Just When You Thought Traffic Was Over… I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to give up summer just yet. I have been to only a couple of Memorial Park summer concerts on Sunday evenings and just one Cal Phil concert at Santa Anita Race Track. This Saturday will find me in Burbank […]
A Warm Send-off for the Bogers On Saturday night Steve and I had the privilege of attending the retirement party for Don and Mary Boger at the home of former CVHS principal Michelle Doll. Mary has been a fixture on the board of education for a dozen years, a fighter for children across the district. […]
Revving It Up Along Brand You know how some weekends are roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-it done busy? Those are the ones that you kind of dread because – darn it! – you already put in a full week and now you have weekend chores. And then there’s the kind of busy that isn’t so bad. I had one […]
Summer Time and the Living is … Busy As president of Prom Plus, I look forward to summer. For organization members, it’s a time for us to catch our breath, to look back on the year that was focused on the after prom event for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests. As publisher […]
Free – But Not for Me It’s my pleasure, as owner of the Crescenta Valley Weekly, to be able to offer complimentary (i.e., free) issues of the paper to our friends and neighbors in the Crescenta Valley, Glendale, Burbank and surrounding areas. Of course, having hundreds of folks pony up the $52 a year (just […]
Ain’t Goin’ Anywhere On Sunday, Mary O’Keefe and I were on a radio show – the Body Politic. Don’t be fooled by the name, though; the Body Politic isn’t about politics but instead host Suzanne Marcus-Fletcher is doing a series on mental health disorders and addiction. The show was an hour long and, to be […]
LFL My best friend Amy and I are celebrating our 40th best friend anniversary this year. We met back in 1974 on the first day of school at Byrd Jr. High in Sun Valley and regardless of where our life’s journeys have taken us, we’ve remained best friends. Considering how differently our paths have gone, […]
Amazing People I had the opportunity to attend the most recent strategic partners’ meeting of CV Alliance. The morning meeting was held at the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital with a hot breakfast provided by Montrose Church. The room was packed with incredible people representing dynamic organizations. All shared common goals: combating substance abuse, particularly among […]
“In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner spiritual strength of our nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: ‘We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.’” ~ Jimmy Carter By Mary O’KEEFE he students of the Class of 2014 […]
Reflecting on the End of the (Sch ool) Year Typically, thinking back on a year that is coming to an end takes place around Jan. 1. As for reflecting on the end of a school year … well, it’s been years since I’ve reflected on my own school years. But when raising children, knowing the […]