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Times Are Tough — But The Fight Club Makes You Tougher by
Karen Perdue
The Sunland Fighting Club has been a wonderful addition to our community. Do you wonder what is within the walls of the Club? This is the building with the beautiful, powerful mural of MMA legends Ronda Rousey and Floyd Mayweather painted of the side of 8461 Foothill Boulevard. Within its walls are classes in boxing, cardio, kickboxing, judo, and mixed martial arts. Under the guidance and watchful eyes of Sensei Hovik Tadevosyan and Karen Nahapetyan, students are taught concentration, self defense, discipline, confidence and respect for all see Fight Club, page 9
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We’re in For a Hot Time In S-T
Houses threatened by brushfire flames. by
Instructor Hovic works One-On-One with his students.
David DeMullé
In the past month, we’ve had four major brush fires, and the fire season has just started in Southern California. I had just gotten over the smoke and soot of the Calabasas fire when we had another fire in the Big
Tujunga Canyon on Monday and Hansen Dam on Tuesday. All of the fires were caused by humans. Two of them were from people hitting a power pole with their respective trucks on the Old Topanga Road, and the Alpine Way fire was caused by illesee Hot Times in S-T, page ?
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DEPARTMENTS News from Your Clinic........... 2 View from the Rock.............. 3 Letters to the Editor.............. 3 Artfully Speaking.................. 5 Jim Laris............................... 8 Foothills Happenings!.......... 10 S-T Crime Stats................... 10 Take My Card..................... 11
The Rotary Club of Sunland-Tujunga/Shadow Hills welcomes our community to
The Annual 4th of July Parade! Starting at 10 a.m. on Foothill and Mt. Gleason
Sabrina Godinez: President Roger Klemm: Secretary Michelle Ramage: Treasurer Wendell Bowers and Michael Lucas: Past Presidents
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News From Your Urgent Care Clinic
Hot Time in S-T, from pg. 1
gal fireworks. These wildfires scorched the landscapes of Los Angeles areas and were either caused unintentionally or by arson. Last week started with a blaze on the Old Fire Road in Calabasas. During the fire, the mountains stood out as a dark silhouette against a night-time sky that was lit by orange flames. Peoples’ pets were going frantic from the impending fire and the ever-present soot and embers. People were wetting their roofs and plants with pathetically small water hoses that Dr. Sam. did no more than create steam. Firefighters finally got a if I’ve been burned? handle on that blaze, but had Most individuals with little time to rest. On Monday, burns can take an ibuprofen another fire began raging off or Tylenol at the recomthe side of the Big Tujunga mended over-the-counter Canyon at Alpine Way, endosage to manage pain. dangering wildlife and homes There are also some topical in the Alpine Village area. As pain relievers that can be bad as these fires were, with used, such as burn free stronger winds they could wipes; which have a light have easily been worse. dose of numbing medication Southern California is in in them. Always be sure to an historic drought that, in follow the guidelines proterms of water supply, is not vided on the packaging of the yet felt because of its network pain-relieving medications. of groundwater and reservoir — which is the mainstay of When should I seek the Sunland-Tujunga. I don’t help of a Physician or go to understand why the city has an Urgent Care Clinic for not put drought measures into my burn? operation. As a general guideline, Wake up, people! We are if the size of the wound is in serious trouble and too few bigger than the palm of your seem aware of it. To the north, hand it may need a second opinion or further evaluation.
Treat a Burn Be It From Fireworks or Brushfire by
Sam Samalin, PA-C
Patients have asked what they should do if they or their children get burned. Every situation is different but they all have one thing in common: Someone got injured. Below, I have presented the most common questions and their respective answers. What is the first thing I should do if burned? The first thing you should do if a burn occurs and the most important thing is make sure it is clean and dry. In all cases you should be able to use a mild soap and lukewarm water to clean and sanitize the wound. Patients ask “Are topical ointments recommended?” The use of Neosporin or other topical ointment isn’t necessarily required in all situations. Sometimes, using it excessively can keep the wound moist and can actually delay the healing process to some degree. If you initially cleaned the wound and can keep it clean and dry, you may not need an antibiotic ointment at all. How can I manage the pain
Firefighters attack the fire above Alpine Way. the Sierra Nevada snowpack line of defense isn’t some is the smallest it has been huge plane whose belly is since 1988. The onset of the filled with fire retardant but state’s last major drought. the weed-wacker and rake. The landscape throughout Creating a 100-foot buffer the state is, or will soon be, zone around any structure by unusually dry. removing dried branches and The fire danger is severe. debris can make the differGov. Jerry Brown has made ence between losing or saving the effort to appear to be a home. Our firefighters can’t prepared, issuing an execube everywhere. tive order to mobilize more Brushfires are a natural profirefighters and dispatch cess that, with rare exceptions, inmate crews when necessary. can’t be allowed to happen In many respects; however because too many roads, all we can do is wait. Fire is structures and recreational partly a function of nature and zones are in the way. We partly a function of human be- have built homes in places havior — the carelessness of that were meant to burn. We campers and the deviousness are fortunate to share nature of arsonists. It is also partly a and have beautiful trees and function of land management foliage surrounding us, but practices, particularly in the that beauty — if not cared foothills region. We’re lookfor in a responsible manner, ing at a long, hot and possibly — can turn treacherous at the dangerous summer. flick of a match. Please be In the foothills, the best careful and stay alive!
see Burn, page
Dr. Sam is a Physicians Assistant and is certified at the Urgent Care Clinic, 7204 Foothill Blvd.
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This has been quite a month here in our little vortex. The new neighborhood council board has taken over and are finding that it isn’t as easy as they thought it would be. I’m looking forward to seeing how they pull it together. Things have been pretty hectic. With four brush fires one after another, we’ve been able to test out our new communications gear. Some worked, some failed. But we found out now and not when we’re involved with a major fire. And that brings up a point. Is your home fire safe? One of the simplest things you can do is make sure that your roof is free from debris that could catch fire from flying embers. Sometimes the simplest things are those we forget first. Last week’s Alpine Way fire has been reported as being set by two young men with illegal fireworks. The quick response of
the LAFD, L.A. County Fire and ANF crews made sure that the houses were protected — even to the point of having water drops made on them. We sure are getting a lot of practice. On the street scene, local businesses have been targeted by a “lone wolf” sign nazi. Great shades of the Cleghorn machine, an older woman who took offense to certain business signs, filed complaints with Building & Safety. Now that isn’t very businessfriendly. One of the problems we have here is that if people get upset, they call the authorities instead of talking to the people involved. Over the years here, I’ve come to the conclusion that only 0.01% of the population are causing 99% of the business problems here. In going through our archives, I’ve seen how many small businesses have been destroyed
by certain people. And someone is keeping a tally of that. This year’s Rotary Club 4th of July parade is shaping up pretty good. More local businesses are telling me that they will be in it. NOW THAT’S THE SPIRIT! The parade is the largest event we have here and the most fun. And it’s all done by volunteers. This is a family event for everybody. (There is a parade application on page 5.) If you want to do something with your family that you have never done before – Sign up and come play on Foothill Boulevard. It’s something that your family will remember forever. Oh, and don’t forget that at the end of it are the fire trucks spraying water so that everyone that was in the sun can cool off. And yes, boys and girls — then even you can smile and say, IT’S THE WATER!
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ROCK And remember: we have the 4th of July coming up and with it, the wonderful parade that the Rotary Club runs — ALL WITH VOLUNTEERS! And this year’s slogan is “Celebrating Our Volunteers!” Memorial Day was one of the largest tht we’ve had in years. Al Timons brought over a marble eagle that was mounted on the War Memorial.
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Dear Editor, Your article and photo of Ed Rock and our councilman, you know the one with the greasy smile, missed the point. Ed, a WWII and Korean War fighter pilot now in his 90s, ended up in the hospital due in part because the STNC was kicked out of the city office by Fuentes. Ed, as office manager, was doing his best to move the heavy file cabinets and office furniture to the
Chamber office. We lost a very dedicated worker for our community.
We never had this much traffic though. Mostly horses and motorcycles. How come we don’t have EMA the LAPD drop-in station that Sunland. Wendy Greuel set up for us? ••• The only time I see police is when they’re arresting someone or screaming down the hill with all their lights and sirens on. What happened to the bicycle cops we had for a few Dear Editor, years? Are they afraid to ride Thank you for all the inforon Foothill? That’s a joke! mation you’ve been putting I’m sure things are getting out in your paper. I’ve lived better than they were, but here here for over 30 years and at our trailer park things just seen the rock change from keep getting more complicated. great to bad to getting better.
Things Are Getting Worse...
I went to the Memorial Day service and didn’t see anybody that I knew. We are losing a lot of our older residents. We have homeless living at the back of the property and don’t bother anybody. But one came over and asked if they could use the park’s washer and dryer. Isn’t the city supposed to be helping them out? Thanks for your newspaper; if it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t know anything about our town. Keep up the good work. DC, Sunland
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Bob Garver
Should I even bother getting mad at this movie for being garbage? The whole “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise has been garbage since the 1980s. The movies and cartoons have never strived to be anything more than toy commercials, and parents hate the toys because they’re so violent. Expectations are so low that it’s virtually impossible for “Out of the Shadows” to disappoint — it can only fall in line. Larry and Ray listen closely to their to single sideband radio. We indeed get the four Ninby George Eckart (WB9KXD) equipment and expertise “to ja Turtles: leader Leonardo the field” to make as many (Pete Ploszek), tough one Ra What yearly national event contacts as possible over a phael (Alan Ritchson), smart prompts thousands of radio 24-hour period. The effort one Donatello (Jeremy Howoperators across the country takes the form of a contest ard), and alleged comic reto abandon the friendly with radio operators trying lief Michelangelo (Noel Fishconfines of their homes and to log as many contacts as er). They’re helped by their set up the most sophisticated possible within the allotted sewer rat mentor Splinter (Tocommunication equipment in time. The deeper interest is in ny Shalhoub), human reportparks, back yards, emergency disaster preparedness as radio er friend April O’Neil (Meoperation centers and campers operators hone their skills gan Fox), her buffoon former across the land and then to be in operating under less than cameraman Vern (Will Arup to be up all night trying ideal circumstances. nett), and new well-meanto make contact with like This year, the Crescenta ing cop Casey Jones (Stephen “The Happening” with his perminded souls? It’s Field Day! Valley Radio Club will be Amell). formance. He has the demean The Crescenta Valley Radio setting up antennas and There’s a moment early in or of a clueless idiot, which Club will be participating in operating two 100-watt this movie where Jones is tell- is the closest thing he has to national Field Day activities transmitters all powered with ing an outlandish-but-true sto- personality. I thought I had a in Verdugo Park (across solar energy alone. Operators ry to a superior officer (Laura passing understanding of Ninfrom Glendale City College) will be on duty beginning at Linney) and she doesn’t beja Turtles lore going into this June 25-26. On Field Day, 11 a.m. Saturday morning and lieve him. It’s no wonder she movie, but I had never heard amateur radio operators continuing for 24 hours. doesn’t believe him, Amell is of the Casey Jones character. across the county take their see Ham Radio, page 9 channeling Mark Wahlberg in My guess is that he always
sort of faded into the background, which was the right call if this version is any indication. Speaking of characters who basically fade into the background, Shredder (Brandon Tee) is supposed to be the head villain of this universe, see Turtles, page ?
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Yin/Yang I greatly believe in the Yin/ Yang theory. This is an Asian theology which teaches balance in life makes all things plausible and enjoyable. There is a time for everything and everything has a time. We need work as well as play activity and rest. As artists, we all know this to be true. There is a time to think what to paint as well as time to create work. One without the other leads invariably to mediocrity and confusion, which we are drowning in today; politically as well as socially. Society is experiencing the results of too much work, too much drive, too much ambition. This is why the world is in the state it is in now. Every day we are being informed, in newspapers and on television, that we need more of everything. We can’t effectively handle what we have now. It saddens me when I read the newspapers or watch broadcasts designed to obfuscate information. It is getting harder to know the good guys from the bad guys. Americans work more hours than any most other cultures on earth including the Japanese. We happily give our employers 60 to 90 hours a week without any objection. We won’t need despots pushing us in the coming future; we will do it all by ourselves. We have already lost the fundamental beliefs in a Yin/ Yang theory. Success, money, fame and wealth have become the catchwords in everything we do. We are no longer rewarded to perform our jobs
for the love of it, for the pure pleasure and satisfaction, for the truth of the process. The one truth in my life is my art. It is the one place I can still strive for a truth. It is the one place in which I seek the truth; the one constant. It’s hard to lie in painting. If you are an artist worth your salt, there is no faking it and you know when painting is a lie. True, artists have painted lies (propaganda) throughout history, but they are obviously lies which can be picked up easily and recognized as such by those who look. Great works tell the truth. Examples of such truth are the paintings “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa” by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso, “May 3rd, 1808” by Goya and not the least of which was “Conspiracy of Batavians under Claudius” by Rembrandt. There are many more, most of which have lost meaning for us through time and neglect. These paintings are not household images I know. When you see them, you will understand. Art holds the possibility to heal, raise us up, open our eyes, and connect us to the sublime, to soothe us and bring comfort and offer us truth. If we encourage art, offer more teaching and knowledge, allow it back into our schools and place it at the forefront of American thinking, we can use it to restore positive reasons for being and rediscover the Yin Yang of life: the balance in nature we have lost.
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Putting The Brakes on Pet Car Sickness
Much like humans, dogs and puppies can also experience a feeling of illness while on car trips. This car sickness can make pet travel, whether short or long, quite an ordeal for dogs and their families. Fortunately, there are things you can do to help your dog in the car. The most common reasons for car sickness in dogs are: •The ear structures used for balance aren’t fully developed in puppies. This can cause motion sickness. Fortunately, many dogs will outgrow car sickness. • Stress can also add to travel sickness. For example, if your dog has only been in the
car to go to the vet, he may make himself sick from the worry and apprehension of seeing the vet. • If your dog has been nauseous the first few times traveling in the car as a puppy, he may have conditioned himself to see car travel as a time when he will get sick. You can look for some common signs of car sickness in your pet, such as: •Inactivity •Restlessness •Excessive Yawning •Whining •Hyper Salivation (drooling) •Vomiting
Typically symptoms will less movement. Looking out go away shortly after the veof the side windows causes hicle stops. objects to blur and that can There are a number of cause or compound motion treatment options available to sickness. help prevent car sickness for • Avoid letting your pet travel your puppy or dog. Physical in the farthest backseat becomfort in the car, recondicause this is where there is tioning, medication and hothe most motion. listic treatments can all help • Opening the windows in the to make car traveling a lot car a little bit may help reeasier on your dog. duce air pressure inside the vehicle and allow for better 1. Physical Comfort in Car: ventilation. Try these options to help • Don’t give your puppy or make the car ride as physidog any food for a few hours cally comfortable as possible before getting in the car. for your dog: • Try putting him in a travel •Face your dog forward in crate. Sometimes, this helps moving vehicle; if your dog to keep him from looking is facing forward he will see outside too much and helps
to keep any sickness he may have in a confined space. • Keep it cool in the vehicle. A hot, stuffy ride can make car sickness worse for your dog. • Toys may help distract and entertain a high-strung dog. • Taking frequent potty breaks may also help. • Exercise before getting in the car to travel. 2. Reconditioning: Sometimes reconditioning will help your dog to relax in the car. Reconditioning is needed if your dog associates riding in the car with something bad, like getting sick or going to see Pets in Cars, page 11
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A wacky Wednesday with Ken and Alex by Jim
Laris
so pissy on me that I’m leaving it out. I just wanted While you guys were you to know that I am not working on a Wednesday so much of a Wednesday afternoon a couple of weeks event attending loser that I ago, I was, well, not working, didn’t know that there was so I went to see the “Jeopan exclamation point there. I ardy” king Ken Jennings at feel better now!!!!!!) the Altadena Library. It was But Ken was disappointingly kind of cool. There were 79 normal. He seemed to be a other nonworking lowlifes pretty good guy to me. He’s like myself. Some lower than married and has a kid, and he others. But all of us were bought a house with a part of pretty damn low. his $2.5 million “Jeopardy” Yes, 80 of us were at an event winnings. He was cleancut that was held at one in the and casually dressed and afternoon on a Wednesday. seemed pretty relaxed and That’s pretty remarkable. It’s regular to me. $2.5 million hard to get 80 people to show has a way of doing that I up on a Wednesday for gold guess. ingot giveaways. I know, I had heard that he had because usually it’s me and dissed Alex on his Web site. seven other losers attending He informed us that all of an astronomy seminar or that himnotlikingAlex hype something. Hey, Uranus is was blown out of proportion fascinating, dammit. because of a misunderstandI guess I went to see what ing of something he posted Ken Jennings was really like on the site. He says Alex is a and to see if he was going to good guy … for a Canadian dish some dirt on old Alex — much looser and funnier Trebek, the “Jeopardy” host. when not on the air. Says (By the way, I know that the he’s a friendly, hardworking title of the show “Jeopardy” professional. has an exclamation point That was not what I was hopafter it, but my spelling and ing to hear. I was hoping to grammar checker was getting hear that Alex was wearing
that hand cast because he on. Ken gave us all a trivia had backhanded his wife and quiz and then showed us his when she cried, Alex backbrand new book about trivia. handed his dog and when his (What a coincidence.) There dog yelped he backhanded were 25 questions. The three his accountant, who was winners got 18 or 19 right. I there to help him cheat on his got 12 right. I asked the nice taxes. But no. Ken likes Alex. lady next to me how many He had nothing bad to say she got right. She showed about him. I was shaken. me a finger that was not her So I went to get a bottle of thumb, forefinger, ring finger, water at the back table and, as or pinkie. “Only one right, long as I was there, I picked huh?” I said. Then they had up my second chocolate a little “Jeopardy”like game chip cookie. All Wednesday show and the winner got a afternoon events have copy of the book. And then cookies — it’s the law. Then Ken opened it up for quesI went back to my seat. And tions. All the usual questions. the woman next to me saw What was Alex like? How my chocolate chip cookie and did it feel to win so much held up two fingers and shook money? I raised my hand, her head in quiet disapproval. but Ken never called on me. Bitch. That’s another word I was going to ask, “Ken, that could use an exclamation since you won $2.5 million point! on ‘Jeopardy,’ why do you I’m sorry. She was probably have to sell books that tell us a nice lady. I was just feeling that you won $2.5 million on guilty for having the second ‘Jeopardy?’ Isn’t the $2.5 milcookie and even feeling lion enough, Ken? Ken, how guilty for even being there about giving the book money at all on a Wednesday while to the starving children or all of you were working and cancer research or donating I was not working and enjoy- money to the Dodgers so ing life — and it was very we can get a decent third stressful, if you like to be baseman?” Or I was thinking lied to. Not much else went about asking him what the
Jim Laris is Jim Laris. most materialistic thing was that he had bought with the money. A Corvette? A Fat Burger franchise? Elliot Spitzer’s Emperor’s Club Membership? But he never called on me. Maybe it was because my raised hand had a halfeaten cookie in it. I don’t know. By the way, Ken’s answers were not in the form of a question — probably because the questions were in the form of a question, and that took the edge off things. As I was saying, after the questioning ended, Ken graciously sat up in the front of the room and graciously signed copies of his two books selling for a gracious total of $36. (Yes, I bought both of them.) Every time he would sign a book, he would graciously enter a number on his little calculator. If all 80 see Trivial, page 9
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Fight Club, from pg. 1 people. After shopping one day at Josey’s next door, my 11-year old granddaughter and I decided to visit the SFC. As luck would have it, a class was beginning in her age group and she was invited to join the class. She loved it! The class began with a rigorous warm up. Then came instruction as to the best defensive position to hold her arms and the correct
Turtles, from pg. 4 but he doesn’t do squat in this movie. He’s broken out of prison by evil scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry), gets aid from planet-conquering space alien Krang (Brad Garrett) and creates two mutants to combat the Turtles; warthog Beebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and rhino Rocksteady (WWE superstar Sheamus), but he can’t be bothered to do anything himself. The new villains aren’t the most effective opponents, but at least they’re effective inconveniences, which is more than
Ham Radio, from pg. 4 The public is invited to visit, ask questions and see how this wonderful pastime can play a crucial role in providing communication to the outside world when disaster strikes. You may even want
stance to execute a powerful kick. She was encouraged to stretch a bit further, kick higher, hit her target, and to do her best. That she did! The work-outs and training are energizing and invigorating for children and adults alike. The smile on the cute face of the dainty girl while delivering a series of perfectly delivered punches and kicks is the same smile of the middle-aged man as he masters the same. The Sunland Fighting Club
is led by the highly renowned have been friends since Docando Champion Hovik childhood and both are comTadevosyan. He leads by mitted to teach respect and example and is very adamant honor. Tadevosyan regularly in teaching the youth that encourages those who have although it’s essential to lost their way to be good to know how to defend yourself, themselves and get back on the art of using words comes track. before using your fists. Sensei Tadevosyan began There is palpable strength his training in Martial Arts and character in the senseis’ with full contact karate in demeanors. As I observed 1997. He has been honored as them interacting with their a world champion in martial students, their enthusiasm arts three times. He received and energy was contagious. his highest achievement in Tadevosyan and Nahapetyan Black Belt 4 DAN in 2005
I can say for Shredder. There’s a dime-a-dozen “saving the world” plot in play, but there’s also a storyline about the Turtles discovering a serum that might turn them human. They disagree on whether or not to use it or even let each other know about it. This leads to dissention between the brothers and they blow a major mission because of it. Or at least they’re supposed to. This movie is so poorly thought-out that the writers forget to have them not get along on the mission. Leonardo says “Nice teamwork” at the end of it and it
took me a while to realize it was supposed to be sarcastic. It could genuinely apply to the preceding sequence, even if they did come out on the losing end. The movie is filled with CGI, from the Turtles themselves to the action sequences to food. The special effects are about as lousy as everything else in this movie. They’re cheap, they’re unconvincing, they’re ugly, the characters look weird at certain angles. The nicest thing I can say about them is that they’re consistent and plentiful, so at times you get the im-
pression you’re watching a 2014 “Ninja Turtles” movie cartoon. It’s not like the liveone and a half stars out of five action sequences fare any bet- because Megan Fox brought ter. an ounce of charm to April, What can I say about “Teen- this movie is even devoid of age Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out that. I guess I was wrong, this of the Shadows” that isn’t ob- movie is capable of disapvious to anyone halfway fapointment. miliar with this franchise? The jokes aren’t funny, the ac- One Star out of Five. tion isn’t thrilling, the script was clearly an afterthought, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turand the characters aren’t like- tles: Out of the Shadows” is able. That last one bothers me rated PG-13 for sci-fi action the most. The sullen Turtles violence. Its running time is lack the appeal of their car112 minutes. toon counterparts, and the dull humans certainly aren’t pickContact Bob Garver ing up the slack. I gave the at: rrg251@nyu.edu.
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an emergency at Glendale Memorial Hospital, with Glendale’s Cruse Night, the Montrose Christmas Parade as well as with various localthemed running events. The Crescenta Valley Radio Club meets every second Thursday of the month at Verdugo
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Head-on collision on La Tuna Canyon. what, I am a journalist, and I must tell the truth, except of us bought both books, he if it will help a Republican, made $2,880 bucks. I have to tell you that, yes, I In one afternoon, for was eating my third cookie. I one hour on a Wednesday. know, I know. There were 80 Sheesh, that’s $2,880 an hour. of us there. I’m guessing they Pretty good pay. Alex: “Loser had four dozen cookies laid midweek suckers.” Ken: out. That’s 48 cookies. And “Who buys two books about I ate three. That’s nearly 4 something they’ve already percent of the cookies. Eaten seen on Jeopardy!?” by one person: me. That lady So as I was walking out next to me was right. And to my car, carrying both my not only was she right. She books, and, because I am a was right there, walking to
Trivial, from pg. 8
her car with me. I gave her a little toastlike gesture with my cookie. Just raised it up a little in goodnatured pissiness, like a glass of wine. “Have a nice day,” I said. She gave me a second one-gun salute. See what you’re missing on a Wednesday afternoon. Jim Laris is a former publisher and owner of the Pasadena Weekly. Contact him at jimlaris@mac.com.
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Crime Stats
Assault 05/20/16 08:00 PM 7800 BLOCK OF APPERSON ST
Theft 06/06/16 07:30 PM 00 BLOCK OF APPERSON AND TUJUNGA
Robbery 05/24/16 12:00 PM 10300 BLOCK OF WILSEY AV
Theft 06/06/16 05:00 PM 10100 BLOCK OF HELENDALE AV
Robbery 05/24/16 12:00 PM 10300 BLOCK OF WILSEY AV
Theft 06/07/16 03:50 PM 2600 BLOCK OF FOOTHILL BLVD
Burglary 05/24/16 12:00 PM 10700 BLOCK OF NASSAU AV
Burglary 06/08/16 03:05 PM 2900 BLOCK OF MOUNTAIN PINE DR
05/29/16 02:30 PM Robbery 00 BLOCK OF ORO VISTA AND ELDORA 05/31/16 04:20 AM
Theft 06/08/16 10:00 PM 9900 BLOCK OF PALI AV
Theft 10300 BLOCK OF SHERMAN GROVE AV Assault 05/31/16 12:01 AM 6400 BLOCK OF VALMONT ST Assault 06/01/16 07:20 AM 8400 BLOCK OF FENWICK ST 06/01/16 07:20 AM Assault 8400 BLOCK OF FENWICK ST Burglary 06/01/16 06:00 PM 6400 BLOCK OF FOOTHILL BL Assault 06/02/16 08:00 PM 7100 BLOCK OF VALMONT ST Theft 06/02/16 01:15 AM 00 BLOCK OF SAINT ESTABAN ST AND COMMERCE AV Theft 06/03/16 07:00 PM 00 BLOCK OF SUNLAND AND FOOTHILL Theft 06/06/16 05:30 PM 6500 BLOCK OF FOOTHILL BL
Theft 06/08/16 06:00 PM 10000 BLOCK OF TUJUNGA CANYON BL Theft 06/08/16 05:30 PM 7000 BLOCK OF SHADYGROVE ST Theft 06/09/16 02:00 AM 10300 BLOCK OF MOUNT GLEASON AV Theft 06/10/16 03:50 PM 10000 BLOCK OF COMMERCE AV Theft 06/11/16 12:00 PM 10400 BLOCK OF SHERMAN GROVE AV
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Father’s Day and Me
Laura Snyder
This Father’s Day, like every other Father’s Day, my thoughts go careening back to the time I was a mouthy teenager. My father was often upset with me for some smartaleck comment I would make. Even then, I guess, I was in training to be a humor columnist — but with remarkable hindsight, I can see now that practicing my sassiness on my dad wasn’t the smartest thing I could’ve done. He was proud of me when I stuck up for myself with other people; with him, however, he probably wished I would shut my trap before he needed to ground me again. My dad was a man who valued moments of solitude that are rare in a family of six. There was nothing he liked to do better than sit in a forest glade for hours, waiting for a deer to appear. He must have hated to shoot it to supplement our family’s grocery bill. Otherwise, sitting out in the woods for hours would’ve seemed like a waste of time. At least, that’s what I liked to
think. ing hat, would calmly steer the He was conflicted like that boat, bait hooks and bail out a lot. The vacations we took the boat when water accumuwere always fishing trips. He lated. The bailing bucket was would’ve loved to go fishing also a visible, silent threat. We out in a boat on a quiet lake knew that if anyone had to go all by himself, but being of a to the bathroom while we were practical nature, almost to a out, they had to use the bucket, fault, he had to concede that because my dad warned, more fish could be caught if “We’re not going back until all six of us were in that boat we’re done fishing!” Thanks with lines in the water. to Dad, we are all blessed with So there we were: four loud, gigantic bladders now. life-jacketed children and two We were never sure what adults trying to keep up with the barometer for “done” was, the hook-baiting. We’d sing though. Was it measured in songs, softly. Dad said if we hours, in the number of fish sang too loud we’d “scare the caught, or was it measured by fish away.” I used to wonder the shade of red in my parents’ how we would scare them faces before they exploded? away because I never saw a Now that I am a parent, I can single fish that had ears. Now say that perhaps “done” was that I’m a parent, I know that the moment just before Dad the soft singing was to ensure gave in to the urge to throw my parent’s sanity. us all in the lake and make us We’d invent poems to lure swim back to the cabin. the fish to our lines. Poems My father tried to teach us like: “Fishy, fishy in the many rules to live by: Don’t brook, won’t you come and talk back. Get good grades. bite my hook.” Don’t pass gas at the kitchen Throughout these childish table. Eat your vegetables. shenanigans, my dad, chainDon’t smoke. Don’t drink. smoking his way through his Don’t pass in a no-passing second pack of Lucky Strikes zone. Don’t cheat on your see Dad, page 12 and wearing his favorite fish-
Tujunga Student named to Dean’s List at Lehigh U
Tujunga Student Graduates U of San Diego
Dean’s List status, which is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses, has been granted to Sidney Ro, of Tujunga, CA, in the Fall 2016 semester. •••
Delanie Dryden of Tujunga 91042 graduated the University of San Diego on May 22. She earned a a bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and graduated magna cum laude. •••
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Sunland Student Earns Degree from Southern Arkansas U Angela Gaignard of Sunland was honored at Southern Arkansas University on May 6. She was an Athletic Training major and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the College of Education with a B.S. degree.
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times when medications are necessary to help your dog the vet. Reconditioning takes during pet travel. Some overpatience for both you and the-counter and prescribed your dog. Here are some tips medications are listed below. to help recondition your dog: • Anti-nausea drugs reduce vomiting. • Try a different vehicle. He • Antihistamines are used to may associate your vehicle lessen motion sickness, rewith unpleasant memories. duce drooling, and help them • Take short car trips to places to be calm. your dog enjoys. • Phenothiazine and related • Gradually build your dog’s drugs help to reduce vomittolerance. Start by sitting in ing and help to sedate. the car with your dog with Always discuss any medithe engine off. Do this over a cations with your veterinarifew days. Then, when he an before using to make sure seems comfortable, sit in the your dog is healthy, the doscar with the car idling. After age is correct, and that the this, take a ride around the medication won’t harm your block. Now you can try a dog. longer trip. By doing this slowly and over a period of 4. Holistic Approach: Holistime you are helping remove tic treatments are another opthe stress of traveling from tion for a pet parents to try. your dog. Some common holistic • Use treats to make the car a choices are listed below. fun place for your dog. • Ginger can be used for nau• Buy a special toy that they sea. Ginger snap cookies or can only play with in the car. ginger pills can be given at least 30 minutes before travel. 3. Medication: There are • Peppermint, chamomile and
Pets in Cars, from pg. 7
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Dad, from pg. 10 spouse. Don’t divorce. But no matter what he’d taught his kids, my father lived by his own set of rules. He was the king of “Do as I say, not as I do.” For those of us who chose to listen to him, life turned out pretty good. For those of us who chose
Burn, from pg. 2 If the burn occurs around the eyes, nose, ears, toes, and fingers, regardless of size, it’s recommended that a specialist evaluate you, as the wound may become problematic. Lastly, if you notice symptoms of the wound becoming infected (i.e. increased pain, fevering,
to emulate him, life is still a struggle. So, I guess you could say that my father always knew what the right thing to do was, but many times he chose not to do it. Dad lived his life on his own terms… and died the same way, on September 9, 1985 – before we were done needing him. streaking redness, etc.), you should see a physician. How can I reduce the scaring from my burn? Be sure to protect the scab from being torn or peeled off. As the scab comes off maturely, protecting the new skin underneath the scab with sunblock can help reduce scaring.
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