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SFC HONORS BRENT TALMO MEDAL OF VALOR RECIPIENT!

TELLING THE TRUTH FOR 13 YEARS!

SFC Offers “PoliceSpecific” Training

A new take on the Thin Blue Line Flag. Combining the Stars & Stripes of the U.S. flag with the Thin Blue Line concept creates a new meaning of unity. The Blue represents the officer and the courage they find deep inside when faced with insurmountable odds.

The Black background was designed as a constant reminder of their fallen brother and sister officers. The Line is what police officers protect, the barrier between anarchy and a civilized society, between order and chaos, between respect

The Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club (also serving Sunland-Tujunga) is proud to present the

CALIFORNIA 39th

Assembly District Candidate Forum 2 PM, Sunday, March 25th, Candidates participating will be:

SFC Head Coach Hovic Tadevosyan and GPD Officer Edgar Zabunyan with the new mural honoring Law Enforcement in America.

for decency and lawlessness. Together they symbolize the camaraderie law enforcement officers all share, a brotherhood like none other.

The Sunland Fight Club is now offering training in “Police-Specific” defense and non-violent intervention. This is a first in the fight club industry.

Los Angeles Updates Speed Surveys, Increases Enforcement by

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Paul Krekorian

Los Angeles took a step toward greater traffic safety with the city’s announcement of new speed limits on 71 Los Angeles streets, the result of recently-updated speed surveys conducted by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. The new speed limits will be coupled with increased LAPD enJust waiting for the scofflaws on Foothill Blvd. forcement efforts in the East Valley and across fornia requires cities to history, roadside condithe city as part of the Vi- perform speed surveys tions, residential and sion Zero initiative to every 5-10 years as a business density, and pedecrease traffic deaths. condition of setting and destrian and bicyclist During the recession, enforcing speed limits on safety to best determine speed surveys for many local streets. These suran appropriate speed for local streets expired, veys measure the actual the street. which prevented LAPD speeds driven by the vast Now that the speed officers from enforcing majority of users when surveys are complete, posted limits. That’s be- the street is uncrowded, the LAPD can enforce cause the State of Calialong with road collision our speed limit laws.

Yolie Anguiano Ricardo Benitez Patty Lopez Patrea Patrick Luz Rivas Antonio Sanchez

Open to all interested voters concerned about responsible government.

At The Sunland-Tujunga Municipal Building-North Valley City Hall, 7747 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, next to the Sunland-Tujunga Library

Sunland-Tujunga Exposé photo: Dyan McManus

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Community Help

Who Will Replace Bocanegra?

39th AD Candidate Forum coming Sunday, March 25

The community is invited to a Candidate Forum for the 39th Assembly District Special Election on Sunday, March 25 at 2 PM in the mise. It’s the shadow of the Vietnam war staining S-T Municipal Building. our society. And the bat- The primary election will tle of souls still struggles take place on April 3.

Five Democrats and the back home. sole Republican candi A new gal enters the town in the middle of the date will all take part.

The event is hosted by night, escorted by the the Cañada Crescenta Sheriff, himself! Aware that the only possible job Democratic Club. Presiin town and bed prospect dent Kevin Gallivan says would be at the two story the Club wants to be of service to and be better Spitfire Grill, he cajoles known in the local comHannah to the prospect munity. The CCDC that ‘help has arrived.’

Hannah returns this salvo serves Shadow Hills, Sunland-Tujunga, and with the fact that maybe she didn’t need any help, Montrose, as well as La Crescenta and La Cañada. independent until she The Assembly seat behurt her leg. came vacant following Percy is pretty independent herself, ‘a wild bird the resignation of Raul Bocanegra on November who doesn’t nest.’ But she can bandage up Han- 27 of last year. He resigned due to sexual hanah’s leg pretty good, rassment allegations. and is a game dame at One of the candidates shaking and baking and who will appear at the ‘fryin’ in a pan’, though her prior life was limited Forum is Patty Lopez, the Assembly member to ‘openin’ a can’. who represented the 39th Guarding her own sefrom 2014 to 2016 and cret of jail time, Percy was then knocked out by quickly unravels those of Bocanegra when she the town. With the clossought re-election. ing of the mill, Caleb, Among the other canHannah’s nephew, lost didates is Ricardo both his job and manBenitez, the sole Repubhood, and ‘town life’s lican running. He also gone downhill’. The ran for this seat in 2012.

Grills been up for sale He is a small business ten years, irritating Caleb who covets inheriting the owner who ran for the cash. Adding insult to in- California Senate in 2014, coming in second jury, girlfriend Shelby aids and abets Percy in a behind Bob Herzberg.

Antonio Sanchez is a a scheme to raffle it off...to the party who deserves it the most!

New hope shines through Percy’s unfettered eyes. Broadening the Sheriff’s focus, she helps him see the forest rather than stopping at just a tree. She sings of hummingbirds in morning light, and forest walks of a hundred miles or more. ‘And Paradise came down last night to

by

Amelia Anderson

There’s two weeks left to rock and hear the Americana Folk-Roots music of “The Spitfire Grill.” Adapted from the 1996 sleeper film by Lee David Zlotoff, this ‘little show’ of theater director Timothy J. Borquez is a transformative musical, belted with passion and set within the sanctuary of New Hope Church.

Staged with the depth of real-life characters, the townsfolk of Gilead gather charmingly around the sacramental pouring of coffee and the spilling of gossip in their small town cafe. Singing disarmingly ‘about a feeling of Hope in this good heart of mine,’ the score and vocal direction portend the touching and healing of hearts.

It’s a cleverly concealed story of secrets, camouflaged as deep as the springs that make the river flow. “To a town with no future comes a girl with a past.” Sort of an update on ThorntonWilders 1938 play “Our Town,” defining family and the spirit of America.

The Spitfire Grill is an allegory of War and the generational conflict created from the spitfire planes of World War II, through the heat of the Vietnam War, and the havoc wreaked on ‘Our Town.’

The theme of redemption, forgiveness and acceptance is depicted within the family structure of Hannah Ferguson, the mother figure who owns The Spitfire Grill.

Her heart is lifted from it’s burden of shame secreting her ‘hero’ son’s’ whereabouts, and her husband’s subsequent de-

photo: Nalini Lasiewicz

by Amelia The Spitfire Grill

see Grill Two, page 5

Amelia Anderson is a Homeless Advocate elected to both the SunlandTujunga Neighborhood Council and also to Mayor Garcetti’s Homeless Committee.

Leadership of current Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club is in the hands of two Tujungans: President Kevin J. J. Gallivan and Vice-president Lora De La Portilla. They have been hard at work with other Club members planning for a successful Forum.

workforce development director, helping local veterans and students get training for good-paying jobs. He previously worked for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Sanchez ran and came in second for LAUSD School Board, District 6, in 2013.

Yolie Anguiano served in the District Office of AD 39 and on the Mission Hills Neighborhood Council. She has served on the North Area Valley Planning Commission for the City of L.A. Luz Maria Rivas earned an electrical engineering degree at MIT and a Master of Education from Harvard. She has devoted herself to mentoring girls toward science and math careers.

Rivas has gotten the endorsement of the California Democratic Party and the support of local LA City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, among several other lawmakers.

Patrea Patrick as a Political Activist Environmentalist and Documentary Filmmaker and Producer. She has run unsuccessfully for Congress in the past.

The 39th AD covers Sunland-Tujunga, Lake View Terrace, Sun Valley, Arleta, & Sylmar.

For more information, the Club’s website is http://canadacrescentadems.org <http://canadacrescentadems.org/> or email to lccvdems@ gmail.com.

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WHOA there buckaroos! What a couple of weeks this has been.

Things are getting ramped up for the “emergency election,” the Chamber is ramping up for the Easter Festival (read Spring Festival), and the Georgi Hakopian Neo-Nazi Facebook site, called the Foothills Observed, really overflowed the toilet of peoplebashing.

Stirring up the likes of Curtles Koesler and Wally Warton and even Roger Swart, they pounced and tore apart local resident Carol “Hutch,” leaving only a bleeding carcass.

Just like out of a scene of hyenas destroying a Springbok deer in the Transvaal, these sociopaths went nutso, crying “She’s not real, She’s Doc’s Sock Puppet, Block her,” and of course Ms. Warton had to create a drawing that made her look like a “Mammy out of a southern plantation.”

Yup, boys and girls, our local

keyboard kommandos outdid themselves this time. Even our esteemed Sonia Tatulian got a chance to jump in and bash her.

What is wrong with these people?

I can understand Ms. Jean Traubner, who is suffering from some kind of cancer, and Ms. Warton, who is also sick, but “normal” people like Roger Swart and Arnie Abramyan shouldn’t be attacking someone who is “different” from them.

And the funny thing is that it all happened just after I published the SUNLAND TUJUNGA A REALITY SHOW, STARS video treatment. What we have here is cyberbullying in its most overt form.

One intelligent denizen of the Observed stated, “It’s a shame, until we act like adults our children will never learn to stop teasing and bullying others to the point of tearing each other apart. We sit and ask why our children have no manners, respect. We blame it on the media

when it is us who control the media. I don’t know who Carol is. I do know Doc. For a town that dislikes him so much, why do you give him what he wants? Keep it up. The more we attack others in this town, will be the sooner that we won’t have a town.”

NOW THAT IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT! But on a lighter side, we have some really great people and things happening here in S-T. I am really proud of what the Chamber of Commerce is doing with our LOCAL events, sure, they may be in LVT, but they are still ours and we’re going to make them great this year.

The Rotary Club on the other hand has dropped into the cesspool of hooliganism with Michelle Ramage mismanaging the 4th of July parade to the point that people aren’t interested in participating in it. Last year’s fiasco had nothing to talk about except for

VIE W

R OCK Curtles Koesler driving one of their golf carts flipping the “bone” to parade-goers and kids that were trying to shoot him with water guns. Our Rotary Club is so far out of compliance with Rotary International’s rules that they are in jeopardy of losing their charter.

Rotary president Roger Klemm has not the slightest idea of how to get it back on-line and is just one more of the turnstile officers that have taken the reins after Mike Lucas passed on to a higher calling.

Yes, boys and girls, this is what I’ve been talking about. Who knows what made them go crazy.

Maybe it was THE WATER!

Prepare Your House For an Emergency

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Fire Escape Route and Meeting Spot It can take a mere five minutes for a fire to engulf your entire home.

This is one reason having an escape plan is so important. Include at least two exit routes in your plan in case one is

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The Foothills Letters & Perspectives

Closed Shop Will be Missed

ties and was to be married.

I knew Clara from school where we both attended Crescenta Valley High Dear Editor, School in the 1980’s. This I am writing to you bewas a very hard time for cause I am saddened that Rose, but she continue to Rose that owner and opera- work. I went to Rose aftor of International Haircut ter this tragedy and I could on Foothill in Sunland see she was so heartbroken has been forced to close however it did not stop her her doors due to an illfrom continuing her life ness. I am writing to you and dreams. She was inin request that you write credibly brave during this in your newspaper regard- time and the atmosphere ing the closure of her shop of the people she saw comand years of dedication she forted her from her loss. contributed in that area.

Rose was an innova Rose started her business tor to unique hairstyles but over 30 years ago located always cut traditional hair7414 Foothill Blvd, Tujun- styles. She would use her ga, CA 91042. During the white shears without hesifirst 5 years that she was tation, and I am almost 100 there, she lost her daughter percent positive that evClara to a car accident, her eryone experienced her daughter was in her twenexpertise with those shears.

In the 30 years I knew my wedding. I did not Rose, I did not always want to tell her because go to her for haircuts as I I was afraid of the pain I moved from city to city. would might bring. SeverHowever she has been part al months later, I brought of my life, and those sigmy son to see Rose at 3 nificant moments. In the months old, yes 3 months, late ‘80s she cut my boycause he was born with friends hair, he did not a full head of hair! She trust anyone, but he trusted sat him down in her lither and before the day of tle kids jeep, in front of a her closure he still saw her mirror and trimmed away. and brought his sons. That She was surprised he was puts a smile on my face. so still and did not behave Then I brought my huslike a 3 month old baby. band to be to see Rose, and After that I would stop in not everyone was hapbut not as frequent because py with her fast skills, so I moved. I reconnected needless to say he did with Rose, when I got this not return. I did not mind terrible haircut. I looked cause it made my vislike Moe from the 3 Stoogits Rose personal and es. And when I saw Rose, one to one, like a mothshe pulled out her shears er to a daughter. Rose and shaved my head, my did not know this but she eyes bulging out but nothsee Shop, page 5 styled my hair the day of

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to sing. They bite the hand that fed them, employed them, and mentored them, like Dr. David DeMulle’.

The publisher of the Foothills Paper sugar coats it not, the gauntlet of news he critiques each throw, lands upright as often as naught. It’s not a musical yet, but you can read about it on Amazon.

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she knew my life and she never judged but loved. ing could be worse than I miss Rose and I did the Moe. I still have the not think it fair this womstyle she gave me because an goes away in silence as I have received so many I know she touched macompliments and I know ny lives. Cause I am one of Rose cut my hair with love. the many she knew.

Rose will always be an im- Rose was diagnosed with portant person in my life, cancer. I saw her about 2

Shop, from pg. 3

There’s often very little time to react in a crisis.

But with a little planning and prep work, you can be well-equipped and ready to respond accordingly. weeks ago and she told me she was finished. I knew what that meant. Rose is over 70 years old and she is the strongest, bravest and smartest woman I will know. This is my acknowledgement to Rose.

Sincerely, Diana

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Social Security Matters

Ask Rusty:

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Movie Review: Red Sparrow by

Bob Garver

“Red Sparrow” is a Doing a Breakeven Analysis movie that never stays the same quality for very

by AMAC-Certified Social have to live to collect long. It’ll seem clever and Security Advisor Russell Gloor the same amount of intricate for a few scenes money if you claimed at, and then do something Dear Rusty: say, age 66 compared to stupid. It’ll be bland and I’m in a bit of quandary what you would collect meandering for a bit and trying to decide whether I if you didn’t wait and in- then pull out something should take my Social Sestead started benefits at tender or well-thoughtcurity now at 62, or wait age 62. It goes like this: out. I suppose that such until some later time, like Get a Statement of Ben- an inconsistent film is maybe when I’m 66. I efits from Social Securi- better than a consistently know that I’ll get less mon- ty (you can do this onbad one, but I’ll admit ey by taking it now, but I line), which shows your there were times where also know that my check estimated benefit at age it would have been more will be bigger if I wait lon- 62, at your full retireconvenient to write this ger. I’m in pretty good ment age (e.g., 66) and off as a bad film and just health and don’t really also at age 70. Using check out. The one thing need the money right now, those numbers, first add that is consistent is that but I’m just unclear about up the total amount you this is the kind of spy whether it’s best to wait, or would collect between thriller where Nothing Is just take the money and ages 62 and your full re- As It Seems, so it doesn’t run. tirement age by multireally pay to get invested Signed, plying your monthly age anyway.

Wondering 62 benefit times the Jennifer Lawrence stars number of months until as Dominika Egorova, Dear Wondering: your full retirement age a prima ballerina in the You’re asking, of (48 months in this exam- Bolshoi Ballet whose course, one of the most ple). Now subtract your career is cut short due common questions we re- age 62 monthly benefit to injury. She’s worried ceive – should I collect amount from your full about how she’s going to now, or wait until later? retirement age monthly be able to pay her bills, Social Security is debenefit; use the product including medical costs signed so that, at least of that subtraction and for her sick mother (Joely theoretically, you get the divide it into the number Richardson), without the same amount of money from the previous calcu- use of her body. Opporeither way. If you claim lation (the total you tunity knocks in the form early your checks are would collect between of her uncle (Matthias smaller but you get more 62 and 66). The result Schoenaerts), who’s the of them; if you claim lat- will be the number of deputy director of a er, your checks are bigger months from your full Russian spy agency. He but you don’t get as ma- retirement age you tells her that she can earn ny. Again, that is theoret- would have to collect in a life-sustaining income ically. In reality, whether order to get the same to- by using to body in a difor not it is to your finan- tal amount of money as ferent way – by seducing cial advantage to wait to if you claimed at age 62. a rich person of interest apply for benefits deIn the simple example I who has a thing for inpends nearly entirely on just used, you would jured ballerinas. Without your health and expected need to collect about 12 much choice, Dominika longevity. Of course, no years beyond your full takes the mission, which one knows how long they retirement age, or to age doesn’t exactly go as will live, but if you ex78, before you have col- planned. She now knows amine your health, your lected the same amount too much to be allowed living habits and your of money as if you to simply walk away, so family history, you can claimed at age 62. You she’s forced to train to be make an educated guess can do the same exercise a Sparrow, a seductionat whether you’ll meet using age 66 vs. age 70 based Russian spy. the current average lonand you’ll find that you Dominika’s job is to segevity, which for men breakeven at about age duce American spy Nate and women today is their 81. If you live beyond Nash (Joel Edgerton), early to mid-eighties. your breakeven age, To help with your deci- you’ll collect more in to- RUSTY, con’t sion, you may benefit tal benefits by waiting. close idea of when you from doing a breakeven These numbers may would break even finananalysis, which shows vary slightly depending cially. Yes, it’s a roll of what your total received upon what your true full the dice because no one Social Security income retirement age is and would be in a couple of what your actual estimat- knows how long they will actually live, and different scenarios. You ed benefits are, but this your current financial can easily look to see will give you a pretty needs and health must alsee Rusty, this page at right how long you would

who knows the identity of a mole inside the Russian government. She knows that Nash is smart enough to figure out that she has an uncle in Russian intelligence so she’s probably a spy, so she has to find a way to turn that to her advantage. What follows is the usual menagerie of double agents, double crosses, twists, turns, torture, and battles of wits. Dominika uses her seduction skills to get men (including her uncle, the guy isn’t as subtle a skeez as he thinks he is) to do what she wants without having sex all that often. The one sex scene she does get is with Nash, and… remember how I said that this movie will be doing okay for a while and then it will do something stupid? The terrible sex scene is astoundingly stupid. I’ll go so far as to say I may owe the “Fifty Shades” movies an apology, because it turns out sex scenes can be a lot worse than what those movies have to offer.

My advice for a movie like “Red Sparrow” is to pick a minor character

and have fun speculating as to whether or not that person will live. My choice was Dominika’s roommate (Thekla Reuten), but you could easily choose her mother, an American turncoat (Mary-Louise Parker), or Jeremy Irons, who somehow manages to make his voice sound more evil than usual by adding a Russian accent. The movie does boast some good performances and a detailed, well-considered storyline, but its inherent untrustworthiness and sexually exploitative first act are troubling. Jennifer Lawrence is determined, and she ultimately saves “Red Sparrow” from being a “bad” movie, but you’re still probably better off having another go at that other movie with a color and an animal in the title: “Black Panther.”

Grade: C “Red Sparrow” is rated R for strong violence, torture, sexual content, language, and some graphic nudity. Its running time is 139 minutes.

Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@nyu.edu.

ways be part of the equation, but doing a breakeven analysis can be an important exercise to help you decide.

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Hearty Ratatouille by

Chef Randy

Ratatouille can be described as a vegetable stew. This Ratatouille is a hearty and thick vegan vegetable stew. Classic Ratatouille includes eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, red onions and herbs.

This recipe is different in that it includes all of the classic ingredients plus fennel, bay leaves, and harissa (to give it a kick).

I’ve also included kidney beans for extra protein. Serve with quinoa or rice on the side and a hunk of fresh bread for a complete meal.

Ingredients: 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 small red onions (quartered and sliced thin) 1 yellow bell pepper (cut into thin 1½-inch strips) 1 red bell pepper (cut into thin 1½-inch strips) 1 large fennel bulb (trim and slice thin) 3 garlic cloves (minced) 2 medium zucchini (washed and cut into ½-inch rounds)

1 medium eggplant (peeled and cut into ½-inch dice) 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes 4 sprigs fresh thyme 4 sprigs fresh oregano 2 bay leaves ½ teaspoon glutenfree harissa paste 1 cup water 1 15-ounce can kidney beans (rinsed and drained) Salt and pepper to taste Zest of 1 lemon Directions: Heat oil in large saucepan or Dutch oven over

medium heat. Add onions, bell peppers, and fennel, and sauté 5 to 7 minutes, or until vegetables are translucent.

Stir in garlic, then zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, thyme, oregano, bay leaves, harissa paste, and water. If you like it spicy, use at least one teaspoon of harissa. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 25 minutes.

Add kidney beans, cover, and cook for 15 minutes more. Add salt and pepper to taste and garnish with lemon zest before serving.

For additional recipes, see Chef Randy’s website at

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Planned Parenthood Speaker To Address Democrats Club `Guest Speaker Julianne Hines, VP of External Affairs for Planned Parenthood Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley, will discuss “2018 Changes in the Affordable Care Act and Women’s Health” at the next meeting of the Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club on Sunday, March 18, 3-5 PM at the Center for Spiritual Living, 4845 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta.

Hines has been an aide to both Carol Liu and Anthony Portantino when they served in the Calif.

Assembly. She now advocates for this healthcare provider which is often targeted by conservatives, but which provides mental health screenings, STD testing, mammograms and other reproductive health programs to people with and without insurance. About

14% of clients are male.

The Club will also share preparations being made for a Candidate Forum for the 39th Assembly District, which will be held at 2 PM, Sunday, March 25 in the Sunland-Tujunga Municipal Building, 7747 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga.

In addition, Club members will vote whether to donate to the campaign of candidate Sandra Chen Lau, whom the Club has enthusiastically endorsed for Area 1 of the Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Area Community College District.

The meeting is open to everyone and is free of charge.

The Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club serves the Crescenta Valley and Sunland-Tujunga. For more information, the Club’s website is http:// canadacrescentadems.org.

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Local Vocal Artist Debbie Ethridge Debuts Her Album

This collection of songs is diverse in genre.

There’s something on it to please many musical preferences from country to pop to rock. If you can dig hearing a Doris Day cover track followed by a real rocking duet and a weekend

blues jam, you should really enjoy what you hear. Debbie brings in many local singers and artists who help contribute to the album’s genre diversity, which is a main objective for her.

She wants listeners to wonder what style song

is next. What makes the album work so well is that her steady ballad quality vocal and musical songwriting style remains an enjoyable constant.

Learn more at http:// store.cdbaby.com/cd/ debbieethridge

Journey to India on Peacock Day Take a cultural journey to the country of origin of our famous peacocks

On Saturday, March 24, Peacock Day celebrates India, the ancestral home of the beautiful blue Indian species that reside at the L.A. County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

The famous birds are de- celebration featuring Intion with the Hindu Temscendants of several pairs dian classical and folk ple Heritage Foundation, of peafowl brought from dances, arts, crafts, and a non-profit organization India by Elias J. “Lucky” food. The peacocks will devoted to preserving Baldwin in late 1800s. be in their full spring and promoting the rich Take a cultural journey plumage! Peacock Day is heritage of Indian culture. to India with our peacock organized in collaboraThe Arboretum and Bo-

tanic Garden is located at 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007 For more info, please visit the Web site at www. arboretum.org or call (626) 821-4623.