Occasion to Celebrate Announces 2012 Benefit Charities

In honor of April’s National Autism Awareness Month, Occasion To Celebrate selected two non-profit equestrian organizations to benefit from their 2nd Annual Occasion To Celebrate charity golf tournament wine and beer tasting to be held Monday, April 9 at Mountain Gate Country Club. Proceeds from this event will directly support Los Angeles Equestrian Vaulting Club […]

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Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! How to determine how much to offer in a multiple offer situation Dear Phyllis, My husband and I are hoping to buy a home within the next year. We have made a couple of offers which were not accepted. One was a bank foreclosure and there were multiple […]

Women’s Auxiliary Dinner and Auction “Harvest” Funds

The 13th annual dinner and auction A Harvest Fest was held Nov. 12 by the Church of Scientology of the Valley’s Women’s Auxiliary and attended by an estimated 165 people. The event was held at the Angeles National Golf Club in Sunland. The silent auction included hundreds of items and the live auction had a […]

La Crescenta Woman’s Club Hosts Author’s Lunch

By Misty DUPLESSIS On Nov. 8, 67 attendees joined the La Crescenta Woman’s Club when they hosted their annual Author’s Luncheon at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. This year the club introduced debut author Lynn Sheene and seasoned writer Brett Battles and welcomed back Los Angeles author Denise Hamilton. New author Sheene read a […]

Newborg-Ondrejcka Engagement

  Terry and Rhonda Newborg announced the engagement of their daughter Lauren Charlene Newborg to Josef Louis Ondrejcka. Lauren is a 2003 graduate of Crescenta Valley High School, where she was in ASB and was a four-year member of the award-winning cheer squad. Lauren graduated from the University of Southern California, majoring in dental hygiene. […]

Visiting the USS Carl Vinson

By Chris WALDHEIM Recently local businessman Chris Waldheim had the opportunity to visit one of the nation’s supercarriers – the USS Carl Vinson. He shares his experience of a lifetime. A few times during our lives we do something that only a select few will ever get to do. This was one of those times. […]

Questions About Today’s Real Estate?

Ask Phyllis! Must the buyer attend the final walk though?   Dear Phyllis, I recently purchased a home and by the end of the process and for a variety of reasons just didn’t want to have to meet the seller again. Although he knew I didn’t want to, when it was time for the last […]

A Journey of 395 National Parks

Local residents share their experiences of visiting the nation’s parks. Contributed by Fred and Debbie KOEGLER The recent Ranger Rendezvous XXXIV in Williamsburg, Va. was the jumping off point for us to complete one of our lifetime goals: visiting all 395 National Park Service Units. After the Rendezvous, we visited the Martin Luther King, Jr. […]

CVHS Students Volunteer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Event

On Oct. 15, more than 20 Crescenta Valley High School students volunteered and participated at a gathering of more than 100 patients and families who must deal with the daily effects of a rare devastating liver disease known as biliary atresia at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles during a day of […]