A Celebration Based on ‘Stone Soup’

By Natalie MAIER Paper-made turkey hats bounced up and down upon the children’s tiny heads. Their eyes were wide and full of curiosity as they entered into the school auditorium. In celebration of Thanksgiving, Karen Nagao’s kindergarten class at Dunsmore Elementary held its annual stone soup ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 20 in the […]

Dance-A-Thon Raises Funds for YWCA

The NCL Glendale Chapter’s Class of 2016 held a dance-a-thon for the YWCA’s Adopt A Family program on Sunday. The dance-a-thon was held at the Glendale YWCA from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and raised $1,500 with the funds dedicated to women and children in need in the Glendale community. Each year, the YWCA’s Adopt […]

Rose Bowl Water Polo Club Members Competing in Championship

Devin Grab and Chancellor Ramirez of the Rose Bowl Water Polo Club’s (RBWPC) 18 & under teams at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center (RBAC) will compete on team USA in the 2012 FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships in Perth, Australia.  The men’s tournament will take place from Dec. 1 through Dec. 9. Teams from […]

LCPC Parent Education Partners With International Princess™ Project

International Princess™ Project (IPP) executive director Julie Wood spoke to LCPC’s Parent Education classes Nov. 6 through Nov. 8 on the human trafficking crisis while offering participants the chance to support IPP’s mission through purchasing unique Punjammies™. IPP is a non-profit organization that helps to restore the broken lives of women enslaved in prostitution by […]

Rain Doesn’t Distract from Scouting for Food

By Mary O’KEEFE The annual Scouting for Food event concluded on Saturday with Boy Scout Troop 288 setting up a drop-off drive through so drivers could stay in their vehicle and out of the rain while giving their food donations. The drop-off was at the American Legion Hall on La Crescenta Avenue that sponsors Troop […]

YOUTH Notes

One Vote Per Day Will Make A Difference Thomas Edison Elementary School in Glendale is a nominee in The Clorox Company’s Power a Bright Future grant program, hoping to win much needed funding for the Technology Program. The program that receives the most votes overall will be awarded the $50,000 grand prize grant, and the […]

CCNS Students Welcome Grandparents

Students at Crescenta Cañada Nursery School recently enjoyed the chance to spend a special day celebrating their grandparents. Grandparents’ Day at CCNS has become a tradition when the young and the young-at-heart get to experience a day in the life of a Busy Bear (4-year-old classroom) or a Darling Duckling (3-year-old classroom). Young Bears and […]

Cadets Hold Flag Retirement Ceremony

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School JROTC held a flag retirement on Nov 13 on the school campus. It was traditional, solemn and patriotic and included a visit from Los Angeles County Fire and L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept., CV Station. Led by Col. Worley and 25 cadets from the CV High School JROTC Drill […]

CVAS Students Help in Watering, Planting Trees

Students at Crescenta Valley Adventist School have partnered for the second consecutive year with the Glendale Park and Recreation Services to plant and water trees in the Experimental Forest. The students learned about nature, teamwork and how to give back to the community in which they belong. Contributed by Geri SOFIAS

They’re Terrific

Recognized as “terrific kids” by the Kiwanis AM La Cañada Flintridge Club are Carli Douglas, Alex Salvador, Marc Morreale. At left is Tom Petersmeyer, president of Kiwanis AM. The presentation was made in the St. Bede Parish Hall. The honorees are holding the certificates awarded to them that are signed by school personnel and the […]