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Girl Scouts go for the gold
La Caņada Flintridge is Girl Scouts country, and on Sunday the most recent class of accomplished young women took the stage at Lanterman Auditorium in acknowledgment of their accomplishments. This year 29 young women received the Gold Award, a high honor...
Tags: Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Cancer
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Church group eschews food for 30 hours to feed hungry children
Skid-row-style box cities aren’t common in La Caņada Flintridge, and neither is serious hunger. But this weekend, members of La Caņada Unified Methodist Church built a shantytown on Oak Grove Avenue and deprived themselves of food in an effort to...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Concerts, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Country, Caņada and Callas
It's beautiful when a handful of people can hatch an idea that benefits others they may never meet. Last week's charity concert by the Texas Tenors is an example of how people of La Caņada Flintridge can put their neighbors first while having a good time....Tags: Maria Callas, Opera (genre), America's Got Talent (tv program)
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Widow with dementia gave $600,000 to Kabbalah Centre charity
Susan Strong Davis, an 87-year-old widow who grew up in La Canada Flintridge, spends the day inside her Palos Verdes Estates home, tended round-the-clock by nurse's aides. For company, relatives say, she has her dog, the television and, on increasingly...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Social Issues, Los Angeles Times, Personal Finance
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Lecturer to be at La Caņada church
Christian Science lecturer Mary Alice Rose will speak twice at First Church of Christ, Scientist in La Caņada Flintridge at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, and again on Friday, April 20, also at 8 p.m. Rose will address the topic, “Are brick-and-...Tags: Anglicanism, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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What budget cuts mean to us all
The state budget crisis has led to deep cuts in public education funding. We in La Caņada have not been immune. Last September, the community received a wake-up call, rose to the challenge, and raised a record $2 million. Your generosity allowed the...Tags: San Marino, Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Human Interest, Executive Branch
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Four Les Fleurettes debutantes to be presented
For the past 60 years The La Caņada Thursday Club has sponsored young women from the community in the “Bal Blanc de Noel” presentation of Les Fleurettes debutantes.
This year, the Thursday Club will present four young women to society on...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Colleges and Universities, Culture, Teaching and Learning, Rose Bowl Game
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Charlie goes to trial
Continued from last week’s column: The judge peered above his spectacles, fixating on the mustard stain on my sweatshirt. He wanted an explanation. “Your honor, extra mustard on a Berge’s sandwich,” I said. Would justice prevail...Tags: Mustard, Charles Dickens, Justice System, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Crime, Law and Justice
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School briefs: St. Francis High maintains spirit of giving Watts parish
It’s the holiday season once again, and St. Francis High School is celebrating with an opportunity for residents to give to the less fortunate at their annual Christmas Toy Drive. This year’s drive will be held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on...Tags: Schools, Early Learning, Hospitals and Clinics, Preschools, Holidays
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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: American Red Cross, Human Interest
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The Valley Line: Three Texas Tenors, and high on Hillsides
Wow! Here we are already into February. Last week, after the rainstorm drenched us Monday, it seemed that we leaped straight to July, as the thermometer hit the 80-plus mark by Thursday. Yes, our weather here in Southern California is a bit odd.
Right...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes
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Armenian Community Center donates to CV Sheriff's Station
The Crescenta Valley Armenian Community & Youth Center donated $1,000 to the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station during the recent holiday season, it was announced this week. “We’re delighted that the Armenian community has frequently...
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