THE FOOTHILLS PAPER by David DeMulle' - MAY 14, 2013

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What Folks Are Doing ................... 2

View from the Rock....................... 3

Letters and Perspectives ................ 3

Auntie Gail’s Pet Corner ................ 8

Take My Card ............................... 9

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Hrazdan’s Homemade Soup

..................... 2Battle for Ver-dugo Hills Golf Course

..................... 4Chef Randy

..................... 5Edge of Reality!

..........4, 10Former BidBay Owner Arrested

..................... 4Summer Camp

..................... 6CWC 2013 Fashion Show

..................... 7Water Feature on Sunland Blvd.

..................... 7Fire Lookout Program Offers Training

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Election Time is Coming The Mayoral elections will be in the next two weeks, and people will get to decide if Garcetti or Greuel will be the next leader of our city. There have been many op-portunities for voters to see and hear how the candidates offer to change our city for the best. Or, at least have the opportunity to try and make the changes necessary to bring the city back from the verge of destruction. When Greuel became City Controller back in 2009, she all but walked away from Sunland-Tujunga, and prom-ises she made were either

dismissed or forgotten. The idea of stopping “Mansion-ization” came from the grass roots efforts of the people of Sunland-Tujunga, but for all the media fanfare, nothing has really happened. The Robert Hall houses on Com-merce Ave. still thumb their noses at us. Wendy Greuel was “our kind of woman,” goes the story. It seemed like she was really there for us. She helped us stand up to Home Depot, and until we found out that she had shares in a rival building goods organi-zation, it seemed like she

was there for us. No one knows what moti-vates Garcetti, but we do know that for the 7 years that Greuel was Councilman for the CD-2 area, she was pretty

open to new ideas. It was on-ly after she termed out and successfully ran for City Controller.

Eric Garcetti

see Elections, page 10

Wendy Greuel

Huff’n, Puff’n Perp in Tujunga!

Perp Poses with Police Posse in front of Plainview.

Last Tuesday found this young man snorting an un-determined substance and breaking into three residenc-es on Plainview across from the elementary school. The problem arose when a resident found him in his liv-ing room and chased him out. The perp ran down the street, jumped a chain link fence and ran into an unlocked room. Surprise, he was trying to hide

in the principal’s office of Pla-inview Elementary School. The principal discovered him and called the school police—who called the LAPD, who called the LAFD (in case they had to Taze the perp) and the school was locked down. Ev-erybody arrived about the same time, the perp was cap-tured, and we took our pic-tures. Just another day in Tujunga.

Political Firestorm Affects S-T

In the latest political move to put more pressure on its citi-zens, the Los Angeles Fire Department began reassign-ing firefighters from firecrew status to ambulance duty last Sunday. Chief Brian Cummings who is stuck in the middle between city hall and the tax payers said that this is necessary because of the 1.3 million-dollar fire de-partment budget cuts that Mayor Tony pushed through last year. What is of major

concern, is that the new as-signments could mean that our local fire stations will not be equipped to protect their communities.A couple of years ago, we had the “brown outs” that were supposed to move per-sonnel around to different communities on an as-need-ed basis. That proved to be a failure. The much touted

“600 Rescue Ambulance”

With the mandated reassignments our station will lose three firefighters.

see Loss, page 11See video at www.Facebook.com/thefoothillspaper

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On Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. all neighbothood Fire Stations in the City of Los Angeles will be expecting your visit. To increase community awareness of Fire Depart-ment services, the Los Angeles Fire Department designates the second Satur-day of each May as Fire Service Recognition Day. This year, we celebrate: “Providing Exceptional Cus-tomer Service - Anytime, Anyplace” During their 2013 open house, the LAFD proudly highlights the commitment of Los Angeles Firefighters in assuring the satisfaction of those they are sworn to serve. They offer personal tours at a Fire Station near you.LAFD Station 24: 9411 Wentworth St, Sunland LAFD Station 74: 7777 Foothill Blvd, Tujunga LAFD Station 77: 9224 Sun-land Blvd, Sun Valley

It’s May, and we’ve already started our fire season, and for some reason, everything on the civic-political front has quieted down. But like a skunk you ran over yesterday, the smell stays around. I’m starting to feel like the mythological Cassandra, and you’re probably tired of my rub-bing your collective noses in your faults. But it’s a given that those who tell the truth, are the most maligned. So I’ll give it one more shot. Except for Bell, California, we have the most corrupt local pol-iticians in California. And they think nobody knows about it. Our neighborhood council under the guidance of “THE BOARD” pass-es around Certificates of Com-mendation like pills at a dope party. Running phony contests, making up stories about how won-derful they are, and using lo-cal hit-man Joe Barrett to destroy their opposition, they run amok

unopposed. And no one cares. Our local Scientologist domi-nated Rotary Club has three pres-idents so they can all share the merit badges. Our local chamber of commerce is known for put-ting businesses OUT of business. And no one cares. Our Lion’s club is taking our historical Watermelon Festival out of Tujunga so that they can become a “destination” rather than an event. Pretty soon, there won’t be anything left of our lo-cal heritage. And no one cares. Suicides and drug overdos-es are way up. Vehicle accidents and deaths are up. Burglaries and theft are up. Assaults are up. Our street people are dying and re-sorting more and more to crime. And no one cares. Our neighborhood organiza-tions are passing money around under the table and claiming that the Sunland-Tujunga, Shadow Hills Community Fund is funding them. Sounds good, but the S-T

Community Fund under the di-rection of Sonia Tatulian, is list-ed with the State as being sus-pended. And no one cares. A powerful new drug called “Strawberry Quick” is ravaging our children and can be found in

all our schoolyards. And no one cares. Who knows, maybe you care. Maybe you might want to make a difference. If so, let me know. And maybe you won’t keep say-ing, “It’s The Water!”

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Fire Safety Day to be Held on May 11

Look at that smile as he gets to explore in the fire truck at Station 74.


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Local Boy Makes a Name for Himself!

The Battle Continues for Verdugo Hills Golf Course

By Jay Brown

The Verdugo Hills Golf Course is in the center of a heated battle in the war for saving our mountain areas. The main problem? It sits on land owned by developers. The land on which it stands, has a historically long lega-cy in our community going back to the 1940’s when it was an internment camp. The soldier in this battle, range from the civic minded citi-zens that would like to keep the golf course as it is, devel-opers who want to build a 200 plus housing development, and interested historical so-cieties that want to preserve and acknowledge the Japa-nese internment camp which existed during World War II. But it doesn’t stop with just the citizens and the developer, even politicians have weighed in as well, some reversing their position over the last five years. There is so much in-trigue as to what will happen, that there is no clear outcome. At stake, is millions of dollars in profits for the owners, or a pastoral landscape and recre-ation site for the community.According to Lloyd Hitt, of the Bolton Hall Museum, and former president of Lit-tle Landers Historical Soci-ety, there are several reasons why this issue is important to the community of Tujunga. First and foremost is histori-cal preservation. Mr. Hitt has been vocal about the need to designate the area as a histor-ical site, however, he points out that over the last few years, historical sites with-out buildings have had a hard time securing recognition per the federal guidelines of what constitutes historical. That’s an uphill battle, but with that said, LA councilman Richard Alarcon proposed the area be designated as a historical ar-ea and given monument sta-

tus anyway. Alarcon made the motion last October, knowing the process would run at least six months out as the mo-tion is studied. That has giv-en hope to those wanting to keep the area wide open and free of more development. In the meantime, Propo-sition O, the water reclama-tion bill, also offers hope that the area could be pre-served from the developers. With land area large enough to work as a drain field for water, the location would be ideal, allowing for the driv-ing range area to be a ‘wet’ range for part of the year. In the middle of all this controversy is Snowball West Investments, LP. The own-ers of the golf course, and the company with the plans to put up 225 homes, eliminating the golf course completely. Like any company, they see the fi-nancial possibilities in elim-inating the golf course and building homes for sale, big homes for sale. They expect to make over $5 million in prof-its. They say the golf course doesn’t make money. It is, af-ter all, small and suited only for our youth. They have filed their plans with the city, and in return have been required to complete an Environmental Impact Report on everything from plants to increased traf-fic flow. For their part, they have played down the im-pact on the vegetation, claim-ing most the oaks on the prop-erty aren’t healthy to begin with. They have also put forth a plan for widening the La Tuna Canyon roadway from the existing lanes to multi-ple lanes. What they won’t do if their plans go through, is keep the golf course. On the side of keeping the golf course, is just about ev-eryone else. Even incom-ing councilman Filipe Fuent-es, according to Hitt, has had a

Southern California Man Sentenced to 10 years in Fed-eral Prison in Schemes that Sold Unregistered Securities in Internet, Energy Firms De Elroy Beeler Jr., 56, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dean D. Preger-son. Beeler, who has been in federal custody since 2007 when authorities arrested him to stop an ongoing scheme, previously lived with his fami-ly in Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County and had a resi-dence in Tujunga, Los Angeles. Beeler will be back in court in about one month, at which time Judge Pregerson is ex-pected to rule on how much money Beeler should pay in restitution to the hundreds of victims of the scheme. Beeler pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and two counts of mail fraud in late 2008. In the scheme at the center of the federal prosecution, Beeler worked with former IRS Revenue Agent George Tannous to solicit victims across the country to purchase unregistered stock in the Tu-junga-based Bidbay.com, Inc. (a company that was later known as Auctiondiner.com, Inc.) and related companies AskGT.com and Rose Labora-tories. Victim-investors were en-ticed to put money into the

companies with various false claims, including that the com-panies would conduct initial public offerings, and that Bid-bay.com and/or the shell companies would soon be ac-quired by Ebay, Inc. for $20 per share. Ebay never had any intention of acquiring Bidbay.com and had even sued Bid-bay.com for trademark infringement over the use of “bay” in its name. Beeler per-sonally received $4.8 million of investor money as commis-sions that were not disclosed to investors. Tannous pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and

one count of subscribing to a false tax return in 2008. Judge Pregerson sentenced Tannous in March 2012 to 33 months in prison. A former United States Con-gressman involved in the scheme was sentenced in De-cember to one year and one day in federal prison in a tax fraud case related to his failure to disclose to the IRS nearly $500,000 of investor funds he received from the Bidbay scheme. Wester Shadric Cool-ey, 80, a native of Los Angeles who now resides in Bend, Ore-gon, admitted in court that he

August 5, 2002

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First, we would like to introduce to you, our new Investment Relations representative for Auctiondiner.com. Paul Sigalos will now head the department and assist you in issues regarding investments with Auctiondiner.com. Mr. Sigalos will also serve as a board member of Auctiondiner.com. He is a licensed dealer broker and a member of the NASD. We feel that Mr. Sigalos will provide a valuable service for both Auctiondiner.com and it’s shareholders. Mr. Sigalos can be reached at 1(877)424-3929.

Finally, we would like to invite you to our next conference call when we’ll discuss the latest developments. There will be two conference calls scheduled. The first one will be held onSaturday August 10, 2002 at 12:00 m PST. The second will be held on Monday August 12, 2002 at 6:00 pm PST. Please dial the following number, 1(620) 584-8225. When you get the message, please enter the pin number, 10048#, (do not forget to enter the pound sign).

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see BidBay, page 10

see Golf, page 8

Lloyd Hitt makes an eloquent appeal to the Historical Commission Board


What is a masterpiece? Who determines when a mas-terpiece has been created? Many questions arise when I think about creating a mas-terpiece. A masterpiece con-notes a one of a kind, a very best. Can artists creating ma-ny works over a lifetime and with any luck and persever-ance create, at some time in their career, that one quintes-sential work that qualifies as their masterpiece? The dic-tionary defines masterpiece as- 1: a great book, painting, piece of music, movie, etc. 2: something done with great skill” If you accept this defi-nition you have to believe that an artist may create only one masterpiece in his life-time. Everything else would be a close runner-up. This may be true except in the case where an artist works in several mediums. It is then possible to create a master-piece in each of the mediums they work. But does creating a “per-sonal best” automatically qualify as a masterpiece? Does a masterpiece have to have general consensus from a majority of “experts” to qualify; those who have knowledge and experience in their field to determine a work as the best of the best in its category? I think it safe to say then that determining a work a masterpiece can be made on-ly after examining an artist’s life’s work. Could it also be said every artist eventually creates a “masterpiece” at some time during their ca-reer? If it is only a personal best, does it qualify as a mas-terpiece? How does one determine if

a work of art created with “great skill” is a masterpiece? An artist may create works that move us or cause a gen-eral uproar and get national attention. But has he created a masterpiece? Add to which as long as the artist remains alive and creative, is it not possible that a future work will surpass today’s so-called masterpiece and be even greater. Another question, for me, is that possibly there is no such thing as masterpieces, just great works created at different stages of an artist’s life; work having been creat-ed with great skill, getting noteworthy attention and praise, and each qualifying as a masterpiece in its own right. It may be that the whole idea of a masterpiece is just an artificial invention by a populace that wishes to can-onize artists and their works for their own purposes. I realize in many cases par-ticular works of art get deter-mination as masterpieces long after the artist is gone, but I can’t help but wonder if the individual artists would agree with the majority that a particular work was in fact their best work. It would be interesting to peer into their minds and see which, if any, work they had created they would say was their master-piece. Ultimately artists need to concern themselves with the process of creating great work all the time and leave the cate-gorizing of masterpieces to future generations. To be an artist is to love each and every work you create and infuse greatness within it.

The Masterpieceb y R i c k R o t a n t e

ArtfullyFresh Apple TartBy Chef randy

Granny Smith apples origi-nated in Australia in 1868 when Mary Ann (Granny) Smith found a seedling grow-ing in her backyard garden. This was the same place where she would often toss French Crab apple cores. The seedling bore apples that Granny Smith eventually took to market. Granny Smith apples are harvested in late September or early October. Fresh Gran-ny Smith’s are available at the farmers’ market in the fall. Cold storage ones are available at your local grocer all year long. You could use other apples for this tart but it wouldn’t be the same without Granny Smith apples. This recipe is simple yet el-egant. It may be doubled without any problems and best of all, it is tasty.

Ingredients:1 sheet frozen puff pastry (thawed)½ cup organic applesauce3 Granny Smith apples (peeled, cored and sliced thin)2 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)1 large egg (lightly beaten for

egg wash)2 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar (for sanding)2 tablespoons apricot pre-serves1 tablespoon water

Directions:Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll puff pastry into a 14-by-16-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Cut a 1-inch wide strip from each side of dough. Brush edges with egg wash, and top with cut strips to form sidewalls (crust) around rectangle. Prick middle of dough all over with a fork, and transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate while pre-paring the filling. Spread applesauce onto

middle of dough. Arrange ap-ple slices over applesauce in 3 tightly overlapping rows. Brush apples with melted butter. Brush crust with egg wash, and sprinkle entire sur-face with sanding sugar. Bake until edges start to puff, about 15 minutes. Re-duce heat to 375 degrees, and bake, rotating halfway through, until pastry is dark golden brown and apples have caramelized, 20 to 25 minutes more. Transfer sheet to a wire rack, and let cool for 10 minutes. While the tart is cooling, warm apricot preserves and water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Brush ap-ples with warm apricot preserves and serve!

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What Do You Want for Your Child in a Summer Camp?By ramie Case

I really wanted some place that reminded me of hanging out at home during the sum-mer with my mom and my sis-ter, my brothers, my cous-ins and our friends. Some-times we’d go to the beach or a museum. Sometimes we’d go hiking. Sometimes we’d make homemade lemonade and cookies and try to sell them to each other. Sometimes we dug up our back yard try-ing to find hidden treasures. Sometimes we made tents from blankets and had a cam-pout lunch. Sometimes we just sat in the shade and read a favorite book. This is what I wanted for my daughter. In our area, I found it hard to find the right balance in a sum-mer program for my daugh-ter. What I wanted was some-place where she felt safe and comfortable, where she had opportunities to explore dif-

ferent topics (like science, art and culture). Someplace where the field trips helped her learn about something. Where she could meet new people and at the same time hang out with old friends. Someplace where I was comfortable that she was well supervised but not “babysat”. And I also want-ed her to spend a little time every day reading or work-ing on her math so that when school started again she would not have forgotten everything she learned. And of course the price needed to be reason-

able. I was a working parent. For our family, I really didn’t feel comfortable with the idea of her going to big amusement parks with so ma-ny other kids. And I really wanted her to have some free time where she could just re-lax and choose what she did (like crafts or games). Some-place where every second of her day was not scheduled. And I really did not want her spending any part of her day inside playing video games or playing on a computer.

Bill to Protect Small Businesses

Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s legislation to protect small businesses from meritless lawsuits took a huge step for-ward yesterday by clearing its final policy hurdle, the As-sembly Judiciary committee, by a unanimous, bipartisan vote of 10-0. The bill, AB 227, would allow small-busi-ness owners who receive no-tice of a technical-signage vi-olation of Proposition 65 to achieve compliance within 14 days and pay a small civil fine. In doing so, these busi-nesses would avoid facing ex-orbitant retrospective fines, and the prospect of being forced to pay settlements in the thousands of dollars for neglecting to put up a simple sign. AB 227 essentially pro-vides for a “fix-it ticket” for signage violations over the most common, everyday sub-stances covered under Prop. 65, such as those that natural-ly occur when grilling food or in alcoholic beverages. “I am proud to have brought together groups that are nor-mally on opposite sides of this issue to craft a common-sense bill that will help California businesses avoid costly litiga-tion, while ensuring that the public has prompt and proper warnings about potentially dangerous chemicals,” said Gatto. “It’s not every day that business groups, environmen-tal justice coalitions, orga-nized labor, and attorneys’ organizations agree on any-thing, much less how to re-form Prop. 65--a measure that has been substantively amend-

ed just once in nearly 30 years.” Prop. 65 was passed by vot-ers in 1986 and requires warn-ings for a huge list of prod-ucts. It also allows for fines of $2,500 per day, enforced by any person, for failure to com-ply. Unfortunately, a small number of attorneys have re-cently started to use Prop. 65 technical violations to target small businesses that lack re-sources for a legal defense, with the goal of reaching quick settlements to avoid costly litigation. Since 2012, more than two-dozen brick-and-mortar businesses in Southern California, including restaurants and cafés in Bur-bank, Glendale, Pasadena, and Los Angeles, have been threatened with Prop. 65 law-suits for simply neglecting to have posted signs (or signs of the right size) that warn about beer, wine, or chemicals that result from the natural process of cooking food. Some of these businesses have paid settlements of $5,000 and more for not having put up a $20 sign or for the sign being one inch too small. “Threatening a small busi-ness with a lawsuit for serving its customers coffee with their breakfast, a burger with their lunch, or a glass of beer or wine with dinner is absurd,” said Gatto. “The voters passed Prop. 65 to be protected from chemicals that would hurt them. They did not intend to create a situation where shakedowns of California’s small-business owners would cause businesses to want to close their doors.” The idea for the legislation came from Assemblyman Gatto’s Small Business Advi-sory Commission, formed ear-lier this year to advise him on challenges facing local small-business owners. Since its cre-ation by the commission in January, AB 227 has received increasing support from a va-riety of sectors including com-munity organizations, small-business groups, and environ-mental and consumer advo-cates. “Most business owners work hard to follow the law and protect customers so that they return. This is especially true with small-business own-

see Camp, page 8

see Gatto, page ?

The world gets smaller as you learn about it!


W r e c k s O F T H E W E E KW r e c k s O f T H E W E E K

This car was going east on Foothill when another car entered his lane. Scraaaaape!

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CWC 2013 Fashion Show On April 6, the La Crescenta Wom-an’s Club held their Annual Fashion Show chaired by Daryl Baker-Pollack and Sally Benson. Fashions were provided by Drapers & Damons in Pasadena. In addition to a silent auction, and opportunity priz-es, bidders won special prizes at the live auctions such as tickets to the “Ellen” TV show, passes to the Dodg-ers and Angels games. The theme of this year’s show was “Famous American Women,” honor-ing Rosa Parks, Dale Didrikson Zaha-rias and Sandra Day O’Conner—just to name a few.

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A little rain, worn out tires, and a little too much speed on La Tuna Canyon.

Thar She Blows!

A little rain, too much speed and a sloping curve ended up with a new “water feature” on Sunland Blvd. in Shadow Hills. The Toyota after hitting the guard rail and the hydrant, flipped over on its side and the water force blew out the

windows allowing the driver to escape safely. As fire crews from LAFD 24 and 74 arrived, traffic was stopped for half-mile in either direction. The LAFD

crews were unable to turn off the water main and DWP was called.Because of other events, it took the DWP 40 minutes to arrive and begin the process of finding the main and closing it off. The thousands of gallons of escaping water began melting the hillside causing torrents of mud to flow

down Sunland Blvd. as far away as Wheatland. Traffic was stopped for more than 90 minutes.



Heat Stroke Prevention

Our pets are our family who do not sweat when it’s hot. In the heat of this spring to summer we can proactively prevent heat strokes. As the temperature rises in Sunland-Tujunga, so do Bailey and Jasper’s chances of experiencing heat-related problems. So as the scorching days of summer descend upon us, we pet owners need to be aware of what steps should be taken if a pet is suffering from heatstroke.

According to the Animal First Aid Chapter in conjunction with Thom Somes, the Pet Safety Guy™, pets can easily suf-fer from heatstroke. High body temperatures and stress can cause a pet to go into heatstroke. Heatstroke is most often caused when pets are left in a confined space with little or no ventilation during periods of warm temperatures and high hu-midity.

The signs of heatstroke can include: • Uncontrollablepanting • Foamingatthemouth • Depression • Lethargy • Agitation • Vomiting • Lossofconsciousness • Tongueandgumsthatturnfrombrightredtoblueto

gray • CapillaryrefilltimeofmorethantwosecondsThe professional pet sitter organization I am affiliated with,

Pet Sitter International, PSI suggests the following five sur-vival actions if a pet is suffering from heatstroke. • Restrainthepet.Muzzleonlyifabsolutelynecessary.

If muzzled, cool the pet because it will not be able to pant and cool itself. • Batheorhosethepetwithcoolwater(notcold)until

its temperature subsides. You can also place the pet in a cool, well-ventilated space and wrap it in a wet, cold sheet or towel. • Preparetotreatforshock.Thisincludesplacingthe

pet on its side with head extended. If the pet isn’t muzzled, open its mouth and cautiously pull the tongue past its teeth with your fingers. Keep the tongue extended to keep the air-way open. Slightly elevate the pet’s hindquarters. • Monitorthepet’stemperaturewithadigitalthermom-

eter. • Transporttotheveterinarianoremergencyanimal

hospital. •••

Auntie Gail has a B.A. in Philosophy, is a certified veteri-narian assistant and has a pet sitting and dog walking ser-vice in the area. She can be reached for appointments at 818-605-9675, or at her website: www. auntiegailspetsitting.com.

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change of heart. In his assem-blyman days in Sacramento, he helped change the zoning status of the golf course area which allowed Snowball West to push ahead with their de-velopment plans. According to Hitt, Fuentes has now changed his mind in part because of his seasoned political life since then. Of course, Hitt point-ed out that Snowball West had contributed $30,000.00 to his campaign back then. V.O.I.C.E. of Glendale in

conjunction with Sunland-Tu-junga Neighborhood Coun-cil, have waged a sustained battle with thousands of “sa-vethegolfcourse.org” signs posted all over the communi-ty. They see the golf course as adding to the beauty of the natural vegetation of the hill-side. The park like quality of the golf course is both prac-tical and beautiful, it won’t impact the area negative-ly if left as a golf course. A new group of activ-ists that have just joined the fray is the San Fernando Val-

ley Japanese American Cit-izens League. They see the sight as being too impor-tant to let fall into the hands of developers who would put homes up and forget the sac-rifice Japanese Americans made by giving up their free-dom and imprisoned for their ethnicity at that very site. So the battle rages on as to what is in the best inter-est of the community, and what is in the best inter-est of Snowball West, or even if those interests can eventually work together.

Golf, from pg 4

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ers whose customers are neighbors, friends, and rela-tives,” continued Gatto. “It is my sincere hope that AB 227 will provide a balanced ap-proach to the posting of Prop. 65 warnings in brick-and-

mortar establishments that protects small-business own-ers from having to pay outra-geous settlements while main-taining the public’s informa-tional rights.” Mike Gatto is the Chairman of the Appropriations Com-mittee of the California State

Assembly. He represents the cities of Burbank, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Atwa-ter Village, and portions of the Hollywood Hills and East Hollywood. www.asm.ca.gov/gatto.

Gatto, from pg 6

I looked and I just really couldn’t find anything in our area that was like this. So I decided to open my own cen-ter. Our summer program is as close as I can get to those fun lazy days of summer that I knew as a kid. Where a kid

can just be a kid! We have been serving this communi-ty since August 2004. We are licensed by the State of Cal-ifornia (a lot of summer pro-grams are not licensed) and we are also open year round at the same location (dur-ing the school year we of-fer an after school program).

Our summer program runs from June 10th through August 12th with weekly field trips. If our program sounds like what you are looking for in a sum-mer program for your child, please contact Ramie at Time to Explore Child Development Center at (818) 951-2338. We look forward to talking to you!

Camp, from pg 6


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Every Wednesday evening, an impromptu group of men and women bring their restored and hot rod cars to the Mc Donald’s on Foothill Blvd., next to the IHOP. Nothing fancy, no membership

list, no dues, just a bunch of people having a good time showing off their creations and shooting the breeze. Everyone is welcome there, and if you have a classic vehicle, you really should drop in.

Fire Lookout Program Offers Training The Angeles National For-est Fire Lookout Association are recruiting volunteers to staff the last remaining fire lookout on the Angeles Na-tional Forest for the 2013 season. Lookout volunteers help to protect the forest and local mountain communities against the threat of fire. Their coverage extends to the communities along and out-side of the forest boundary. The organization is cur-rently looking for hikers to volunteer for the summer to staff Slide Mountain Lookout and also looking for volun-teers to staff Vetter Mountain Peak. Volunteers will be ex-pected not only to gaze lov-ingly at their beautiful sur-roundings to look for signs of smoke or fire, but also be aware of current fire condi-tions, as well as offer servic-es as a historical interpreter for the fire lookout system. New volunteer trainings are scheduled to begin on May 4th at 10:00 a.m. and May 9 at 6:30 p.m. Training will be held at the L.A. River

Ranger District 12371 North Little Tujunga Canyon Rd. San Fernando. Fire Lookout volunteers are required to volunteer eight hours a month between May and No-vember. The lookout official-ly opens on Memorial Day Weekend. There are four parts to training that must be completed: •Orientation—atwo-hourintroduction to the program •Interpretation/NaturalHistory—a three-hour class •Operations-analldayseven-hour class •In-TowerTraining—aneight-hour hands-on training in the Lookout with an expe-rienced host For additional information and training dates please go to the Angeles National For-est Fire Lookout Association website anffla.org.

But CD-2 is gone now, re-placed with the much larger CD-7. And with this increase in size, comes with it, larger versions of what S-T goes through on a daily basis. Garcetti says that “traffic is strangling the quality of life…” and he doesn’t even know about the traffic disas-ter we have in S-T. Wendy on the other hand, has firsthand knowledge of the traffic carnage, and yet she was happy to be called

“The pothole queen” for her efforts in getting potholes filled instead of stopping the traffic related deaths and ac-cidents. Greuel and Garcetti both agree that there has to be solutions to our traffic problem, but S-T is remote from City Hall, and not very important when it comes to giving out traffic related con-tracts. If you listen to Garcetti, Sunland-Tujunga is not an ideal community that is “ liv-able where you have what you need to shop, dine, live, work as much as possible in that neighborhood so you don’t have to get into your car and drive to the next neighborhood or across town to do whatever you want.” The largest concern in the race is the amount of money that was contributed by the

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the DWP to the Greuel cam-paign. It is well known that these two organizations have the best salaries and benefits than other city workers, aver-aging about $100,000 per year. And those salaries and benefits will continue along with DWP rate hikes. With over $3 million already do-nated to the Greuel cam-paign, can anyone say for sure that Greuel will not be beholden to the unions? This will be a Mayoral race that will determine who gives the most money to their friends, and it will be of in-terest on how much of that money will actually trickle back down to S-T. Local res-idents are vying for positions of leadership and trying to solidify their candidate’s votes. All you can do is stick by your feelings and vote for that candidate that makes you feel like they’re actually going to do something for our community. Of utmost concern, is that 79 percent of the eligible voters in the city of Los Angeles did not vote in the primary election. 45 percent used the mail-in bal-lots. Our concerned citizen bas is dwindling. Mail-in ballots are available online at: http;//clerk.lacity.org.

Elections, from pg 1

received approximately $1.1 million during the scheme and that he failed to report approxi-mately $494,000 on his 2002 tax return. After Beeler was charged in the Bidbay case in 2007, he was charged in a second case involving the sale of se-curities in 2006 and 2007 in a fake energy company called First Global One. Beeler falsely told investors that First Global One would have an initial public offering and that it had business relation-ships with Exxon Mobile Corporation. Beeler received the 10-year sentence today after pleading guilty in both the Bidbay and First Global One schemes. Beeler was previously con-

victed in federal court in relation to another fraud scheme that sent him to pris-on for 36 months, a term he completed in 2005 just before launching the First Global

One scheme. The investigation into Bid-bay.com was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion and IRS-Criminal Investigation

BidBay, from pg 4

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Angeles National Forest Fire Lookout Association Contact: Pam Morey (909) 261- 2767or [email protected] Fire Lookout Program offers training for NEW VOLUNTEERS! The Angeles National Forest Fire Lookout Association are recruiting volunteers to staffthe last remaining fire lookout on the Angeles National Forest for the 2013 season.Lookout volunteers help to protect the forest and local mountain communities againstthe threat of fire. Their coverage extends to the communities along and outside ofthe forest boundary.

The organization is currently looking for hikers to volunteer for the summer to staffSlide Mountain Lookout and also looking for volunteers to staff Vetter Mountain Peak.Volunteers will be expected not only to gaze lovingly at their beautiful surroundings tolook for signs of smoke or fire, but also be aware of current fire conditions, as well asoffer services as a historical interpreter for the fire lookout system.

New volunteer trainings are scheduled to begin on May 4th at 10:00am and May 9th at6:30pm. Training will be held at the L.A. River Ranger District 12371 North LittleTujunga Canyon Rd. San Fernando. Fire Lookout volunteers are required to volunteer8 hours a month between May and November. The lookout officially opens onMemorial Day Weekend. There are four parts to training that must be completed:

Orientation- a two-hour introduction to the programInterpretation/Natural History- a three-hour classOperations-an all day seven-hour classIn-Tower Training- an eight-hour hands-on training in the Lookoutwith an experienced host

For additional information and training dates please go to the Angeles National ForestFire Lookout Association website, anffla.org ###

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was just smoke-and- mirrors, the one we had in Tujunga didn’t even run and had to be towed here. In the past month, we have been beset with wild and brushfires that required mutual aid deploy-ment and massive helicopter water attacks. They were successful for the most part, but if the weather was more hot, there were more fires, and the freeways were blocked, this cutback could have resulted in fatalities in-stead of containments.In talking with members of the city council, Councilman

Zine was adamant. “We know this last week we had a lot of fires and that concerns me, as well as my colleagues, that we have adequate staff to fire equipment,” Zine said.

“We simply ask, hold off on this implementation until the entire council can have this interview.” Councilman Rosendahl issued a statement saying “We can’t afford to have one less firefighter on their engines.”In playing the numbers game, more than 3,000 firefighters have already been redeployed from lightforce trucks and en-gines to staff more ambulanc-es. “What this really means”

said one fire captain, “is that we are losing firefighters that can’t be replaced. Right now, we are doing the best we can under the financial cuts, but now we will have less person-nel available to handle fire emergencies.” Frank Lima, president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles, said that these reas-signments put the firefighters and the public at higher risk should a major fire break out. It may look good on paper, but the reality is that there are now fewer firefighters to handle our current needs, much less our needs as the summer rolls around.

Loss, from pg 1

10 Free Tickets were given out to the The Robby Gordon OFF-ROAD’s Stadium SUPER Trucks last weekend. This

was a launch of a thrilling and radical style of motorsports, bringing high horsepower off-road truck racing on challenging

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Chevy Chase Canyon FireIn Saturday’s fire in Chevy Chase Canyon, a

massive aerial attack response by water-dropping helicopters stopped the fire from destroying the 200 homes lining the canyon. Evacuations were ordered in Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons.

The fire began at about 1:30 p.m. at the intersections of the 134 Freeway and the 2 quickly jumped to Chevy Chase Canyon. The Los Angeles Fire Department sent in their highly effective Strike Team in a mutual aid effort, coordinating with the Glendale FD, Pasadena, the Angeles National Forest, the Los Angeles County and a Hot Shot team from Oregon. More than 200 firefighters and five helicopters were working to put the fire out.

The 210 and 134 freeways were closed in both directions and some residents found themselves trapped and unable to get to their homes. Firefighters and emergency personnel were able to use the road shoulder and center lanes to get

to the fire. The Glenoaks Elementary School and the Glendale Community College were evacuated without incident.

As seen in the Monrovia brushfire a week previous, the massive air attack by water dropping helicopters made a major impact on the fast moving flames, and ground based firefighters were able to move in on hot spots. As the TFP Rover traveled the back roads, residents were moving out of the area bringing their pets with them. The Pasadena Humane Society had animal control officers on site to help along with police officers from surrounding cities to help with the evacuations.

The fire was knocked out within five hours, but putting out the smoldering hot spots took another 12 hours. No structures were lost or damaged, but two firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion. The cause of the fire is under investigation.


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