A Wondering I Go. Again. Because it’s been several months since I last purged myself of mental “wonderings,” please bear with me while I do a little pre-spring cranial cleaning. First up, a few weather wonders left in the wake of our recent record-breaking storms: I wonder … which local Southern California newscaster was the […]
Hindenburg Park Memories My good friend Art Cobery recently gave me copies of letters he received from former CV resident Paul Brown. They’re full of Paul’s memories of our little valley, particularly during the 1930s when he was a boy. One of those letters has to do with Hindenberg Park in the ’30s when the […]
Music, Memories & Heart Murmurs Let me state up front and unequivocally: I was not yet on planet Earth during the 40s. Or much of the 50s, for that matter. That said, I did grow up with parents who loved the music of the 1940s, an era of the big world war, big world leaders […]
Allies! Two promised updates: In its first month, marijuana sales netted Colorado $98 million in taxes, $20 million more than estimated. One finding from our December site visit was made by Ivette Ruiz, our grant project officer from DC, who said, “Overall, coalition members are dedicated to advancing comprehensive substance abuse prevention planning and advocacy […]
Atta Boy for GASFCU On Feb. 12, I received a call from my credit union, Glendale Area Schools Federal Credit Union, the Risk Management Dept. After I verified who was calling me, [the caller] asked if I was conducting business in Colorado; since I was not, obvious fraudulent activity was occurring on my account. There […]
Hack In The USSR (or) Olympic Dreams & Disappointments One of the easiest things anyone can do once every four years is to sit on the couch, watching TV coverage of the Winter Olympics and carp, complain and generally criticize the genetically blessed, gorgeously fit athletes who don’t live up to media-generated expectations. So here […]
World Famous Goats of the Crescenta Valley In the 1920s, the Crescenta Valley was home to several goat farms for the production of goat milk. Goat milk was then, like now, considered to be a health food. Milk goats were a hot item, particularly in the health-conscious Crescenta Valley where many invalids had moved for […]
Stunned At What She Read My letter is in regards to the startling information given by Suzy Jacobs, executive director of CV Alliance in [the Jan. 30] edition of the CV Weekly. I was first offended in reading that 85% of NFL players participated in [the] Super Bowl with a concussion. Then I had to […]
Our second Teen Trials & Tribulations talk was on bullying prevention, an issue so many people tell me is relevant. Those present heard from Scott Anderle, EdD, GUSD Student Support Services, Cynthia Livingston, EdD, Rosemont principal, David Johnson, anti-bullying motivational speaker, and our own Glendale Police Officer Joe Allen. Linda Evans, retired CVHS principal, acted […]
Dear Neighbors: Like a typical Saturday morning, I was enjoying my front yard with my children, letting them play freely outside, and taking in the beauty of our mountain side community. Then a neighbor broke the news that AT&T plans to construct a 70-foot cell phone tower in the middle of our quiet residential […]