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Sun FireDefense Emergency Shelters Will Save Lives

Thief Steals Generator, Threatens Resident

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David DeMullé

Jim Moseley, CEO Sun FireDefense, winner of the Los Angeles Business Journal Innovation of the year award for public safety for designing the new and improved fire shelter for the U.S. Forestry after the 19 firefighters died in the Yarnell, Arizona wildfire and is expanding to protecting families and homes.

Jim acquired the licensing on the fire blanket after Hundreds Turn Up to Take in the Space Shuttle missions ended,The decided to partner with Little Landers' Annual Tour Anchor Industries, the current shelter manufacturer to create a safer shelter for fire fighters.

Moseley also invented a 3000º F-plus clear spray Wildland Firefighter Rick McCauley compares the current fire shelter to the new and improved shelter by Sun Fire Defense. see Sun Fire, page 9

Historic Home Tour A Huge Success!

Eighteen police cars, 21 police, 1 helicopter, and he still got away. by

David DeMullé

At 3:30 a.m. last Sunday (April 30), people slept through the sounds of

INSIDE: LCWC gives awards to students

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DEPARTMENTS News from Your Clinic........... 2 View from the Rock.............. 3 Chef Randy........................... 5 Jim Laris............................... 8 S-T Crime Stats................... 10 Take My Card..................... 11 Spotlight on Business.......... 12

this thief cutting down a lemon tree with a machete, to which the generator was chained. He stole a generator see Thief, page 9

Claudia Holloway

Fran and Ray greet Home Tourgoers at Villa Terraza.

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n behalf of the SunlandTujunga Coordinating Council, Little Landers' Historical Society, Bolton Hall Museum and the Verdugo Hills High School, we want to extend our gratitude and appreciation to this year’s property owners, the volunteeer docents, student greeters and Boy Scouts, who helped with the tour. And to everyone who attended the Historic Home tour this year, thank you for your continued support.

See you on the tour next year.

Fran and Ray Co-chairs S-T Historic Home, Garden and Landmark Tour

Nana to all, Mom to me. Claudia Holloway passed away Sunday April 24, 2016. “I know she’s going to heaven because she already did her time in Tujunga!

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News From Your Urgent Care Clinic

Wounds by

Sam Samalin, PA-C

Urgent care is a good choice for wound repair.

Wound repair lessens your risk of infection and heals with less scar. Always come to the clinic to evaluate your wound as soon as possible to ensure the best chances of a good outcome.

We can do most wounds unless your child won’t keep still — in which case they may need ER and sedation; if skin is missing, you may need a surgeon. Most often you will go home with an antibiotic and come back in a week or two to remove the sutures.

Wound care is done depending on whether your wound is dirty (bites or muddy/greasy) or clean (broken glass or kitchen blade.) If it’s clean, odds are we can suture it if not more than six hours old. If it’s an old or dirty wound, we may have to wait four days to see if it’s not infected and maybe we can close it then.

Scalp wounds often can be stapled. Facial wounds may

Dr. Sam. require that the underlying layers be sutured first to restore your natural facial expression. Some wounds can be “glued.” Nails may need to be removed to stop the bleeding under them, or they may need to be drained if they have blood under them. Insect bites may need to have the insects removed.

If you haven’t had a tetanus shot in the last five years you’ll need one.

Don’t try these things yourself, much better to come by the clinic. We can anesthetize (numb) most areas very well, and do x-rays if needed. Let us make decisions about whether, when and how to repair you wounds. Just come by as soon as they happen.

F.I.T. Expo at Sunland Elementary Woodcraft Rangers, Valley Interfaith Council (VIC) and the Sunland Elementary School PTA will host a F.I.T. Expo at Sunland Elementary in support with Councilmember Felipe Fuentes of the 7th District. On May 14, the event will focus on fitness, proper health and nutrition. A free community event to rally awareness around healthy choices. The F.I.T Expo will feature fitness activity stations, free food samples, health resource booths, free breakfast, a Walk-A-Thon and music.

Beginning at 10 a.m., elementary students from Woodcraft Rangers will participate activities with seniors from VIC. From Zumba to yoga, and obstacle courses, the fitness sta-

tions will have everyone moving to build a stronger, healthier and thriving community. The F.I.T Expo will conclude with a dance party ending at 2 p.m.

For further information, contact (213) 249-9293 or woodcraft@woodcraftrangers.org. To learn more about Woodcraft Rangers go to www.woodcraftrangers.org.

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CV Sierra Club hosts “Panama Exploration” The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club presents, Fred Dong’s Panama Exploration on Tuesday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m., at the L.A. County Public Library on 2809 Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, California 91214.

Take a trip today to Panama with Fred Dong, Sierra Club leader and world traveler. You will be transiting the Panama Canal on a 110-foot catamaran, travel to a native Indian Village in a remote area of Panama near the Columbian border, trek through rain forests and see monkeys, sloths and the endangered Harpy Eagle. You will see the modern, colonial and old Panama City. We will explore the jungles around the Canal Zone and experience some cultural things in a nearby province.

Our program begins following news of Conservation and Outings. This is a free program and open to the community. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served. Please contact Program Chair Wayne Fisher for further information at (818) 353-4181.

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THE ELECTION ISN’T OVER YET! The election is over — well, sorta.

The community mobilized for all the wrong reasons and got all the right results. The STNC has become fragmented and will either pull itself together and really help the community, or it will continue its downward spiral into oblivion.

What was accomplished was that the Cleghorn Machine became slowed down and may actually be stopping. Now don’t get me wrong, personally I like the Cindy, even though she did everything in the book to try and destroy everything The Paper created. We created and ran the only self-supporting homeless camps in S-T. She and her hitman, Joe B., shut that down by crying to the city every week. So now you have homeless people in your front yard. You can thank the Cindy for that.

I can’t even begin to count the amount of damage that she and her machine (composed of Nina Royal,

Tomi-Lynn Bowling, Robin Meares, Brenda Fortune and Barbara Johnson) did to our community in trying to save it from us.

Oh well, that’s sewage under the bridge. The STNC finally is going to have to fish or cut bait to survive. Patting each other on the back and telling themselves that they “ARE THE GREATEST NC IN THE CITY” isn’t going to hack it any more.

Oh, don’t get me wrong, the machine isn’t dead, it is alive and well in our chamber of commerce that has consistently destroyed every vestige of business in our community. It’s sort of like a has-been mafia. They take your money and offer you a ribbon-cutting that nobody knows about, publishes nothing about how wonderful it is that a new business has decided to fight all odds and come here, and blocks viable tax-paying businesses that they — in their infinite reason — have deigned to be “not suitable to our community.”

One thing that the new chamber president Mike Moncrieff doesn’t

understand is that I hate liars. (I know my detractors say that I and The Paper are liars — but when a liar lies, does that make it the truth?)

Anyway I see no real future for him and the chamber. Everyone of any value has bailed out leaving a bunch of booze-swizzling realtors that don’t even pay their dues. The chamber could get back to its former glory if they’d just follow some common sense ideas and re-group to become something viable to the business community.

And along that line, the 4th of July fireworks is in danger of not happening because the city isn’t overly happy with them either. (Read: Machine members also destroy the credibility of the chamber.)

There is one bright shining diamond in the septic tank though: the S-T Rotary club. Against all odds, losing members to age and disagreements, and shrinking revenues, the Rotary Club is forging ahead trying to get our town back together. They are actually trying to bring back the

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BUT, they need the community’s help to do it. The 4th of July parade is the biggest event we have left in S-T. It is also the most fun. I hope that you will all get behind it and support the parade this year. It needs you and me to make it happen to bring our divided community back together again.

And when the fire trucks roll down Foothill Blvd. spraying the crowds, you can yell out, “IT’S THE WATER!”

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Dear Editor, I was informed today that Dr. Edward Trimis is being banned from attending any school events at Verdugo Hills High School. I sent the following letter to the Superintendent (Michelle.King@LAUSD.net) of the LAUSD on April 27: Dear Ms. King, My name is Brandon J. Hanes. I have two daughters enrolled at Verdugo Hills High School (VHHS). They are both seniors and have attended Verdugo since their freshmen year. My daughter, Taylor Hanes is the deputy colonel for the JROTC and also serves as an alternate student board member for the LAUSD. My daughter, Tessa is involved with many of the arts programs at Verdugo.

For the past four years, we have enjoyed getting to know Dr. Edward Trimis as he was the principal at Verdugo when they enrolled and he has been integral to their positive experiences in academics, the arts and student leadership.

We were very saddened and somewhat enraged when Dr. Trimis was removed from his position at Verdugo. He had become like family to us, and the thought that we would be missing him and everything he did for Verdugo so close to the end of senior year was nearly unbearable.

Considering this close relationship with Dr. Trimis, our family of course has extended invitations to him to attend the school events that my daughters are part of and have always enjoyed his presence. For example, Tessa has the stage production and

spring musical of “Hairspray” this Saturday. Dr. Trimis has attended all her performances in the past. Taylor has the awards banquet/ceremony for the JROTC coming up on May 3. Dr. Timis has always attended these ceremonies and had kind words to say to my

daughter. Tessa has spring concert coming up. Trimis has always been there to encourage, support and praise her and the entire team. Senior awards and graduation is coming up.

The thought of Dr. Trimis not being there is extremely unsee LAUSD, page 9

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LCWC Awards Annual Scholarships to Students Attention All Veterans, Sons, Daughters and Wives of Veterans

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The La Crescenta Woman’s Club honored some well deserving high school students on April 13. The students and some of their parents enjoyed a nice salad buffet with delicious desserts. Each of the students came to the podium and spoke about themselves

and their future goals. The audience was amazed and delighted to hear what these bright, ambitious students had in their future.

This organization awards scholarship money to eight graduating seniors each year. If you have or know a graduating senior for their next year’s awards, go to the

Web site and get an application. The woman’s club is a non-profit that uses their funds for many philanthropic donations and of course, scholarships.

Please go to the Web site and see what wonderful things are going on. www.

LacrescentaWomansClub.org. is the site.

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Movie Review: The Huntsman: Winter’s War by

Bob Garver

When I see an unnecessary sequel, I’ll often wonder what the studio was thinking. I’m not talking about the huge franchises where any kind of new installment is basically a license to print money.

I’m talking about unwanted sequels to movies that don’t have a fan base clamoring for more. Obviously I can think of a few motivating factors – greed mixed with a lack of imagination – but what makes studios think that they have a franchise on their hands when the first movie wasn’t exactly a franchise-launcher? In the case of “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” I actually don’t have this question. I know exactly what they were thinking. ciation with the oft-maligned The 2012 movie “Snow “Twilight” franchise and gosWhite and the Huntsman” had sip about her having an affair decent box office ($155 milwith the film’s married direclion domestic), mostly betor. “The Huntsman: Winter’s cause of the Snow White War” makes the conscious dename, but it wasn’t a very cision to keep Hemsworth well-liked movie. The consenand Theron, but remove sus seemed to be that Charlize Stewart from the equation to Theron was great as the vilsee if the franchise can suclainous Queen Ravenna, Chris ceed without its biggest albaHemsworth was barely passtross. Of course, it’s also losable as Eric the Huntsman, ing the Snow White name, but and Kristen Stewart was awit has a plan to pull people in ful as Snow White. There was with something possibly even a lot of negativity attached to more appealing.

Stewart because of her asso The new film serves as

both prequel and sequel. We see Eric grow up in the kingdom of ice queen Freya (Emily Blunt), sister of Queen Ravenna. Love is forbidden in Freya’s kingdom (because she has an icy heart, naturally), but Eric can’t help falling in love with his fellow soldier Sara (Jessica Chastain). Freya catches the couple, and Eric sees Freya have Sara killed before he himself is left for dead. But of course he survives to participate in “Snow White and the Huntsman.” A see Huntsman, page 9

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Here’s a fun and different recipe for those end-of-theseason fresh tomatoes in your garden. It is a spicy takeoff of the classic Italian Caprese Salad.

It includes fresh tomatoes and mozzarella. Then I substitute avocado slices for the basil leaves and add a spicy vinaigrette with chipotle adobo sauce and a touch of honey. When I first described it to Robin she asked, “Why ruin a perfectly good Caprese salad?” One taste and she understood perfectly why.

One word of caution. Well, more than one word. Purchase a small can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and

only use the sauce (not the peppers) unless you like it super spicy!

Ingredients: 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil ½ teaspoon dried oregano ¾ teaspoons salt ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper 1 tablespoon chipotle adobo sauce 1 garlic clove (minced) 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese (sliced ¼-inch thick) 2 large ripe tomatoes (sliced ¼-inch thick)

1 ripe avocado (peeled, pit removed and sliced lengthwise into wedges) 2 tablespoons cilantro (chopped for garnish) Directions: Combine the first 8 ingredients (through garlic) in a mini food processor and process until smooth. Set this dressing aside.

Arrange tomatoes and mozzarella in a circular design around the edge of a chilled salad plate. Overlay avocado slices in the center of the plate. Drizzle chipotle dressing over salad and garnish with cilantro.

This recipe makes two salads. Recipe may be doubled to serve four or more.

For additional recipes, see Chef Randy’s website at

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It would be arrogant and narcissistic to assert that any ‘representational’ artist is so because he/she figured the process out all on their own.

Even an art form/style that may not be in vogue or viewed as worthwhile is derived from what has come before. The added fact the tools we use are the same is further evidence, to me, that we learn from those who have come before. I can state with certainty I have picked up my share of methods and techniques from many other artists both living and dead.

If you live on this planet, you will be influenced by what has come before. Even if you are secluded away without mass media or newspapers, I believe your art would reflect the world you live in that resemble some form or configuration seen before.

Consequently it would not be justly deemed Original.

One underlying fact is that we all take information, sift it, absorb what works then use what ability we were endowed to try and use the information to say something worthwhile.

Even art that is not intended to be informative or instructive but just playful says something.

Art, in all forms, communicates ideas. Its one fundamental way humans have tried to outlive their existence or become immortal, as far back as the cavemen/women who left behind impressions of their world. We are doing nothing more than they. Communication is at the very heart of all art.

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Even the child with his/her first paint set will put down what they believe to be an idea of the world. It may not be coherent or well-constructed due to the fact they haven’t developed the ability to fully express it, yet it will be an impression or facsimile of what is already known.

This brings me to the word original. In a creative sense, what does original mean?

Can we even identify anything as not being derivative, a variation or permutation of something that has come previously? Figuratively speaking, we are all cut ostensibly from the same genetic cloth.

Regardless of origin, area of birth, physical makeup, we all have the same brain with relatively the same makeup and connections to our world. We are humans.

A person or persons from an as yet unknown or discovered civilization will still be “human” to get to the root of it.

Hence, they will possess the same characteristics as you or I and thus see the world; albeit with some differences; but will record what they see and think.

I may seem to be going too far from my central point, but I don’t think so.

Who among us can say they possess THE original idea?

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Tujunga Ponds Nature Preserve is Neglected by

David DeMullé

The Tujunga Ponds Nature Preserve, which a few years ago was visited by thousands of schoolchildren each year, has deteriorated to the point that it is nearly not worth visiting. Located on the 10700 block of Foothill Blvd., it’s not easy to find if for most.

And at the present time, the county which is responsible for taking care of the nature preserve isn’t doing much One of the meandering streams about it. During the past few in the Tujunga Ponds Nature Preserve. years the Tujunga Nature Preserve has been marred by were destroyed by construcpreserve wasn’t managed garbage, destruction of the tion of the Foothill Freeway. correctly, they’d take it back. trees and graffiti, said Judy Caltrans was originally reWell, we tried to give it back Howard, a past member of sponsible for its maintenance, but they wouldn’t take it.” the Small Wilderness Area but the California Fish and The preserve made news a Preservation group.

Game Department turned it couple of years back when a Trees have been cut down, over to the L.A. Department transient was found to have and whole sections of fencing of Parks and Recreation. built a complete cabin in surrounding the preserve The timing couldn’t have the preserve with stove and has been ripped out, creating been worse because county refrigerator, lighting and even easy access for off-road bikes, funds began declining after fire extinguishers. The entire she said. And then someone passage of Proposition 13. camp was painted camouflage introduced water hyacinths And, in part because the Tucolors and blended in for into the streams have comjunga preserve was forced on more than three years. The pletely choked the surface of the county, the county never majority of people who visit the ponds preventing wildlife budgeted any money for it. the preserve are horsemen from getting to the water.

In talking with a past Nature who follow the meandering The sanctuary was built in Center representative, he said streams. More to come in a 1978 to replace wetlands that “Fish & Game said that if the future story.

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The Handyman Can Even with a bit of a hangover, you just couldn’t beat this guy’s price

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Laris

Is it just me or do things like this happen to you, and I don’t know if things like this don’t happen to you because you don’t have a column, or is it that these things may happen to you but you don’t give a flying fraguzzi, and I do give one of those?

Anyway, I’m up in my little Hovel by the Sea in Oregon last week and I need to do some work on my so­ called house. I have to hang a large clock on the wall and I know from experience that if I do it myself I will leave a large hole in the wall and the anchor bolt will just hang there like Saddam Hussein and the clock will just be holding its breath until the first earthquake. And then it will fall on some luckless pet and I will be sued for every penny I have in my lousy shack hovel life. That is a pretty good summary of my handyman experience.

So I need to get a real handyman. So I go to a furniture store up there that I know fairly well, and

I ask for a referral for a great handyman, and this guy standing near us hears my request and he says, “I am a great handyman.” So I looked at him and I said, “How do I know you are a great handyman?” And he said, “Because I drive a ratty pickup and I wear a tool belt.”

That was good enough for me. So we arrange for him to come over in the morning and do the work. He gets over to my place at 8 a.m. sharp and I have high hopes.

(These hopes will be lowered very soon.) As he’s coming up the walkway, he seems to be wobbling just a bit.

Nothing alarming, but there is definitely a wobble waiting to come out.

I asked him how he was doing and I didn’t want him to answer, but he did. He said he went to his brother’s bachelor party last night, but he had to leave early so he could help me out. Yup. Straight from the naked women and Chivas to old Jim E. Baby’s hovel handyman job. The hopes were pretty

much at my ankles about in 20 minutes with some then. hardware bolts and bullshit.

But, because I am a what?

And he worked awhile and I am a dumb shit, that’s what. the only thing I could see I let him continue. He comes change was the size of the into the house to analyze the hole in the wall. He inquired job and he reaches for his as to whether I might have a tool belt, but his tool belt is bigger clock to hang. not there. He says, “Oh shit, Well, he went back and I left it with that stripper last forth to the hardware store night.” I said, “Hmm.” He five times. Five frigging said he would go out to his times. He kept coming truck and get something. He back with wrong sizes and did. A hammer. medieval attachment devices He came back in and he you may have seen in prisons had some kind of punch in the Middle Ages. He was Jim Laris is Jim Laris. thing and he took a relatively there for three­and­a­half hours. straight swing with his hamTo hang one really tacky and this is the God’s honest mer and he, well, he punched heavy clock. Three­and­a­half handyman fee truth, “how out a big enough hole in my hours. about five bucks?” Being cowering wall to put his fist But finally he says, “Got from LA where I have been through — and then crack ’er done. Come on over here charged $120 dollars for a his knuckles. He looks at and take a look.” I look guy to come out to the house me and I look at him and he and sure enough, the damn to look at a problem, I was says, “You got any Spackle?” clock is on the wall. I kind pretty much stunned. Only I swear on my handyman’s of gingerly touch it and it five bucks. manual, he said, “You got seems secure. He asks me if I couldn’t believe it. Three­ any Spackle?”

I would like to see his work and­a­half hours of work for I said, “No. But I have a behind the clock and I tell five bucks. I didn’t know Colt 45 in the bedroom.” The him no, because I have a humor went right over his bad heart and I’ve seen large what to say. Finally, I said, hangover. He told me to sit rat­entrance holes before. He “Would you take four?” tight; he would run down laughed his handyman laugh.

Jim can be contacted at to the hardware store and I said, “Well, how much jimlaris@mac.com get some stuff. He was back do I owe you?” and he said,

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Sun Fire, from pg. 1 that protects wood and stucco homes. Wood self extinguishes upon contact with fire, even while holding a 3000º F torch on it. Jim brought a treated piece of wood to a prescribed burn with Santa Barbara’s fire department. The wood was placed in a major brush blaze for over 30 minutes.

The front of the wood was charred but the back of the wood unfazed. A home in a similar burn would have experienced major damage within just a few minutes.

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Thief, from pg. 1 and wheel barrow from a construction site in the 10100 block of Scoville, Tujunga.

With dogs barking and the neighbors finally awakened and the LAPD arrived after about 30 minutes later. They didn’t find the thief but did find his bicycle and backpack.

foams have to be applied just before the fire arrives and become ineffective after just a few hours and require reapplication.

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It is rare firefighters are able to save all of the homes in the path of a wildfire, homeowners are then left with the fear whether or not fire departments will have the resources to save their home.

“My only goal is to buy lifesaving seconds or minutes

for both firefighters and families alike” says Moseley.

Moseley just signed agreements with the Sheikh

For some reason they declined to open the backpack and instead, left looking for him. About 2 hours later, the thief came back for his backpack, bicycle, bolt cutters and pry-bar. Neighbors videotaped him and chased him down until he threatened one of them with a claw hammer. Neighbors found the generator hidden in

bushes in the next block and returned it.

The police returned about six hours later and took the report. Neighbors reported that they had seen the thief in their neighborhood during the past week. Could this be the same person who was chased through neighbors yards on Kyle a few weeks past?s

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ever. vertising. Also fun are Eric’s As an action-advendwarf sidekicks (Rob Brynew conflict arises when the ture movie, the film is dull. don and Nick Frost). Eventuevil Magic Mirror goes missThere’s one memorable finish ally the band adds two female ing from the conspicuouslyto a fight with a horned opdwarfs (Sheridan Smith and absent Snow White’s kingponent and the rest is all stan- Alexandra Roach) and they dom. Whoever gets their dard swords, sticks, arrows, make for two more cute couhands on the mirror can take and fire. The blows are rarely ples whose bickering makes over any kingdom they want, impactful and the subpar spe- the film funnier than it has including Snow White’s. Ercial effects don’t help. Where any right to be. ic is tasked with retrieving the the movie succeeds is as a ro- The equation for “The mirror, and he gets help from mantic comedy. Hemsworth Huntsman: Winter’s War” is an old flame, but guess who and Chastain have really good “Snow White and the Huntstries to freeze that flame away. flirtatious chemistry and it’s man” – Kristen Stewart + JesAlso, the mirror is personified a shame Chastain hasn’t been sica Chastain + Emily Blunt

by Ravenna, power-hungry as used more in the film’s adand a lot of “Frozen”-style

Huntsman, from pg. 4

LAUSD, from pg. 3 fortunate and quite frankly a travesty.

Dr. Trimis’ indefatigable efforts to attend all Verdugo Hills events and to document them on social media to share with the entire student body has been a mainstay in developing school spirit, pride and success. We are all missing him and his uniquely remarkable dedication to students and the school. Make no mistake, my girls are not the only ones feeling this devastating loss. Hundreds of students and parents are beside themselves with grief and angst.

The reason I am addressing these issues with you today is that upon the extension of invitation to Dr. Trimis for these events, I have been informed that the “local superintendent” has blocked Dr. Trimis from attending any events at VHHS.

I will not inquire or pry into the reasons the local superintendent has taken this stance, but I can tell you from a legal standpoint that it is certainly challengeable and a violation of Dr. Trimis’ basic human rights as a citizen of the U.S. Constitutional provisions provide protection to teachers and school staff at public schools that are generally not available to teachers at private schools. Since public schools are state entities, constitutional restrictions on state action limit some actions that public schools may take with respect to teachers or other employees. One of those rights, that is constitutional in nature, is the freedom of expression and association provided by the First Amendment.

If Dr. Trimis were a family member and I invited him to my daughter’s school events, what authority does the

LAUSD have to prevent him from attending the events?

I implore you to think heavily on these issues which not only violate Dr. Trimis’ rights, but violate the rights of my and other families who are a part of VHHS. Any barring of Dr. Trimis from freely associating with us at school events should be rescinded immediately or LAUSD could face a barrage of litigation within the next 10 days.

I hope you will consider this plea and set right this errant course the “local superintendent” and the LAUSD find themselves on.

Sincerely, Brandon J. Hanes P.S. My letter to the LAUSD apparently worked. Byron Maltez (local super) emailed me this morning and said Dr. Trimis will be allowed to attend school events.

of Dubai after presenting his solutions to the Department of Civil Defense in the wake of the recent high rise fires

throughout the UAE. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.

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This thief in the night was the one who got away. imagery. On paper, it’s a winning formula. In practice, it’s just okay. The movie doesn’t succeed with the things that it’s pushing (the action, the ice, the disappointingly bland villains), but it does succeed with some of the things it’s holding back (Chastain, the dwarfs, the humor in general). I’d advise you to go into this movie expecting to laugh. Maybe you can laugh at things that are supposed to be funny, maybe you can laugh at the things that aren’t

(I think Hemsworth is going for a Scottish accent, but Crikey, he’s not pulling it off).

Just don’t go in expecting to be thrilled, or you’ll be left in the cold.

Two Stars out of Five “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” is rated PG-13 for fantasy action violence and some sensuality. Its running time is 114 minutes.

Contact Bob Garver at: rrg251@nyu.edu.

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The 39th District’s Assemblymember, Patty Lopez, along with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk present two upcoming events titled “Voting Basics: How to Register” and “Vote in California.” You will learn about your voting rights, why every vote counts, different types of elections and how to register to vote. The first one is Friday, May 13 from 2 until 4 p.m. at 10802 San Fernando Rd., Pacoima, CA 91331. The second workshop is Friday, May 14 from 4 until 6 p.m. at Berkshire-Hathaway 8311-1/2 Foothill Blvd., Sunland, CA. You will earn your certificate of completion and can help others register to vote with confidence. To RSVP, or for more information on upcoming events, call the local district office at (818) 365-2464.

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Andrew Son (left) presents the keys to the building to Corey Enman and his beautiful family.

The Enmans will be bringing his Fit Body Bootcamp to the Tujunga Commere Center Plaza in the next couple of months.

With the coming of Mission College and United Health Care, nearly all the offices and shops in the Commerce Center will be filled.