By Brandon HENSLEY There was a young adults book series in the ’90s called “The Reel Kids Adventures,” where a group of teenagers would trek across different countries and tape their (mis)adventures. Ryon Tanara, Graham Freeman and Amy Chan are now taking that concept to the extreme. Freshly out of college, the three of them […]
By Maddy PUMILA A Paradise Canyon Elementary student placed sixth in the 2011 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championship. The competition was held in San Diego from Aug. 13 to 14. Twenty-seven different countries were represented with more than 400 players attending this year’s world championship. Players played 10 rounds, totaling more than 16 hours […]
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN For over four days last week, teen gamers throughout the community, nicknamed the KNIGHTS, joined forces to raise money for Child’s Play, an organization that raises money to give children in hospitals entertainment. KNIGHTS is a club at Crescenta Valley High School dedicated to integrating gaming and charity. An acronym for Kind […]
The eighth grade girls of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 626 at Holy Redeemer Middle School spent the last week of their summer vacation working on their Silver Award, the highest award a girl can receive as a Cadette. The Silver Award gives the girls a chance to show that they are each organized, determined, dedicated […]
By Maddy PUMILIA The Crescenta Valley High School Falkon Robotics Team will be reaching out to Girl Scout Troop 9091 and students at Valley View Elementary School in September, hoping to spark an interest in science and technology. “A large part of what we do is outreach to the community,” said sophomore Isabel Martos-Repath, who […]
The La Cañada Flintridge Community Center (LCFCC) Preschool is gearing up for a fun-filled year of play and social development for its children. “We have been very busy planning new programs for our preschoolers for the 2011-12 school year,” said Director Danielle Caputo. The preschool is an extension of the Community Center of La Cañada […]
Local Soccer Without Borders ambassadors have teamed up with the L.A. Galaxy to promote a soccer clinic geared towards female youth players on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Home Depot Center in Carson. Nicole Bird from Crescenta Valley High School is one of the Soccer Without Borders ambassadors. The “Girls in […]
By Maddy PUMILIA Twelve teenagers, along with two 22-year-old leaders, who left Savannah, Ga. on bicycle on June 25 made a stop at Vons Market in Montrose before heading on to Santa Monica on Friday afternoon. The teens, aged 15 to 17 years, have biked more than 3,000 miles. They are part of a summer […]
Members of the Young Republicans of La Cañada Flintridge, led by its president Alexander Keledjian, will lead the community in a memorial to the victims of Sept. 11, 2001. The memorial will be held in the courtyard of La Cañada Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11. This special event is being hosted […]
By Maddy PUMILIA As a high school senior, first semester is a roller coaster ride: whether it’s taking the SAT, studying for AP classes to impress colleges or writing college admission essays – the experience can be overwhelming or exciting. Either way, it never hurts to learn more about how to cope with the months […]