Water Polo is One Win Away
By Brandon HENSLEY Brent Danna couldn’t help but excuse himself several times during his postgame interview to go over and hug several people within the Crescenta Valley High administration, including Principal Michele Doll. Eventually, he had to get back over and talk about why his girls’ water polo team so easily took care of their […]
Lady Falcons’ Soccer Season Ends
By Alan Der OHANNESSIAN The Crescenta Valley girls soccer season came to an end on Tuesday at CV High when the Falcons lost to Pasadena Poly 3-0 in the second round of the CIF Division III playoffs. The Panthers were a force to be reckoned with; they had beaten Valencia 5-0 in their first round […]
SPORTS notes
Bears, Cheer Sign Up The first sign-ups for the Glendale Bears youth 2013 football season and cheer Glendale season will be on Sunday, Feb. 24 at Verdugo Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit the website at http://www.glendalebears.org for details. Verdugo Park is located at 1621 Cañada Blvd. in Glendale.
Kiwanis and Youth Join Forces for Eliminate Project
Several members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada and their sponsored La Cañada High School Kiwanis Key Club worked together selling peanuts at Ralphs supermarket to raise money for the Kiwanis’ Eliminate Project. Kiwanis International and UNICEF joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. This deadly disease steals the lives of nearly 60,000 […]
St. James-Holy Redeemer Students Fare Well at Spelling Bee
Students from St. James-Holy Redeemer School participated in the annual Knights of Columbus spelling bee. Students competed against St. Bede School by grade level in two different categories. Student Curtis Yun won the competition for grade level four, five and six with teammates Dylan Dease, Katherine Min, Kayka Munsyac, and Allister Quizon. Holy Redeemer student […]
St. James Cub Scout Pack #314 Awarded LEGO® Education Showcase Grant
Students invited to build at Cub Scouts are Out of this World! Students in St. James Cub Scout Pack #314 in La Crescenta will be building on Feb. 23 using LEGO creativity. Starting at 5 p.m., Pack #314 will be hosting a LEGO Education Showcase event at St. James the Less Hall. The showcase event […]
YOUTH Notes
ALG Holding Authors & Illustrators at Keppel Assistance League® of Glendale is presenting Authors and Illustrators Day at Mark Keppel Elementary School on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Presenters will be Naomi Howland for kindergarten, Ann Whitford-Paul for first grade, Mary Ann Fraser for second grade, Joe Cepada for third grade, Tim Egan for fourth grade and […]
My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase
Doggone Few Options The last thing I want to be is “that guy” who corners innocent bystanders and forces them to look at 32 gigs worth of iPhone photos of his kids or grandkids. Or new puppy. That said, if you can stand one more column about our new dog, I promise it will be […]
Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler
Abandoned Missile Sites Around Us Those of us who lived through the Cold War remember it as a time of fear of attack at any moment. Russia had its guns loaded, pointed at us, and fingers twitching on the trigger, and we had our guns trained on them. In the ’50s, before the advent of […]