lived
in the neighborhood. But no answers
have come yet.
Going through the process of locating information on this family was
a reminder that the archives at Bolton
Hall are not just files of data and objects; they are materials that represent
lives. The mission statement for the
Little Landers Historical Society reads
in part “to preserve the history of Rancho Tujunga.” In some measure, what
that means is guarding the memories
of the people that lived here and helping others find lost pieces of the past.
The British man who contacted
LLHS was Christopher Wilson, an
author. He was doing research for his
biography on the Duke of Kent, the
brother of King George VI. His book
“Mad About the Boy - The Exotic Life
and Mysterious Death of the Duke of
Kent” will be published in 2011. You
just never know what bits of history
continue on page 22
in on mules and used by the forest rangers
in the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve,
now known as Angeles National Forest.
It was also used by construction camps
and in war, carried from camp to camp.
The stove is a very efficient article,
which General Henry Hastings Sibley
invented prior to the Civil War. At that
time the general lived in the plains
country and observed the teepee of the
Indians. He realized that the form of the
teepee was superior to the cumbersome,
hard-to-move tents used by the United
States Regular Army. Sibley designed a
similar tent and a stove to match.
The stoves were ideal for a traveling
army. Cone shaped, they could be
continue on page 22
18
School News
“Alice in Wonderland” at Stonehurst Elementary
Jackie Houchin
The Drama Club at Stonehurst
Elementary School shines once again
in this year’s spring production of
“Alice in Wonderland” on Friday,
May 7. It doesn’t have all the special
effects of the current 3D film starring
Johnny Depp, but it’s just as colorful,
fanciful and full of fun. And you don’t
have to wear special glasses to see it!
The role of the curious and brave
young Alice is shared by three girls
(Macie Jensen, Giselle Mota, and
Chelsea Saldana) so no one has to learn
all the lines. The three make seamless
switches between scenes. The role
of the ever-smiling and sometimes
disappearing cat, “Chessie,” is shared
by Gisselle Santiago and Zachary Foster.
Other familiar characters are the
White Rabbit (Tatiana Del Olmo),
the March Hare (Ximena Kacer), the
Mad Hatter (Ezra Cabrera), HumptyDumpty (Matthew Lifonso), the
Dormouse (Lauren Brown) and of
course Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
(Luz Malagon and Morgan Hesen).
There is an imperial Queen of
Hearts (Julia Talley) and a platoon of
Card-Guards who obey her wishes;
that is, until they decide not to.
There’s a “garden” of bright
flowers played by girls in green
dresses with posies in their hair,
and a fat caterpillar (Justyn Fruitiz)
with an amazing costume made with
scores of stuffed cotton work gloves.
The cast of 30 is prompted and
praised by director and club founder
Cathy “Cat” Deobler, who’s been
teaching second grade at Stonehurst
for 15 years. She’s also an actress and a
Children’s Theater director at the West
Valley Playhouse in Canoga Park.
When Deobler held auditions
for “Alice in Wonderland” she was
swamped with kids wanting to try
out. Some were still hyped about the
successful holiday show “Mistletoe,
the Horse that Saved Santa,” while
others were perhaps a little envious
of cast members from that show who
proudly displayed their photo and the
article that ran in Voice of the Village.
After
auditions
(the
only
requirement was a promise to attend
the club meetings), there came 14
weeks of rehearsals. Lines were
learned, entrances were memorized,
and excitement grew. At the same
time set pieces were constructed,
props were found or invented, and
costumes were sewn, adjusted, or
borrowed from Deobler’s Children’s
Theater. Two beautiful backdrops were
painted by Ximena Kacer’s mother.
A white-haired “Stage Grandma”
that the kids call Miss Izzie
putters around the auditorium.
“She’s a volunteer,” Deobler said.
“She read about the Drama Club in
the newspaper article and volunteered
to help with this production.”
“I mostly try to keep the kids
quiet,” Isabelle Freer said with a
wink. “It mostly doesn’t work.”
However, Freer was seen helping
with costumes on dress rehearsal
day, prompting the young actors
and herding them to their stations.
Chris Hanes, Deobler’s sound
engineer, is busy testing the eight body
microphone. He runs sound, lights, and
music cues during the performance.
Finally show day arrives. Tall light
stands illuminate the stage, mics are
tucked into waistbands or pockets and
turned on, music begins, and the director
looks up expectantly as the first Alice
makes her entrance into Wonderland.
Deobler has a heart for theater
and for working with kids. Her
goal is to give children in public
schools an opportunity to express
themselves dramatically as part of
their regular curriculum. The school
principal agrees with her, and willing
people volunteer to make it happen.
Donations of all kinds, including the
$1 ticket price, are gratefully accepted.
They guarantee that the Drama Club
will present more musicals in the future.
Open enrollment at Brainard Elementary
Brainard
Elementary
School
is located in a quiet residential
neighborhood in the foothills of the
Angeles National Forest. Our campus is
spacious and well maintained. Students,
families, faculty, and staff benefit
from a beautiful campus filled with
numerous trees and decorative plants.
Brainard has a highly qualified
staff that is dedicated to academic
excellence. All faculty members have
a deep understanding of California
state standards and are committed to
providing a rigorous and balanced
instructional program to every student.
We are currently accepting
applications during May and June
for Open Enrollment and welcome all
new families, whether they live in our
attendance area or not. Please come in
and request a tour. Brainard Elementary
is located at 11407 Brainard Avenue
in Sylmar. Contact our office at 818899-5241 for enrollment information.
Literacy takes a step forward at
Pinewood Elementary
Editor
May 21 marks a step forward in the
drive for literacy at Tujunga’s Pinewood
Elementary School. On that day Jorge
Vazquez, President of the Glendale
Sunrise Rotary, presented each student
in Mrs. York’s third grade class with a
brand-new Scholastic Dictionary of his
or her own to take home.
“I am feeling pretty excited about
this generous
donation
made
possible through our partnership with
Wonder of Reading Foundation,” said
Rotarian Cora Swass, a volunteer at
Pinewood.
The presentation was attended by
Pinewood’s principal, Mr. Gedimen,
and was a big deal for the kids. It’s a big
deal for us at Voice of the Village too. We
firmly believe in the power of the written
word and that a correct understanding
of the meaning of words is essential to
a proper education and a successful
life. On behalf of the students and the
community, we thank Glendale Sunrise
Rotary and the Wonder of Reading
Foundation for this wonderful gift.
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Composting continued from page 5
University, “Based on the published
reports it appears these herbicides
pass through the animal intact… after
being excreted in the urine and manure
they still act like herbicides.” So using
the manure from horses or any animal
that has consumed hay containing
these herbicides can kill your garden
plants, because composting does not
break down these herbicides either.
Remember, the job of an herbicide is
to kill weeds but it cannot differentiate
between weeds and your beloved
garden plants.
I have two types of composters
in my yard. One is an enclosed barrel
composter with a handle at the end,
which makes it very easy to turn
and aerate my materials. I use this
composter for my kitchen scraps. I do
not advise placing kitchen scraps in an
open type composter, because it will
attract vermin and wildlife to your
yard. We here in the Foothills do not
need to attract any more wildlife to our
yards. The other composter is basically
just a pile of yard waste in a corner of the
yard. You can make a very inexpensive
composter by using four wood pallets
made into a square, or a 12-foot length
of 3-foot-wide galvanized chicken
wire formed into a circle. When using
a composter open to the ground, you
attract worms and other assorted
insects that assist in the decomposition
process. Whenever I start a new batch
of compost in my enclosed composter,
I always add a shovel full of finished
compost from my open composter.
By doing this I add bacteria and a few
worms and insects into the enclosed
composter, which are essential in the
decomposition process. I am always
amazed at how many earthworms end
up in my enclosed composter.
Many people who compost are
very concerned with getting the correct
mixture of green/ brown or wet/dry
ingredients. I am not very concerned
with this. When I see that my enclosed
composter, which contains mainly
green materials, is getting too wet
or has a foul odor, I add dry leaves,
shredded newspaper, cardboard or
egg cartons to absorb the moisture.
I have also found that the “turning”
or mixing of the pile of yard waste is
not necessary either. Eventually, it will
break down into compost whether or
not I turn it. As the small branches and
leaves decompose, the oxygen will
naturally get in between it all. However,
I do like to occasionally turn this pile.
By hand turning I get to know what is
going on at the bottom of the pile and
how much has decomposed. I also can
determine if this pile needs extra water.
Moisture is a necessary ingredient in
the decomposition process. A dry pile
will take years to break down.
Starting a compost pile does not
need to be a complicated procedure.
With a renewed interest in reducing,
reusing and recycling comes a wealth of
information about composting, which
can sometimes be overwhelming for
someone just starting out. There really
is not one absolute way of composting;
just keep in mind that home composting
is easy and any pile of organic materials
will eventually break down into readily
usable compost. Your garden will love
you for it.
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Our Churches
The Pastor of the Valley
Cecile Page Vargo
“He’s coming! He’s
coming!” the neighbors
would shout, as the first
faint strains of Pastor Wornom’s voice could be heard
over the crest of the hills to
the west of Sunland-Tujunga. The sounds of his horse
-drawn covered “house
wagon” and his wife’s exuberant pump organ music
accompanied his boisterous rendition of “Lord I’m
Coming Home - Never More to Roam.” The sounds
of laughter and coyote howls echoed throughout
the valley, welcoming the Old Parson and Aunt
Jenny home at last, from a circuit of preaching.
James T. Wornom was born in Illinois, the second
child of a family of 14, with roots that could be traced
as far back as 1700s Kentucky. On August 2, 1862,
James joined Company C of the 83rd Infantry to fight
the Civil War. His tour of duty ended in Nashville,
Tenn., on June 26, 1865. Sometime in the late 1890s
he married his wife Jenny, who was 16 years younger
than he was. Together, the two were seen traveling
in their “house wagon” throughout Nebraska to the
Northwest. They eventually wound up in California in 1893, singing and preaching along the way.
In 1903 the wheels of the Wornoms’ traveling wagon came to a halt long enough for them to
pitch a tent beneath the thick oaks of the park in
the Vale of Monte Vista, now known as Sunland.
The large pasture near the park, a favorite spot for
Saturday night square dancing, would become the
home of the Free Methodist Church, where James
T. Wornom would set up pulpit. An abandoned
building that was once the home of the Baptist
Church became the first permanent Free Methodist.
Services were conducted weekly by the Wornoms. James would ring the bell to entice the flocks
to the fold. As the pews filled, the petite, normally
soft-spoken Jenny, would come down the aisles
from the back of the church in resounding voice,
her eyes aimed up to the Lord as she sang. The
Parson, a big, rawboned, blustering sort of man,
followed behind her, dramatically greeting her
with an embrace as he approached her at the altar.
Jenny taught Bible classes to the children and often rewarded them with candy treats for attending.
Wornom lived and breathed religion, singing it, preaching it, everywhere he went. He felt
at his best as a traveling preacher, but he also enjoyed spreading physical or spiritual help to his
neighbors and other living creatures. Weekdays in
his beloved green Verdugo Hills were spent drawing fertilizer and leaf mode for neighbors’ gardens,
helping build houses and cesspools, offering prayer
for troubled families, and just being available to
hold a hand or lend it as necessary. He was also a
horse trader, with the most handsome well-kept
horses, and an almost mystical ability as a horse
whisperer. Not only did he calm the wildest horse,
he also was noted for his ability to train the community children to ride and care for horses as well.
In 1913 the neighboring Little Lands Colony
attracted the Wornoms. The Tujunga Union Gospel Mission Church was built in 1921 next to their
home on North Sunset Avenue (Commerce) and
Los Angeles Street (Apperson). Local residents and
visitors filled the pews of the chapel every Sunday.
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V. Hartranft was a good friend of James and Jenny.
The Old Parson often begged him to set aside land
for a burial plot in the hills that he loved so much.
Hartranft would always nod in agreement, but
somehow never got around to actually doing so. In
his 80s, weak and needing to come home to the Lord
he had devoted his life to, James begged Hartranft
one more time, “I’m almost ready for it, Marsh, have
you given my cemetery?” Hartranft waited until
the old man dozed off, and then hurried to his office to check his maps for a suitable site. The following day, Hartranft saw the Parson for the last time.
“I have your cemetery now, Parson it’s all ready
for you. You can check it out any time you want.”
The following day, after being presented with the
cemetery, the Parson died. John S. McGroarty had often
reported on Parson Wornom in the Los Angeles Times,
so he was well known as The Parson of The Green
Verdugo Hills. His death was reported in the April 24,
1922 edition of the paper and took up most of the page.
The community fittingly buried Parson Wornom.
His body was driven in his old wagon to the foot of
the winding trail, which led to the cemetery.
From there the coffin was taken from the
wagon and placed on the shoulders of his beloved neighbors, who took turns carrying it as
they traveled up the trail to the final resting place
beneath the mountains he loved so much.
The burial was complete with full military
honors, as the Parson was a Civil War veteran.
A squad of American Legionnaires followed the
long procession and fired a salute from their rifles
at the gravesite. There were two buglers, one at the
grave and one on the hilltop, sounding Taps.
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Service Clubs
Working Together for Change
Chamber of Commerce: Lions seek Watermelon
Message from the President Festival Queen
Sonia Tatulian
Here we are at midyear already –
hard to believe. I’m pleased to announce
I have completed my goal of visiting the
nearly 300 new residents and businesses
that moved into our community in 2009.
Now I’ve reset the marker and will be
out there visiting with the residents and
businesses that have joined us since the
beginning of this year.
Here is another excellent opportunity for all our Chamber members to
get their names out to the community.
Each time I meet with a new resident or
visit a new business I leave an information packet with all the brochures, flyers
and participating business information.
If you haven’t done so yet, or have in the
past and would like to update the information, please remember to provide the
Chamber with your business information in the form of flyers, brochures or
other promotional handouts. It is my
goal, as the president of the Chamber
of Commerce, to get your information
to the community so we can continue
to grow and thrive within our foothill
area.
Speaking of growing, I’m proud
to report that so far this year we have
added more than 40 new members to
the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber and we
hope to double that membership by the
end of the year. Thank you so much to
all our members for their continuing interest and support.
My thanks also go to our new councilmember Paul Krekorian, who recently presented commendations to several
community service groups (including
the Chamber) for their help and assistance during the recent rainstorms. As
often occurs during troubled times, the
service groups came out to help keep
the council district office open to serve
as a command center for all the fire, police and street services providing them
with a place to eat, rest and regroup. Just
goes to show what a truly unique and
giving community we live in.
If you missed the fun at the Chamber-sponsored Monte Carlo Night last
February, or if you are ready for more
fun, mark your calendar for June 5 for
the American Legion’s Casino Night.
This event promises to provide you with
hours of gaming, food, drinks, prizes
and more. Check the Chamber Web
site’s calendar section for more details.
By the time you read this message I will be deeply entrenched in the
preparations for our Fourth of July fireworks. For the last couple of years the
Sunland, Tujunga, Shadow Hills Community Fund has sponsored the major
portion of the fireworks event, with all
the sponsorships and ticket sales going
to the Community Fund. The Community Fund in turn matches funds raised
at various Verdugo Hills High School
group fundraisers that help facilitate
the many costs incurred for uniforms,
sports equipment, offsite venue rental
fees, etc. This fund has been instrumental in supporting and sustaining several
of the sporting events and other extracurricular student activities at VHHS.
Sponsorships provide for some excellent
exposure and advertising for many of
our local businesses, and will encourage
all local residents to continue to “Shop
on the Rock.”
On June 16 the Chamber will be
hosting its monthly mixer at the Sunland
Tujunga American Legion, Post 377, located at 10039 Pinewood Ave. in Tujunga. This event will take place from 6-8
p.m. and includes food, fun, music and
raffle prizes. I look forward to seeing
many of you there; we have had great
success with meeting and networking
with both the new and established business representatives in our area.
Don’t forget the Sunland Tujunga
Honorary Sheriff’s race is ending on
June 30. Everyone is invited to attend
and support each of our candidate’s
fundraisers. The following is a list of
events that have been scheduled for
June:
June 6: Pat O’Brien - Dart Tournament, 3 p.m., The American Legion
June 26: Mrs “T’ - $8 BBQ Dinner,
6 p.m., American Legion Post 520, Sun
Valley (every Friday is also nachos for
$3 from 5:30-7 p.m.)
June 26: Esko Vaananen - Taco Bar
& Nite at the Races, 6 p.m., The Elks
Lodge
Please visit our Web site, http://
www.STChamber.com, in the calendar
section for specific details and contact
information. The winner of the race
will be announced at our Fourth of July
fireworks presentation at Verdugo Hills
High School football field.
Everyone is invited to join us for
our ribbon cutting on June 9 to welcome
one of our newest Chamber members,
Rosa’s Tutoring Center, located at 8530
Foothill Blvd. in Sunland. This event
will take place at noon and some light
refreshments will be provided.
A reminder that the ST Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring a luncheon
with guest speaker Supervisor Michael
Antonovich on Wednesday, June 30
starting at 11:30 a.m., to be held at the
Elks Lodge, located at 10137 Commerce
Ave. in Tujunga.
The purpose of this luncheon is to
receive an update on county issues and
to present commendations to all the
students who so generously contribute
their time and energy to the layout and
publication of this community newspaper, Voice of the Village.
The cost for this event will be $15
per person and because of the limited
seating, RSVP will be required by June
18. Please contact the ST Chamber for
more information, 818-352-4433.
Thanks also go to Michael Lucas,
who generously gives his time and
photographic talent to provide us with
pictures of all our events. If you have
attended any of our events this year Monte Carlo Night, our monthly mixers, ribbon cuttings, Relay for Life - be
sure and check our Web site on the photos tab; your picture might be there.
Thanks again to everyone who continues to support the Sunland Tujunga
Chamber of Commerce. Let’s continue
to work together to make the second
half of 2010 even better.
Marynance Schellenbach
The Lions Club is looking for candidates to run for the Royal Melon
Court.
If you are a young woman between the ages of 16 and 25 of good
moral character and would like to
raise money for your organization,
church, or favorite charity, you could
be a candidate.
If you are a junior miss aged 12-15,
you could be a candidate for the honor
of serving as the Junior Queen.
If you are a young man and would
like to be the first King of the Festival,
go for it!
Each candidate needs to be sponsored by an organization, school, charity or church that is willing to support
her (or him) with the sale of Watermelon Festival Raffle Tickets that are
$1 each.The sale of 300 tickets qualifies the person to be a candidate and a
member of the Royal Melon Court.
Once the candidate has qualified,
the Lions Club and the sponsoring
organization will share the revenue
from the ticket sales 50-50. For complete information and rules, please go
to http://www.lionswatermelonfestival.com/queencontestrules.htm.
Applications are available on the
Watermelon Festival Website.
Applications should be filled out completely and returned no later than
June 15. They can be downloaded
at http://www.lionswatermelonfestival.com/
applications/queenapplication.pdf.
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American Legion Post No. 250
Marlene Hitt
Due to some digging in a dusty,
dark closet, a scrapbook was found containing information about a vital group
that formed the community of SunlandTujunga.
After working amongst the exservicemen in the Tujunga Valley for
a period of about nine months, Joseph
W. Forster finally succeeded, with the
assistance of William H. Gale, in assembling 12 ex-servicemen at Bolton Hall in
Tujunga on January 6, 1921. At that first
meeting the organization of Monte Vista
Post No. 250 was accomplished, and the
names of 15 ex-servicemen were affixed
to an application for a Post Charter of the
American Legion.
In June of that year, the Commander
and Adjutant were instructed to buy
Bolton Hall, lots 94 and 95 Los Terrenitos
tract, Tujunga, for $5,750; $1,000 down
and $100 a month payments at 7 percent
interest.
With the attitudes of pride and promotion the Legion first organized the
Moon Festival, which they say gave
wonderful publicity that led to a rise in
the population of the town.
The accomplishments of the Legion
are far too numerous to mention. From
a short perusal of the scrapbook, it was
found that there were 45 major community-changing accomplishments by the
Legion just through the years 1921 and
1935, the 1935 date being the last entry
in the book.
In December 1921 the first Rifle Association was formed by Monte Vista Post.
The first Boy Scout Troop in the valley
was organized under the leadership of
Comrade Maxwell Hill. May 1922 marks
the first observance of Mother’s Day,
when all members appeared in uniform
for the occasion. In June the first barbecue was held at the Begue ranch, and in
December was held the first of the annual turkey shoots at the Begues. In order
to carry on the financial responsibilities
of the organization, dances, plays and
performances were arranged.
“At a post meeting of August 2,
1923, Doctor Theobald gave the news to
the post of the death of President Harding. Immediately arrangements were
made for the proper observance of the
sad occasion.” November 11, 1923 was
the inauguration for the Annual Observance of Armistice Day.
February 13, 1924 marked the dedication of the Hall for the Legion, and the
name Bolton Hall became Legion Hall.
“The auxiliary, ever willing to render assistance to the post this year presented us
with the beautiful Silk Colors so proudly
displayed by our organization.”
The membership in 1921 was 43
members, and by 1930 had grown to
105. The group served the community in
many ways, including school programs
for patriotism and Americanism, creation of an addendum to the McGroarty
Mission Play, honoring of veterans, collecting relics from battlefields, and entrance into political matters (such as
cheaper water rates, pedestrian crossing
signs, a bond issue for veterans). One member formed a boy’s band;
later a drum and bugle corps was started.
The group held fireworks shows, memorial services, a fall festival (much like the
street fair), elected a festival queen, held
poppy dances and drives, sponsored a
baseball team, gave medals to scholars,
and more.
As sponsors of food drives and
Christmas baskets, they hit a wall one
year. There were so many needy families in 1932 that the group was overwhelmed. They couldn’t fill the orders
for the 300 baskets needed, so they held a
dinner on December 24 in the basement
of the (present) Legion Hall for those 300
families. Some families had as many as
12 members.
There is more to the story, but one
can see the vitality, idealism, and importance of this group. By 1930 the name
was changed to Tujunga Post No. 250.
In November 1929 the Post sold their
meeting hall to the City of Tujunga to be
the town hall, with money from a bond
issue; $12,000 went to the Tujunga post,
and $3,000 were allowed for repairs and
alterations. The name was again Bolton
Hall.
The Legion then began plans for the
building of its own hall. They expected
to spend about $6,000 on the building
and $1,000 on equipment. They planned
for a Spanish style, about 40 feet by 70
feet, with a recreation hall in the basement. This hall, on Pinewood, is still in
use by American Legion members.
was always made by local blacksmiths.
Sibley obtained a patent for his stove.
The U.S. Government so appreciated
this convenient heating device that they
agreed to pay a royalty of $2.50 to $5 per
stove, and the government purchased
thousands of stoves. However, the
Civil War broke out and Sibley, having
sympathized with the South, never
received any money.
His advertisement stated “simple,
efficient and easily transportable, this
Sibley Stove continued from page 17
stacked easily and carried on wagons
or donkeys. Each would need only one
length of stovepipe to extend through
the top of the tent. The stove would sit
on a bed of sand in a rectangular box on
the tent floor.
The Sibley Stove was used
exclusively for heat, never for cooking.
The soldiers would burn twisted hay,
pine, buffalo chips and corncobs when
necessary. The sheet metal stove was
never manufactured by any company; it
STCC: Taste of Sunland-Tujunga
Fran Loiselle
May 1 was a beautiful, clear, sunny
day and a perfect time to visit a variety of eateries and sample some great
food.
For only $5 each, you could sample some chimichangas at Joselito’s
or Chile Verde and rice with a side of
chocolate flan dessert from Mi Casita.
For an Asian flavor, you had a choice of
China Palace offering traditional Chinese food or My Thai for some authentic Thai food; both eateries offered full
meals as their sampler. For something
of the Middle Eastern variety there was
Olde Towne Café providing a variety
appetizer plate including kabobs and
hummus. If you like your food barbecued, the pulled pork sandwich at
Geronimo’s BBQ would hit the mark.
For those who prefer the vegetarian va-
continue on page 23
riety, Gobble Green offered their vegetarian versions of Kung Pao chicken
and lasagna. For the Italian food lovers, Corsica’s Deli served their favored
pumpkin ravioli, cannoli and some
varied cheeses. For those who were
looking for the serene and elegant ambience, visiting guests at the Angeles
National Golf Club’s Agave Grill were
treated to a Chinese chicken salad. The
outside veranda provided an incredible
view of the foothills and the golf course.
And to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth,
we offered an overwhelming selection
of desserts, cakes, and cookies provided by our local community bakers directed by Terry Hake-Church, who has
a gift of rounding up her baking staff
and turning out some excellent sweets,
which the student volunteers from the
Leadership class of Verdugo Hills High
School sold for their fundraiser.
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When mayonnaise goes bad by sitting
too long in the sun, you can end up with
food poisoning - not fun. I try to avoid
sandwiches and salads that have mayo
during the hot summer months. If one
of my kids just insists that they want a
turkey and mayo sandwich, then I make
sure it is kept in a cooler and I get them
to eat it early in the day.
Make at least two peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches per person. At the
end of the day when you are hungry
and tired, a smashed PB&J tastes like
filet mignon.
Budget a defined amount of money
for each person to buy a souvenir and
a snack. You are at Disneyland, for
goodness sakes. Tell them that if they
don’t spend their allocated amount of
money, it is theirs to keep and spend
as they want at a later time and place.
This way you can enjoy going into the
gift shop to look around. After one or
two trips the kids will realize that the
souvenirs are overpriced and learn to
spend their money wisely.
Of course, it goes without saying that
you should wear the most comfortable
shoes that you own. Use a fanny pack or
a purse that has been cleared out of all
valuable and important papers except
the ones that you must carry with you.
Dress in layers so you can put on and
take off depending on the weather
changes. Have a pen and paper for those
important Disney autographs (pens and
autograph books are big sellers with
high price tags at the parks). Take a
camera (don’t buy one of the overpriced
official Disney visitor pictures) with
a good wrist strap or shoulder strap.
Wear a hat to shade your head and eyes
that is secure enough so it won’t fly off
at the first breeze. Bring sunscreen for
your nose, extra tissues for wiping and
blowing.
Most importantly, bring lots of
patience. You WILL wait in lines. It’s
just the nature of the beast. If you don’t
want to be patient with yourself, your
kids and those around you - don’t go to
a theme park. Have a great time.
Elks put veterans first
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The Arts
We Celebrate them All
SQUEAK has a message for to kids and adults
Jackie Houchin
Inter-species romance? A mouse matchmaker?
First date fears? Queasy details about laboratory
mice? It’s all covered in the fanciful and fun “musical
with a moral” titled “SQUEAK” playing for two
weekends at the La Canada Theatre in Montrose.
“SQUEAK” was written by Sachi Oyama, the
music/accompaniment by Brian leader, and the
lyrics by Noelle Dronfeld. The show is directed by Al
Pugliese.
The story opens with the famous mouse
matchmaker Cleopatra (played by Deb Owen)
introducing the characters, including her brawny but
not so brainy brother Brutus (Mike McAdam), and
recounting how Romance No. 85 all began. It is a cold
and stormy night...
How does this story of Romance No. 85 (and No.
85 and a half) end? Listen for the small “squeak” in
your ear, and catch a performance.
As an independent, non-profit production
company, the La Canada Theatre’s mission and
goal is to entertain and enlighten audiences, and to
stimulate critical thinking about moral, political and
social issues that confront us today. They accomplish
the first part in “SQUEAK” with delightful charm.
Who doesn’t love a fairytale romance - or two?
It’s only toward the end that you become aware
of an underlying and disquieting issue. Kids will
miss it, and maybe some adults, but it’s there for you
to consider. I didn’t hear anyone talking about it as
they milled around talking to the actors, but I’ll bet
some of them thought about it later. If so, the LCT’s
mission was accomplished.
For more information about the theater and its upcoming
shows, visit http://www.lacanadatheatre.org, e-mail info@
lacanadatheatre.org, or call 818-731-6740.
Finally, a way to get what we want
Bozz on Bass
Founder of The Musician’s Library
Did I say that? Certainly that cannot
hold true for most things, or could it? I
noticed something about this newspaper.
There such an abundance of good news.
Good things to report on to others.
Great ideas and recipes for success and
happiness. Just what is going on here?
My family decided to reward good people in our neighborhood. How? By
simply writing a certificate and handing it to the person with a little pomp and
circumstance.
One young man in our community has taken on the task of keeping a watchful
eye out for the neighbors. Once I saw him break up a fight that was about to happen
between two youngsters. I watched him talk some sense into them.
I decided right then and there that he had to have a certificate, so on his birthday
that’s what he got. He was very proud to receive it, as you could well imagine. He
is continuing this community service; he’s our very own guardian angel.
There is another community servant in our midst. He’s so famous now that I
need only state that many of us look toward the west each day to see what’s new.
He was tickled to get his certificate.
This article isn’t really about what’s been done in the past. There are people in
our community doing good deeds. This started out as a once-a-year sort of thing
like “Sportsman of the Year” or “Mom of the Year,” but who can wait till the end of
the year when so many great things are going on right underneath our noses? I am
hoping that you will find someone to write a certificate on in the future.
When you tell someone “job well done,” you’ll get more of it. We’ll all get more
of it. Let’s emphasize the positive around here, there and everywhere.
If you do not have a computer or are not heavily into calligraphy, you may
send details of what you want written to [email protected]. My secretary
(daughter) will be more than happy to create a gorgeous certificate for the worthy
person - but you get to have all the fun of presenting it.
Now isn’t that what we want? Good deeds do not have to go unnoticed.
What’s this article got to do with art? Just think of how much beauty we could
all benefit from when our neighbors, friends and acquaintances do the kind and
wonderful things worthy of our attention. It’s a beautiful thing when that happens.
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The Poetry Corner
from the old country to an unknown
world. I’d hate losing them to mud.
When the mountains dress in red
robes of fire, to dance in the night
rites of destruction, it is too late
for treasures. An old man I know
lost a hundred years of memories,
when his family heirlooms –
albums of photos, fine china,
tchotchkes – burned to ashes.
His life spared, he still cries for what
he cannot not bring back. We are lucky.
Storms came and went. We live, unharmed.
The neighbors live, the houses survived.
Maja Trochimczyk read her poem
“Mountain Watch” at a May 8 event with
Councilmember Paul Krekorian.
Mountain Watch
We were ready: moved out, moved in,
moved out, moved in, awakened
at midnight, sheltered by the goodwill
of unknown friends. They guarded us.
They watched the capricious dancers
until the storms passed. It was a good year.
We will keep watching the mountains move.
The aging beauties will dance again.
Maja Trochimczyk © 2010
They are a bit vain, aren’t they?
these mountains of ours, still young.
They shake boulders out of their skirts.
They lose weight. They like being washed
by the rain, making themselves pretty
for sunset. Soggy soil turns into
a mudbath for these giant beauties.
When they stretch and practice
their dance moves, our houses crumble.
Water jumps out of toilet bowls.
Aunt Rosie’s favorite crystal vase shatters
on the floor. Rocks slide into our backyards.
love begins .....
Marynance Schellenbach © 2009
love begins
as a tiny droplet of water
glistening, sparkling –
a tiny crystal given,
received, becoming part of me.
We stand watch. We are ready.
Neighbor calls neighbor: “Are you OK?”
A friend you did not know you had
stops by. The danger looms.
In ancient Rome, guards had to hold
one hand up, with the finger on the lips
in a silent sign of attention. I read
about it in a philosopher’s book
that sits on my shelf, in a crowded row
of treasures I hauled across the ocean,
love grows
as each new droplet joins,
unites with all the others –
becomes a shimmering pool
as the wonder of you forms
within me.
love overflows
to form a stream of happiness,
making joyful sounds
of laughter and contentment.
There is too much of you to
keep within.
Interlude – Of Bliss
Maja Trochimczyk
fresh, new clouds
in fresh, new sky
I. On the sandy path by the river,
step by step, with the setting sun,
I walk into bliss.
The perfect happiness of a moment
engulfs me amidst rocks, cacti
and desiccated yucca stalks.
I am a little girl, again,
coming back from the forest
with a basketful of berries.
Sand means that home is near.
I am glad. I am safe.
But bliss is more distant than ever –
a mirage on the horizon of foreign life
under a strange, turquoise sky.
Washed clean by rainfall,
colored by ever-brighter light
of green and blue,
hope and innocence,
the hues of my love.
Even the mountains wear
their fresh, new dresses
with pleats of ridges and gullies
waiting to be ironed out
by the breath of wind and time.
III. In a house of stained-glass cherries
you can hear a cat sleep
snoring into the comfort
of his hand-embroidered pillow.
In a house of fresh-cut roses
you can feel the air bloom
with the sweetness
of cinnamon and nutmeg.
You can taste love
mixed with raindrops
on the patio of my magic house
where everything you touch
changes into pure gold
of bliss, perfectly remembered.
II. I’m delighted
with newness of this day –
fresh, new grass and
fresh, new leaves and
D-Day continued from page 22
might be guarded by small historical societies, archived in local museums and how that information might
relate to a family history - or the
world.
If you have any information
about the Ethan Allen family or are
interested in preserving history, join
us and become a member of the Little
Landers Historical Society. Please
contact the Bolton Hall Museum at:
818-352-3420, or
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Pulled beef with an Italian twist!
What I like about this recipe is that you
prep a day ahead; that makes it easy if
you’re entertaining a few friends.
Ingredients: Makes 15-18 servings
• 2 three-pound boneless chuck roasts,
trimmed
Rub for roasts
• 2 Tbsp paprika
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp dry mustard
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp dry ground hot red pepper (add
or delete according to taste)
• 1/2 tsp dry oregano
• 2 tsp dried sweet basil
Verdugo Hills Art
Association honors
Tujunga artist
At the Verdugo Hills Art Association’s (VHAA)
May meeting, Roland Clark of Tujunga won second
place for the May Artist of the Month Competition.
His entry was “Come Sail With Me,” a painting done
in watercolor. Clark has been a longtime member of
the VHAA and is a prolific painter. His subjects are
scenes from places he’s visited, California landscapes,
and scenes from our local area.
The winners of the Artist of the Month
competition will resubmit their winning entries at
the June 4 meeting for a vote to decide the Artist of
the Year. Those paintings will then be on display at
the La Canada Library during the month of July.
Sauce
• Cooking oil
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
• 1/2 tsp dried ground hot red pepper (add or
delete according to taste)
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 28-oz can crushed tomatoes
• 1 16-oz can tomato sauce
• 1 14-oz can chicken broth
• 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 Tbsp dried sweet basil
Pet Detective continued from page 16
Once the area is narrowed, the team searches street
by street, using binoculars if necessary, investigating sightings from those who have responded to the
posters. A photo lineup of dogs and cats (including
the lost pet) is shown and the sighting is matched or
discarded.
“It’s very important to call right away,” urges
Coldiron. “After three or four days it’s very hard to
find a dog; over a week and it’s nearly impossible.”
“Most pets do not come home on their own,” she
said. “And a lot of people give up after about one
week. This is a big mistake. Also, the first place the
owner will search is the local animal shelter, which is
typically the last place someone who finds an animal
will take it [due to fear of euthanasia].”
Coldiron also offers a search consultation for
$150, which includes a profile of your pet and a 40page “Lost Cat” or 80-page “Lost Dog” guide.
Note: You can find some of these ingredients at
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Preparation
One day ahead, combine all ingredients
for the rub. Chop all the items that need to be
chopped, measure all of the ingredients, and set
aside for later.
Rub both roasts with the spice rub, place
in a zip-top plastic bag or a covered dish and
refrigerate overnight.
I hope you’ll never need to contact Landa Coldiron about a lost pet, but if you do, call 818-442-2952.
You can make the sauce at the same time and
refrigerate overnight; reheat it before adding the
roasts. To make the sauce, in a dutch oven heat oil
and add red bell pepper, onion, ground dry red
pepper and cook for 6 to 7 minutes on medium
heat, stirring frequently. Do not burn. Add minced
garlic, stir, and cook 1 minute. Add chicken broth,
stir, add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and stir.
Add remaining ingredients for sauce and stir.
Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer 45 minutes,
stirring occasionally.
To complete the dish, preheat oven 325
degrees. Add roasts to sauce in pan, cover with lid
and bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours; meat should be fork
tender. Remove roasts from sauce. With two forks
shred roast beef, return to sauce, and stir.
Serve with potatoes and vegetables of your
choice, or make pulled beef sandwiches on your
favorite rolls. You’ll find that a bottle of merlot or
cabernet sauvignon will accompany this dish well.
For dessert try biscotti, pizzelle cookies, and
vanilla ice cream. Delicious and light! Enjoy!
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McGroarty Arts Center holds Annual
Ceramics show from June 12-26
Leslie Fischer
McGroarty Arts Center is proud
to announce its 7th Annual Ceramics
Show taking place June 12-26.
This free exhibit begins with the
opening reception on June 12 from
5-9 p.m., accompanied by live music,
refreshments and an incomparable
view of the Verdugo Hills from the art
center’s terrace. This event has built
a strong reputation for artistic excellence, highlighting the work of professional ceramicists as well as McGroarty Arts Center’s students.
This year McGroarty is partnering with the prestigious American Ceramics Society (ACS), Design Chapter,
Southern California Section to produce the exhibit; the partnership has
proved beneficial to both groups. Selected professional artists were chosen
exclusively from the ACS membership, including a handful of advanced
McGroarty Arts Center students who
recently joined ACS to move into the
professional sphere. Los Angeles resident Joan Gamberg is the bridge between McGroarty and ACS. She serves
on the board of directors for both organizations and got the idea of uniting
the two after attending McGroarty’s
2009 ceramics exhibit.
“I was quite impressed with the
artwork and the wonderful, magical
ambience that makes McGroarty Arts
Center such a beloved community
gem,” she said. Gamberg plans to extend the ACS’ reach to a new public
by sitting the show in Tujunga and by
adding McGroarty to the Ceramics
Society’s three-year venue rotation for
its Annual Juried/Presidents’ Show.
McGroarty will join the company of
the American Museum of Ceramic Art
and the Creative Arts Center of Burbank as ACS exhibition hosts.
Ceramics artist and instructor Brian Peshek, MFA, will serve as curator,
which involves overseeing the artist
and artwork selection, installation of
the gallery, and coordinating the jury
process. Peshek selected 38 artists to
participate.
“The objects in the show are eclectic, with a variety of artworks that are
functional, some that are sculptural
and expressive, and others [that] are
hybrids or combinations of the two,”
he said. Peshek said he selects ceramic
pieces that “grab the viewers’ attention, are unique in their glaze surfaces,
texture, and craftsmanship. The exhibited artwork will demonstrate artistic
skill in conception and execution.”
Biliana Popova, a member of ACS
who has twice exhibited at McGroarty,
has been selected as this year’s featured artist.
According to Peshek, Popova’s
work is a “standout for figurative
sculptural because it employs organic,
gestural forms and solicits a feeling
of wholeness or mothering with its
Madonna and child art historical references.” Bulgarian-born Popova was
educated at the National Academy of
Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria and is currently
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University Northridge and Glendale
Community College as well as an instructor at Xiem Clay Center in Pasadena. Her highly acclaimed pieces are
all hand-built from stoneware using
simple tools.
“[I give] particular attention to
the surface, which is usually sanded
for many hours to a smoothness that
resembles a canvas-like surface. I use
a variety of glazes and colored slips; I
strike for surface perfection, although
the little imperfections are what remind us that they are made by the human hand,” Popova said.
Popova’s keen eye will also be
used in her role as final juror of the
exhibition. She will select a winner
and three honorable mention awards
among the entrants at the exhibit opening to honor artwork that is worthy of
special recognition.
The exhibition is not only an opportunity to view a wide range of
unique ceramic vessels and sculptures;
it also provides a chance to purchase a
one-of-a-kind artwork. Proceeds from
the professional artwork will benefit
McGroarty Arts Center and the American Ceramics Society. The McGroarty
student artwork will also be available
for purchase, and funds raised will be
used to support the McGroarty Ceramics Department. McGroarty’s dedicated and enthusiastic ceramics students
are also committed volunteers. They
assist with public relations, help install the show, and monitor the exhibit
throughout the show’s duration.
Brian Peshek, Curator
Programs at McGroarty Arts Center
are funded by the California Community
Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Ralph M.
Parsons Foundation, James Irvine Foundation,
Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the
Department of Cultural Affairs,
City of Los Angeles.
McGroarty Arts Center is located at
7570 McGroarty Terrace in Tujunga.
McGroarty Arts Center
2nd Month
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ANNUAL CERAMICS EXHIBITION
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8250 Foothill Blvd.
(818) 352-8855
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Featuring the American Ceramics Society
Opening reception: June 12, 5-9
Show hours: June 14-26, Mon-Sat, 10-6
Free Admission
McGroarty Arts Center - 7570 McGroarty Terrace - Tujunga
818-352-5285 - M-F: 10-6pm - www.mcgroartyartscenter.org
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