Did you know that according to the U.S. Administration on Aging in 2000, approximately 605 million people were 60 years or older. In 2050, that number is expected to be close to 2 billion. At that time, seniors will outnumber children 14 and under for the first time in history! And along came ASTER –Assisting […]
Encourages PP Participation As a past Prom Plus Tour of Homes host, I would like to encourage Crescenta Valley residents to join the fun. Being on the tour was a wonderful experience. It prompted the completion of a great many “honey do” items on my list. More importantly, it gave us an opportunity to reconnect […]
The Mysteriously Short-lived Triangle Building of Sparr Heights One of the most spectacular pieces of architecture to ever grace the valley was the “Triangle Building,” so called because it was in fact triangular shaped. It was built in 1928 in a triangle-shaped lot fronting Verdugo Road in Sparr Heights, bounded on the other two sides […]
Cal (& His Dog, Spot) Drive into the Sunset Last week, television lost one of its pioneering pitchmen, Cal Worthington. The car dealer was an icon of the early black-and-white days of the industry when TVs were heavy, wooden pieces of living room furniture and required a minute or more to warm up once you […]
Reusable Bags Now It is time for La Cañada Flintridge to join our surrounding communities and move to reusable bags. We should do this not only for environmental reasons but for cost savings as well. All the communities around us have done it. The County did it over two years ago. Glendale and Montrose began […]
Little kids, little parties. Big kids, big parties. I attended the parent session on teen parties led by Paul Royer held at the YMCA and learned we must both set limits and set our children free so they can learn how to be social and control their world. Parents must keep tabs, set consequences, and […]
Garageology, Pt. 2 Okay, so this week we’re still in my garage, digging through the accumulated geologic layers of flotsam and jetsam that come from raising four kids and multiple dogs and simply living blessedly full and active lives for over 30 years in the same home. The plan was to clear enough square footage […]
Murder and Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley “Murder and Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley” is the unlikely title of a new book, co-written by Gary Keyes and me. I say unlikely because CV is such a quiet, nice place – how could there have been murders here? Any community, no matter how nice, has its […]
Board Member in the News Joe Allen, CA Narcotic Officer Association, talked about “Molly” (for molecule), a dangerous club drug you knew as Ecstasy, on NBC4. www.nbclosangeles.com National Epidemic: The Medicine Abuse Project webinar: Ninety percent of addictions begin during teenage years. Twenty-five percent of teens report having misused or abused a prescription drug at […]
Chastises SCPH Southern California Presbyterian Homes, now being called the be.group, conveniently takes away the church front, removes the idea of charity, and deletes concept of love thy neighbor. It does not, however, take away the non-profit status, which seems to be forgotten. And I have just learned that this home for the elderly was […]