Cheers Chase Another important consideration that you didn’t mention in your excellent and right-on column, Jim [“To The Tall Twerp I Almost Ran Over,” My Thoughts Exactly, Oct. 3] was that the idiot was really lucky that the person behind the wheel didn’t have a heart attack trying to stop in time. In that case, […]
“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.” Fred Rogers Recently the Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition (soon to be CV Alliance) expanded one of […]
Ghost Hunters Visit Rockhaven Sanitarium, But Sorry – No Ghosts! As most of my readers know, Rockhaven Sanitarium, located on Honolulu Avenue in Verdugo City was a high-end rest home for women with mental disabilities from 1923 to 2006. It was unique for its time in that it was run by women for women. Agnes […]
Mowing Down Personal Responsibility “If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” – Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby) I thought of this quote when I read a letter to the editor of this paper written a few editions ago. The writer took me to task for […]
Thanks Vets, Community [On Sept. 29] we were invited by Mike Baldwin to attend the rededication of the Two Strike War Memorial at Two Strike Park. Mike has been keeping us up to date on how things were going with the fundraising and the progress that they were making. It was our pleasure to attend […]
Swept Away By Imagination Growing up in La Crescenta, one of my most vivid memories is of a huge, smoke-belching monster that would crawl along the gutter of the sleepy street where I lived. The glow from its sickly yellow, predatory eyes would slice through the pre-dawn mist and darkness on my street. If I […]
Tuna Camp’s Historical Status Threatened The internment of America’s Japanese-descended population during WWII is still highly controversial today. It was one of the darkest chapters in America’s history. Many don’t realize that a key element of this episode took place right here in the Crescenta Valley. “Tuna Camp” was a Civilian Conservation Corp camp on […]
The Twelve Oaks Debacle – CV Betrayed! My column usually concentrates on history, but this one is slightly different as we’re currently seeing history made right before our eyes. We’re seeing corporate greed and chutzpa on a scale the valley has never experienced before. There are many layers of greed to this story, but let […]
Everyone Knows It’s Windy (Especially in So Cal) Is it just me, or has anyone else had the song, “Windy” blowing around in their head lately? I realize I’m dating myself (something I do all too often, unfortunately), but that song by the ‘60s group, “The Association” was at the top of the pop charts […]
A Dose of Prevention: Protecting Our Teens from Medicine Abuse As parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, teachers, and other concerned adults, we spend a lot of time helping teens circumvent the challenges that could ground them for life. Perhaps one of the biggest challenges teens face is substance abuse. While we may talk to them about […]