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La Cañada History: 4-H club starts at St. George's Episcopal Church
Ten Years Ago A memorial tribute was held at La Cañada Presbyterian Church for John Kelsey, the retired choral director at La Cañada High who died at the age of 64 after a nine-month battle with cancer. Kelsey, who joined the local high school’s...
Tags: Religion and Belief, YMCA, Anglicanism, Christianity, Washington, DC
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Blood drive benefits Sport Chalet burn victims
Friends, family and co-workers of the two Sport Chalet employees who were severely burned in an explosion at the La Cañada Flintridge store earlier this month donated 64 pints of blood on Tuesday. The blood-drive event, held inside Sport Chalet's...
Tags: Sport Chalet Incorporated
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Slow recovery for Sport Chalet burn victims
Nearly two weeks after a gas explosion rocked the La Cañada Flintridge Sport Chalet store, two employees who sustained severe burns in the incident find themselves in a slow recovery. Lauren Polzin, a 27-year-old who led the store's scuba department,...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Economy, Business and Finance, Sport Chalet Incorporated, Finance
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La Cañada History: Wand children featured in Valley Sun for 1963 Valentine's Day
Ten Years Ago La Cañada Flintridge resident Bernice Hardman celebrated her 100th birthday with a number of parties, large and small, around town. Asked for any longevity secrets she might pass along, she said she had none. But she also mentioned that...
Tags: Holidays
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Police and fire departments compete to collect blood
Deputies and residents donated blood Wednesday in a regional "Battle of the Badges" competition. A Red Cross mobile station parked outside of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station collected blood from more than 20 people, said Deputy Jorge Valdivia....
Tags: Google Inc.
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Stations compete to donate blood on Wednesday
The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station will compete with other authorities on Wednesday to donate the most blood. American Red Cross is aiming to collect from 5,500 donors in Southern California. A mobile Red Cross vehicle will be parked at the...
Tags: Google+, Human Interest
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Groups make holiday cards for veterans
Members of both the La Cañada High School Pep Squad and La Cañada Junior Women’s Club worked together to create more than 500 handmade personalized cards recently to be donated to the armed forces as part of the “Holiday Cards for Heroes,&...
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The Valley Line: Thursday Club looks to both past and future
The bands have marched by, the music has faded and the fireworks are but a memory. It was another momentous Fiesta Days for La Cañada Flintridge. I hope you joined some of the many activities that occurred over the weekend. I really loved the fireworks...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Music, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism
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In Theory: Leaving 'under God' out of the Pledge
Q. The NBC television network has come under fire for omitting the words “under God” from a broadcast of the Pledge of Allegiance shown before the U.S. Open golf championship. The video montage of patriotic images including the American flag...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Church and State Relations, Barack Obama, NBC (tv network), CBS Corp.
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Residents make their blood bank deposits
Area residents joined deputies on Wednesday at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station in an annual effort to help fill local blood banks’ reserves. An American Red Cross bloodmobile was parked at the station from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the...Tags: Charity, Human Interest
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Verdugo Hills Hospital to hold blood drive
A community blood drive will be held at Verdugo Hills Hospital from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1. The drive, sponsored by the American Red Cross, will be held in the Fourth Floor Council Rooms at the hospital, 1812 Verdugo Blvd., Glendale....Tags: Social Issues, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Charity
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Piece of Mind: It's there when we need it
Appropriately, across our country this week the spotlight has been aimed on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. In La Cañada, the Young Republican Club is sponsoring a memorial service on Sunday, as it has for the past few...Tags: NASA, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Issues, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Charity
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