Heurkins Repeats, Youth Star in Christmas King-of-the-Hill Holly Heurkins rolled to an impressive 71-28 victory over Tho Bui. Heurkins’ team was led by Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees and Seahawk running back Marshawn Lynch. In our Christmas week King-of-the-Hill we are featuring four young students. Carl, Hayden and Gavin Dinger and Taylor Bosveld have played CV […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Elementary school students throughout Glendale Unified School District received an early Christmas present – a gift that opened up an entire world. “What state was President Lincoln born in?” asked Joe Allen, member of the Glendale Elks Lodge, of an audience of third graders at Mountain Avenue Elementary School. “Don’t know? We […]
The students at the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Preschool experienced the joy of giving this holiday season by adopting three families of patients from Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. The preschoolers collected an array of clothing, presents and gift certificates for each of the families in need. A Christmas “giving tree” had been […]
Information packets for private school students residing in Glendale interested in enrolling at Clark Magnet High School in August are now available at the Clark Magnet High School office, 4747 New York Ave., La Crescenta; any of the district’s four middle schools, Roosevelt, Rosemont, Toll or Wilson; the Student Support Services office, Room 203, at […]
The Crescenta Hotel Disaster of 1887 In the late 1880s, La Crescenta founder Dr. Benjamin Brigg’s dreams of establishing a town were coming together. He had built a schoolhouse, and in spring of 1887 he convinced a couple of real estate investors to build a hotel on the corner of Foothill and Rosemont, where Fosters […]
What the Eggnog Wrought Maybe I can blame it on bad eggnog, but the other night I dreamed that I bumped into Dr. Seuss and Clement Clarke Moore while we were all searching for Christmas lights at OSH (they were sold out, of course). For some reason, the three of us got to kvetching about […]
Good-bye to an Old Friend Twenty five years ago at the corner of Honolulu Avenue and Verdugo, a restaurant opened that would touch the lives of many people. I am grateful to say that I am one of them. I started working at the Rocky Cola Café 24 years ago when servers were still called […]
“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white.’” – Bing Crosby Last week, Mt. Wilson had a light dusting of snow at its highest elevations. Short-lived perhaps but it brought the same delight as the first snows in other regions of the country. And […]
The Gifts We Need Traditionally the article I write for the Christmas issue of the Crescenta Valley Weekly focuses on the gift given to us through the birth of Jesus Christ. Regardless what you believe – whether he is the messiah, whether he was actually born sometime closer to April rather than in December or […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Mike Lawler sat down in a chair Monday night to answer questions about his decision to step down as president of Crescenta Valley Historical Society. The way he talked about how eager he was to move on, it’s no wonder he sat; he’s been standing way too long. Lawler was honored at […]