Time to Play – Hard – at the Hometown Country Fair “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.” Dr. Seuss It’s finally here! The 8th Annual Hometown Country Fair and it is sure to be a great Saturday for food and family fun. There will be an awesome car […]
By Natalie MAIER On March 22, the Crescenta-Cañada Pet Hospital had a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate its recently finished remodel of the facilities and its anniversary. A short tour was given by CCPH owner Dr. James “J.D.” Speas around the hospital. “[The pet hospital] is 55 years old,” said Speas. “She needed a facelift.” […]
Student education at St. James Elementary School and Holy Redeemer Middle School was taken up a notch with the recent donation of 40 iPads to the school campuses. These electronic devices offer a platform on which students can use a wide variety of educational tools and fun applications (apps). There are apps for logic, mathematics, […]
Rosemont PTA recognized six deserving teachers, staff and community member at its February Founder’s Day event. In addition, the Golden Oak, PTA’s most prestigious award, was presented to music director Rod Yonkers. Also receiving awards were Margie Fester, Jessica Cole, Jennifer Zimmer, Karen Bomar and Craig Dunkin. School board members Mary Boger, Greg Krikorian, and […]
The running of the Y of the Foothills Tribes Pinewood Derby took place on March 9. This program is for dads and their children in kindergarten through fourth grade. The annual derby has been held for over 40 years. More than 100 children raced their cars at the “Crescenta-Cañada Y Raceway,” cheered on by parents […]
The Foothill Boulevard Riot, Part 1 Cruising in cars, starting in the post WWII boom, became a standard part of life for American teens. All across the U.S., masses of teenagers were driving slowly up and down the main street of town, socializing, stopping for food, showing off their cars and occasionally racing each other. […]
The Crescenta Valley High School cycling team had another stellar performance at round three of the five-race SoCal series at the Lake Perris recreation area on March 24. For the second time this season, the team stood atop the podium as the top team in their division beating 25 other tough teams. CV now leads […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday at the Hometown Country Fair at 11 a.m., Boy Scout Kirk Wilson, 17, will complete his Eagle Scout project when he oversees a flag retirement ceremony. Wilson is a member of Boy Scout Troop 390. When he began his Eagle Scout project, he wasn’t certain how successful he would be […]
Puppy Pandemonium I apologize for writing yet another column about canines, but great Danes-a-dancing – what was I thinking?! I’m up to my eyeballs these days in puppy pee, poop, ruined carpeting and gnawed-on furniture. Right now as I’m writing there is an explosion of brown fur over, under and all around the legs of […]
My board of directors thanks the 256 people (by my count) who attended our Community & Family Summit on March 14. We hope you got a lot out of it. Please let us know what you thought of the event through an anonymous survey on our website www.cvdapc.org. Clay Roberts trained people in the 40 […]