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Weaver
Admonished
by Council
By Ted AYALA
Glendale
City
Council
on
Tuesday
night
urged
Councilmember Dave Weaver
to enroll in sexual harassment
training
after
allegations
came to light accusing him of
inappropriate behavior, including
groping a woman in Montrose
last year.
The allegations were brought to
public attention last month.
A former friend of Weaver’s,
Lolita Gonzalves, claimed that
he reached out to grope her
breast during an argument at
a local Mexican restaurant last
year. Weaver claims to have only
brushed her away, not grope her.
Gonzalves reported the incident
to City Atty. Michael J. Garcia the
next day who then directed her
to file a report with the Glendale
Police Dept. (GPD).
Further aggravating Weaver’s
critics has been his casual use of
sexually inappropriate language
in front of city staff, which he
freely admitted to in the wake of
the scandal.
In a terse statement read aloud
Candidates Take On Issues at Forum
Five vying for one city
council seat offer their
perspective on how to
improve Glendale.
By Jason KUROSU
T
his year’s candidates
for one seat on the
Glendale City Council
took part in the second of two
local forums Monday night at
the Sparr Heights Community
Center. Hosted by the MontroseVerdugo City Chamber of
Commerce and moderated by
Dan Evans, the five candidates
– Chahe Keuroghelian, Rick
Barnes, Paula Devine, Vartan
Gharpetian and Mike Mohill
– argued for their place on the
council and answered questions
regarding key local issues.
Regarding
the
potential
development of the former
Rockhaven
Sanitarium
in
Montrose,
the
candidates
recognized the difficulties in
retaining the site’s historical
significance in the wake of
development. Most of the
candidates
expressed
their
desires to keep the historical
elements of the site through
Photo by Jason KUROSU
The five candidates for Glendale City Council are (from left) Chahe Keuroghelian, Rick Barnes, Paula Devine,
Vartan Gharpetian and Mike Mohill
whatever the future may hold.
“I’m for keeping Rockhaven
historical,” said Mohill, who said
the city of Glendale purchased
Rockhaven “with no plan” in
mind.
“I’m against giving up the
land,” said Gharpetian. “[The
city of Glendale] purchased
it specifically to keep it from
being developed.” Gharpetian
also said that the developments
needed by the city are affordable,
low-income housing, a type of
development that would not be
consistent with the surroundings
of Rockhaven.
“This is an opportunity for the
city to have something really
exciting at that site while still
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retaining the historic value of
that property,” said Devine.
She suggested that certain
developments could help attract
outsiders to the site and the city.
Again concerning Montrose,
the candidates were asked how
they could resolve a perceived
influx of restaurants and chains
among the small businesses
Sagebrush Discussions Continue
By Mary O’KEEFE
The Glendale Unified School District
Board of Education heard on Tuesday
from concerned residents and parents
about the possible territory transfer
of the far western area of La Cañada
Flintridge from GUSD schools to La
Cañada Unified School District.
The discussion of the transfer of the
“Sagebrush” area has been in play
for quite some time. The resolution
requesting the transfer was presented
by Unite La Cañada in June 2013 to the
city of La Cañada Flintridge, which the
city approved. The resolution was then
presented to the LCUSD Governing
Board, which also approved.
Since the beginning, those in favor of
the transfer in La Cañada Flintridge
have been organized and spoke as a
Photo by Leonard COUTIN united voice; Unite La Cañada is the
A Mountain Avenue Elementary School student travels the bridge from the campus to Ocean View
grassroots effort behind the territory
Park. Ownership of the bridge is one of several issues that are being discussed regarding the possible
transfer.
territory transfer.
see FORUM on page 9
GUSD administrators and school
board members have discussed the
transfer at several board meetings
and have had community meetings
at Mountain Avenue Elementary and
Crescenta Valley High School; however,
as an agreement between the districts
appears to be in its final stages and
a vote draws near, Crescenta Valley
residents, including officials from the
CV Chamber of Commerce and CV Town
Council, are becoming more concerned
about the transfer and how it will affect
the children of Crescenta Valley.
At issue is the direct effect on
Mountain Avenue Elementary school,
Rosemont Middle School and CVHS.
The districts estimate there will be a
loss of about 30 students per year, but
the underlying issue is as much about
the students as it is about the loss of
revenue from the students in the seats,
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May 8, 2014
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It is with a full heart (and stomach) that I report that the Taste of Montrose on Sunday was a
rousing success. ToM is an annual fundraiser for
Prom Plus. It was started eight years ago when
the organization’s coffers were rather low. I had
attended a couple of the Taste of Glendale events
benefitting Glendale Healthy Kids and thought
this might be a good thing for Prom Plus.
The first thing I did was approach then-executive director of GHK Camille Levee. She gave me
advice – and her blessing – for a Taste of Montrose event. I then went to John Drayman. As a
former board member of the Montrose Shopping
Park Assn. and a sitting Glendale City councilman, he guided me on how to get the strongest
response to our event, recommending that Prom
Plus partner with the MSPA’s Wags-n-Whiskers
and Kids-n-Kritters events. This advice was excellent and I attribute much of the success of
Taste of Montrose to these two individuals.
Sunday was perfect, weather-wise. I was nervous initially because it had been so hot the days
prior. But the weather forecasters were right in
predicting cooler temperatures on Sunday. I was
on Honolulu Avenue early, ready to welcome our
off-avenue restaurants into our food court. In all,
we had 21 restaurants that participated in ToM.
Special thanks to each: Gelsinger’s Amber Road,
Zeke’s Smokehouse, Star Café, Black Cow, Ocean
View Restaurant, Gio’s Baguettes, Froyo Life,
Montrose Candy Co., Paradis, Giuseppe’s, Thee
Elbow Room, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Baked on
Ocean View, Starbucks, Pepe’s, Frank’s Famous,
Dream Dinners, New Moon, 9021PHO, 7 Stop
Pizza and Panera. These eateries were welcoming and made the $20 ticket worth every nickel.
Special thanks to Sir Michael’s that brought everything we needed to ensure a successful event.
For most of the day, I was stationed at Ocean
View and Honolulu, selling (or should I say
hawking) tickets for Taste of Montrose. This was
an excellent place for people (and pig) watching.
Yes, a pig did make its way across the intersection, most likely one of the furry friends taking
part in Wags-n-Whiskers.
All-in-all it was a wonderful day and I am so
grateful to everyone who came out to support
Prom Plus, the Glendale Humane Society and
the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. I urge you to
revisit those restaurants that took part in the
Prom Plus fundraiser. Let them know they’re
appreciated.
The festivities on Sunday were kicked off on
Friday night with a celebration for the launch
of this year’s Discover magazine. Held at the
courtyard of St. Luke’s of the Mountains, which
was also the cover of the magazine, Friday’s affair was lovely. Vineyard lights hung in the trees
providing soft light as twilight drew near. Fare
from Portos and Frank’s Famous guaranteed
that everyone who attended left satisfied and
Bonner’s Equipment Rentals made sure everything looked gorgeous. The party was a reflection of the magazine – in a word, perfect. I am
so grateful to everyone who contributed to the
party and was so happy to see all the CV Weekly
friends who came out to share in our joy.
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Robin Goldsworthy is the
publisher of the Crescenta
Valley Weekly. She can be
reached at
[email protected]
or (818) 248-2740
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“Sweet May hath come to love us,
Flowers, trees, their blossoms don;
And through the blue heavens above us
The very clouds move on.”
~ Heinrich Heine, 19th Century German poet, “Book of Songs”
The sparse showers of April have
passed. A few sprinkles fell on Tuesday, even though May is the month
for flowers and Mother’s Day. Sunday’s weather will please most
moms, grandmas, aunts and special
women in our lives. Warmer temperatures resume after our brief
cold and windy period. Glancing
outdoors at just the right moment,
I caught sprinkles late Tuesday
afternoon. The rainy season soon
ends …
Recently at the Autry National
Museum, I was offered a new perspective. A new exhibit recently
opened – “Floral Journey: Native
American Beadwork.” As a docent
there, my training is ongoing. A
question was posed by the curator:
“Why do Native Americans often
use floral designs in their beadwork?” The obvious answer – the
beauty and aesthetics, colors, design and form, etc. – were not correct. These were secondary in value
to native people. Flowers, for them,
represent life, abundance and fertility. Every flower or blossom holds
the potential for transformation
into a vegetable, fruit and nut, i.e.,
food. Years ago, did Tongva women
in the Crescenta Valley pick wild
flowers and place them in clay vases? I like to think so.
Spring is a time of transitions.
The cold winter months slip away
as hot summer ones wait in the
wings. Winter-bare trees grow
new leaves. Flowers and blossoms
abound. Take a look at our local
mountains. In spite of so little rain,
there is a fair showing of green. But
the springtime picture is far from
ideal and, in fact, has scientists extremely concerned. It is too quiet.
What happened to the familiar
sound of buzzing?
In the last five years, according
to a joint EPA-USDA report, nearly
a third of bee colonies in the U.S.
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have perished. Statistics are similar globally. This is considered by
many scientists to be the biggest
danger and threat facing humans
worldwide today. No other single
animal species plays a more significant role in fruit and vegetable
production. Without the bee’s role
in pollination, plants would cease
to produce. The loss of this significant food source poses a threat to
human survival. The reasons for
the bee decline are many and possible solutions are rapidly being
implemented.
Scientists report the demise of
the bee is due primarily to pollution, rising water temperatures and
a shrinking habitat. Interwoven
throughout is the weather. Recent
harsh winters in the Midwest decimated up to 70% of the bee population. Drought in California affects
honey yield and bee populations;
less rain means fewer flowers to
pollinate. With so much at stake,
immediate actions include increasing commercial bee production and
changing pesticides and chemical
use in farming. My brief summary
cannot adequately address the future for bees.
Good “bee weather” into next
week. Breezy and warm conditions
with temperatures reaching 90 degrees on Mother’s Day are forecast.
Include an invitation to our local
bees – plant a flower garden. Consider it a gift to Mother Nature.
“Mankind will not survive the
honeybees’ disappearance for
more than five years.”
~ Albert Einstein
Sue Kilpatrick is a Crescenta
Valley resident and Official
Skywarn Spotter for the National
Weather Service. Reach her at
[email protected].
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NEWS
American Legion Remodeled Beeve Vision Care
Center
By Mary O’KEEFE
T
he American Legion
Post 288 is in the midst
of a facelift – a much
needed facelift.
For years the building has
been struggling with plumbing
issues, outdated appliances and
carpet that defied cleaning, but
all of that is changing thanks to
Home Depot.
“Home Depot has a core value
of giving back,” said Chuck
Messig, community captain for
District 26 at Home Depot.
In 2011, Home Depot
committed
$80
million
specifically for veterans organizations. The grant
values vary.
“The [average] value of a grant is $15,000. In
this case, [Post 288] got so lucky. We were granted
$20,000 in a materials grant, “ Messig said.
The grant provided materials like kitchen and
bathroom appliances and carpeting. The labor for
all of this comes from the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614 that share the
building, community members and volunteers from
Home Depot.
“Our volunteers do everything but kitchen cabinets
and counter tops and doors. For those, we partner
with our service providers,” Messig said.
Those partners are paid for by the grant.
The idea for this project came from Susanne
Dunwell, former senior field representative for
Assemblymember Mike Gatto.
Dunwell, who recently retired, returned to the
American Legion on Friday to kick off the remodeling
project at the American Legion.
“I had worked with [American Legion] veterans
when we did the Two Strike Park memorial,” she
said.
Although there was a memorial wall at Two Strike
Park, over the years it had become tattered and
there was a very limited amount of space for names
of those who had served. Members of the American
Legion and VFW, along with community members
and organizations, raised funds to replace the
memorial with one that could contain names of all
Crescenta Valley military personnel that had made
the ultimate sacrifice for their country. During this
time, Home Depot had been contacted by Gatto’s
office and a grant of $5,000 was donated to the
project.
“I saw how focused the veterans were on the
memorial and how much time they [donated] to the
[project], ignoring there own [Post] needs, “ Dunwell
said.
She approached Shari Caraway, program manager
of the Home Depot foundation western division.
“Shari was the hero in this,” Dunwell said. “I talked
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to the veterans, asked them to put a list together of
everything they needed and I submitted it to Home
Depot.”
Shari approved the grant.
Dunwell said this goes beyond just a gift for the
veterans; it is a gift for the community.
Messig agreed.
“If you think about it, this is more than just about
the veterans. They have families, they live in our
community,” he said.
After the remodel, the American Legion lodge will
be a place that local individuals, veterans and nonveterans, as well as organizations, can rent. It is a
win-win for the community and the veterans, Messig
said.
The veterans and members of the community came
out in force to help with the remodel. Messig was
impressed with the community support.
“We are so proud to be part of a community that
shares our core values,” he added.
IN Brief
Restoration Day at
Preserve
The next Rosemont Preserve
restoration day is Saturday, May 10
from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Plans include
removing invasive plants and
performing some trail maintenance.
There will also be weeding and
watering of the south slope plants.
The preserve is located in La
Crescenta at the north end of
Rosemont Avenue, just past the chain
link fence. Parking is available at Two
Strike Park, 5107 Rosemont Ave.
Rattlesnakes have been seen in the
preserve, so volunteers are advised to
wear sturdy shoes and long pants and
sleeves; bring garden gloves if you have
them. Those who have shovels, spades,
loppers, hatchets and clippers are also
encouraged to bring them. Other tools
and equipment will be available.
Fire Service Day
Glendale Fire Dept. is hosting
Fire Service Day on Saturday, May
10. Glendale residents are invited to
the fun that includes a free pancake
breakfast at 9 a.m. prepared by Fire
Chief Harold Scoggins and his fire
command team. From 10 a.m. to
2 p.m., participants will get to see
firsthand how firefighters conduct
vehicle extrications, take tours of the
fire station, and use a charged fire
hose. There will be a rock wall and
face painters for children along with a
special visit from Sparky the Dog.
Glendale Fire Dept. Fire Service
Day is at Fire Station 21 located at 421
Oak St. in Glendale.
Water Alert Status
Changed
Effective May 1, Crescenta Valley
Water District moved from Green
Water Conservation Alert to Yellow
Water Conservation Alert. With the
hot summer months approaching, Gov.
Brown requested that every city and
community conserve water in every
way possible. In response, CVWD
asks residents for extraordinary
water conservation efforts. The most
significant change is outdoor irrigation
will be permitted only on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Watering times will remain the same
with outdoor irrigation allowed before
9 a.m. and after 5 p.m. Appropriate
hand watering of potted plant and
vegetable gardens are excluded from
the time limitations.
For more information, visit the
district’s website www.cvwd.com.
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Legislature Nears Recognition of
Sovereignty of Nagorno-Karabakh
By Ted AYALA
A bill that would see the Golden
State become the next in a
handful of states that recognize
the sovereignty of the NagornoKarabakh Republic came one
step closer to reality Monday
afternoon.
The California State Assembly
Rules Committee (CSARC) voted
9-1 in favor of the resolution.
The bill, which is known as
AJR-32 and was authored by
Assemblymember Mike Gatto,
now goes to the full Assembly,
where a vote may come as soon
as today.
Lying between Armenia and
Azerbaijan, the landlocked
Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic
has been a sore point in relations
between the two countries. A
bloody war between both
countries took place there from
1988 to 1994, resulting in tens of
thousands of deaths, and in the
mass expulsion of Azerbaijanis
from the contested territory.
The roots of the conflict,
however, can be traced further
back.
Tensions over the region
simmered for decades after
Nagorno-Karabakh’s
borders
were redrawn in 1923 by Joseph
Stalin, then the Soviet Union’s
Commissar of Nationalities.
The reconfiguration of the
borderlines fueled a strong
irredentist movement among
Armenians even during the
Soviet period.
After the fall of the USSR, the
dispute erupted into widespread
violence, eventually resulting
in nearly 800,000 Azerbaijanis,
previously a significant minority
community within Armenia
and Nagorno-Karabakh, being
expelled from their homes.
Another estimated 500,000
Armenians were also forced to
flee regions along the border of
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Stoking the ire of Armenians
is the ethnic and cultural
background Azerbaijan shares
with Turkey, a country that
evokes widespread loathing in
the community for its refusal
to recognize the Armenian
Genocide. In response to the war,
Turkey has enforced a blockade
of its borders with Armenia since
1993.
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan
have accused each other of
committing war crimes and
atrocities.
Since the 1990s, the United
Nations has passed four
resolutions recognizing NagornoKarabakh as an integral part
of Azerbaijani territory. To this
date, no member states of the
United Nations have disputed
Azerbaijan’s de jure control of
the area. The United States
government also recognizes
Nagorno-Karabakh belonging to
Azerbaijan.
Nevertheless,
Armenian
communities across the country
have lobbied vigorously for
their cause. Armenians consider
the region, which they have
traditionally called Artsakh, to
be part of their homeland, citing
roots in the region extending
back at least 2,000 years.
“Of course, we are absolutely
thrilled to know that AJR-32
passed [the CSARC],” said Elen
Asayan,
executive
director
of the Armenian National
Committee of America ‘s (ANCA)
western region office. “It stands
on the American principles
of
self-determination
and
independence. We’re hopeful and
confident that the full assembly
will make the right choice on
this bill.”
Congressmember
Adam
Schiff also praised the bill’s
progress, saying that he has
“long supported a right of selfdetermination for the people
of Nagorno-Karabakh.”
Words of congratulations also
came from Glendale Mayor Zareh
Sinanyan, who is no stranger to
Nagorno-Karabakh. He recalled
several visits he made to the
region during the 1990s, even
serving as a volunteer at a school
there for a period of time.
“I’m excited that the CSARC
supports Nagorno-Karabakh’s
right to self-determination,” he
said.
Echoing their approval was
Councilmember Ara J. Najarian.
Nagorno-Karabakh,he
explained, is an issue “near and
dear” to the Armenian people,
including himself. He said that
he has family members who
served in the medical corps
during the first armed conflict
over the territory in the chaos
that followed the end of World
War I.
“I’m very happy to see [this
bill] going to the full assembly,”
he said. “It’s the right thing
to do. For centuries, NagornoKarabakh has been Armenian
territory.”
Najarian
indicated
that
Glendale may explore options
supporting AJR-32 in the
“near
future.”
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Paul Rabinov of the Friends of the Rosemont Preserve talks to students and their teacher from Horace Mann
Elementary School.
By Jason KUROSU
Though featured for various
field trips throughout the local
area, the Rosemont Preserve
was opened up Tuesday morning
to its first visiting class from
South Glendale. Two second
grade classes from Horace Mann
Elementary School took a bus
to La Crescenta for a chance for
some hands-on learning within
the 7.75 acres of the Preserve.
Rachel Harter, who previously
taught second and third grade
at Mountain Avenue Elementary,
had visited the preserve with
her Mountain Avenue class and
wanted to introduce her current
second graders to some of the
area’s natural resources, as well
as expose them to factors that
make up communities.
“For many of them, it’s the
first time they get to see nature
in a natural setting, instead of
the plants they might see in an
urban park,” said Harter.
With Keghanoush Bairamian’s
second grade class, the two
classes split into four groups
and explored the expanse of the
Rosemont Preserve. Docents
from the Friends of the Rosemont
Preserve, a volunteer advisory
committee of the Arroyos &
Foothills
Conservancy,
led
walking tours of the land in
which the students learned of the
native plants and their uses by
the early people of the area.
Volunteers such as Barbara
Nielson, a Mountain Avenue
parent who introduced the
Preserve to Harter and other
Mountain Avenue teachers, and
Paul Rabinov of the Friends of
the Rosemont Preserve, led the
tours, taking kids along the trail.
The students were shown which
plants were utilized for practical
purposes, which were considered
edible, and which were poisonous
and not to be trifled with.
The classes were also the
first second-grade classes to be
invited for a field trip at the
Preserve. Typically, third and
sixth grade classes were the only
ones that attended, according to
Barbara Goto of the Friends of
the Rosemont Preserve.
Goto also said that they
had spoken with the teachers
beforehand in order to better
integrate their lesson plans into
the subject matter of the walking
tours.
“A lot of kids these days only
experience nature through their
textbooks,” said Nielson. “This
makes the textbook real.”
Two more classes from Horace
Mann will visit the Preserve
today. For more information on
the Rosemont Preserve and other
land acquired by the Arroyos
& Foothills Conservancy, visit
www.arroyosfoothills.org.
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Rivera adopted a resolution
recognizing
Karvachar,
also known as Kalbajar in
Azerbaijan, as a “friendship
city.”
According to a Human Rights
Watch report submitted in
1994, Karvachar was also the
site of “egregious violations of
the rules of war” perpetuated
by Armenian forces.
Nasimi
Aghayev,
the
Azerbaijani Consul-General
in Los Angeles, objected
sharply to the bill’s passing,
saying that it will have a
“dangerous effect” on peace
negotiations between Armenia
and Azerbaijan. The United
States is among the nations
serving as an arbiter between
both sides.
“It’s a hypocritical and
loaded resolution in wake
of the events in Crimea and
Ukraine,” he said. “[It is] very
divisive in [that] it pits one
community against the other,
stirring ethnic tension and
animosity in such a diverse
and multicultural state as
California.”
He also said that his country
refuses to recognize that
there is even a dispute as
Azerbaijan’s claims to the
region are indisputable.
“U.S. foreign policy is
very clear: it supports the
territorial
integrity
of
Azerbaijan,” Aghayev said.
“The international community,
too, recognizes this fact. Why
would California contradict
its own government and
the will of the international
community?”
Other states, however, have
taken the opposite course of
California, instead affirming
the foreign policy views of the
federal government.
On Jan. 30, Arizona passed
two resolutions supporting
the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan and its continued
partnership with the U.S. It
also called on both sides to
make a “swift and just political
settlement” on the issue,
adding that further conflict
could “threaten regional peace
and stability.”
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Mars Science Laboratory mission to Mars, the trail left by the spacecraft
Curiosity on the Martian surface.
By Mary O’KEEFE
The
Commerce,
Justice
and Science Appropriations
Subcommittee released its draft
proposal significantly upping
funding for planetary science:
“I’m very pleased that the
subcommittee has made such a
strong investment in planetary
science – one of the Crown Jewels
of NASA’s portfolio. With this
funding increase, we will be able
to keep Mars 2020 on track and
begin an exciting new mission
to Europa, two of the science
community’s highest priorities.
We should also be able to continue
the operation of craft that have
exceeded their estimated lives
but continue to produce valuable
science,” said Congressman
Adam Schiff.
Each year Schiff argues for
support from the Administration
in favor of planetary science
funding.
Jet
Propulsion
Laboratory
manages
many
planetary exploration projects
including
Mars
Science
Laboratory and the rover
Opportunity. These projects
generally go far beyond their
intial projected mission. The
funding will allow JPL to continue
to manage their progress and
continue to retrieve valuable data
of their exploration.
The funding also allows the
United States to continue to lead
in the STEM (Science Technology
Engineering and Mathmatics)
field.
“Thanks to the brilliant
scientists and engineers at
NASA and JPL, we have the
unique ability to design, fly and
land sophisticated robots on
our planetary neighbors – and
if these projects are disrupted,
we might lose this perishable
and incredibly specialized talent
pool. This appropriations bill will
ensure that we will not surrender
America’s leadership on planetary
science, and I thank Chairman
Wolf and Ranking Member Fattah
for working with us to, once
again, restore adequate funding
to planetary science. I only wish
it wasn’t necessary to do so year
after year,” Schiff stated.
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Amgen Tour Arrival Finishes Pasadena Bike Week
The Amgen Tour of California
is scheduled to reach the streets
of La Cañada about 2 p.m. on
Saturday, May 17. The Amgen
route will follow a high desert
path to a Sprint in Acton and into
the Angeles National Forest.
A slight twist from the familiar
route through the National
Forest will be the addition of
Upper Big Tujunga. This not only
adds a second KOM, it also adds
several miles on the picturesque
Angeles Crest Highway.
Passing the Mount Wilson
Observatory, the riders will
quickly begin a long, steep,
and very technical descent
into the town of La Cañada
Flintridge. The riders will pass
by the Rose Bowl and across the
iconic Colorado Street Bridge.
After some quick turns in Old
Town Pasadena, the leaders will
see City Hall, the finish line,
with three laps to go. The three
mile circuit will follow many
well known streets in Pasadena,
including the main route of the
famous Rose Parade...Colorado
Boulevard.
The arrival of the tour ends a
week of bike-related festivities
for Pasadena.
The streets of Pasadena will be
filled with bikers, walkers and
runners from May 11-17, when
daily bicycle events tour the city
as part of Pasadena’s eighth
annual Bike Week festivities.
The
Kaiser
Permanente
Ride, Roll and Stroll on May
17 will culminate a full week of
community activities designed
to promote bicycle culture by
encouraging residents to ride
along. The week is presented
by the Pasadena Department
of Transportation and Los
Angeles Based bicycle advocacy
organization Cyclists Inciting
Change through Live Exchange
(C.I.C.L.E.).
Thousands of families are
expected to explore Pasadena
by bike, foot, skates or any
non-motorized
means
of
transportation as part of the
Kaiser
Permanente
Ride,
Roll and Stroll. The open-
streets bike ride will feature
an organized bike journey with
Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard
in celebration of the final day of
Bike Week Pasadena and the
Amgen Tour of California. The
Ride, Roll and Stroll begins at
11 a.m. Participants can register
online by clicking RSVP at
the event website, http://www.
visitpasadena.com/riderollstroll.
The event is free to both
participants and spectators.
Later in the day, Stage 7 of
The Amgen Tour of California,
America’s largest and most
prestigious professional cycling
stage race, will enter Pasadena
on the historic Colorado Street
Bridge and then traverse through
downtown before concluding with
a finish in front of City Hall at
approximately 3 p.m. The Amgen
Tour of California Lifestyle
Festival will offer a daylong
celebration and gathering place
near the finish line.
The 2014 Bike Week activities
include
• Bike Ed Day on Sunday, May
11, will feature presentations
on bicycle traffic safety at
10
a.m.
and
bicycle
maintenance at 11 a.m. at
Incycle, 175 S. Fair Oaks Ave.
• A Taste of Pasadena Ride on
Monday, May 12 will see riders
visit the Pasadena Playhouse
restaurants, Whole Foods and
the Luggage Room Pizzeria
to sample some of the city’s
cuisine. The event begins at
Memorial Park at Raymond
Avenue and Holly Street at
6:30 p.m.
• Shop by Bike Day on Tuesday,
May 13, will spotlight
participating Pasadena shops
and businesses that will offer
discounts and incentives for
those who arrive on bicycle.
• Women on Bikes Night on
Wednesday, May 14 is a
women-focused social ride and
workshop that rolls along city
streets to Pasadena Cyclery
for a safety clinic with Team
Luna Chix. The event begins
at Memorial Park at 6:30 p.m.
and will conclude with an
optional social gathering at a
local restaurant.
• Bike to Work Day on Thursday,
May 15, is an opportunity for
people who live and/or work
in Pasadena to commute by
bicycle for the day. Pasadena
City Hall will offer morning
coffee and snacks for bicycle
travelers, while seasoned bike
commuters will provide safe
riding tips and routes through
the city. Morning refreshments
will be available at City Hall
from 6:30-8:30 a.m.
• Bike-In Movie Night on Friday,
May 16, is a two-wheeled
version of the drive-in movie
experience. “The Goonies” will
be screened outdoors at Paseo
Colorado, and there will be
snacks and a bicycle raffle,
including an REI Flyby Folding
Bike and a New Belgium
Bicycle Cruiser. Riders will
meet at Caltech’s Beckman
Lawn on Wilson Avenue.
• Kaiser Permanente Ride, Roll
and Stroll and Bike Ride with
the Mayor on Saturday, May
17, beginning at City Hall from
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Amgen Tour of California and
Lifestyle Festival on Saturday,
May 17.
More than 12 miles of
collector and arterial roadways
in Pasadena have bikeways.
The city also offers parking
for more 1,000 bicycles in the
form of bicycle racks at bus
stops, city-owned parking lots,
churches, private office garages,
local business and apartment
buildings.
Four GUSD Schools Awarded
Title I Achievement
By Mary O’KEEFE
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction
Tom
Torlakson
announced this week that 106
public schools will be receiving
the 2013-14 Title I Academic
Achievement Award including
four schools from Glendale
Unified School District.
Cerritos, Horace Mann, Mark
Keppel and Thomas Edison
elementary schools were all
recognized with the award.
“This
is
another
great
recognition [and] we are very
proud of the schools,” said
GUSD Superintendent Richard
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were recognized. It is a tribute to
how hard the kids and teachers
are working.”
“I am proud of what these
schools have accomplished under
often challenging circumstances,”
Torlakson
stated.
“Their
administrators and teachers
are committed to giving their
students every opportunity to
gain the knowledge and skills
that will help them in school and
throughout their lives.”
Sheehan added this recognition
reflected a time when the school
district was dealing with declining
resources.
“Our
personnel
and
administrators have gone above
and beyond in these four [schools]
that were recognized [and that is]
true of all our schools throughout
Glendale/La Crescenta,” Sheehan
said.
The
Title
I
Academic
Achievement Award is given to
schools receiving federal Title
I funds as authorized by the
Elementary
and
Secondary
Education Act. Title I, the single
largest
federal
educational
program for K-12 public education,
assists schools in meeting the
educational needs of students
living at or below the poverty
line. Of the approximately 10,000
schools in California, more than
6,000 of them participate in the
Title I program.
To receive this distinction, the
school must demonstrate that all
students are making significant
progress toward proficiency on
California’s academic content
standards. Additionally, the
school’s socioeconomically
disadvantaged students must
have doubled the achievement
targets set for them for two
consecutive years.
The National Title I Association
also presents each year two
National Title I Distinguished
School Awards per state. The
awards are given to one Academic
Achievement
Award-winning
school that has demonstrated
exceptional student performance
for two or more consecutive
years and to one that made the
most progress in closing the
achievement gap between student
groups.
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Special Olympics a Successful Run for Athletes
and Volunteers
By Mary O’KEEFE
On April 26, more than 100 athletes
competed in the Special Olympics at
Crescenta Valley High School.
This year was the first time Montrose
Church sponsored the event. For years
it was under the supervision of CV
CAN (Crescenta Valley is Committed to
Athletic Needs) with Montrose Church as
their partner.
Kim Villa, chair for the event from
Montrose Church, said becoming the
main sponsor was a natural step. Over
the years, the church’s congregation had
become a strong volunteer force taking
on more and more responsibility for the
event.
“The games this year exceeded our
expectations,” Villa said. “We keep
building on what we learn from the year
before, and from registration to events to
food everything ran very smoothly.”
The event is unique due in part to
the volunteers who act as a “buddy” for
the athletes, making sure their needs
are taken care of. There is at least one
volunteer paired per athlete.
“We are always very pleased with the
efforts of the volunteers but the biggest
measure is when the parent of an athlete
or the coach of a delegation remarks on
the attentiveness of a buddy or other
volunteer,” Villa said.
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A Life Well Lived
By Mary O’KEEFE
“On the morning of Sept. 12,
2013 I got a call from John Melone,
Barbara’s husband. His words
echo in my head to this day and I
will never forget them. ‘We’ve lost
our Barbara.’”
With those words, Clark Magnet
High School Principal Doug Dall
last week began his tribute to
Barbara Melone.
Melone was the secretary at
the high school, but the term
“secretary” does not seem enough
for what she did and what she
meant to the school.
“Whenever you needed a
question answered, or something
done, she was your Barbara,” Dell
said.
Barbara – Mrs. Melone as her
students knew her – was the
guardian of the hallways and the
office. Those who walked into the
school would pass her office, which
was actually a desk that faced the
large window into the hall. At any
given time she would be collating
paperwork, answering the phone,
coordinating the calendar and
keeping an ever-watchful eye on
students.
Ramon Tumbucom is a senior
at Clark Magnet and knew Mrs.
Melone well.
“I heard about her [death] that
morning. My teacher came in
crying. I wanted to cry,” he said.
He walked past her office and
leaned in, hoping maybe to see
her, that it had been a mistake.
She wasn’t there; it felt empty.
“I would say she was one of the
toughest people in the school,” he
said.
But she could also be supportive
and nice. Tumbucom remembered
having trouble finding a class
when he first arrived at the school
and Mrs. Melone had helped him.
She did care about the school and
the students, he said.
On that September day, as
the word of her passing spread
through school, the mood was
somber, Tumbucom said.
Kids began Twittering about her
and then arranged for everyone to
wear black the following week at
the school’s barbecue.
On April 30, the school dedicated
a memorial to Melone.
“When Barbara passed, her
sister Kathleen came to me with
her son’s desire to donate a bench
Bus 106 once again arrived
late,” Dall said. “Barbara made
the ‘Bus 106 has just arrived’
announcement. She turned to her
colleagues, chuckled and said, ‘I’m
in Barbara’s memory for the Clark
campus, and asked that I identify
a suitable location,” Dall said.
The solar project at the school
had created a drop in elevation in
a particular area on the campus.
This created a “perfect storm” of
twisted ankles and scrapes knees,
Dall said.
This potential hazard bothered
Melone.
“So the bench location was a no
brainer. Here it would be. Here it
is. Here it will stay,” he said.
Then the question of what to put
on the plaque came into play. This
too was an obvious choice for Dall.
“The
bane
of
Barbara’s
existence was the infamous Bus
106. Whatever it was about the
combination of the route schedule,
traffic [and] maintenance issues
that caused Bus 106 to be late, it
arrived late a lot,” he said.
Many of the Clark students are
bused from outside the 91214
Glendale areas. Clark is a magnet
school where students throughout
Glendale Unified School District
can apply to attend. The students
are chosen via a lottery system.
“On one typical morning, a few
weeks before she passed away,
going to have them put ‘Bus has
just arrived’ on my tombstone.”
It is a prominent feature of
the commemorative plaque on the
bench.
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Avenue in La Crescenta, a watch
was stolen from a gymnastic
locker at the Crescenta Valley
High School between 11:25 a.m.
and 12:10 p.m.
May 1
1400 block of Descanso Drive
in La Cañada Flintridge, a man
reported that after turning out of a
parking lot in the area, he noticed
that another vehicle had followed
him out and was driving closely
behind his vehicle. Believing the
other driver wanted to get around
him, the man pulled his car toward
the left side of the roadway to allow
the vehicle to pass. As that vehicle
drove along side the man’s car, the
passenger threw an orange object
at the man’s car which struck the
driver’s door. The man decided
he would follow the suspect’s
vehicle and take a photo using his
cellphone. The suspect’s vehicle
drove toward Verdugo Boulevard
and the Glendale (2) freeway.
The man drove his car alongside
the suspect’s vehicle. The suspect
turned, smiled and held up his
two fingers in a “peace” sign. The
man took the picture then heard
the sound of glass shattering. He
stopped his vehicle as the suspect
fled. He then noticed a broken
bottle on the ground near the rear
driver’s side door and a dent in
that door apparently caused by
the bottle. The man reported the
incident, the deputy investigated
and the identity of the suspect is
thought to be an employee of a
local cafe. The incident occurred
at 11 a.m.
April 30
2600 block of Willowhaven
Drive in La Crescenta, the
rear driver’s side window was
shattered on a vehicle parked at
the location overnight.
April 28
Sharon Avenue and Foothill
Boulevard in La Crescenta, a
41-year-old Sun Valley woman
was arrested for driving under
the influence after a routine
traffic stop. The deputy reported
witnessing the woman driving
while talking on her cellphone. He
conducted a traffic stop and found
she was reportedly unable to sit still
and “shifted restlessly in her seat.”
She had the appearance of being
under the influence of a controlled
substance. After an investigation,
the deputy discovered the woman
had smoked methamphetamine
that morning.
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SAGEBRUSH from Cover
tax/bond revenue and the new
financial structure of California
schools.
Those living in the Sagebrush
area – west of Rosebank Drive –
are in the City of La Cañada but
attend GUSD schools. A point made
by La Cañada residents regarding
this issue concerned students living
a dual life, one where they are
attending GUSD schools, yet are
La Cañada residents and do not
get the full benefit of either city’s
opportunities. For example, if a
girl lives in the Sagebrush area
she cannot be considered for the
Tournament of Roses court, even
though La Cañada residents who
attend LCHS area are allowed.
At Tuesday’s meeting, CVTC
President Robbyn Battles shared
an online survey that had been
distributed in the area that would be
affected by the transfer.
“This is not an scientific survey,”
she explained.
The questions were created by
local parents and the time period
was from when those questions were
first posted on the CVTC website
at 3 p.m. on Saturday to Monday
at 1 p.m. One-hundred-ninety-two
people responded not only to the
questions but added comments,
Battles said.
The results overwhelmingly asked
that the process be slowed down to
get more information on the transfer
and to learn what would happen to
Mountain Avenue if the transfer
were approved.
GUSD has hired True North
Research to create and distribute
a survey for the Sagebrush area
residents. Timothy McLarney spoke
to the school board on Tuesday about
the process, which he said would go
quickly.
Questions will first be mailed via
U.S. Postal Service to residents.
There will be follow-up both online
and via phone calls. The results will
then be analyzed and information
gathered on specific items, including
a $450 parcel tax that would be
required for Sagebrush residents
once the agreement and transfer was
approved. Another survey sharing
that information will go out and
those responses will be analyzed.
McLarney said the results would
be completed by May 20.
“I feel we need to be very careful
about making this decision,”
said GUSD President Mary
Boger, echoing the point made by
GUSD board member Dr. Armina
Gharpetian who also suggested
acting cautiously before making a
decision.
The speakers from CV at
Tuesday’s meeting were concerned
about the apparent rush to make
a decision without a plan being in
place for the elementary school or
the nearby Ocean View Park that is
used by the school.
“I appreciate that La Cañada
wants to have the Sagebrush area
and the local control funding formula
will not favor [their district] and
will impact them greatly; however,
as this issue has arisen in the past
and has always been adjudicated
in Glendale’s favor I don’t feel any
pressure to move [quickly] on La
Cañada’s behalf,” Boger added.
Ocean View Park is a small
park owned, at present, by GUSD
and is used by Mountain Avenue
Elementary in two distinct ways:
one as a safe, secondary drop-off area
and also as a mini-field trip area for
Mountain Avenue students, like
many other schools in the area that
use nearby parks. The kids use it for
events like Gold Rush Days and the
school’s Girl Scout troops have often
used it as a meeting place.
The board spoke on the issue of
the park, and members assured
the audience that this would be
part of the negotiation. The prior
arrangement was to allow the
school access to the park during the
six-year proposed transition from
GUSD to LCUSD if approved.
“I thought the [GUSD] board was
clear there [would be] an agreement
that access to the bridge would stay
intact,” said Tom Smith of Unite La
Cañada.
The proposal thus far would have
LCUSD pay $4.45 million over 13
years to the GUSD, which would
equal the property tax lost from a
Sagebrush transfer.
Sagebrush territorial transfer is
not a new issue. In the past, after
arbitration, GUSD has been able
to retain the area; however, GUSD
board member and clerk Christine
Walters voiced her concern about
the possibility of losing the battle, if
it goes that route.
Eventually the Los Angeles
County Committee on School
Districts will review the transfer
request. That ruling can then be
appealed by either party. Boger
feels GUSD has a strong case for
Mountain Avenue Elementary to
remain in the district. Mountain
Avenue is a high performing school
that is within walking distance
of the Sagebrush area. Its 2012
Academic Performance Index rating
was 952; Palm Crest Elementary,
the elementary school closest to
Sagebrush, was 960 for that same
year. The state’s goal is 800.
Part of the agreement offered by
GUSD in the past was instituting
open enrollment, thereby allowing
those students who wish to transfer
to LCUSD to be allowed to do so.
This year, 10 requests for district
transfers from GUSD to LCUSD
from residents of the Sagebrush were
received and approved by Glendale.
Last year, there were eight requests,
five of which were approved – three
did not qualify per the board policy.
On the LCUSD website, an Inter
District Permit is available. “La
Cañada Unified School District will
be considering inter district permits
for the 2014-2015 school year for
residents of the City of La Cañada
whose school district of residence
is Glendale Unified School District
(area known as Sagebrush).”
The applications were accepted
from March 11 to April 30.
Boger and Battles stated that
open enrollment allows students
in the Sagebrush area to leave
Glendale schools for La Cañada if
they wish, but does not mandate it
as would happen with a territory
transfer.
Smith said the permit system is a
lottery-type system and would only
be on a limited basis and that is a
concern for parents.
Smith said he was happy with the
tone of the discussion and that CV
residents are asking questions.
“We don’t want to lose the
momentum [of the process], but
there is a lot of great discussion,” he
said.
Battles, too, said the discussion is
important and does not feel this is
a “them vs. us” issue between CV/
GUSD and La Cañada, but wants
clarity on what the final deal will be
if the transfer is approved and how it
all affects the children, which is and
should be the first concern, she said.
Caught in the middle of the
territory transfer issue are the
parents and students of Mountain
Avenue
Elementary.
Michele
Cheney lives in the Montrose area of
Ocean View Boulevard. She and her
family moved to the area because of
Mountain Avenue Elementary.
She has five children, three at
Mountain Avenue and two waiting
to go to the elementary school.
“The [school] has a community
feeling,” she said. “The kids go to
school with kids who live on the same
street [Ocean View Boulevard].”
Cheney graduated from CV High
School and is looking forward to her
children going to Rosemont Middle
School and CVHS with friends they
made at Mountain Avenue.
“Everyone I talk to [at the school]
is concerned about what will happen
to the school after the fact. I think
they feel this would have a negative
impact on the school,” Cheney said.
She said she feels GUSD is not
communicating with the parents
about what will happen to the
elementary school. She is concerned
about foreign language immersion
programs being put in place without
a discussion first with parents.
“There is a disconnect with the
district and I am concerned they will
do something behind our backs, “she
said.
It is to this issue, also mentioned
at
Tuesday’s
meeting,
that
Superintendent Richard Sheehan
and several board members told
the audience there would be more
discussion and decisions had not
been made yet.
Most school board members,
and Sheehan, stressed caution;
however, GUSD Vice President
Greg Krikorian voiced his apparent
approval stating the transfer makes
the most sense for both districts.
This was a surprise to Battles
who came to the meeting hoping the
board would understand the needs
and concerns of the Crescenta Valley.
“The CVTC will continue to
oppose the territory transfer until
better terms are negotiated on
behalf of our community, residents
and parents. An example of this
would be the small pocket park on
Ocean View currently owned by
GUSD. This should not be sold as
part of the transfer [because] many
school events as well as pick-up and
drop-off occur there and it is a vital
emergency access,” said Battles. “In
addition, it is disappointing to hear
one of our school board members
state this is a good thing for our
district. Have they forgotten what
district they represent?”
larger resources. We give tax
credits to the big developers. We
should give the Mom and Pop stores
tax credits and help them out. If
we help them out, they help the
community,” he said.
Barnes said that too few business
owners involved in the city’s inner
workings have led to floundering
small businesses.
“Maybe we need business
people running the city instead of
politicians. If you haven’t been in
business, how do you know what to
fix?” he asked.
In the wake of the Supreme
Court’s recent decision to eliminate
individual limits on campaign
contributions, the candidates
were asked whether they would
refuse to accept contributions from
developers and/or unions. All of
the candidates said they had and
would not accept independent
expenditures in exchange for
endorsements.
Devine was asked about her
endorsement from the Glendale
Firefighters Association.
“I’m not taking any money from
them. I’m not seeking a donation,”
Devine said, who also referred to
the association as “second to none”
and was “proud” to have received
their
endorsement.
“They’re
endorsing me because they feel I
am the best candidate, since I am
strong on safety.”
Barnes was asked about his
endorsement by the Glendale
Association of Realtors.
“I’m not going to be bought just
because someone gives me an
endorsement,” said Barnes. Barnes
did say that he believes campaign
contributions are a matter of free
speech.
Keuroghelian spoke about the
transparency of his campaign
throughout the night, and
continued thus in the discussion of
contributions, saying that all the
financial figures for his campaign
could be found on his flyers and
online.
“I have not received any
organization’s endorsement. I
have not received any developers’
financial assistance. I received the
ordinary citizens’ contributions,”
said Keuroghelian, who attributed
the assistance received from
“ordinary citizens” to their “trust in
my platform.”
The candidates were also asked
what could be done to combat a rise
in vehicle and pedestrian fatalities
in the city, which has continued to
rise despite increased education
on the matter. The candidates
generally noted a lack of available
police officers, leading to reduced
enforcement of traffic laws overall.
“Traffic safety needs to be
handled by the police department,”
said Keuroghelian, who said
nonprofit organizations could aid
police in traffic safety efforts.
Gharpetian said that educating
the public was still necessary and
the most effective way to curb
accidents. “Everything starts with
family teaching.”
Gharpetian suggested such
education could also be shown on
public access television.
Barnes said that he had
witnessed some of the reckless
driving noted in the question that
very day.
“Can we call the police and ask if
there’s an officer nearby to handle
it? No, we can’t,” said Barnes, who
also bemoaned the dearth of police
officers. “If speed bumps don’t stop
speeders, cops do.”
Mohill had suggested earlier
that Glendale eliminate its police
and fire departments and instead
contract out with county services.
In keeping with his opposition
to public money going to police
pensions, Mohill said that going
with county services would save the
taxpayers money.
“We can save $60 million
tomorrow if we switch to the
county,” said Mohill, who mentioned
other “wealthy, low crime” cities
that utilized county services, such
as Malibu.
Mohill also said that the money
going to pensions has detracted
from money that could be made
available for more police officers.
“We paid for law enforcement, but
we’re not getting it.”
Glendale’s special election will
take place on June 3.
“There is a need [for him] to
truly acknowledge how out-of-line
his comments were,” read Najarian.
Quintero added that the
councilmembers act as “custodians
of the public trust” and that it was
important to adhere to behavior
commensurate with their position.
“It is important to us … that we
hold one another accountable for our
actions,” he read. “It was disturbing
[to learn] about the allegations
against [Councilmember] Weaver. It
is unacceptable. As councilmembers,
we felt it was our responsibility to
speak out and voice our disapproval.”
Gonzalves had earlier demanded
a written apology and $10,000 from
Weaver. He declined to do so. Both
are currently engaging in negations
to enter an out-of-court settlement
on the matter.
Weaver was unavailable for
comment.
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along Honolulu Avenue, increasing
competition with “Mom and Pop”
shops.
“I’m an advocate of small
businesses,” said Keuroghelian.
“I’ve always tried my best to bring
their issues to the forefront.”
Keuroghelian said that, if
elected, he would put together a
business advisory board consisting
of members of various chambers of
commerce in order to tap into the
challenges small business owners
face, approaching the challenges
from their perspective.
Devine said an issue was that
the Glendale City Council can’t
tell property owners what to do
with their own property. Devine
did say that the city can do things
to increase shopping opportunities
and,
subsequently,
attract
customers to the area.
Mohill said that a good mix of
chains and Mom and Pop stores
was necessary. He suggested giving
Mom and Pop stores tax breaks if
they agreed to come into town.
“The large retailer, be it a
restaurant or clothing store, has
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by Councilmembers Ara J. Najarian
and Frank Quintero on behalf of the
city council and mayor, Weaver was
admonished for making “demeaning
and cavalier comments” that
“appalled” the council.
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Treasures of the Valley
» Mike lawler
Old Town La Cañada?
In architectural
preservation circles, the City
of La Cañada Flintridge
doesn’t get much respect. For
evidence of that, refer to the
Los Angeles Conservancy’s
annual Preservation Report
Card, in which L.A. area
cities are graded on their
efforts to preserve their
historic buildings. Burbank
and Pasadena received an
‘A’ grading, and a city many
of us belong to, Glendale,
also received a well-deserved
‘A.’ However, La Cañada
Flintridge was awarded a
big fat ‘F.’ (In all fairness,
unincorporated county areas
like La Crescenta also received
an ‘F.’)
Some would argue that La
Cañada’s grade was harsh and
undeserved. After all, they
have the Lanterman House,
which is on the National
Register,
and
Descanso
Gardens and the Boddy House,
along with many beautiful
homes by famed architect
Paul Williams. But the reality
is that La Cañada has no
laws governing the treatment
of these historic structures,
so property owners can, and
do, tear down historic homes
and buildings at their whim.
The common joke is that a
“La Cañada home remodel”
consists of bulldozing the lot
and building new.
Despite this reputation,
there are still some hidden
architectural gems to be
found in La Cañada. A great
example is three Victorianera houses dating to the 1880s
that sit next to each other on
Curran Street. Although they
aren’t spectacular, they are
the sole remnant of what used
to be the “town center” of old
La Cañada, a busy cluster of
houses and retail structures
in a block bounded by Foothill,
Indiana, Curran, and Union.
It’s worth seeing sometime
when you’re out running
errands. The following info
comes from an old La Cañada
Historical
Society
(now
defunct) pamphlet from the
1980s.
At the corner of Foothill and
Indiana was a reservoir from
which residents got a oncea-week allotment. It was fed
by a small seasonal stream,
now in an underground storm
drain, beneath Indiana. A
half-block down Indiana are
two huge eucalyptus trees,
survivors of an 1880 wind
break that continued east to
the intersection of Foothill
and Verdugo. On the corner
of Curran and Indiana was
the best of the Victorian
homes of old La Cañada, with
all the classic architectural
flourishes. It was two stories
and had recessed corner
windows. In a big flood, a
small house floated down the
hill into their yard, and they
adapted it into a guesthouse.
Both are gone now.
Next door at 1421 Curran is
the first of the surviving 19th
century homes. The Victorian
roots are evident by its tall
thin windows, and the once
open porch has been enclosed.
Moving to 1417, we find
another fairly modest home,
but still showing 19th century
styling – high-peaked roof,
tall windows and fish-scale
shingles that would have
been laboriously hand-cut by
some 1800s carpenter. This
home was bought in 1914 by
Jim Huntington, who founded
the Huntington Iron Works
behind his house on Foothill.
Starting as a blacksmith
shop, it eventually became
a center of artistic iron
work that was sought after
by the affluent. Rockhaven
Sanitarium features some
fantastic decorative railing by
Huntington Iron Works.
Jim Huntington faced two
problems when he bought this
house. First, the house had
been hit by one of our frequent
floods and sat crooked on the
lot, so he lifted it up and set
it right. Second, his city-bred
new bride chafed at the rough
country life in La Cañada.
Jim’s installation of newfangled electricity seemed to
satisfy her.
One more house, at 1411,
shows its Victorian roots
with tall, thin gables in the
roof. This was the Oseguera
family’s home. The Oseguera
family was associated with
the Carpenter Squab Ranch,
located down the street near
Foothill and Oakwood.
At Foothill and Union was
the general store and post
office, where you could buy
fresh-caught trout from the
Arroyo Seco.
Just below Curran, where
the freeway is, was the
Mexican section of La Cañada,
where a relatively large and
poverty-stricken working class
lived.
There you have it – a small
remnant of La Cañada’s past,
a surviving section of old town
La Cañada. Go see it soon. It
may not be there much longer.
Mike Lawler is the former
president of the Historical Society
of the Crescenta Valley and loves
local history. Reach him at
[email protected].
News from the cvtc
» robbyn battles
Free Trees, Prom
and More
May is always a busy month
in our community. After 15
years, this year will be the CV
Town Council’s last year hosting
Arbor Day, which takes place on
May 31 at 10 a.m. at Two Strike
Park, 5107 Rosemont Ave. in La
Crescenta. The council will end
this tradition with a free tree
giveaway program. With help
from Southern California Edison,
residents and businesses can go
online to our council website and
order 15 gallon trees. There is a
selection of over 20 trees with
some native California species.
Orders must be placed no later
than May 16 and picked up at
our Arbor Day event. You can see
event and tree ordering details at
www.TheCVCouncil.com.
The next general meeting of the
council is on May 15 at 7 p.m. in the
La Crescenta Library community
room, 2809 Foothill Blvd. in La
Crescenta. This is going to be
one of the best meetings of the
year. Vice President Harry Leon
will have the honor of presenting
scholarships to some very
inspiring seniors. This year over
20 applications were received.
Speaking of seniors, May
24 is Crescenta Valley High
School’s prom, marking a 20-year
tradition: the Prom Plus after
party that is held at the Crescenta
Cañada Y. Prom Plus is a nonprofit organization that raises
money all year so seniors have
an amazing party alternative to
unsupervised after prom parties.
Their slogan is “Saving lives one
prom at a time.”
Glendale Unified continues
to receive input regarding the
proposed
territory
transfer
of the Sagebrush area to La
Cañada Unified. La Crescenta
residents have put together a
Save our Schools survey that
News from CV Alliance » Suzy jacobs
Greetings, Allies!
On Monday, May 19, the
amazing Dr. Arthur Benjamin, the
“Mathemagician,” will share his
love of math and magic from 6 p.m.
to 7 p.m. in the CV High School
auditorium (4400 Ramsdell Ave).
Purchase tickets ($5 students,
$10 adults) in the Rosemont
Middle School Counseling Office
or at the door. Proceeds support
the school’s STEM programs –
Science, Technology, Engineering &
Mathematics.
Afterwards, head on over to the
CV High library (2900 Community
Ave.) from 7 p.m. to 8 pm. to hear the
inspiring Clay Roberts talk about
paving the road from elementary to
middle school. Middle school means
new friends, a new school with lots
of opportunities and, yes, a locker.
I inadvertently freaked my kid out
about middle school by making too
much of the change; please don’t do
the same thing.
So what should a caring parent
do? If you really want to help your
child succeed at school, follow the
findings of a recent USC study.
Set high expectations, encourage
participation at school, and keep the
lines of communication open. If you
value education, teach your child the
importance of learning in a way s/he
understands.
For Mother’s Day, consider “On
Children,” from The Prophet by
Khalil Gibran.
Your children are not your
children.
They are the sons and daughters of
Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not
from you,
And though they are with you, yet
they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but
not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not
their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house
of tomorrow, which you cannot visit,
not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but
seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor
tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your
children as living arrows are sent
forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the
path of the infinite, and He bends
you with His might that His arrows
may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s
hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that
flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
Suzy Jacobs, Executive Director,
CV Alliance
3131 Foothill Blvd. Suite D
La Crescenta, CA 91214
(818) 646-7867 http://cv-alliance.org/
can be accessed on our town
council website. If you are
a resident of La Crescenta/
Montrose and you have not been
following this transfer of school
district territory, I would highly
recommend you take a moment
to review the documentation
regardless whether you have kids
in the district. Many residents
are concerned about the loss of
property values, a negative impact
on our top-rated neighborhood
schools and, more importantly,
the effect on the students. Once
again, all of this information can
be found on our council website
www.TheCVCouncil.com.
Crescenta Valley Water District
has moved our community
to
“extraordinary”
water
conservation – yellow alert status.
Watering is permitted on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturdays before
9 a.m. or after 5 p.m. Complete
details are listed on the water
district website at CVWD.com.
Taking a sneak peek into June,
Crescenta Valley High School
graduation will take place on June
3 at 5:30 p.m. at the high school.
Traffic will increase significantly,
so please plan ahead and be extra
careful while driving through the
area. Congratulations to the class
of 2014!
The CV Town Council hosts
a community calendar on its
website. Please feel free to
post your event and use this
as a resource to see what’s
happening in the community.
Comments, questions or concerns
can be emailed to Robbyn@
TheCVCouncil.com.
Robbyn Battles, president
Crescenta Valley
Town Council
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Egg Hunt Was Spoiled
The YMCA-sponsored egg hunt
on Easter Sunday at the Sunland/
Tujunga carnival was a huge
disappointment, not because of the
prizes in the plastic eggs, but for the
completely disorganized YMCA staff
and the many selfish parents.
With our 3-year-old daughter’s
basket in hand and a big smile on
her face, we headed out to the Easter
Sunday egg hunt at the carnival.
As we waited for the event to begin,
some of us parents said to each other,
“Surely the YMCA staff will be asking
the parents to back up away from the
kids any minute now to allow all the
children room to get to the starting
line.” Much to our disgust, parents
were actually allowed to get in front of
the line and take over the egg hunt for
their children, pushing little ones such
as ours and many others out of the
way so they could hoard eggs for their
own kids. This left many little ones
without. When the hunt started, little
ones had as many as five adults deep
standing in front of them, blocking
them.
The YMCA and those selfish adults
should be ashamed of themselves.
The event is supposed to be just for
the kids, not for selfish, thoughtless
adults. We confronted a YMCA
staffer about what happened and he
simply replied, “Well, what are we
suppose to do – tell the parents to back
up?” Uh, yes! It’s supposed to be just
for the kids! This was our daughter’s
first and last time at this particular
event.
We want to say thank you to a very
nice woman who was there with her
two little sons who not only shared our
disgust about the way the event was
handled, but was also worried that her
two sons might get hurt by the rushing
adults. Thanks to the thoughtful,
generous upbringing her two sons
learned from their mother, [the boys]
shared their Easter eggs with our
daughter. Thank you, Katherine, to
you and your sons. Those selfish
parents should take a lesson!
As for the YMCA, please get it right
for the little ones next year!
Jay and Jennifer Eatherton
La Crescenta
Town Council Weighs in on
Territory Transfer
Dear President Boger, GUSD Board
of Education and Superintendent
Richard Sheehan:
The Crescenta Valley Town Council
would like to go on record opposing the
Sagebrush Territory Transfer for the
following reasons:
1. Glendale Unified has provided
a six year plan for the transfer of
students to La Cañada, yet not one
possible plan or strategy has been
presented to our community other
than you will listen to parents for
the first year if the territory transfer
is approved. The future of Mountain
Avenue [Elementary School] needs to
be discussed with our community now.
La Cañada can clearly plan for the
future of their community and schools
yet the fate of La Crescenta and its
neighborhood school is to be placed on
hold for a year with ultimately no true
control over its future at or around
Mountain Avenue Elementary.
2. The community is not done
speaking on this issue. We were
informed by the Board there were
to be public comments through the
month of April into May yet to our
disbelief two school board members
have already voiced they will vote in
favor of the transfer. There needs to be
additional outreach to our community
and a promise going further that the
Board will remain neutral until such
vote.
3. The community needs more
than a six-year access agreement to
the bridge and property connecting
Mountain Avenue School. This needs
to be permanent. This is the only
access from Briggs to Ocean View
north of Foothill. In an emergency,
lack of access could be disastrous.
In addition, as Sagebrush wants to
“unite” this will clearly draw the line
to deny access for our children that
will continue to want to connect to
their neighboring communities.
Lastly, all board members need to
understand clearly how this access
affects our community. To learn that
one of the Board members is making a
decision regarding this transfer, which
includes the property on Ocean View
and access across Pickens Canyon,
who has never been to the site is
troubling to say the least.
4. We have to look at the needs
and listen to the concerns of our
community. There appears to be great
concern about the taxes placed on La
Cañada and the phase-in of students.
The GUSD Board represents all of
the constituents, not just Sagebrush.
Where is the outreach and concern
for the taxpayers on the west side of
the Pickens Canyon Bridge? Where
is the six-year plan to keep Mountain
Avenue a top school in La Crescenta?
Where is the plan to deal with the
additional stress to our infrastructure
as the district brings new programs to
our community?
In closing we would like to say that
although it appears there is great
support from Sagebrush residents,
the overwhelming consensus from
both sides is that Mountain Avenue
is a great school. So why are we
attempting to unite residents in La
Cañada at the sake of our students
and our schools? The decision to
transfer this territory is not in the
best interest of Mountain Avenue, the
school district or our community.
Robbyn Battles, president
CV Town Council
Concerned over SB 837
I am compelled to get the word out
regarding a senate bill that could
adversely affect private preschools
in California. The bill is labeled SB
837 or Kindergarten Readiness Act
of 2014. This bill is written with good
intentions but the implementation is
a problem. The bill written by Senator
Steinberg is asking for approval to
provide free preschool to all 4 year
olds – a noble idea. Because of how the
author and co-authors have chosen
to fund the bill, it places these 4 year
olds in our public school system. I
would imagine any person in the
Early Childhood Development field –
teacher, psychologist, doctor – would
oppose this bill.
The bill states that through
longitudinal studies it had been found
that those children who attended
quality preschool programs had
higher graduation rates, college
enrollment rates and earning rates.
This is what preschool educators have
provided for years. Four year olds
still need help developing social skills
and gaining confidence. They need
space inside and out allowing them to
explore their environment. This will
not happen at an elementary school.
Elementary schools predominately
have blacktop as the surface outside.
Inside, the classroom environment
will not be warm and inviting as in a
quality preschool and won’t have the
supplies needed to create and invent.
What about working parents who
need an after-school program? After a
certain time of day, the young children
will more than likely be mixed in with
the older children (as it is now). Again,
not appropriate.
The funding cannot be used to
upgrade facilities for 4 year olds,
meaning they will make do with what
they have in place, which is suited for
5 years and up.
Let’s also talk about whether or not
your local school has space to house a
whole new age of children. Will class
sizes grow in the other grades to make
space for the younger children?
If this bill passes how it is written,
with parents unable to access
the funding and choose a quality
preschool, we feel that a great number
of private preschools will have to shut
their doors. Most preschools have 50%
of children age 4, which also helps the
schools defer the costs of the younger
children who require smaller class
sizes. As we have seen through the
already implemented TK classes in
the public schools, parents will leave
a preschool they have to pay for if
another one is free. If we can’t keep
our doors open because of losing half
our clientele, then who will service the
families with younger children? This
bill could impact preschools, teachers,
vendors and families.
Let’s put aside all the financial
ramifications. My passion is and has
been helping shape the minds and
spirits of young children. I have been
in the field for 23 years, first as
a teacher and now as a director
of Parents and Children’s Nursery
School in La Cañada. None of us in
our field do our jobs for the paycheck,
because there isn’t much of one. We
do it because we are passionate about
helping young children understand
who they are and how far they can
go. We need to keep enriching our
children with experiences, music, art
and expression. A quality program
embraces the whole child. Children
leave us with the love of school and
the curiosity needed to learn. We need
our artists, musicians,
scientists and writers
as well as our leaders
in business. Our public
school system has already
taken away so much from
our children. Do we want
them to take it away even
sooner?
Marji Golden
Glendale
It’s That Time Again
Voting is the most
powerful thing we can do
to preserve the Crescenta
Valley community that we
all know and love. June 3
will be a primary election
with a kicker; we will also
elect a new Glendale City
councilman. This is a very
important election for
the Valley for a couple of
reasons.
First, we have recently
had closure to the
Drayman scandal and it’s
time to reassert our need
for local representation
on the [Glendale] City
Council. We have had a couple of
elections since the scandal broke
and the turn out was down in both
elections. Many were disappointed
by the scandal and lost their zeal to
vote. However, if we turn it around
and turn out to vote in record numbers
on June 3, local candidates will be
encouraged to run in the next city
council election in April 2015. It is
critical for candidates to know that
their friends and neighbors in the
Valley will support them at the ballot
box.
Second, we are in the middle of
another discussion with La Cañada
schools over the Sagebrush area. Our
local leaders are trying to work with
the GUSD board to resolve the issue
in a way that is fair to the Valley. It is
important to support our local leaders
with a record turnout at the polls June
3, because two GUSD board members
will stand for reelection in April 2015
and will worry about a challenge from
the Valley if they ignore our wishes in
the Sagebrush discussions.
The solution is straight forward. If
you voted in the last election, be sure
to take a neighbor with you to the polls
June 3. If you didn’t vote last time,
read your sample ballot; it came in
the mail this week, and vote June 3. It
would be a double bonus if you took a
neighbor with you.
Remember, voting is the most
powerful thing you can do to preserve
the Crescenta Valley community that
we all know and love.
Lynn McGinnis
Glendale
Mourns the Loss of Chase
One of the saddest days of my life
was on March 27 when I read in the
Weekly that Jim Chase was no longer
going to write for the paper.
Jim is a terrific writer and I’m sorry
there were those who criticized his
work. I am not alone in saying he will
be missed very much. There were
dozens of us who looked forward to his
column every week and believed he
had every right to express his opinions
and thoughts. No one can take his
place.
I believe that there was pressure on
Jim to give up. I don’t know where the
pressure came from. I can surmise it
came from followers of Adam Schiff
and others like him.
The Weekly will never be as good or
interesting as it was with Jim Chase
gone.
Molly L. Powers
La Crescenta
Questions the ‘Campaign’
I’ve done much research on
environmental issues and have
noticed some very disturbing things
lately regarding the issue of “climate
change.”
Last year it was called “global
warning” and now, largely because so
many were at odds with the varying
facts concerning the issue and how
they were presented (including many
scientists), the new [term] is “climate
change.” The following is what I find
most disturbing:
Almost every day on numerous
news sites and in other publications,
“climate change” is practically
everywhere. Never have I seen so
much attention on the issue, so
much so that I recognize this as a
“campaign,” and a well orchestrated
one at that.
Yes, I believe we are experiencing
changes in our weather pattern, that
is evident, but we are being told that
the “cause” is carbon emissions, which
is, in my estimation, a false piece of
information intended to deceive. This
may be a “portion” of the cause, but
certainly not the main one which is
being pawned off on the public, and
I don’t buy it. My research tells me
otherwise. The next question I find
myself asking is who will be profiting
from the proposed solutions.
What about all the weather changes
that have been “created” by the
ongoing geoengineering projects that
are also destroying many parts of the
environment at the same time? We
need to ask questions and research
this area before blindly accepting the
main cause of climate change as being
“carbon emissions.” Look up the You
Tube video on “Why in the World are
they Spraying?” to get information on
the cloud seeding projects that have
been ongoing across the nation (for
years).
Research is needed here, not further
insult to our intelligence.
Dennis Whitfield
La Crescenta
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YOUTH
FSHA Student Earns Top
Scholarship to NYU
‘Love and Fishes’
Reaches to New
Shores
Photos provided by Dinger Family
ABOVE: La Crescenta resident Hayden Dinger, with some of his
bounty of tuna that he donated to the Salvation Army food bank.
Photo by Alfred AYALA
Becca Ayala leads a discussion with the Book Club she founded at Santa Teresita Elementary School.
On March 11, Flintridge
Sacred Heart Academy student
Becca Ayala received a letter
she had been waiting months
for – an acceptance to New York
University. And that wasn’t
all; the letter also stated that
Ayala had also been selected
for the Martin Luther King,
Jr. Scholars Program, an
honor that includes an annual
$30,000 scholarship. Scholars
are selected based on academic
merit as well as a commitment
to community service. (Once in
the program, participants must
maintain a 3.5 GPA, perform
community service and attend
special programming.)
No stranger to giving back to
the community, Ayala can often
be found in the library at Santa
Teresita, a Catholic elementary
school (K – 8) that serves the
underprivileged
communities
in Santa Teresita Parish, Boyle
Heights and the surrounding
communities. Last year, Ayala
created a book club for students
in sixth, seventh and eighth
grades at Santa Teresita, which
meets biweekly. Ayala helps
select the books (with input
from the students), raises the
funds for the books, purchases
them for the students and
leads the discussion or writing
activity during the meeting.
Some of the previous book club
choices include, “Soul Surfer” by
Bethany Hamilton, “The Secret
Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd
and “Among the Hidden” by
Margaret Peterson Haddix.
For Ayala, the creation of the
book club was born out of love.
“I was in a book club in junior
high and really enjoyed it. I
wanted to add to the school and
share my love of reading,” she
explained.
As for the NYU offer, Ayala
experienced
the
Scholars
Program firsthand during the
weekend of April 11. NYU paid
all the expenses for a trip for
those chosen for the program to
bunk up with current scholars
and learn more about this
unique opportunity. Ayala hasn’t
made a final decision about
where she’ll be in the fall, but
she’s definitely excited about the
possibility of NYU.
“I have lived in L.A. all my
life so moving to somewhere like
NYC will be so educational and
interesting,” she said. “I think
NYC is the most interesting
place to experience college
because it is so diverse.”
Submitted by FSHA
Y Takes Part in Healthy
Kids Day
Marissa GOULD, intern
Healthy Kids Day for YMCAs
around the country was held on
Saturday, April 26. To celebrate,
the Crescenta Cañada Y held
a Healthy Kids Carnival at
Memorial Park in La Cañada.
The windy weather seemed
right for the kids to get pumped
up about exercise and to learn
healthy habits.
At Memorial Park, there were
eight stations for kids to visit.
These included a dunk tank,
gymnastics area, Zumba Kids
station, and even an art corner.
There was a healthy snack
station where tired kids refueled
with fruit and juice.
To encourage the kids to
visit all the stations, they were
given a passport of sorts. These
were stamped after a booth was
BELOW: Through social media, three brothers in Washington – the
Cunninghams – learned of the Love and Fishes campaign and began
their own collection.
The canned food drive
spearheaded by 14-year-old
Hayden Dinger, dubbed “Love
and Fishes,” has surpassed the
young man’s aspirations.
The idea to help provide food
for the hungry in Glendale
gained momentum in ways the
La Crescenta resident could
never have imagined. This
year, with the help of his school
(St. Bede in La Cañada), his
Boy Scout troop, friends and
family plus local businesses
including
Prudential
La
Cañada, Andy’s Transfer and
Wunderbar, Hayden exceeded
his goal.
Hayden
learned
while
helping out at the Salvation
Army that a can of tuna
provides enough protein for a
small family meal. For each of
the past three years, he set out
during the Christian season
of Lent to collect 1,000 cans of
tuna. This year, he collected
almost 1,500 cans. Through
the power of social media,
three brothers in the Seattle
area decided to start Love and
Fishes in their community and
collected hundreds of cans of
tuna for their local food bank.
“It is awesome that Love and
Fishes is now in Washington
state,” said Hayden. “I am
going to set my goal next year
at 2,000 cans.”
WELLNESS
STYLE
Photo by Marissa GOULD
visited. If a kid collected all eight
stamps, then they were awarded
a free T-shirt. YMCA volunteers
enthusiastically helped kids to get
their stamps while encouraging a
fun afternoon.
Not only was it Healthy
Kids Day, but it was also the
Summer Kick-Off Day for the
YMCA. To learn more, visit www.
ymcafoothills.org.
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SPORTS
Falcon Baseball Rising, Softball Falling
By Brandon HENSLEY
T
he Lady Falcons lost to
Burbank on Tuesday 3-1,
making it three straight
defeats in the Pacific League,
and five overall counting a couple
tournament losses last weekend.
Crescenta Valley is tied with
Glendale for fourth place in league
with a record of 6-5.
Burbank
pitcher
Caitlyn
Brooks struck out 13 on her way
to victory. Falcons’ pitcher Olivia
Thayer struck out five Bulldogs,
but walked seven batters. She was
charged with one earned run. CV
managed five hits, including two
from freshman catcher Rachel
Abboud, who is hitting .414 on the
season.
With just over a week to go in
the regular season, the Crescenta
Valley High School baseball team is
making its charge toward another
Pacific League championship,
playing its best ball at the right
time.
Starting pitcher Brian Gadbsy
pitched six scoreless innings,
leadoff man Bryan Wang reached
base in all five plate appearances
and the team received a couple
of late home runs as the Falcons
defeated the Burbank Bulldogs on
the road 11-0.
The Falcons improved their
record to 16-7-1 overall, and 9-11 in league. They have not lost
a game since their first league
matchup, a 3-0 defeat against
Pasadena in early April.
Gadsby allowed three hits,
struck out five batters and walked
three. He said after the game he
didn’t have his best stuff.
“I lacked accuracy,” he said. “I
threw a lot of balls, a lot of pitches,
a lot of 3-0, 2-0 counts. I have to get
after guys and throw more firstpitch strikes.”
The Falcons were able to put
some early runs on the board
behind Gadbsy, and then broke it
open late. Bryan Wang singled in
a run off Burbank starter Ryan
Porras (four innings, three runs,
seven hits) to get the scoring
started.
Crescenta Valley scored again in
the frame when second baseman
Camden Palmisano couldn’t field
a chopper hit by Michael Russo.
Adrian Damla, who took off from
first base, collided with Palmisano,
and the ball bounced away,
allowing Wang to score from third
base.
The Falcons put up one run in
the fourth, two in the fifth and one
more in the sixth, and then struck
for six runs in the last frame off
of reliever Alex Minnick. Russo
hammered a three-run home run
to right field with no outs, and then
with two outs and a runner on, Joe
Torres, not known for his power,
surprised his teammates with a
home run to right as well.
Top to bottom, the lineup
impressed Wang.
“All throughout,” said Wang,
the senior centerfielder. “Even the
subs, too. Everyone played well.
The bats came alive today.”
Russo collected four runs batted
in, and Wang was three-for-three
with a walk. He was also hit by a
pitch on the right leg in the fourth
inning. He was on the ground for
a minute and took some time in
shaking it off.
“Right on the knee cap,” he said.
“I’ll feel it tomorrow.”
It wasn’t just Wang. Gadsby
dealt with a problem on his
throwing hand during the fifth
inning when he walked two
straight batters with two outs. At
some point in the inning, he cut a
finger on his throwing hand when
he went to take the ball out of his
glove during a pitch. He said a
thread in his glove sliced it just a
bit.
It was a bit of struggle, but
Gadsby
eventually
retired
Cameron Briggs on a pop out. He
was out there for the next inning
though, setting down the side in
order before Tanner Carrico closed
it out in the seventh.
Photos by Dan HOLM
Falcons’ pitcher Olivia Thayer struck out five Bulldogs, but walked seven batters.
Gadsby pitched well in his last
outing, a win over Burroughs in
which he went six innings and shut
out the Indians on four hits, but he
said he hasn’t been throwing well
for a while and didn’t know why.
“No idea. I just have to find it,”
he said. “I’ll find it. I’ll get back on
it.”
The Falcons are in a position
when, if they win out, they’ll
take their third straight league
title. They are currently tied with
Arcadia for first, both teams at
9-1-1. The Falcons and Apaches
played to a tie last month after the
game was called due to inclement
weather.
They play each other again
in the season finale May 16 at
Stengel Field. Arcadia almost fell
to second place on Tuesday. They
trailed Glendale 4-0 before rallying
for two runs in the sixth and three
in the seventh to win it.
Several Falcons players this
season have said their team isn’t
an offensive juggernaut, but CV
has scored the most runs in league,
with 67, just above Arcadia’s 63.
They’ve also allowed the fewest
amount of runs, with 11, ahead of
Pasadena’s 19 allowed.
Coach Phil Torres’ pitching
staff this season has mostly been
Gadsby, Carrico, Jimmy Smiley
and Joe Torres. Gadsby has been
the hot name for a couple of years
now, but Carrico threw a no-hitter
in March, and Smiley hasn’t given
up a run in any league appearance.
“We’re just all working hard.
Not just the pitchers but everyone
in general,” Gadsby said. “We’re
working hard.”
“It’s not just Brian anymore,”
Wang said. “It really helps to have
deep pitching.”
CV baseball plays at Muir on
Friday and against Hoover at
home on Tuesday; both games are
at 6 p.m. Softball hosts Muir today
at 3:30 p.m., then hosts Hoover
on Tuesday. The Lady Falcons
dominated both teams in their
previous matchups. The season
finale is May 15 at Arcadia High
School.
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Athletes Lauded at Hall CV Launches Great
Numbers to League
of Fame Induction
Track Finals
By Leonard COUTIN
Photo by Jason KUROSU
Brock Jacobsen, a two-time all CIF player on CV’s basketball team, was one of several inductees into the
CVHS Athletic Hall of Fame.
By Jason KUROSU
Crescenta
Valley
High
School’s Athletic Hall of Fame,
dedicated
to
exceptional
athlete alumni, welcomed a
few more inductees into the
fold Saturday night. Eight
individuals were honored,
along with the entire 1998
Division I CIF championship
baseball team.
The Chevy Chase Country
Club hosted the event, a dinner
followed by the induction
ceremony, in which the newest
members of the Hall of Fame
received their medals and the
praise that went with them.
Saturday marked the sixth
such induction ceremony for
CV’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
This year’s inductees took
part in a wide variety of sports
and received numerous honors
during their athletic careers
in addition to Hall of Fame
recognition. The inductees
had a chance to thank their
family, friends and coaches, as
well as speak on how it felt to
be recognized as one of CV’s
elite athletes.
Lisa Erickson took part in
four sports while in school,
but her specialty was softball,
both at Crescenta Valley High
and Cal State Northridge
where she was on four CCAA
conference
championship
teams and set numerous
school records. Erickson was
also on the U.S. National team
that won gold in Beijing in
1992.
Hudson Gossard was the
quarterback for two CV Pacific
League championship teams
in 2000 and 2001, as well
as league MVP. His coach,
Alan Eberhart, spoke about
the
tremendous
success
Gossard achieved, despite
some occasionally unorthodox
techniques when passing the
ball.
“He always had a knack for
doing something special at the
right moment,” said Eberhart.
Gossard now teaches at
Crescenta Valley High.
Jeff Holyfield was the CIF
champion on CV’s 1981 CIF
championship cross-country
team.
Though Holyfield called
cross-country “brutal, selfinflicted savagery,” he was
also “over the moon” and “well
beyond words” at his induction
into the Hall of Fame.
Brock Jacobsen was a twotime all CIF player on CV’s
basketball team. Current CV
teacher and then assistant
coach Jim Smiley spoke
proudly of Jacobsen’s abilities.
“When reflecting on Brock
Jacobsen’s career, there’s no
doubt in my mind that he’s
a deserving Hall of Famer.
That’s what my memory tells
me, but sometimes our mind
tells us that the past was more
glorious than it really was.”
So Smiley decided to recite
some of Jacobsen’s fantastic
statistics to assure that he had
not fallen prey to mistaken
nostalgia, including Jacobsen’s
27.2 points per game and
54% field goal percentage, an
exceptionally high mark for a
guard.
“As much as he could boast
if he wanted,” said Smiley,
“he remains one of the most
generous and humble people
I’ve known.”
Two members involved
in aquatic sports were also
inducted: CIF swim champion
John Jenkins and Coach Pete
Loporchio. Jenkins, whose
siblings James and Ellen were
previously inducted in the Hall
of Fame, took ample time to
praise his fellow inductees and
recommend future induction
for his brother Jason.
Loporchio coached eight
league championship water
polo teams, eight league
championship swim teams and
four CIF championship swim
teams. Loporchio fashioned
his coaching philosophy after
legendary basketball coach
John Wooden and Loporchio
recited some of the lessons
he’d engineered after the
creator of the “Pyramid of
Success,” including, “There’s
no coach or athlete bigger than
the program itself,” “Success
is about the little things,” and
“Focus on the process and not
the outcome.”
Trevor Bell was among the
inductees who did not attend,
but his coach, Phil Torres,
sung Bell’s praises.
“Over the past 18 years,
we’ve been very fortunate to
have some very good players,
some special players. But then,
every once in a while, there’s
a once in a lifetime kid,” said
Torres, who described his first
encounter with Bell, a sixthgrader who was outslugging
high schoolers at baseball
camp.
Torres went on to laud Bell’s
poise, signs of a young player’s
confidence that eventually
led to a career in the major
leagues.
“The bigger the stage, the
bigger the game, the better he
played,” said Torres. “Trevor
was never afraid and never
overmatched.”
Bell was an all CIF and was
the MVP of the Pacific League.
He pitched for the Los Angeles
Angels of Anaheim for three
years and last played with the
Cincinnati Reds.
Torres also made the
introductions for the ’98
championship
baseball
team, reminiscing on player
shenanigans and the big
rivalry with Arcadia High.
About half the team was in
attendance to accept their
medals to raucous applause.
Wendy Cohen also did
not attend, but her coaches
accepted the award for her.
Cohen was a two-time CIF
champion in gymnastics in the
all-around event and was in
Portland, Oregon at the time
of the event, performing with
the Echo Theater Company.
The Pacific League track
and field prelims, hosted by
Arcadia High School, took place
on the school’s newly surfaced
nine lane all-weather track last
Friday. Starting mid afternoon,
the athletes endured scorching
temperatures as they battled for
position to make the finals that
will be held at Arcadia tomorrow,
Friday, May 9. Field events will
start at 5 p.m. and running is at
6 p.m.
“The only events that were
finals this past Friday were
the frosh/soph field events and
the frosh/soph 3200s. Finals in
most events are the top nine
people, although in the 800 and
the 1600 we take 12,” explained
Arcadia coach Chris Schultz and
CV coach Mark Evans. “As for
moving to CIF, the winners of
each event move to CIF prelims
automatically.
Second
and
third place finishers that meet
a minimum standard will also
advance to CIF prelims.
“If a person is fourth place
or lower and meets an at-large
standard, they may also advance.
It is the same for running and
field events and this is at the
varsity level only. Varsity field
events are at League finals.”
The prelims lasted over
seven hours with three heats
in each event, concluding with
many outstanding times and
performances by the Falcons.
“We are very pleased with
how everyone did,” said Evans.
“[There were] lots of great
performances, [despite the] heat
of the day. There were some great
competitive efforts.”
Senior Gabe Collison took the
lead early in his heat, striking
a time of 4:22.24 in the 1600m.
Apache Philip Roche (4:22.32)
was aided by his teammate Josue
Gonzalez (4:29.78). Falcon Nick
Beatty reached an outstanding
mark (4:24.39). Temperatures
seemed to slow down Falcon Matt
Manalo (4:37.30).
For the girls, teammates
Megan Melnyk (5:30.96) and
Erika Johnson (5:31.04) came
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behind Apache Roni Yamane who
posted the fastest time (5:23.83)
in the 1600m.
CV runner Haley Witzeman
(5:39.50) was on the heels
of Arcadia’s Laura Guidolin
(5:31.71) who produced the
second fastest time in their heat.
In women’s 100 hurdles, Sammie
Phinney posted a time of 16:09 to
win her heat and was listed third
with Sarah Lapides (17.24) who
was fifth going into the finals.
In the boys’ 110H, CV runners
Wesley Choi (17.09) rated eighth,
Kenny Kang (17:15) took ninth
and Kenny Kang placed 10th
(17:29).
Kayleigh Carrillo posted the
fastest time of the day in the
400m (58.84) with teammate
Courtney
Iannello
(1:02.29)
rated fifth. Arcadia posted two
tough competitors in this event,
Kyra White (59:21) and Rachel
Wiggins (59:01), too.
Jordan Springfield is now rated
ninth in the 100m (13.72). Beatty
posted the second fastest time in
the 800m (1:57.58) with Apache
Roche running the fastest
(1:55.29). Manalo qualified with
an excellent time (1:58.51).
Melnyk claimed the fastest 800m
time (2:21.05) with teammate
Erika Johnson (2:25.73) coming in
fourth, Rebecca Mencia (3:34.80)
placing ninth and Witzeman
(3:34.86) coming in 10th.
CV qualified three contenders
in the girls’ 300H: Phinney
(48:49) clocked the fourth fastest
time, Grace Keller (48.95) took
fifth and Lapides (49.53) placed
sixth. Kang had the fastest time
of the day in the 300HH (42.61)
with teammate Kyler Chin
(42.79) taking fifth.
Carrillo ran first in her heat in
the 200m (25.96) with Arcadia’s
Kyra White (25.27) and Sarah
Troescher (25.62) placing first
and second with the best times of
the day. The varsity field will be
hosted at the finals.
To read about the frosh/soph
athletes and to see Leonard
Coutin photos, go online to www.
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BETWEEN FRIENDS
Fun For All Found in Montrose and Glendale
By Mary O’KEEFE
Michael YEGHIAYAN
K
and
ids-n-Kritters, WagsN-Whiskers and the
Prom Plus Taste of
Montrose were held during
Sunday’s Harvest Market in
Montrose on May 4. The Wags
event benefited the “kritters” at
Glendale Humane Society and
ToM was a fundraiser for Prom
Plus, an after prom party for
Crescenta Valley High School
seniors and their guests.
“Sunday was an absolutely
perfect event day – gorgeous
weather, wonderful community
attendance and everyone enjoying
another fun day in Montrose,”
said
Linda
McMenamin,
Montrose
Shopping
Park
events coordinator/marketplace
manager. “Glendale Humane
Society’s 10th Annual Wags-NWhiskers walk had more than
100 two- and four-legged walkers
in attendance, many were alums
of the shelter. Vendors offered
lots of free samples of petthemed products and rescues got
to show off their furry friends.
We’re looking forward to inviting
the community to celebrate our
90th anniversary in June.”
Those who made a $20
investment in a Taste of
Montrose ticket were treated
to the culinary delights of 21
restaurants that either opened
their doors along Honolulu
Avenue or Ocean View Boulevard
or took part in the ToM food
court. ToM took place from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m.
“We were thrilled with
the number of people who
participated in the Taste
of Montrose,” said Robin
Goldsworthy,
Prom
Plus
president. “The restaurants
offered tempting food that
pleased everyone’s palate. As a
fundraiser, this was one of our
most successful.”
McMenamin added that many
of the MSP merchants she
spoke with had “great days” in
their stores and restaurants and
enjoyed the events as well.
Earlier in the week, the streets
of downtown Glendale were full
of curious diners taking part
in the 12th annual Taste of
Glendale. Spanning three blocks
of Brand Boulevard, restaurants
across the downtown area offered
samplings of various menu items
meant to highlight the culinary
diversity of the city.
Proceeds from Taste of
Glendale benefitted the nonprofit
organization Glendale Healthy
Kids, which provides healthcare
for local children who have no
insurance or are underinsured.
“Tasters” were able to explore
the growing list of restaurants
available across the heart of the
city while contributing to a cause
that has assisted the healthcare
needs of underprivileged children
in Glendale and La Crescenta for
over two decades.
“We were so pleased with the
community’s support of the event,
which drew record numbers this
year. Over 600 people enjoyed
a plethora of food from over 40
vendors,” said Glendale Healthy
Kids CEO Sharon Townsend.
“Ninety-six percent of our
proceeds will go directly to our
programs and client services.”
In addition to the considerable
menu of cuisine available, several
performances of live music were
available at various locations in
the city. Musician Dan Beers,
the Crescenta Valley High School
Jazz Band, and the Glendale
Community College Jazz Band
all provided entertainment for
the evening.
Tickets for the event, $25
for adults, $10 for kids, were
sold through Glendale Arts’ GA
Tickets program, which makes
the ticketing system used for the
Alex Theatre available to various
local nonprofits and performing
arts groups in the area. Glendale
Arts partnered with Glendale
Healthy Kids and Prom Plus
for both events. In addition to
disbursing tickets, GA offered
the forecourt of the Alex Theatre
available for Taste of Glendale for
restaurants that were not located
directly in the city’s downtown
corridor.
Glendale Arts CEO Elissa
Glickman described the program
as an example of the area’s
commitment
to
“nonprofits
helping nonprofits.”
“It is always good for members
of the community to see how
vibrant things have gotten in the
area,” said Glickman. “We can
get lost in the neighborhood and
forget about all of the amazing
restaurants that are around.”
Tim
Gallagher
of
the
Downtown Glendale Association,
which helped sponsor the event,
praised Glendale Healthy Kids
and was glad to see a large
number of people experience the
revitalization of the city.
“Glendale Healthy Kids is
an incredible organization and
people need to realize how lucky
Glendale is to have it,” said
Gallagher. “Healthcare is one of
the first things that suffers when
you are trying to make rent and
afford food and they really help
bridge the gap for those kids and
we are really happy to help out
for them.”
“[Taste of Glendale] was great
because people who don’t come
downtown or just pass by it on
their way somewhere else had
a chance to stop and see with
their eyes what is happening
in the district and how it is
transforming,” he continued.
Photos by Mark SHELTON and
Charly SHELTON
LEFT: A petting zoo was available
during Sunday’s events in Montrose.
MIDDLE TOP: A youngster tries
his hand at the Pump and Splash in
Montrose.
MIDDLE BOTTOM: Pepe’s Mexican
Food dished up their specialty fare.
RIGHT: Glendale Humane Society
president Alyce Russell got some
love from a four-legged guest.
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Women Honored at Annual Awards Celebration
By Michael YEGHIAYAN
The YWCA of Glendale
awarded
five
community
members with Heart and
Excellence Awards at its 17th
annual
Legacy
Luncheon.
Held on Wednesday, April 30
at Oakmont Country Club, the
event provided an opportunity
for the YWCA to spread
awareness of its programs and
continual growth in the area
while
honoring
individuals
who exemplify the spirit of the
organization.
Roberta
“Bobbi”
Gangi,
Laura Guillory, Seda Khojayan,
Gertrude Ness and Sharon
Townsend were all presented
with awards as Heart and
Excellence honorees. The event
was emceed by Emmy Awardwinning news anchor Cater Lee.
Additionally, La Cañada High
School student Jenna Schwartz
was presented with the Jane
O’Connor Volunteer Service
Award.
All of the honored women
exhibited a long track record of
service to the community that
reflects the values of the YWCA.
Gangi, who is native to
Glendale, is a well known figure in
the area little league community
after years of opening her home
to children for batting practice
and team use. She is an active
member of several nonprofits,
and served as president of
Las Candelas, a nonprofit
group dedicated to supporting
emotionally disturbed children,
for three separate terms.
As a longtime advocate for the
study of science and mathematics,
Guillory is the chair of the
Glendale American Association
of University Women’s Tech Trek
Project, a program that looks to
promote math and science fields
to aspiring young women.
Through her work with
Foundation
Holds Trail Run,
Hike
The 4th Annual Verdugo Mountains 10K Trail Run and
Hike was held on May 4 at Brand Park in Glendale. The race
benefitted the Glendale Parks & Open Space Foundation. There
were 641 runners and hikers who participated making this the
largest trail run in Southern California.
the Armenian Relief Society
and the Commission on the
Status of Women, Khojayan is
characterized as a connecting
force in the community.
The 108-year-old Ness boasts
a long history of positive social
change that includes work as
a riveter of bomb bay doors in
1941, a career in education that
spanned over three decades,
and service to the YWCA that
contributed to the opening of the
Nern Center, Griffith Manor, and
the opening of the YWCA thrift
shop.
As someone who follows the
motto “do something good when
no one is looking,” Townsend has
left an impressive trail of service
and integrity in the community.
She currently holds the position
of CEO for Glendale Healthy
Kids.
The YWCA is a national
program designed to seek social
and economic change in the world
Photo provided by the YWCA
Glendale’s YWCA Heart & Excellence honorees (from left) Sharon Townsend,
Roberta “Bobbi” Gangi, Laura Guillory and Seda Khojayan surround 108-yearold Gertrude Ness (sitting).
through the advocacy of gender
equality. The Glendale chapter
of the organization has been a
part of the community for nearly
90 years, with programs that
provide residents resources to
combat domestic violence as well
as efforts designed to provide
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LEISURE
With Great Power, There
Disney Legend
Must Also Come Great
Richard Sherman
Movie Sequels...
Honored
By Mary O’KEEFE
By Charly SHELTON
In 2012, the world was
introduced to Andrew Garfield
as Peter Parker, the Amazing
Spider-Man.
Coming
off
of a three-movie run with
interesting-as-Elmer’s
Paste
Toby Maguire as Peter Parker,
it is this reviewer’s opinion that
anyone would have been an
improvement in the title role.
But now, with the honeymoon
phase wearing off, great things
are expected from Garfield and
the rest of the returning cast
and crew of ASM. It is their time
to shine and prove that they can
carry a franchise – not just be a
one-off movie.
In the 2012 film, the story
covered Spider-Man’s creation,
the Lizard’s creation and
destruction, and the death of
Captain Stacy. That’s a lot for
a first endeavor. The second
installment of the franchise
presents Electro, Green Goblin
and Rhino as villains, introduces
Norman and Harry Osborn,
delves more into the past of
Peter’s parents, and deals with
some heavy aspects of the SpiderMan story that I can’t mention
in a review. That’s a jam-packed
movie. In addition, they tease
the pants off of the next movie,
“Sinister Six.” Seriously, they
give away five of the six in the
credits. With movies as packed
as this, ASM 3 will probably
cover everything that happens in
issues 300-650 of the comic.
Without giving too much away
because the plot unfolds in such
a way that one event causes
another and mentioning one
reveals too much, I can say this:
Spider-Man is growing up. His
girlfriend Gwen Stacy (Emma
Stone) is super supportive of him
as a person and a super hero.
But Peter promised her father
as he was dying that he would
stay away from her to keep her
safe. He is wracked with guilt,
which is the trademark with
Spidey in every incarnation of
the character.
Meanwhile, mild mannered
electrical engineer Max Dillon
(Jamie Foxx) is in a terrible
accident that turns him into
a being of living electricity,
Photo Courtesy Sony
Electro, where I guess he kind
of loses his mind. It really isn’t
mentioned; he just seems to be
a very simple character and
after the accident he wants to be
needed and is angry.
Peter breaks up with Gwen
to keep her safe, but is pining
for her anyway and this causes
drama that occupies a good
portion of the film. It is difficult
to say too much more than
this because the events are so
closely linked that spoilers are
inevitable.
The biggest problem with this
movie is the quality of special
effects. Electro looks like he
was pulled directly from a video
game. When he stands still, the
effect that is overlaid onto Jamie
Foxx is really cool and well done
– sub dermal electricity firing
in his veins. But when they
show whole body Electro in a
chase scene or any effects shot
of him transforming to or from
electricity (anything where Foxx
is not present and a digital model
is used), looks absolutely awful.
The Green Goblin effects aren’t
see SPIDEY on page 22
Then & Now | Indian Springs Demolition
Then » This photo, taken from Verdugo Road looking down into the
canyon, shows the beginning of the demolition of the Indian Springs
Resort in 1966. At this point the empty above ground pool and
changing rooms are unpainted and forlorn, and cut-down oak trees
are piled in front. Weeds and dry brush choke the foreground.
Hollywood is more than just
a district in Los Angeles, more
than just a general term used
to describe the film industry –
Hollywood is also a place where
people live, have businesses and
strive to keep arts in the hearts
and minds of their community
and beyond.
It was that spirit of promoting
art that the organizers of the
28th Annual Charlie Awards
stepped on stage at the historic
Blossom Room at the Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel.
Awards in seven categories
were
presented
by
the
Hollywood Arts Council on
April 26. Richard M. Sherman
was given the Music Arts
Award, NewFilmmakers Los
Angeles received the Cinema
Arts Award, George Pennacchio
received the Media Arts Award,
Open Fist Theatre was given
the Theatre Arts Award, Pink’s
Hot Dogs was honored with the
inaugural Culinary Arts Award,
Christy
McAvoy,
Historic
Resources
Group
received
the Preservation Arts Award
and the Hollywood Christmas
Parade, produced by Associated
Television International, was
given the Entertainment Arts
Award.
The award ceremony is also a
fundraiser to benefit the council’s
arts programs for underserved
children in Hollywood.
The
afternoon
began
with students from Selma
Elementary School performing
several songs from the Sherman
brothers, Richard M. and Robert
B. The Sherman brothers are
well known for their music
and lyrics from Disney classic
movies like “Mary Poppins” and
“Jungle Book.” Robert Sherman
passed away two years ago; his
brother Richard was on hand to
hear their renditions including
“It’s a Small World” and “Let’s
Go Fly A Kite” and to accept the
award for Music Arts.
Sherman continues to work
on projects including the stage
versions of “Jungle Book” and
“Bedknobs and Broomsticks.”
The Sherman brothers had
a very good relationship with
Walt Disney. In 10 years, they
wrote over 200 songs that were
put into Disney productions.
With all those songs, one
would think writer’s block may
have been an issue, but Richard
said that was not the case when
the story was strong.
“It is the story that
inspires,” he said. “People don’t
understand the real hero is the
story. If you care about these
characters and you care about
the story and what the outcome
is, our job is so much easier.”
The recent film, “Saving Mr.
Banks” chronicles the making of
and inspiration behind Disney’s
“Mary Poppins.” In this movie,
audiences got a small glimpse
of what it was like to be in the
Walt Disney, Inc. studios and
work with Walt Disney.
Richard said the movie
captured the real working
experience between Disney and
his artists, which included him
being part of everything yet
allowing the artists to do their
job.
“He would steer us and he
would say if he didn’t want
something, but for the most
part before we started a project
he would give us the feel [of
the story]. He was a wonderful
storyteller, really he would
become the characters when he
told the story,” Richard said.
The songs from the films
the Sherman brothers wrote
see SHERMAN on next page
Courtesy of the Historical Society of CV
Now » By 1969 the little canyon the resort was hidden in had been filled
with excavated dirt from the Verdugo Hills Hospital just up the hill. By
the early ’70s, the Indian Springs Shopping Center had been built on
fill-dirt about 75 feet above the old canyon floor. Today, at the entrance
to Vons, a plaque chronicles the history of the Indian Springs Resort.
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Much is Offered by The Artisan Group
By Sabrina WALENTYNOWICZ
In a world of increasingly large,
faceless companies, a small group
of jewelers, seamstresses, and all
around “crafty” people formed The
Artisan Group. Their goal is to get
their products noticed as being
handmade and unique. They
prepare gift bags for celebrities
and VIPs at special events so that
they will wear and enjoy the gifts,
and then spread the word around.
It’s a way to promote local artisans
and support what they do. At
the GBK gift lounge for the MTV
Movie Awards last month, The
Artisan Group and many more
proprietors were on hand to show
off their wares and services.
Great Rock Moon jewelry is
a natural item for those who
believe in the healing power of
crystals. Their necklaces and
rings are made from quartz, onyx
and iridescent labradorite; and
because each gemstone is unique,
each piece of jewelry is slightly
different. Their featured quartz
and silver necklace instantly gives
the wearer a calmer disposition,
not to mention it is naturally
gorgeous. It can be found at Etsy.
com/shop/greatrockmoon.
Aya Designs is a great addition
for those who enjoy jewelry made
of glass or precious stones. These
pieces are colorful and make a
statement, and are best worn
with simple outfits as to better
show off the jewelry. While the
bracelets are chunky and consist
of coin-sized stones like quartz
and turquoise, the earrings are
not too overpowering. Available at
Ayadesigns.artfire.com.
Inspired by a New Yorker’s love of
rock and roll and nature, Violet and
Blue Jewelry appeals to the wild
child in everyone. Handcrafted
rose-shaped rings, brass necklaces
shaped like arrows and owls, and
funky flowery hairpins provide
just enough variety while being
wearable in everyday settings.
More at VioletandBlueJewelry.
personalized jewelry features
delicate and unique pieces. Owned
and created by a busy mother of
three, there are bracelets that
can be personalized with a name
or special date, and necklaces
stamped with positive affirmations
like “strong,” “loved” and “roar.”
The jewelry with names and dates
can be given as gifts to significant
others or to parents with their
children’s names on them. More
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Definitely worth the investment,
Pono
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for both men and women. Made
from Koa wood that was once
reserved for Hawaiian royalty,
Pono creates rings, watches,
phone cases and more. But fear
not: all of the pieces are made from
trees that have already lived full
lives and were on the forest floor.
The wood has a beautiful sheen
to it that makes an excellent
conversation starter. Find it at
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Gnarwhallaby
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Fundraiser
SHERMAN from previous page
may have been animated or had
animation in them, but they can’t
be classified as children’s films.
“Our songs never talked down
to children. We have respect for
the audience,” he said. “We never
thought of them as kiddie films.”
There are two levels to the
songs in these classic films: one
level for children with fun lyrics
and music, but then another level
that adults can enjoy and realize
the subtlety. Richard said it was
rewarding for him when an adult
realized these two levels.
The Hollywood Arts Council
serves thousands of elementary
school children through their
project
S.O.A.R.
(Students
Overcoming All Risks). Each
year the council holds its Annual
Free Children’s Festival of the
Arts. The funds raised at the
Charlie Awards go to promote
and sponsor these projects as well
as other outreach opportunities.
The recent award event raised
$110,000.
Supporting the arts is important
to Richard as well. He listens
to all kinds of music and likes
many different styles; however, he
admitted his favorite composer is
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
His advises kids who want to
compose to listen.
“Listen to all music and enjoy it
all. Find an instrument that you
like to play and really try to become
good at it. Learn to read music so
you are not just somebody who
hears a tune and sings it, but you
read the intelligence of the music
and you can write it,” he said. You
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really have to study these things,
and if you are possessed with that
you desire and have a tremendous
hunger to feed and if you can do
that you can become a composer.
It is a very competitive business
and there are a lot of talented
people. You have to be good, but
not only very good, but lucky. I
can’t explain luck, but I do know
you have to work hard. I know
I worked hard and my brother
worked hard.”
Next week, check back with the
CVWeekly for the rest of the story.
Shopeversolovely.com.
Catering to both women and
men, Madd Dogg of Tomorrow
makes handcrafted necklaces, key
chains, earrings and cuff links.
Each item represents a part of
nature, from feathers to zodiac
symbols to Celtic designs. The
pendants are made of brass and
sterling silver, with metal alloys
for color. Visit Etsy.com/shop/
madddoggoftomorrow.
Love Mich Collection has hand
sewn totes, clutch purses and
mind blowingly adorable coffee
cup cozies. The smaller clutches
are great for holding makeup
or money, and the larger totes
can be used as everyday purses,
school bags or diaper bags. Now
no one needs to feel guilty when
ordering their daily coffee because
Love Mich Collection makes
colorful cup cozies that can be
washed and reused. No more
cardboard cup cozy waste! Visit
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Jessie Girl hand stamped
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Created for the no nonsense
woman, CristaBela’s Boutique
offers trendy hair accessories
of all colors and styles. All of
the headbands are handmade
and are an excellent alternative
to slapping on a baseball cap
or pulling hair back yet again
into a boring ponytail. There are
delicate, intricate headbands as
well as thick and cute elastic
ones that can make anyone feel
slightly more feminine during a
trip to the gym. Find them at
CristaBelasBoutique.com.
For those who love sparkles and
glitter, they need look no further
than Ever So Lovely Designs.
The only way to describe these
necklaces and earrings is shiny.
These light catching pieces come
in the brightest cerulean and the
richest violet and are made to
be noticed. Ever So Lovely can
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in creating matching jewelry as
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By Ted AYALA
Photo Courtesy Steve Moyer, PR
Richard Sherman, left, stands
with Disney representative
Mickey Mouse, right, at the
presentation ceremony for his
honorary window on Main
Street, U.S.A.
Lovers of the rare and exotic, watch
out! A “Gnarwhallaby” sighting is set to
take place tonight at the Neighborhood
Church in Pasadena.
Before you reach for your rifle and
supply of tranquilizer darts, just what
exactly is a “Gnarwhallaby?” Well, for
starters, it isn’t an “it,” but rather
a “them.” As in Cal Arts alums and
fellow Wild-Up members Brian Walsh
(clarinets), Matt Barbier (trombones),
Richard Valitutto (keyboards), and
Derek Stein (cello).
Founded in 2011, the group
has quickly found its niche in Los
Angeles’
burgeoning
alt-classical
scene, performing a diverse repertoire
ranging from the late Henryk Gorecki
to worksC Mspecifically commissioned for
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Gnarhwhallaby.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m., they’ll be
performing a program of music by
Nicholas Deyoe, Martin Smolka,
Nicholas Deyoe, Fernando Barros,
Witold Szalonek and pianist-composer
Steffen Schleirmacher.
Tickets and more information can be
obtained by contacting Gnarwhallaby at
[email protected], or by visiting
www.gnarwhallaby.com.
Then on Saturday night, the Santa
Cecilia Orchestra brings its 20th season
to a close with a fundraiser event at the
Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock.
The event begins at 7:30 p.m. with
wine and light appetizers, followed by
chamber music played by members of
the orchestra. There will also be a silent
auction held. Proceeds from the event go
to help fund the orchestra.
For tickets and more information, call
(323) 259-3011, or visit the orchestra’s
website at www.scorchestra.org.
Presented by the
Downtown Glendale
Association
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SPIDEY from page 20
great; the cartoony look of Spidey
flying around looks rubbery – it’s
just a mess.
But if you can suspend your
disbelief and just accept the
effects, the movie is pretty good.
Not the best super hero movie
ever, but enjoyable. A lot of film
critics hated this movie with a
fiery passion, as did my dad who
went to the movie with me. But
after last weekend’s Free Comic
Book Day and hearing some nerds
talk about how much they enjoyed
it, I have come to a revelation.
This is a comic book movie, not
a movie based on a comic book.
Let me explain the difference. I
read comic books every day. I love
the medium and the way in which
the stories are told. They are
ridiculous and over-the-top and
awesome. For frame of reference,
the Amazing Spider-Man comic
book relaunched last week after
more than a year of being Superior
Spider-Man, where arch nemesis
Doctor Octopus took over Peter
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Weekly
Horoscopes
by John Deering and John Newcombe
Provided by horoscope.com
May 5, 2014 - May 11, 2014
With a weakening Grand Cross in place, there may be a gradual easing of pressure
that’s most welcome. The Sun sextiles Jupiter on Tuesday, making this an excellent
time for social events or moving outside your comfort zone. Mercury enters Gemini on
Wednesday, encouraging plenty of interaction and allowing curiosity to take the lead. Take
it easy when the Sun opposes Saturn on Saturday - it could lead to frustration. Finally,
Venus opposes Mars and Mercury squares Neptune on Sunday, so watch out for mixed
signals or misplaced passions.
CALENDAR this
57th Annual Pancake Breakfast at
the YMCA
The Y will be bringing the community
together at the 57th Annual Pancake
Breakfast on Saturday, May 10 from 6:30
a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Crescenta-Cañada
Family YMCA. The annual event is put
on by the dads and kids from the Tribes
program (formerly known as Indian
Guides).
Tickets, which can be purchased the
day of the event or in advance at the Y,
are $5 for all you can eat pancakes and
sausage.
For more information, contact Craig
Strazzeri at Cstrazzeri@ymcafoothills.
org or call (818) 790-0123.
WALKING TOUR OF MONTROSE
The Historical Society of the
Crescenta Valley will be sponsoring a
walking tour of Montrose led by Robert
Newcombe at 11 a.m. on May 10. Space
is limited; please RSVP to Joanna at (818)
248-1707. Come learn about Montrose
from the man who literally wrote the
book!
CALTECH PRESENTS 34TH
ANNUAL BANDORAMA
Caltech will present its 34th Annual
BANDORAMA concert featuring the
Caltech-Occidental Concert Band and
the Caltech Monday Night Jazz Band.
This event will take place on Friday, May
9 and Saturday, May 10 at 8 p.m. in Ramo
Auditorium.
The Caltech - Occidental Concert
Band, directed by William Bing, will
present Paul Asimow and Zachary
Erickson as guest conductors, Julia Ziac
as horn soloist, Kjerstin Williams as vocal
soloist, and Les Deutsch performing his
own composition “Concerto for Organ
and Concert Band”. There will also be
music by Grainger, Ticheli, Deutsch,
Gershwin, Whitacre, and Saint-Saëns.
This program will also take place in the
Disney Concert Hall on June 18 at 7 p.m.
The Caltech Monday Night Jazz Band,
directed by Barb Catlin will present a
tribute to Los Angeles composers Bill
Holman, John Bambridge and Allen
Carter plus music by Pat Metheny, Thad
Jones & New York composer Magali
Souriau.
Admission is free and no tickets are
required. For more information, call
(626) 395-3295 or visit bands.caltech.
edu.
LCWC HOSTING TEA
The La Crescenta Woman’s Club
is having a spring tea party at the
clubhouse on Saturday, May 10. Seating
begins at 11 a.m. Lunch includes tea,
sandwiches, scones and desserts. The
afternoon features a silent auction and
an award will be presented for the best
hat.
The cost is $25 per person. Make
checks payable to the La Crescenta
Woman’s Club and mail to P.O. Box 106,
Verdugo City 91046. Proceeds benefit
local charities. The LCWC is a non-profit
organization.
For more information, contact Dawna
Berger at (818) 957-6939.
La Crescenta Woman’s Club, 4004 La
Crescenta Ave., La Crescenta
AAUW GLENDALE MAY BRANCH
MEETING
The May meeting of the AAUW is
being held at Oakmont Country Club
on Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m. to 11
a.m. The cost is $25 per person that
includes brunch.
The program includes a presentation
to student grant awardees. Speaker
is Alen Andriassian, Outreach and
Assessment manager at Glendale
Community College. Andriassian will
discuss the full range of counseling
and assessment systems available to
students.
For reservations, call Susie Robinson
at (818) 951-6104.
Oakmont Country Club, 3100
Country Club Drive, Glendale
NEWS FROM THE LLHS
Little Landers Historical Society
announces a program in May that
focuses on the importance of collecting
oral histories and saving the stories
about our lives, experiences and the
times in which we lived. Guest speaker
will be oral historian and filmmaker Ellie
Kahn.
On May 10, Kahn will be at Bolton
Hall to offer a hands-on workshop
experience in collecting oral histories.
Learn the basics of interviewing and
sharing experiences in order to collect
our personal and family’s stories.
The program is free and open to the
public and begins at 1 p.m. Everyone is
welcome.
Additional information is available
from Little Landers Historical
Society, (818) 352-3420; www.
littlelandershistoricalsociety.org or
email [email protected].
Bolton Hall Museum is located at
10110 Commerce Ave., Tujunga
WDR HOSTS FAMILY CONFLICTS
WORKSHOP
Women’s Divorce Resource is hosting
a workshop on resolving family conflicts
on May 13 at 6 p.m. at 330 N. Brand
Blvd. in the second floor conference
room. Guest speaker is attorney
Ronald Supancic, founder of The Law
Collaborative. He is a certified family
law specialist, law litigator, mediator
and collaborative divorce practitioner.
For more information, email info@
womensdivorceresource.org or call
Mona (818) 396-6590
EXCITING RIVER ‘JOURNEY’
PLANNED
The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club will
present Bryan Brown’s, “Kayaking the
Colorado River” on Tuesday, May 13 at
7:30 p.m. at the La Crescenta library.
“Man completes historic journey…”
The man would be Bryan Brown who
put his kayak down into Wyoming’s
Wild River to paddle down the Green
and Colorado rivers with the intention
of retracing the historic 1869 journey
of John Wesley Powell. Join us for this
exciting trip.
News of conservation and outings
begin the program. Refreshments will
be served and everyone is welcome.
Please call Wayne Fisher, program chair,
for more information at (818) 353-4181.
La Crescenta Library is located at
2809 La Crescenta Ave., La Crescenta.
GLENDALE QUILT GUILD
The featured speaker at the Glendale
Quilt Guild meeting on May 14 is
Jennifer Rapacki. The topic is “Creativity
Unleashed – Modern Technology
for Quilters.” She will also present a
workshop on Saturday, May 17 on using
Photoshop Elements.
The Glendale Quilt Guild meets the
second Wednesday of each month
at the First Congregational Church
of Glendale, 2001 Cañada Blvd. in
Glendale at 6:30 p.m. for social and 7
p.m. meeting. The cost is $5 for visitors
and is free for members.
CVHS CLASS OF ’74 PREREUNION EVENT
The Crescenta Valley High School
class of 1974 is having a pre-reunion
event at Montrose Bowl on Friday
evening, May 16 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
All ’74 Falcon classmates are welcome
to attend. Beer, bowling and barbecue!
No cost to attend.
‘CELESTIAL SONGBOOK’
PRESENTED BY TOWNE
SINGERS
The Towne Singers, under the
direction of Lance Merrill and
accompanied by Ben Mason, present
their spring concert “Celestial
Songbook” on Saturday, May 17 at 7
p.m. at the new state-of-the-art Arcadia
Performing Arts Center located at 188
Campus Drive in Arcadia.
The choral music will be
complemented by a narrative that
provides a historical perspective on
key milestones in astronomy, and
acknowledges the major contributions
that local institutions (namely the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – JPL
– and CalTech) have made to the
understanding of the cosmos. The
concert will be supplemented with
celestial lighting effects and projections.
The Los Angeles Astronomical
Society will sponsor a “Star Party” and
set up several telescopes outside the
theater focused on “celestial objects”
(stars and planets) following the concert.
Tickets are adult $20, children (3-10)
are $10 and groups (10 or more) are $15.
For information on the Towne
Singers, call (818) 275-4117 or email
[email protected].
CLEAN UP DAY IN GLENDALE
The 26th Annual Great American
Clean Up in Glendale is on Saturday,
May 17 at 8:30 a.m. Each year hundreds
of volunteers gather to assist with a
variety of community beautification
projects, including graffiti removal and
mural painting, gardening projects, litter
and trash pickup, weed abatement and
more. This is a great event for families,
community groups, and civic-minded
businesses to express their community
pride. Volunteers will enjoy a fun-filled
community barbecue after completing
their work.
A ARIES March 21 - April 19
G LIBRA Sept. 23 - Oct. 22
You may start the week feeling lighthearted
and playful, but plans could change if you get
involved in a power struggle. Mercury’s move
into Gemini encourages plenty of conversation
and interaction. However, there’s a chance you
could say the wrong thing and regret it later,
so think about the consequences. Finances
may be strained over the weekend, but with
careful planning you can still do all the things
you intend. There just might not be much left
over for the little extra.
Venus encourages greater relationship
harmony if you and your sweetheart are
willing to talk. There’s a chance you’ll be
busy with your own agendas, which could
make it hard to meet halfway. But as Mercury
eases into Gemini the idea of exploring new
places, seeking new forms of entertainment,
and expanding your horizons could increase
your social circle and bring extra sparkle to
your love life. Tension may ratchet up in one
relationship over the weekend, but you’ll need
to watch out for mixed signals.
B TAURUS April 20 - May 20
Someone has all the right words to light your
fire. However, if they’re asking you to make
a decision and you aren’t ready, let things
settle first. Finances come into their own,
encouraging wheeling and dealing and an
opportunity to reorganize money matters.
A relationship could be under stress on
Saturday, particularly if a partner or love
interest seems stubborn. Taking the path of
least resistance could mean they’re firmly on
your side by Sunday. On another note, keep
your personal information safe!
C GEMINI May 21 - June 20
An intuitive hunch might encourage you to
explore a new career idea with potential.
Mercury moves into your sign midweek,
bringing good cheer, good fortune, and
friendly folk, so enjoy your company. Take it
easy over the weekend should energy levels
seem to be lower than usual. You might need
a complete rest and chance to recharge.
Although passion may be aroused, or a new
romance feel on shaky ground, your love life
can stabilize if you’re willing to go with the flow.
CANCER June 21 - July 22
If an interesting invitation arrives, it could
make for a different kind of week. A positive,
sociable blend of energies could help a
budding romance develop or bring a chance
to spend a few hours with good friends.
From midweek you’ll be in touch with your
intuitive awareness, which could help guide
you to more easily make those important life
decisions. However, romance could hit a rough
patch over the weekend unless you’re willing
to get to the heart of the problem.
E LEO July 23 - August 22
Tuesday can be excellent for closing a lucrative
business deal, getting funding, and generally
attending to career matters or long-term goals.
Your social life picks up once Mercury eases
into Gemini midweek, with more opportunities
for networking, interacting, and enjoying
the company of friends and associates. The
weekend could spotlight a conflict between
your future intentions and your family’s
expectations, but a refusal to argue could
smooth ruffled feathers. There’s the chance of
a meeting with sizzling chemistry on Sunday.
F VIRGO August 23 - Sept. 22
Someone may seek out your company early
on, leading to a fun night out and a chance
to explore new entertainment venues. Travel
opportunities could lead to new friendships
and perhaps romance. Career options look a
lot livelier from midweek. You’ll benefit from
information gathering as well as connecting
with the right people. Agreeing to disagree may
be the easiest option on Saturday - otherwise
you could provoke an argument. The weekend
can be fun for shopping, but plan ahead rather
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continued on following page than buy impulsively.
H SCORPIO Oct. 23 - Nov. 21
A delightfully positive transit early in the week
encourages you to explore your options,
especially where travel, adventure, learning,
and higher education are concerned. The
willingness to take on a challenge might
give extra sparkle to a business or romantic
relationship. Shared finances could get a
boost, as Mercury’s presence encourages
sorting out looming money issues. Although
you may not see eye to eye with someone
on Saturday, patience and honesty can help
resolve what could be a tricky issue!
I SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 - Dec. 21
Attending to issues related to health and
work can bring some stability to your
affairs. Tuesday offers a chance to consider
a potentially lucrative business deal or join
forces on a project. Sharing talents and
abilities could make success more possible
than going it alone. Mercury eases into
Gemini and lights up your relationship sector,
enlivening key relationships and encouraging
positive communication. Take it easy over the
weekend should energy levels dip. Take time
to recharge if necessary.
J CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 19
Romance and creative activities add a sensual
and delightful touch this week. You may seek
sources of pleasure that will enrich your life
romantically and culturally. Explore talents,
enjoy colors, and have a ball. Work and lifestyle
issues leap into focus as Mercury enters
Gemini. You might be motivated to research
wellness and job options, particularly if doing
so adds exciting challenges or healthier
options to your life. Although a relationship
could frustrate you, keep the conversation
going and all will be well.
K AQUARIUS Jan. 20 - Feb. 18
The pleasures of home may act as a soothing
balm, helping to combat stress or anxiety,
particularly if you make time to relax and
recharge. After a period of mainly living on
your nerves, the chance to kick back could be
very welcome. Meanwhile, Mercury’s move
into Gemini enhances romantic potential.
Your flirt-o-meter could be running on high
this week, with plenty of opportunities to enjoy
yourself and find new love. The weekend, in
particular, looks like fun, but beware of mixed
signals.
. PISCES Feb. 19 - March 20
An easygoing connection on Tuesday can
help expand creative and romantic options,
paving the way for a fun love adventure. Later,
home and family affairs are in focus, with
Mercury spotlighting more opportunities for
entertainment and fun evenings with good
pals. Don’t let someone’s stubborn approach
get to you on Saturday. Let any frustration
slide and by Sunday the matter might well be
resolved. If shopping on Sunday, go easy. The
temptation to splurge could be overwhelming.
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SAVE THE DATE
thursday, may 15, 2014
The Glendale Police Foundation
The Glendale Bar Association
The Kiwanis Club of Glendale
19th
Annual
Glendale Police
present the
Awards Luncheon
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Glendale Hilton
100 W. Glenoaks Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91203
11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Join us as we recognize and honor
the men and women of the Glendale Police
Department who keep us safe 365 days a year.
Tickets and sponsorships available at:
www.glendalepolicefoundation.org
For more information, contact
Lt. Bruce Fox at [email protected]
818-937-8708
GLENDALE POLICE FOUNDATION
PO Box 10142
Glendale CA 91209-0142
www.glendalepolicefoundation.org
JUST FOR FUN
CALENDAR THIS from previous page
Join us in Perkins Plaza, right behind meatballs, herring, red potatoes, mashed
Glendale City Hall. Pre-registration is rutabagas, cucumber salad, coleslaw dill
rolls, dessert and beverage. The cost is
required by May 9.
Free Continental breakfast and $20 adults, $10 children.
Social hour is at 6 p.m. Reservations
barbecue lunch.
Free T-shirts (limited
supply). Community service credit for due by May 24; please call Margaret
students. Get more information online Shuler at (626) 303-6465 with questions.
Dinner held at the Fellowship Hall,
at www.CleanUpGlendale.org or phone
Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 1700
(818) 937-8334.
Foothill Blvd., La Cañada.
PRUITT TO SPEAK ON
ADA GATES PATTON PART OF
EDUCATION CHALLENGES
La Crescenta educator Greta Pruitt SANTA ANITA MYSTIQUE AND
will be featured at the Cañada Crescenta FUN
The first U.S. licensed female farrier
Democratic Club meeting on Sunday,
May 18 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the home (equine hoof care specialist) Ada Gates
of Jane and Marty Chetron of La Cañada. is the honorary chair of the Santa Anita
Dr. Pruitt will speak on the challenges Mystique and Fun event benefitting
faced by public education in the Women At Work. The fundraiser takes
current political environment. She has a place at Santa Anita Race Track on
distinguished background as a teacher, Saturday, May 31 from 11:30 a.m. to
administrator and college professor and 2:30 p.m. Participants will enjoy racing
has lived in La Crescenta since 1951. excitement, lunch buffet, free valet
Among her accomplishments is 11 parking, hat contest, paddock tours,
years as principal of 32nd St/USC, a K-12 raffles prizes and much more including
magnet school for visual and performing unique insights into Santa Anita legends
arts in the LAUSD. She also managed a by Gates.
Tickets are $90 for adults, $45 for
team of school reform consultants as
director of the Urban Learning Centers. children ages 7-16. Call (626) 796-6870.
Club business will include Also available at www.womenatwork.
consideration of a donation to the org.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign
EMPTY BOWLS BENEFIT FAMILY
Committee.
More information can be found at PROMISE
http://canadacrescentadems.org.
An Empty Bowl event is taking
place on Sunday, June 1 from 12:30
CASINO NIGHT KICKS OFF
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The lunch benefits
FIESTA DAYS
Family Promise of the Verdugos www.
The La Cañada Flintridge Community Familypromiseverdugos.org and the
Center’s annual Casino Night will again local first time homeless families as they
be the kick-off event for La Cañada transition into independence.
Currently Family Promise of the
Fiesta Days activities. Scheduled for
Friday evening, May 23 at 6:30 p.m., the Verdugos has 25 faith congregations
event will bring together more than 200 in Burbank, Glendale, North Hollywood
for a fun evening of Black Jack, Craps, and Eagle Rock and community partners
Roulette, and a Texas Hold ’Em poker including the Burbank Community
tournament. Guests will also have the YMCA.
The Empty Bowl event is $35 a person
opportunity to bid on prizes in both the
that provides a choice of soup served in a
silent auction and prize raffles.
Two tickets for the Kiwanis’ annual handcrafted bowl that the guest will take
Gourmet Food & Wine Festival along home. It will be hosted at the Carlson
with in-home wine tastings will be Center, Glendale First United Methodist
Church in Glendale. Sponsorships are
auctioned off.
Last year’s event sold out. Ticket also very much needed and appreciated.
Purchase tickets or make your
information is at www.cclcf.org.
donation online at http://familypromise.
donordrive.com/event/EmptyBowl.
SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS
LUNCHEON AND PROGRAM
Showers Of Blessings luncheon CALTECH-OCCIDENTAL
and program will be presented by the CONCERT BAND TO PERFORM IN
Pasadena Women’s Connection on WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
The Caltech - Occidental Concert
Wednesday May 21 at 11:30 a.m. at the
Women’s City Club in Pasadena. A baby Band, directed by William Bing, is going
shower will be hosted for the Elizabeth to perform in Walt Disney Concert Hall
House. Terry Bright, director of Programs, on June 18. This celebrated ensemble,
will speak about the work done with which has performed in Carnegie Hall
and the Great Wall, will perform as part
homeless, pregnant residents there.
Motivational speaker Tamara Turner of a concert of ensembles from around
will talk on pursuing career and college the world.
On the program will be the world
in her story, “Inspired by My Mom.”
Tickets are $23. For reservations, call premiere of a work for organ and concert
Darlene at (818) 353-2212 or Carole (818) band by the band’s multi-talented
composer-in-residence, Dr. Leslie
790-1907.
Women’s City Club, 160 N. Oakland Deutsch. Also appearing on the program
and conducting his own work will be
Ave., Pasadena
world famous composer and conductor,
Frank Ticheli. Paul Asimow, a professor
CPR CLASSES AT USC VHH
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital offers of geology and geochemisty, will also
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guest conduct, and Kjerstin Williams,
training classes to community members who received her PhD in robotics from
Caltech, will be the vocal soloist singing
to help them learn this important skill.
Class will be held on June 28 from songs composed by George Gershwin.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. at Disney
6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Heartsaver
Hall.
Tickets go on sale around May 1,
certification classes, which are part
of the hospital’s family education and will be available for $30 each at
program, provide instruction for CPR Ticketmaster or the box office at Walt
skills, including adult/child one-person Disney Concert Hall.
For more information, call (626) 395rescue and choking maneuvers.
CPR classes are offered at USC- 3295 or visit bands.caltech.edu.
VHH, located at 1812 Verdugo Blvd. in
Glendale 91208, in the Council Room ARC PRESENTS FINE WINE,
FOOD
(located on the fourth floor lobby).
The Glendale-Crescenta Valley
The class fee is $60 per person
Chapter of the American Red Cross
(includes textbook).
Reservations are required. For more sponsors an event that features a
information or to register, call (818) 952- selection of wines, light appetizers,
cheeses and fine chocolates.
2272 or visit www.uscvhh.org.
Fritz Coleman, popular Channel
4 weatherman, will make a guest
SONS OF NORWAY
The Sons of Norway Edvard Grieg appearance as well.
Tickets are $60 per person or $100
Lodge is celebrating its 57th anniversary
on May 31 with a catered Norwegian for two people. For information or to
dinner of cold poached salmon, purchase, call 818-243-3121, Ext. 0.
This annual fundraising event
takes place on Thursday June 19 from
5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Forest Lawn
Glendale Museum, 1712 S. Glendale
Ave., Glendale.
DBSA OFFERS SUPPORT GROUP
Depression Bipolar Support Alliance
(DBSA) has a support group meeting
every Tuesday at Vallejo Drive Adventist
Church in Glendale every Tuesday from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. DBSA provides hope,
help, and support through peer-based,
recovery oriented empowering services,
and resources when people need them
and how they need to receive them.
For more information, call Wanda
Sellers at (818) 352-4346, email
[email protected] or visit
dbsalosangelesne.org.
Vallejo Drive Adventist Church, 300
Vallejo Dr., Room 106 in Glendale.
NEWS FROM FRIENDS OF THE
SUNLAND-TUJUNGA BRANCH
LIBRARY
The bookstore of the Friends of the
Sunland-Tujunga branch of the library,
which is located inside the library, is
filled with used books on almost every
subject. There are books on psychology,
religion, self-help, cooking, classics and
many more subjects. It is open during
library hours (except evenings). Prices
range from 10 cents to a few dollars. All
books are donated.
All monies collected from the sale
of these books support the SunlandTujunga Branch Library in purchasing
new books, DVDs and equipment.
The Friends also support programs
for children and young adults as well
as adults. It is a 501(c)3 organization,
so donations are tax deductible.
Arrangements can be made to pick-up
large donations. Call the library at (818)
352-4481 to schedule a pick-up.
Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library, 7771
Foothill Blvd., Tujunga
TOPS OFFERS LOCAL
MEETINGS
T.O.P.S. – Take Off Pounds Sensibly – is
a self-accountability group meeting held
every Monday. Weigh in is from 6 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m.
An hour meeting follows in the
education building of Center for
Spiritual Living, 4845 Dunsmore (at
Santa Carlotta). For more information,
call and leave a message for T.O.P.S. at
(818) 957-8442.
A meeting is also held in Sunland
on Thursdays. Weigh-in is at 6:30
p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m. at New Hope
Community Church, 10438 Oro Vista
St., Sunland. Contact Jeanie Druebert at
(818) 353-5015.
GLENDALE ONE
TOASTMASTERS
Glendale One Toastmasters meets
from 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays
at Shakers Restaurant in Glendale.
Toastmasters is a non-profit organization
developing public speaking and
leadership skills through practice and
feedback in local clubs since 1924.
For more information, call (818) 3144964.
Shakers Restaurant, 801 N. Central,
Glendale
FREE DIABETES COMMUNITY
EDUCATION CLASS
The Diabetes Care Center at Glendale
Adventist Medical Center invites
the community to a free diabetes
community education class held every
Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the
hospital (Committee Room A).
Participants will learn more about
living with diabetes – care and
treatment, healthy eating strategies – the
importance of blood glucose monitoring
and AIC and tools for healthy life style to
reduce the risk of complications.
For more information or to RSVP, call
(818) 409-8100.
Glendale Adventist Medical Center
(Committee Room A - Ground Floor),
1509 Wilson Terrace, Glendale.
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RELIGION
The Rhythm of Life … with God
By Mary O’KEEFE
T
he Crescenta Valley 3rd
Annual Prayer Breakfast
was held on Tuesday in
the early morning hours. About
200 people were in attendance
at this year’s breakfast held at
the First Baptist Church - La
Crescenta. The event celebrated
the diversity of beliefs in
Crescenta Valley.
The foundation of the CV prayer
breakfast, which was organized
by several local residents and
organizations and led by the
CV Town Council, is to bring
everyone together in support of
children.
On Tuesday morning, the
CV
High
School
JROTC
presented the colors followed by
a breathtaking version of the
“Star Spangled Banner” by the
CV High School Charismatics
acapella group.
The keynote speaker was
Roger Kamstra, pastor of Church
of the Nations in Glendale.
Kamstra’s resume is impressive
and
includes
performing
duties as a teacher at Vienna’s
International Christian School
and working with outreaches in
Los Angeles, Folsom State Prison
and California Youth Prison as
well as internationally in Africa,
Ghana, Mexico and Guatemala.
He spoke of the decline in
spiritual guidance and belief
within the younger generation,
comparing it to ancient times.
“The Book of Judges tells about
the history of the Israelites,” he
said. He spoke of the generation
that saw great works from
the “parting of the Red Sea”
to the “Battle of Jericho.” This
generation had children and
spoke firsthand of the wonders
they had witnessed. With the
birth of the second generation,
the parents told the stories of
their parents.
“These were the children of the
men who fought next to Joshua,”
Kamstra said. “They had been
told these stories day in and day
out … this generation remained
faithful.”
But by the third generation
after the Exodus, he said, the
NOTES & NODS
Talcott Offers Lecture
Brian Talcott will present a talk titled, “Responding to God’s
Sustaining Love” on Saturday, May 17 at 2 p.m. at First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in La Cañada.
The lecture will take a closer look at what is involved with making
wise choices and seeking God’s direction to find our place in this
world, said Talcott.
A member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, Talcott
travels from his home in Berkeley.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, 600 Foothill Blvd., at Woodleigh
Lane, in La Cañada.
Grief Support Series Offered by La Canada Presbyterian Church
Grief Share is a six-week grief support group offered at La Canada
Presbyterian Church that is on Sundays from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in
the church library. The support session will be led by Patrice Gibson,
a Stephen minister at LCPC, as well as Rev. Beth Palmer and Rev.
Susan Wallace Moriarty. It centers on a series of DVDs that address
various aspects of grief. Each meeting will also include a group
discussion on a daily topic. All are welcome to attend.
La Cañada Presbyterian Church is located at 626 Foothill Blvd.
The library is located just to the left of the sanctuary. For further
information, visit lacanadapc.org or call (818) 790-6708.
children did not grow up knowing
the Lord.
“Their parents had given them
many things, but they did not tell
the stories of how God had led
them from Egypt,” he said. “They
had drifted away spiritually. How
does this happen?”
He reminded the audience
that today adults need to guide
children, to talk to them about
their spirituality and about God.
“There is [now] a generation
out there that is being influenced
less and less by their parents and
more by the culture,” he said.
“We have an obligation and a
responsibility to these kids.”
Kamstra said in all of his
travels there has been one
constant with children he has
met: “Every single kid responds
when I show interest in them.”
To not lecture but listen to kids
is the way to reach them, he
added. But before adults reach
out to children, they have to
make certain they know where
their own heart is.
“It is time for us who say the
Lord is our God to act like He is
our God,” he said. “Do we have
a rhythm of life that has God
attached to it?”
The morning began with a
prayer by Pastor Bill Flanders
of the First Baptist Church and
ended with a prayer by Mark
Yeager, chaplain at the YMCA of
the Foothills.
Master of ceremonies Arick
Gevorkian thanked all who
attended and then ended on a
personal note. He spoke of how
his life had gone down the wrong
path when he was a young man.
When he was lost, it was a Boy
Scout leader that saved him.
“He took me under his wing,”
he said.
That adult mentored him,
guiding him through his
education and toward the
life he now leads as an active
community volunteer.
“Everyone asks me, ‘Why are
you doing so much?’ I do it
because somebody did it for me,”
he said.
He then spoke of his daughter in
high school who just volunteered
72 hours coordinating and
participating in Relay for Life,
and his son who is a Boy Scout.
He was helped; he helped others
and has taught his children how
to pay it forward.
“Our kids are a reflection of us,”
he said.
Photos by Mary O’KEEFE
TOP: The keynote speaker at the
Crescenta Valley 3rd Annual Prayer
Breakfast was Roger Kamstra, at the
mic, with Bill Flanders looking on.
MIDDLE: The Crescenta Valley
High School Charismatics performed
at the breakfast.
ABOVE: Archbishop Vatche
Hovsepian is greeted by CV Town
Councilmember Harry Leon and Rita
Hadjimanoukian from Supervisor
Michael Antonovich’s office.
RELIGION SERVICE DIRECTORY
Center for Spiritual
Living - La Crescenta
“Where it is our dream to help you build
and manifest your dreams!”
4845 Dunsmore Ave.
La Crescenta, CA
91214
(818) 249-1045
Celebration Service Sunday 10:00 a.m.
Ongoing spiritual
growth 7:00
classes
Wednesday
Night Service
p.m.
and counseling available
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contact Erika Bishop at
(818) 248-2740
Light on the Corner Church
ST. BEDE the VENERABLE
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
(Missouri Synod)
Pastor Jon Karn
1911 Waltonia Drive
Montrose
(818) 249-4806
Sunday services 10:45 a.m.
www.lightonthecorner.org
Lutheran Church
in the Foothills
1700 Foothill Blvd.
La Cañada Flintridge
SUNDAYS AT LCIF
Worship and Communion 8AM & 10AM
Children’s Church 10AM
Sunday School for Youth and Adults 9AM
PASTOR BRUCE JOHNSON
www.lcifoothills.org /818-790-1951
(Missouri Synod)
COME JOIN OUR CHURCH FAMILY
2723 Orange Avenue,
La Crescenta, CA 91214
818-248-3738
www.glcmslc.org
Adult Bible Study: Sundays 9AM
Worship & Children’s Sunday School: 10AM
Koinonia (Singing & Bible study):
Wednesdays 7PM
COME MEET US!
St. Luke’s
of-the-Mountains
Episcopal Church
Sundays
Gathering 9:30AM
Worship 10:00AM
Domingo Misa en Español a las 12:00PM
Sunday School and Child Care
All are Welcome
2563 Foothill Blvd, La Crescenta
818-248-3639
http://stlukeslacrescenta.org/
www.facebook.com:
St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church
A Catholic Community ~
Here to Worship, Called to Serve
ALL ARE WELCOME
Rev. Msgr. Antonio Cacciapuoti, Pastor
Rev. Greg Dongkore, Associate Pastor
Deacon Augie Won
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Masses
Monday-Friday: 8:10 a.m.
Saturday: 8:10 a.m.,
and Vigil Mass at 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
Others
Vespers: Monday-Friday 5:30 p.m.
Reconciliation: Saturdays
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Rosary: 8:30 a.m.
Weekdays and following Vespers
215 Foothill Boulevard
La Canada Flintridge, California 91011
(818) 949-4300 • www.bede.org
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BUSINESS
» Montrose
» Mary
S h o p p i n g Pa r k N e w s
Mardo K has Fine
Jewels for Mom!
Dawson
» News from the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”
By nature, human beings tend
to resist, and even resent, change
but the reality is that change
happens whether we want it
to or not. It comes down to how
we respond and react. Some of
us control freaks may become
completely unglued and be sent
spiraling down an eye-twitching,
heart racing, alarming path.
Well, my adrenaline-filled
friends, change has happened at
the Crescenta Valley Chamber of
Commerce! It is with tremendous
pride that we introduce our new
logo!
J’adore is now open!
If it’s fashionable boutiques that make Mom’s heart skip a beat she will
love J’adore . Stylist Adrian Stark has the eye for fashion at prices that
won’t break the bank. Like Mardo and Taleen, she is just so nice. You’ll
like her right away. The new shop, right next to Faye’s on Ocean View,
has a trendy French vibe with Eiffel Tower graphics, happy lighting, and
petite rolling racks housing the latest handpicked offerings. Watch for pics
of their opening on the MSP Facebook page.
The T Room and Mother’s Day go together.
Just look at all the fine delicacies to be had at the one and only
Montrose T Room (2405 Honolulu). Yes, T stands for tea and there is an
art to drinking it which starts with quality blends, a relaxing atmosphere,
feminine tea cups, and sweet and savory bites to accompany the brew.
Mother’s Day tea is being served and you should call them now (818) 2496677 to make a reservation before they are booked.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our friends. We especially enjoy seeing
moms, daughters and grannies all shopping and dining in Montrose
together. It’s the thing to do! See us at www.shopmontrose.com.
Mary Dawson promotes the Montrose Shopping Park.
She and her family own Mountain Rose Gifts and Revelation Tops.
were submitted by local, talented
students at Clark Magnet High
School, thanks to the support
and direction of Clark’s principal
Doug Dall and Design, AP Studio
Art teacher Nyrie Gharibian.
From these submissions, semifinalists were chosen and expert
final touches were added.
The chamber’s motto, “Our
business is your business,” not
only means that we sincerely
want your business to succeed,
but that we encourage you to join
us and be a part of our business.
A healthy economy is not only
beneficial for you; it means our
community can continue to
flourish, grow and stay as the
many generations before us had
intended and dreamt about.
27 at Scholl Canyon Golf Course.
Entry fee for this year’s event
includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart
for each pair, bucket of range
balls, refreshments on the course,
goody bag, continental breakfast,
plus a delicious lunch of steak
and salmon following the event
with team trophy presentations!
For more information on
any event, you are always
welcome to call us at (818)
248-4957 or visit our website
crescentavalleychamber.org.
» Leila bell
Upcoming events
Meet Taleen and Mardo of Mardo K.
Last year we all watched as a great amount of time, money, and detail
went into building out Mardo K Fine Jewelry (2269 Honolulu). I am
encouraging all of our readers to visit and see the resulting opulence and
good taste. Plus you would enjoy meeting gemologist owner Mardo and
his sister Taleen who are both very gracious and lovely. The family has 40
years of jewelry background behind them and you know it the minute you
walk in. Perhaps it’s the time to surprise Mom with something from their
stunning and simple unique Greek silver line. The Montrose Shopping
Park is a gem destination – literally!
~ Stephen Hawking
The
creation
of
this
masterpiece was a well-thought
out, concerted effort. Designs
June business mixer at
Montrose Travel on Wednesday,
June 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Annual
scholarship
golf
tournament is on Friday, June
Leila Bell
Executive Director
Crescenta Valley Chamber of
Commerce
(818) 248-4957
[email protected]
» Montrose Verdugo-City Chamber of Commerce
The Month of May:
Golf Tournament, ArtWalk, Memorial Day, Arts
& Crafts Festival
May is a very busy month here
in Montrose. On Monday night, we
had a great turnout at our Glendale
City Council candidates’ forum.
Over 70 people turned out to hear
what the candidates stand for and
what their goals are if they are
elected to the Glendale City Council
for a 10-month term. For those of
you living in the City of Glendale,
you will have an opportunity to
vote for one candidate on the statewide election ballot on June 3. For
more information, log onto www.
glendalevotes.org.
On May 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
we will be hosting our 18th Annual
Golf Tournament and Scholarship
Fundraiser at the Verdugo Hills
Golf Course. If you play traditional
golf or disc golf, please come out
and join us. We still have some
places left. This tournament is
our opportunity to raise funds for
scholarships for graduating seniors
in the Crescenta Valley. Food will
be catered by Giuseppe’s Pizza,
Gio’s Baguettes and More, Sake
Sushi, All in 7 Stop Pizza, Montrose
Bakery and Café, Schreiners Fine
Sausages and El Charro and all
are included in your entrance fee
of $50.
I also want to say, “thank
you” to our corporate sponsors:
Andy’s Transfer and Storage,
CV Insurance, JP Weaver, SaddVelazquez-Higashi-Shammas and
Dilbeck Realty Jill Suarez. You
help make our scholarship fund
possible.
Then on May 17 we’ll be having
our first ArtWalk of the year.
We have many new artists this
year and many of your returning
favorites will be on hand. There will
be music throughout the 2300 block
of Honolulu Avenue for you to enjoy
and, of course, wonderful shopping
and dining throughout the entire
shopping park. It promises to be a
beautiful day, so please come out
and stop by the artists’ booths and
get inspired.
On May 26 the chamber is
hosting our annual Memorial
Day service at the Vietnam
War Memorial on the corner of
Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View
Boulevard. Please join us when we
take a moment to remember those
who gave their lives in service to
our country.
At the end of the month is the
31st Annual Montrose Arts & Crafts
Festival sponsored by the Montrose
Shopping Park Association. I have
received many calls regarding
the date because people are not
sure what is considered the first
weekend of June. The event this
year will be on Saturday, May 31
and Sunday, June 1. Please mark
your calendars and tell all of your
friends. You don’t want to miss this
great event! For more information,
log onto www.shopmontrose.com.
Then June starts off with our
business mixer on Wednesday,
June 4. We invite you to “Travel
to Honolulu compliments of
Montrose Travel.” They will be
hosting an outdoor luau at their
offices on Honolulu Avenue. They
will be serving chicken kabobs
from Montrose’s newest restaurant
Seasoning Alley and mai tais
with a pineapple wedge and mini
umbrella. There will be “surfing
music” to set the atmosphere
and a special prize for the person
wearing their best “beach bum”
outfit. But wait – there’s more!
The firefighters from the Firehouse
Brew Company will be pouring their
special Firehouse brews for you to
sample and enjoy. The Firehouse
Brew Company was created by
two Los Angeles firefighters while
extinguishing a hillside brushfire
above the Glendale mountains.
Their thirst for beer and coffee
after that exhausting day launched
the development of a hero’s brand
of products that every American
could relate to. With every product
sold, Fireman’s Brew donates a
portion of its profits to the National
Fallen Firefighters Foundation in
Emmitsburg, Maryland. Now that
sounds like a great night. There
will also be business networking
and raffle prize opportunities.
Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber
of Commerce: Your source for all
things local!
Calendar items
ArtWalk on Saturday, May 17
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the 2300
block of Honolulu Avenue.
18th Annual Golf Classic And
Scholarship Fundraiser at Verdugo
Hills Golf Course, 6433 La Tuna
Canyon Road in Tujunga.
Memorial Day service on
Monday, May 26 at 8 a.m. at the
Vietnam War Memorial, northwest
corner of Honolulu Avenue and
Ocean View Boulevard.
Montrose Arts & Crafts Festival
on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday,
June 1 in the 2200, 2300 & 2400
blocks of Honolulu Avenue in
Montrose.
June business mixer on
Wednesday, June 4 from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. at Montrose Travel, 2355
Honolulu Ave., Montrose.
Melinda Clarke
Executive Director
Montrose-Verdugo City
Chamber of Commerce
3516 N Verdugo Road
Glendale, CA 91208
(818) 249-7171
www.montrosechamber.org
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USCVerdugoHillsHospitalphysiciansdiscusshealthtopicsimportanttoourcommunity.
understanding sports injuries and ConCussions
sports injuries:
•Commonsportsinjuriesinchildrenandadults
•Latesttreatmentoptions
•Injuryprevention
Concussions:
•Definingconcussion
•Examinationanddiagnosis
•IndicationsforERevaluation
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 | 6 – 7 p.m.
usC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Council room (4th floor lobby)
1812 Verdugo Blvd., glendale, Ca 91208
Loren geller, Md, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine. A graduate of the
Keck School of Medicine of USC, Dr. Geller completed his orthopaedic surgery training at McGill University Health Center in Montreal. He
completed his fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. A native of
Glendale, Dr. Geller serves as medical consultant to several local high school athletic teams.
grigor Harutunian, Md, is a board-certified neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist who specializes in the diagnosis, management
and treatment of a variety of neurological disorders. Dr. Harutunian is fellowship-trained in electrodiagnostic medicine. He obtained
his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at the UCSF Medical Center, his
residency in Neurology at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center and his fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at the Keck Hospital
of USC.
this is a Free community lecture. please reserve your seat.
Log on to uscvhh.org/health-talk or call (818) 952-2213. refreshments will be served.
Tolearnmore,visitUSCVHH.org
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