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Around Town: Educational Foundation to screen 'The Hunger Games'
The La Caņada Flintridge Educational Foundation consistently comes through for our public schools. This month, the LCUSD accepted a $2-million check from the foundation. “Foundation President Paul Murray noted it was a record amount for the...Tags: The Hunger Games (movie), Harry Potter (fictional character), Services and Shopping, Entertainment, Fiction
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: Happy birthday, Gen. Washington
I left Vietnam in 1971 and took a job at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. I hated the spit and polish of being an administrative officer at the prestigious post, so it didn't take long to ruffle the feathers of my superiors. I found no joy in presiding...Tags: Washington, DC, Yorktown (York, Virginia), Vietnam, Glenn Beck
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PCC debuts Design Tech Pathway
Pasadena City College is introducing a new program that teaches hands-on product design skills related to fields as diverse as engineering, fashion, architecture, cinema and visual graphics. The Design Tech Pathway program involves a series of courses...Tags: Defense, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Education
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In Theory: Sage advice for today's graduates
Q. It’s that time of year again, graduation season, when many of our youth are getting ready to leave the nest to live away from home for the first time in their lives. Do you have any words of wisdom for our college-bound graduates when it comes...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Values, Ethics, Teaching and Learning, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Being coached by champions
Mike McGlashan spent many of his childhood summers developing his game in the Spartan Basketball Summer Camp at La Caņada High, soaking up lessons from Tom Hofman, the schools boys' basketball coach. "I used to come every week of the summer when I was...Tags: Defense, Basketball, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Matt Jordan, Human Interest
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What happened in LCF 10-20-30 years ago?
Ten Years Ago The Memorial Weekend Fiesta Days in 2001 celebrated the city of La Caņada Flintridge’s Silver Jubilee anniversary. To kick off the long holiday weekend, Allen Lund Co. hosted a poolside cocktail party at the LCF Country Club. ...Tags: Defense, Lifestyle and Leisure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bozo the Clown (fictional character), Marketing
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Piece of Mind: All set for Fiesta Days!
The theme banner flags are attached to utility poles lining Foothill, vintage-car owners are polishing their four-wheeled treasures, chairs, tables and umbrellas have been ordered for delivery to Memorial Park and our youth groups are organizing their...Tags: Defense, Memorial Day, Lifestyle and Leisure, Festive Events, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Piece of Mind: Worrying about the Big One
The images alone are enough to scare anyone living in earthquake-prone countries, but it was a particular photo caption on the front page of the Wednesday L.A. Times that sent shivers down my spine: “Women hug in front of a ruined building in...Tags: Defense, California, Unrest, Conflicts and War, New Zealand, Crimes
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Four students nominated to military academies
Four La Caņada Flintridge students are among the nominees to the United States Air Force, Military, Naval and Merchant Marine Academies announced Feb. 2 by Congressman David Dreier. Nicklaus Koeppen, Alexandra Preiss, Matthew Faber and Stephen Oh —...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Unrest, Conflicts and War, West Point, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Wars and Interventions
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Around Town: 'What? You want to go WHERE?'
Attention, high-school juniors: The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., is now accepting applications for its annual Summer Seminar. Summer Seminar is an action-packed six-day program that exposes high-school students to life at the Naval...Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, West Point, Unrest, Conflicts and War, High School Sports, Science and Technology
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Students raise their red hands
La Caņada High School students were caught red-handed on campus Friday.
It was all for Red Hand Day, a worldwide event commemorated annually on Feb. 12 with public acts that promote awareness about the use of child soldiers around the world.
To mark the...Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, Amnesty International, American Red Cross
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Playing the hand of a lifetime
A group of lifelong friends has found that the secret to preserving happy memories is to keep those memories alive at the poker table.
For one Monday a month since 2005, seven men who share nearly 70 years of history gather to play cards at the La...Tags: San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Education, Sex, Family
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