THE FOOTHILLS PAPER by David DeMulle' - MAY 24, 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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Kiwanis Club Bike Safety

..................... 2Sunland Skate Park to Re-open

..................... 4Brush Fire on 210 Freeway

..................... 4“Fill the Boot” for Jerry’s Kids

..................... 4Edge of Reality!

..........4, 10LAFD Fire Drill

..................... 5Four FreePlay Readings

..................... 5Spaghetti West-ern at Ravens-view Ranch

..................... 6Don Yeomans Book SIgning

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Trail Dusters’ 21st Year

The “Antonovich Trail-Dusters’ Ride” began back in 1992 and because of its popu-larity, has turned into a bi-an-nual event. The purpose of the event is to promote public

awareness of the vast trail system throughout Los Ange-les County which connects with other municipal trail sys-tems for the enjoyment of trail enthusiasts.

On Sunday morning, check in time started at 7 a.m. at the Tesoro Valle Ranch with a pancake breakfast and the ride beginning at 9 a.m. The

day concluded with a tradi-tional barbecue and live coun-try western music. The ride ran for two hours

Trail Dusters Color Guard and the Antonovich family at the Tesoro Valle Ranch in Santa Clarita

see Dusters, page 4

Albertson’s Bought by Cerebus Corporation

Albertson’s associates having a great time and BBQ.

Last month, Cerbus Corp. concluded the deal to buy the Albertson’s chain and to re-name the group as Albertson’s LLC. and Albertson’s is mak-ing a come-back Amid rumors of store closings, Albertson’s LLC spokesperson Christine Wilcox said that all 192 of its Southern California stores and two regional distribu-tion centers will remain open The stores and distribution centers employ 15,000 peo-ple, from the Central Coast to San Diego and across the In-land Empire and into Palm Springs Nationwide, Albert-son’s LLC. and its subsidiar-ies operate 1,069 stores and 12 distribution centers, em-

ploying 110,000 peopleIn talking with their South-ern California represen-tative in her Fullerton of-fice, “We’re bolstering the in-store positions,” said Lil-ia Rodriguez, our custom-ers are going to find and see more people in our stores.” At Tujunga’s store on Foot-hill Blvd., Managers and Store Associates had an “As-sociate Appreciation and new ownership Day lunch pro-vided by a store associate known as Smokin’ Dave Ev-erything was cooked in the parking lot, drawing in pass-ersby thinking that it was a BBQ for sale And a good time was had by all!

Memorial Day Service on Sunday

Memorial Day will be ob-served at Sunland Park this coming Monday, May 27 at 11 a.m. An honored tradition of the American Legion Post 377, the service will be held at the recently restored Veterans Memorial. Post commander Pat O’Brien will officiate the ceremony and his daughter Kelly Obrein-Calligros will be singing patriotic songs.

The Memorial Day service which usually has over 150 people in attendance, is Post 377’s largest annual gather-ing of residents and veterans in Sunland-Tujunga. The names of service per-sonnel who gave their lives for our country are called out and a bell rung. As the bu-gler sounds taps, the ceremo-

Memorial Day Service at Sunland Park provided by American Legion Post 377

see Memorial, page 11

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Local Students Graduate Azusa Pacific University The following students graduated from Azusa Pacific University on Saturday., De-cember 15, 2012. They joined approximately 750 graduates at the winter commencement ceremonies. Sunland resident Nathaniel Lagemann graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business: Marketing. La Crescenta resident Kath-ryne Nida graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nurs-ing degree in Nursing.

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Southern Arkansas University Names Tujunga Student to Dean’s List Cambria Martin, a Senior Exercise Science major from Tujunga, was named to the Dean’s List at Southern Ar-kansas University following the spring 2013 semester. In all, 367 students were named to the dean’s list. To qualify, a student must complete 12 or more semes-ter hours and attain a grade point average of 3.50 or higher.

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Arthur C. (Bud) Harmon

5/22/24 - 4/3/13 An angel in disguise. Here was a man who

would do anything for everyone, and not expect anything in return. He had a heart

of gold and a happy Irishman was he.

He leaves behind his son, Aaron, and two daughters, Mindy and Tori. His granddaughter, Meagan, who thought he was amazing—and that he was. His grandson, Sean, said his papa was

his hero. My Budle, you will be missed by one and all. So rest in peace my angel. You will never leave our thoughts until we meet again.

Your loving wife, Flo

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On Saturday, May 18 the Kiwanis Club of La Crescen-ta conducted their One Day Event at Pinewood Elementa-ry. This year the project was Bicycle Safety Day. The Club donated 224 hel-mets, food, and their time for a great cause. Led by Roy and Cathy Allmon the event was accompanied by Pinewood Elementary’s nutrition drive, headed by 5th-grade teach-er Dori Scott. More than 200 kids attended; each received a fitted bike helmet and bicycle safety tips. Roy Allmon felt this year’s even one they’ve sponsored. Past events were clean ups and various other projects, Roy said he would like to make this an annual event. He also indicated that the Ki-wanis would like to stretch their scholarship program into more schools. Last year they gave out 11 scholarships.

There are two important days in my life: Veterans Day and Me-morial Day. Veterans Day is for those of us who came back, Memorial Day is for those who didn’t. It’s not all about BBQs, races and sports outings; they are about people—some we knew and some we didn’t—but still people. Some think I’m pretty callous, that I don’t get emotional, but the few that do know me, know that I carry the burden of the living. It’s something that civilians haven’t a clue about. Last week as we were rolling on an incident, I saw a little dog running in traffic down Sunland Blvd. The night was dark and people were doing everything they could to keep from hitting that puppy. No matter what we did to try and catch him, he would run ter-rified into another lane. Just as we thought we had him, he dashed out into traffic and was

killed. As I stood powerless over him and carried his lifeless body to the road embankment, blood run-ning down my arms. It was over for him, but for me it was a flash of remembrance of a time back in another country. A time when things had gone so haywire that death was everywhere. Terror, absolute terror, the same kind that that puppy must have felt, dodging the cars, looking for a familiar face or scent. Every vet that I know that has the Combat Infantryman’s Badge knows of what I speak. For a lot of us older ones, the pain has been dulled by age. Almost ev-eryone I served with is gone now. But the memories of those times, when everything was a blur, when pain was just another dull ache, are still hidden in the back somewhere. Memorial Day is for us the liv-ing, the survivors, to remember those who didn’t make it back.

Memorial Day is just that: MEM-ORIES. A time to remember and to appreciate those who fought for our country, and those who are placed in harm’s way now, fighting for our beliefs in other

lands. This Memorial Day, spend a moment for those who didn’t make it back; at least the pain is over for them., And It’s Not The Water!

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Fill the Boot!Sunland Skatepark is Coming Back!

After a lot of misinforma-tion being passed around on the web, it still all boils down to THE PEOPLE MADE IT HAPPEN! With more than 1,000 sig-natures obtained by the The-odoropulos-Herbaugh family, Fly Scooters and TFP media coverage calling out the de-struction of the skatepark, the City wheels began to turn. Representatives from the local skateboard community began posting requests for help on their Facebook pages. And help arrived. The contractor, California Skateparks is a multi-disci-plinary company specializing in the design and build of public and private concrete skate parks, plazas, skate spots and progressive recre-ational facilities. They are considered to be one of the leaders in the industry and are said to produce the highest quality concrete skate parks utilizing innovative state of the art construction methods and techniques. Having worked on over 200 projects, they have produced

some of the most notable, world class facilities ever cre-ated, and that includes numer-ous public concrete skate parks and private projects for Rob Dyrdek, Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Lance Moun-tain, Andrew Reynolds, Ryan Sheckler, the Berrics and Woodward (East/West and China). In talking with one of the owners of California Skate-parks, he stated “California Skateparks offers an extreme-ly knowledgeable and talented group of individuals. Our di-versified staff includes profes-sional skateboarders, land-scape architects, general con-tractors, civil & structural en-gineering experts and master builders. Our approach focus-es on creative design, sound planning, systematic project costing and solid construction methodology, with the needs and desires of our clients and the community as our main priority.” If everything goes as planned, the Sunland Skate-park will open again next Monday.

Los Angeles firefighters are stationed at intersections all across the city Wednesday to help “Fill The Boot” for Muscu-lar Dystrophy. The LAFD will be in the in-tersections until 2 p.m. Wednesday. As part of the 7th annual fun-draiser, firefighters dressed in uniform will ask for donations from driver stopped at red lights and pedestrians. “By running a Fill The Boot campaign for Jerry’s Kids, you are part of a noble effort - one that depends on your support to succeed,” said Harold A. Schait-berger, General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters. Last year, the Los Angeles Fire Department raised $178,855 for the Muscular Dys-trophy Association.

This year, the proceeds will support “Jerry’s Kids”, those af-fected by any of nine inherited muscle disorders that usually develop in youth or young adulthood. The national campaign, which has raised more than $300 mil-lion, helps fund a Muscular Dystrophy research program and provides families clinic vis-its, support groups, equipment

repairs, and health workshops. The money also helps to send kids with muscular dystrophy to summer camp.California Skateparks’ foreman Eric really knows

what he’s doing

Drivers stopped their cars to help the firefighters raise money.

Brush Fire on the 210 FreewayThe 210 W. freeway fire be-tween Wheatland and Osborne was accidentally started by a CalTrans worker when his lawnmower tractor blade struck a rock and ignited the mowed brush. “I didn’t even know that there was a fire until the Coun-ty fire department called on the radio saying that there was a fire behind me,” said the trac-tor driver. LAFD Station 24 and 98 responded and attacked the fire from the freeway while LACo firefighters came in

from Kagel Canyon. The fire was contained to a half-acre

with no structures endangered.

LAFD firefighters make short work of brush fire.

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with two rest stops and re-freshment breaks. The riding conditions included a combi-nation of rolling hills, some semi-steep hills and level ar-eas. The event is sponsored by the supervisor and the county Department of Parks and Rec-

reation in conjunction with Marshall Canyon Mounted Assistance Unit, Bonelli Park Mounted Assistance Unit, Walnut Creek Mounted Assis-tance Unit, Whittier Narrows Mounted Assistance Unit and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Mounted Posse Units. ETI 21 also participat-ed in this event.

Dusters, from pg 1


The concept of empty space comes hard to some artists. They fill their canvas-es with images or with colors from corner to corner with little regard to the idea of “empty space” as an intrinsic part of a work. For them the entire canvas is a space in which to place their image or painting. When I say leave some room for emptiness, it sounds as if I am saying don’t paint the whole canvas. Leave empty spots with nothing happening. But this is far from what I intent. One example of filling space is the French artist Henri Emile Matisse (1869-1954). He was highly regard-ed and considered by many of his generation to be at the forefront of art. Many of his generation considered him to be the father of the modern art movement. Matisse used patterns in every square inch of avail-able space. He not only fills his canvases with an image, he reinforces his image with an overabundance of brilliant colors. His works are easily recognizable be these two distinct features. He has stat-ed - “empty space surround his figures”. When one looks at his work, it become apparent Matisse had a different view-point of space than the aver-age painter – of his time and of our time. When I think of space I not only think of the entire space of the available canvas but also think of “empty” space as opposed to “filled” space. Space to me is an area where

the artist changes pace from something “busy” or some-thing that stands out or calls attention to it and adds some-thing- opposite. When one stands on a mountain over-looking a savanna or open plain, one can safely say they are looking at a vast empty space. Or nearly empty save the occasional tree, rock or bush Space to me is a lack of invention or intrusion by the artist; a space for air; a place to breath; an absence or mini-mal intervention. Good paint-ing –pardon the pun- is filled with empty space to one de-gree or another. When thinking of balanc-ing a work of art, artists con-trol the placement of objects. Space is strategically por-tioned for best visual effect to strengthen the concept. Color choices are used to convey or reinforce the artis-tic idea. Space becomes one more tool in a painter’s arse-nal. Take as an example a tree placed in the dead center of a canvas in an open field. The placement forces the viewer to look at it. If it were a for-est of trees the viewer would not see one tree for the many. Emptiness can also refer to a calming color in a sea of brilliance. Again the example – boats on a sea of green with an open expanse of blue sky covering the upper two thirds of the canvas. You are forced to look at the boats because the sky is still and clear and subordinate to the boats on the water. This is another example of “empty” space.

Empty Spaceb y R i c k R o t a n t e

ArtfullyLAFD Participates with Mutual Assistance Agencies A large multi-agency exercise focused on wildfire operations in the “Mutual Threat Zone” of the northeast San Fernan-do Valley foothill communities was conducted at the Hansen Dam drylands last Saturday. Al-though it had over 20 compa-nies and over 100 “boots on the ground,” there was no “official” name assigned to the endeavor by the LAFD. LAFD engine companies con-verged on the site early Satur-day morning and met up with elements of the Angeles Nation-al Forest, LA County, Glendale, and Air-Ops with three heli-copters in the air making wa-ter drops. Because of the type

of terrain we have here in the North East Valley, such multi-agency drills are common across the LAFD jurisdiction and adjacent foothills communi-ties.

The Hansen dam provides quite a range of fire threats as well as rattlesnake presence within the basin. There were no injuries in this training exer-cise.

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A Noise Within Presents Four Free Play Readings A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical reperto-ry theatre company, continues this season’s “Words Within” Wednesday night play reading series with four free, one-night-only readings this summer at its Pasadena theatre: THE HEIR-ESS by RUTH AND AUGUS-TUS GOETZ, based on the 1880 Henry James novel Washing-ton Square, on June 5, 2013, 7 pm; THE GHOST SONATA by AUGUST STRINDBERG, con-sidered one of the world’s great-est modern playwrights, on June 19, 7pm; GALILEO, a timeless classic by BERTOLD BRECHT on July 24, 7 pm; and LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by EUGENE O’NEILL on August 14, 7 p.m.. The read-ings feature A Noise Within resi-dent artists as well as artists from the theatre company’s current repertory productions. The Heiress, directed by Rob-ertson Dean, is the timeless sto-ry of New York society, wealth and a daughter’s heartfelt strug-gle for her father’s love as she navigates her own first love. “The play gives us a heartbreak-ing glimpse of a young, thwarted soul, even as her beautiful nature blossoms before us,” says Dean. The cast features Kelly Ehlert

(Catherine Sloper), Apollo Du-kakis (Dr. Austin Sloper), Ja-son Dechert (Morris Townsend), Jill Hill (Aunt Lavinia Penni-man), Ann Marie Lee (Mrs. Montgomery), Anna C. Mill-er (Mrs. Almond), Alison Elliott (Marion), Kevin Angulo (Arthur Townsend) and Abigail Marks (Maria). The Ghost Sonata, an expres-sionist masterpiece directed by Stephen Rockwell, is consid-ered a key work in the develop-ment of modernist drama. Critics have hailed this otherworld-ly play about a haunted house filled with dreamy illusions and

odd inhabitants as “breathtak-ing,” “incisive,” a “provoca-tive chamber-mystery” and “a strange masterpiece.” Strindberg, one of the most important play-wrights of the 20th century, in-fluenced such writers as Franz Kafka, Eugene Ionesco, Tennes-see Williams, Eugene O’Neill and Samuel Beckett. The cast includes William Dennis Hunt (The Old Man), Raphael Gold-stein (The Student), Jaimi Paige (The Young Lady), as well as ANW resident artists Jill Hill, Mitchell Edmonds, Freddy

Spacious theatre in the round gives everybody the best.

see Readings, page 11


Crescenta Valley Sierra Club Presents “Mongolia” The Crescenta Valley Sier-ra Club presents Fred Dong’s Mongolia, Tuesday June 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Los An-geles County Public Li-brary, 2809 Foothill Boule-vard, La Crescenta, Califor-nia 91214. (Please enter at La Crescenta Avenue for park-ing and the meeting room.) Join world traveler Fred Dong as he takes us exploring in Mongolia. You will visit the vast expanses of the Gobi Des-ert, see the Steppes and Moun-tains on a journey through this sparsely populated country, to meet the colorfully dressed people who live there. Beauti-ful wildlife will be seen includ-ing the endangered Przewals-

ki’s Wild Horse and many oth-er animals native to Mongolia. Our meeting begins fol-lowing news of Conservation and Outings. Refreshments

will be served. This event is free and everyone is welcome. Please contact Wayne Fish-er, Program Chair at 818 353-4181, for further information.

Bill to Help Open More Dog Parks

Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) bill to help local governments create dog parks for their residents passed the Assembly Floor today with a bipartisan vote of 75-0. The idea for the bill came from Glendale City Councilmember Laura Friedman, who told Gat-to that liability concerns were preventing cities from opening more dog parks. “When Glendale was con-sidering opening a dog park, one of the biggest concerns was protecting the City from liability,” said Friedman. “I approached Assemblyman Gatto in the fall and am glad to see real action to address this problem for Glendale and oth-er cities.” Gatto’s AB 265 limits the liability that cities and coun-ties face when operating dog parks and protects them from litigants who claim, for exam-ple, that they were unaware of the potential dangers of such parks. While some laws and legal rulings already limit the liability of cities and counties with regards to parks and pub-lic spaces, such limitations have never been codified with specific regard to dog parks, causing many local govern-ments to feel uncertain about their potential financial liabil-ity. Burbank City Councilman Jess Talamantes explained the importance of AB 265 for decision makers. “As a Councilman, I must be re-sponsible with the city’s pub-lic finances and ensure that Burbank is protected from li-ability. Assemblyman Gat-

to’s bill provides greater certainty that Burbank’s po-tential future investment in a dog park will not come back to bite us.” AB 265’s Republican Co-author, Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (R-San Diego), who served for eight years on the San Diego City Council, expressed similar sentiments, saying “this bill would have made my life significantly easier when I was on the San Diego City Council and trying to site a dog park.” “Dog parks help build saf-er and stronger communities by providing a public space for neighbors to interact while training and socializing their dogs,” said Assemblyman Gatto. “We should not allow liability concerns to be a ma-jor barrier to creating these valuable spaces, especially in small- and medium-sized cit-ies that cannot afford to self-insure.” Jennifer Fearing of The Hu-mane Society of the United States echoed the social im-portance of dog parks, espe-cially for animal lovers with physical ailments. “Dog parks enable senior citizens and peo-ple with disabilities, who can-not always walk their dogs, a safe alternative,” said Fear-ing. “The Humane Society is glad for an opportunity to sup-port a bill with the noble goal of nurturing the human-animal bond.” There is precedent for the state stepping in to limit li-ability for the public good, especially for the use of pub-lic resources that come with some inherent danger. In 1997, the state imposed limit-ed liability under certain cir-cumstances for cities that open skate parks. State law-makers reasoned that more recreation opportunities were needed, but that skateboard-ing is inherently dangerous, and should be done at the us-ers’ risk and without massive liability for cities and their taxpayers. “By offering our communi-ties more certainty on this is-sue, I believe we can help make more dogs parks avail-able in our neighborhoods, im-proving the lives of dog lovers and our canine companions,” said Gatto. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration.

And you thought Mongolian was only a BBQ!

Spaghetti Western at Ravensview RanchBy Suzanne MarcuS Fletcher and richard SklarSky

Just when you thought June Gloom was inevitable, The La Tuna Canyon Community Association with the Foothill Trails District Neighbor-hood Council has the ulti-mate summer’s day antidote: Saturday, June 8, from 11 a.m until 5 p.m, the Commu-nity presents: “The Spaghet-ti Western“ an event slated to bust your britches with all the wonderful hijinks of the real cowboy era. This event fea-tures special guest, Johnny Crawford, of “The Rifleman” fame, and Will Ryan and the Cactus County Cowboys, top-shelf players with banjo, fiddle, and guitars, hamming it up and wowing the crowed

La Tuna Canyon Community Association, with the Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council, present

"The Spaghetti Western"

Date & Time: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 11am-5pmAt: Ravensview Ranch, 10207 La Tuna Cyn. Rd.

"Old Time Western Fair"$5 Donation is all we ask!Live Entertainment Carnival Games

Western Riding Show & EventsChildren’s Costume Parade with Prizes!

Chili Cook-Off (Think yours is best? Bring it!!) Prizes awarded!

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A water feature in your bathroom is not something that you’d look for. In an incident on Tujunga Canyon that the LAFD responded to Saturday, a rusted out water line going to the toilet broke. No problem! But then the apartment owner found that the valve was rusted open and could not be turned off. Within 30 minutes, more than 200 gallons of water filled the apartment and began draining into a parking structure. LAFD Stn-74 personnel were able to turn off the water main to the building and started vacuuming out the water. Mold-preventive chemicals were sprayed to stop any further damage. If this had happened while the owner was away from home, water could have flowed into the surrounding apartments. For your own safety and peace of mind, check to see that all the valves under your sinks and toilets are operational. A $3 part could cause hundreds of dollars in damage if it stops working.

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In 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson published Ramona: A Story, a tragic love story about a half-Indian beauty raised on a rancho. When railroads opened southern California up to inexpensive travel, a tourism and real-estate boom of unheard of proportion struck the region, and Jackson’s novel became a handbook for sightsee-ing. Tourists in droves visited landmarks identified with Ra-mona's fictional life - her birthplace, her home, the site of her wedding, and her grave. And at most of these locations, vast array of souvenirs commemorating their visits were available for purchase. It was these souvenirs that led Dr. Dydia DeLyser to rethink the craze for all things Ramona as initiated not by region-al boosters, but by the tourists themselves.

In her book, Ramona Memories: Tourism and the Shaping of Southern California, DeLyser traces the myth's emergence within the context of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century tourist industry and explores how the heroine of a nineteenth-century romance novel pervades southern California’s regional identity.

This fascinating program will explore how a fictional work - and the real places and products that it inspired - helped to shape our idealized past.


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4th of July Entries Wanted Soon! The Sunland-Tujunga Ro-tary Club wants everyone to know that spots are opening for the coming 4th of July Parade. The parade, now in its 31st year, is the only com-munity activity that brings in everybody for a day of fun. Marching bands, drill teams, equestrian units and just plain folk that are there having the time of their life. Everyone is invited to partici-pate. Entries from the LAFD and the local volunteer fire dept. are always fun to watch. Service organizations and groups are encouraged to cre-ate floats for the parade. The 4th of July parade will be on

Thursday July 4th this year. For information and parade entry forms, call Ellis Robert-

son at 818-352-3671 or e-mail him at [email protected].

Century 21 Crest float with their employees having a great time!

See Chef Randy’s food blog for more recipes at http://valleyvegetarian.blogspot.com

EDGE OF REALITY

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She was assassinated at the door of the real e state off ice .

S-T Chamber

WAIT!-These crates are labe led Chamber

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I remember...I was escort ing Brenda Wealth

She was on a peace mission to prevent war

not too long ago...

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Tujunga

Who is this Chamber !? Why were those food trucks

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Do they have anything to do with these pirates?

I caught up with the assassin a short t ime later... as he was

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Welfare Costs for Children of Illegal Aliens Following the recent USC study that indicates one in 10 Los Angeles County residents is an illegal immigrant, the Los Angeles County Depart-ment of Public Social Servic-es reported over $54 million in welfare benefits issued to illegal alien parents in March, announced Supervisor Mi-chael D. Antonovich. The $54 million consists of over $19 million in CalWORKs (wel-fare) and nearly $35 million in food stamps -- representing 20% of all CalWORKs and food stamp issuances in the county. At this rate, the pro-

jected annual cost for 2013 is approximately $650 million -- an increase of $25 million compared with last year. These numbers will continue to rise as, according to the USC study, one in five chil-dren in Los Angeles County has at least one parent who is in the country illegally. “With the $550 million for public safety and nearly $500 mil-lion for healthcare, the total

cost for illegal immigrants to county taxpayers exceeds $1.6 billion dollars a year,” said Antonovich. “These costs do not even include the hundreds of millions of dol-lars spent annually for educa-tion.” Nearly half of the coun-ty’s illegal immigrants lack a high school diploma, and 60% do not speak English well, according to the USC study.

Behavioral Problems on the RiseLet’s face it, the difference between a dog being a pleasure

to have around or an absolute pain to live with, is all down to how we deal with dog behavior problems.

Most dogs will show some kind of behavior problems at one stage or another, whether that is chewing holes in the cush-ions during teething, barking non-stop at the postman or jumping up at your visitors.

How we react to their bad behavior is crucial because, if we get it wrong we could not only make the problem worse but set ourselves off on a downward spiral that ends in a one-way trip to the dog

If you can work out what lies behind your dogs bad behav-ior, you’re half way there, as rather than dealing with the be-havior problem itself you can deal with the root of the prob-lem and the behavior should change quite naturally.

Often behavior problems are a symptom of something else that is wrong and is the dog’s way of trying to cope with situ-ations. A good example of this is separation anxiety in dogs, which can lie behind a whole range of behavior issues from urinating in the house, to chewing the furniture.

Sometimes dog behavior problems are learnt responses to situations. Aggression is a good example of this, such as where a dog has learnt to react aggressively to someone rais-ing their hand in order to defend themselves (especially where a dog has been mistreated), yet will carry on reacting like this even when the situation has changed and the dog has been re-homed.

For instance, when Trixie and Speed are barking at a poten-tial threat to their safety is simply a dog acting on their in-stincts. However, if they bark manically at every potential threat (person) that rings on the doorbell, it can be considered a behavior problem by those of us who have to put up with it!

Finding out what triggers your dog’s barking and why, is the best place to start. Some dog owners find that they can’t even leave their dog alone in a room without their dogs becoming hysterical and barking the place down, while other dogs can react badly to all sorts of gadgets in the house like the hoover or washing machine, or go crazy at the slightest noise outside the house. Do they run the boundary of the garden barking at everything that moves outside it?

Leadership issues could be at the root of this problem. If your dog has assumed that they are leader of the pack, and thus re-sponsible for the rest of the pack’s safety (yours), they could be using their barking is a way of warning off anything they con-sider a threat. Now as dogs don’t understand a lot of our world (like accepting that the postman is not the enemy), it means they can – and will, bark at almost anything!

see Bad Dog!, page11


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ny is closed, and everyone is invited to the Legion Hall for hot dogs and hamburg-ers hosted by the local Boy

Scouts. Everyone is welcome and is located at 10039 Pine-wood Ave. Tujunga. For more information, please call the Legion Hall at 818-353-9856

Memorial, from pg 1

Any major change in a dog’s life can be the starting point for behavior problems too, as they struggle to adjust to new surroundings, new territory, new people in the house, or perhaps another dog. Changes to a dog’s health can also create prob-lems as a dog can feel more vulnerable or be in pain.

The best way to do this is to remove the responsibility for the pack from the dog by

showing it that the owners are the pack leaders and the ones to be trusted. This will help with both the anxiety and leadership issues dis-cussed above.

Whichever way you ap-proach the problem, you’ll need patience, persistence and a consistent response ev-ery time they use the behav-ior you want to change. That way you give yourself the best chance of success!

Auntie Gail has a B.A. in Philosophy, is a certified vet.

assistant, and offers pet sit-ting and dog walking service in the Foothill community, and can be reached at: www.auntigailspetsitting.com or 818-605-9675 for services.

• • •Auntie Gail has a B.A. in Philosophy, is a certified veterinarian assistant and has a pet sitting and dog walking service in the area. She can be reached for ap-pointments at 818-605-9675, or at her website: www. auntiegailspetsitting.com.

Bad Dog!, from pg 10

with crazy talent. There will also be a barber shop quar-tet called Sound Check; these boys can really make those notes ring. Launched successfully two years ago, The Spaghet-ti Western this year promises to be even more spectacu-lar with western re-enactors, fair games and prizes, a chil-

dren’s costume parade with a prize for best costume, a must-have chili cook-off (if you have the best, bring it!), and when the sun gets high, you can hop over to Ye Old General Store for some sweets and an old-fashioned sarsaparilla, or to the Saloon for a local micro-brewed beer! Join us for a day of unfor-gettable Western fun at: The

Ravensview Ranch, locat-ed at 10207 La Tuna Canyon Rd. All vendors welcome. A $5.00 entrance donation per adult is requested. Children get in free! For more infor-mation on how you can get a booth for your organization, or other questions, contact: Kris Goddard at 818-294-1903 or Richard Sklarsky at (818) 398-3152. See y’all there!!

Westerns, from pg 6

Douglas, Alison Elliott and Jo-el Swetow with Claire Mann-le, Jessie Losch, Abby Marks, Garry Ballard, Dorrie Braun and Jennifer Losi. Galileo, a tour de force di-rected by Alan Blumenfeld, is among Bertold Brecht’s most notable works. It dramatizes the struggle during the Inquisition of the brilliant physicist Gali-leo to choose his life or his life’s work, examining the moral and ethical responsibilities of scien-tists when confronted by author-ity. Newsweek proclaimed the play, “Thoughtful and profound-ly sensitive.” Long Day’s Journey In-to Night, a semi-autobiographi-cal work for which O’Neill won his third Pulitzer Prize posthu-mously in 1957, has been called “America’s greatest play.” Di-rected by William Dennis Hunt, the emotionally probing play is the story of one fateful day in the life of the dysfunctional Ty-rone family and their downward spiral into addiction, disease and their own haunted pasts filled with an endless cycle of blame, regret and conflict. The New York Times describes O’Neill as “an American Shakespeare, the father of American drama, who all by himself, in the early years of the 20th century, turned it into a serious art form.” The cast fea-tures Mitchell Edmonds (James Tyrone) and Deborah Strang (Mary Tyrone). A Noise Within, led by Pro-ducing Artistic Directors Geoff

Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-El-liott, is the only year-round clas-sical repertory company in Southern California and one of only a handful in the entire country dedicated solely to pro-ducing classical dramatic litera-ture in the repertory tradition of rotating productions with a res-ident company of profession-al artists. It has been lauded by critics as a “premiere classical theatre company,” and an “out-standing ensemble” whose “vi-brantly theatrical” “brilliant productions” are “freshly imag-ined,” “exceptional,” “invigo-rating,” “riveting,” “brilliantly atmospheric,” “inspired,” and “masterfully crafted.” Founded 21 years ago, ANW quickly es-tablished itself as one of the re-gion’s key theatre companies, attracting fiercely loyal audienc-es and consistently high praise from the media for its produc-tions and as a key force in arts education. The company has presented more than 140 plays from the classics of world lit-erature, each season produc-ing works from authors ranging from Shakespeare and Molière to Ibsen, O’Neill and Shaw to Miller and Williams. A NOISE WITHIN is locat-ed in its permanent new home, a 33,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art venue on the corner of Foot-hill Boulevard and Sierra Madre Villa Avenue at 3352 East Foot-hill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107. The readings are free, but reser-vations are appreciated by call-ing (626) 356-3121 or visiting www.ANoiseWithin.org.

Readings, from pg 5

about 17 meters in diameter, but it exploded with a force of about 500 kilotons, more than 20 times greater than the atomic blast that destroyed Hiroshima. An object some 10 kilome-ters across hit Earth 65,000 million years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs. Dr. Yeo-mans’ life’s work has been to track such near-Earth ob-jects, precisely calculate their paths through space, and de-termine whether one is headed toward an Earth impact. His

ultimate purpose is to prevent that from happening. In his new book, Near-Earth Objects: Finding Them Be-fore They Find Us, Dr. Yeo-mans describes what we know about asteroids and comets, what they could do to us, and how we can protect ourselves. Copies of the book will be available at the Brookside Country Club, and the author will personally sign each copy purchased there. With this event, the Soci-ety for Planetary Defense is launching their new public discussion series, Community

Conversations™, which will invite the public to learn more about very real threats to our planet, such as coronal mass ejections from the Sun and impacts by near-Earth objects. This inaugural event on June 3 at 5:30 p.m. is be-ing held on the patio at the Brookside Country Club, 1133 Rosemont Ave., Pasa-dena, CA 91103. For more information, peo-ple can contact Shaunna Cos-ticov at 626.272.9065, or visit the Society for Planetary De-fense website at www.Plane-taryDefenders.org

Yeomans, from pg 7


LAPD Salute to Kids Day The LAPD Foothill Division Salute To Kids was created to promote alternatives for children to avoid gangs or tagging crews. The idea is to celebrate our children in the N.E. Valley by showcasing all the programs available to youth, after school programs and Recreation and Parks programs designed to offer children healthy al-ternatives to a gang lifestyle. More than 40 booths offering information were staffed with volunteers passing out information on the various programs available and music was

provided by local community groups. Ronald McDonald took center stage and talked about youth programs. Displays of LAPD equipment, the LAPD Cadet program and representatives from Park & Recreation Life Guard recruiting were explaining their program. Visitors were awed by the LAPD helicopter fly-over, but at the same time, the LAFD was conducting a mutual aid fire training exercise next door with fire equipment of every kind be-ing used and could be seen from the area.


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