As part of its Silver Award project, Girl Scout Troop 9231 of La Crescenta held a special event for autistic children that provided the experience of spending an afternoon with horses. Horses Helping Humans was a concept that the troop of eight Girl Scouts created that focused on introducing younger autistic children (4-10 years old) […]
By Charly SHELTON Master’s Taekwondo Club, located in the Montrose Shopping Park, celebrated its first year in Montrose by raising funds for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. On Oct. 19, MTC hosted friends and families of its taekwondo students to join in a “break-a-thon.” “As martial artists,” said Master Ahn, head instructor for MTC, “we understand […]
Boy Scout Troop 317, based in Montrose, received the Lord Baden-Powell Award at the Verdugo Hills Camporee event on Oct. 12 at Camp Tecuya near Frazier Park. The Lord Baden-Powell Award recognizes one troop that represents the finest of Scout principles within the Verdugo Hills Council and exhibits the basis of all scouting: selflessness, community […]
Scouting for Food Local Boy Scouts will be picking up filled bags of food this Saturday as part of the annual Scouting for Food event. The Scouts left empty paper bags at area homes in the hope that the bags will be filled and left out for pick up. The food that is collected will […]
Name Origins for the Peaks Around Us – Part 2 Continuing my series on name origins for the peaks and geographic features along the San Gabriel Mountains above us, we move east from Mt. Lukens. At this point, let’s drop over the top of Lukens to Big Tujunga Canyon just behind. The “Big” is to […]
A Reunion with High School Angst The 40th reunion of the Crescenta Valley High School Class of 1973, my class, was held last month at the Chevy Chase Country Club. I didn’t go. It’s not that I was out of town. I didn’t forget to put it on my calendar. I wasn’t in bed with […]
Join us for the 1st Annual YMCA of the Foothills Life Walk for Safe & Healthy Youth Life Skills this Saturday at 10 a.m. Walkers start at either La Cañada City Hall (1327 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge) or the Verdugo Hills YMCA (6840 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga) and walk to Rosemont Middle School (4725 Rosemont […]
On Friday afternoon Nov. 8, I met with a member from the L.A. County Parks Dept. in front of the new war memorial in Two Strike Park. As we were talking about the Veterans Day service, we noticed that someone had scratched three of the bronze name plaques. I have a very hard time trying […]
During the annual ceremony at Two Strike Park, local veterans shared their thoughts on how to honor service personnel. By Mary O’KEEFE “Veterans’ Day is to celebrate people who fought for America.” That was how fourth grader Mikael Sakaroff, a Fremont student, described Nov. 11. Mikael was at the ceremony at Two Strike Park on […]
By Ted AYALA Residents who awoke Monday morning to see the sight at Glendale’s Brand Park may have done a double take. One hundred mules were gathered there on the final leg of a journey that began last month, ending at the Brand Library. The parade of mules – known formally as “100 Mules Walking […]