STNC Election Time Again - Voice of the Village

Voice of the Village 

Volume I, Issue 5 Visit us online www.voiceofvillage.org 

March 1 2010 

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Read about our diet and our health How did fire victims find value in tragedy? Want to learn Martial Arts? 

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STNC Election Time Again 

Cast your vote March 27 

Dan McManus 

If you are 16 or older, live or work in Sunland- 

Tujunga, and are interested in improving things 

around here - come out and vote! 

It is time to elect your Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood 

Council (STNC) board members for 2010- 

2011. The election takes place at North Valley City 

Hall, 7747 Foothill Blvd. in Tujunga, on Saturday, 

March 27 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The entire 21seat 

board is up for election; your vote matters and 

will help determine the direction of the STNC for the 

coming 2-year term of office. 

There are candidates running for President, First 

Vice President-Community Improvement, Second 

Vice President-Outreach, Secretary, Treasurer, two 

Representatives from each of the four geographical 

regions (eight total), and eight Group Representatives. 

A list of current candidates can be found by visiting 

the Los Angeles City Clerk’s Web page at http:.. 

cityclerk.lacity.org.election/ncdocs/SUNLAND- 

TUJUNA%20NC.pdf. 

Your vote is important. Here’s why: the STNC 

represents the unique wants and needs of the Sunland-Tujunga 

community to the mayor, the members 

of the City Council, and to city departments large 

and small that provide services and support across 

the second-largest city in the United States. You 

should vote because without the eyes and ears provided 

by the STNC, we often don’t know what’s going 

on downtown. You should vote because we need 

the voice that the STNC provides to make sure that 

the folks at City Hall don’t forget about us, especially 

in this time of budget crisis when the dwindling pool 

of dollars and services will go to those who are most 

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vigilant and visible. 

Your STNC is respected across Los Angeles 

as an example of what can be accomplished through 

paying attention, learning the ropes, organizing with 

members of the community and with other neighborhood 

councils, and being willing to go to the 

mat for what we believe is right for ourselves. Now 

there’s an interesting concept: self-determination. In 

essence, standing up proudly to fight for the quality 

of life we desire and deserve. 

As I’m sure you have noticed, we have a distinctive 

lifestyle here in Sunland-Tujunga. This reality 

creates distinctive challenges that need specific solutions. 

It delivers untapped opportunities that others 

might not see, appreciate, or be able to quickly take 

advantage of. Though we are within the boundaries 

of the City of Los Angeles, we are not Eagle Rock or 

Hollywood. We are not Canoga Park or Tarzana. We 

are Sunland-Tujunga. 

Democracy is a glorious yet fragile concept. If you 

don’t participate in it, it no longer exists. It evaporates 

like summer rain on 100-degree sidewalks when “we 

the people” turn our backs on it. We need democracy 

to guard and protect us and our freedoms, and 

to thrive democracy needs us to be smart, informed 

and engaged voters. While this is true for the nation 

it is even more important at the neighborhood level, 

where many of the decisions made deliver direct and 

palpable impact to the day-to-day lives of each of us, 

our families, and our loved ones. 

It really is up to you. It is up to you to inform 

yourself, to care about your community, to study the 

candidates, and to cast your vote. This is your right, 

Floods: a historical perspective 

Lynn Lowry 

The historic flood that began on New Year’s Eve 

Marlene Hitt 

1933 affected the eastern side of the La Crescenta 

La Crescenta: Mayfield and Rosemont 

In the Bolton Hall Museum archives you can find 

records of the many floods that have affected the 

Sunland-Tujunga area. The first well-documented 

event occurred in February 1914, soon after the 

“Little Lands Colony” was established and Bolton 

Hall was built. This three-day deluge of rain caused 

great damage to the new community. 

The 1920s brought record rainfall and several occurrences 

of local flooding. 

Valley, Montrose and Glendale and resulted in many 

deaths. 

In 1938 Sunland-Tujunga experienced a devastating 

flood that, according to longtime residents, 

did more damage in the Big Tujunga Canyon than 

any other in memory. Lives were lost, people were 

stranded for days and there were many thousands 

of dollars in property damage. And the list goes on; 

there were floods in 1944 and 1962. 

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Index: 

News ....................................... pp 1-4 

Features ............................... pp 5-11 

Business ............................. pp 12-14 

School News ............................ pp 18 

Church News ........................... pp 19 

Announcements ................. pp 20-24 

Service Clubs ..................... pp 25-28

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Tax Time: change for 

2009 income tax 

Gerald McNally Jr. Esq 

tax interview. There is a credit 

The big news with the Internal 

Revenue Service is that there aren’t 

any major changes. Instead, there 

are a number of small benefits to aid 

taxpayers through the rigors of the 

Great Recession. 

for new homebuyers. 

• The standard mileage rate for 

business use vehicles in 2009 is 

55 cents per mile, and for 2010 is 

50 cents per mile. 

• There are new limits on 

excluding gain from the sale 

Federal Income Tax changes 

of a second home, even if you 

• Your 2009 Economic Recovery 

Payments aren’t taxable, but 

they do reduce your Making 

Work Pay Credit (up to $400 per 

individual), or your Government 

Retiree Credit. 

• Your Cash for Clunkers rebate 

is not taxable. Sales tax on the 

purchase of a new vehicle is 

deductible whether or not you 

convert it to your principal 

residence. 

• Limits for the Alternative 

Minimum Tax have been 

increased, which means more 

taxpayers are exempt from its 

provisions. 

• It is now easier to put money 

into your retirement plans, and 

you can sometimes put in more. 

itemize. 

California Income Tax changes 

• New this year, the first $2,400 of • California has a new tax rate of 

unemployment compensation is 0.25 percent. 

not taxable. 

• For new home purchases after 

• Also new, the Hope Credit for March 1, 2009 and before March 

college education is now up to 1, 2010, there is a tax credit of up 

$2,400 per year and includes to $10,000. 

such things as textbooks, a • The 540 income tax form is three 

computer, and an Internet 

pages. 

connection. 

• The rules for claiming a child as 

a dependent have increased in 

complexity. 

• If you purchased a home in 

2009, bring your purchase 

escrow closing statement to your 

Use Tax and your business - It 

has been California law for quite 

some time that if you buy goods 

from out of state for use in California, 

you must pay a Use Tax equal to the 

California sales tax rate. Until 2005, 

there was no mechanism in effect to 

collect the Use Tax from consumers. 

In fact, the only taxpayers who ever 

paid the tax were businesses with 

sales tax licenses. 

In 2005, the Franchise Tax Board 

added a new line to the 540 form 

asking taxpayers to total their out-ofstate 

purchases, apply the sales tax 

percentage, and pay the Use Tax with 

their income tax filing. Taxpayers 

were on their honor to report it. For 

example, if you purchased items from 

online sellers as eBay or Amazon and 

sales tax wasn’t collected, you were 

supposed to keep records of those 

purchases and pay the Use Tax. 

Apparently, this procedure has 

not generated enough revenue, so 

effective this year any business that 

grossed more than $100,000 in 2009 

is now required to register with the 

California State Board of Equalization 

(they collect sales tax) as a “user.” 

They then must file an annual report 

(subject to audit) of their out-ofstate 

or online purchases, calculate 

the sales tax less any tax paid out 

of state, and pay the balance. Audit 

avoidance - California was not 

able to balance its budget last year. 

Governor Schwarzenegger predicts 

a $20 billion shortfall this year as 

well. I would expect more California 

audits and enforcement activity to 

boost collections, especially from the 

“underground economy.” 

Reducing audits is a matter of 

anticipating what issues might arise 

in the preparation of a tax return and 

supplying the necessary information 

to satisfy any questions. If your 

return is a straightforward W-2, you 

should file electronically. Your tax 

preparer should be able to anticipate 

audit triggers and prepare additional 

documentation to satisfy the IRS and 

the state. 

This summary is for informational 

purposes only. It is not meant to 

cover your individual tax situation 

and should not be relied upon in 

preparing your tax returns.


Stage stars join The 

Pacoima Singers for 

unforgettable fundraiser 

Dr Scott Mandel 

Debbie Rubin 

Twelve-year-old Sunland-Tujunga resident 

Samantha Rubin is a performer 

with the Pacoima Singers Musical Theatre 

Group and dreams of someday 

making it to Broadway. Recently she 

got a little closer to the big stage with a 

visit from two of its stars. 

In January The Pacoima Singers 

hosted a fundraiser at Sunland’s 

New Hope Community Church. The 

goal was to raise funds to pay for the 

group’s participation in the Heritage 

International Music Festival in Vancouver, 

British Columbia, Canada, 

taking place in May. The group is 

trying to raise more than $30,000 in 

order to participate in the competition, 

in which they would compete against 

schools from Canada and the northwestern 

U.S. 

Rubin wrote to two of her performing 

arts idols - Megan Hilty and 

Emily Rozek, stars of the Tony Awardwinning 

Broadway musical “Wicked” 

– inviting them to the fundraiser event. 

To her surprise, both actresses contributed 

their time to attend the event 

and support Rubin and her friends 

in making “An Evening with The Pacoima 

Singers” a night of fundraising 

and entertainment that won’t soon be 

forgotten. 

The Pacoima Singers are an awardwinning, 

multi-ethnic performing arts 

group at the Pacoima Middle School 

Television, Theater and Performing 

Arts Magnet. This singing and dancing 

group of 32 students 12-14 years old 

come to the school from all over Los 

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Troubleshooting your phone connection 

Bob Harrisen 

Noise and static are the plague of landline 

telephones. You don’t always have to 

wait for the phone company to try to fix 

it, especially if the problem is not with 

them; you might be able fix it yourself 

or call an independent telecom cabling 

professional and save time and money. 

There are a number of possible 

causes for noise or static on the line. Here 

are a few tips to help in understanding 

and managing the simpler problems. 

The standard telephone works on 

two wires enclosed in and separated by 

insulation. Those two wires are part of a 

path called a circuit or loop that carries 

current from the phone company to your 

phone and back again. The insulation 

keeps the current on the wire path. 

When that insulation is damaged or 

missing anywhere along the path, or the 

wire is broken, the flow of current can 

be partially or completely misdirected 

(shorted) across to the other wire or onto 

another electrical path. This causes some 

or all of the current to fall short of the 

intended destination. The shorting of the 

current causes heat at the short location 

and might cause various kinds of noise, 

such as the scratchy or crackling sound 

heard on the telephone. To handle this 

problem you need to find and eliminate 

the short. 

A good place to start is to look is 

the telephone itself. Sometimes a phone 

is dropped or mishandled and the 

wires, connections or parts inside the 

phone will come loose, causing a short 

and noise. If just moving the phone or 

handset causes a crackling sound, that’s 

a big tip-off. However, it might be that 

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and connect it to the same line. If the 

good phone works, you know the old 

phone should be repaired or replaced. 

If the problem still exists you can look 

further. 

The telephone line cord that connects 

the phone with a wall jack can be another 

point of failure. Line cords get stepped 

on and crushed by furniture, resulting in 

a breakdown of the insulation. Shorting 

inside the line cord creates heat in the 

wires and will cause the cord insulation 

to swell up and become bumpy, usually 

in multiple spots. Visually inspect the 

cord or slide it through your finger and 

thumb. If it looks or feels lumpy, cracked 

or soggy, or if the connectors are loose or 

corroded, replace the line cord and the 

noise might disappear. If that does not 

solve the problem, unplug the line cord 

from the wall jack and visually inspect 

the socket. If it is dirty, corroded, painted, 

damaged or filled with an old rubbery 

gel, get the jack replaced. 

Water or moisture on the line, 

either inside or outside the building, 

often causes a hissing sound with an 

interspersed crackle. Some sources of 

moisture include rain, the sprinkler 

system, morning dew and condensation. 

The sudden appearance of this sound 

during or following rain is a strong 

indication that water is the problem. 

When water contacts exposed or 

compromised wires it conducts current 

and might create a short, producing a 

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News from 1910: a time 

of sweeping change 

Marlene Hitt 

Did you ever think we would live to see 

1910? It seems that 1899 was just a day 

ago! And here we are 50 years old with 

time to go. The news this year so far has 

been promising. I’ll read a bit to you. 

The school board is about to annex 

the Monte Vista school to the Tujunga 

district. We’ll have to let the kids have 

the horse to get to school, but with only 

three or four children to teach it doesn’t 

make sense for two schools and two 

teachers. 

And it says here that even though 

we were taxed $200 four years ago, 

which is plenty, we now will need to 

pay more because they need to dig a 

well on the school grounds and repair 

the building. 

Now they want to build a road 

all the way through ranchos Tujunga, 

Providencia and San Raphael to run to 

Palmdale. What do we need that for? 

This is interesting. The Big, Little 

and Pacoima washes discharged 559 

acre feet of storm waters in April. What 

we need are a few check dams in those 

canyons and a good-sized reservoir for 

our own needs. 

This is good news. There are more 

than 383 miles of trails, 105 miles of 

wagon roads and 60 miles of telephone 

lines in the reserve here. A body could 

walk for days. 

Now that this place is so developed, 

we can expect a few more people, but 

not those crazy settlers up the hill. How 

do they expect to grow anything up 

on those rocks? I’ll stay down here by 

the river where the good land lays and 

the water is fresh and running all year 

round. And we don’t need any more 

people. Got enough already.


Retrieving our health 

What we can learn from cat’s teeth 

Judith Cutler 

In the early 20th century there lived 

two brilliant nutritional researchers 

whose efforts could have changed the 

course of healthcare in this country had 

their findings been broadly promoted 

and acted upon, rather than being 

swept under the rug by the newly 

forming pharmaceutical industry. 

The first of these pioneers was Dr. 

Weston Price, a dentist in Cleveland, 

Ohio in the 1930s. He observed that the 

healthier a patient was, the healthier 

his or her teeth, jaw and gums were. 

He asked himself what it was in 

our diet that was causing so many 

unhealthy people to wind up in his 

dental chair. He believed that nutrition 

was the foundation of good health, 

so what could people be eating to 

create this situation? He asked the 

crucial question “could it be processed 

foods?” 

Investigating this idea, he left his 

dental practice and traveled around 

the world looking for people who were 

untouched by processed foods. He 

sought out isolated, primitive cultures 

from tribes in Africa to Eskimos in 

Alaska and from Polynesian islanders 

to inhabitants high in the Swiss Alps; 

14 different cultures in all. 

The further away from civilization 

that he traveled, the fewer cavities he 

found. These people possessed straight 

teeth, minimal decay and strong, 

healthy bodies that were resistant to 

disease. 

Although the diets of these various 

cultures varied greatly, the common 

denominator was that all of these diets 

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provided at least four times the amount 

of water-soluble vitamins and minerals 

(especially calcium) and 10 times the 

amount of fat-soluble vitamins as 

the diets of the so-called “civilized” 

cultures. 

In these cultures couples expecting 

babies were both on special nutritional 

programs. 

The mother’s health was 

methodically maintained to ensure the 

creation of healthy babies. 

All of these cultures provided special 

foods for pregnant and lactating 

mothers and special diets for growing 

children. 

Sadly, Price observed that 

abandoning these practices for just 

one generation brought about a 

host of health problems previously 

unknown: narrowed faces, crowded 

teeth, diminished immunity and 

degenerative diseases. 

Price’s findings prompted him to 

advocate a nutrient-dense, whole food, 

organic diet since it’s the health of the 

whole body that determines the health 

of the teeth, not what toothpaste you 

use! 

The second nutritional pioneer 

was Dr. Francis Pottenger Jr., a medical 

doctor familiar with Price’s findings. 

In 1940 Pottenger established the 

Pottenger Hospital in Monrovia, 

California, which existed until 1960. 

He was famous for what became 

known as “The Pottenger Cat studies,” 

conducted from 1932 to 1942. 

These studies were designed to 

determine the difference between 

eating raw whole foods versus cooked 

and processed foods over a long period. 

The studies involved almost 900 cats 

over a 10-year period. 

The cats that ate raw, whole and 

unprocessed food were disease free and 

healthy generation after generation. 

The cats eating cooked and 

processed 

problems. 

foods developed major 

1) By the end of the first generation, 

the cats were developing 

degenerative 

becoming lazy. 

diseases and 

2) The second-generation cats 

developed degenerative diseases 

by midlife and started losing 

coordination abilities. 

3) The third generation cats 

developed degenerative diseases 

early in life and their life span 

was much shorter. Some were 

born blind and weak and couldn’t 

produce offspring. There was 

an increase in parasites, skin 

conditions and allergies by 85 

percent. The cats were born with 

these deficiencies and the kittens 

did not survive beyond six 

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months. Also, these cats suffered 

from adverse personality changes, 

such as males becoming docile 

and the females being aggressive. 

These cats suffered from the same 

degenerative diseases as found in 

humans and they died out totally 

by the fourth generation. 

Pottenger observed the same 

degenerative diseases in cats fed 

nutrient deficient diets that Price found 

in the human tribes that had abandoned 

their traditional natural diets. 

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The findings reached by both of 

these studies substantiates that eating 

nutritionally bankrupt foods can alter 

genetic traits and these alterations can 

be passed on to future generations. 

Although it isn’t true that you are 

what you eat, it is certainly true 

that what you eat significantly 

affects the viability of your body 

and the bodies that you produce. 

(Judith Cutler has been a nutritionist in 

the L.A. area for 20 years and is a natural 

products developer. She is the founder of 

BioTech Solutions. Biotheta@yahoo.com 

(818) 353-7454).


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Beginning in April Californians will be 

eligible to get a cash grant of $1,500 for 

installing a solar water heater (SWH) 

system in their home. The rebate 

money will come from a fee tacked 

onto the natural gas bills paid by utility 

customers. Yes, you are already being 

taxed to pay for this program so you 

might as well take advantage of it. 

Although solar water heating has 

been around for decades, it hasn’t 

caught the public imagination the way 

that solar electric systems have. However, 

SWH is a valuable resource in 

saving you money and reducing your 

dependency on costly utilities. 

Solar water heating systems cost 

between $5,500 and $6,500, depending 

on the complexity and size of the installation. 

Although not cheap, a SWH 

system costs far less than the $24,000 

price of a typical home solar electricity 

system. 

The figures above represent the 

price before federal and state incentives. 

An example cost breakdown 

could look like this: 

Fully installed system: $6,000 

State rebate: -$1,500 

30% federal tax credit on energy 

efficient devices: -$1,800 

Adjusted total cost: $2,700 

A SWH system could reduce your 

monthly gas bill by at least 60 percent. 

If you pay $80 a month for your gas 

bill, you could save $48 a month. In 

this example, the savings would cover 

the cost of the system in less than five 

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Gas prices aren’t going down, so 

the example above is conservative. 

Studies have found that SWH units 

have reduced gas bills by as much as 

85 percent. The amount of savings depends 

on factors like how much laundry 

you do and how many showers 

your household takes. 

So how does it all work? A standard 

water heater is set to keep your 

water hot. When you turn on your 

faucet, hot water leaves the water tank 

and cold water comes in. 

The temperature of the water in 

the tank goes down and the thermostat 

turns on the gas burner to heat it 

up again. That is a continuous process 

that goes on all day, every day. That 

runs up the gas bill and pollution index. 

With a couple of showers a day 

and doing the dishes and the laundry, 

the gas burner is running around the 

clock. What if you could preheat the 

water before it goes into your water 

heater? You would greatly cut down 

on the gas that would otherwise be 

used to heat the water. That’s exactly 

what a solar water-heating panel on 

your roof can do. 

Instead of your water coming out 

of the water pipe at 40 degrees and 

going into your water heater, it is 

pumped to your roof and run through 

a solar collector where the sun’s energy 

is used to heat the water. Next it flows 

into a storage tank and then into your 

water heater. Today’s new solar water 

heating panels, can heat the water 

sufficiently so as to never require the 

gas burner to turn on. Even on a cold 

California winter day the sun can heat 

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Before you sign up with a contractor 

to install your SWH system, be sure to 

verify the following: 

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The contractor is licensed to 

install solar water heating 

systems. 

The contractor knows how to 

and will fill out the necessary 

paperwork to get your cash 

grant. 

The contractor will install 

an approved SWH system. 

The new program has more 

stringent guidelines that must 

be followed for you to qualify 

for the $1,500 grant. 

(Greg Saunders has been in the solar industry 

for five years. Contact Greg with further 

questions at gsaunders@mooresolar.com.) 

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Family head 

Deep blue 

Old weapon 

Attracted 

Taste, e.g. 

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Buddy-buddy 

Pole position? 

"South Pacific" hero 

Trig functions 

Foot the bill 

Dislike intensely 

Flyers 

Like old recordings 

Obliquely 

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Licks 

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Sonata, e.g. 

Daunting exam 

"Buona ___" (Italian greeting) 

Glimpse 

Fed. construction overseer 

Blood group system 

Gabriel, for one 

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Grow your own with the garden maven 

Robin Siegel-Meares 

I grew up in Brooklyn in a 

neighborhood full of tiny two-family 

houses connected to each other for 

blocks upon blocks. We each had the 

exact same house: two bedrooms, one 

bath, 750 square feet upstairs with the 

same downstairs. Usually an extended 

family occupied both floors. We each 

had the exact same garden. 

The garden in the front of the 

house was for show; it was a tiny patch 

of grass and some ornamental plants 

along the side. We were one of the 

few families that didn’t cement over 

the 2-by-3 foot side garden near the 

garbage pails. 

This was my garden! I loved that 

garden. I planted carrots, radishes and 

even corn. This is what started my love 

affair with gardening. 

Fast forward 30 years to Tujunga, 

Calif. Talk about a challenging 

landscape for gardening! The old joke 

is: what grows best in Tujunga? Answer: 

rocks! What’s a garden lover to do? 

Enter Mel Bartholomew and his book 

“All New Square Foot Gardening.” 

In Bartholomew’s method, the plants 

grow in raised bed with weed cloth 

underneath - no digging required. 

Fran and Ray 

Real Estate Trivia: Where did the 

phrase “dirt poor” come from? At 

one time in history, only the wealthy 

had something other than dirt floors; 

hence the saying “dirt poor.” 

Since November 2009 the financial 

experts have indicated that with 

prices and interest rates both down, 

2009 has been an excellent year for 

buyers. In fact, over the past several 

months multiple competing offers 

have been the rule on properly 

priced and staged entry level listings; 

sometimes as many as 15 competing 

offers! That, in turn, has been good 

for sellers and we’ve seen homes 

selling quickly and prices moving up 

again, although nowhere near the insane 

peaks we saw several years ago. 

Rates are still near lows that haven’t 

been seen since 1958! 

A recently completed review of 

California economists’ projections 

for the future show there’s quite a 

range: 

• Our California Realtors’ Chief 

Economist Leslie Appleton- 

Young is predicting a 3.3 percent 

average statewide home price 

increase for 2010, with distressed 

properties still driving the 

market. 

• UCLA, however, is predicting 

Southern California price 

increases in the double digits 

for 2010, returning to their 2004 

peak between 2012 and 2017 

depending on the county (with 

Orange County lagging behind). 

• Cal State Fullerton says local 

prices will actually drop 2 percent 

through next summer, then finish 

flat or slightly up. 

• Veros, an automated valuation 

system, says Orange County 

homes will be up 2 percent from 

Sept. 1, 2009 to Sept. 1, 2010. 

• First American Title’s CoreLogic 

Division, on the other hand, 

In the Square Foot Gardening method, plants are grown in a special planting mix within 

raised beds. This eliminates the need for digging and weeding. 

These plants never even touch a 

rock! We’ve been growing our own 

vegetables and fruit like this for three 

years in all four seasons. 

We have 4-by-4 foot boxes, 6 inches 

deep, with weed cloth underneath to 

prevent weeds from coming up and 

the roots from rock-hunting. This is 

deep enough to grow any vegetable, 

even corn. The 4-foot width is the 

widest recommended, because one can 

easily reach into the box from all sides 

to work. A row of at least three feet 

is recommended between boxes so a 

Real Estate Corner and 

expects Orange County homes to 

go up 9.5 percent from Aug. 1, 2009 

to Aug. 1, 2010 and Los Angeles 

County prices to rise 6.3 percent 

during the same period, the biggest 

gain in CoreLogic’s projections for 

the nation’s 10 largest cites. 

• CoreLogic’s numbers also indicate 

that Orange County August 

2009 prices were down about 7.5 

percent from August 2008. 

The list goes on. 

Bottom line: Most economists are 

cautiously optimistic about next year, 

but nobody really knows what’s next. 

A “double dip” recession may still be 

in the cards, but eventually interest 

rates will start moving up and stay 

up. There are way too many variables, 

from the ongoing incompetence in Sacramento, 

Washington, and Wall Street 

to the chaos in the Middle East and Korea, 

to name a few. 

The current projection: after a winter 

slowdown that’s milder than normal, 

we’re expecting prices to resume 

their slow upward movement early 

next year, at least through spring. 

Sales activity will hopefully also 

remain strong, and interest rates will 

begin increasing for good sometime 

in 2010. Rates are still near lows that 

haven’t been seen since 1958, and 

probably won’t be seen again in my 

lifetime. 

What to do? Simple: do what 

works for your personal situation. 

What was written two years ago in 

“What to do when nobody knows 

what’s next” still applies today. The 

key is to base your decision making 

primarily on what you know, not 

on speculation about market trends. 

Market timing is nice, but it’s highly 

speculative and subject to surprises 

from the Feds, politicians, consumers, 

other nations, and even terrorist 

attacks. 

Instead of trying to precisely time 

the market, figure out what you really 

want or need and brainstorm options, 

work, and wait until you find an acceptable 

solution. As my mortgage 

broker once told me when I was trying 

to time the interest rate market in 

locking a loan, “if the loan works at 

the current rate, go ahead and take 

it.” In other words, don’t gamble by 

passing up something that works. 

Still, no buyer should expect to 

be able to flip their purchase in a few 

years based on appreciation, unless 

they really know what they’re doing. 

The old rule of thumb is back: don’t 

expect to make any money on appreciation 

(after the costs of buying and 

selling are deducted) unless you’ll be 

living there five years. If you can do 

it in less than that, consider yourself 

lucky (or blessed). 

Likewise, sellers who want to 

move out or move up and can accomplish 

close to what they want today 

shouldn’t hesitate. When interest rates 

are back to 9 percent or more, it’s going 

to be a lot harder. That could come 

sooner than you expect. 

If you can make it work, do it now 

because tomorrow is still a closed 

book. All we really have is today. 

(Some content excerpted from a 

November article by Dave Emerson, 

Real Estate Financial Analyst) 

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wheelbarrow can easily move around. 

You can use old lumber, new lumber, 

old dresser drawers, vinyl, etc. to build 

your raised bed boxes. Just make sure 

there is no paint on the inside-facing 

sides, which could leach into the soil 

and then your food. 

A grid is placed on top of the raised 

bed to divide your box in to 16 separate 

planting areas, each one square foot. 

The grid can be made out of new wood, 

old Venetian blinds, old wood or other 

material. Use your imagination and 

anything you have laying around the 

yard. 

“All New Square Foot Gardening” 

recommends a special planting 

mixture, which we have found works 

great. The mix is one-third blended 

compost, one-third coarse vermiculite 

and one-third peat moss. Blended 

compost means compost from at 

least five different sources, such as 

mushroom compost, composted 

chicken manure, homemade compost, 

redwood compost, vegetable compost, 

etc. Using different kinds of compost 

ensures that all required nutrients will 

be available to the plants. 

With spring here and summer 

approaching, now is the time to think 

about your garden. 

Elections 

continued from page 1 

it is one well worth exercising. 

Go to the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood 

Council’s election page 

(http://stnc.org/election.html) for the 

latest information about the candidates 

and the election. If you don’t use a 

computer, you can call the STNC office 

at (818) 951-7411. 

It can’t be stressed enough: this is 

our democracy. It needs you to make it 

alive. It needs you to make it real. 

See you at the polls on March 27. 

Stage Stars 

continued from page 3 

devastated country. See the video on 

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ 

watch?v=w5V8ebW4Faw. 

May 6-7 The Pacoima Singers will 

be presenting their annual original 

show, “A Chorus Room,” at the New 

Hope Community Church in Sunland. 

The show is a cross of “A Chorus Line” 

and the middle school experience, 

in which middle school students are 

auditioning for a place in a musical 

theater class. 

For more information call Pacoima 

Middle School Television, Theater and 

Performing Arts Magnet at (818) 686- 

4200. 

The art of being 

wise is the art of 

knowing what 

to overlook. 

- William James


Jean’s Trip Tips 

Jean Strauber 

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and the City,” “Law and Order,” or 

“The Sopranos“can have a custom 

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Tours. This one-of-a-kind sightseeing 

company offers four unique TV and 

movie themed tours: Manhattan TV 

and Movie Tour, Sex and the City Tour, 

Sopranos Tour and Central Park Movie 

Tour. 

Luxury buses take visitors on the 

Manhattan TV and Movie Tour, which 

showcases more than 80 TV show and 

film locations including “Friends,” 

“The Cosby Show,’ Woody Allen’s 

“Manhattan” and “Law and Order.” 

The Sex and the City Tour includes 

more 40 locations where the show’s 

characters lived, shopped, drank and 

dined. If you want to see New York on 

foot, the Central Park Movie Tour will 

take you through the world-famous 

park, covering locations seen in movies 

including “When Harry Met Sally,” 

“Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Ransom” 

and ”Serendipity.” All tours include 

step-off locations for a quick bite to 

eat and photo opportunities. Your 

tour guides are actors and actresses 

who offer entertainment industry 

insider information and gossip. 

For reservations and information 

call Zerve at (212) 209-3370. 

Drive scenic California - The 

California Travel and Tourism 

Commission published a booklet 

describing 24 scenic driving tours 

that will guide you through regions 

in Northern, Central and Southern 

California. The various routes 

showcase the state’s diversity: river 

and mountains views, redwoods 

and wildlife habitats, wine country 

vineyards, coastal vistas, and desert 

expanses. The suggested tours start 

at just two days, perfect for a family 

weekend while school is in session. 

Detailed descriptions of cities, 

towns and points of interest are 

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between destinations. 

To obtain this booklet write to 

California Travel and Tourism Commission, 

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call (916) 322-2881, 

or visit their Web site: www.gocalif.com. 

L I M O R E B B E R E E D 

A S A P O R I O N E R G O 

O N C E I N A B L U E M O O N 

S T E R N S U R P A S S 

A D D S S E E S 

L O P I R E S D E T E S T 

A B A G E N O A E M I R 

Y E L L O W S U B M A R I N E 

E L S E E T H O S L E A 

R I Y A D H H O N K E S T 

F O A M R O A R 

G A L I L E O N O O S E 

G R E E N E R P A S T U R E S 

S O O T S C U B A T A R P 

A W N S T Y S O N S L A Y 

Although the automobile is still 

considered king of the road, there 

are numerous other types of vehicles 

on the roads these days: commercial 

vehicles, buses, bicycles, scooters 

and motorcycles. It’s becoming more 

and more important for motorists 

to share the road with these other 

modes of transportation. 

According to the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Association 

(NHTSA) there were more than 6.7 

million motorcycles registered for 

street use in 2006, and the numbers 

continue to increase each year. 

Unfortunately, the number 

of accidents involving cars and 

motorcycles has increased as well. In 

2007, 78 percent of the motorcycles 

involved in two-vehicle crashes were 

struck from the front. In 40 percent 

of those cases, the other vehicle was 

David Romley, Esq. 

Victoria Luskin 

State Farm agent 

Biker’s Beat 

For those of us old enough to remember, 

it was on July 20, 1969 when 500,000,000 

people worldwide sat captivated in 

front of black-and-white television 

sets. They watched in awe as astronaut 

Neil Armstrong emerged from the 

lunar module Eagle and made a “giant 

leap for mankind” by taking one small 

step onto the surface of the moon. This 

realized the prophecy of President John 

F. Kennedy, who had urged a nation 

earlier in that decade to “set sail on a 

new sea” called space. Before we sent 

man to the moon, however, there were 

years of research, experimentation and 

numerous unmanned lunar surveys to 

assure that a manned spacecraft would 

not sink into 50 feet of dust. Right there 

at the forefront of man’s journey into 

space was our own Sunland resident 

Clayton “Fearless” LaBaw, whose 

dedicated work on the Surveyor 

missions made it all possible. 

You may have seen or heard 

LaBaw riding around town on his 

classic ape-hangered 1971 Harley 

Super Glide, seemingly a stereotypical 

biker with boots, leather vest, tattoos 

and goggles. He might remind you 

of a character from one of the old 

motorcycle films like “The Wild One” 

or “Easy Rider.” He looks the part; 

rugged and weathered, someone you 

don’t mess with. Yet underneath the 

bad-boy biker image, LaBaw is one of 

the nicest and most accomplished men 

you will ever meet. 

turning left while the motorcycle was 

traveling straight or passing another 

vehicle. 

The rules of the road apply 

equally to operators of automobiles 

and motorcycles. Motorists shouldn’t 

crowd the motorcyclist or cut off 

the motorcyclist’s right-of-way. 

Motorcyclists should operate their 

equipment responsibly and not take 

unsafe advantage of the motorcycle’s 

maneuverability. 

Considering the crash statistics 

and the increasing number of 

motorcycles, the keys to a safe traffic 

mix are understanding and learning 

to share the roadway. Don’t let 

yourself be one of those who says “I 

didn’t see him.” Make sure, as the 

driver of an automobile, that you’re 

as diligent in looking for motorcycles 

as you are for other vehicles. 

With degrees in engineering 

physics and astronautics, LaBaw has 

enjoyed a distinguished career as a 

spacecraft engineer at Jet Propulsion 

Laboratory (JPL) since 1962. He has 

designed the camera systems for many 

famous space missions including 

Apollo, Mariner, Voyager, Viking, 

Galileo and Cassini. LaBaw’s dedicated 

and inventive work has allowed us 

to see magnificent images of distant 

planets and moons. Currently one of 

his camera designs is on its way to 

the dwarf planet Pluto at the farthest 

reaches of our solar system. 

When you ask “Fearless” how he got 

his nickname, he will tell you modestly 

that it isn’t all that exciting. Apparently 

no one could keep up with him back 

in the day when he was carving up the 

local canyons on a café racer; hence the 

name “Fearless,” by which he since has 

been known. 

He bought his first motorcycle, a 

pre-World War II 125cc Excelsior, back 

in high school in 1952 and has owned 

many bikes over the years. LaBaw 

bought his current bike (the ’71 Super 

Glide) used in 1980, entirely rebuilt it 

and has put 100,000 miles on it in the 

last 30 years. When he’s not attending 

to his Harley, you might catch him 

working on his ’34 Frasier Nash or his 

’67 Austin Healey Sprite. 

LaBaw will be 74 years young this 

month and still enjoys the wind in 

his face. Happy birthday buddy, and 

“keep the rubber side down.”


Who We Are 

The Character and Characters of Rancho Tujunga 

Animal lovers pull together 

Pat Kramer 

Toto, a 7-year old Chihuahua/Schipperke mix, spent 

his life tied up in a locked garage before a neighbor 

alerted Los Angeles Animal Services. H e 

then spent another five months sharing a kennel with 

three other dogs at West Valley Animal Shelter before 

a concerned dog lover noticed him and initiated a 

massive media campaign to find this dog a home. 

Sunland writer Pat Kramer spotted the 14-pound 

Chihuahua mix last November while visiting the 

shelter to adopt another dog. At that time Toto was 

on the shelter’s “Green List” – one step away from 

being euthanized. Due to being kept in the dark for 

so many years, his little eyes bulged from exposure 

to sunlight. But according to the Shelter’s staff he 

was one of the sweetest, most loved dogs there. 

“With the number of dogs needing a home, I was 

afraid he might get put down before I could help 

him,” Kramer said. 

When she returned to adopt him a few weeks 

later, Toto was very ill from the crowded conditions 

at the shelter and was not expected to survive. 

However, his condition improved and on January 

5 Kramer began fostering him at her home until a 

permanent home could be found. “I was intent on 

seeing this through, no matter how inconvenient it 

might be,” she said. 

To help her along, West Valley Animal Shelter 

donated a carrying crate. Local animal rescue 

foundation New Leash on Life also pitched in by 

donating a sleeping crate for Toto. To help socialize 

him a local animal trainer began teaching him basic 

social skills. 

Over the next few weeks, Toto’s photo and story 

Leslie Hedge 

If you live in the Foothills, chances 

are you know someone who has been 

touched by one of the recent forest fires. 

I had the chance to speak with two such 

victims and found that not only have 

their perspectives about life changed 

on many levels, but that they do not 

see themselves as victims at all; rather, 

as survivors whose lives have been 

changed for the better. 

Janet Demeter, her husband Barry, 

daughter Sophie Marie, son Jack, and 

their two horses lived in Dexter Park. In 

2008 the Marek Fire swept through that 

area, burning their home to the ground 

and taking almost everything the family 

owned. Sophie Marie Demeter was two 

and a half and Jack Demeter was only 

six weeks old. 

Janet Demeter recalls being up at 

about 2:30 a.m. nursing her son when 

she heard the helicopters overhead. She 

looked out the window and saw the 

orange glow over the ridge and knew 

there was nothing between her and 

the fire. She and her husband decided 

that they had to get out. Janet Demeter 

and the children left their home by 4:15 

a.m. with some kids’ clothes and two 

family heirlooms, while Barry Demeter 

waited until the last minute before he 

finally let the two horses run free and 

retreated as well. 

Immediately after the loss the couple 

just felt numb, but Janet Demeter said 

that as time passes she becomes aware 

that it is all just stuff, and it makes her 

more aware of the gifts in her life. She 

Rescued dog Toto 

were posted by on Facebook, Craigslist, and animal 

rescue sites. New Leash on Life, Second Acts, Animal 

Control Officer Gabi Hartel, and Mae Ross of 321 

Talent Showcase assisted with the postings. 

Through these efforts thousands of people were 

acquainted with Toto’s plight. 

The campaign was a success - on January 26 a 

local family adopted Toto. Today, because of many 

Why Sunland-Tujunga? 

recalled that she and her husband had 

actually talked about wanting to move 

out of the burned rental home for some 

time, but didn’t know how because 

they had such limited means. 

In addition to the house itself, the 

family lost nearly all its possessions 

and heirlooms. Though most would 

view this as a tragic loss, Janet Demeter 

is able to see opportunity. 

“I realize that it’s up to me to 

build a new foundation for my family, 

and the challenge is inspiring and 

encouraging,” she said. “It’s helping me 

find new self-worth. And it’s not about 

me, it’s about what I help create and 

leave for the next several generations. 

Everything I do now has to pass the test 

of that, insofar as what its actual value 

is.” 

In the end she describes the fire 

as cleansing and freeing for her, and 

she is taking the good aspects of the 

experience and using them to help 

others. 

After the International MOMS Club 

heard about Janet Demeter’s loss, they 

gave her family the largest grant they 

can donate to a needy mom. She is now 

starting a local MOMS Club chapter in 

her area, and has already been able to 

vvhelp some moms in crisis by offering 

her compassion and experience in 

dealing with loss. 

“[Tragedy] opens your mind to 

all sorts of possibilities if you are just 

willing to look for the gifts. All you 

need is a little willingness. If you hold 

onto the things, then that doesn’t lead 

to happiness. If there is nothing else, 

you probably won’t find it through 

things; more things or better things,” 

Janet Demeter said. “What‘s important 

is people helping people.” 

Eddie Gold lived on Stoneyvale 

Road in Vogel Flats when the Station 

Fire raged through the area and 

burned his home down, taking along 

with it everything he owned. He said 

he saw the fire coming, but hoped 

the authorities were in control of the 

situation. However, it seemed to him 

that nothing was being done until the 

morning of Saturday, August 29, when 

the fire department told Gold he had a 

half hour to evacuate. 

Gold said he was told there would 

be firefighting rigs stationed outside 

each home, so he packed a change of 

clothes, his two cats and his laptop and 

was out by 8:30 a.m. 

“The thought occurred in retrospect, 

I could have packed some bags, but I 

just had faith the situation was being 

handled,” he said. 

Days later he learned about the fate 

of his home. 

“I let things go immediately,” he 

said. “I try to practice detachment, 

being in the world but not being a part 

of it. Stuff is just stuff; we need to let go. 

The past is the past. Gone is gone. Let it 

go. Otherwise loss consumes us.” 

Gold said he just had to go toward 

acceptance and surrender, knowing that 

life is about growth and thus change. 

“In nature nothing stays the same, 

and life for me is about transformation,” 

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people working together, Toto is now a pet for the 

first time in his life. No longer tied up or left alone, he 

has a family to love.“It’s so critical that these animals 

get some help. 

The love you get back will more than compensate 

for your costs, and as we know no act of kindness 

goes unpaid, especially as it relates to animals,” 

Kramer said. 

he said. “It’s about moving from 

darkness into the light and raising the 

stature of the soul. When things occur 

that appear to be devastating, we grow. 

It’s an opportunity to evolve. As we 

live, so we learn and as we learn, so we 

grow.” 

Gold believes in the saying that 

whatever we are given to deal with 

is nothing more than we can handle. 

He said in the past he had never been 

good at taking things from others, but 

after the fire someone told him to see 

it as receiving, not taking. Another gift 

that has come out of this experience for 

Gold is his ability to see just how many 

supportive people there are. Gold says 

he is now able to see friendship in a 

different way. 

Gold lost all his possessions, 

including valuable heirlooms and coin 

and stamp collections he’s had since his 

childhood. Most people would view 

this too as a tragic loss, but in it Gold 

finds a sense of freedom. 

“I feel totally unencumbered for 

the first time in my life,” he said. “In 

having nothing, I now have more.” 

(Please contact me via e-mail at 

writetomehere@yahoo.com so I can 

continue to spotlight local people whose 

positive attitudes towards life help to 

change the world for the better. You may 

also visit my Web site at: http://www. 

caringbridge.org/visit/lesliesjourney)


The Rowley family 

Cecile Page Vargo 

Bright brochures and colorful posters promising 

government land and a new life, combined with 

cheap and easy travel to get to there, called to the 

Rowley boys of Minnesota. 

Loron Rowley purchased a Southern Pacific 

ticket and joined two brothers on the way to 

Southern California, settling in Mandeville Canyon 

(Hollywood Hills), raising bees and selling honey. In 

1882, he ventured further north to the foothills of the 

towering San Gabriel Mountains. With the help of 

the Verdugo family of California’s colorful Spanish 

Rancho period, Rowley was able to build his own 

ranch house on 160 homesteaded acres in what is 

now known as Seven Hills. Rowley and his family 

were amongst the first pioneers in Monte Vista 

Valley, which would grow up to be the communities 

of Sunland-Tujunga. 

In addition to the beehives that were brought up 

by buckboard through washes and logging roads, 

Rowley raised cattle and marketed the wood on his 

property. The ever-growing City of the Angeles some 

15 miles away needed the wood for steam boilers, 

heat and cooking. An abundant supply of greasewood 

and pine trees provided a lucrative business. 

In 1885, Rowley signed on to help build a twostory 

structure on the southwest corner of Central 

Avenue and First Street (now Fenwick and Oro Vista). 

The building was used for mail distribution and a 

general store that sold everything from crackers to 

Dave Kluge 

Among the notables from whom I learned about 

purposes is Thomas Jefferson. He gave us the 

purpose of all governments in the Declaration of 

Independence, in which he states that all men are 

created equal and that governments are created to 

ensure life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for 

all citizens. 

Nice, huh? The Preamble to our Constitution 

gives us the purpose of our government. This is 

to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility 

(calmness in our country), provide for the common 

defense, promote the general welfare (prosperity 

and happiness), and secure the blessings of liberty to 

ourselves and our posterity (our children and their 

children). 

Even nicer! Our Bill of Rights takes it a step 

further. In 1789, the first Congress of the United 

States sent the Bill of Rights along with a Preamble 

to the state legislatures for their ratification. The 

Preamble simply stated that the Bill of Rights was 

being proposed to prevent the Constitution from 

being misconstrued or its powers abused, to broaden 

public confidence in our government, and to ensure 

the beneficial purposes of our government. These 

purposes tell us where we are supposed to be going as 

a nation and as a people. In my mind, these purposes 

give us a yardstick by which we can judge how well 

we are doing as a country. Are we moving forward 

toward the stated purposes? Are we moving quickly 

or slowly toward our purposes? Are we backsliding 

away from our purposes? These are questions we 

should all consider and answer for ourselves. Our 

Constitution gives us the framework within which 

we can all achieve our purposes. It is the rules of the 

game for being an American. (Dave Kluge, author of 

The Peoples Guide to the Constitution, may be contacted 

at: dkluge@adelphia.net) 

kerosene. Rowley’s freight and mail service helped 

connect the early Sunland-Tujunga pioneers to the 

outside world and made available to them supplies 

they could not raise or hunt themselves. 

The great boom that brought Rowley and his 

brothers to Monte Vista Valley began to collapse in 

1888. Many original land and building prospectors 

moved and went on to other ventures. Rowley’s 

businesses and services suffered, too. By the 1890s, 

the wood played out and the forests were in need 

of replenishing. Rowley struggled with his cattle and 

beehives until the land developers and promoters 

arrived. 

During this time Rowley met his future wife, who 

came to tame a rowdy and struggling schoolhouse. 

Following a two-year courtship, Rowley and Virginia 

Florence Newcombe married. 

The year was 1893, and the ranch against the 

hills became the new Mrs. Rowley’s home. Virginia 

Rowley continued to teach at the now orderly 

schoolhouse, as well as tend to her home garden and 

help with her husband’s various enterprises. The 

family grew with the birth of their first son Eustace 

in 1896. 

The family took up residence in the faded Monte 

Vista Hotel, bought by Loron Rowley’s brother Dr. 

Quentin Rowley. Two more children were born 

while they lived and watched over the hotel. In 1893 

Purpose Local historian 

Jackie Houchin 

If you’ve ever visited Cecile Vargo in her warm, 

homey Yellow Cottage in Sunland, been served 

a mug of her fresh-brewed flavored coffee, and 

munched on a few of her homemade oatmeal-raisin 

cookies, you’re not likely to forget the experience. 

From the moment I entered the quirky little 

house I was charmed. Beginning in the nook-ofa-kitchen 

with sky blue, cabin-style cupboards, 

then meandering through dog-legged halls and 

rooms chock full of quaint knickknacks, quilts of 

all colors (on the beds, the walls, across chairs), and 

plump sofas and chairs you could sink into and be 

contentedly lost in for a day, I felt like I’d stepped 

back into an earlier, simpler time. 

Yellow Cottage is the perfect hideaway for a 

historian. Even before Vargo could walk, her family 

went on camping trips to the nearby mountains 

and national parks. She got her first look at the 

ghost town at Calico when she was nine. Fifteen 

years later she, her husband and their young son 

started going on family vacations around Bishop, 

first staying in motels, then a friend’s cabin, and 

finally graduating into a tent. The next step was 

a four-wheel-drive Chevy Blazer, but after a hard 

lesson on big mud puddles the couple took classes 

at Glendale College titled “Harry Llewellyn and 

Ecological 4-Wheeling Adventures.” The class 

included an off-road trip that Vargo thought wasn’t 

much different from her own family outings, “… 

when we dug up history and found out where it 

was.” 

Soon the Vargos were hosting their own actionpacked 

journeys into the unpaved backcountry 

through Mojave, Bishop, Mammoth, Lone Pine 

and into Nevada, seeing the ghost towns of Bodie 

and Cerro Gordo. For nearly 20 years they ran the 

tours until the economy slowed and the liability 

insurance got too steep. 

After each trip Vargo would return home 

and write stories about their adventures. She 

called them “trip-a-logues” and e-mailed them 

Quentin Rowley sold the Monte Vista Hotel and the 

family moved back to the ranch house against the 

hills. The boys, Eustace and Robert, attended school 

- with a two-mile hike over rugged land to get there. 

By 1905 Loron Rowley built the first rock home in 

Monte Vista on Hill Avenue near Flower Street (near 

today’s Hillrose and Floralita). 

Not only was it easier for the children to get to 

school, they were also closer to community businesses 

and Loron Rowley’s endeavors beyond ranching and 

farming. Virginia Rowley moved her flock of chickens 

and her vegetable garden to the backyard behind the 

stone house. An adjacent pasture was perfect for the 

family horses and milk cows. A running spring kept 

the ground damp and the grass green year-round. 

Two more children would be born here. 

At an early age the Rowley children pitched 

in where needed, at home or one of the family 

businesses. Loron and Virginia Rowley made sure 

they were well-schooled and received formal music 

lessons. The children were seen in the evenings on 

the big front porch, playing games and practicing 

their musical instruments. Weekends were large 

homegrown dinners, with Sundays reserved for 

church activities. The Rowley family had a large 

presence in the Foothill community and was well 

known. 

To be continued. 

to friends. Later she started posting her stories 

on desert-focused online message boards. Finally 

she developed her own Web site.“This became my 

passion, being out in nature, exploring ghost towns 

and writing. I want to travel the backcountry and 

research and write for the rest of my life,” Vargo 

said. 

Vargo is researching ghost towns and local 

history and compiling it into a book which she 

hopes to publish soon. 

“I want to officially call myself a writer and a 

historian, instead of pretending,” she said. 

But certainly she is writer, historian and more 

already. 

(Read Vargo’s history of the Rowley House in this issue. 

Visit her Web site at http:// www.explorehistoricalif.com 

for more histories, personal accounts of living in ghost 

towns, and photos.)


Richard Stewart 

Bandito proposes 

If you drove by “Bandito Park” on Tujunga Canyon Boulevard on Valentine’s 

Day, you witnessed Cupid in action. All the gold ornament balls on the stacked 

rocks were replaced or painted a deep red to match red hearts hung in the trees. 

Even more intriguing was the two-by-eight foot sign draped across the park with 

the hand-painted message: “Susan, Will you marry me? - Bandito” 

Bandito was definitely hit by a potent Cupid’s arrow. The questions on 

Leslie Hedge 

If you live in the Foothills, chances 

are you know someone who has been 

touched by one of the recent forest fires. 

I had the chance to speak with two such 

victims and found that not only have 

their perspectives about life changed 

on many levels, but that they do not 

see themselves as victims at all; rather, 

as survivors whose lives have been 

changed for the better. 

Janet Demeter, her husband Barry, 

daughter Sophie Marie, son Jack, and 

their two horses lived in Dexter Park. In 

2008 the Marek Fire swept through that 

area, burning their home to the ground 

and taking almost everything the family 

owned. Sophie Marie Demeter was two 

and a half and Jack Demeter was only 

six weeks old. Janet Demeter recalls 

being up at about 2:30 a.m. nursing 

her son when she heard the helicopters 

overhead. She looked out the window 

and saw the orange glow over the ridge 

and knew there was nothing between 

her and the fire. She and her husband decided that they had to get out. Janet 

Demeter and the children left their home by 4:15 a.m. with some kids’ clothes and 

two family heirlooms, while Barry Demeter waited until the last minute before 

he finally let the two horses run free and retreated as well. 

Immediately after the loss the couple just felt numb, but Janet Demeter said 

that as time passes she becomes aware that it is all just stuff, and it makes her 

more aware of the gifts in her life. She recalled that she and her husband had 

actually talked about wanting to move out of the burned rental home for some 

time, but didn’t know how because they had such limited means. 

In addition to the house itself, the family lost nearly all its possessions and 

heirlooms. Though most would view this as a tragic loss, Janet Demeter is able 

to see opportunity. 

“I realize that it’s up to me to build a new foundation for my family, and 

the challenge is inspiring and encouraging,” she said. “It’s helping me find new 

self-worth. And it’s not about me, it’s about what I help create and leave for the 

next several generations. Everything I do now has to pass the test of that, insofar 

as what its actual value is.” 

In the end she describes the fire as cleansing and freeing for her, and she 

is taking the good aspects of the experience and using them to help others. 

After the International MOMS Club heard about Janet Demeter’s loss, 

they gave her family the largest grant they can donate to a needy mom. She is 

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everyone’s mind: will Bandito now retire? Will we now see a kinder, gentler 

Bandito? These questions are especially pressing because a week later the 

proposal banner was replaced with a new one, reading “She said YES! – Bandito 

AKA Richard Stewart” Who is the woman that captured Bandito’s heart? Her 

name is Susan Boughton; many have seen the pair working together in the park. 

A wedding at Bandito Park? Little Bambitas in the future? Stay tuned! 

now starting a local MOMS Club chapter in her area, and has already been able to 

help some moms in crisis by offering her compassion and experience in dealing 

with loss. 

“[Tragedy] opens your mind to all sorts of possibilities if you are just 

willing to look for the gifts. All you need is a little willingness. If you hold onto the 

things, then that doesn’t lead to happiness. If there is nothing else, you probably 

won’t find it through things; more things or better things,” Janet Demeter said. 

“What‘s important is people helping people.” 

Eddie Gold lived on Stoneyvale Road in Vogel Flats when the Station 

Fire raged through the area and burned his home down, taking along with it 

everything he owned. He said he saw the fire coming, but hoped the authorities 

were in control of the situation. However, it seemed to him that nothing was 

being done until the morning of Saturday, August 29, when the fire department 

told Gold he had a half hour to evacuate. 

Gold said he was told there would be firefighting rigs stationed outside 

each home, so he packed a change of clothes, his two cats and his laptop and was 

out by 8:30 a.m. 

“The thought occurred in retrospect, I could have packed some bags, but 

I just had faith the situation was being handled,” he said. 

Days later he learned about the fate of his home. 

“I let things go immediately,” he said. “I try to practice detachment, 

being in the world but not being a part of it. Stuff is just stuff; we need to let go. 

The past is the past. Gone is gone. Let it go. Otherwise loss consumes us.” 

Gold said he just had to go toward acceptance and surrender, knowing 

that life is about growth and thus change. 

“In nature nothing stays the same, and life for me is about transformation,” 

he said. “It’s about moving from darkness into the light and raising the stature 

of the soul. When things occur that appear to be devastating, we grow. It’s an 

opportunity to evolve. As we live, so we learn and as we learn, so we grow.” 

Gold believes in the saying that whatever we are given to deal with is 

nothing more than we can handle. He said in the past he had never been good at 

taking things from others, but after the fire someone told him to see it as receiving, 

not taking. Another gift that has come out of this experience for Gold is his ability 

to see just how many supportive people there are. Gold says he is now able to see 

friendship in a different way. 

Gold lost all his possessions, including valuable heirlooms and coin and 

stamp collections he’s had since his childhood. Most people would view this too 

as a tragic loss, but in it Gold finds a sense of freedom. 

“I feel totally unencumbered for the first time in my life,” he said. “In having 

nothing, I now have more.” 

(Please contact me via e-mail at writetomehere@yahoo.com so I can continue to 

spotlight local people whose positive attitudes towards life help to change the world 

for the better. You may also visit my Web site at: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ 

lesliesjourney)


Business 

Sunland Martial Arts Academy 

More than just a pretty face 

Leslie Hedge 

Next time you drive by the corner of Foothill and 

Scoville (across from Starbucks) check out Sunland 

Martial Arts Academy. It’s easy to see why it won 

“Best Storefront” in the STNC “Best of” contest for 

2009. But the real story is what goes on inside, where 

Master Sung Bok Kim teaches the arts of Tae Kwon 

Do and Hap Ki Do to children and adults from all 

over the Foothills and as far away as Santa Barbara. 

What brings them to Sunland to study? There 

is more to it than the storefront; Kim’s reputation 

is widely known. He was honored to serve as a 

bodyguard for the president of Korea when the 

president visited the U.S. In addition to his skills, 

Kim is great with students and especially great with 

kids. 

If you are looking for a way to improve your 

child’s behavior while helping them gain respect 

for others, develop self-discipline, and improve 

their grades, Tae Kwon Do classes might be just the 

thing. Those are just a few of the bonuses included 

in an education in Tae Kwon Do and Hap Ki Do at 

the Sunland Martial Arts Academy. Classes get kids 

off the couch and off the streets, and parents of the 

students said classes also help kids gain confidence. 

“Once the kids get here, they want to stay. They 

get hooked,” said Michelle Yi, mother of 7-year-old 

martial arts student Justin. 

“He’s great with the younger kids,” Yi said of 

Kim. “He’s very patient with them. He likes kids. 

I feel like he has a lot of compassion and wants to 

make a difference with each kid and that shows. He 

knows when to push them and when to hold back or 

Forty years: recipe for a successful business 

Editor 

Mary Russo has been feeding the Foothills’ need for 

good Italian food since 1970 with Corsica’s Deli at 

8111 Foothill Boulevard, Sunland. Her success and 

longevity are due to two simple principles: provide a 

good product and make it well known. 

Russo started cooking at age 8. By the time she 

was 13 she was creating her own recipes and feeding 

crowds at family gatherings, class parties, and 

community events. 

Her lifelong love of cooking is reflected in her 

business; Corsica’s Deli is all about the food. 

when to hug them. Not all Tae Kwon Do places are 

the same.” 

Yi notices her son is more focused since he began 

the training. 

“They have to learn all of these forms in sequence. 

There are lots of things to learn and memorize and 

you learn to focus. That’s why the kids do better in 

school,” Yi said. 

Aram Tatulian has two children studying with 

Kim. Tatulian notices that they are more obedient 

and show more respect toward their elders, as well 

as having improved grades. His son Edward, age 12, 

started training seven years ago and is now a black 

belt. Tatulian’s daughter Ann began her training at 

the Academy about three years ago and she also is a 

black belt. 

Tatulian said that Kim is a special teacher and 

that he helps the students gain strength and more 

confidence in mind, spirit and body. Tatulian has 

noticed that his children are now able to set goals 

and reach them; they don’t consider quitting because 

they believe they can achieve what they go after. 

“[Kim] was patient and good with the kids, 

careful not to push them too hard,” Tatulian said. 

Kim’s sons Henry and Harry assist in teaching 

at the Academy. Henry Kim is a two-time Grand 

Champion in Tae Kwon Do, a fact his father is proud 

of. 

Sung Bok Kim teaches all of his students Tae 

Kwon Do, Hap Ki Do and a form of weaponry called 

“Pal Bang Do Sun Gum Bup Mu Yea.” Students are 

taught never to abuse what they have learned and 

It is not a sit-down restaurant - the ambiance is 

“simple storefront” - but the food is to die for. Fresh 

or frozen, Russo’s entrées, salads and desserts are 

available to take home and enjoy. 

You might also have tried cooking Corsica’s 

at home with one of the recipes featured in this 

newspaper; however, her best recipes are reserved 

for customers and to taste them you have to go to 

Corsica’s Deli. 

When not preparing her food, Russo works on 

many different strategies to advertise and promote 

her business. The Corsica’s Deli marketing plan 

includes newspaper ads, Russo’s cooking column 

not to use their skills outside of the class to harm 

others. 

Students compete four to five times a year and 

often win high honors. Each class meets three times 

a week. Classes are held between 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, with morning sword and 

sparring classes on Saturdays. 

Students can attend a one-week trial for $20 or 

take advantage of a special offer of nine weeks for 

$99, which includes a uniform. 

The academy is located at 8312 Foothill Blvd. in 

Sunland. For more information, call (818) 352-1676. 

“Cookin’ with Mary” in Voice of the Village, the Web 

site http://www.corsicadeli.com, and flyers and 

e-mails announcing deli and catering specials. 

Corsica’s Deli also supports community groups, 

including a recent fundraiser for the Wildlife 

Waystation in Sylmar. 

Also contributing to the success of Corsica’s Deli 

are the facts that Russo loves to cook and that people 

love good food. 

A prosperous business also takes hard work, 

dedication, and the support of family and friends. 

Russo’s formula has worked; 40 years in business 

says a lot.


Sales success and your customers’ survival 

Patrick Valtin 

I was in Kazakhstan last week 

delivering a sales strategy seminar. 

The people there are very nice; they 

are highly interested in life and have a 

passion for food. They have a saying: 

“When times are tough you need to 

care for each other. Give your best food 

to or enjoy it with your friends and 

even strangers. By sharing your food 

you make others happier; as a result 

your life won’t be as hard.” 

While this idea of sharing in tough 

times might seem foreign to Western 

culture where most attitudes in rough 

times are characterized by self-interest 

and strong individualism, in today’s 

market it might be the very thing that 

will help your sales the most. When 

it comes to making or earning new 

customers you might want to look at 

treating them the way Kazakhs treat 

“strangers.” Here’s why. 

What you sell is never what 

the customer buys. Behind every 

product or service there is always a 

more emotional, irrational subject 

that can lead a customer to make a 

buying decision if you understand the 

following key principle: it is not your 

best argument that will trigger the 

buying decision but your customer’s 

buying argument; the very personal, 

emotional reason why he/she would 

buy your product or service. 

Here are some examples; keep 

in mind that there are an almost 

unlimited number of applications 

of this principle. You sell expensive 

cars? Your customer buys image 

and status, or personal satisfaction. 

You sell computer services? Your 

customer buys the certainty of “no more 

bugs that will waste his/her time,” or 

the peace of mind attached to your 24hour 

on-site intervention service. You 

sell kitchen cabinets? Your customer 

buys a social symbol of success or 

friendliness, an oasis for the family, or 

a higher bet that his/her house will sell 

for more in the near future. 

When I address this “customers’ 

survival” subject in my marketing and 

sales strategy seminars, some attendees 

have a hard time understanding how 

this could apply to their business. If 

you substitute the word “survival” for 

other words such as pleasure, safety, 

peace of mind, less problems, more free 

time, more certainty about the future, 

etc., you should start getting some 

good ideas on how you, the provider 

of a product or service, can contribute 

to your customers’ improved survival 

– in business and in life. 

Remember: the customer’s buying 

decision is always related to his or her 

survival, whether economic, social or 

personal. If you can do something to 

increase your customers’ survival, you 

increase your chances of doing business 

with them on an ongoing basis. 

Here is a first idea: make a list of 

the troubles, frustrations, concerns or 

questions your potential customers 

might have related to your product 

or service. Once you have a good 

idea, develop a marketing campaign 

that proposes to handle, remove or 

eliminate these troubles, concerns or 

frustrations. Position yourself as the 

A unique bookstore opens in Sunland: 

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Sonia Tatulian 

Need help? Sunland’s new bookstore 

has you covered. 

“At Helpful Books Store .Com our 

mission is to keep an inventory of helpful 

how-to books covering all aspects of 

life,” said owner Golam Chowdhury. 

The store offers books that present 

solutions to everyday problems 

related to health, business, legal, computer, 

home improvement, and other 

subjects. 

Instead of going to a doctor, lawyer, 

credit repair service, mechanic or 

other consultant and paying high rates 

for simple issues, try getting a good 

book on the subject and doing it yourself. 

Most books sell for only $10-$15 

dollars. 

In addition to books, the store also 

carries an extensive library of CDs, 

DVDs, audio books and electronic gadgets. 

Stop by and check out the collection 

at Helpful Books Store .Com, at 

8358 Foothill Blvd. in Sunland (across 

from Starbucks). 

one provider who is committed to 

reduce your customers’ troubles or 

concerns to zero. 

Here is a second idea: make a list 

of troubles, frustrations, concerns or 

questions your potential customers 

might have in life; it might not have 

anything to do with your product or 

service. Then develop a marketing 

campaign that proposes to help make 

your customers’ lives easier. 

I noticed many years ago that the 

best salespeople in the world were 

doctors; it is never hard to sell your 

idea when you have the solution to 

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principle applies in salesmanship; 

the customer will buy from you not 

because you have the best product or 

service on the market, but because he/ 

she perceives that you care more than 

others about his/her survival. 

Try it… and to hell with the 

economic crisis! 

(Patrick Valtin is an internationally 

known sales and management 

consultant. You can reach him at 

Patrick@m2-tec.com.) 

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Jackie Houchin 

The Sunland-Tujunga Art Association 

featured painter and muralist Randall 

Williams at the February “First 

Thursday Night Demonstration” held 

at Sunland Park Senior Center. 

Association President Pat 

Saurer introduced the artist for a 

demonstration of pencil and charcoal 

drawing, but attendees got more than 

a simple demonstration. 

Williams is an entertainer as well, 

and along with teaching drawing 

techniques he amused his audience 

with stories about growing up in rural 

Jacksonville, IL. 

Williams set up white poster board 

on a large easel and a table with his box 

of pencils and charcoal. He brought out 

his model Joanna Burke and posed her 

on the stage lying on her side, facing 

away from the audience. He positioned 

a photo light on her at an angle that 

highlighted the smooth curves of her 

back. Then he picked up his pencil, 

grinned at his audience and began 

sketching. 

As the image slowly emerged on 

his paper Williams talked about art 

and technique, joked about his life and 

career, and displayed various drawings 

from his own sketchbook as examples. 

Several people at the meeting 

The Arts 

We Celebrate Them All 

Sunland-Tujunga Art Association hosts sketch artist 

Creating a cartoonist 

Alexander R. Erdman, age 13 

I have been drawing ever since I can 

remember. 

I first drew knights and castles - 

almost every day. I always had a cartoon 

style of drawing, but never knew it. 

Last fall, after I moved to Altadena 

from my hometown of Carbondale, 

Colo., I was asked to submit a comic 

strip to the Voice of the Village. 

I was attending the Tutoring School 

in La Crescenta, where Susan Boughton 

saw my drawings and asked if I’d like 

to submit to the paper. I immediately 

started looking around for comics that 

would interest me and show me what 

they were like. I’d never paid attention 

to comics before. Now I’ve discovered 

a passion! 

I started looking at bookstores, 

I talked with my parents, and I went 

online to search out the different styles. 

I went backward to comics of the 

early 20th century and made my way 

forward into the 1960s and ‘70s. 

I first found “The Wizard of Id” 

comic at a Barnes & Noble store. I knew 

nothing about Brant Parker (cartoonist) 

and Johnny Hart’s (writer) work. It was 

different from contemporary comic 

strips that tend to be more edgy and 

suggest an aggression that I don’t like 

drawing. 

I prefer the old-fashioned days! 

It feels to me like a gentler and more 

innocent style. The subject matter is 

funny with a quick gag at the end. 

The drawing style is “bubblier” with 

rounded faces and big eyes and noses. 

This gives the characters a friendlier 

and more cartoon-like appearance. 

An example of the present-day 

style is “Get Fuzzy” by Darby Conley. 

brought sketchbooks and pencils, but 

it was hard not to be caught up in 

Williams’ stories and antics. Some in 

the audience just took notes. 

Williams offered a number of tips 

on drawing: 

• Drawing is the basis for everything 

(the eye-hand connection). 

• If you want to paint better, draw 

every day for at least 10 minutes. 

• Look at things closely. If you see 

correctly, you’ll draw correctly. 

• Approach your drawing the same 

way, every time. 

• For proper perspective, use a 

straight arm and your pencil to 

measure. 

• Vary the thickness of your lines. 

• For depth, use all ten steps of gray. 

• Throw away your eraser, except to 

use for shading when you’re done. 

• Incorporate lighting in your art. 

• Learn to pose people. 

• Don’t worry about making 

mistakes; you’ll never finish if you Randall Williams with model, Joanna Burke 

do. 

• Draw like a kid - they think they At the 2009 Pasadena Sidewalk Chalk 

can do anything. 

Festival he was photographed by 

National Geographic as he worked; 

Williams does photo restoration, 

his layout will be shown sometime in 

portraits and murals. He also creates 

June. Williams also teaches art classes 

extraordinary sidewalk chalk drawings. 

to LAUSD students and to seniors. 

It just doesn’t match my sensibility. 

Even Gary Trudeau tends to 

be too realistic. He draws detailed 

backgrounds and folds of the clothing. 

I like detail, but stripped back so I can 

focus on the important elements that 

tell the story. 

I now have a list of cartoonists 

that I really admire - comic artists such 

as Brant Parker, Johnny Hart, Roger 

Bollen (“Animal Crackers” and “Cat 

Fish”), Bill Rechin (“Crock” and “Out 

of Bounds”), Dick Brown (“Hagar the 

Horrible”) and Billy DeBeck (“Barney 

Google” and “Snuffy Smith”). 

My goal is to create a long-running 

comic series. The last two comics for 

the Voice of the Village were just a 

start. 

Each time I feel that I’m getting better 

and starting to understanding my own 

style. 

With my latest comic, “The Spaghetti 

Frontier,” I’m excited to begin creating 

characters I can live with and make 

them my comic world family clan. 

This strip, I hope, can go a long 

way. I have lots of historical material 

from that time period, the Napoleonic 

Wars. My dream is to one day become 

a syndicated comic strip cartoonist in 

King Features Syndicate. 

I would never have discovered my 

talent for cartooning if I hadn’t been 

offered this chance to show my skills in 

the Voice of the Village paper. My next 

goal is to be printed in many papers 

and magazines as a young artist. 

However, I want to continue 

showing my work in this paper. I am 

thankful to them and look forward to a 

long relationship. 

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For more information about 

Williams, visit his Web site: http:// 

www.randallwilliamsart.com. 

The Sunland-Tujunga Art 

Association provides free art 

demonstrations on the first Thursday of 

Continued on page 18


Mary Russo – Corsica’s Deli 

Cookin’ with Mary! 

If you’re looking for comfort food that tastes delicious, you’re going to 

love my mom’s Italian Chicken Stew! It’s easy to make and tastes like you 

spent all day making it! 

Italian Chicken Stew - Makes 4 servings 

Ingredients 

• 1 whole chicken cut into sections or 4 chicken breasts or 4 legs 

with thighs 

• 1 large onion, chopped small 

• 4 celery ribs, chopped small 

• 1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced or one 8 oz can sliced mushrooms, 

drained (optional) 

• 1 small red bell pepper, chopped into small squares 

• 4 cloves garlic, chopped very fine 

• 1/2 cup dry white wine (something you will like to have with the 

dinner, such as Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay or Chablis) 

• 3 cups water (or more) 

• 6 red potatoes, peeled and cut in half 

• 8 carrots, peeled and cut in half 

• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled 

• Salt and pepper to taste 

• Oil for cooking (olive oil or vegetable oil) 

You can find some of these ingredients at Corsica’s Deli in Sunland - 

call Mary (818) 352-7213 

Directions - Prepare all of your ingredients: chop all the items that 

need to be chopped, peel carrot and potatoes, and set aside for later. Remove 

the skin from and wash the chicken. Cover bottom of a large heavy 

pot with a light coating of oil. Brown chicken pieces just to sear, remove 

and place in a bowl. 

Caramelize the onions. Fry them until they are brown, add a little 

water let them cook until they are a caramel color, they will be sweet. Do 

not burn - they will be bitter and so will your dinner. Add onions to the 

bowl with the Chicken. 

Fry the red peppers just until soft, add them to the chicken bowl. If 

using fresh mushrooms, fry them in a little oil until they are golden. If 

using canned mushrooms, add to the fried peppers and proceed to the 

next step. 

Add the chopped garlic to the mushrooms in the pot, and add all the 

goodies that are in the chicken bowl, plus the celery. Stir and cook for 

about 1 minute - you will smell the delicious aroma of the garlic. 

Add 1/2 cup wine and 3 cups of water. Stir. 

Add salt, pepper and oregano to taste. Bring to a boil, lower the fire 

and simmer 30 minutes. Stir every 15 minutes. Add potatoes, carrots, and 

a little water to cover the potatoes and carrots. Taste the gravy and season 

with salt to taste. Bring to a boil then lower the fire and simmer 15-20 

minutes until the potatoes and carrots are done. 

NOTE: We like to have the gravy as-is, but some folks might like to 

thicken the gravy. If you wish, take 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, add a 

little water and stir until it is creamy, then slowly add to the simmering 

gravy, stirring so not to have lumps. Use more or less cornstarch to adjust 

gravy thickness to your taste. A green salad, hot crusty French bread and 

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Put in a vessel of stones 

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Leave in my hand 

a feather from the road 

that I may fly. 

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to my lips 

that I may taste love 

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New program brings the 

census to life for students 

US Census Bureau 

Press release 

Since the U.S. Census occurs only once 

every 10 years, the 2010 Census will be 

the first census that many students will 

experience. What better way to tap into 

students’ unmatched curiosity and 

enthusiasm than by educating them 

about the importance of the census so 

they can share this message with their 

families? 

As summer 2009 wrapped up and 

the new school year began, the new 

Census in Schools program “2010 

Census - It’s About Us” kicked into 

high gear. To promote participation, 

the Census Bureau mailed Census in 

Schools program kits to all principals 

and superintendents last fall. 

The program helps students understand 

why this massive undertaking is 

so important to our nation and will explain 

how the U.S. Census Bureau goes 

School News 

about trying to count everyone in the 

United States, no matter who they are 

or where they live. 

Educators received resources to 

help familiarize students with the census 

questionnaire, build geographic literacy 

by teaching students how to read 

and create different kinds of maps, and 

guide students in performing real-life 

data collection experiments focused on 

the importance of the census. 

The K-8 principal kits and grades 

9-12 social studies kits include maps, 

brochures and teaching guides to help 

educators integrate census activities 

into existing lesson plans. 

All of these materials and more 

are also available for download 

on the Census in Schools Web site: 

www.census.gov/schools. 

Sunland-Tujunga Art continued from page 15 

each month at 7 p.m. at the Sunland Park Senior Center, located at 8640 Fenwick 

in Sunland. 

There is a five-hour workshop each Saturday following a demonstration at 

10 a.m. at the Tujunga Library, located at 7771 Foothill Blvd. The workshops cost 

$45 for members, $55 for guests. For more information, call Nancy Bearce at (818) 

359-7489 or Dorothy Shepherd at (818) 353-0129. 

Adopt a classroom at 

Stonehurst Elementary 

Emily Bartosek 

March is Adopt-A-Classroom Month at 

Stonehurst Elementary in Sun Valley. 

Any individual, group or business 

can adopt a classroom by filling a 

shoebox with new school supplies, 

such as pens, pencils, crayons and 

paper, and delivering the box to the 

school. 

Stonehurst Elementary serves 

the Shadow Hills area and is located 

at 9851 Stonehurst Ave. in Sun Valley. 

March 23 and 24 are the official dropoff 

dates, but donations will be accepted 

all month. 

According to Jill Imperiale, 

principal of Stonehurst Elementary, 

this grassroots effort began when 

parent Emily Bartosek came to her and 

said “I realized that if I don’t like the 

way things are going, I have to either 

accept it or find a way to change it!” 

Imperiale and Bartosek created 

Adopt-A-Classroom Month as a 

way for the entire community to get 

involved with the needs of the children 

at Stonehurst Elementary. It’s an 

opportunity to truly make a difference 

in a child’s life. 

Imperiale and Bartosek encourage 

the community to invest in the future 

of our local students. By adopting a 

classroom, you can help ensure that 

local students have the supplies and 

materials they need to learn. For 

more information call Emily Bartosek 

at (818) 400-8178 or email her at 

emilybartosek@gmail.com.


Our Churches 

Local LDS church volunteers help 

with mudslide cleanup 

Robin Johnson 

“Mormon Helping Hands” did triple duty 

over the weekend of Feb. 6-7, helping to 

dig out three La Canada neighborhoods 

that had been engulfed by mudslides. 

The first round began Saturday, Feb. 

6 at 5:30 a.m. when Chuck Woodhouse, 

member of the Church of Jesus Christ of 

Latter-day Saints in La Canada, awoke 

to find mud covering his living room and 

the entire cul-de-sac of Arroyo Summit 

off Angeles Crest Highway. 

Informed by the fire department 

that the street was covered with eight 

inches of mud and that they would not 

be able to get out, Woodhouse made 

a phone call to his local church leader. 

Within minutes an e-mail was sent to all 

members of his La Canada LDS church 

congregation, asking for help. 

This e-mail was forwarded to the 

entire La Crescenta Stake, which consists 

of 11 LDS congregations located from 

Sunland to La Canada to Glendale. 

Soon more than 100 people responded 

with shovels, wheelbarrows, 

brooms, sump pumps and heavy equipment 

to move and haul the mud away. 

They worked all day digging out 

four homes in the cul-de-sac, with the 

last person leaving after 8:00 p.m. Other 

volunteers and members of the Los Angeles 

County Fire and Public Works de- 

Floods: a historical Perspective continued from page 1 

The flood of 1969 was caused by 

nine days of rain from January 18-26 

of that year. People were stranded in 

the Riverwood Ranch area, homes 

were destroyed in Haines Canyon, and 

Deputy Charles Rea from Montrose 

Search and Rescue died trying to rescue 

residents in La Paloma Flats. This same 

flood knocked down the “new” Foothill 

Boulevard bridge that spanned the 

Tujunga Wash. The bridge was eventually 

rebuilt and reopened in 1975, in 

the nick of time as the floods of February 

1978 destroyed the “old” Foothill 

bridge that had been closed but was 

reopened in order to carry traffic during 

the “new” bridge reconstruction 

after the flood of 1975. This rainstorm 

partments also pitched in to help. 

On the morning of Sunday, Feb. 

7, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger 

toured La Canada to survey damage 

from the mudslides. 

Greg Brown, a La Canada Councilman 

and member of the LDS Church 

who was part of the tour, explained to 

the governor that LDS church members 

had helped with the cleanup of Arroyo 

Summit. The governor replied “can they 

do it again?” 

Thus Monte Harrick, La Canada resident 

and a member of the La Crescenta 

Stake Presidency sent an e-mail to the 

entire Stake and its leaders canceling all 

afternoon church services and requesting 

that volunteers help dig out the hard-hit 

area of upper Ocean View Boulevard in 

La Canada. 

Despite it being Super Bowl Sunday, 

by 1:00 that afternoon more than 

120 people had arrived with shovels, 

wheelbarrows, brooms, and heavy 

equipment and they spent the rest of the 

day digging out numerous homes in the 

neighborhood. 

One such home was that of 64-yearold 

Pat Andersen. She had escaped 

the muddy onslaught saving only her 

wedding rings and some clothes as 

water, mud and debris filled her home. 

John Day, a volunteer from La 

Canada, pushed a wheelbarrow full 

and flooding also caused loss of life 

and was responsible for damage to the 

Verdugo Hills Cemetery. And the list 

still goes on; there were floods causing 

damage and loss of life in 1983, 1994, 

1998, 2004, 2005 and the year 2010 will 

be added to these records. 

Wallace Morgan, a writer for the 

Record Ledger newspaper, wrote in 

May 1953 “Floods occur only when 

torrential rains send extraordinarily 

large amounts of water down the 

little canyons in our community.” He 

goes on to say that major flooding in 

Sunland-Tujunga has always followed 

fires that have denuded the steep canyon 

slopes. “Our local floods are not 

floods of water - they are streams of 

Chuck Woodhouse of La Canada digs out mudslide victims 

of mud from Andersen’s house. “Even 

though the Super Bowl is on, there’s no 

other place I’d rather be,” he said. 

An additional 24 LDS church members, 

many of them teenage boys, worked 

on Haskell Street, another neighborhood 

off of Angeles Crest Highway. Neighbors 

were impressed and grateful for the 

quick response and their gallant cleanup 

efforts. 

Floyd Walters, who lives on Bristow 

Drive off upper Ocean View, agreed with 

the sentiments expressed by a neighbor. 

“What the Mormon volunteers brought 

something more resembling wet concrete 

as it flows from a concrete mixer,” 

Morgan wrote. 

His statements seem to hold true 

today, while our area certainly can and 

does have flooding, most of the damaging 

flood events can be correlated to 

fires in the preceding years. The historical 

archives have records of fires in 

the Mount Lukens and Little Tujunga 

areas in 1913, 1919, 1933, 1959-60, 1968, 

1975 and 2009. 

Along with the records of floods 

there are archived records on various 

approaches that have been used 

for flood control, dating back to 1915. 

It seems that each approach has had 

controversy, claims of failure and sig- 

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here today was much more than shovels 

and wheelbarrows. The most important 

thing they brought was hope. Hope 

to see that people care, that we are not 

alone.” 

nificant cost. 

In early April Bolton Hall Museum 

will open a new exhibit titled “Water.” 

The exhibit will present information on 

how water has shaped our community. 

The availability of water was a factor 

in the early Gabrielino Indian settlements, 

the Tujunga land boom, the 

development of agriculture in Sunland 

and Shadow Hills, and water played a 

big role in the politics of the community. 

The exhibit will also address how 

having too much water has impacted 

our area, the history of floods and flood 

control. The Bolton Hall Museum is 

located at 10110 Commerce Ave. in Tujunga. 

The museum is open Tuesdays 

and Sundays 1-4 p.m.


Announcements 

The way to happiness band 

Dust off those dancing shoes and head to the 

Sunland-Tujunga Elks Lodge at 10137 Commerce 

Ave. in Tujunga on Saturday, March 6 from 8-11:30 

p.m. 

The Sunland-Tujunga Rotary Club has teamed up 

with Bob Sullivan’s The Way to Happiness Outdoors 

Club and his 14-piece big band for community service 

fundraiser. 

“You can’t find a live dance band anymore to 

dance to,” Sullivan said. “All they have is DJs or loud 

rock ‘n’ roll. We’ve decided to change that and bring 

back the Big Dance Band. Come by Saturday night 

and see what we are talking about.” 

Friends of the Library 

Book Sale 

The Friends of the Library will be holding a book 

sale March 13 at the bookstore and in the library 

multipurpose room. 

The sale will take place from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. 

There will be books on most subjects, including fiction 

(paperback and hardcover), nonfiction (science, 

psychology, history, women, and politics), science 

fiction, and lots of children’s books. Prices will range 

from 10 cents to 50 cents, plus a little more for our 

special books; we have some newer hardcover fiction 

and nonfiction. 

We also accept donations of books in salable 

condition (no encyclopedias). 

Don’t forget the date: Saturday, March 13. All 

monies from these sales are used to purchase books, 

DVDs, supplies, etc. for the library as well as for 

many of the programs at the library. 

Dancing at the Elks 

The Way to Happiness Band was in the Marina 

Del Rey boat parade last Christmas and won Best 

in Show and Best Band honors. The band has four 

fabulous horns, exciting singers and a wicked rhythm 

section. 

Besides regular dancing to all the old favorites, 

there will be a dance contest judged by professional 

dancers Noelle North and Navarre Matlovsky of the 

Kumaras Dance Center. 

Trophies will be handed out for the best 

Salsa, Swing, Rock and Soul, Hip Hop, Disco and 

Foxtrot. You better start practicing because veteran 

A journey to the holy land 

Join Reverend Freddie Chua, Pastor of Our 

Lady of Lourdes Church, on a once-in-a-lifetime 

journey to the Holy Land November 1-13, 2010. 

The trip includes visits to Tiberias, Nazareth, Cana, 

Sea of Galilee, Mt. Tabor, Mt. of Beatitudes, Jericho, 

Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and more. 

The trip cost is $2,749 with special cash discount, 

with the standard base price of $2,878 from Los 

Angeles Airport. Space is limited. 

If interested in Land tour only, prices are: 

• Cash discount land only $2049 + tips $125 

Shirley Lorenz Kellstrom of Van Nuys, Calif. died 

Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. She was 82. 

Kellstrom was born Shirley Roberta Lorenz on 

Sept. 4, 1927, in Milwaukee, Wis. to Gus and Amelia 

Lorenz. After relocating to Van Nuys, Kellstrom 

taught kindergarten and first grade for 37 years at 

Hubbard Street Elementary School in Sylmar, Calif. 

She was extensively involved at the school, including 

serving as School Improvement Coordinator, a 

Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) 

provider for new teachers, Faculty President and 

Assistant Principal. 

Kellstrom participated in many community and 

activist groups, including California Federation of 

Business and Professional Women, International 

Training in Communications, League of Women 

Voters, National Organization for Women, and 

California State Association of Parliamentarians - 

Southern Area. The Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood 

Council appointed her Parliamentarian immediately 

after their certification in 2004. She served on the 

boards of directors of the Little Landers Historical 

competition dancer Sonia Tatulian and her dance 

partner Phillip Powell will be competing, and I have 

seen them dance. They smoke! 

“The Elks is the perfect place for this,” said 

Rotary President Richard Stewart. “They have a large 

hardwood floor that was just made for dancing.” 

There will be a silent auction during the evening. 

You also will receive a free ticket for the door prize 

raffle. Light food and drinks available for purchase. 

Tickets are available from Richard Stewart at 

(818) 321-5912 or Bob Sullivan at (818) 353-0120. All 

proceeds to benefit the community. Adults $15, $10 

for those under 21. 

• Standard base land only $2178 + tips $125 

• Credit from all inclusive package is $700 

+ taxes/fuel surcharges $625 = $1325 per 

person 

Land tour only passengers are to meet at Tel Aviv 

airport at the time our British Airways flight arrives 

or at the hotel in Tiberias on November 3. 

To download the free colored brochure and 

registration form, visit http://www.gocatholictravel. 

com/Chua. For more information contact Group 

Coordinator Nellie Eustaquio at (818) 352-6202 or 

e-mail at nellsters@yahoo.com. 

Obituary - Shirley Kellstrom, 82 

Society and the Hillview Mental Health Center in 

Pacoima. 

Survivors include her four children, Nanci 

Caillouet and David Kellstrom of Van Nuys 

and Judith Capper and Susan Kellstrom of Los 

Angeles; her sister Judy James of San Diego; five 

grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She 

was predeceased by her husband, Army Maj. Carl 

Kellstrom. 

A memorial service will be held Saturday, 

March 13 at 2:30 p.m. at the Old North Church of 

Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn 

Dr. in Los Angeles. Immediately following the 

service there will be a reception at McGroarty Arts 

Center, 7570 McGroarty Terrace in Tujunga. In lieu 

of flowers, the family requests that donations in 

the name of Shirley Kellstrom be made to Hillview 

Mental Health Center, 12450 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 

200, Pacoima, CA 91331.


Knights annual 

Lenten Fish Fries 

They’re back – and just as good 

as ever. Come join the crowd for the 

now-legendary Knights of Columbus 

Annual Lenten Fish Fries, starting 

Friday, February 19, from 5:30 p.m. 

to 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes 

Parish Hall, 10275 Tujunga Canyon 

Blvd. 

The Knights serve Canadian 

Cod battered, breaded and fried to 

perfection. Your dinner will be served 

with french fries, coleslaw, salad bar, 

and your choice of coffee or punch. 

In these challenging economic times, 

they’ve kept the price the same as 

last year: adults $6.50, kids $3.50. 

Homemade desserts are extra but 

worth the small price. 

The Knights bar will be open for 

those who prefer their beverage a 

little stronger. Bring your friends and 

neighbors and stay late at your table, 

enjoying the evening with good food 

and great conversation. 

This terrific deal will be available 

every Lenten Friday except Good 

Friday. See you there – and bring a 

friend! 

Troubleshooting continued from page 4 

an intermittent problem that might 

disappear while you are trying to locate 

it. It can last for minutes, or days during 

wet weather until the line dries out. 

The water or moisture could be either 

on the phone company’s lines, the 

customer’s lines, or both. The good news 

is that if there is a problem on the phone 

company’s lines they are responsible for 

handling it at no charge to you. 

The phone company is responsible 

for providing a good dial tone on the 

circuit path up to a location, referred 

to as the “Minimum Point of Entry” 

(abbreviated MPOE and pronounced 

“em po” with a long O); the point where 

the phone company wires connect to the 

customer’s home wires. 

The MPOE is usually at a device 

or a network interface box on the side, 

back or under the house. It is easy for the 

homeowner to determine if the problem 

is coming from the phone company or 

the inside wiring if they have a modern 

interface box. Inside the modern network 

interface box the phone company’s wires 

are conveniently connected to a female 

jack. The box also has a male plug on a 

short cord that is connected to phone 

wires of the house, which completes 

the circuit path when connected to the 

interface jack. 

This connecting device makes it easy 

for the homeowner to test and listen to 

the phone company’s line at that jack. 

This is done by unplugging the inside 

wiring of the home (and any problems 

associated with the inside wiring) and 

plugging a good phone into the jack at 

the MPOE and listening or dialing out. If 

there is a clear dial tone coming from the 

phone company’s connection, the noise 

problem must be with the inside wiring 

or equipment. If there is inappropriate 

noise present on the phone company’s 

wires, call the phone company to fix it at 

no cost to you. 

While you have the house wiring 

disconnected, you might want to ask 

the phone company repair service to test 

the line from their central office while 

you wait. They have equipment that can 

determine problems or shorts on their 

side of the MPOE. 

An important factor in this is that 

intermittent problems with moisture or 

equipment on their side might be gone 

by the time they come out to look at 

it. You at least will know they have an 

intermittent problem that will continue 

to be your intermittent problem, so to 

speak. 

If the line coming in from the phone 

company is clear but when you reconnect 

the plug at the interface box and you still 

have noise inside, then the problem is 

narrowed down to your inside wiring. 

Now you either fix it yourself or call a 

professional cabling contractor. 

When you are done at the interface, 

plug the original connector back into 

the jack, tidy up the wires and close the 

cover properly to protect the wiring and 

to keep out water, dirt and insects. 

I look for bad or wet wires at the 

MPOE and cut them back to good 

dry wire, strip the ends and reconnect 

them. If a source of moisture can not 

be readily found and handled, as there 

can be multiple cables going to various 

locations, most people would be wise 

to engage the services of a reasonably 

priced professional who has the tools, 

equipment and expertise to locate and 

handle the problem. Replacing one or 

more cables might be necessary. 

Phone currents normally are 

relatively harmless. However, as a word of 

caution: you might find yourself handling 

numerous wires at the same time - keep 

the hot ones out of your mouth! The 

writer assumes no responsibility for any 

consequences should you fall to harm 

trying to implement any of the above or 

become shorted and part of the crackle 

and hiss on the line. 

(©2009 Robert R. Harrisen. Bob Harrisen 

is an independent cabling contractor 

he may be contacted at 

(818) 249- 8085 or 

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Obituary - Lola Herberg, 93 

Adela Wolff, owner of Al 

Read’s restaurant in Tujunga, is 

mourning the loss of her beloved 

mother. Lola Herberg passed away on 

Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2010. She was 93. 

Herberg was born Lola Alberta 

Patrick at The Women’s Hospital in 

Pasadena, Calif. on Oct. 28, 1916, the 

fourth of nine siblings. As a child she 

lived with her family on Harriet Street 

in Altadena. She had four children of 

her own and a stepson that survived 

her, along with many grandchildren, 

great-grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren. 

Herberg lived with 

Wolff for the past 15 years. 

Herberg will be laid to rest 

alongside her husband John Herberg 

in Gearhart, Ore., where they lived 

 

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for 35 years. In attendance will be her 

daughter Anita Fischer and son-inlaw 

of Marietta, Ga., stepson Nelson 

Herberg of Flagstaff, Ariz., Wolff, 

and other family members. Her son 

Alvin Downs and his family reside in 

Gautier, Miss. Her son Darrell (Jim) 

Downs, a Tujunga resident, passed 

away two years ago. 

Herberg loved all her family, 

her little dog Muffin, life and laughter. 

She was proud to be a part of the 

community’s Al Read’s restaurant’s 

family and often reminisced about her 

many enjoyable dining experiences 

while visiting with employees and 

customers.


Speaker event: Preserving 

the Urban Forest 

The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club 

will feature speaker Gary Knowlton’s 

“Preserving the Urban Forest” 

Tuesday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the 

CitiBank Building, 2350 Honolulu 

Avenue, Montrose. 

Knowlton, a popular presenter, 

returns to discuss proper tree care, 

the Alex Shigo target pruning 

technique and his specialty, the oak 

tree. A certified arborist with 30 years 

of experience, Knowlton decries 

poor pruning practices and teaches 

workshops to ward off potential 

damage that threatens our urban 

forest. 

Ann Marie Flaherty, CPA 

The program begins following 

news of Conservation and Outings. 

Refreshments will be served. The 

community is welcome and it is free. 

Please contact Wayne Fisher, Program 

Chair for further information at (818) 

353-4181. 

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St. Patrick’s Day 

Dinner and Dance 

ALL ARE INVITED 

Come celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at American Legion Post 377’s 

dinner and dance on Saturday, March 20. 

A traditional Irish dinner of corned 

beef and cabbage by Heidi 

Ewing and Dottie Banks will 

be served and a live band 

will entertain. The cost for 

an evening of fun, food 

and music is only $10. Fun 

starts at 6:30 p.m. Post 377 

is located at 10039 Pinewood 

Ave., Tujunga. For more 

information call (818) 353-9856. 

To Mount Lowe with Love - 

Presented by the Little Landers 

Historical Society 

On Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 

1 p.m. The Little Landers Historical 

Society will present “To Mount Lowe 

With Love.” 

The Mount Lowe Railway was 

one of the most popular tourist 

attractions in Southern California in 

the early 1900s. 

The scenic mountain railway 

began its journey in Altadena and 

terminated at the base of Mount Lowe, 

offering “supremely fascinating and 

grand” views according to a Pacific 

Electric Railway brochure written 

in 1905. It was an engineering feat 

of its time, navigating tight turns 

Tell me a story – 

be a part of our history 

Bolton Hall Museum in 

Tujunga houses the memories of 

many people, and you could be 

one of them. Each story is not only 

a treasure in itself, but a valuable 

tool for the understanding of local 

history. Each person is unique and 

each is important. 

On many Saturdays Joe Barrett 

brings a video camera, and with 

the help of interviewers records 

those who agree to spend about an 

hour telling stories of their lives in 

Sunland, Tujunga, Shadow Hills 

and Lake View Terrace. 

From past oral histories taken 

from people who were here when 

Sunland was the agricultural Monte 

Vista and Tujunga the “Little Lands,” 

we learn that drovers occasionally 

ran cattle through the valley from 

Mission San Gabriel to Mission 

San Fernando. According to Robert 

Rowley, woodcutters transported 

local forests to Los Angeles to burn 

for fuel and cooking, and to fuel the 

brick kilns in the city. 

Rowley said that customers 

would come for land sales from the 

train depot in Los Angeles and be 

brought to Sunland in a Tallyho, 

which was a grandiose stagecoach. 

It would bring to the Monte 

Vista Valley quite a load of people 

on weekends. 

along canyon walls, and in places 

making its way up a 62 percent 

incline. Wally Schidler, a Southern 

California historian, will introduce 

“To Mount Lowe with Love,” a film 

that chronicles the history of the 

railway. 

Join us for this free program. 

Everyone is welcome. 

(Additional information is available 

from Lynn Lowry or Marlene Hitt at 

the Little Landers Historical Society, 

(818) 352-3420 or littlelanders@ 

verizon.net.) 

Chan Livingston remembered 

when the first settlers lived in tents 

or shacks until they could build a 

home. The Livingston family built 

one of the first houses in 1910. At 

that time Sunland farmers called 

the Tujunga settlers crazy fools to 

think about farming on those rocks, 

and Tujunga residents called the 

Sunland people “those Sunland 

knot heads.” 

Martha McKee tells us that 

the American Legion Post 250 is 

the oldest men’s association in the 

valley. In the past, organizations 

and churches usually met at in 

people’s homes for some time until 

a building could be erected for their 

gatherings. 

Marion Johnson relates a day of 

recreation at the time her family was 

living in Big Tujunga Canyon. There 

was no such thing as a babysitter, 

so the whole family including then 

8-year-old Johnson would hike all 

day, usually 20 miles. 

Many pages of stories are in 

the museum now and more need 

to be added. If you are willing to 

be interviewed about your life and 

experiences in this area, please 

call the museum at (818) 352-3420 

and leave a message, or e-mail the 

museum at littlelanders@verizon. 

net.


Sharing the roads 

with motorcycles 

Victoria Luskin 

State Farm agent 

Although the automobile is still considered king of the road, there are numerous 

other types of vehicles on the roads these days: commercial vehicles, buses, 

bicycles, scooters and motorcycles. It’s becoming more and more important for 

motorists to share the road with these other modes of transportation. 

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) 

there were more than 6.7 million motorcycles registered for street use in 2006, 

and the numbers continue to increase each year. 

Unfortunately, the number of accidents involving cars and motorcycles has 

increased as well. In 2007, 78 percent of the motorcycles involved in two-vehicle 

crashes were struck from the front. In 40 percent of those cases, the other vehicle 

was turning left while the motorcycle was traveling straight or passing another 

vehicle. 

5reasons to fill 

United States Census Bureau 

Media Department 

One: Helps build prosperity in your 

community. - Does your neighborhood 

have traffic jams, elderly folks who live 

alone or overcrowded schools? Census 

data can help define strategies to make 

necessary public improvements in your 

community. 

Two: Help in a time of need. - Many 

emergency services linked to 911 are 

structured based on maps developed 

with the data from the previous census. 

Census information helps health 

providers predict how a disease is spread 

through communities between members 

of the population. When natural tragedies 

like wildfires, storms, and earthquakes 

occur the census indicates to the rescue 

teams how many people may need aid. 

Three: Puts the government to work 

for you. - It’s a great way to let our leaders 

know who we are and what we need. The 

numbers are used to help determine the 

distribution of more than $400 billion 

in federal and state funds. The money 

will help to finance educational and 

school lunch programs, medical centers, 

emergency services, transportation and 

out your census 

questionnaire 

Thanks to the fact that 

we have had a census 

every 10 years since 

1790, we know how far 

we have come and how 

much we have changed 

as a nation. Be counted 

in the 2010 Census 

- the future is in our 

hands! 

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The rules of the road apply equally to operators of automobiles and motorcycles. 

Motorists shouldn’t crowd the motorcyclist or cut off the motorcyclist’s rightof-way. 

Motorcyclists should operate their equipment responsibly and not take 

unsafe advantage of the motorcycle’s maneuverability. 

Considering the crash statistics and the increasing number of motorcycles, 

the keys to a safe traffic mix are understanding and learning to share the roadway. 

Don’t let yourself be one of those who says “I didn’t see him.” Make sure, as the 

driver of an automobile, that you’re as diligent in looking for motorcycles as you 

are for other vehicles. 

other needs in our community. 

Four: Reduces risk for businesses. - 

Since census numbers help reduce the 

financial risk and allow the identification 

of potential markets, businesses can 

produce the products that you want and 

need. 

Five: It will help you and your family. 

- The individual data stay confidential for 

72 years, but you can request a certificate 

of past censuses to use it as verification 

of your age, residence, or kinship. This 

information can help you apply for 

a pension, establish citizenship or to 

obtain an inheritance. In 2082 your greatgrandchildren 

will be able to use census 

information to learn about the history 

of your family. Today your children can 

use the information to assist them with 

homework assignments. 

Thanks to the fact that we have had 

a census every 10 years since 1790, we 

know how far we have come and how 

much we have changed as a nation. Be 

counted in the 2010 Census - the future 

is in our hands! 

YMCA of 

the Foothills: 

Summer 

Camp 

sign-up 

March 13 

For a summer of fun and a lifetime 

of memories, go “Into the Wild” at 

summer camp. Camp Sign-up Day 

and Carnival is Saturday, March 13 

from 9 a.m. until noon at the YMCA 

of the Foothills, 1930 Foothill Blvd., 

La Canada Flintridge. Register that 

day and receive a free camp shirt. 

The YMCA of the Foothills is 

committed to providing programs 

and services to any person who 

desires to participate and understands 

the mission of the YMCA, regardless 

of their ability to pay. For more 

information on financial assistance 

and scholarships, visit http://www. 

ymcafoothills.org or call (818) 352- 

3255. 

Y Camp is a fun and happy place 

for kids to enjoy the summer. 

(The Crescenta-Canada and Verdugo 

Hills Family YMCAs are a charitable 

association of YMCAs. For additional 

information contact Kim Beattie, 

Director of Communications and Public 

Relations, at (818) 790-0123 ext. 266 or 

at kbeattie@ymcafoothills.org)


Service Clubs 

Did you hear a Lion purr? 

Cindy Cleghorn and Cookie Dapp with the Lions Club Eyeglass drop-off collection box. 

Marynance Schellenbach 

The Sunland-Tujunga Lions are enjoying 

their “purring” season – the quiet days 

between the holidays and the intensive 

activity during the summer when 

they produce the annual Watermelon 

Festival. The Lions are great recyclers, 

believing that it is better to find a new 

use for things rather than trash them. 

Sol del Valle Community Center Programs 

Matt Sapp 

Sol del Valle Community Center 

is a non-profit Christian ministry 

located at 10725 Penrose Street in Sun 

Valley, near the corner of Penrose and 

Sunland Blvd. It was created in 1987 by 

Bethel Christian Reformed Church in 

response to several social and economic 

hardships. 

The mission of the Sol del Valle 

Sonia Tatulian 

Executive Director 

The Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of 

Commerce with the Sunland-Tujunga 

Elks Lodge wish to extend their 

sincere gratitude and appreciation 

to all our generous sponsors and 

benefactors who helped make our 

annual Monte Carlo Casino Night 

a fun and successful event. Be sure 

and check out our Web site at http:// 

www.stchamber.com for some of the 

pictures of the fun. 

Please join us in welcoming some 

new businesses to the Foothills. On 

Wednesday, March 3 at noon we 

will have a ribbon cutting at Roger 

& Maria’s Gifts, located at 7906 

Foothill Blvd. in Sunland. Also, 

on Wednesday, March 10 at noon 

we will have a ribbon cutting at 

Helpful Books Store .Com, located 

at 8358 Foothill Blvd., in Sunland. 

Please join us and take some time to 

The community is invited to 

participate by taking donations to the 

Lions In Sight collection boxes around 

town or calling Lion Jamie Ellis at (818) 

781-7721 for more information. 

Lion Cookie Dapp works yearround 

collecting used eyeglasses, 

but her busiest time is just before the 

Community Center is to provide the 

tools and resources for local residents 

to discover and develop gifts that will 

enrich their lives. It is our desire to 

assist low-income families and at-risk 

youth. 

The community center offers a 

wide variety of programs for children 

including an after-school homework 

mid-March turn-in 

deadline. The glasses 

are collected in 

donation boxes around 

the community, tallied 

and packed, then sent 

to Lions In Sight, a 

foundation that sorts 

the glasses, cleans, 

repairs and labels 

them, then repacks 

them to be taken to 

areas in need by teams 

of Lions. 

The team usually 

takes about 20,000 

pairs of glasses in their 

personal luggage. For 

more information, 

go online to http:// 

lionsinsight.org. 

Used hearing 

aids also can be 

donated in the Lions 

In Sight boxes. These are sent to the 

Lions Hearing Foundation, where they 

are rebuilt and provided to people who 

can’t afford them for a very nominal 

cost. Recipients are sponsored by their 

local Lions Club. 

MEND (Meet Each Need with 

Dignity) poverty center in Pacoima is 

another recipient of the quiet work the 

Lions do. When the Lions sponsored 

club, tutoring, music academy, soccer 

clinics, and two age-specific day camps 

that run through the summer. Our 

hope is that as children participate in 

these programs, they will be equipped 

to succeed as students. 

The community center also offers 

many programs for adults including 

parenting and employment workshops, 

ESL and Spanish classes, computer and 

the drive to provide a vision clinic for 

MEND 12 years ago, they found that 

they could meet many of the center’s 

needs. 

The eyeglass cases in good condition 

that are often donated along with the 

glasses are cleaned and given to the 

MEND Vision Clinic. Clothes, food, 

toys and household items are collected 

periodically and taken to MEND. The 

number of people turning to MEND 

for help has increased dramatically in 

the last year. Learn more at http:// 

www.mendpoverty.org 

The holidays found the Lions 

collecting used postage stamps to 

donate to the Stamp Club at Our Lady 

of Lourdes School, then after Christmas 

they donate the greeting cards they 

received to the school’s art program. 

Ronald McDonald House benefits 

from the Lions’ yearlong collection of 

pull-top tabs from soda cans. 

The tabs are taken to the Ronald 

McDonald House in Pasadena, where 

they are sold to help pay for families 

to stay in the House while their 

children are receiving either inpatient 

or outpatient care at a nearby hospital, 

including City of Hope in Duarte. 

The Lions also donate books, games, 

puzzles, art supplies, CDs and DVDs 

to the House. 

citizenship classes, kickboxing, and an 

adult soccer league. By participating 

in these classes, adults are prepared 

to succeed as parents, employees and 

legal citizens. 

We invite you to visit our Web site at 

http://www.sdvccenter.com for more 

information about our programs, staff 

and facilities. 

Sunland - Tujunga Chamber of Commerce 

browse these new businesses, meet 

the owners and see who and what 

is new in the neighborhood. Other 

new Chamber members are featured 

under the Announcements section of 

this paper. 

Applications are being accepted 

for the position of Sunland-Tujunga’s 

Honorary Sheriff. The filing fee is 

$45 and the deadline for submitting 

applications is March 17 by 11 a.m. 

at the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber 

of Commerce office, located at 

8250 Foothill Blvd. Please contact 

the Chamber office during regular 

business hours at (818) 352-4433 for 

more details on the applicable rules 

and regulations. 

Make it a special St. Patrick’s 

Day and join us at our Chamber 

mixer being hosted at Al Read’s Café, 

located at 10504 Mt. Gleason Ave. 

in Tujunga. From 6-8 p.m. you are 

invited to mix and mingle with other 

community locals and participate in 

winning some prizes or gift baskets 

that will be raffled off during this 

event. 

The Chamber of Commerce will 

be hosting the annual Easter Carnival 

scheduled for April 2 - 4 at Sunland 

Park. For $1 admission, come and 

enjoy the food, rides and fun. 

For more details on all of our 

events, please check our Web site 

at http://www.stchamber.com and 

visit the Community Calendar link. 

The Sunland-Tujunga Chamber 

of Commerce reminds you to shop 

at home and keep your business on 

“The Rock.” 

Make it a special 

St. Patrick’s Day and 

join us at our Chamber 

mixer being hosted at 

Al Read’s Café, located 

at 10504 Mt. Gleason 

Ave. in Tujunga. From 

6-8 p.m. you are invited 

to mix and mingle 

with other community 

locals and participate in 

winning some prizes or 

gift baskets that will 

be raffled off 

during this event..


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Sunland - Tujunga Coordinating Council 

Fran and Ray 

The Sunland-Tujunga Coordinating 

Council is putting the finishing touches 

on its new event, The Taste of Sunland- 

Tujunga, to be held Saturday, May 1. 

In our continuing effort to expose 

residents of our Foothill communities 

to the many special and unique features 

surrounding us, we have chosen a 

select group of eateries in Sunland- 

Tujunga. The restaurants participating 

in the event are providing a small 

sampling of their specialty foods for 

FREE Chimney Inspection 

to all Voice of the Village 

Readers 

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your eating pleasure. Whether you 

have already tried the food at some 

of these establishments or haven’t yet 

had a chance to, this is an opportunity 

to not only sample their specialties 

but also get a coupon for a discount or 

special to use at another time. 

With a $5 donation per person, 

bring the whole family and each ticketholder 

will be provided with the list of 

eight to 10 participating restaurants, 

including the corresponding discount 

Arnie’s Italian Restaurant 

or special being offered by each eatery. 

This event will run from 11:30 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. May 1. Visit familiar places 

or discover a new dining experience on 

this self-guided tour serving a variety 

of different tastes ranging from ethnic 

foods to American standards. 

Tickets will go on sale March 15 

at the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of 

Commerce located at 8250 Foothill 

Blvd. in Sunland. Regular business 

hours are Monday through Thursday 

Corsica’s Deli 

China Palace Kabob House 

Old Town Cafe 

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Mia Casitas 

from 8 a.m.–noon. Tickets will also be 

sold at the Bolton Hall Museum; call 

(818) 352-3420 for operating hours. For 

further information, please call Fran 

and Ray at (818) 446-0399. 

As with all the Sunland-Tujunga 

Coordinating Council fundraisers, all 

proceeds will be shared equally with 

the Bolton Hall Museum and Verdugo 

Hills High School Scholarship Fund. 

Thank you for your continuing support 

and participation. 

Angeles National Golf Club 

May 1, 2010 

11:30 am to 3:30 pm 

Sample some of our local eateries 

Tickets $5 each includes restaurant discounts for future use 

Tickets available March 15 th or on the day of the event at 

The Chamber of Commerce, 8250 Foothill Blvd. Sunland 

For more info, call Fran and Ray @ 818 446-0399 

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Russia meets America 

in a Rotary success 

Richard Stewart 

Sunland-Tujunga Rotary Club was 

proud to bring a unique event to the 

community, hosted by their Delphi 

Interact Club. 

World Champion of Public 

Speaking and Rotarian Lance Miller 

motivated and inspired the crowd, 

which included Rotary District 

Governor Jay Saltzman and his wife 

Ferne. 

The show was opened by the 

beautiful harmony of the Chairmen 

of the Chord, an award-winning 

barbershop quartet. 

Many who attended remembered 

the quartet from the fireworks festival 

last year and were thrilled to hear them 

again. 

They opened the show with 

“America the Beautiful” and ended 

with “Stars and Stripes Forever.” It 

was phenomenal! 

Rounding out this unique program 

were Russian Toastmasters Yana 

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You definitely have not heard the 

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