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BEACHCOMBER KATE’S UKULELE JAM AND HOLIDAY PARTY The public is invited on Saturday, Dec. 21 at the Elbow Room (formerly Java Brew Coffee House – same location) from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for an informal ukulele jam on the patio. Bring your ukulele, or if you don’t yet have one, come and learn all […]
By Mark FABRICK Nothing like some home cooking to get the Crescenta Valley High School boys’ basketball team back on track. After losing some close, tough games in the San Fernando Valley Invitational Tournament earlier this month, the Falcons returned home to host the Falcon Classic Tournament last week. After opening the tournament with victories […]
The students at the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Preschool experienced the joy of giving this holiday season by adopting three patient families from Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. The preschoolers are collecting clothing, presents and gift certificates for each of the families in need. A Christmas “giving tree” has been placed in the […]
By Michael BRUER The Chamber Singers of La Cañada High School is arguably the most close-knit group on campus. Their unity and cohesion has been charmingly likened to a cult-like mentality by fellow classmates. The 32 members who make up the choir are a group of sophomores, juniors and seniors. Those 16 young men and […]
Information for private school students residing in Glendale who are interested in enrolling at Clark Magnet High School next August is available online at www.gusdmagnetandflag.com, at the Clark Magnet High School office, 4747 New York Ave., La Crescenta, at any of the district’s four middle schools: Roosevelt, Rosemont, Toll or Wilson, and at the Student […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern This year’s mock trial season has come to an end for Crescenta Valley High School. The team made it to the quarter-finals this year, something they consider a great victory. “We had some really good competitions we can look back on and know we gave it our all,” club president Courtney […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern The works of William Shakespeare are often dismissed as incomprehensible, especially by high school students who prefer Cliffs Notes to the real thing. Joanne McGee-Lamb chose to direct Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” at Crescenta Valley High School in an interactive way in hopes of changing the way students view Shakespeare. “The hope […]
May 9, 1924 – Dec. 4, 2013 William John Scully passed away at home on Dec. 4, with his loving wife Helen at his side. “Bill” was a devoted husband, father, brother, uncle and friend. Born on May 9, 1924 to William and Helen Scully, he and his sister Catherine (Scully) Jolliffe were raised in […]
By Ted Ayala Exhuming long-forgotten musical works can often be an arduous task. It can require months, if not years, of careful research, sleuthing, and sometimes a little luck to turn up a musical gem that hitherto lost in some dusky, dusty corner of musical history. Or if one is really lucky, as in the […]