CAR-NAGE ON FOOTHILL BLVD See below
FRIDAY • APRIL 13, 2018
TELLING THE TRUTH FOR 13 YEARS!
“Stop The Bleed” Program Held at North Valley City Hall
Dozens of people flocked to the Spring Carnival where there were no lines and even less fun things to do. Parking was at a premium on Sunday as local families had their BBQs and family get togethers on the other side of the park.
The S-T Chamber of land Park venue to HanCommerce Spring Carni- sen Dam and people just val under the direction of didn’t want to travel out Ms. Sonia Tatulian was of town for Easter Sunday the absolute worst carniactivities. val ever. On the bright The second problem side, with less than 100 came about when about people in attendance on 3,000 Hispanic families any given day, there were arrived for their annual no lines for any of the community get together rides. Problems first arose filling every available when the Spring Carnival parking space and overwas moved from the Sun- flowing the Hansen Dam
of preventable death where 20% of the people who died from traumatic injuries could have survived with quick bleeding control. Here in Sunland-Tujunga, instructor Sandy Capps taught 5 one-hour classes during the day and 54 people took the classes.
LADWP’s Home Energy Improvement Program
Man From Mars? Not really, it’s the DWP Home Energy Improvement Technician pumping insulation into a home on Hillhaven Ave.
Firefighter walks away from the demolished car.
Blvd. in Sunland. The Los Angeles Fire Department arrived around 3 a.m. where they found the two people trapped inside the Infiniti sedan.
Instructor Sandy Capps shows Pattee Colvin and Eve Sinclair how to use a tourniquet.
Recreational Center. Saturday the 31 of There was not one flyer March, a Stop The Bleed about the carnival printed class was taught at North in Spanish or provisions made to distribute them to Valley City Hall for local residents. This is a free people as they arrived. But all was not lost. Ms. national campaign started by the White House to Tatulian garnered about address the most com$3,000 in sponsorships mon cause of preventable and donations by telling trauma death in the Unitthem “This will be the ed States. Uncontrolled biggest and best we’ve bleeding is the top cause ever had!”
Double Fatality on Foothill
Two people were killed early last week on Monday morning when their car lost control and ran into a building in the 7800 block of Foothill
photos: Dyan McManus
photos: Dyan McManus
Tatulian Takes Over Spring Carnival — The Biggest And Best One Ever!
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The driver Christopher Ramirez of Pacoima (21 y.o) was pronounced dead at the scene but his passenger Tayry Romero of see Fatalaties, page 3
Curious about your home’s energy usage? The LADWP can help you find out where you stand through the Home Energy Improvement Program (HEIP), a free
program that offers energy-efficient upgrades for residential customers and their families. The program is designed to reduce homeowner enersee LADWP, page 6
OVER 200 DISTRIBUTION SITES IN THE FOOTHILLS AREA
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Community Help by Amelia
Aging with a Purpose by
Amelia Anderson
On behalf of the City of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti welcomed The Second Annual Older Adult Summit which took place April 5, 2018 at the Pasadena Convention Center, “Enhancing the lives of older adults through empowerment, engagement, and active living. Los Angeles is home to more than onehalf million residents aged 60 or older, and that number is expected to double over the next two decades.” “I am strongly committed to honoring our older adult population and that is why in 2016, I issued Executive Directive 17, instructing our City departments to consider older Angelenos as they develop their policies and programs. Since then, we have implemented exciting new changes, such as offering free classes and activities to older adults, and identifying improvements in the City’s transportation operations.” “Because the challenges of an aging population go beyond our city’s limits, the City and the County of Los Angeles have partnered to launch the Purposeful Aging Los Angeles initiative. Thousands of residents with diverse lifestyles have been robustly surveyed to share their needs and aspirations for an age friendly city. Experts have been engaged to sift through and analyze this feedback in the development of recommendations to shareholder and community members to help them inform and work with City and County leaders in developing a three-year ‘Age
Friendly Action Plan’ for the Los Angeles region, which will be implemented from 2018 to 2021.” Mr. Garcetti’s proposal will come to be known as the largest and oldest population in the United States, and he invited all participants to join him in this important work. Stepping up to the platform, Sheila Kuehl, Los Angeles County Supervisor of District 3, called this summit a ‘landmark’ initiative. “The mission of the Purposeful Aging Los Angeles – an AgeFriendly Initiative – is to prepare the Los Angeles Region for a rapidly aging population through an innovative, sustained initiative that unites public and private leadership, resources, ideas and strategies. The older adult population (65 years and above) in the Los Angeles region is expected to double between 2010 and 2030, from approximately 1.1 million to more than 2.2 million people. With such a rapidly growing adult population, we must prepare our communities for the future of aging, and that is what Purposeful Aging Los Angeles is endeavoring to achieve.” The Los Angeles County Commission for Older Adults (LACCOA) stood as proud ambassadors to the 2018 Older Adult Summit. Their mission is to advocate, advise and make recommendations to the County Board of Supervisors regarding the needs, health, well-being and rights of services provided to older adults ages 60 and older. Cynthia D. Banks, Disee Aging, page 4
Amelia Anderson is a Homeless Advocate elected to both the SunlandTujunga Neighborhood Council and also to Mayor Garcetti’s Homeless Committee.
Author of “Me and Earl” and “The Dying Girl” Flintridge Bookstore On Saturday, April MUN (Abrams Amulet 14 at 5 PM, Flintridge April 3, 2018). Andrews Bookstore & Cofis the New York Times feehouse hosts an bestselling author of Me appearance by author and Earl and the Dying Jesse Andrews for his Girl and the screenwriter upcoming release, MUN- of that book’s Sundance
Grand Jury Prize–winning movie adaptation. MUNMUN is set in an alternate reality a lot like our world, where every person’s physical size see Author, page 4
Anna Camp, Thomas Sadoski Star in “Belleville“ Pasadena Playhouse, Blood,” “Mad Men,” the State Theater of “Unbreakable Kimmy California, announces Schmidt” and Equus on a new Hitchcock-style Broadway, opposite Dandrama Belleville by iel Radcliffe) and Tony Pulitzer Prize finalist and Award Nominee Thomas Obie Award winner Amy Sadoski (“Life In Pieces,” Herzog. Performances “The Newsroom,” and run from Wednesday, reasons to be pretty and April 18 to Sunday, May Other Desert Cities on 13; the press opening is Broadway). April 22. Belleville ticket prices The cast features start at $25. Online: Drama Desk Nominee PasadenaPlayhouse.org Anna Camp (Pitch Peror by phone at 626-356fect, Café Society, “True 7529.
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Community Art Day on April 15 This informal Community Art Day Party, a day for artistic expression, is free. At the home of Randy and Rebecca Mate Sunday, April 15, 2018 2PM to 7PM At 7862 Apperson St. Sunland, CA 91040 Food Served! Enjoy the Kids Art Table (sponsored by DaSheetsLady.com) and Open Mic (without a mic). The tradition started
in 1998 and is carried CDs, etc. forward with a yearly To Confirm, Contact event. Barbara at (818) 456Now on the same date as 7554 or e-Mail artday@ World Art Day, an earthlink.net international celebration Art Party (offering of the arts. free hamburgers and hot Participate as an artist dogs) sponsored by New or audience. Castle Remodeling, CA Network with other Lic #978915 artists. New Castle Remodel Take part in the Great ing Art Trade: bring a work 7862 Apperson St of art of any kind and Sunland, California trade it for art by another. 91040 Visual art, books, music (818) 548-8760.
Montrose African Violet Society’s April Club Meeting The Montrose African Violet Society’s next club meeting is on Wednesday morning April 25, 2018 @ 10:00 A.M. The location is Descanso Gardens (Birch Room), 1418 Descanso Drive, La
Canada, CA. The guest speaker will be Maureen Pratt and the program will be “Hybridizing Your African Violets.” Refreshments are served and friendships are
made. Guests, are always welcome to attend our meetings. For more information please telephone (323) 236-0104 or reference our website www.montroseafricanviolets.weebly.com
YMCA of the Foothills Healthy Kids Day On April 21, the Y will celebrate Healthy Kids Day, their national initiative to improve the health and well-being of kids. The reason behind Healthy Kids Day is that for some kids, exposure
to activities that stimulate the body and mind ends with the school year. In fact, research shows that kids are prone to gain more weight and fall behind in studies. So Healthy Kids Day is
a way to encourage a healthy and active summer for kids. Healthy Kids Day will be held at the Verdugo Hills Family YMCA 1930 Foothill Blvd. La Cañada Flintridge.
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Well boys and girls, just when I thought that it couldn’t get any worse…it did. Our local Chamber of Commerce is really trying to get back the prestige that it used to have. Nina Royal and Cindy Cleghorn are no longer involved with the Chamber and the meetings seem to go much smoother. But as the song goes, “When will they ever learn?” The current board still has “Lie, Cheat & Steal” Tatulian promoting her business association and hijacking the chamber events. No one ever took Ms. Sonia to task for the $10,000 that went missing from the chamber accounts or the 70 years of memorabilia that she threw out. (Think: covering the money trail.)
Julie Ward and Kelly Hurst were the chairwomen running the Spring Carnival (it used to be called the Easter Carnival) until Ms. Sonia hijacked it. What was once a wonderful event for our community ended up looking like a third-world road-show with no one attending. The mistakes were almost as bad as the lies surrounding it. “We can’t use the Sunland Park because they are seeding the grass,” rang their mantra. Remember how we lost the Tatulian-run Watermelon Festival? They said that they couldn’t have it in Sunland Park because they were “going to seed the lawn.” In August? Oh well, it was found out later that the Lion’s Club had
lost their non-profit status because Ms. Sonia had fudged the figures and screwed the city out of its share. Does anyone care anymore? Think about it. The ill-fated Food Truck night, the Watermelon Festival and the Spring Carnival? And now we find that she has taken over the 4th of July fireworks event promising to cut the fireworks cost by half. I guess everyone is going to get sparklers to wave in the air? But there was a question unanswered. I was wondering how she was going to skim the funds off of a no-charge event like the fireworks. Then it came to me. She’s the one collecting the sponsorship money and the donations. Ding! And the nice, peaceful, laid-back
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ROCK folks in the chamber don’t even see it happening. It’s getting to be that Ms. Sonia is acting like “Attila the Hun” and everyone is deathly afraid of her. I’ll bet her friends are laughing their collective asses off as they watch her play the system. Hell, I am. And even I can’t explain how she gets away with it. Maybe it’s The Water!
Spring is Here, Enjoy Your Home!
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After a long winter cooped up indoors, spring is the perfect time to start re-imagining your home and making upgrades that create a fresh, welcoming vibe. These project ideas – some big, some small – can help breathe new life into your
home so you’re ready to enjoy your favorite rooms to the fullest.
the windows and skylights to let the fresh air chase away the remnants of winter. It’s a perfect Air it out time to launder window Months of closed wintreatments and clean ardows and doors can make ea rugs. After a few passany room feel dusty and es with a carpet cleanstale. As soon as temper- er, allow rugs to air-dry atures allow, throw open outdoors. If you’re con-
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The Foothills Letters & Perspectives
Memory Ride Railroad
Dear Editor, I keep every issue of your fine paper and read them over reminding me of my beloved home and growing up in the 1930’s and 40’s & 50’s. Today while reading the April 15Th 2006 issue on page seven, I read another fine article by Joe Carnes that related to the two amusement parks he remembers and while his descrip-
Fatalities, from pg. 1 Sylmar (20 y.o.) was extricated from the vehicle using the “jaws of life”
tions are 100% accurate, he mentions, he did not move to Sunland until 1944 and this was after what I am about to mention, was removed. Joe Carnes mentions “Senior Homes” on Fenwick and Sherman Grove and I have no recollection of them but the very first Amusement ride I remember was a small steam railroad just across the street from the old baseball grandstands on Fenwick. It was operated by an older man dressed
in official Railroad Engineers Coveralls and cap. This small steam locomotive had a steam whistle you could hear all over the park. While I would treasure the opportunity to afford to make a trip to Sunland/
Tujunga, today, I doubt if many of the things I remember are still there, but the fond memories of the years I spent in Tujunga will always be with me. James G. Arneal Denham Springs, LA
and transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The building that was struck was being used as
a trucking dispatch business center and a residence. The vehicle struck only the business unit. Investigators from building
and safety “Red Flagged” the building as being unsafe. There were only a few feet of skid marks before the fatal collision.
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Author, from pg. 2 is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Andrews’s groundbreaking new Young Adult (YA) novel tells the story of one poor, tiny kid that struggles to get munmun, get big, and get safe in a world of giants. In this “thought-provoking dystopian epic” (School Library Journal), Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute—and minuscule. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous. Day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don’t ever have to think about: from being mauled by cats to their house getting stepped on. There are no cars or phones built small enough for them, or schools or hospitals for that matter—there’s no point, when no one that little has any purchasing power, and when salaried doctors and teachers would never fit in buildings so small. Warner and Prayer know their only hope is to scale up, but how can two littlepoors survive in a world
Security, Medicare (know your rights) or Medical, Private Health or Life Insurance, Wills rector, County of Los Angeles Workforce Development, Aging and Trusts, Cemetery end of life arrangement, Financial consultand Community Services ing, Property Taxes and delin(WDACS) and Laura Trejo, quent Senior Payment Plans. General Manager, City of Los There are Reverse Mortgages, Angeles Department of Aging (LACDA) were excited to have downsizing and homelessness. us join their efforts to transform To say nothing of diet and nuthe lives of our older adult pop- trition, exercise for health, LGBQT, safety and scams. Can ulation. They invited us to afyou still see – to drive? To take ternoon workshops to give us a test? Insurance valid? Or is it informational resources and to Uber…or worse! arm ourselves with practical tools to enhance our capabilities And don’t forget Emergency Preparedness including a posito plan, prepare for, and retive attitude. This Purposeful spond to life changing situaAging Initiative was sponsored tions. Like physical or mental illness, dementia, Alzheimer’s, by the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, AARP Calor death of a family member, friend or spouse. There is Veter- ifornia, the Milken Institute, an benefit, Pension or Social see Aging Again, page 6
Aging, from pg. 2
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built against them? MUNMUN is a brilliant, warm, funny trip, unlike anything else out there, and a social novel for our time in the tradition of 1984 or Invisible Man. Booklist praised, “[Munmun] offers a unique, caustic, thought-provoking lampoon of America’s obsession with wealth.” Inequality is made intensely visceral by an adventure and tragedy both hilarious and heartbreaking in Jesse Andrews’s most ambitious novel to date. Jesse Andrews is also the author of The Haters, which Booklist called “effortlessly readable, deeply enjoyable,” in a starred review. For more information, contact Gail Mishkin at (818) 7900717. Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is located at 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, at the intersection of Foothill Blvd. and the Angeles Crest Hwy. Take the Angeles Crest exit off the 210, turn south, make a right onto Foothill Blvd., and turn left onto Chevy Chase. Parking is in the rear of the store.
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The American Legion their camp projects. Boy Scout Troop 315 About 50 people attended held a pancake breakfast and had a great meal. in March at the Our Lady The American Legion of Lourdes school audisupports the scouts and torium to raise funds for the community.
and rugs after cleaning instead of bringing them back into the room. Shift your outlook When contemplating changes to a room’s aesthetic, most people focus on the floor, walls and elements like furniture and accessories. As some homeowners are discovering, there’s a whole other space waiting to be discovered. The ceiling, a fifth wall of sorts, opens up endless creative design opportunities. Whether you’re seeking more natural light, ac-
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Create a livelier ambibetter fit your needs. green that abound durance with a fresh coat Over time, the furnishing spring, it’s natuFOR 13 YEARS! 14 • NUMBER 5 of paint, eitherTELLING in the THE TRUTH ings can become alral to beVOLUME more mindsame shade or somemost an afterthought ful ofClubthe environment. The CañadabeCrescenta Democratic (also serving Sunland-Tujunga) is proud to present the thing completely new. cause they’ve been in Earth-friendly upgrades If you’re not sure exactplace so long. Try movlike switching CALIFORNIA 39thout ineffily where to start, tacking things around to cre-Assembly cient lighting District or installle the project room by ate new conversation Candidate ing low-flow Forumtoilets and room. To choose the groupings or to highlight showerMarch heads25 can th make 2 PM, Sunday, , right hue, select a faa piece that has been a sizable difference. AnCandidates participating will be: vorite item in the room, tucked away in the shad- Yolie other option for energy Anguiano such as an heirloom ows. An updated arrange- Ricardo conservation: Look for Benitez Lopez throw blanket or a piece ment may inspire to you Patty ways to maximize natuPatrea Patrick of wall art, and considadd and embellish with ral light for heat and to Luz Rivas rooms. WellerSFC color com-and GPD some new accesbrighten Head shades Coach Hovicthat Tadevosyan Officersimple Edgar Antonio Sanchez Zabunyan with the new mural honoring Law Enforcement in plement the item well. sories or accent piecplaced windows and skyAmerica. es for a room that onlights can harness enerfor decency and lawlessThe Sunland Fight Club Make what’s old ly looks brand new. gy naturally, so you can ness. Together they sym- is now offering training in new again minimize yourgovernment. reliance Open to all interested voters concerned about responsible bolize the camaraderie “Police-Specific” defense At The Sunland-Tujunga Municipal Building-North Valley Hall, law enforcement officers and non-violent interven Sometimes a fresh per- Get earth smart 7747 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, on next electricity forCitycomto the Sunland-Tujunga Library all share, a brotherhood tion. This is a first in the spective is as simple as With all of the new fort and convenience. like none other. fight club industry. rearranging a room to growth and hues of
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Los Angeles Updates Speed effective improvements after Enforcement that they came out to Surveys, Increases available. BY PAUL KREKORIAN
my house. They took my house through a battery of gy bills by making their Los Angeles took a tests checking my insulation, homes more energy efficient. LADWP step towardHEIP greater traffic safety with the city’s Trust Associate window, door sealing, sprin Once you are approved for Partners announcement of new Heather Witt Leikin, who is kler systems. They did a the program, they send out speed limits on 71 Los a Certified Green – Real Es- combustion test on my hot contractors out to your Angeles streets, the result of recently-updated tate Professional went water heater and stove. house for a comprehensive speed surveys conducted through thisAngeles process Checked my thermostat, assessment of your entire by the Los De- and partment of Transportatells of her experience on tested all of my smoke dehouse’s energy usage. The tion. The new speed limthe House Agents blog: tectors, replacing some with assessment of a customer’s its will be coupled with “Itincreased took about a month to Just awaiting 10-year battery model for LAPD enhome is performed by a for the scofflaws on Foothill Blvd. forcement efforts in the approved for the profree. trained technicians to identi- get East Valley and across fornia requires cities to history, roadside condigram, andasabout two fy the most appropriate and the city part of the Vi-weeks perform speed surveys tions, residential and
Aging Again from pg. 4 USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, and UCLA Los Angeles Community Ac-
sion Zero initiative to every 5-10 years as a business density, and pedecrease traffic deaths. condition of setting and destrian andAfter bicyclist ademic Partnership for Rebills for the Church. all, During the recession, enforcing speed limits on safety to best determine search Aging this is sura h*ll an ofappropriate a lot of passpeedand surveys for many local streets. These speed for local streets expired, veys measure the actual the street. (L.A.CAPRA). And if you ture to get shepherded which prevented LAPD speeds driven by the vast Now that the speed really want to hedge your remember, officers from enforcing majority ofthrough. users whenAndsurveys are complete, That’sabethe of street isthere’s uncrowded, the ride!. LAPD can enforce bets,posted I’d limits. set aside bunch no free cause the State of Calialong with road collision our speed limit laws.
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Spring, from pg. 3
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Savory Chèvre Crepes by
Chef Randy
Chèvre is the French name for cheese made with goat’s milk. Fresh goat cheese is soft, creamy, tangy, and easy to spread or melt. When it is mixed with fresh spinach and a little onion or garlic powder it makes a super-tasty filling. Baby asparagus provides crunch. Good stuff! The crepe pancakes can be made ahead of time, covered, and stored in the refrigerator until ready to assemble and complete the crepes. Same for the filling. Ingredients: ¾ cup whole milk ¾ cup water ¼ teaspoon salts 2 tablespoons melted butter 3 eggs 1 cup whole wheat flour 6 ounces fresh baby spinach leaves 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 10 ounces plain goat cheese ½ teaspoon onion powder ¼ teaspoon garlic powder ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 16 baby asparagus stalks (tough stems trimmed)
Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a 9x13inch baking dish with cooking spray. Add all batter ingredients (milk through wheat flour) to a blender and blend until smooth. Refrigerate for one hour prior to making crepes. Using a small crepe pan (or frying pan), make eight 8-inch crepes (they should resemble thin pancakes). Wrap them in plastic or put in a baggie to keep them from drying out. Set aside. Blanch spinach leaves by dropping them in boiling water for 1 minute. Pour spinach into a collendar and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process. Drain, chop, and place spinach in a large mixing bowl. Add lemon juice, cheese, on-
ion and garlic powders, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Mix to combine. Place 3 tablespoons of the spinach mixture in the middle of each crepe. Layer two of the asparagus stalks over this. Once you have all the fillings in place, pull the bottom half of the crepes over to meet the top half. Then, pull the top of the crepe back, curling your fingers under the filling. This will form the filling into a roll. Tightly roll the crepes and place, folded side down, in the prepared baking dish. The crepes should be open at both ends. Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove crepes from oven and uncover. Place back in oven and bake for another 10 minutes. Serve with a side of rice and a fresh garden salad.
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