Mount Lukens or Sister Elsie Peak? For those of us that like to hike our local trails or just enjoy gazing at the incredible vistas of the San Gabriels from our valley, Mt. Lukens is a central theme. It’s the highest point in the range above us and it dominates our valley. But the name […]
Pointers for Parents – Available Tuesday Nights My wife and I, like millions of other anxious first-time parents, bought a copy of Heidi Murkoff’s and Sharon Mazel’s, “What to Expect When You are Expecting” with the belief that this modern-age bible would impart upon us all the wisdom necessary to traverse the new frontier of […]
Overtaxed, Overburdened California This is in response to Jason Kurosu’s article, “Hope Offered – But Will it Be Found – In Jobs Package” on Sept. 1. Jason wrote, “But where Gov. Brown really needs support is from Republican elected officials. Partisan politics have been a strong factor. …” Governor Jerry Brown and the Democrats, ignoring […]
Glendale Unified School District welcomed thousands of students back to school last week. With so many foothill schools, we couldn’t include all of them in last week’s issue. On the next few pages you’ll see how many of our community’s children greeted the first week of school. While our children were navigating the hallways, parents […]
The Girl Scouts of Troop 626 at Holy Redeemer Middle School announced that the newly renovated library is open for business last week. Father Ed Dover offered a special blessing in the new library. The girls had a plaque made as a dedication for their hard work, which was shown during morning assembly by principal […]
Monday, Aug. 22, marked the 37th year that Chamlian Armenian School opened its doors to students with its traditional opening ceremony. Rejuvenated and excited to begin the new school year, students in grades one through eight lined up at their assigned places as parents and teachers watched. Saro Nazarian, the chair of the Eastern Armenian […]
The Falcon Water Polo Club, in its second year of Junior Olympics competition, captured its first medal when 16U Falcon Blue earned the gold medal in the Gold Division at the Swim Outlet Junior Olympics held in early August in Orange County. Beginning the tournament seeded 46th of 48 teams and losing their first two […]
By Maddy PUMILIA The Healthcare Foundation at Glendale Adventist Medical Center is hosting its annual golf tournament on Sept. 15 to raise money for bedside monitoring systems for the hospital’s telemetry unit, which offers specialized care after surgery. The Healthcare Foundation’s 28th Annual Golf Classic is being held at the Angeles National Golf Course in […]
Tickets Now on Sale for Annual Fall Home Tour The Glendale Historical Society (TGHS) is holding its 2011 Fall Home Tour, Glendale Gems: Historic Homes of the Jewel City, on Sunday, Oct. 2. This year’s Home Tour will celebrate the variety of architecturally significant homes listed by the City of Glendale on the local Register […]
Cadet 1st Lt. Niclaus Koeppen, a 2010 graduate of La Cañada High School, was recently honored by The Arnold Air Society. The society is a “professional honorary service organization advocating the support of aerospace power,” which originated in 1947 at the University of Cincinnati. Koeppen is an ROTIC member at the University of Colorado at […]