Correction
In the April 8 issue of Between Friends, the article From the Ashes should have read that the bowls were made, glazed and fired at Glendale Community College under the direction of Mark Poore.
GUSD searches for new principal
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Unified School District administrators invited parents and community members to a meeting at Crescenta Valley High School on Monday, April 26 to discuss their “wish list” for a new principal. Long time principal Linda Evans announced her retirement as of the end of the school year. Evans will actually be at […]
CRIME BLOTTER
April 25 4900 block of El Sereno in La Crescenta, a purse was stolen and the front passenger window was smashed on a vehicle while it was parked in front of a home overnight. April 23 4700 block of Hayman Avenue in La Cañada, the front driver’s window was smashed and nothing was reported stolen […]
obituary – Narlene “Skip” Boss
obituary Narlene “Skip” Boss Born Nov. 19, 1928, completed her life here on March 19, 2010. Narlene Wallace Barr was born in Fayetteville, Ark. to Harold and Faye Dearing Barr. The family later made their home in Baton Rouge, La. While attending LSU Skip was a member of the PHI MU sorority, served on the […]
Merry what-mas?
On the Friday before the last Saturday of any given April, the northbound freeways out of southern California are choked with SUVs and pickup trucks towing boat trailers and loaded to the gills with work-weary fishermen headed for the same general destination – the streams, reservoirs and lakes of California’s Eastern Sierra mountains. If you […]
Crescenta Valley in the arena
Teddy Roosevelt in his famous “Man in the Arena” speech comments on the duties of citizens in a democracy: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who […]
3 Piggy Opera at Monte Vista
Contributed by Lisa MARRIOTT Monte Vista Elementary School first grade students of Shirley Sycamore performed “Three Piggy Opera” on Thursday, April 22. The first graders worked hard to memorize their lines, make their costumes and prepare for the arrivial of the Big Bad Wolf. Sycamore, who announced her retirement this year, has done a spring […]
KIIS and Prom Plus at CVHS
By Mary O’KEEFE KIIS FM rocked the Crescenta Valley High School campus on Tuesday during break and lunch. Dom and Johnny B. from the FM radio station rolled onto the quad in their KIIS-mobile a little after 10 a.m. “We are here in support of Prom Plus,” announced Johnny B. The duo kept the music […]
Arcadia crushes CV to grab league title
By Seth AMITIN Last year, or two years ago, this might have been a solid match. But turnovers in Crescenta Valley High’s track and field roster and the emergence of Arcadia’s top talent have changed the landscape in the Pacific League. Arcadia boys’ and girls’ track and field squads took it to Crescenta Valley on […]
Veggin Out at the Y
Over 60 moms, dads and kids enjoyed the sunshine, story telling, gardening and demonstrations on making healthy snacks at the Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA. “Veggin Out at The Y” featured La Cañada resident Sonia Chung who demonstrated how to make healthy snacks with goods provided by Whole Foods. Healthy and easy honey banana wraps were especially […]