In March, junior high students from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School in Tujunga represented themselves well at the Los Angeles Archdiocese Academic Junior High Decathlon (AJHD). Held at the California State University-Long Beach Walter Pyramid, the AJHD was attended by thousands of spectators who came to watch 106 Catholic schools and more than 1,000 […]
The Eagle Scout recognition banquet for the class of 2015 was held in March. The Verdugo Hills Council honored Eagle Scout recipients and gave the prestigious National Eagle Scout Association Distinguished Eagle Award to Ron Sowers. Sowers earned his Eagle in 1963 and this special award recognized him for his ongoing support of scouting. Rosemont […]
Dunsmore Elementary students (known as Hilltoppers), parents and staff participated in the Pennies for Patients program from Feb. 9 to Feb. 29. Pennies for Patients is a program that 28,000 schools across the U.S. participate in annually collecting change for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) for children. Dunsmore Student Council representatives were in charge […]
Valley View Holding Fundraiser A fundraiser benefiting Valley View Educational Foundation/fifth grade class is being held on Wednesday, April 20 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Baja Fresh, 2637 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta. Print the flyer available at www.cvweekly.com/YOUTH and bring to Baja Fresh and 15% of proceeds will go to Valley View. […]
Congratulations to the newly elected Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council and thanks to the over 1,000 people who stood in the hot sun in the Vons parking lot while the long line inched its way to the voting stations. There was more interest this year than in prior years and it brought out more voters to select […]
La Cañada’s John Goddard – Professional Adventurer When I was growing up in the ’60s attending local schools, I looked forward each year to the visit of John Goddard. Goddard was a local man who had made for himself a life of constant adventure, and he would share his fascinating stories. On the day he […]
Feels Sign is an ‘Abomination’ I was dismayed to say the least when I recently drove my 12- year-old daughter by La Crescenta County Park and saw a new sign saying Hindenberg Park [sic], which for our family harkens back to a very scary time. This may seem like distant history to most folks but […]
A record number of parishioners and guests emptied the traditional annual St. Joseph Table at St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church in March. A table laden with “goodies” was sold after the Saturday vigil and regular Sunday masses were sold totally out. The Table contained donated pasta dishes, tomato sauces, homebaked cakes, biscotti and […]
Concert and Animal Blessing at Shadow Hills Pres Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church will host a live concert featuring local group Seven Years on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. Seven Years is an indie contemporary Christian pop/rock band. To learn more about Seven Years, visit their website: musicofsevenyears.wordpress.com. Tickets are $12 donation pre-concert (through April […]
SPRING JURIED EXHIBIT AT WHITE’S The Pasadena Society of Artists presents the spring juried exhibition at White’s Fine Art located in Montrose. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Forty-one artworks are presented by 37 members of the Pasadena Society of Artists as selected by juror Clovis Blackwell. The exhibition […]