As in the past, the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada (Noon) will set aside a day to honor all of the clergy of the city and single out one member of the clergy for special honors. This year the club will honor Father Tony Marti, OFM, Cap., president of Saint Francis High School. The event […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Her voice was scratchy, but her play on the field? Super smooth. It is often said that left-handers have the sweetest swings in baseball and softball, and Crescenta Valley High School’s Hannah Cookson certainly exemplified that Tuesday afternoon in a 10-0 home victory over Glendale High School. Cookson was three-for-three against Glendale […]
The Glendale Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is holding its 10th Annual Jewels of Glendale: Women of Courage Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 8 at the Oakmont Country Club in Glendale. This year, the commission is honoring as Women of Courage: Shanesha Franklin, Carmen Azinian Libaridian, Carrian Myers, Colonel Nancy J. Sumner, Sona […]
CV Weekly publisher Robin Goldsworthy visited the field at CV Park to cheer on the CSA 6U team that CV Weekly sponsors. The CV Weekly team took on Ballard & Ballard. (No scores are kept for the 6U team.) Team members include Oliver Gough, Andrew Guske, Wesley Guske, Joel Moore, Silas Moore, Josh Petersen, Vincent […]
Thomas Awaipo, a native of Ghana who lives there and works for Catholic Relief Services, spoke to the students at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy about his experiences growing up as an orphan and how he managed to obtain a master’s degree and start a family. Awaipo never knew his own date of birth or his […]
By YooJin SHEEN, intern Throughout the school year, the Crescenta Valley High School Cheer team participates in a variety of events including parades and football games. This season, in particular, the junior varsity team took the initiative to challenge themselves even further by taking part in the annual USA (United Spirit Association) Nationals Spirit Competition […]
Bradford Swensen Hales was born and raised in La Crescenta and is currently a sophomore at Crescenta Valley High School where he participates in the Charismatics a cappella choir as well as water polo and swim teams. After years of piano study, Hales chose to focus on the cello and is a member of […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern The Mountain Avenue Elementary School auditorium was packed with fathers and daughters on Friday night. The occasion was the annual Daddy Daughter Dance hosted each year by one of the school’s Girl Scout troops. This year, troop 15851, a group of junior Girl Scouts about to bridge to cadet, worked to […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern The robotics season has come to a close and the benefits of six weeks of hard work and dedication have been reaped. The Clark Magnet High School robotics team recently competed at two regional competitions. The team did well at both the Long Beach Regional on March 20-22 and the Central […]
Seventh and eighth graders Nick Sercel and Andrew Nettles, students at St. Bede the Venerable Catholic School, were recently recognized as distinguished service award winners by local branch 374 of the Italian Catholic Federation. Branch president Al Restivo and first vice president Mark Mannarelli presented checks for $100 to both young men at two meetings […]