By Odalis A. SUAREZ It was all smiles and excitement for seniors at Clark Magnet High School as they received their graduation diplomas last Friday. The high school amphitheatre, structured the same as Rosemont Middle School, was filled with hundreds of family and friends who were on hand to watch the 250 graduates take their […]
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Not happy with review Shame on Ted Ayala for his churlish portrayal of the West Covina Symphony Orchestra [“A Road Trip to the Inland Empire with Rimsky-Korsakoff, Liszt, Sibelius, and Prokofiev,” Leisure, June 10] (“….exposed the WCSO’S lapses in intonation….to avoid having the orchestra fall apart….brass….blaring out and drowning….clattery sounding piano….pallor of the orchestral body….”). […]
Last Friday as the sun set behind the Verdugo Mountains which tower over the baseball diamond at Stengel Field, a door closed. A long and storied season officially ended for my family. After 24 continuous years, we no longer have a child in the Glendale Unified School District. I’m sure that, the rooted nature of […]
Last Saturday Glendale reopened part of Deukmejian Park. I urge you to hike up to the massive oak tree, to view the rebirth of what had been a scorched landscape. That oak has seen a lot of our history. This is how it may have gone. Imagine that 250 years ago a small group of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Fathers raise their children in the hope they will grow to be giving, compassionate and caring adults who will sacrifice for others. Well, Felix Pesa is a dad that has proof that all five of his boys have those traits because all five were willing to donate to their dad a life […]
GPD prepares for neighborhood training to cover home security, safety program. By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police Department’s North Area Command Neighborhood Watch will be holding its Quarterly Block Captain’s training on Wednesday June 30 beginning at 6:30 p.m. “We will be discussing home security and how to get more people involved with the Neighborhood Watch […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Commencement of the Class of 2010 was a bittersweet occasion on Friday. As always bittersweet for parents who, by the simple act of their seniors moving their cap tassel from one side to the other, see their children move on to the adult phase of their life. It was bittersweet for seniors […]
“Tis moonlight summer moonlight, all soft and still and fair.” — Emily Bronte Summer has arrived … right on time June 21 at 4:28 a.m. Looking outside on the morning of the beginning of this new season the valley and foothills were blanketed with fog. If one were not familiar with this area they could […]