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A New Watering Hole Just Opened in S-T

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David DeMullé

If you’ve never been in a Link ‘n Hops before, you’re in for a real treat. Residents of Sunland-Tujunga have been waiting for the old Jimmy Dean’s to re-incarnate into the new Link ‘N Hops pub. Every day we would drive by, sometimes seeing owner Andy Hasroun overseeing the workers or just helping out as the transformation went through its steps.

The first thing that hits you when you enter is the dark wood, dim lighting AND candles on the tables. How cool is that? The recycled cardboard menus with all the different types of foreign and do-

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NEW COLUMN!

Burglar Busted Between Buildings by

David DeMullé

Last week’s capture of a suspect in the burglaries at the new apartment complex next to the U.S. Post Office on Tujunga Canyon Boulevard brought a crime spree that led the LAPD on a weary “catch and release” to a successful end. The contractor, whose name was requested to not be publicized, was checking out a section of security Manager Sam Dorgalli is really knowledgeable when it comes fencing when he heard a to answers about or recommendations for craft beer — noise in one of the units. This and he’s FRIENDLY! was the same property that mestic sausages and fries and delicious sides. had been previously burglarwarm salted pretzels make Never has there been a ized for its copper wire and you thirsty even before you sit place like this in Sunland-Tu- heavy duty electrical cables. down. Along with the sausag- junga. One of the selling Calling 911, the LAPD rees, they also serve fresh-cut, points is that it opens at 5 p.m. sponded in force within five see Pub, page 9 see Burglar, page 9 Belgian-style fries and other

CD-7 Candidates Mix and Mingle at The Agave Grill

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Last week, LAPD officers arrested this suspect regarding the burglaries at Community Christian Church and the new construction next to the USPS office on Tujunga Canyon Boulevard.

Finn Community Garden Celebrates Native Plants

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You’ve heard of “getting your ducks in a row?” Well, just try to get 20 people to look in the same direction at the same time.

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Last Wednesday, the Foothills Trails District NC did the impossible: they got all 20 remaining CD-7 candidates and a few others together. The gathering took place at the Angeles National Golf Course’s Agave Grill.

About 150 concerned residents arrived to meet and

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chat with the candidates and get a more personal insight into what the candidates would do for the S-T community if elected. Candidates had flyers, pamphlets and balloons touting their candidacy for the different positions listed in the voting ballot and were happy to discuss their platforms. Servers see Candidates, page 2

Finn Community Garden members give Elijah, 4, an opportunity to learn about plant life. by

Alejandro Magallanes

Nature is probably the most tangible way to experience divinity. It is vast and alive.

Looking to the north, we see the green mountainside, teeming with life. Hikes on our local trails display the vibrancy of budding flowers and wildlife. And if you are a part of Sunland-Tujunga’s Howard Finn Community Garden, you

have the opportunity to experience just how tangible nature is by digging your hands into the soil of your own gardening plot.

On the last Saturday of January, Finn Community Garden chair, Eve Sinclair, hosted a presentation at the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library titled The Importance of Planting Native. An inforsee Gardens, page 12

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Community Help

by Amelia

Annual S-T Homeless Count is Underway

Crescenta Valley Sierra Club Group

Volunteers Amelia And Larry (?) talk to a homeless couple about the coming rains. by

Amelia Anderson

Tuesday, January 24, was a dark and dreary night, cold and wet from weeks of downpour. Lights blazed through windows of North Valley City Hall. Activity bustled as folks set up tables and chairs, clipboards and maps. A man looked at his watch. “Close to eight. Think they’ll show?”

Peggy threw back her head in laughter. “Of course. This is Tujunga, not Beverly Hills!”

Twenty eight fresh-faced volunteers kept their date to assist with the Sunland-Tujunga Homeless Count mandated by HUD. Oscar Polanco sprang to his feet in greeting and seriousness prevailed. A Program Supervisor for LAHSA, he knew Los Angeles Housing Service Authority programs for the homeless were dependent on government funding by the count.

The teacher in Peggy Ryder took command. A volunteer Homeless Advocate, this was her fourth year working with L.A. Family Housing to provide structure for our town’s most pressing problem. From Lady of Lourdes, she is Lady of Mercy, whisking from the street those in greatest need to shelter, medical care and rehabilitation”. She is a Fearless Leader,” an honorary title be-

stowed upon her by John Horn, V-P of L.A. Family Housing.

Sixteen parcel maps were passed out to teams. Each car had a driver and a counter like Linda Fores, dressed in yellow vest to plot encampment.

There was even a security officer that coordinated the Homeless Help Police Protection. Eric Montoya counted the Wash earlier in the day, as Pattee Colvin did in Sunland Park. Dr. David DeMulle’ donated six hundred-plus pairs of socks “cause their feet get cold!” Richard Thomas slapped magnetic signs on cars just as Hrant Vartzbedian, newly elected board member of the S-T Neighborhood Council, rushed in to ask, “What can I do for you?” An automobile needed a jump which he quickly performed — starting us into the night.

Midnight at city hall, Peggy proclaimed all volunteers to be “Wonderful!” Oscar noted freezing temperature made it easier to count car windows frosted by breath of sleeping town-folk. “So, why do volunteers count?” Out of concern for their fellow man.

They’d like to do more, but most work or have families.

Peggy’s thought, “If everyone does a little, it goes a long way.”

The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club Group introduces Sierra Club members Joe Young and Gayle Taylor who will present “Investigating Threats to Chimps in Uganda” on Tuesday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the La Crescenta Los Angeles County Public Library located at 2809 Foothill Boule-

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Joe and Gayle will share experiences of the Earthwatch Expedition to the Budongo Forest Reserve, the largest remaining tropical rainforest in East Africa. Their program describes daily activities in the forest, the tracking of chimps and monkeys, discovery of illegal snares and destructive activities. Interviews with local villagers will offer farming alternatives and assis-

tance providing medicine to farm animals. Included will be a weekend visit to Murchison Falls and scenes from Entebbe and Kampala, Uganda.

Our program begins following news of Conservation and Outings. This is a free event and everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Please contact Wayne Fisher, program chair at (818) 3534181 for further information.

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be too small but with people coming and going, it made the evening event almost cozy. The candidates were happily meeting the people who mattered the most, those who were concerned enough to actually want to talk to them.

Everybody who was anybody

was there. Of course Wally Horton showed up in her road-kill animal coat to the laughter of the people who know her. (It was great to NOT see Brian Cotton passing out his “help me” flyers.)

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Peggy Ryder gives instructions on how to identify homeless sites and how to fill out the report form.

Amelia Anderson is a homeless advocate for S-T and serves as Homeless Working Group Representative on the S-T Neighborhood Council.

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After having suffered from the slings and arrows and downright physical attacks by the Cleghorn machine over these past eight years, it comes as a complete surprise that they would do something so blatantly stupid as getting caught stealing a candidate’s sign.

Well, I guess that when you’re so damn corrupt and have gotten away with so much for so many years, you eventually let your guard down. And they did.

What’s left of the machine is pretty much diminished in our community, but they brought in an acolyte in the form of Liliana Sanchez. So now you have Cindy Cleghorn, Mark Seigel, Nina Royal and Liliana Sanchez playing community vigilante. And, yes — we are waiting to see the video.

It must have been a heady experience for Sanchez, who now gets to see the machine in action.

Filing false police reports, call-

ing city inspectors to harass local businesses and thumbing their noses at the citizens by running the neighborhood council and the chamber of commerce from behind the scenes. Do you remember the machine’s bogus “Best of Sunland-Tujunga” contest that was shut down by the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment for giving fake awards to their friends? Yes, boys and girls, we have our own local version of ISIS. One of the past STNC board members, John Blue, has been complaining about the machine destroying all his years of research when they cleaned out the NVCH storage area years ago.

No one would believe him that then council president Siegel officiated at their destruction. Oh, well, as the saying goes, “the victor writes the history books.” And the machine was clearly the victor. They verbally attacked Fuen-

tes and got the STNC kicked out of the North Valley City Hall. So they then made an unholy alliance with the absolutely corrupt chamber of commerce to pay the chamber’s rent, phone bills and the use of the STNCs really expensive copier.

But I can’t knock the chamber; they are really trying to change and get rid of the hate-mongers.

Yet it’s really hard when some of their board members are machine advocates. Like even their salaried office manager is as corrupt as the machine members themselves.

Yes, this is a wonderful community that has a lot of old-time values. Some of our service clubs have gotten away from the stigma of either being totally delusional or just downright stupid.

And I applaud them. Do you realize that it only took one person to destroy our Watermelon Festival, our Easter Carnival, our

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ROCK Old Timers Days and the integrity of our community? Oh well, it happened, and until I really get pissed off, I’ll let it ride.

This is Sunland-Tujunga, a really great community that has got to learn to work together or be destroyed by the developers and political wanna-bes. It’s up to you, the individual reader, to decide if you want to keep our community like it is — or to let it get destroyed.

And never forget: maybe it was the water!

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Dear Editor, Hearing about the Verdugo Hills High School teacher who compared President Trump to Hitler is just another reminder that liberal haters are gonna hate.

A lot of decent moral people are getting really fed up with liberal hypocrisy, liberal judgmentalism, liberal self-righteousness, liberal name-calling, liberal hate, liberal intolerance, liberal bullying, liberal prejudices, and liberal discrimination. This

helps explain why Trump beat Clinton.

This country needs to rise up against the ignorant liberal bigots who believe it’s okay to discriminate against and make criminals out of decent moral people (like business people who don’t want to cater to the “weddings” of heterophobic homosexuals). This corruption and these regressive, warped liberal prejudices, in addition to liberal hate, need to be vigorously opposed.

Wayne Lela •••

So Many Readers; So Little Time.

Dear Editor, It was good seeing you in the parking lot today.

I didn’t understand what you were saying about the Chamber of Commerce trying to start over, but they still had the old cronies running it behind the scenes. If they were that bad before, how can they still be on the board? I understand about the new officers, but how can they let that happen?

I love your paper.

RD, Tujunga

The editor responds: Thanks for the email, RD, It’s simple: when you have corrupt people running something for a really long time, people begin to think that’s how it should be run.

It’s what you’d call an incestuous relationship or maybe even the Stockholm Syndrome.

Call me and I’ll lay it out for you in more detail. I’m really happy to find someone that is thinking about this.

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Pasadena Symphony Presents Rachmaninoff And Tchaikovsky Program on February 18 Join Music Director David Lockington and the Pasadena Symphony for a romantically Russian program on Saturday, February 18 with award-winning pianist Natasha Paremski performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at 2 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. at Ambassador Auditorium. Also on the program is Tchaikovsky’s Symphony --No.6, “Pathétique.” Lockington describes the work “as a piece that envisions life, that has the joy, sweetness, tenderness and ultimately in the end — the great sadness that Tchaikovsky carried with him at the time.”

This concert marks Natasha Paremski’s debut with the Pasadena Symphony.

With her consistently striking and dynamic performances, the Moscow-born American pianist reveals astounding virtuosity and voracious interpretive abilities. The American Record Guide states that “[c]omparisons with Argerich should not be given lightly, but Paremski is so clearly of the same temperament and technique that it is unavoidable here.” A recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Young Artists prize at age of 18 and the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year in 2010, Natasha continues to generate excitement from all corners as she wins over international audiences with her musical sensibility and

flawless technique.

The Pasadena Symphony provides a quintessential experience combining great music with a festive social atmosphere. To learn more about the music, join us for Insights, a free pre-concert dialogue with David Lockington which begins one hour prior to each performance.

Patrons who plan to arrive early can also enjoy a drink or a dinner in the lively Sierra Auto Symphony Lounge— yet another addition to the carefree and elegant concert experience the Pasadena Symphony offers. A posh setting at Ambassador Auditorium’s beautiful outdoor plaza, the lounge offers uniquely see Symphony, page 9

Natasha Paremski, piano.

Photo courtesy Pasadena Symphony & Pops

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The Credit Score

Protect Pets During Flooding Amber Kingsley

The recent record-breaking rainfall has an effect not only on us, but also on our pets.

Ever since the long-awaited arrival of the Pineapple Express has arrived in California and other parts of the West Coast, the Golden State has been hammered with flooding.

Usually Southern California and the greater Los Angeles area is absent from very much in the way of severe weather and cold spells. But if there is the threat of more rising waters in the immediate future, here are some tips on protecting your pets from flooding and possible evacuations.

medication in a sealed, watertight bag. Remember their treats and anything else that will make them feel more comfortable.

Keep your pet carriers nearby with their favorite toys and blankets inside. Speaking of blankets, ensure there’s enough extra covers and towels for your pet’s use as well as your own and that of your family. If your animal is especially sensitive to stress, consider natural relief like Bach’s Rescue Remedy, which as its name implies, is meant to calm pets in these types of relocation circumstances. This all natural, calming solution is a wonderful solution for these types of stressful situations.

Emergency Kit Before disaster strikes, pet and homeowners should always be prepared with an emergency kit. Be sure to include your animals in this equation when packing the contents of this kit. It’s recommended they contain plenty of fresh batteries, a radio and flashlight, but don’t forget: Enough fresh water and pre-packaged food for both you and your pet to pack your first-aid kit with extra gauze and medications for animal use. Even if your pet is microchipped, make sure they’re wearing ID tags and have all your pet’s paperwork and

Shelter Alternatives In the event evacuations are in order, before you’re in a position to flee, make sure the place you will be staying allows pets. A quick online search will make a last minute trip to this type of location a welcoming environment. Better yet, see if you can make some prior arrangements with a family member or friend who lives someplace safer residing on higher ground.

There’s no way of knowing if we’ll get an inch of rain or several feet of snow. It’s always better to be safe than sorry when preparing for unexpected weather conditions.

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Attention All Veterans, Sons, Daughters and Wives of Veterans

Come and Enjoy your local American Legion Post Help support Veterans and Veterans’ Causes

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SAL Meeting at 11:30 a.m.

Legion meeting at 12 noon.

Aux installation of members, 1 p.m.

Super Bowl at 3:30 p.m.

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February 18

Aux. Valentine’s Birthday Dinner, 6:45 p.m.

Music by Gordon Preston

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by Ed Castellanos Are you considering making a major purchase, like buying a home, this year?

If so, your credit score will likely come into play. An understanding of the basics can help you effectively monitor and manage it.

Credit Score 101 Your credit score will usually range from 300 to 850.

It’s derived from an algorithm that takes into account several factors, including payment history, the total debt owed and length of credit history.

Lenders use this three-digit

number to predict risk and the likelihood that you’ll repay your debt on time. The higher your credit score, the less risk you are and the lower your loan terms will be.

For example, a person with a “good” credit score of 700 may have a lower interest rate and smaller required down payment than someone with a “poor” credit score of 400.

How to Improve Your Score If you don’t have much credit history or you have a few negatives on your report, consider these strategies to increase your score:

• Pay all of your bills on time.

Late payments can negatively impact your score.

• Pay off debt where you can.

The less debt you have, the lower your debt-to-income ratio.

• Keep your credit card balances as low as possible, aiming to use no more than 30 percent of your available credit. And pay off as much as you can each month since higher balances can sink your score.

• Review your credit report at least annually, and keep an eye out for mistakes and identity theft.

SFC Awards Belts to Students by

Hovik Tadevosyan

SFC Fighting Club’s primary goal is to teach its members how to live a healthy and confident life. Members whose starting ages are 3 years and up, learn discipline, courage and that staying see SFC, page 9

More than 100 people attended the awards ceremony.

Movie Review: Split by

Bob Garver

“Split” is a movie that could have easily gone very wrong.

Thrillers about people with psychologic­al conditions like amnesia, autism, or in this case multiple personalities tend to be clumsy, with the films rarely having any interesting ideas outside of the conditions. It’s also directed

by M. Night Shyamalan, a filmmaker synonymous with awkward pauses, absurd dialogue, and ludicrous twist endings. Perhaps most worrisome is that it’s opening in January, which for a scary movie generally means that the studio didn’t think it could compete at Halloween. But the movie greatly benefits from these lowered expectations, because even though it has some noticeable flaws, the fact that it does anything right comes across like a major triumph.

At the center of the movie is Kevin (James McAvoy), a man with 23 personalities and counting. He sees a counselor (Betty Buckley) once a week as Barry, a friendly fashion designer. But other personalities aren’t so friendly. Like Dennis, a perverted OCD

germaphobe. Dennis kidnaps three girls (Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula, Anya Taylor-Joy) and locks them in a room where they are to be used as “food” for a 24th personality. Does he mean literal food? The girls don’t want to stick around long enough to find out, but they can’t escape or overpower Dennis, so they have to manipulate the other personalities into either letting

them go or making a mistake that allows them to escape.

At least, that’s what they think they need to do. I personally think they take overpowering off the table way too easily. The girls would have a 3-on-1 advantage (yes, regardless of the personalities), they’d have the element of surprise, and they might not be fighting a strong see Split, page 9

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Cauliflower Crust Pizza by

Chef Randy

Why? you ask. Why cauliflower crust on a pizza? Ask not why; ask how good.

This crust is not only good, it is amazingly good, tasty AND gluten-free. Freshly grated cauliflower serves as the base for this creative and delicious crust that you can fold up and stuff in your face just like traditional pizza! And then there’s the traditional toppings: marinara sauce, cheese, and fresh herbs. I like to keep the toppings to a minimum for this crust. If you are eliminating or cutting back on gluten and grains, this is the way to enjoy a healthy pizza.

What’s not to like? That’s it. Now you’re cookin’.

Last

¼ cup parmesan cheese (grated) ¼ cup mozzarella cheese (grated) 1 egg 2 tablespoons chickpea flour

ing sheet if you don’t have a pizza stone) in the oven.

Place a large piece of parchment paper on your counter and lightly spray the paper with non-stick cooking spray.

Wash and dry cauliflower.

Topping Ingredients: Cut off the florets and trim 1/3 cup marinara sauce off the stems. Pulse the floCrust Ingredients: 3 tablespoons Parmesan rets in your food processor 1 medium head of cauliflower cheese (grated) for about 30 seconds, until ¼ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon Italian herbs you get powdery snow-like ½ teaspoon dried basil cauliflower. Place cauliflow½ teaspoon dried oregano Crust Directions: er in a microwave safe bowl ½ teaspoon garlic powder Preheat oven to 450 degrees. and cover. Microwave for (not garlic salt) Place a pizza stone (or baksee Cauliflower Crust, page 9

For additional recipes, see Chef Randy’s website at

valley-vegetarian.com

A new cookbook, Ojai Valley GlutenFree Cookbook, by Ojai chef and author Randy Graham is now available for purchase. All of the 87 recipes in this book are gluten-free and vegetarian. In addition, 45 of the recipes are not only gluten-free but also vegan and are denoted as such in the table of contents.

Monday night, Cleg Machine members and horn S-T Neighborhood Council members Cindy Cleghorn, Nina Royal and Liliana Sanchez were seen coming out of Caruso’s Italian restaurant. the trio apparently stopped to steal a Monica Rodriguez for L.A. City Council sign. Sonia Tatulian was told by her source that when asked what they were doing with the sign, Royal stated, “We’re going to talk to the owner, Giovanni, about it.” Cleghorn and Royal are also Chamber of Commerce Board members.

This poisonous trio are known for their past exploits in attacking local businesses in the community. Word on the street claims that Sanchez and Royal are responsible for filing false claims about Munchies Mart in Tujunga, the result of which cost the owner the STNC election.

Other sources linked Cleghorn and the long-gone Tomilynn Bowling to the bogus “Best of Sunland-Tujunga”

contest wherein Cleghorn’s boyfriend and then-council president Mark Siegel broke into the logistics officers’ office and stole all the ballots.

Cleghorn, who is the owner of C&M Printing in Tujunga, has been identified by victims as being the person who turned them in to the city for sign violations. It is said that she started her campaign years ago against competitors and others she doesn’t like.

She used a “hitman” named Joe Barrett who started an Internet blog to spread false identities, rumors and a campaign of lies to help destroy the Cleghorn machine’s perceived enemies. Early victims included the shutting down of the only homeless enclaves that were self-supporting and kept the homeless off the streets and stopped their panhandling.

She is also alleged to have been behind the campaign to drive out of town the Vision 20-20 advocates and the curator of the Verdugo Hills of Peace curator.

The Ojai Valley Gluten-Free Cookbook is available on-line at Amazon.com. For more info, see Chef Randy’s website at Valley-Vegetarian.com or contact him at rgraham33@mac.com for signed copies.

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Gerald William Tiedeman Gerald “Jerry” William Tiedeman, 76, passed away peacefully on January 10, 2017 at Frank R. Howard Hospital in Willits after an eight-year battle with cancer.

He leaves behind his wife of 22 years, Nancy (Glashoff, Murphy) Tiedeman; his sister, Jerry Tiedeman, Bill Steel and Richard Steen.

Carol (Deemer) Flora; daughters, Jerilynn Ekman, Kim Mileweski, Debra Hill, Stacy Katz, Kellie Clay and Cherish Tiedeman; step-children, Ben. Murphy and Katie Murphy; and numerous nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Jerry was born in Los Angeles and lived most of his younger years in the Glendale / Tujunga area with his parents, William Tiedeman and Lucy (Banfield) Tiedeman. He attended Verdugo Hills High School where he was a member of the Rod Benders Car Club. He worked at many trades, including house builder, painter, machinist, and as an elevator inspector for the City of Los Angeles. He loved music, especially rock and roll from the ‘50s, Frank Sinatra and Elvis. A typical Southern California boy, he loved the beach, boats, dune buggies and Bob’s Big Boy. One of his favorite things to do was dance and his dance moves would put everyone else to shame.

Jerry moved to Northern California in 1993 and met Nancy Glashoff when he took a job driving tractors at Glashoff’s Fruit Stand Pumpkin Patch. He and Nancy were married on June 11, 1994 on the beautiful Glashoff Ranch in Suisun Valley, CA. Jerry and Nancy moved to Lakeport, CA in 2003 where Jerry enjoyed boating on Clear Lake and fishing in his most prized possession: his Rinker speedboat.

A memorial service and celebration of life is planned on April 1, 2017 in Laughlin, Nevada; it’ll be a fitting day and location for a wonderful man who loved life, the water and gambling. Details TBA and invites to be sent via Facebook. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to the American Cancer Society in Jerry’s name .

Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary call (707) 263-0357 or 994-5611, or visit chapelofthelakes.com. Please share your memories by signing the guestbook at www.legacy.com.

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Pub, from pg. 1 and closes at midnight — for now. That means that you are no longer driven down to Coco’s for that late night snack.

I’ve never been a fan of soft-openings, like if you’re going to open, just do it!

There were so many people at the soft opening I was surprised that they didn’t have searchlights lighting up the sky. People who were driving by, dropped in, and in, and in.

And what they discovered was that everything was wonderful. Bratwurst, andouille and of course the “wild game” varieties were there for the connoisseur. Oh, did I forget to mention that there is a vegan side of the menu? TFP staffer Dyan McManus ordered the

Burglar, from pg. 1 minutes and captured the suspect running between the buildings. Neighbors gathered around giving information to the officers. It turned out that this burglary suspect was wearing the coat that was stolen from an apartment

Symphony, from pg. 3 prepared menus from Claud & Co. for both lunch and dinner, a full bar and fine wines

by Michero Family Wines, plus music before the concert and during intermission.

All Symphony Classics concerts take place at Am-

Split, from pg. 4 personality like Dennis. And even if they do get one of the stronger ones, James McAvoy is not exactly an imposing physical specimen (outside of obviously computer-generated body chemistry alterations for the 24th personality). The girls could take him if they coordinate the attack. But no, the Taylor-Joy character convinces the other two that they need to play along and work with the personalities, not against them. And we’re

Cauliflower Crust, from pg. 5 4 minutes. Remove cooked cauliflower and turn out onto a towel to cool for about 5 minutes. Wrap cauliflower in the towel and squeeze out as much moisture as possible.

SFC, from pg. 4 healthy and fit can be a way of life. Group classes are designed to train everyone ac-

Tofurky Kielbasa and I the late night happy hour feacouldn’t taste the difference turing large fries for $4, $5 from a real turkey sausage. select sausages and $4 select Of course, a meat eater like brews Monday through me, I had to have the rattleThursday from 10-11:30 p.m. snake and rabbit sausage and Later, the restaurant’s hours it sure tasted like the fare I will be expanded to include catch here on the ranch. And lunch service and afternoon it doesn’t matter; it’s all great happy hour. fare. If you’re into craft beers, Link N Hop’s will be open there are more than 24 availon Sunday, February 5 at 2 able on tap with the variety p.m. for The Big Game, servchanging weekly. They are ing all-day football specials insensibly priced and have that cluding $4 Bavik beer, nachos, wonderful balance and excite- large fries, pretzels and salad. ment of taste. The staff is re Put that all together and ally cool and know about evcover it with the sounds of ery taste in the shop.

‘60s music and you’ve found a For now, temporary hours home. are seven days per week at An offshoot of the original 5:00 p.m. until midnight, but Atwater Village location, the may be open later Fridays and restaurant will serve the same Saturdays if the demand is exciting sausage menu that there. I’m looking forward to features gourmet sausages,

The Links and “suds” are as good as they look!

The exotic sausages on the menu are the most popular items, and range from lamb to wild boar and even rattlesnake sausages.

“The neighborhood has embraced the new Link N Hops restaurant with so much en-

thusiasm,” says owner Andy Hasroun. “We were inspired to open a new location in Sunland-Tujunga because there’s nothing like it in the area, but also because the neighborhood has been so welcoming.”

across the street a couple of days previous. The Community Christian Church had also been burglarized the previous week.

“This is the same guy that cut down a lemon tree to steal my generator at another site last year,” one victim said. The suspect was caught

and released to steal again.

For more information on criminal activities in Sunland-Tujunga, please turn to page 10. The Crime Stats is a partial list of the last two weeks criminal activity. Find daily updates on S-T events at www.facebook.com/ groups/1073418669372524.

Where the suspect was captured.

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or by calling (626) 793-7172.

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trance on Terrace at Green St). The lounge opens at 12:30 ADA parking is located at the p.m. before the matinee and above-ground parking lot ad6 p.m. before the evening jacent to the Auditorium (enperformance. trance on St. John Ave.) for The pre-concert discussion $10. Parking purchased onwith Conductor Nicholas site is cash-only.

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supposed to side with her because she’s the “smart,” “patient,” “strategic” one and the other two are panicky and dumb. It’s a bad strategy, it’s doesn’t get them anywhere, and it’s just an excuse for the girls to interact with Kevin so McAvoy can chew some scenery as the various personalities.

The good news is that it’s highly enjoyable to see the other personalities. McAvoy nails the performance(s), especially as mischievous 9-year-old Hedwig, who

adds some much-needed highly-uncomfortable comedy to the film. He’s also fun as the prim-and-proper Patricia, whose idea of deviation is paprika in a sandwich. I could have done without bookworm Orwell (we get it, you’re smart, could you please go two seconds without an obscure historical reference), but he’s not in it for very long.

This is a movie that revolves around one actor, and McAvoy was definitely the right man for the job.

“Split” works when it’s an

actor’s showcase for James McAvoy, but not so much as a kidnapping thriller. The psychologist character isn’t compelling, the decisions by the victims are inexplicable, and the difference-maker at the end has a weird badthings-will-pay-off-later karma to it that’s like an even more rotten version of the infamous ending to “Signs” (not the water-aversion bit, thankfully). Then there’s the twist at the very end, which plays less like a Shyamalan twist and more like a something out

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cording to their age; starting at a young age it is very important to teach children respect, discipline, and self-defense. The SFC Fighting Club

has more than 300 members and half of them are youths.

The SFC just had its first “belt change” ceremony on January 18, 2017. This event

was organized to encourage and reward their members with the next ranking belt that shows the world that hard training and determination

pays off. Some members are training now privately to become professional fighters and maybe one day, becoming the next CHAMP!!!

of the MCU. It’s better than the average January movie and way better than the average post-“Signs” Shyamalan movie, just otherwise it’s just an average movie.

Two Stars out of Five “Split” is rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic content and behavior, violence and some language. Its running time is 117 minutes. .

Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@nyu.edu.

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The Foothills Community P age Safe Streets of Sunland-Tujunga

by Alejandro Magallanes

Vision Zero to Raise Our Foothill Blvd. Speed Limit?

January brought with it changes of a new year, a new president and new changes to our own Foothill Boulevard. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s implementation of Vision Zero, a city-wide effort to reduce traffic collisions to zero by 2025, has been hard at work on the first 100-mile batch of roads on the High Injury Network. This month, work on the second batch begins.

This batch includes our own Foothill Blvd. It is here. The traffic changes are finally here.

As a member of the Safe Streets Committee, I am excited. I’m not “jumping for joy” excited. It’s more of a “Whew!” excited. I’m excited because I know that, for the sake of all of the politicians’ egos involved with pulling off of this city-wide Vision Zero endeavor, our town stands to win big! Our mayor and his team will not

let this project fall flat on its face, and for their efforts, we will see definite traffic changes in Sunland-Tujunga.

The fight for traffic changes isn’t something new in our community. The Safe Streets Committee didn’t create the desire for traffic changes. Neither did Vision Zero. Our Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council (STNC) sent in requests for traffic changes years ago.

One of the NC’s letters to the Department of Transportation (LADOT), dating back to 2014, clearly asks for an “engineering assessment” on two of our dangerous local intersections. That letter refers to past requests dating back to 2012. It also includes a petition, signed by more than 100 resident stakeholders, in an effort to support the traffic changes.

Our community wants change.

Furthermore, when I look

native plants, she often hears, “Oh, you work with cacti and mative talk given by Lisa weeds.” Not at all. When it Novick from The Theodore comes to beautiful gardens, Payne Foundation enlightCalifornia natives reign above ened the audience on the imall others. When world reportance of planting Californowned Irish gardener and nia native plants in our journalist, William Robinson, homes and gardens. visited California, he wrote Novick asked us to rethink about our state being “the our views of California native country of flowers.” plants. She asked a question: She explained how we rely “Out of nearly 6,000 different on pollination from European plant species native to Calihoneybees, yet we have our fornia, what percentage of own California native honeythose do you think are succubees, whose stinger is onelents?” I guessed 30%. Not third the size and seldom peneeven close. Only 2% of Calitrates human skin. California fornia native plants are succu- has the blue belly lizard that lents. Yet, when she tells peo- carries a protein in its blood ple she works with California that kills the bacterium respon-

Gardens, from pg. 1

to people who are fed up with traffic problems in our town, I need look no further than to our own editor-in-chief of The Foothills Paper, David DeMullé. This past December marked the 10-year-anniversary of a traffic accident that began his crusade against ignorant drivers.

On December 12, 2006, Michelle Wincentsen was killed in a traffic accident on La Tuna Canyon Road when a 17-year-old dropped his cell phone while driving his Jeep. It has been his fight for 10 years to make drivers aware that their actions not only hurt the victim(s) but the victims’ families and extended families as well.

Our community wants change. And now, with S-T becoming “the last frontier” for Los Angeles life, more traffic is coming. People in our community are worried.

On behalf of the Safe Streets Committee, I would like you

to know that we hear you, loud and clear. We know about the efforts the STNC made in the past that were never met. We know about the 50,000-plus traffic accident photos DeMullé has taken during the last 10 years. I can only hope that the Safe Streets Committee, in conjunction with Vision Zero, will bring about change that eases the frustrations of our community — if even just a little bit.

So, now to the frustrations; work is underway and we have updates! LADOT Principal Transportation Engineer Nader Asmar informed our committee that they have finished street surveys for our Foothill Blvd. This means that LADOT spent hours shooting radar on Foothill to get an idea of what the median speed on should be based on the daily vehicular travel. Too high of a speed limit is dangerous;

sible for Lyme disease, therefore lessening the amount of adult tick carriers in our region.

She reminded us that leaves are the fertilizer. “Think with a forest mentality,” she pleaded.

She also informed us that our ecosystems are in danger.

She gave a scenario. A local species of bird may have a nest filled with 4 hatchlings.

Each hatchling needs approximately 150 caterpillars a day to eat for food. That is 600 caterpillars that mama bird needs to find daily to feed her babies. The problem arises when she can’t find the caterpillars because they only grow on local native plants that have been torn out of the

ground by home owners and replaced with plants that better suit their urbanity.

We are living in a time on earth where the ecosystems are the most densely populated and diverse that horticulturists have ever seen… and we are trashing them. As members of a beautiful foothill community, we have a responsibility to protect and proliferate our dwindling ecosystem.

There are actions we can take. When considering changes to your home or community garden, first visit The Theodore Payne Foundation at 10459 Tuxford Street in Sun Valley. You need only

too slow of a speed limit, however, is equally troublesome. Based on the radar data they shot, the speed limit on Foothill starting from Lowell at La Crescenta and ending at Wheatland in Lake View Terrace should be raised by 5 mph. That means 35 to 40 mph from Lowell to Sunland Blvd, 40 to 45 mph from Sunland to Wentworth, and 50 to 55 mph from Wentworth to Wheatland. On top of that, Asmar explained that changing the speed limit will have to go through an L.A. City Council process which will take more time. It is likely we won’t see physical changes to our streets for more than a year.

A date is set for a town hall meeting on our traffic situation and Vision Zero in March. I will update you in the upcoming weeks. Fasten your seatbelts, ladies and gentlemen. This ride might get a little bumpy. visit them with the answer to three questions: 1. What is the size of your garden site? 2.

How much sunlight does the site receive? 3. How much water does your soil take? (there is a soil test available on their website: theodorepayne.org) And if you find yourself a little intimidated with gardening and plant life, I invite you to visit and like the Finn Community Garden page on Facebook. There you will see how just a few community members with no experience in gardening were able to revive a garden and inspire a new generation of young horticulturists.

Above, Ms .Lisa Novick teaches Finn Garden Members how to properly transfer a potted plant into the ground, while Yvette Bravo DiMino nurtures her plot, and Noah, 6, teaches Elijah, 4, how to water her family garden.