An Opener for the Birds

Football team travels to Santa Paula to play the Cardinals Friday to kick off season By Brandon HENSLEY It was only a scrimmage, but the Crescenta Valley Falcons football team sure looked good Aug. 23 against Monrovia High School. Maybe the Falcons were just excited to put on their pads and hit something other than […]

SPORTS Notes

Time to Lace Up for Foothills 5K Run/Walk The annual Running the Foothills 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run, hosted by the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition, takes place on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta. The event begins at 7 a.m. […]

Girl Scouts Form Musical Group to Earn Silver Award

Reaching out to the community was music to the ears of members of Girl Scout Troop 9361 – so much so that they formed a musical performance group. The Concerto Cadettes plan to perform at various community centers including children’s hospitals, senior homes, and homeless shelters. They are doing so in part to earn their […]

Operation Paracord, Girl Scout Troop 9231 and the Community Center Partner to Save Lives

On Aug. 24, Operation Paracord members with Girl Scout Troup 9231 of La Crescenta gathered at the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge for their first paracord bracelet-making party. An offshoot of Operation Gratitude, Operation Paracord assembles survival bracelets that are then sent overseas to U.S. servicemen and servicewomen to wear in case of emergency. […]

LCF Community Center Preschool Welcomes School Year

The La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Preschool is gearing up for a fun-filled year of play and social development. The preschool is an extension of the Community Center, offering a half-day program for children ages 3-5. The preschool strives to provide a warm, safe and nurturing atmosphere with a wide variety of age appropriate activities […]

YOUTH Notes

Youth & Government at the Y Youth & Government, a national Y program for high school students, is holding a new member night on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at Sparr Hieghts Community Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Youth & Government enables young people to prepare for moral and political leadership through training in the […]

Bernard “Buz” Anawalt, Jr

June 18, 1927 – Aug. 5, 2012 Bernard “Buz” Anawalt, Jr., a resident of Bishop for 20 years, passed away peacefully at Northern Inyo Hospital in Bishop, Calif. on Aug. 5. Buz, the son of Bernard and Marguerite Anawalt, was born June 18, 1927 in Glendale. Buz was appointed a midshipman in the U.S. Naval […]

James Kenneth Glynn, Sr.

Feb. 1, 1920 – July 28, 2012 James Kenneth Glynn, Sr., 92, passed away on July 28 at his home in La Crescenta.     Born Feb. 1, 1920 in LaSalle, Ill., he was a devoted husband of Theresa, father to Kathryn, James, Jr., Patrick, Kevin, daughter-in-law June and grandfather of Shelby and Keiran. James worked […]

Leeland R. Jones

November 1929 – August 2012 Leeland R. Jones passed away in his sleep at his Sun Lakes Country Club home on Aug. 19 after a long bout with cancer. His wife Mary Ellen (Melon) and eldest daughter Nadine were at his side. He was born in Los Angeles in November 1929 to Ralph and Florence […]

Lessons Learned from NNO

By Jason KUROSU Two weeks after National Night Out, held this year on Aug. 7 as a nationwide event intended to bring together members of the community to coordinate with each other to prevent neighborhood crime, the Glendale Police Department held a meeting at GPD headquarters to thank those who organized NNO events in their […]