Ask Phyllis! The Waiting Game Dear Phyllis, Our real estate agent has been showing us homes for quite some time. Last week we finally found the perfect one and we made a formal offer. Our agent was back and forth with the seller’s agent for more than a week and we still did not come […]
By David O’CONNOR Led by number one singles player Arin Meserkhani and the undefeated doubles pair of Charlie Kim and Kevin Rowe, the Crescenta Valley High School varsity boys’ tennis team grabbed bragging rights over their Burbank counterparts by winning 13-5 against both Burroughs HS and Burbank HS in the first two league matches of […]
The Soroptimist International of Glendale will hold its 16th Annual Accolades Live Your Dream luncheon on March 19 at the Oakmont Country Club. Three women will be honored at the event. The Live Your Dream Award is for a woman who is the primary breadwinner for her family and is also going to school to […]
By Leonard COUTIN As the track and field season approached, no doubt members of the Crescenta Valley High School track team flooded local track apparel shops, looking for the right pair of shoes to wear for the launch of the season. Many first time runners were ready to see how they would fare at Saturday’s […]
Broken There was a great movie released in 2014 called “Unbroken” directed by Angelina Jolie. It was a story of a man named Louis Zamperini who was a World War II hero who accomplished much in his life. While Louis may have been “unbroken,” unfortunately I am broken. This week I tripped and fell and […]
By Lisa PAREDES Twenty Glendale Unified students, five each from Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley, Glendale and Hoover high schools, competed in the 25th Annual Glendale Scholastic Bowl on Monday, March 2. First place went to the Crescenta Valley team whose members scored a whopping 82 points. Second place went to Hoover with 67 points, third […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK This year marks the eighth anniversary of the national scholarship competition, the Lexus Eco Challenge. The Lexus Eco Challenge empowers teens grades six through 12 across the United States to learn more about the environment and encourages steps to make it better, not only for their communities but for the rest of […]
“The crisp drenching rustle from the dry foliage of the perceptibly grateful trees… The little plants, in speechless ecstasy, receiving cupful after cupful into the Outspread leaves, that silently empty their gracious load, time after time, into the Still expecting roots, and open their hands still for more.” ~ John Richard Vernon, “The Beauty […]
Scholarship Social Planned Glendale Area Alumnae Panhellenic is a non-profit, community-based organization encompassing Glendale, Burbank, La Cañada, La Crescenta, Sunland and Tujunga areas, with member volunteers from many of the 26 sororities recognized by the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC). The 2015 scholarship social for high school senior girls takes place on Wednesday, March 11 at […]
Hi, CV! We’ve had some terrific presentations lately, and since many of you were unable to attend, here are the salient points that I took away from both Arsineh Ararat and John Howell for your consideration: Food is really important. Eat dinner together at least twice a week. It’s really important for the family to […]