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by Mike LAWLER An upcoming fun local event is the Crescenta Cañada Historic Home Tour on Saturday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We’re calling it the “Sticks and Stones” tour because the native construction materials used in these early local houses are wood and rock. On this tour we’ll be showing some […]
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A week ago Steve and I traveled up north in a motorhome with our son, his wife and our granddaughter who is just 7 months old. The baby was a good traveler, rarely fussing about being on the road so many hours. But while it is rewarding to have a content child, there is a […]
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FLIRTING WITH DISASTER IN MONTROSE There seems to be a growing trend in the Montrose Shopping Park that has me very concerned for the safety of local residents. I have lived within a block of Honolulu Avenue for nearly eight years and my family and I walk through the shopping park several times a week. […]
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By Jim CHASE On one of our recent walks through the Foothills, my wife and I began to notice how many hair salons there were along the street. As we passed one salon after the other, we got to talking about how many of them we could recall throughout Montrose, La Crescenta and La Canada. […]
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By Mike LAWLER On Saturday, I organized a tour of the Crescenta Valley Water District’s facilities for members of the Historical Society. I’ve done the tour before, but it always amazes me how much work is done for the sake of clean water. Since much of our water comes from wells on the lower side […]
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URGES TESTING PARTICIPATION In April 2009 Crescenta Valley High School implemented a voluntary drug-testing program. I would like to encourage every CVHS family to participate in this program. Drug use and abuse is in every community and our small corner of the world is no exception. Some parents may believe their kids are not participating […]
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I can’t tell you exactly when I started wearing glasses, but it was sometime during my Monte Vista Elementary school years, I’m sure. I remember always taking them off whenever it was time for the annual official school photo. Once, the photographer’s assistant sat me on the stool in front of the backdrop and before […]
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As a self-proclaimed local historian, I am often given minor historical items that people have collected or that have been found in trashcans. A few months ago I got a call from a friend who told me that someone in an old house near him had recently died, and that a dumpster out in front […]
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GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE Dear CVHS educators and administrators – past and present: I wish to congratulate the Crescenta Valley High School on its 50th anniversary. I also thank the Glendale Unified School District administrators, teachers and support staff for a job well done. As a graduate whose children also graduated from the school, I […]
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Last week I wrote about the devastation to our family’s mountain vacation home caused by a faulty joint in a water pipe and many days, or possibly even weeks, of flooding coming from an upstairs bathroom. In late September, after nearly eight months of demolition, rebuilding, rethinking, and refurnishing, the home was finally back to […]