By Mike LAWLER On Saturday, I organized a tour of the Crescenta Valley Water District’s facilities for members of the Historical Society. I’ve done the tour before, but it always amazes me how much work is done for the sake of clean water. Since much of our water comes from wells on the lower side […]
URGES TESTING PARTICIPATION In April 2009 Crescenta Valley High School implemented a voluntary drug-testing program. I would like to encourage every CVHS family to participate in this program. Drug use and abuse is in every community and our small corner of the world is no exception. Some parents may believe their kids are not participating […]
I can’t tell you exactly when I started wearing glasses, but it was sometime during my Monte Vista Elementary school years, I’m sure. I remember always taking them off whenever it was time for the annual official school photo. Once, the photographer’s assistant sat me on the stool in front of the backdrop and before […]
As a self-proclaimed local historian, I am often given minor historical items that people have collected or that have been found in trashcans. A few months ago I got a call from a friend who told me that someone in an old house near him had recently died, and that a dumpster out in front […]
GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE Dear CVHS educators and administrators – past and present: I wish to congratulate the Crescenta Valley High School on its 50th anniversary. I also thank the Glendale Unified School District administrators, teachers and support staff for a job well done. As a graduate whose children also graduated from the school, I […]
Last week I wrote about the devastation to our family’s mountain vacation home caused by a faulty joint in a water pipe and many days, or possibly even weeks, of flooding coming from an upstairs bathroom. In late September, after nearly eight months of demolition, rebuilding, rethinking, and refurnishing, the home was finally back to […]
The absolute best symbol of the beauty of the Crescenta Valley (man-made anyway) is the charming stone church at Rosemont and Foothill, St. Luke’s of the Mountains. Built from a painting done by a famous artist, it is visually magnificent. There are many other aspects of the church – the stained glass, the landscaping, the […]
This weather has been nuts! First I’m baking and begging for the air conditioning to be kept on, then Monday night I turned on the heat. Thankfully, there was very little weather-related schizophrenia on Saturday during the annual Oktoberfest in Montrose. I’m active in an organization at Crescenta Valley High School called Prom Plus. Prom […]
Yes, it’s true! Amazing as it seems, one of the greatest American writers of all time called Montrose home for a short while in the 1930s in a house that’s still here! This amazing discovery was made by our own Glendale Councilman John Drayman a few years ago, and is backed-up by several biographies of […]
Our family has been blessed to have enjoyed the frequent and extended use of a cozy vacation home up in the breathtaking setting of Mammoth Lakes in the Eastern Sierras. When my parents originally bought this second home, 312 miles north of here, it was surrounded by empty lots on a street that backs up […]