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Around Town: There was a wizard among us
Most nights, I drive my car up and down Foothill Boulevard in La Caņada Flintridge, sucked into a dilemma. I am not alone. Miss Audrey Hepburn, our rescue dog, relaxes in the passenger seat. Sprouts or Trader Joe's? Trader Joe's or Sprouts? Ever since...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Los Angeles Times, Newspapers, Audrey Hepburn, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Betty F. Almassy
Former longtime La Caņada resident Betty F. Almassy died Feb.27 at the age of 91. She came to California at the age of 2 and was raised in Glendale, graduating from Hoover High School in 1937. She attended Glendale College for two years and then...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Education, Human Interest, Elections, American Red Cross
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Around & About
CLASSES Jump Rope Classes — Wednesdays Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29; 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Foothill Force Jump Rope Team for all girls and boys in first through 12th grade, and adults of any age. FIS gym, 4490 Cornishon Ave., LCF. Fee $40....Tags: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Adults, University of Southern California, Animals, Rose Bowl Game
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Robert Georgeon
Robert Marcel Georgeon died Sunday at the age of 87, following a brief illness. He was born in Royan, France, on March 9, 1923. In 1949 he and his first wife, Giesele, moved to Australia. In 1960 the couple moved their family to the United States,...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Los Angeles
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Donald Hunt dies at 85
Donald Hunt, a star athlete turned World War II soldier who returned to coach championship football teams at John Muir High School and Pasadena City College, was found dead on Dec. 16 in his La Caņada Flintridge home. He was 85. A football and track star...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Rose Bowl Game, Defense, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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Around and About
CLASSES Beginning Bridge Class — Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 7, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Community Center of La Caņada Flintridge offers Beginning Bridge to adults and seniors. Taught by a seasoned bridge player, Beginning Bridge offers an...Tags: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Covina, University of Southern California, Arcadia, Music
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Around Town: Remembering Laura Canales
It has been a sad week in La Caņada. Memorial services were held Monday at Wee Kirk o' the Heather at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale for La Caņada Thursday Club past president, Laura Diane Canales. Mrs. Canales died on Nov. 5 of cancer. She was...Tags: Children, Colleges and Universities, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Recipes
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10-20-30 Years Ago
Ten Years Ago: The members of the La Caņada Unified School District Governing Board elected board colleague Barbara Racklin to serve as 2001 president. Twenty Years Ago: The La Caņada High School boys' basketball team set an all-time Spartan scoring...Tags: Santa Claus (fictional character), Ronald Reagan, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Whitney Houston's funeral cost Newark $187,000 for police
Ministry of GossipWhitney Houston's funeral reportedly cost the singer's hometown $187,000 in police overtime, and some residents of Newark, N.J., are not pleased.... -
Bertha Haffner-Ginger, godmother of the Mexican food craze
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLong before Rick Bayless, the Too Hot Tamales and even Diana Kennedy, there was another teacher and cookbook writer who introduced authentic Mexican food to a wider American audience. Though she is all but unknown today, at the turn of the 20th century...Tags: Chili, Martha Stewart, Dining and Drinking, Science, Newspaper and Magazine
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Verdugo Views: Remembering the pre-freeway neighborhood
Ron Magneson’s family moved to Walnut Drive in 1948 when he was four years old, and remained there until they were forced to leave in 1964 by construction of the Glendale (State Route 2) Freeway. “It was a very short street,” he...
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Art review: Syd Mead's believable, progressive futurism
The Forest Lawn Museum retrospective exhibition of Syd Mead’s half-century career as designer, illustrator and artist is composed of more than just renderings of his curious futuristic inventions. Mead shapes a utopian future made believable. His...Tags: General Motors Corp., Fine Artists, Andy Warhol, Chrysler, Museums
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