Hi CV! Tonight, members of our Youth Alliance will be at the CV Town Council meeting to share a report from the National Youth Leadership Institute they attended in July. Our Youth Alliance is an official club at CVHS and had a table at the Club Expo. They also meet on the first and third […]
Protecting Seniors – a Top Priority Seniors are among society’s most vulnerable communities. They often have limited mobility, a fixed income and live alone or rely on others for certain aspects of care. Unfortunately, even when supportive family members are present, misinformation and fear often make seniors less likely to report when they are the […]
Notes on the Armenian American Identity By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN My great-grandfather was born in the Ottoman Empire. He had a business, a family and a community. He fled to avoid the massacre that would become known as the Armenian Genocide, which officially began on April 24, 1915. Of course he could have stayed in his […]
A Day to Celebrate Every Year? On Friday, 9/12/14, though not allowed access behind the gates, the Friends of Rockhaven set up our EZ-up and camp chairs and awaited the curious. We had a blast! People who knew about it but wanted more information stopped by. People who only knew it by its exterior asked […]
Historical Highlights for Your Tour of La Crescenta For those who take part in Friday’s Celebrate La Crescenta 91214 tour, here’s some interesting history tidbits to make some of the stops on the tour just a little more compelling. The first stop is Rosemont and Fairway where a memorial was dedicated to those who died […]
9/11 Memories A time to remember a time we never will forget. Time stood still 13 years ago and as a community we will remember together. Starting at 9:11 a.m. today many of us will stand in front of our fire stations, schools and along Foothill Boulevard as a procession of cars led by the […]
9-11-01 If you’re old enough, you will always remember where you were on 9/11/01 when you heard that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. Eventually the second tower and the Pentagon were hit by planes. Later we learned that a fourth airliner crashed into the Pennsylvania countryside when a number of brave […]
Hi, CV! Tonight is a chance for educators and parents to learn how the adolescent brain learns. Tina Givrad, PhD, gave us a sneak preview of her talk last week and you don’t want to miss this talk. She’s a cutting-edge researcher with a biomedical engineering PhD who learned about electrical engineering to help her […]
Misconceptions, Disappointments and Hopes About the Future of Rockhaven During my recent involvement with the City of Glendale about possible development of the Rockhaven Sanitarium site, I became painfully aware of some disconnects in what the community (and I) expected from Rockhaven, and what the city’s expectations were. Most of us still envision the concepts […]
Prom Plus Club and the Community Prom Plus Club is the youth arm of the Prom Plus non-profit organization. Five years ago, two Crescenta Valley High School students started Crescenta Valley High School Prom Plus Club and for the last two years I have been president of PPC. PPC is not only a fun club […]