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Rim of the Valley gets wide support to become part of the national park system
Nearly all of the more than 5,000 respondents to a proposed plan to add a huge swath of wilderness to the national parks system are in favor the idea, federal officials said. About 100 of the responses were against putting the so-called Rim of the Valley...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Travel, Environmental Issues, Sports, Golf
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Message from the past
Forty years ago a La Caņada Flintridge teen named Tim Taylor summited an unnamed mountain more than 12,000 feet high and more than 20 miles deep in the backcountry of the southern Sierra. Taylor left behind a small legacy that was discovered last month,...
Tags: Travel, Tim Taylor, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Hiker falls to his death
A man in his 20s fell to his death Saturday morning while hiking in Eaton Canyon just north of Pasadena, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials said. The man, who was not immediately identified, was hiking with a female companion near the second...Tags: Travel, Injuries and Wounds, Gardens and Parks, Yosemite National Park, Health
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The Valley Line: Going Bouldering
![<em style="dropcap_large">I</em>'m back to our fair city from a jaunt to Boulder, Colo., and its rarefied atmosphere. Colorado offered up its most interesting weather just for us. One afternoon we were treated to a dramatic thunderstorm with lightning blazing across the sky in multiple directions and ear-splitting blasts of thunder. All of our little kids — three 3 year-olds, one 6-year-old and one 9-year-old — sat at the window watching the extravaganza as if they were in a movie theater. They seemed to be mesmerized by it all, screeching with delight with each roar of thunder.](http://www.lacanadaonline.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-06/53969857-03094659.jpg "<em style="dropcap_large\">I</em>'m back to our fair city from a jaunt to Boulder, Colo., and its rarefied atmosphere. Colorado offered up its most interesting weather just for us. One afternoon we were treated to a dramatic thunderstorm with lightning blazing across the sky in multiple directions and ear-splitting blasts of thunder. All of our little kids — three 3 year-olds, one 6-year-old and one 9-year-old — sat at the window watching the extravaganza as if they were in a movie theater. They seemed to be mesmerized by it all, screeching with delight with each roar of thunder.")
I'm back to our fair city from a jaunt to Boulder, Colo., and its rarefied atmosphere. Colorado offered up its most interesting weather just for us. One afternoon we were treated to a dramatic thunderstorm with lightning blazing across the sky in multiple...Tags: Travel, Sports, Golf, Stephen King, Jack Nicklaus
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Paul E. Pfahler, 87
Paul E. Pfahler, 87, of Lakeland, Fla., passed away at home on Monday, May 20, 2013, from natural causes. Paul was born to Rita O'Brien and John Lloyd Pfahler in Mansfield, Ohio. He graduated from Mansfield Senior High School. After graduation, he...
Tags: Bowling Green State University, Heart Surgery, Elkton, U.S. Marine Corps, High School Sports
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Memorial Day discounts for military
In Honor of Those Who Serve, local businesses would like to say "Thank You" for your service by offering special discounts for Memorial Day. (This list is ongoing, please check back for updates and additions.) Some discounts are offered all year long....Tags: The Home Depot, Holidays, Hotels and Accommodations, Labor Day, McDonald's
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather's spirit was content in the Pennsylvania town where his body has lain for six decades. "Grandpa...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Justice System, Lawyers, Trials
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Day Trips from the Lehigh Valley
DAY TRIPPIN' •Eagles/Carolina pre-season game, Aug. 15. $80. Whitehall-Coplay PTO, Rhonda, 610-266-1995. •"Noah," lunch at Shady Maple, July 24. $88. Landis Valley Village, Wilbur Chocolate, Sturgis Pretzels, lunch, Aug. 20. $74. "Motown,"...Tags: Cruises, Holidays, Mount Airy, Mystic Seaport, PNC Park
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Rustic simplicity
Laura del Principe is not a Top Chef or an Iron Chef. She doesn't have tattoos running up and down her arms or a line of cookware created in her name. Plistia, the restaurant she runs with her husband, Cesidio Decina, is tucked away in the small...
Tags: Meatballs, Flour, Travel, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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Climate change may be baring Mount Everest
A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth’s highest peak by 13% in the last 50 years, researchers have found. Rocks and natural debris previously covered by snow are appearing now as the snow...
Tags: Global Change, Environmental Issues, Water Supply, Landforms, Mountains
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An inside-out adventure canyoneering in Utah
SPRINGDALE, Utah — There comes a moment when you step backward off a cliff, clinging to a rope the width of your pinkie, and ask yourself, "Why am I doing this?" It's inevitable. Fear of heights (and its close cousin, fear of falling) is as deeply...Tags: Travel, Climbing, 127 Hours (movie), Google Inc., North Fork
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Denali National Park Set to Open for Summer
Channel 2 NewsDenali National Park and Preserve is gearing up to open for the summer despite some lingering snow cover. KUAC reports (http://bit.ly/16b4KbF) entrance-area facilities, like the visitor center, are scheduled to open for the season Wednesday. Sled dog...
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