By Jim Chase
One of the few
things that
comes close
to my love
of watching
stormy, rainy weather is
watching the Olympics – specifically,
the Winter Olympics.
With the closing ceremonies
taking place this
weekend (has it been two
weeks already?) I thought
I’d take the occasion to unplug
my eyeballs from NBC
and MSNBC (yes, I watch in
spite of serious moral questions
about patronizing the
cable station that employs
such dangerously [...]
March 8, 2010 | Posted in
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letters to the editor
Appreciates
the call to action
Jim Chase’s articles are always on-point and much appreciated. His column of Feb. 11 (“A storm of accusations”) was quite compelling with the “call to take responsibility” much needed.
Thank you, Jim, for taking time to write each week, whether it’s humorous or serious. Your use of the English [...]
March 4, 2010 | Posted in
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By Jim Chase
I may have been overexposed to the Winter Olympics. As thrilling and fun to watch as these Vancouver games were, as I watched the NBC credit crawl at the end of the closing ceremonies I was left with acute post-event let down (similar to the melancholy I feel waking up every Dec. 26) [...]
March 4, 2010 | Posted in
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By Mike Lawler
Our history is punctuated by disaster – fire and flood, followed by bigger fires and bigger floods. The cobbles and boulders we dig up in our gardens were deposited there by debris flows that have crossed the Crescenta Valley in the past, and the undulations in our roads are channels and levees left [...]
March 4, 2010 | Posted in
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By Robin Goldsworthy
Like most of you, I feel fortunate to live here. We enjoy award winning schools, beautiful foothills and a caring community. This is particularly evident by the support for the family of Joo Lee who was killed by a hit and run driver on New Year’s Day.
Not only was Mr. Lee’s family emotionally [...]
March 4, 2010 | Posted in
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Historic stone barn is the valley’s latest gem in the making:
–Mike Lawler
Crescenta Valley residents have recently been favored with the choices that Glendale and L.A. County have made on our behalf. The city’s purchase of Rockhaven Sanitarium shows potential as an art-oriented community center. The new library just completed by the county is already trying [...]
February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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By Robin Goldsworthy
The Crescenta Valley is in a state of discovery this month. Many of our local elementary schools plus Rosemont Middle School, Crescenta Valley and Clark Magnet high schools held their annual Founders Day celebrations this month.
According to its website, each year in February, PTA honors the three organization founders as well as past [...]
February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Jim Chase
The hills are alive with the sound of … dump trucks. Honestly, did you have any idea there were so many of the dirt-hauling, diesel drinking heavyweights around town before they all started cruising the streets of the Crescenta Valley? I didn’t. But ever since the ongoing efforts to empty out the debris basins [...]
February 18, 2010 | Posted in
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MIKE LAWLER
Stalled projects are a headache for both neighbor and builder
A couple of months ago, I wrote about an unfinished housing project on Frances Avenue that had become a messy headache for that neighborhood. The property owners have since cleaned up the lot, including significant brush clearance, removing construction debris, and re-fencing the abandoned pool. I [...]
February 18, 2010 | Posted in
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Mike Lawler
A couple of months ago, I
wrote about an unfinished
housing project on Frances
Avenue that had become
a messy headache for that
neighborhood. The property
owners have since cleaned
up the lot, including significant
brush clearance, removing
construction debris,
and re-fencing the abandoned
pool. I hope these actions
have helped to improve
neighborhood relations.
When I wrote that column,
I was unprepared for the avalanche
of e-mail responses
from neighbors [...]
February 18, 2010 | Posted in
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