July 2010 Voice of the Village

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Voice of the Village
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Volume I, Issue 9
FEATURE:
Local resident’s community
beautification effort – page 5
Business: What no business can
survive without - Who’s doing the
teaching – page 14
July 1 2010
School News:
What VHHS students learned producing
“Voice of the Village”- page 18
Happy Birthday America
Thank you
Sunland-Tujunga
Richard Stewart
For 27 years the Sunland-Tujunga Fourth of
July Parade has celebrated our country’s birthday
with participants ranging from Mayor Villaraigosa,
Wendy Greuel and Congressman Brad Sherman to
horses, pets and unicyclers.
This year it looked like the Sunland-Tujunga
parade was going to be another city budget casualty
when the Sunland-Tujunga Rotary Club, which sponsors the parade, was notified that the city costs of the
parade had unexpectedly tripled. Many Southland
communities were forced to cancel their parades,
fireworks, and other events. But not Sunland-Tujunga; up here we will still celebrate the Fourth.
So who saved the parade? Some say it is
Marynance Schellenbach, matriarch of the local Lions Club and the force behind the ever-expanding
annual Sunland-Tujunga Watermelon Festival. She
had her fill of the talk of canceling this year’s parade
a few weeks ago. “Enough!” she cried at a community leaders’ meeting at the Chamber of Commerce.
“Not celebrate this nation’s birthday? This parade
will happen if I have to underwrite it myself!” You
could have heard a pin drop.
Other people say that the parade was saved by
Ellis Robertson, Past President of the Sunland-Tujunga Rotary, which puts on the annual event. As the
parade chairman, Robertson phoned and visited the
city offices regarding funding and permits so often
that they all know him by first name. After reading the writing on the wall, Robertson asked Bob
Georgius, editor of “Voice of the Village,” to craft an
article that calmly but firmly put the city and community on notice. He challenged the community to
come together and donate the funds needed to put
the parade on - or lose it. End of story.
Some say the parade was saved at a power
lunch at Al Read’s Restaurant involving some adult
beverages and three of our community’s finest: Sonia Tatulian, Anne-Marie Flaherty and Marynance
Schellenbach. We’re not sure what happened, what
was said at this meeting or how many adult beverages were involved, but the next day 30 “Save the Parade” donation jars were found in all the major retail
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American Legion honors veterans
at Memorial Day event
Richard Stewart
Vietnam veteran Richard Waldron
attended Memorial Day events at Sunland Park.
Flags were flying high on Memorial Day in Sunland Park. A respectful gathering gave tribute and honor for our veterans and service men. Jim Moore led
us in a prayer and Commander of American Legion Post 377 Pat O’Brien gave
a wonderful salute to our fallen heroes. O’Brien was proudly upstaged by his
daughter Kelly, who sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Many thanks to the American Legion for its service to the community and its
continuing camaraderie for our revered veterans.
Pictured above is Legionnaire Richard Waldron in his original Vietnam uniform. When asked if he had a statement for this Memorial Day 2010, he paused,
bowed his head, and said “I hope that every veteran never forgets who they
were, who they are, and who they will always be.”
No one could say it better. Thank you, Mr. Waldron, for your continued service, inspiration, and for never forgetting.
Staff Acknowledgements:
Editor in Chief
Bob Georgius
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Index:
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School News.......................................
Church News......................................
Service Clubs......................................
Who We Are........................................
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Wildlife specialist educates on animal interactions
Jackie Houchin
In a special community presentation June 14,
Wildlife Specialist for Los Angeles Animal Services
Officer Greg Randall spoke to a group of about 50
people on how to get along with the area’s furry –
and sometimes ferocious – animal neighbors. The
event was sponsored by Devil Dog Ranch Dog Training and the Sunland-Tujunga Alliance.
Early attendees browsed the colorful, informative displays that Officer Randall had set up on
tables around the North Valley City Hall room and
collected pamphlets on coyotes, bears, mountain lions, bobcats, opossums and raccoons.
Officer Randall, employed by Animal Services
for 20 years, is currently the only Wildlife Specialist in a program that began eight years ago. His goal
is to help neighborhoods better deal with wildlife
conflicts – which he admits have increased in recent
months, due partially to the Station Fire, but also because of residential encroachment.
He made it clear that the LA Animal Services
Wildlife Division does not remove wildlife from residential areas, but instead hopes to educate residents
on how to lessen the probability of contact, and on
what to do if a confrontation is inevitable.
Mountain lions were first on his list due to an
actual sighting only days earlier near Apperson
Street. His first warning is don’t run - it encourages
a chase. Instead, maintain eye contact (even show
your teeth) and make yourself appear large. Stand
tall, wave your arms or a jacket above your head.
Make loud noises by shouting in a deep, commanding voice or by using a noisemaker such as a whistle,
air horn, soda can with pebbles, or an umbrella that
is quickly opened/closed (sounds like bird’s wings)
or waved about. These are things you can carry with
you if you are hiking, as well as a few old golf balls
or small rocks for throwing. Never stoop down, even
to pick up a rock to throw; you will look like small
four-footed prey. Remember that a lion is an ambush
predator, attacking from behind; look around as you
walk and avoid overhanging rocks or trees.
Bobcats are timid cats and rarely interact with
humans.
To deter wildlife, “Don’t feed them!” is a command Officer Randall repeatedly emphasized. “It’s
against the law and you can be fined or even do jail
time if caught,” he said.
When humans become the providers of food,
water, and cover for wildlife, they encourage interaction that often ends in serious harm to the animals,
and sometimes to people. Some people mistakenly
think they are helping wildlife by feeding them; others do it inadvertently.
Here are some of Officer Randall’s suggestions.
Keep garbage, ripe or rotting fruit from trees, pet
foods (including birdseed), and small pets secured
and out of reach. Clean your barbecue grill after each
use; don’t let young kids go outside in clothes they’ve
just eaten in. Keep plants and trees trimmed up from
the ground and away from your house. Close off
crawl spaces. Install motion-detecting lights, noisemakers, or water sprayers. Add height and/or roller
bars to your fences to deter coyotes.
It is illegal to trap any animal and relocate or
release it elsewhere; Officer Randall was adamant
about this. Bears and mountain lions are the only
animals that have a chance at successful relocation.
Small animals and marsupials quickly die or become
prey; they can also transmit domestic pet diseases
like distemper into the wild. If you call a licensed
pest company, their only option is to destroy the
trapped animal; better to deter them from coming in
the first place.
After the meeting Officer Randall demonstrated
some of the commercial deterrents you can purchase
to keep little and large creatures from your property.
Officer Greg Randall, Wildlife Specialist for Los Angeles Animal
Services, presented tactics to minimize human interaction with
wildlife.
Bears have been sighted recently near Haines
Canyon. These omnivores are usually non-aggressive, although some make false charges. Use the
above scare tactics and give them a wide berth.
Coyotes are numerous and have become unnaturally bold around humans, but they will rarely
attack anything other than a small animal (under 20
pounds). If you see a coyote, use the above scare tactics. Never let a coyote go by without scaring it.
Officer Randall can be contacted at
gregory.randall@lacity.org. To report animal sightings
for the Animal Services database, call 888-452-7381. If a
large animal is threatening a person, it’s best to call 911.
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Bandito Park
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Editor
The first annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life for the Sunland-Tujunga area raised more
than $45,000 to support local cancer patients and survivors.
Heather L. Burgess
To avoid any possible confusion,
please be advised that the field off
Tujunga Canyon Boulevard referred
to as “Bandito Park” is private
property and cannot be used by the
public without the express permission of the owner.
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As the sun rose early on the morning of April 17, the gates were opened and
the teams began to arrive on the track of Verdugo Hills High School. They set up
camp with their sleeping bags and tents to spend the next 24 hours walking the
track, counting laps and fighting a disease that never sleeps: cancer.
This was the start of the first annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life
of Sunland/Tujunga Communities. Participants from Shadow Hills, Sunland,
Sun Valley, Lakeview Terrace and Tujunga formed teams of eight to 24 members.
During the previous several months each team raised money through bake
sales, car washes, restaurant fundraisers and gold parties. The American Cancer
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An overnight forest along Wentworth
Jackie Houchin
The Recreation and Parks Department selects the
appropriate locations, chooses the varieties of trees
to be planted, and makes sure there will be maintenance support until the trees are established. The HB
Team acquires the trees and provides the workers
and the trucks to transport them. Later they will haul
the water to irrigate them.
At the Wentworth/McBroom site the HB Team
volunteers planted sycamores, cedars, four varieties
of oak, two varieties of willow, and several Chinese
Pistache trees (the only non-native species, but very
hardy). They are halfway to their goal of planting 221
trees. Then they will be hauling water by truck three
times per week to assure this young forest thrives.
If you haven’t already, drive by and view the
work in progress. Wentworth has recently been
paved so it’s a smooth ride between Shadow Hills
and Sunland-Tujunga.
The HB Team appreciates the ongoing support
from CD2 and Equestrian Trails, Inc. (ETI) and hopes
to develop more partnerships at their Community
Planting Day in the fall. Watch for the dates and plan
to participate.
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and Stonehurst Avenue) over the June 12 weekend?
Almost miraculously, these hearty souls transformed a stretch of dry, yellow hillside and roadway
into a promising young forest of sturdy green trees.
Driving past, I could almost feel the coolness of
future shade and inhale the freshness of the to-besanitized air.
Who’s responsible for this amazing feat? Who
donated the trees, the planting forces and the water
that’s needed to get them established? For answers I
talked to Sharyn Romano of the Hollywood Beautification Team.
The HB Team is a community-based non-profit
licensed contractor, in business for 18 years, covering
the areas of City Council Districts 2 and 6. They’re
working with the City of Los Angeles Recreation
and Parks Department, which has the master treeplanting plan.
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maintenance. Currently there is funding through
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On July 24, 2010, let’s get together on this GALA NIGHT event to honor
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time to join in our weekend liturgies. Fr. Ron, one of our favorite guest celebrants, is
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bringing the sign to life, it stayed lit
until the sun rose on Sunday morning.
The track was lined with more than 200
luminaria bags purchased in memory
of or in honor of those battling cancer.
Yone Benitez, a local cancer survivor,
spoke during the ceremony.
Early Sunday morning the Fight
Back Ceremony led by Sheryl BuhrSanchez inspired the group to take action and continue fighting back against
cancer all year long.
The 2011 Relay For Life of Sunland/Tujunga Communities will be
held in the early spring at Verdugo
Hills High School. If you are interested
in forming a team, joining a committee
or becoming a sponsor, please contact
Lisa Cleary, American Cancer Society
Community Development Manager, at
626-848-8329.
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nights pounding the pavement to secure an amazing line up of rock bands,
DJs, drill teams, Drama Club performances, garage bands and more. Her
hard work certainly paid off. Oldies
DJ/Emcee Chuck Burgess kept the vinyl spinning and the program moving
throughout the event.
The opening ceremonies included
Heroes of Hope speaker Danella Putna,
a five-year cancer survivor; the Sunland/Tujunga Chamber of Commerce
ribbon cutting ceremony; and most
importantly, a Survivor Lap around
the track with inspirational music in
the background.
Councilman Paul Krekorian joined
the fight and spoke that evening to
all of the guests and participants at
the event. Accompanied by his field
assistant Andrew Hennigan, Councilman Krekorian addressed the group,
engaged with local constituents and
walked several laps on that track.
The Luminaria Ceremony led by
Teri Ann Dodge featured a 30-foot
“HOPE” sign built by her son, husband,
daughter and family friend. With lights
FLYERS
Society directs all of the proceeds from
the event to patients and survivors
here in our area.
The American Cancer Society is
at work in communities all across the
country providing programs aimed at
reducing the risk of cancer, detecting
cancer as early as possible, ensuring
proper treatment, and empowering
people facing cancer to cope and maintain the highest possible quality of life.
No one could have predicted last
fall that 20 committee volunteers, 25
teams and more than 250 community
members would come together for 24
consecutive hours and raise more than
$45,000.
Event chairperson Heather L. Burgess and co-chair Ann-Marie Dodge
worked long hours with their amazing
committee to pull together this 24-hour
celebration. The program featured
food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and
midnight snacks all donated by local
establishments and service organizations throughout the community.
Entertainment chairperson Sandy
Shaffer-Broms spent many days and
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Local resident drives community
beautification effort
Editor
A local resident’s hometown pride
got the attention of local government,
and as a result Foothill Boulevard will
be clean and ready for this year’s hardwon Fourth of July parade.
The Council District 2 Clean
Team will clean Foothill Boulevard
in preparation for the parade. All are
invited to participate in the cleanup
effort. Simply arrive at the North Valley City Hall parking lot, 7747 Foothill
Blvd. in Tujunga, on Thursday, July 1
at 7:30 a.m. The CD2 office will supply
tools (brooms, shovels, rakes), trash
bags and bottled water. Wear work
clothes, bring your own work gloves
and sunscreen, and let’s have some fun
improving our community.
It all started with local resident
Tracy “Model A Man” Black, who published an announcement in the May
issue of Voice of the Village calling for
community volunteers to join him in
adopting sections of Foothill Boulevard to clean up and maintain; something that Black has been undertaking
for years.
“As our city does less and less to
improve our town, we as residents and
business owners must step up to the
plate and take charge and do it ourselves,” he wrote.
Richard “Bandito” Stewart read
Black’s piece and sensed that he might
have found a kindred spirit; Stewart
regularly maintains the “Bandito Park”
property along Tujunga Canyon Boulevard and creates artistic displays there.
Stewart met with Black to discuss how
they might work together.
“That meeting was a bust,” Stewart said. “Tracy wasn’t interested in or
impressed by all the ‘Bandito’ hoopla;
he just wants clean streets.” As Rotary
Club president, so does Stewart - especially with the Fourth of July parade
coming up. Stewart invited Black to
last Wednesday’s Rotary meeting to
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Developer plays chicken with
community over golf course
Mike Lawler
Originally published in Crescenta
Valley Weekly, June 10, 2010
Last week I wrote about the Indian village of Wikangna, and how
its assumed location was the current
site of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course.
That got me musing on the bad situation currently at the golf course. The
developers that now own the golf
course have been forced into a game of
chicken with members of the community that want to preserve the property
as the family-friendly neighborhood
golf course that it has been for 50-some
years. Let me explain.
The developers initially proposed
a mega-development on the site, either
a Wal-Mart-sized retail center or a 300plus unit condo village. Encountering
stiff opposition right from the start,
they morphed their plans down to a
“smaller” housing development of 229
detached homes. More importantly,
they recognized the community’s
strong resistance to large development and, smelling a profit, they went
on record as being a willing seller. If
they could double their money on the
property, while not having to dirty
their hands with an unpopular project, all the better. They could make a
fat profit and we could keep our golf
course. Public agencies began to move
toward pulling together funding for a
buyout, most significantly Supervisor
Mike Antonovich who wanted in right
away with $1.7 million in public park
funding. And it seemed others would
follow suit.
Then came the wrecking ball of the
financial meltdown, and most sources
of significant funding from other municipalities faded. Our golf course developers were forced to follow through
with development plans, even though
they were cash-strapped.
I suspect at this point they just
wanted out, but with no buyer for the
golf course, and not wanting to be a
golf course manager themselves, they
had little choice but to move forward
with their building plans.
Last summer they
submitted the Draft
Environmental Impact Report (DEIR),
which was answered
by an all-guns broadside from VOICE
(the same group that
stopped the Oakmont V development in the Verdugos), the SunlandTujunga Neighborhood Council, the
Sunland-Tujunga Alliance, and from
hundreds of community members and
organizations. The DEIR outlined the
developers’ plans and the benefits of
the development, and the obviously
understated problems it might create.
In reply, letters from VOICE and the
community were quick to point out
the huge impact in traffic, water, and
schools, not to mention the loss of an
important recreational feature of our
Valley.
The developers’ team of consultants has had a year to chew on the
objections made by VOICE and the
community, and any day now the final
Environmental Impact Report will be
submitted. That’s when the real fireworks will begin. At this point, with
housing prices tanked and their profit
margin shrinking, I don’t think the developers really want to do this project.
Their obstacles are huge, including the
fact that the property isn’t even zoned
for this kind of development. But
they’re stuck. They gambled, bought
the property when it was high priced,
and can’t get back their investment
with just a simple land sale.
It’s possible that they’re flirting
with a concept community activists
have dubbed “green-mail,” where developers attempt to blackmail communities into paying top dollar for properties they threaten with objectionable
development. And so the game of
chicken is on! Their only hope is to aim
this mega-development squarely at the
community and floor it. They’re gambling that we will swerve at the last
minute and either put together a package to buy them out, or roll over and
not fight them. The latter is unlikely.
Either they’ll take a loss, lower their
price and get the buyout, or we’ll crash
head-on in an epic fight.
So stay tuned for a very interesting
year or two. Via this column in the next
few weeks I’ll fill you in on the fascinating history of this piece of property.
Its current purgatory status makes it
probably the most dynamic property in
the valley, but its history shows us that
it always has been the most dynamic
and interesting place in CV.
Thank you Sunland-Tujunga
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outlets up and down Foothill Boulevard. These jars were effective. The crew at
the Sundown Club, for example, kept their jar overflowing 24/7. Was this the
final ace that saved the parade? Some say it was the turning point.
But others say that the parade was saved by our Neighborhood Council.
At a quiet Monday night budget meeting a motion was made by David Cain
and Ed Novy and agreed to by Mark Seigel, Bill Skiles and Richard Stewart to
squeeze out a $1,000 donation for the parade from their much-needed community fund. This motion was voted on and approved at the June Sunland-Tujunga
Neighborhood Council meeting.
Then there was Michael Lucas, who rallied the troops to assist Tatulian
along with Fran and Ray Loiselle at a donation table on the street in the hot
sun in front of the Chamber of Commerce, ringing the bell for contributions.
And Susan Stewart’s cry on a megaphone for five hours calling for help was
rewarded by many, including a warm smile and a quiet donation by Jim Moore.
More than $700 was collected that afternoon.
In years to come others will say it was the generous donations from the Lions Club, The Foothills Forum and the Service Employees International Union.
Those donations can’t be ignored, but what of the power of a skinny nineyear-old kid who walked up to the donation table and put his quarter in the
jar? No one got his name, but many agree it was that little boy who saved the
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Phillip Powell
From left to right kneeling: Roberta Murphy, Merrill O’Ryan, Ramona Dixon and Elizabeth Pruitt
From left to right front row standing: Margaret Miccio, Phillip Powell, Abbi Stratton, Barbara Bellinger,
Windy Randall, and Mari Peters
From left to right back row standing: Wanda Hulsebus, Jake Hulsebus, Mary Sheppard, Thomas
Sheppard, Pamela Webb, Herman Dixon, April Robinson, Marissa Haylock, Patricia Donelly, Ruby
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Local resident and travel agent
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Richard Stewart
The Elks Lodge is soon going to need a velvet rope outside to handle the long
lines of people wanting to get inside to enjoy the Dance Night Party at the Elks
events.
Well, that might be stretching it a bit, but last Saturday night’s event, sponsored by the Sunland-Tujunga Shadow Hills Rotary Club with The Way To Happiness Band, definitely raised the roof in Tujunga.
Besides the normal 80-90 people present enjoying old dancing favorites like
Aretha Franklin, Santana and Chicago, George Allen showed up with his bagpipes jammed with the band.
Earl Bouchard’s burritos were a big hit, and the Dance Contest brought extra
excitement to the event. Trophy winners for their stylistic and high spirited dancing are: Sally Hall and Celia Eiben for Swing; Mandy Van Auken and Stephen
Brennan for Free Style; Phil and Ellen Gingrich for Foxtrot; Lucy Metcalf, Gloria
Gallegos, Ana D’Alelio and Karen Berger for Salsa; Molly Sisken, Christopher
Caspary and Kristina Lalor for Rock and Soul.
The bad news is you won’t see The Way To Happiness Band at the Elks Lodge
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they are the featured band at the Verdugo Hills Fireworks Festival.
Look for them on the Fourth, and hopefully we will see them back again at
the Elks Lodge in September.
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Why isn’t my body doing what I want it to do?
Judith Cutler
This question seems to be causing a lot of concern and confusion for
many people today. There is so much information available to
you from TV, the Internet, health newsletters, and health
product ads that most of us simply can’t figure out
what is occurring or how to address it.
My intention is to help you understand
what is causing your body to be in an undesirable, low energy or generally uncomfortable
condition, and the most effective means to
restore your health and vitality so your
body will give you what you need.
I don’t want to make this long or
complicated, because it isn’t. These are
findings observed by myself and my
colleague over a combined period of
40 years of research and practice in
the health field.
If you had no birth defects or
congenital conditions when you were
born, and you were relatively healthy
for the first portion of your life, then
something happened a While there, the
travelers donated 500 toothbrushes and
toothpaste to an orphanage that takes in
high-risk children suffering from AIDS. long
the way to create illness or deterioration. What
was that something?
In our clinical observation, the body was subjected to stressors that suppressed the ability of the body’s
major glands and organs to function properly and maintain
health. Then sickness, low energy, aches and pains ensued.
The stressors take the form of parasites, fungus, bacteria, viruses, chemicals
and heavy metals that the body has been exposed to. They create a biological interference within the cells and tissues of the various glands and organs that will
stop or impede normal function, causing a variety of problems. These problems
are known by hundreds of medical names such as diabetes, Parkinson’s disease,
hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, inflammatory diseases, cancer, arthritis,
irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, lupus, dermatitis, and more.
Giving symptoms a specific name dictates a particular drug protocol that
is understood to alleviate those symptoms, but it does not necessarily result in
the discovery of the underlying physical cause that created those symptoms.
This is where the conventional medical model falls short. It results in patients
taking different medications for years on end for each symptom, and
sometimes taking additional medications to prevent the existing
medications from interacting adversely with each other.
In the natural healthcare model, the patient’s
symptoms are addressed using minerals, glandular extracts, amino acids, herbal extractions and
vitamins.
The natural solution is preferable, from
our viewpoint, because it’s non-toxic and
creates no unwanted side effects. However, unless the underlying cause for
the condition is discovered, relief is
temporary because the solution still
eliminates only the symptoms.
Both the medical doctor and the
natural health practitioner frequently
make dietary recommendations to assist the healing process. Both of these
solutions offer some relief to the individual from the discomfort and complications of the problem.
The real question becomes, what was
causing the gland or organ to malfunction
in the first place? When you find the correct cause, the problem can be solved and the
person doesn’t need to take pills or capsules for
years on end to keep the symptoms from coming
back.
The causes that we are consistently finding for most
health problems (unless there has been an accident or injury
that created a structural obstruction) are the presence of fungus and
parasites, bacteria, or viruses located in the glands, organs, lymphatic system
or bloodstream. When these invading organisms are found and eliminated with
precisely customized nutritional formulas, the symptoms disappear because the
cause has been eradicated.
This is the simplicity of how real health is restored. When this occurs, you are
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and physical distress. This is a winning result worth achieving.
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The importance of true healing
Lynn Walker
I was reminded recently of why it is so important
to do true healing at some point in one’s life. Many
people believe that therapy and coming to terms
with some issue in their lives is enough. I do not.
I believe that therapy can help us identify problems and issues. The process might uncover and discover problems within; however, I am not convinced
that therapy helps us rid ourselves of the negative
energy those issues carry with them. If we do not
release this energy, it continues to bombard our bodies with negative destruction over and over again,
eventually causing the body to enter a state of “disease.”
I have spoken with and worked with so many
people who have had years of therapy; while many
of them are able to freely express themselves and the
problems they have identified and worked on, they
continue to hold the dark energy of those problems
within their spirits and bodies. They have not healed
the issue; they have only found a place for it that is
emotionally manageable. When a mind, body and
spirit (as one) have not fully healed something, it
can continue to fester and attract more negativity to
itself, eventually causing illness.
Energy work and spiritual healing guides a person toward completely uncovering and discarding
those problems, beliefs and issues that have found
their way into our subconscious and conscious minds
over time. The person can be walked through a process of releasing not only the problem, but the power
or energy that problem holds within the person.
By seeing all problems as spiritual lessons, one
can turn something that has been a lifelong negative
into a true positive, learning from the experience so
they never have to face that same issue again. This is
true enlightenment and a skill that, once learned, can
be used effectively toward healing future problems.
I was having a discussion with someone who was
very angry with me; we could not agree on a solution
to a complex problem in society. I attempted to explain my background to illustrate why I approached
the issue from a unique perspective; my perspective
seemed to cause great distress. When I mentioned
that I tend to “think outside the box” because of my
own path to healing after years of illness, I was told
that he knew all about self-healing as he had read a
book on physical therapy and successfully used the
exercises to treat a bum knee. While I understood
his point, I could only note the deep anger that he
continued to hold within him. Although he might
have successfully treated his knee with exercises and
knowledge, he had not been able to release any of
the deep anger; the energy associated with the anger
might have caused his “dis-ease” in the first place.
When we target others with our own anger, we
usually end up causing ourselves more distress than
we cause the other person. The negativity of our anger leaves us momentarily, giving us a false sense of
release, but then it returns to us exponentially larger
after gathering additional darkness not only from
the person to whom it was initially directed, but also
from any stray darkness contained in the collective
unconscious found along the journey.
Releasing toxic energy from our bodies is the
only way to be sure that we will no longer suffer the
ill effects of its toxicity. This is what true healing is
all about: the release of negative energy in order to
allow the body to come back to balance and restore
itself from “dis-ease” to ease and wholeness.
Lastly, I wish to address the many requests I
receive from individuals who would like healers to
solve painful problems by e-mail. While true healing and profound enlightenment can and often do
happen in an instant, the process leading up to that
instant involves time. We live in a world that provides us instant access to almost everything, and
unfortunately this has led us to believe that anything
that takes time is boring, unworthy or outdated.
Spiritual growth and healing of the body, mind
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Can your diet make
you smarter?
Local Resident - continued from page 5
Jennifer Clary and Kevin Haberer
If the physical, ethical, and environmental benefits of a meat-free diet have not yet convinced you
that veganism is a worthwhile commitment, then
consider that herbivores have higher IQs than omnivores.
According to a study conducted with
8,179 subjects at Southampton University, men and
women who do not consume meat have IQ scores
that are five points higher on average than those of
their omnivorous peers. Research studies have also
shown that children with high IQs tend to adopt
and maintain strict meat-free diets as young adults.
Dr. Catharine Gale, a principal research fellow at
the University of Edinburgh, explains that the correlation between intelligence and veganism can be
largely attributed to the simple fact that “brighter
children grow up to think more about what they
eat.” In other words, children who take the time to
think about and empathize with their once living
meals are less likely to embrace a diet that compromises admirable human qualities like compassion,
self-discipline, and a commitment to the greater
good.
Many omnivorous parents are concerned
and annoyed when their son or daughter announces a commitment to veganism. After all, feeding
a vegan child may involve preparing new dishes,
incorporating new foods into the family’s diet, and
researching to find vegan-friendly restaurants. Just
remember that these inconveniences will ultimately
prove worthwhile, since research shows that children who omit meat from their diets are more likely
to develop into intelligent and healthy adults. It is
also interesting to consider that some of the most
brilliant people throughout history have advocated a meat-free diet. There is documentation that
Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin,
Isaac Newton, Mark Twain, and Thomas Edison did
not consume meat products. For a more comprehensive list of influential herbivores, please visit http://
www.happycow.net/famous_vegetarians.html.
Analysis of the aforementioned research
studies conducted at Southampton University and
The University of Edinburgh, as well as a look at
the many achievements of herbivores throughout
history, show that a vegan diet not only nourishes
the body; it also fuels the mind. Go vegan and get
smarter!
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics,
which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop
harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” - Thomas Edison
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discuss joining forces to clean up Foothill Boulevard
before the parade (the city performs after-event
cleaning).
Meanwhile, Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood
Council First Vice President Tomi Lyn Bowling had
also read Black’s call to arms. She e-mailed his suggestion that the city might be able to provide supplies for the cleanup effort to City Councilmember
Paul Krekorian’s office.
“He has some very good ideas. We can help
muster the troops if you can assist with the goods,”
Bowling wrote.
“We’d be happy to assist, and can provide the
water, tools… trash bags, and order a dumpster,”
replied CD2 Senior Field Deputy Jackie Keene.
The Foothills Forum (TFF) Web site (http://
www.thefoothillsforum.com) provided the perfect
venue for coordinating ideas, plans and activities;
you can view the parade route cleanup conversation
here: http://bit.ly/djtFjq.
The plan came together; one person’s commitment to improve his community motivated other
locals, and even our city councilmember’s office, to
support and contribute to the cause. Best of all, you
can be a part of it - just arrive at North Valley City
Hall on the morning of July 1 and help out. The project should be completed by 10 a.m.
“There is a possibility that I may have to work
on Thursday. So today, I started weeding and pulling
the suckers growing from the bottom of the trees. I
went from Mount Gleason down to Oro Vista on the
north side. Tomorrow I will make it to the park and
then start up the south side. This way if I do have
to work on Thursday all the weeding and tree trimming will be done so all that will need to be done
is sweeping and picking up trash,” Black posted on
TFF July 24.
This kind of dedication deserves admiration and assistance - from all of us.
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Weighty Matters
by Myles Mellor
Across
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Expert
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Fixes, in a way
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"Confessions" singer
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Grassland
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Balaam's mount
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Attempt
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As yet
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Genetic material
40. Old World duck
10. Took a load off
42. Bologna home
11. Extreme fatigue
43. Bog
12. Notify
48. Chinese fruit tree
13. College units
50. "That hurt!"
18. Detective, at times
52. Full of gossip
31. Capture
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Adventures of ___"
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25. Arise
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41. Ghost whisperer?
61. Diamond Head locale
58. Frozen desserts
44. Money in the bank, say
62. Some Olympians, nowadays
60. Karate moves
45. Case
63. Eye affliction
64. Sadly
46. Peeved
65. "___ Town Too" (1981 hit)
68. Fill
47. "How ___ Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and
Got a Life" (Kaavya Viswanathan novel)
66. Go for the gold
69. Cookie Monster cohort
67. Appetite
70. Call to a mate
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71. 1914 battle line
51. This moment
72. Big Bertha's birthplace
52. Bathtub type
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True Healing
cheated yourself of some important
learning that might prevent you from
more pain in the future. Any time we
do not learn a lessons from an experience, we become destined to repeat the
lesson with higher stakes in the future.
Be prepared that deep healing is
not always comfortable, easy or quick.
It is not about you receiving only nurturing; is only about you becoming
whole again. Growth is often painful
but, worth it.
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Biker’s
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David Romley
Attorney and motorcycle enthusiast
Bikes are interesting, but the riders are even more fascinating; each
one with his or her own compelling
life story to tell. Sunland resident Dennis Carranza’s life and his ride, a 2008
Can-AM Spyder Roadster, are right up
there on the interest scale.
Carranza’s mother brought him
to Los Angeles from their native El
Salvador when he was only two years
old. They settled in a downtown barrio
where he grew up helping his mother
sell homemade tamales in the mean
streets and, as he tells it, fighting every
day for survival. Most of the kids in his
neighborhood were in gangs and sold
drugs. Many boyhood friends simply
disappeared, ending up in prison or
victims of violent crimes. Carranza
vividly remembers one night when
he saw a young man stabbed 17 times
during a gang attack. Yet somehow he
rose above it all, beat the odds, finished
school, and is now the lead foreman
in a major San Fernando Valley print
shop. He is married to Sessia, a cosmetologist, and has one son with another
child expected later this year.
Carranza, of course, loves bikes.
He is currently restoring a ’76 Honda
Gold Wing and is shown here with
his 2008 Can-Am Spyder
Roadster. One might ask,
“Is that really a motorcycle?” Canadian company Sunland resident Dennis Carranza rides a
Bombadier Recreational 2008 Can-AM Spyder Roadster.
Products, which also manufactures Sea-Doo, SkiDoo, snowmobiles, Evinrude outboard I can say is, “Wow, what a ride.” The
motors, and a variety of other power- Spyder’s two front wheels and Y-chassport products, markets it as a cross sis truly makes it corner like a sportscar,
between a motorcycle and a sports car. and it has enough power to easily light
It is reported that entertainer Jay Leno, up the rear tire. Stopping is a dream,
avid classic car and motorcycle collec- with its three-wheel ABS disc brakes
tor, purchased the first Spyder bearing that are all activated by a single rightserial number 001 and that it was per- foot lever. Unfortunately, or perhaps
sonally delivered to Leno’s garage in fortunately, we never came close to the
Burbank. He can often be seen at the 200 mph reading on the speedometer,
Rock Store in Malibu on Sunday morn- and I still wonder whether the Spyder
ings riding his Spyder.
will actually reach such a velocity. CarI had the pleasure of riding with ranza won’t say. He just smiles.
Carranza one Sunday morning, and
he seemed to be as fascinated with
my Roadstar Warrior as I was with
his Spyder. So, we switched bikes and
headed west for what turned out to be
a 100-plus mile race to Santa Barbara
and back. Not exactly a bike or a trike,
I didn’t know what to expect from the
106-horsepower, 998cc, liquid-cooled,
fuel-injected beast with a speedometer that went from 0 to 200 mph. All
parade. He gave up his precious quarter, how could others not add to it?
So who is the hero? Who is it that
saved the Sunland-Tujunga Fourth of
July Parade? It’s obvious; the hero is
our community, all the people who live
and work here in Sunland-Tujunga. If
you haven’t noticed, this little foothills
community is a force to be reckoned
with. Home Depot tried and Mother
Nature gave it her best shot with the
Station Fire; it looks like even a disastrous city budget will not dampen the
spirit of Sunland-Tujunga. Even the
theme of this year’s parade, chosen
by Robertson, seems unstoppable:
“A New Beginning.”
It’s not too late - you can be a hero
too. The parade will happen this year,
but more money is needed to cover
bills and expenses.
New Haven
western town and taught physically
and mentally challenged children and
young adults how to ride horses.
All Nations Church acquired the
property where the ranch once stood,
and has donated an area off Foothill
Place for New Heaven on Earth Ranch
to build, maintain and operate the
Johny Carpenter Arena and riding programs.
The board meets the last Thursday
of every month at 7 p.m.; locations vary.
If you are interested in participating
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Business
Thundering Hooves Ranch offers equestrian programs
Jane Shaw
When the Lukasiewicz family and Erik Olson
brought 10 cows to their Thundering Hooves Ranch
on Big Tujunga Canyon Road, trainer Jane Shaw’s
first job was to introduce the “city horses” to the
“country cows.”
Olson and Lukasiewicz, who manage Thundering Hooves, host several competitions and clinics
that involve the cows. Their big Team Sorting Buckle
Series started June 13, and will continue June 20, July
11 and July 25. Starting at 4 p.m., two-man teams of
riders take practice runs where they are assigned; for
example, cow No. 5. The team has to separate out
cow No. 5 from the herd of 10 cows, and then continue on to cow No. 6, then No. 7 and so on. The team
that separates out the most cows wins. Practice runs
are three for $20 and the Jackpot Round is $20 for
each two-man team with a 100 percent payback.
Lukasiewicz and Olson are also planning a repeat
of their successful City Slickers program. A group of
city folk came out and spent the day riding horses,
learning to rope and to sort cattle on horseback. They
camped out overnight by Big Tujunga Creek, which
runs through Thundering Hooves. Erik and Jen gave
the City Slickers an introduction to handling pistols
safely and got them shooting with blanks. The City
Slickers even participated in a mock quick-draw
competition. Call 818-352-9305 to get more information about any of these programs.
There was a period of adjustment with Shaw’s
horses when the cows were first brought in, but most
of the horses just wanted to snort and walk up closer
to the cows.
Shaw runs a camp program and the Thumbs Up
Thumbs Down riding club at Thundering Hooves.
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Visit the Steel Pit for
local entertainment
Chamber of Commerce
ribbon cuttings
Fran Loiselle
Richard Stewart
Wow, did I luck out last Thursday night by going to the Steel Pit to watch the Lakers-Celtics final
game. The place was completely packed, wall-to-wall
people. Needless to say I didn’t see too many green
jerseys. The Lakers fans were out in force.
What an experience. It was so wonderful hearing
all of the cheers at every Lakers score. In the final
quarter you could cut the excitement in the air with a
knife. And the house came down at the final buzzer,
screaming, yelling, high fives and hugs. I’d call it
New Year’s Eve times 10.
This place gets an A+ on the entertainment report
card: friendly service, great music and TV on every
wall. You don’t have to drive to the West Side or the
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Who’s doing the teaching?
Bozz on Bass
When it’s all said and done, what are we imparting to others? There are many more teachers than
meet the eye. When I was growing up, my neighbors
were involved with my upbringing. The grocery
store owner, my friends, the principal, and the custodian were all people we counted on for knowledge.
The list of teachers has grown since the computer age, and it has become increasingly difficult
to monitor every single source of information that
comes into our children’s lives, let alone our own.
Formal instruction is just one avenue that people get information, but what about those reluctant
teachers of our society that go unnoticed? At times
they might seem silent as they do not have the largest distribution of their communication.
But there is good news that might be right under
our noses.
On the positive side, there is such a thing as word
of mouth. I am impressed in this digital age that
people talking to people can be stronger, and have
greater impact, than any other form of advertising
or marketing ( I am not advocating that businesses
drop their marketing and ad campaigns). Just you
and me stating that something is worthwhile will
create a big effect in addition to all other forms of
communication. We do this all the time with movies
or great places to eat, or where to take our pets, and
who to buy what from.
There actually is no business that can survive
without it, and if you are living and breathing you
are using this form of communication more often
than not. There might be big bucks thrown around
by huge corporations to get you to do something or
buy something, and this can have impact. But word
of mouth between you and I has impact too; there
have been plenty of unlikely successes that point this
out. The great ad and marketing campaigns have both
word of mouth and clever multimedia presentations,
but most importantly great products and services
that people talk about to each other, thereby creating
a buzz.
That buzz factor is word of mouth.
It is possible to grow a business or vocation with
word of mouth alone. I’ve seen some really out-ofthe-way places that I am surely convinced a business
could not do well in, because no one could possibly
find them. Literally hidden from street view, no sign,
no ads, no anything; yet they are found and flourishing simply by referral.
Whose word do you trust? A friend, an expert,
a mentor, the principal? I remember once I was having a talk with my youngest daughter; for the longest
time we’ve been trying to get her to drink more water.
“Your body needs it; half your body weight in ounces
is water…” to no avail. Then one day she came home,
proud as can be, with an empty 1.5 liter water bottle
and exclaimed “I drank it all today, plus another half
a bottle.” I was shocked. She has such a string bean of
body at 12 years old. I asked “what happened?”
She said her favorite teacher told her all about
how good water is for the body, so she decided to
drink more (she has since cut back on the volume of
water, but at least she still drinks it).
I guess I wasn’t the trusted voice on the matter.
Rest assured, someone is doing the teaching and the
spreading of news - good or bad. If we make every
effort to spread good news, we’ll see more of it, and
receive more of it.
So spread the word!
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Drive your business with
promotional campaigns
Ray McKay
When thinking about promotion,
people typically think of television or
radio advertising, store signs and billboards. They’ll often mention newspaper inserts, coupons and magazine ads.
Some business owners are now beginning to catch on to promoting via the
Internet and social networking. Actually, a broad view of promotion is more
appropriate and far more effective.
Promotion really entails all actions
that contribute to making a business,
product or service well known and
better thought of. It means putting out
something that will cause people to
respond by purchasing a product or
service.
Promotion extends across a far
greater range of activities than just advertising or sending out e-mails. When
your staff properly helps or services
a customer, it works as promotion. A
friendly greeting, a smile, a business
card passed out, a thank-you note sent
out, a friendly reply or comment on a
social networking site - any of these
and any number of other actions all
work as good promotion.
There are many avenues of promotion known to business people the
world over that are regularly practiced. These promotional patterns have
developed over time, and those that
have persisted have generally proven
to be successful. The newer avenues of
the Internet and social media are really
just newer tools to use.
The main fault with promotional
actions is failing to do them or carry
them out. Inconsistent or non-execution of promotion over time is the
primary reason for poor results when
promoting. Certainly, promoting without studying the marketplace and
researching your target market can
lead to wasted promotional dollars,
but more often the case is that no one
is doing promotion on a regular basis
and in a systematic and strategic fash-
ion. Bluntly, not promoting can lead to
insolvency!
The basic point of promotion is
to drive in more than enough clients
or customers to satisfy your business
needs. Your promotion should be so
strong and effective that it makes up
for possible business slows, economic
downturns, seasonal changes, staff
turnover or any other possible business slump.
To have a successful promotional
campaign, one must actually implement the campaign. You have to DO
the promotion. It should include all
forms of promotion as well as the regular actions thought of as good service
or delivery.
Promotional campaigns should
be carried on until there is more than
enough business than can be easily
handled - and then just keep on promoting. The job of those doing promotion is to simply keep on getting the
word out with no consideration as to
whether the business can handle it or
not. That’s the job of the production
and delivery area. Frankly, that’s the
kind of problem owners want.
That’s the estimation of effort it
takes to have your message get out and
be noticed.
Promotional success is your decision to make. To have success with
promotion, you as a business owner
need to make the decision to DO it.
Indecision or failure to move forward
with a promotional campaign is a decision not to promote. It can be a very
costly decision to make with regard to
your business health and future.
Here’s to your future success in
promotion. It does not have to be costly
or difficult.
Ray McKay is owner of Media City
Marketing Group, a successful marketing
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Chamber of Commerce holds mixer
event at Rise-N-Shine Café
Sonia Tatulian
On May 19 the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of Commerce held a mixer at
Rise-N-Shine Café, located at 9685 Sunland Blvd. in Shadow Hills. The owner
of the cafe made the best fried chicken and potato salad that I have ever tasted.
Honorary Sheriff candidates Esko Vaananen, Pat O’Brien and Richard Stewart
were present. Everyone came up and introduced themselves at the microphone
and told us what business they are from. We ended the evening by giving our
thanks to our hostess and presenting her with a trophy from the Chamber.
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Announcements
Support VHHS aquatics at “aloha” fundraiser
Beverly DeLuca
Aloha is the theme of the evening
as the Verdugo Hills High School
Water Polo/Aquatics Team and the
Hula dance team hold a joint fundraiser at Verdugo Hills High School
Auditorium on Saturday July 24 at
5 p.m.
The spirit of aloha will be alive
and well in Tujunga, as the Hula
School will perform traditional dancing with food, music, leis and more.
Aloha attire is encouraged to support
this festive theme. Silent auction gift
baskets will be available.
Tickets are $10 and are available
now. Come meet our Watermelon
Princess, sponsored by the VHHS
Aquatics team, and cast your vote to
elect her as Queen of the Watermelon
Festival.
Though the Verdugo Hills pool is
full of water for the summer season,
this pool is not available to the VHHS.
The team must rent pool time and take
buses to various locations for games
and practice. This costs more than
$3,000 for the pool rental alone. These
are tough times for LAUSD, and there
isn’t one penny in the budget for this
program. The team is 100 percent responsible to raise all the funds needed
to have an aquatics program at our
high school.
Verdugo Hills High School 20092010 Boys Water Polo Team place third
in the All City CIF finals; not bad for a
school without a pool!
To purchase tickets or get more information, contact Beverly de Lucia at 818429-2528 or heartink@ca.rr.com.
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Vacation Bible School at
Sunland Neighborhood
Church
Sunland Neighborhood Church, 10632 Oro Vista Ave., will be having
Vacation Bible School July 12-16 from noon-4 p.m.
All invited to Sierra
Club picnic
The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club invites the community to our annual July picnic
at the newly opened Deukmejian Wilderness Park, located at 3429 Markridge Road
between Dunsmore and New York avenues in La Crescenta, on Saturday, July 10 at
8 a.m. The early hour is best on a hot summer day, and for a hike to the old oak tree
conducted by Hike Leader Bob Thompson.
Refreshments will be served and families are welcome. This is a free event. Please
contact Wayne Fisher at 818 353-4181 for further information.
Oktoberfest fundraiser
luncheon July 31
All are invited to enjoy a fundraiser luncheon sponsored by Harry Dickinson at the American Legion on July 31. Cocktails will be served at noon,
followed by lunch at 1 p.m. American Legion Post 377 is located at 10039
Pinewood Ave. in Tujunga.
The menu will include stuffed cabbage, bratwurst, sauerkraut, German
potato salad, German chocolate cake, and apple strudel. Entertainment will
include Oompah-pah music by Ivan Ponkelsnik.
Reservations and early ticket purchase are recommended. the cost is
$12.50 per person. For tickets or more information call 818-353-9856.
All invited to Cowboy
Church and barbecue
The Center for Spiritual Living of La Crescenta is having its seventh annual
Cowboy Church and Western Barbecue on Sunday, July 11 at 10 a.m.
Skeeter Mann and The Lost Canyon Rangers will provide good old country
western music during the celebration service, with Rev. Beverly Craig giving
spiritual messages after each song. After the service there will be a Western barbecue with steak, chicken, salads, beans, and corn. Barbecue tickets are $20 for
adults, $12.50 for youths ages six to 12, $7 for kids five and under.
The Center is located at 4845 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta. Please call
818-249-1045 for ticket reservations.
“Leslie
Gives Back”
third annual
blood drive
On Thursday, July 8, from 2-8 p.m. there will be a blood drive at Our
Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 7315 Apperson St. in Tujunga.
Leslie Hedge was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia called
Hairy Cell Leukemia when she was 24 weeks pregnant, and credits blood
donations with saving her life and the life of her unborn daughter. She now
encourages blood donations that can save the lives of others. For more about
her, visit http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lesliesjourney
Your blood donation can save two to three lives of the patients at
the Providence Health Systems Hospitals. Please help ensure that our community has an adequate supply of blood this summer.
Every donor will receive a coupon for a pint of Baskin Robbins ice
cream. To schedule an appointment please go to http://www.lesliegives.
givesblood.org or for more information call 818-926-6245.
Enjoy barbecue
after the parade
After the Fourth of July parade, your American Legion will be having
a barbecue at the Post with hot dogs and hamburgers. Come celebrate with
our warriors! Sunland/Tujunga Post 377 is located at 10039 Pinewood Ave.
in Tujunga.
Ronnie Cross seeks
friends and family
Family and friends of Ronnie Cross, a.k.a. CrossFire, are missed sorely. I can’t
see much anymore, but I imagine your loving faces and voices all the time. I’m in
a nursing facility right now but hope to get back out on my own soon. It would be
great to hear from you, so if you would like to reconnect, just call for me at 559-8557545 or write to me at 35680 Wish I Ah Road, Auberry, CA 93602.
Open poetry reading
at Bolton Hall
The Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga will present its third in a series of
open poetry readings on Sunday, July 25, from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the Bolton Hall
Museum, 10110 Commerce Ave., Tujunga. Admission is free.
The featured poets will be Marlene Hitt, one of the previous Poet Laureates
of Sunland-Tujunga, and Dorothy Skiles. Both are very active in the SunlandTujunga poetry community and longtime residents of this area.
New and seasoned poets, as well as neighbors and friends, are welcome.
For more information, contact Dorothy Skiles at dskiles@ca.rr.com or visit the
Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga Web site, http://www.villagepoets.org.
Friends of the Library
bookstore open
The Friends of the Library bookstore, located inside the Sunland-Tujunga
library, is open every day.
New donations are being received, so gently used books are being placed
on the shelves every day. Stop by the bookstore and purchase an almost-new
book for a gift or for yourself, and enjoy a visit with our dedicated volunteers. You just might find that book you have been looking for; there are
books on almost every subject. Donations of gently used books are accepted
(no encyclopedias, please) and we can arrange to pick up large donations.
The money received from book sales help support the library. The funds
go toward purchases of new books, DVDs for children and adults, youth
programs, and the summer reading programs for children.
Also, check out the movie schedule at the library. Yes, you will now be
able to watch a movie at the library with the Friends’ purchase of a public
performance license and soon the hardware for viewing movies on a large
screen in the library’s multipurpose room.
The mission of the Friends is to provide financial and volunteer support to the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library. Our special focus is children,
in whom the Friends wish to encourage the lifelong love of the library and
reading.
 Obituary 
Teresa Barrios, 95
A Mass of Christian Burial for Teresa R. Barrios, 95, of Chico, Calif., former
resident of the Sunland-Tujunga area for 63 years, was held June 14 at Mission
Rey, with burial following at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills,
Calif.
Barrios passed away on June 5, 2010, at her residence in Chico. She was born
January 18, 1915 in Kilgore, Texas to parents Antonio and Teresa Rivera.
Barrios is survived by her two daughters, Connie Noel and Jo Walker and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She
will be missed by all. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesus “Jesse”
Barrios. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary; send condolences online at http://www.affordablemortuary.net.
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School News
Second annual Anti-Drug Walk a success
Local students marched on Foothill Boulevard in the Second annual Anti-Drug Walk.
Richard Stewart
The Sunland-Tujunga Shadow Hills Rotary Club
is proud to report that we had yet another successful Anti-Drug Walk produced and directed by the
Verdugo Hills High School and Delphi LA Academy
Interact Clubs.
More than 200 students and adults walked from
Bolton Hall down Foothill Boulevard to Sunland
Park. Anti-drug booklets were distributed, and many
residents thought they had been transported back to
the ‘60s as the police escorted high-spirited chanting
students marching down the street.
It’s so refreshing to note the difference with our
Sunland-Tujunga students. They are the good guys,
standing up against drugs. We will not speculate or
discuss the irony of young anti-drug walkers as they
marched past the five or six medical marijuana outlets on Foothill Boulevard.
More than 200 students and
adults walked from Bolton
Hall down Foothill Boulevard
to Sunland Park. Anti-drug
booklets were distributed, and
many residents thought they
had been transported back to
the ‘60s as the police escorted
high-spirited chanting students
marching down the street.
After the walk the students gathered at the park,
enjoying hot dogs, music and listening to speakers
describing their experiences involving overcoming
drugs. The Interact students led the others in educational games about street drugs. They then divided
into groups and shared personal stories involving
drugs and the drug-related damage they have seen.
We can be proud of our local students; despite
the often depressing news regarding the youth of
today and the toll of drugs, they are a bright spot in
Sunland-Tujunga.
Special thanks to Rotarian Carol Loweree, who
worked with the kids on both Anti-Drug Walks and
has been instrumental in the success of this activity.
Lessons learned producing
“Voice of the Village”
David W. Riemer
Liaison/Journalism Advisor, VHHS
As if an omen of the course things would take for the 2009-2010 school year,
I found myself at the outset of my second year as Journalism advisor to Verdugo
Hills High School’s student newspaper, La Yuca, staring at a budget sheet with
zero dollars allocated to publish the paper for the year. The zero stared straight
back like a one-eyed Cyclops, (is there another kind?) malignant and empty. We
would be out of business if the pending deal with the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of
Commerce had not come through.
Dino Stirpe, longtime Leadership advisor at VHHS, had been working for
months with Fran and Ray Loiselle, Chamber members and liaisons for the proposed
project, to have the newspaper staff help the Chamber put together a community
newspaper in exchange for publishing the school paper. And now I was preparing
for the first of what would become a year of bi-monthly evening meetings of the
group responsible for the “good news newspaper,” - Voice of the Village.
The most important part of this project for me, as a teacher and journalism
advisor, has been the real-world experience my students have received. They have
had an intensive tutorial in areas of journalism that our class never could equal.
First, they had real, firm deadlines. With La Yuca, we always have wiggle room; not
so for the Voice.
Second, the business side of the organization had to support the editorial side.
With La Yuca the business side was unimportant; on the Voice, it was crucial both
for Voice and for La Yuca. Advertisements pay for both the Voice and La Yuca; they
are a blessing. But advertisements trickle in and have to be squeezed onto crowded
pages at the last minute; sometimes they have to be created from scratch. So they
are also a curse, especially for the layout department.
I remember assigning a particularly difficult logo for an ad to one of our best
graphic artists. Yu Rha worked for hours trying to transform an oval fabric patch
with the company’s logo into a digital image. After several unsuccessful renderings,
it occurred to us to check the company’s Web site. Voila! Copy and paste.
The early days of generating and placing ads, developing a system of monitoring
them (color? b/w? 1/2 page? Business card?), fitting them proportionally throughout
the paper, dealing with last minute additions - all of this directly demonstrated to
the students the interdependence of the business and editorial sides.
Third, the arrangement whereby we were responsible only for layout and
design, not reporting and writing, pointed to the separation of content from format
in journalism.
I would be remiss not to mention the most important characters in this scenario:
the editorial staff of La Yuca. These dedicated young people unfailingly put in
dozens of extra hours every month to assure the on-time publication of Voice of
the Village. We once spent an entire day of winter break, teeth chattering in the
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Origins of the English language
Judy Young
English is one of the more difficult languages to
learn. When one looks at the history of English, it is no
wonder! There are words that come from nearly every
part of the world, and as early as the beginning of the
written word. Some examples are French, Old French,
Middle French, Old English, Russian, South African
Dutch, Latin, Irish and Italian, to name just a few.
Derivations are where the word is derived, or comes
from. They are a good thing study in a dictionary when
learning English.
Derivations help one to gain a better understanding of the word and its present-day meaning. Derivations will show what the word originally meant and
what it originally sounded like. They are commonly
found either before after the definitions of a word and
are normally in brackets [ ]. The country or countries a
word originally came from will typically be in abbreviations. The symbol > shows where something is from,
going earlier in written history. The guide to the abbreviations of languages or countries is the languages
list at the beginning of the dictionary.
Because of this big mix of languages, we get a wide
variety of ways words and sounds are pronounced.
The result is that there are many speech rules that work
most of the time, but that there are some exceptions to
watch for.
Some letters in words and combinations of letters are silent. One of these is the “gh,” as in “night,”
“height” and “weight.” The “gh” also can have an “f”
sound, as in the word “laugh.” The “b” can be silent,
as in the word “doubt.” There are other silent letters in
some words, and it’s good to be aware that they exist.
Some consonants have two distinct sounds, depending on the word or place in the word they are
in. These are “C” “G” and “S”. The C sound can be a
hissing “S” sound, as in “cent” and “cereal” or a “K”
sound, as in “cool” and “cut.” The “G” sound is often
the sound as in “girl” but can also be the “J” sound, as
in “judge” or “courage.”
It’s good to keep a sharp eye on exceptions to rules
when learning to speak and understand English. Looking at derivations gives one a good start on this.
Judy Young teaches speech and accent reduction
in the Foothills area. Visit http://www.SimpleAccentReduction.com for more information.
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Church News
Our Lady of Lourdes preschool
welcomes contributions
Lois Higgins
Preschool Coordinator
The volunteers and donations keep
coming in to Our Lady of Lourdes Rose
Cottage Preschool project.
After an article appeared in the
February edition of Voice of the Village,
a young man dropped by and offered
his concrete finishing professional
services. He worked with a team of
volunteers to build a beautiful path of
concrete that stretches 90 feet to complete the handicap accessible ramp.
But it did not end there.
A colleague of general contractor Paul Lindsey wanted to help. At
Lindsey’s suggestion, Joe Epel, owner
of Tempo Industries, graciously donated the hand railing for the path. He
appointed his best and most artistic
welder, Arturo, to build the railing for
the ramp. All parts and accessories
were painted by Epel’s powder coating
technicians.
Tempo Industries is a worldrenowned company manufacturing
high-quality iron furniture and barstools for patios and outdoor kitchens,
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founding president and always makes
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landscaping, cleanup, painting, and
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Faith Lutheran Church to
hold special service
Jake Dameron
There are a number of
churches nestled in the foothill
community of Sunland-Tujunga. Throughout the years
the landscape has changed;
Sunland-Tujunga, like many
small communities in the Los
Angeles urban area, is faced
with new issues related to unemployment, crime, increase
in the homeless population,
and other problems. These
needs create greater demands
on public service agencies,
charitable organizations and
churches. Churches are now
more limited in their ability to
reach out and provide needed
assistance.
Charles P. Collier, Pastor of Faith Lutheran Church
located at 7749 Apperson St.
in Tujunga, stated it is his
church’s goal to make a difference by meeting with community members of faith living in the neighborhood to
determine their concerns and to explore both their spiritual and other needs.
In order to do this, a special service has been scheduled at Faith Lutheran
Church on Sunday, July 11 at 10 a.m. The program will consist of a blend of contemporary and traditional music, telling the story of the life of Jesus Christ in both
scripture and song. Dress is casual. Following this service there will be a free picnic lunch for members and guests in the church patio area, which is immediately
adjacent to the church sanctuary. Musical entertainment will be provided by the
Worship Ensemble of Faith Lutheran Church.
Faith Lutheran Church will also offer a Vacation Bible School with the theme
“Bold Believer” July 19-23 from 9-11:30 a.m. for children and young adults ages
5-18. Refreshments will be served. There is no charge to parents.
For more information call Faith Lutheran Church Pastor Charles P. Collier, or Office Administrator Katherine Galbo, at 818-352-4444.
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Service Clubs
Working Together for Change
Chamber of Commerce:
Message from the President
Chamber of Commerce
board member honored
Sonia Tatulian
Sonia Tatulian
The Fourth of July parade is ON.
Thank you to all who so generously
contributed and collected monies for
this event. It’s been said before, but
bears repeating: our community comes
together when needed.
After finding out only weeks before the parade applications were to
go out, the Rotary (which sponsors the
parade) was notified that certain fees
and permits that had been waived in
previous years were now being imposed. Upon researching the cost of
these fees and permits, the total came
to more than $12,000. Immediately the
call was put out to community organizations and businesses. Collection jars
and fundraisers started popping up
everywhere, and once again, our community succeeded and our community
is rewarded: the Fourth of July parade
is ON!
The parade will start at 10 a.m.
Sunday, July 4. There are estimated 60plus parade entries, which will follow
the usual route on Foothill Boulevard
from Mt. Gleason to Sunland Park. On
behalf of the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of Commerce and The Rotary Club,
our heartfelt thanks and gratitude go to
each of our community organizations
and businesses that rallied to make this
parade possible. And to every individual who dropped in their contributions, thank you for caring and helping
to make it happen.
But wait, there’s more! At 4 p.m.
the gates will open at the Verdugo
Hills High School football field. For
$5 each participants can join in all the
fun - play games, dance, listen to the
music, eat some great food including
watermelon provided by our friends in
the Lions Club, find out who won the
Sunland-Tujunga Honorary Sheriff’s
Race, and at 9 p.m. watch a spectacular
fireworks show.
All the proceeds from this event
will go to the Sunland-Tujunga, Shadow Hills Community Fund, which in
turn will provide matching funds to
any group or organization within the
Verdugo Hill High School that holds
a fundraiser for events or activities. In
the 2009-2010 school year the Community Fund granted more than $4,000 to
help provide sporting equipment for
the boys’ varsity athletics, supplies for
the boys’ water polo team, uniforms for
the girls’ track team, and helped to pay
pool rental fees for the varsity swim
team, just to name a few. With all the
cutbacks and additional fees imposed
recently, this has allowed several of
our programs to continue.
On July 21 the Sunland-Tujunga
Chamber of Commerce will be co-hosting another mixer event at Southland
Nursery, located at 7415 La Tuna Canyon Rd. in Sun Valley. From 6-8 p.m.
come and enjoy the beautiful ambiance
of the nursery, meet and greet some
our local business and organization
representatives, have some food and
refreshments, listen to the music, and
enjoy the fun. See you there.
Wishing you a great summer - stay cool, and
remember to shop on The Rock.
The Sunland-Tujunga Chamber
of Commerce would like to recognize one of its board members,
Phil Tabbi, who has lived in and
contributed to our community for
more than 35 years.
Tabbi has served as a volunteer
for Our Lady of Holy Rosary Food
Bank. He is a past president of the
Chamber of Commerce, an Honorary Deputy Sheriff, and Chairman
of the Easter Carnival. He has been
an active member of LAPD National
Night out for the last 15 years.
Tabbi is an associate with Abbot
Industrial Supplies in North Hollywood, working with commercial
supplies. One of the company’s
products is Liquid Alive Bacteria,
which can be used in septic tanks
or drains. It is non-toxic, eliminates
odors, contains no acid and liquefies
grease.
The Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of Commerce
recognized Phil Tabbi for his contributions
to the community.
To contact Tabbi call 818-599-8246.
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Who We Are
The Character and Characters of Rancho Tujunga
YMCA of the Foothills presents
Volunteer of the Year Awards
Kim Beattie
Director of Communications
On Thursday, May 20, YMCA volunteers, staff, friends and family gathered at
the Crescenta-Canada Family YMCA to
celebrate the announcement of the 20092010 Volunteer Awards.
Awards were presented to recipients
of the President’s Call of Service Award,
the Governor’s and First Lady Volunteer
Award, and the YMCA of the Foothills’
Pat Aho Volunteer of the Year Award. Established in 1989, this award is dedicated
to former staff member and current member of the Board of Directors, Pat Aho.
This award recognizes individuals and
couples who donate their time and talent
to the YMCA of the Foothills. Last year’s
recipient, Norma Klingensmith, was on
hand to present the award to the 2010
recipient, La Canada Flintridge resident
Bruce Waggoner.
Waggoner has been a volunteer at the
Crescenta-Canada Family YMCA since
1988 and has been coaching gymnastics
for 27 years.
“Coaching is fun, rewarding and exciting! I always have a good end to my
day when I coach,” Waggoner said. “For
me, it is a combination of loving kids and
loving gymnastics that makes volunteering at the YMCA so special.”
Waggoner can trace his connection to
the YMCA back to his days at the Norfolk Nebraska YMCA, where he began
his coaching career. His dedication to
gymnastics continued as he earned his
graduate degree at the University of Colorado, and continues today as he works
as a spacecraft sequence engineer at JPL.
Waggoner’s hobbies include genealogy,
astronomy, hiking and gardening with
his wife, Dr. Anna-Marie Aquinaldo.
Aho and Waggoner were also presented the President’s Call to Service
Lifetime Achievement Award. Other
winners of the President’s Award were
Adam Berkley, Alex Karayan, Megan
Gilbaugh, Claudia Moreira, Eleanor
Lamm, Josh Lev, Christ Ordookhanian,
Dianne Osburn, Laura Swatek and
John Wray.
Presented the Governor’s and First
Lady Volunteer Award were Trisha
Dizon, Alex Deravanessian, Rebecca
Herrera, Emilie Karimian, Lisa Kellog,
Erin Levoir, Lowell Meyer and Ailyn
Ramos.
The YMCA of the Foothills is a
volunteer-founded,
volunteer-led,
community-based organization. Each
year YMCA volunteers contribute
thousands of hours helping the YMCA
of the Foothills build strong kids,
strong families and strong communities. Whether you want to assist people
to improve the overall quality of their
wellness, support and mentor children
as they grow into adults, assist the
branch staff with administrative duties,
help plan branch events, or simply find
a group of neighbors you can connect
with - the YMCA has a wide variety of
volunteer opportunities to match your
passions and skills.
For additional information about
volunteering at the YMCA, contact
Director of Volunteer Services Mary
Jane Snyder at 818-790-0123 ext. 261 or
maryjane@ymcafoothills.org.
YMCA
celebrates
Eleanor Lamm’s
90th birthday
Kim Beattie
YMCA of the Foothills awarded Bruce Waggoner
(right) its Pat Aho Volunteer of the Year Award,
named for former YMCA staff member and current
member of the Board of Directors Pat Aho (left).
YMCA of the Foothills awarded Eleanor Lamm
the President’s Call to Service Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Friends and family gathered on
May 18 at the Verdugo Hills Family
YMCA to celebrate the 90th birthday of
Sunland resident and retired realtor
Eleanor Lamm. Friends from the YMCA
and the Sunland Women’s Club shared
stories and a delicious lunch provided by
those in attendance.
Executive Director John Loussararian announced the YMCA received a gift
in her honor from an anonymous donor.
This gift will establish the Eleanor Lamm
Fund for the Verdugo Hills Family
YMCA. The Senior Advisory Committee will make a recommendation to the
Board of Directors as to how these funds
will be distributed.
“These funds are a tribute to a
woman who brings laughter and passion
for programs offered at the YMCA every
day. Eleanor is a true gift to our Y and the
community,” Loussararian said.
The Crescenta-Canada and Verdugo
Hills Family YMCAs are a charitable
association of YMCAs that offer an expansive menu of on-site and outreach
programs that help the entire family
enjoy healthier, more active lifestyles
focusing on the development of spirit,
mind and body. For additional information, contact Kim Beattie, Director of Communications and Public
Relations, at 818-790-0123 ext. 266 or
e-mail kbeattie@ymcafoothills.org.
Lessons Learned - continued from page 3
unheated journalism room at VHHS,
trying to figure out what pages would
be in color.
The students have learned a great
deal from this experience. Mostly, they
have learned how challenging it is to
work with other people to produce
a product that is the result of real
collaboration and teamwork. I am proud
of my students and of their contributions
to the creation and production of Voice
of the Village.
The editors of La Yuca who have
designed and laid out the Voice are: Julia
Ginter, Co-Supervising Editor (bound
for the heartland at Oberlin College
in Ohio); Katie Pelon, Co-Supervising
Editor (headed to surf the academic
waves of the University of California,
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There’s gold in our hills
Part I: Local land owner cries “Gold!”
Cecile Page Vargo
Long before the cry of gold was heard on Sutter’s Mill in northern California, stories were told of
the yellow flakes being found on property near Saugus that was once owned by Mission San Fernando.
This was in 1834 during California’s Mexican
period. Small shipments of gold were being made
to New England during the days of hide and tallow
trade. American Indians apparently brought gold to
the old mission. It was believed that the padres were
secretly mining the gold and hiding it on the mission grounds. By 1840 or 1841, an American Indian
named Rogerio supposedly found gold in Little Tujunga Canyon.
In 1842 Francisco Lopez sat down to have his
lunch under one of California’s huge old oak trees,
in the area we now know as Placerita Canyon. While
sitting there with his servant, he remembered to dig
up some wild onions as his sister had requested he
bring some back for her. He dug around the soil
where he found the onions and discovered flecks of
yellow.
Soon the cry of gold was to be heard in the
pueblo of Los Angeles. The cry quickly spread
throughout Southern California from Santa Barbara
to San Diego. Mexican prospectors began digging
and washing the canyons, yielding two dollars per
day per miner.
Francisco was a member of a prominent California family from the early days. His father was a
leading citizen of Los Angeles, and a Latin scholar.
His mother was a teacher, and also from a prominent family of the time. His aunt and cousin were
owners of Rancho San Francisco. His brother, Pedro,
was majordomo of the Mission San Fernando.
Pedro and Francisco Lopez were both granted
ownership of the Rancho Tujunga lands. A scholar
himself, Francisco had been educated in Mexico
City, where he learned techniques of prospecting
and mining at the famous Colegio de Mineria.
Two years before Francisco Lopez’ fateful dig for
wild onions, Andres Casstillero, a Mexican mineralogist, joined Francisco in Southern California. Near
San Fernando they had found water-worn pebbles of
iron pyrite. From there, Francisco obtained mining
tools and began searching for gold around the area.
Perhaps it was mere coincidence that he found the
wild onions for his sister, while actually on a search
for gold. The rest became a story that many of us
have read in our California history books.
From 1842 to 1855 the areas of Rancho San Francisco, in and around Placerita and San Feliciano canyons, were prospected and mined. In 1843 Francisco
Lopez brought another visitor from Mexico: Francisco Garcia. After visiting the placer locations in
these canyons, Garcia returned to Sonora. He came
back six months later with experienced placer miners known as gambucinos.
In San Feliciano Canyon, 212 pounds of gold
were taken out. Over several years Sonoran Jose
Salzar found $12,000 worth of gold. It’s interesting
to note that the first parcel of California gold dust
coined in the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia was taken
from the San Fernando placers.
Abel Stearns, a Los Angeles merchant, shipped
18.34 ounces of gold around Cape Horn, which was
deposited at the mint July 8, 1843. Gold was shipped
to the mint for several years afterward. Miners in the
San Fernando hills still reported discoveries as late
as 1859.
Along with gold discoveries, there are always
legends of fabulous lost mines. Supposedly San Fernando Mission American Indians brought gold from
“Lost Padres” gold mine to the Fathers. The mine
was located somewhere in the mountains north of
the mission, and was worked in the early 1800s. One
tale has it that the mine was located in Pacoima Canyon under the flood control reservoir. Another story that appeared October 29, 1987, in
the Pasadena Union, hit close to home for SunlandTujunga residents. The Union reported that “30 miles
up Tehunga (Big Tujunga Canyon) is said to be the
location of the ‘Mina de los Padres’.” Of course the
exact location of the mine was unknown, but tremendous wealth was apparently pulled from the mine,
until the American Indians supposedly massacred
the padres and removed all traces of it.
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Pack 307 Cubs cross
bridge to Boy Scouts
Coaxing a living
from rock and sand
Marlene Hitt
Brenda McAlpine
“A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous,
kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty,
brave, clean, and reverent.”
With those words, 10 Webelos Scouts from Pack 307 left
their Cub Scouting days behind
and entered the world of Boy
Scouts. Each boy walked across
a ceremonial bridge emblazoned with the 12 principles of
the Scout Law and flanked by
an honor guard from Boy Scout
Troop 307. After crossing the
bridge, each boy was welcomed
into the troop with a Scout
handshake and a collection of
new insignia for his uniform.
At the June 13 ceremony
11 boys received the Arrow of
Light Award, the highest honor Beneath a canopy of neckerchiefs, Zachary Rigdon
in Cub Scouting. Each of them crosses the ceremonial bridge from Cub Scout Pack 307
had assembled an arrow com- to Boy Scout Troop 307.
memorating the award. Several
Photo by Brenda McAlpine
boys displayed shadow boxes filled
with mementos from their years in are also excited to be able to go camping more often.
Cub Scouts.
Loebs likes the fact that Boy Scouts
The 2010 recipients of the Arrow of
Light Award from Pack 307 are: Tyler have patrol leaders, which Cub Scouts
Adams, Jason Brar, Kai Dunn, Justin do not. He is already planning his first
Lirones, James Loebs, Santiago Lopez, achievement - “I want to earn my ToSamuel Markham, Patrick Rhodes, tem Chip,” he said.
His mother Patti, who served as an
Connor Rigdon, Zachary Rigdon, and
Andrew Schnieber. All except Adams Assistant Den Leader, said her son’s
attitude has been one of the great benhave joined Troop 307.
What will these boys miss about efits of scouting.
“He’s taken scouting seriously;
Cub Scouts?
“I’ll be missing all of my old he’s accomplished all of the goals he
set for himself. In the blink of an eye,
friends,” Loebs said.
“Pinewood Derby,” said Lopez, he’ll be an Eagle Scout.”
“It’s amazing how much these
who usually had one of the fastest cars
kids have grown and matured over the
in the annual racing event.
Schnieber said he would miss hav- last five years,” Den Leader Deepak
Brar added.
ing Jazmin Lopez as his Den Leader.
The boys are also anticipating new
Pack 307 and Troop 307 are chartered
adventures as Boy Scouts. Dunn said
by the United Methodist Church of Tujunga.
he is looking forward to more outdoor
Cub Scouting is for boys in first through fifth
grades. Boy Scouting is for boys ages 11 to 17.
activities, and doing things he couldn’t
do in Cub Scouts. Schnieber and Lopez
Now that the heat of summer is beginning, I can’t help but think of Paul
Gotts’ family and others who lived in tents here in the Tujunga Valley.
Gotts has written about the part of his life when he lived with his family
in the Big Tujunga Wash near the old olive cannery. It was the early 1940s. The
aircraft industry was bringing many families into town at a time when building
materials were hard to get.
He tells us that very few people drove west on Wentworth past their acre,
because the road ended abruptly and it appeared to die away in the small “mysterious forest” at the end of the road. “And why did they want to drive to the end
of this dirt road? Because it was there, I guess,” he writes.
At that time, the very end of Wentworth wasn’t visible to the unknowing
drivers. One could easily get stuck before coming to the end of it in the deceptively deep sands of this “road without pity.” The sand would grab them by the
wheels and hold them down. Not everyone got stuck, but enough did to make
life a bit more interesting. The Gotts would help them out, as did all followers of
the “Code of the Wash.” Think of the dust on the floor of the tent, the windblown
sand in the sandwiches.
Gotts points out that today the sands of Wentworth are still there, the deceptive little trap still waiting. The old tent could be right on the golf course now, a
tourist attraction right there on the fairway.
Some of us who study history sincerely admire the courage, inventiveness
and hard work involved in starting a home, then on to building a community
from tree, rock, sand, and chaparral. Examples are numerous.
Elmer Reavis built his own home on Samoa in Tujunga from fieldstone surrounding his property, even though he was almost completely blind and needed
help to read the level. Building with fieldstone without bulldozers, backhoes or
cranes had to be hard on the body, but satisfying; a man and his wife would create a small home from next to nothing. Many of those houses are still standing
and now are at the mercy of the big machines.
Men and women came from other rough territories; one couple arrived
from Wyoming with a three-year-old child and a baby on the way. That was during the Great Depression, when the only way to survive was to grow beans. They
came to Sunland to start a business. Husbands and wives worked together with
their children, parents, aunts and uncles, sometimes all living in one house. We
know that this way of life has always been, and is being repeated once again with
new families.
Some might not understand the fascination with learning our own local history. A little girl came to the museum once and asked, “Why do you keep all this
old stuff?”
My answer is twofold. In order to evaluate our own lives we need to see
what came before us. We can then apply the information to the present and to
the future. If every person living on the old Indian-Mission-Rancho Tujunga land
would enjoy a kinship with our place and its development, we will also develop
a kinship with all people living on it. It is precious land that we will take care of.
We still struggle with rock and sand and chaparral, much more in this millennium, but we are never defeated.
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Shadow Hills, age 5, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National
American Miss California Pageant, to
be held August 7 at the Marriott Hotel
in Anaheim.
The pageant is for girls ages four
through 18. The winner of the pageant
will receive a $1,000 cash award, the
official crown and banner, a bouquet
of roses, and will represent the state
of California in the national pageant at
Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. The National American Miss
pageants are dedicated to celebrating
America’s greatness and encouraging
its future leaders. Each year the pageant awards thousands of dollars in
scholarships and prizes to recognize
and assist in the development of young
women nationwide. All activities are
age-appropriate and family-oriented.
The National American Miss pageants are for today’s girls, who will
become tomorrow’s leaders. The pageant program is based on inner beauty
as well as poise and presentation, and
offers an “all-American spirit of fun
for family and friends.” Emphasis is
placed on the importance of gaining
self-confidence, learning new skills,
learning good attitudes about com-
petition, and setting and achieving
personal goals. The pageant seeks
to recognize the accomplishments of
each girl while encouraging her to set
goals for the future.
Hernandez’ activities include ice
skating, cheerleading, T-ball and gymnastics. She recently ran in the Lupus
Race for Life law enforcement charity
event, and will also participate in the
Ride to Arrest Cancer. Hernandez is
the youngest of five children. At this
point in her life her dream is to be a
mom. She also enjoys baking chocolate
chip cookies and barbecuing at home
with the family. Hernandez’ sponsors
include The International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees Local 33
and various entities within the Los
Angeles Police Department.
Families interested in learning
more about this youth program can
visit http://www.namiss.com.
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The Arts
We Celebrate them All
McGroarty Arts, YMCA team up to offer children’s classes
Leslie Fischer
Two local organizations, McGroarty Arts Center and the Verdugo
Hills Family YMCA, have come together to offer affordable children’s
painting and drawing classes to the
YMCA after-school daycare program.
In the spring of this year, McGroarty Executive Director Claire
Knowlton and YMCA’s Executive
Director John Loussararian met to
discuss the possibility of offering McGroarty’s children’s visual arts classes
at the YMCA. Both quickly and enthusiastically embraced the concept, and
just days later solidified the program
details.
Offering high-quality nurturing
arts classes is McGroarty Art Center’s
trademark. The Center sought to expand its footprint in the community
and meet the growing demand for
classes beyond the capacity of its primary location, and to interact with the
community in new and deeper ways.
Many of the Center’s recent classes
have reached capacity.
Knowlton identified the importance of expanding services offsite
while still keeping true to McGroarty’s
teaching philosophy of offering small
classes focused on the process of artmaking with one-on-one attention.
McGroarty had recently launched a
series of offsite classes for low-income
senior citizens and for children attending various LAUSD campuses in
fall 2009. With the new YMCA partnership, the offsite class rosters have
grown even further.
This collaboration was also a good
fit for the YMCA, which was looking
to address the specialized needs of its
members by outsourcing arts classes
to an organization already expert in
staffing and designing a multidisciplinary, innovative arts program.
“We recognized the need in the
community for expanding arts programming because the public schools
budget cuts have drastically lessened
the ability to incorporate arts into
the school curriculum,” Loussararian
said. “Together we (the YMCA and
McGroarty) can make a greater impact
than we can individually by provid-
ing arts programming to our common
service area – from La Crescenta to
Sunland and Shadow Hills. This partnership is an opportunity to pool our
strengths and areas of expertise, bring
community organizations together to
avoid overlapping offerings, and to
create a rich and rewarding environment for children and their families.”
The art program reinforces the
YMCA’s mission to provide valuebased programming rooted in the
concepts of respect, responsibility and
caring.
The program launched in March;
feedback from the students and parents has been positive. Especially
well-received is the instructor, Monica
Hicks. One parent, Paula Helstrom,
went out of her way to express her
thanks for having the art classes at the
YMCA.
“My daughter has been wanting
to take an art class for the longest time,
and I have never been able to find a
class that had a time or place that was
convenient to my work schedule. This
class works out perfectly since [my
daughter] is already at the YMCA. She
loves the class and the teacher. I hope
that the McGroarty Art Center continues with this program,” Helstrom
e-mailed Knowlton.
Hicks observes the benefits of
creative expression firsthand. She has
watched numerous children who began the class very reserved, afraid to
“do it wrong,” and has watched them
open up and trust themselves as artists.
“It is extremely rewarding, helping kids through this process,” she
said.
Hicks said her classes aim to give
children the “opportunity to think on
their own, use their intellect and experiences to create something amazing.” She does this through exercises
in which she selects a word of the day,
for example “love.” She then leads a
conversation about love: what does it
look like? Smell like? Can you draw
me a story that depicts love? How can
artists depict an emotion using visual
language as well as words?
Other lessons address how different types of lines can work together
to make texture, and her version of
the game Pictionary entices students
to not only draw whole words, but to
find imaginative ways to depict even
the syllables of a word such as “adven-ture.”
After-school visual art classes
are offered at the Verdugo Hills Family YMCA on Wednesday afternoons.
McGroarty and the YMCA hope to expand their programming in fall 2010
to include performing arts classes.
Programs at McGroarty Arts
Center are funded by the California
Community Foundation, Annenberg
Foundation, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Los
Angeles County Arts Commission,
and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. McGroarty
Arts Center is located at 7570 McGroarty Terrace in Tujunga. For more
information, please contact the Center
at 818-352-5285 or visit http://www.
mcgroartyartscenter.org.
Monica Hicks instructs the new after-school art
class at the Verdugo Hills Family YMCA, offered
in cooperation with McGroarty Arts Center.
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How I got my agent
Cookin’ with Mary!
An Italian summer meal
Jess Haines
For years I worked writing technical instructions, scripts for internal instructional videos and company policy for a private business. The subject matter of my day job is dry and often filled with legalese, I always wanted to write
fantasy, sci-fi and horror.
Once I decided to write for professional publications, I knew I had some
hard work ahead of me. First thing on the agenda: write a book! I came up
with an idea, put it down on paper, and by June 2008 I had a completed urban
fantasy novel ready to go. So - what to do with it?
Starting off on the wrong foot by embarking on a venture to our good friend
Google, I searched for literary agents. I sent off a query to the first one that came
up. I was a little disheartened by his rejection (which was actually worded very
kindly), but I kept going, poking around here and there, sending off a few
more queries. At the time I didn’t realize that you should only query agents
who represent your particular genre, nor was I aware that things like scam
agencies exist. Unwisely, I followed a link to a (scam) agency that came up on
my next search. Of course they accepted me, and I just about flipped my gourd
when they said “Yes! We want to represent you!” Meanwhile, I racked up three
or four more rejections from other, reputable agencies.
After the initial “Holy cow, I have an agent!” wore off and they recommended a paid critique through a branch of their own agency, I got suspicious
and started checking them out. Much to my horror, I discovered they were on
a list of scam agencies and immediately cancelled my agreement with them.
Brush-With-Death-of-Potential-Future-Career averted, I took a step back to see
what I could do to get a real agent and not be such a ditz about this process.
On the bright side, my encounter with the scam agency had me take a look
at the benefits of getting a critique done. I invested in a professional critique
through The Visions Group (http://www.thevisionsgroup.net). This was one
of the best moves I made throughout the entire process, as it helped me to
tighten up and focus the novel. Jean Heller also gave me some invaluable advice on what to do, and what not to do, to locate and land an agent.
Bolstered by this, I stopped querying and went through the manuscript
again, taking time to clean it up. While doing that I perused more blogs of
agents and editors: Nathan Bransford’s, BookEnds, Query Shark, etc. I read
over the recommendations and tips from various industry newsletters and
organizations. I studied up on what to do, how to format the query, what to include, what not to include, and continued my search for representation around
the end of August 2008.
Then I saw an article from the Writer’s Digest newsletter about 28 agents
who were looking for writers - impeccable timing! I looked over the list of
agents and contacted Ellen Pepus (www.signaturelit.com) with an e-mail query. While I waited for a response, I got going on a second novel.
Ellen replied a few weeks later requesting a partial (insert happy dance
here). Shortly after that she asked for the full manuscript (insert happy dance
here). In November 2008 she offered representation and sent me her contract
(insert girlish screams of delight followed by happy dance here).
I’m very, very happy I persisted in my search for an agent, as Ellen just
closed a three-book deal with Kensington Press for me! The first book in the
series, “Hunted by the Others,” was released in bookstores everywhere May
4, 2010.
(Find out more about Sunland author Jess Haines and her books at her Web site http://
www.jesshaines.com. This article was originally published on the GLA blog http://
www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog and is reprinted with their permission.)
Mary Russo
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prosciutto di Parma, salami, olives,
French baguettes, San Pellegrino
sparkling water, and San Antonio
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- one of my favorite meals. You can
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or yellow and red tomatoes. You
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pizzelle cookies, and biscotti would
be a nice dessert to serve. Makes 6
Servings
salad up to three hours ahead; cover
with plastic film, keep refrigerated, adding the dressing, salt, and
pepper just before serving. Slice
the tomatoes and fresh mozzarella.
Remove the stems from the basil,
and make the dressing. The meat
platter may be prepared up to
one day ahead; cover with plastic
film, and refrigerate. Best to have
us slice your prosciutto di Parma
and dry salami on the same day, or
one day before you will serve it.
Ingredients
6 Roma tomatoes or 3 large
tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick
1 lb fresh mozzarella, drained,
sliced 1/4 inch thick
1 bunch fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 lb prosciutto di
Parma, sliced thin
1/2 lb dry salami, sliced thin
1/2 pint cracked marinated green olives
1/2 pint black Greek olives
1/2 pint dry black olives
San Antonio Classico
Chianti (optional)
San Pellegrino sparkling water
2 fresh crispy French baguettes
(heated in a 350 degree oven
for 8 minutes - optional)
Caprese salad
Arrange tomatoes, mozzarella
slices, and basil leaves alternately
overlapping on a platter. Whisk
olive oil and balsamic vinegar
together. Pour over tomato salad.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Directions
You may prepare the Caprese
Meat Platter with Bread
Arrange prosciutto di Parma
and dry salami on a platter, adding
the olives in the center. Slice the
baguettes with a serrated knife;
place in a basket. Heating the
baguettes just before slicing tastes as
if you just baked them fresh. Serve
the San Pellegrino or San Antonia
Classico Chianti. Some folks (like
me) enjoy having a glass of each.
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The Poetry Corner
The blackness of crows in the branches,
The white sand that shade filigrees,
The scent of the canyon around me I thank God for giving me these.
Tujunga
Robert Ligon
I always read The Voice of the Village
That is my solid choice in the village.
Teenagers are deciding whether
to go to Sunland Park
or go to their very good and very
smart high school at Clark,
Should they go get healthy
snacks at nearby Safeway?
Or should they go to their
La Crescenta Barber Ray?
Tujunga has many places to shop and eat
There are not many places that it cannot beat.
I will always live in Tujunga because of the fun and sun
If you do not watch what you eat,
you may have to take a good run.
The Scent
of the Canyon
The canyon’s bright beauty enfolding,
My spirit responds to its touch.
The glory of life swells within me –
I thank God for giving so much.
Copyright 1975, 2010
Marynance Schellenbach
America, long
live your name
David Wayne Jones
The sibilant sound of the water,
The whisper of wind in the trees,
The flickering green of the sunlight I thank God for giving me these.
A place for everyone
From everywhere they come
A light in a dark world
A nation full of hope
The songs of the birds ‘round about me,
The dancing delight of the leaves,
The touch of the breeze on my forehead I thank God for giving me these.
May it be, may it be
Come on people sing with me
Lord, may it be
The warmth of the sun on this June day,
The harmonious hum of the bees,
The coolness of shade that refreshes I thank God for giving me these.
I’ve lived here all my life
Now I see us rising up against the strife
And one thing I know
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Lord, may it be
May your stripes not fade, and
your stars never fall
America, may you always stand tall
May the lives we’ve lost not
have died in vain
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Croaking black crows were everywhere,
I was immersed in deep sadness,
Winter storms wailed within me
I was poisoned by gloominess.
I have always cherished the spring,
Always charmed by its joyful call,
But now my poor heart is aching
And in my soul winds shrill and prowl.
IN THIS COUNTRY
Life is bitter; dark is your soul,
But dreams you have are fresh and sweet.
You know not who is next to you
And everyday your pain grows deep.
© 1991 David Wayne Jones Nation, honor, love and conscience
All Rights Reserved Have long vanished, become worthless,
Why did these sad days come our way
And turned our life to death song?
May your stripes not fade,
and your stars never fall
America, may you always stand tall
May the lives we’ve lost not
have died in vain
America, long live your name!
Founded on dream
Let freedom ring
Since then it has run throughout the land
May it never change
By Marynance Schellenbach
God has blessed this nation
In so many ways
May we always give Him due praise
It’s an idiot that rules your life,
Lies and lewdness rule as your king
Deaf to your call, they sold their soul
And their conscience to the devil.
It is spring
out there
Susanna Khachatourian
I opened the window of my room,
Spring’s fragrance slipped in unseen,
I got drunk by its sweet perfume.
Everything was unsoiled and clean.
But my heart was covered by clouds,
I was grievous and heartbroken.
Frustrated by my bad luck,
I was captive and an orphan.
If you have dough you have honor,
You’ll have women of all colors,
You will rule them, although by force.
You harvest that which you have sowed.
Should you intend to stay alive?
Be ignoble and deceitful.
Or else become an anchorite
At least you’ll save your aching soul.
Some pray for luck and good fortune,
Others curse and damn their bad luck,
The rich are vain and disdainful,
Who scorn and sneer at the needy.
What is this life we endure?
It was become prison to us
It consumes us by mortal wounds.
While we are ignored by one and all.
28
Call for artists to benefit Station Fire survivors
Ariyana Gibbon
Healing from the Ashes, a new
non-profit program presented in cooperation with the McGroarty Arts
Center in Tujunga, seeks artists interested in creating art from some of the
salvaged remnants of the Station Fire
in the Vogel Flats region.
This all-volunteer program was
created to benefit survivors of the Station Fire through the creative arts. Its
focus is to offer help where it is needed
the most: the people who did not have
insurance at the time of the fire. The
program was inspired and initiated by
local artist Ariyana Gibbon, who lost
her home in an October 1994 fire in the
Angeles National Forest.
Healing from the Ashes is looking for more artists to create art using
some of the remnants of the Station
Fire. Healing from the Ashes was
granted permission by some property
owners and renters in the Vogel Flats
region to rescue remnants from their
fire debris for the purpose of making
art. With respect and sensitivity to the
owners, an interesting assortment of
materials was gathered by Gibbon and
volunteers. The vision is to repurpose
and recycle these salvaged materials
into art that will be featured in an art
show fundraiser and sold for benefit of
survivors who did not have insurance
on their properties.
Salvaged materials include molten aluminum, rusted tools, utensils,
chunks of melted glass, tiles, broken
knickknacks and pottery, charred
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wood and stones, electrical parts, and
lots of broken dishes and glass. The
abundance and variety of these materials are perfect for mixed media art or
mosaics. Working with found objects is
an opportunity to stretch one’s imagination and try new things.
We encourage collaborative works
as well as individual works. The exhibition is planned for September in
Sunland-Tujunga, just a few minutes
from where the fire was. Proceeds will
be donated to the households that supplied the materials.
Artists who wish to use their creative skills to benefit survivors of the
Station Fire are encouraged to e-mail
examples of their art, a biography or
Web site ASAP, before July 12. Contact
Gibbon at healingfromtheashes@live.
com or visit http://www.healingfromtheashes.org. Some artists have
already begun work; more artists are
needed while materials last. We are
especially interested in artists from the
Foothill communities.
The Station Fire was a wildfire that
started on August 26, 2009, and took
five weeks to fully contain. More than
160,000 acres of the Angeles National
Forest burned and 90 homes were lost.
It was the largest fire in the history of
Los Angeles County. Vogel Flats, once
a charming hamlet nestled in the forest
near Tujunga Canyon, lost 39 of about
45 homes. For more information, see
Vogel Flats Fire Victims on Facebook.
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