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By Emily Alvarenga Signal Staff Writer

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hough temperatures remain high, it’s Sept. 1, which means it’s officially time for the pumpkin-flavored cravings to come out of hibernation — pumpkin spice to begin appearing on menus everywhere.

With Starbucks, who are typically credited with starting this craze back in October 2003, tweeting that their pumpkin spice latte is back in stores on Aug. 27 — the earliest it’s ever been released — pumpkin season is officially beginning earlier and earlier every year.

Regardless, pumpkin spice truly is everywhere you look at this time of year, including in the Santa Clarita Valley. Whatever it is, you name it, I’m sure you can find it.

Though Starbucks began the pumpkin-craze, many other coffee shops have seen the want continuing year round, including Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders, whose pumpkin spiced latte is served either hot, cold or blended.

“We usually carry it until we run out,” head barista Cassie Hernandez said.

“This past season carried us all the way throughout the year. It’s very popular, and we definitely sell a lot of it.”

When Hernandez began at Bodhi in November last year, customers still wanted the drink, and she said she was surprised to see it continue throughout the spring and summer.

Bodhi also offers a pumpkin cold brew and is hoping to get some pumpkin-based baked goods in their shops in the coming weeks, according to Hernandez.

In addition, Bodhi will be offering free 12-ounce cold brew or drip coffee every Monday through September at their Sierra Highway location, according to owner and manager Stephanie Inmon.

Dangling Carrot Confections, a new bakery that celebrated its grand opening on Aug. 9, has also brought out their pumpkin drinks and treats just last week, according to manager Amanda Sedivec.

A pumpkin chai latte, along with pumpkin chocolate chip muffins and a pumpkin cupcake have made an appearance on the bakery’s new fall menu, with more in the works to be

’Tis the season: Stephanie Inmon, owner and manager of Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders, serves up a pumpkin spice latte at their location on Soledad Canyon Road. PHOTO BY DAN WATSON / THE SIGNAL

debuted soon, Sedivec said.

And while Starbucks has continued to expand their pumpkin-flavored repertoire, such as a pumpkin spice creamer, pumpkin cream cold brew, as well as scones, madeleines and muffins, many other brands have followed suit.

Not only have Dunkin’s pumpkin spice coffee, K-Cup pods, doughnuts, muffins and Munchkins donut holes returned this season, but they have also debuted at cinnamon sugar pumpkin signature latte.

Pillsbury’s pumpkin spice rolls and Dairy Queen’s pumpkin pie blizzard will also be making a return this season, according to both company’s websites.

Many of the classic cereal brands have brought back their pumpkin spiced cereals, including Cheerios, Life and Mini-Wheats, and will be hitting the shelves this month.

Mary Lou’s Gourmet Popcorn is currently finalizing their fall flavors, but one thing is for certain — there will be a pumpkin pie-flavored popcorn that will be available mid-Sep-

tember, according to co-creator Shelia Moran.

Those aren’t the only sweet treats though, as both Halo Top and Talenti have created their own versions of pumpkin pie-flavored ice cream and gelato.

“I have to say, I wasn’t a fan of the pumpkin obsession at first, but it’s certainly grown on me,” said Yolanda Romo, a Canyon Country resident.

“It was almost like I was protesting it’s popularity before I realized how yummy it all is.”

Romo admits she now goes store to store to seek out their new pumpkin-flavored items each year, including Greenies — new, limited-edition pumpkin spice-flavored dental treats for her dog.

“OK, I know it sounds strange,” Romo said, chuckling, “but my dog always runs over when he can smell the pumpkin flavor of anything I’m drinking … and he took a huge chunk out of my jack-o’lanterns last year, so I had to get them for him.”

Larsen’s Steakhouse also has its own unique way to showcase the

flavor, their “Pumpkin Harvest” drink, which is essentially a pumpkin martini.

The drink, which is considered by many as “dessert in a glass,” debuted last fall, and was popular enough for it to remain on the menu throughout the year.

Wolf Creek Brewery’s Pumpkin Weizen is another very popular alcoholic drink, brewed with real pumpkin, brown sugar and spices, according to saleswoman Tyna Brookins.

This hefeweizen, also often referred to as “pumpkin pie in a glass,” will be back on Sept. 5 in the usual gallon barrels, as well as in a 24 pack of 16-ounce bottles, so you can take it back home with you, Brookins added.

Though there are already what may seem like too many squash-like flavored items, companies are still constantly rolling out new concoctions, some of which may not sound as appetizing, such as pumpkin spice SPAM or pumpkin spice protein powder.

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Sharing a longtime love

Above: Darleen and Bill Lyons III worked together on their award winning, 1956 Jaguar XK140 Fixed Head Coupe since they married in 1998. Darleen named the “Boots the kitty” because of her four “white feet.” PHOTOS BY DAN WATSON / THE SIGNAL

By Dan Watson Signal Staff Writer

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illiam Lyons III, 80, has been in a love affair for 55 years.

His mistress has sensuous lines, a long nose and an ample boot. Lyons’ sweetheart is an award-winning 1956 Jaguar XK140 MC Fixed Head Coupe.

Lyons likes to say that he shares his name with Sir William Lyons, with the man who founded the company that produced the first Jaguar sports car in 1935.

As a typical school boy, Lyons saw a Jaguar XK140 coupe. He was mesmerized by the sweeping fenders and generous side windows.

“Some day, I’ll have one of those,” Lyons told himself.

In 1964, his dream came true. He found his car, it had a sign on it that read: “For Sale Cheap” at a Los Angeles gas station.

Lyons performed an illegal U-turn and, ultimately, bought it from the original owner.

His car is one of only 945 Jaguar XK140 MC Coupes built in 1956. The “140 number denotes the car’s 140 mph top speed.

His Jaguar XK140 is now worth more than 100 times what Lyons paid for it five and a half decades ago.

An aerospace engineer by trade, Bill Lyons III moved to Santa Clarita in 1988, after years of moving around the country — and the Jaguar came with him, but ended up in storage.

He married Darleen Determan in 1998. “I love the lines of the car,” Darleen said. She named the car “Boots,”

because she’s “a kitty with white feet.”

Darleen is the one who jump-started the car’s restoration with a simple-to-understand ultimatum: “‘You either restore that car, or you’ll be sleeping in the garage,’” recalled Bill Lyons.

And with that, Boot’s journey was shifted into high gear, with both of them investing their elbow grease into putting a new face on the curvy English convertible.

The first thing was to repaint the car from it’s butterscotch-orange color to the classic Jaguar pearl gray it is today.

Next, they tackled the interior, with pieces of the wooden dash laying on their dining room table for months as they replaced and refinished all the interior wood and trim in a wood shop in the Lyons’ garage.

“There’s wood everywhere in the car, the whole dash and around the windows.” Lyons said. The plywood under the dash had to be replaced, the burl walnut wood laminate over that, as well as the mahogany trim.

While the dash was out, Bill and Darleen Lyons tackled the entire electrical harness, with Darleen working under the car and Lyons pulling wires above.

“She gets under the car, gets grease in her hair, breaks a nail and then swears like a mechanic,” Lyons said, chuckling.

This Jaguar was Lyons’ daily driver for a time. In 1968, the car went with him from Los Angeles to Oklahoma; a year later to Wichita, Kansas; and then back to California in 1976. “The car has a quarter of a million miles on it … even more because I drove it for

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The couple has lovingly restored the classic car together, from the engine to the wood trim inside.

a long time with a broken speedometer,” Lyons said.

While working at an aerospace company in Carrillo, California in the late 1960s, Lyons and his Jaguar would race a co-worker’s Sunbeam Tiger the 12 miles it took to get from the front gate to the upper security gate.

“The Tiger had a Ford 350 engine in it and won every time, it was just faster off the line.” Lyons said, “But nothing can touch the Jag in fourth gear on the highway. The security guard said he could always hear us coming.”

The restoration of the all stock, matching numbers, Jaguar XK140 MC has taken 20 years. This Jaguar’s 3.4-liter in-line six-cylinder engine was designed in 1948 and remained the standard engine for Jaguars until 1992. Boots’ engine was rebuilt three years ago, and a badge on the boot lid proudly reads: “Winner Le Mans 1951-53.”

Boot’s Jaguar engine holds 12 quarts of oil, runs well on regular gas and averages 17 miles per gallon on the highway. “After all the years of driving and over 250,000 miles, the only problem I had on the road was

an electrical one,” Lyons said.

For Lyons’ 80th birthday this year, he and Darleen drove the car to Yosemite. “It’s a hard riding car, it’s like riding on a roller-skate. Wrestling the 17-inch steering wheel for two hours up the south entrance to Yosemite with no power steering was a little too much for my arms,” Lyons said.

Lyons and Darleen drive the car a couple of thousand miles a year.

“It’s a noisy dive,” Darleen said. “We usually have the windows down, no air conditioning and no radio. Our favorite ride is to Ventura on (Highway) 126, a two-and-a-half-hour ride

is just nice.” Darleen said.

“As we drive along, people always take pictures,” Darleen said. “At every rest stop and gas station, people take pictures and ask, ‘What is it?’”

Boots is no average rebuild, of course, and proudly displays her pedigree certificate from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. Boots has won more than 100 awards and trophies from car shows all over California, including second place in the nation for “Concourse — Driven Class.”

A true classic car enthusiast can recognize Boots’ value, and are quick to acknowledge its not your average coupe.

Castaic resident James Degnan, who also works on classic cars, used to race his 1953 Allard K2 — also a well-known English roadster — at Laguna Seco in the “Monterey Historics” class, a different category of classic cars for show pieces like Boots.

In 1990, Degnan raced against a Jaguar XK120, similar to Lyons’ XK140.

“I was very proud to come in second to that Jaguar in that race,” Degnan said, in a nod of respect to the roadster.

“I have seen Bill Lyons’ Jaguar at a number of concourse cars shows over the past 10-15 years. “It is in truly first-class condition, and has won “Best of Show.” Jaguars like Lyons’ XK140 used to be very common on the road, now they are so rare, they just stay in the barn’ Degnan said.

Bill and Darleen have so many show trophies that they change the labels and give the trophies to kids for winning events at the SCV Boys & Girls Club in Newhall, where they spend a lot of time volunteering.

Bill Lyons III has two children born in the 1960s from a previous marriage, Allyson Gray and William Lyons IV and also 8-year-old grandson William Lyons V. So it seems that there will be plenty of “Lyons” around to keep this “kitty” pampered, appreciated and driven for years to come.

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Tabletop gaming on the rise in the SCV

By Matt Fernandez Signal Staff Writer

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or those looking for an alternative to their routine of movies, video games and streaming shows, a growing number of Santa Clarita Valley residents are having fun with a more interactive way to bring adventure into their lives: tabletop gaming.

Spurred in part by shows like “Stranger Things,” pop culture is bringing tabletop games — any games usually played on a flat surface like a table — back into the mainstream discussion. This includes everything from chess to the “Magic: The Gathering” card game and, of course, the timeless classic “Dungeons & Dragons.”

And the Santa Clarita Valley has a bevy of venues for any would-be gamers.

Brave New World Comics

Much like his approach to comic books, Brave New World Comics owner Andy Liegl aims to make gaming an all-ages family experience.

Liegl opens up his store to tabletop gaming like “HeroClix” and the “Pokemon” card game on Saturdays, and role-playing games like “Dungeons & Dragons” or “Star Wars” on Sundays. Though many opt to drop their kids off to play, he encourages parents to join in on the fun.

“We have a lot of parents that play with their kids, and it’s cool to see them teach their kids strategy and critical thinking,” Liegl said. “There’s a game out there for everybody and I love that Santa Clarita families are so into tabletop gaming as an alternative to video games.”

Gamers start a Dungeons and Dragons campaign at Geek Girls Forever in Newhall.

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Brave New World offers both casual play and competitive play, including tournaments with prizes. So long as someone knows the rules, and is willing to facilitate, Liegl said he is willing to host sessions, as well as conduct tournaments.

Originally from Utah, Danny Meecham has been a tabletop gamer since 2004, but has only been a part of Santa Clarita’s gaming community for eight months. What sets Brave New World apart from other gaming options for him is the community.

“The players are very knowledgeable, and the staff is extremely friendly and could answer all my questions about different products and it’s not always the case for store to know their games and their clientele,” Meecham said.

Geek Girls Forever

Joining any new activity can be intimidating, especially something

Gamers play a card game called “Secrets” at game night at Green Tower Games in Newhall.

so nuanced and detail oriented as gaming. However, Geek Girls Forever offers help to interested newcomers learning the ropes.

Formed in 2015, Geek Girls hosts different activity nights for members to do crafts, go on trips and celebrate geek culture including games. Though as the name suggests, Geek Girls primary caters to women, men are welcome to the events, and Moore often sees a 60/40 split between players.

“Gaming is inherently part of geek culture, so we’ve always had gaming and, sometimes it’s players choice board game nights, sometimes it’s games I bring in, and we’ve even hosted some local game developers to show off their products,” said Kate Moore, owner of Geek Girls Forever. “Our D&D campaigns started after ‘Stranger Things’ came out, and our members wanted to play, but didn’t know how.

“They wanted to learn but didn’t want to screw up someone else’s game, so I found a dungeon master, and we started our own campaign — which grew so popular that I have had to add three more campaigns. There’s so much imagination involved, and I don’t think adults get to use their imagination too often, so it’s nice to forget about having to pay bills or go to work for a couple of hours.”

Geek Girls game nights are specifically geared towards beginners to provide a comfortable space for people who want to learn a new game without fear of judgment. Since the group is self-led, Moore tailors the

events to what interests the group.

Her main goal is to teach new games and foster connections, and some members who have become friends have explored different game stores in Los Angeles on their own.

First-time D&D player Dana Silverman said while she has trouble finding social activities geared towards people in their 20s and 30s in Santa Clarita, Geek Girls provides a casual environment where people of all fandoms can gather.

“I’ve tried playing with friends before but the dungeon master in those games was more concerned with their story than with people being involved and having fun,” Silverman said. “Here, not only did we have the freedom to talk and explore, but we were able to just connect.”

Micaela More, a pastor from Sun Valley, has been gaming since the 1980s, and she comes to Santa Clarita to play because there’s nothing like that near where she lives, she said.

“Gaming is something that is creatively energetic in a more wholesome environment than at a bar with total strangers,” More said. “It’s a positive outlet for the better parts of our nature, and in games like D&D, people through their characters will go out of their way to help someone else. Gaming teaches unity, inclusion and an appreciation for diversity, which I feel our country is currently lacking.”

Green Tower Games

Every night after 5:30 p.m., game enthusiasts come to Garrett Morgan’s Green Tower Games to have some good, social fun.

“The gaming community in Santa Clarita is a little smaller than in L.A. or Pasadena, but it’s still very strong and enough to support our store,” Morgan said. “Hundreds of new games come out each month, and unless you’ve got your finger on the pulse of the internet, we’re here to help introduce people to games you might not find out about.”

Miller maintains a schedule and calendar of which games and groups play each week as well as special events his store hosts on the weekends.

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New generation of SCV authors emerging

By Brennon Dixson Signal Staff Writer

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ublishing a book is a dream for many adults across the nation, and in the Santa Clarita Valley, two authors are part of a growing generation of younger writers sharing their stories.

Eighth-grader Samantha Egan wrote “Zurcon,” which is now available on Amazon, after drawing a sketch of a young girl named Icda , who would eventually become the main character of Egan’s book.

“I couldn’t get her out of my mind, and there was something about her that made me want to pursue a book,” Egan said. So much so that she decided to get a notebook one day and jot down ideas for the character.

“Most of it came from my head because I wanted Icda to build herself up and find the confidence to accept herself,” Egan said, mentioning how she views Icda as some of the students at her school because they don’t always accept themselves for who they really are. “Sometimes, people will change to fit in or to be trendy, but I think it’s important for you to accept who you are, because that what makes you, you and unique.”

After completing about four chapters of the book, Egan said she met with a group called the Young Author Society at the Santa Clarita Valley Education Center, which provided her with mentors and other resources necessary to publish the book.

Eighth-grader Samantha Egan reads a passage from her book, which is titled “Zurcon.” PHOTO BY CORY RUBIN / THE SIGNAL

Author and The Master’s University graduate Ali Rae stands with a book she wrote titled “The Past is a Place in California.”

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“They helped us during the process of the book and showed us what and what not to put in it,” she said. “It really helped me a lot.”

Like Egan’s book, Ali Rae’s story — “The Past is a Place in California” — is entirely fictional, “And it reads like a complex poem rather than a plot-driven book, because it focuses on the protagonist’s internal dialogue, rather than what’s going on around her,” Rae said. “Thematically, it’s definitely a coming-of-age story, because that’s the primary journey you’re going on with the protagonist … Her growing up and the challenges that come along with that.”

Rae began writing her book almost two years before it was released on Amazon in May, and she said there were songs she listened to that inspired the story, so music is very much a part of it. The Master’s University alum even scripted a playlist for readers to listen to while they enjoy the book.

“It’s also very much based on setting and location, because I think I was really inspired by growing up and going to school and college in California,” Rae said, before describing the publishing process.

“I did pretty much 100% of everything myself — publishing, the website, formatting the chapters and fonts, taking the photos … all of it,” Rae said.

“I wanted to make sure I had the final say in everything, so it could come out how I wanted it to,” which is partly why she chose to self-publish.

“I also did it while I was working and finishing up college,” Rae said, adding, “I’m very much a perfectionist so I read back through it so many times that I was sick and ready to be done with it. But it was a labor of love.”

Egan added a love for writing is one of the key qualities to have if one is to become an author.

“Having a big imagination is key, but it’s also about having the passion and dream to write,” Egan said.

“That’s all you need in life and then all you have to do is write how you feel.”

Rae agreed, explaining how she was so eager to write that she started her next novel before she even finished writing, “The Past is a Place in California”.

The self-published author said she hopes her second book will be released through a publishing house

sometime in the next year.

Egan said she also hopes to publish another book in the near future.

“It felt really good to know that I started from just writing in a notebook to having my book published on Amazon,” she said. “I actually thought about becoming a writer ever since I started drafting the notebook, because I felt like there’s something about writing that doesn’t compare to any of my other hobbies. I always felt like I could express myself better with words and have people relate to them as well.”

Rae said other prospective authors who call the SCV home should continue following their dream and offered some advice on how to follow through on their aspirations.

“Work harder and spend more time alone,” Rae said, adding, “You have to spend time on your project (even though) it may seem like you’re missing out on stuff, but once you hold that book in your hand that you wrote — that you did yourself — it’s more than worth it.

“Another thing is read all the time,” Rae said. “Classics, comics, whatever, (because) the more I read, I find the better my writing is.”

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Sacramento reaches deal in charter school battle

By Caleb Lunetta Signal Staff Writer

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alifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal between charter school interests and teachers unions Wednesday expected to address one of several bills by legislators that propose sweeping revisions to the system of alternative public school sites.

Advocates on the side of traditional public schools have said the deal adds “clarity and specificity” to the Charter School Act of 1992 — the piece of legislation that officially kicked off publicly funded, independently run schools in California — while statewide charter school advocates have said the deal secured “protections for charter school students and schools.”

However, the leader of the Santa Clarita Valley’s largest charter school site said the deal left her feeling “dismayed.”

Wednesday’s deal, according

to state officials, revolved around Assembly Bill 1505, which would have expanded the powers of locally elected school boards to have near autonomy when deciding on whether a charter school could be started within the public school district’s boundaries.

While the California Teachers Association said the bill would fix “flawed decades-old laws,” the California Charter Schools Association said the bill, in its original form, included “devastating consequences for the state’s most vulnerable students” and “would have ripped away access to quality public schools in neighborhoods most in need.”

After months of deliberation over AB 1505, as well as a series of other bills introduced this year that would have effects similar to the magnitude of AB 1505 on the California educational landscape — dubbed “Series 1500” — Newsom’s office announced a deal had been struck in Sacramento

in a statement released on his website.

Both the CTA and CCSA released statements once the news broke, with the CTA maintaining its “fierce advocacy” for AB 1505, and the CCSA saying they had moved into a “neutral position” with respect to the bill.

AB 1505, if passed, now allows for districts to reject a charter school if the programs offered by the new school would be different than programs already included; create a two-year moratorium on online charter schools; have stricter credentialing processes for teachers; remove the State Board of Education from the charter school appeal process should a petition be denied; and if the district is in fiscal distress that in and of itself is an allowable reason to deny charters, according Marc Winger, who hasn’t seen the exact language of the deal but is a former NSD superintendent who has been involved in advocacy for charter-school reform on behalf of traditional school sites.

Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, author of AB 1507, and also a co-author on AB 1505, said she applauded Newsom for adding “clarity for everyone involved.”

“I think the process is much clearer now in terms of what the expectations are for how charters have to go about getting approved, what their plan looks like to serve all the students in a community, the outcome expectations that are being funded by public dollars,” said Smith. “The movement continued to grow, and we had outgrown that original charter school act.”

While statewide charter school-advocacy groups have stepped away from the fight, taking a neutral position on AB 1505, Amber Raskin, founder and director of SCVi charter school, expressed frustration with Newsom’s deal.

“In an era where we all want more for our kids, this deal seems to give less,” said Raskin. “It’s a sad day when See CHARTER, next page

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A generational effort for generations of students

By Caleb Lunetta Signal Staff Writer

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he 1994 Northridge Earthquake both literally and figuratively changed the landscape of Southern California, particularly Santa Clarita — and especially for the Newhall Family Theatre.

For years, or at least since Meadows Elementary was built in 1975, the small, yet historic theater located on Newhall Elementary School’s campus had been used as a warehouse.

The seats had been removed and the paint was chipping, but the building still stood and a stage remained.

Boxes moved in, storage racks were erected, but the original architecture was still the same as it had been in the 1930s and 1940s.

However, following the earthquake that shook the community to its core, a group of parents saw the abandoned building and wished for the theater to be opened once again.

“You could tell it was a beautiful theater,” said Patti Rasmussen, a parent who had helped spearhead the original movement in the early 1990s to reopen the Newhall Family Theatre. “We went to (then-Superintendent Michael McGrath’s office) and said, ‘What do we need to do to get this back for the children?’”

“And he said, ‘We need a warehouse and about $3 million,” said Rasmussen. “And we said, ‘OK, let’s do it’ — and that’s what we did.”

Describing it as “a big sell,” Rasmussen and a handful of parents,

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options are further limited for those families that need them the most.”

The purpose of the Charter School Act, according to Raskin, was to provide the very same flexibility for families in choosing their child’s education that Series 1500 targets.

“I have not seen the details, and hope the final wording will be in the best interest of the students, flexibility and a focus on what really matters: educational options for families across California,” Raskin said.

Left: Suzanne Solomon, left, and Patti Rassmusen hold historic images showing the renovation of the theater.

Prior to its renovation in 2017, the Newhall Family Theatre was used as storage facility by the school district.

Below: Theater manager Tom Lund works the controls of the audio booth at the Newhall Family Theatre. Lund is responsible for both the technical and day-to-day operations. PHOTOS BY BOBBY BLOCK / THE SIGNAL

including current NSD board President Sue Solomon, who was an NSD parent at the time, formed The Theatre Arts for Children Foundation, going school-to-school, raising money for the restoration project.

They held fundraisers, garage sales and country fairs in the park, all to benefit the building’s restoration.

“The whole community came together,” said Rasmussen. “It was an amazing thing.”

And while some of the original amenities of the auditorium were restored, and some classes and programs were able to hold small productions and events in the theater, the Theatre Arts for Children lacked funding to remove much of the hazardous materials and bring the theater up to standard for a prime venue.

In 2011, the Newhall School District’s governing board, with Solomon now a member, proposed a bond Smith said AB 1507, which closes the loophole that allows a school district to approve a charter school site outside of its boundaries, is still in the Appropriations Committee. That bill’s fate is also expected to be decided in the next week, according to Smith.

AB 967, another one of Smith’s bills, could also potentially leave the Senate Appropriations Committee soon.

The bill would increase the oversight local school boards or county have over a charter school’s Local Control Accountability Plan, the formula that determines funding for public school sites.

measure that would bring funds for facilities within the district and a renovation for the theater. The groundbreaking ceremony for new renovations took place in March 2016, and the theater reopened in spring 2017.

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New zoning rules allow for taller industrial buildings

By Tammy Murga Signal Staff Writer

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he Santa Clarita City Council adopted new zoning rules Tuesday allowing for taller office and industrial buildings, a move aimed at enhancing the area’s business-friendly reputation and creating more jobs.

After hearing from the public before their summer break, council members unanimously approved the Jobs Creation Overlay Zone, or JCOZ, to help reach the creation of two jobs for every new housing unit balance and “attract corporate headquarters and businesses within the key sectors of the film/ television, biomedical, technology, and aerospace industries,” according to the city staff report.

“It’s a great move from the city to stay at the forefront of what the needs are so that we can continue to attract jobs,” said Holly Schroeder, president

With more projects and businesses coming into Santa Clarita, employment opportunities can potentially reduce the 53% of residents who commute outside of SCV. PHOTO BY DAN WATSON / THE SIGNAL

and CEO of the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corp.

It’s time to plan for the future: That’s what other local business leaders voiced to the City Council when considering the first reading of the overlay zone ordinance in July.

“It’s vital for the city to provide appropriate development opportunities that meet the current and future needs of businesses,” said John Musella on behalf of the SCV Chamber of Commerce during the July meeting.

“If we can signal to companies that our planning allows for taller buildings in the overlay zone it will spur businesses to further growth opportunities in Santa Clarita. We need to look just no further than across the street to Princess Cruises when we attracted a corporation to come to Santa Clarita they moved into a six-story building.”

The attraction of projects and businesses to Santa Clarita that maximize employment opportunities is expected to reduce the 53% of residents who commute outside of the SCV for employment, according to city staff.

The overlay zone will offer streamlined permitting and design incentives for qualifying office and indus-

trial projects within eight targeted business park areas of the city, such as the Valencia Town Center, Tourney Road, Centre Point, upper Sierra Highway and Needham Ranch.

The Needham Ranch location caused concern for at least one resident, however, for environmental purposes.

“I was discouraged to see the city say that there were no environmental issues identified when in fact in that area there’s substantial environmental issues because it’s a wildlife corridor.

There were oaks. There were all sorts of things,” said activist Lynne Plambeck.

“The environmental issues with Needham Ranch is probably one of the most environmentally studied projects that we have here in development,” said City Manager Ken Striplin in response.

“We’ve always gone back and made sure that each of the mitigation items that are included in Needham Ranch are being adhered to and this doesn’t change the environmental impacts .”

City OKs ‘unarmed’ security services

By Tammy Murga Signal Staff Writer

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he Santa Clarita City Council returned Tuesday after its summer hiatus, unanimously approving additional funding for a million-dollar playground and the new Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff ’s Station, as well as a contract for unarmed security services for parks.

Council members approved a three-year contract to Pasadena-based Select Patrol Agency Inc. for security services in the amount of $2.16 million for various city parks, facility and events.

“It is expected that the presence of an appropriately uniformed security guard will serve as a visible deterrent and reduce the threat of injury to the public and to prevent damage, vandalism and loss of property within the parameters of each service location,” read the staff report, which specified that the city is seeking unarmed services.

Resident Alan Ferdman, however, said that the city should reconsider security personnel with “a little bit

more robust ability to defeat any kind of threat that comes about for residents.”

“In today’s world, it’s a lot more dangerous than it used to be and we see a lot tragedies and fortunately for us it hasn’t happened here in Santa Clarita,” he added. “But that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try to protect ourselves.”

“At this point, we feel that the security services that we’re providing at those facilities in conjunction and cooperation with the Sheriff ’s Department is sufficient to provide for the safety of our residents,” said City Manager Ken Striplin. “We can never predict the future but we believe that we have that covered.”

Inclusive playground

The City Council also approved an additional $123,800 for Santa Clarita’s first inclusive play area, which is slated for construction at Canyon Country Park.

The play area will provide elements that welcome kids “regardless of ability or age, to play, learn, and grow together. This project will offer a balance of play experiences that promote

Funding for an inclusive playground and a new Sheriff’s station has been approved

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integrated play for residents of all abilities and further develop physical, cognitive, sensory, communication and social skills,” according to the staff reports.

Based on input received from the public, which included adding features such as a drinking fountain and site lighting, the total cost of the project is estimated at $1.23 million.

Sheriff ’s station

The new sheriff ’s station will

receive an additional $3 million from Los Angeles County, following the City Council’s approval of a memorandum of understanding between both parties.

In April 18, construction bids for construction identified project costs to reach $61.1 million, resulting in an additional $10.1 million from the initial total estimate of $51 million.

With the additional $3 million added, the county’s total contribution amounts to $18 million.

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The story with robotext spam messages How to block robocalls and spam messages

tisers. If your phone number is public on social media, assume it’s in various marketing company’s databases.

By Kim Komando Signal Contributing Writer

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f you thought robocalls were annoying, get ready.

Spammy text messages promising free gift cards, low credit card interest rates, debt relief services or other scams are the next nuisance taking over our phones. The goal is the same, though: steal your money.

Unfortunately, stopping the onslaught of robotexts is up to you. The process starts with understanding how telemarketers, hustlers, and other outfits get your cellphone number in the first place.

You called an 800, 888 or 900 number When you call phone numbers with these prefixes, your cellphone number is collected by an Automatic Number Identification (ANI) system.

In addition to identifying and storing your number, the ANI system can match it with other digital data associated with you.

You did it There many valid reasons that you’d give your number to companies. You fill out a sign-up form, contest entry, or enroll in an in-store rewards program. Whatever the reason, you willingly hand over your cell number, and this practice allows for your number to end up in the wrong hands.

How companies get your cellphone number

Social media sites sell your data Sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google keep track of your online activity and provide that information to adver-

You didn’t do it Many telemarketing firms rely on automatic dialing devices that are capable of discovering and dialing all landline and cellphone numbers, including those that are unlisted.

Filtering out spam on an iPhone is simple. Go to Settings and tap on Messages. Scroll down to Filter Unknown Senders and toggle the setting on.

If you are an Android user, open your phone app and tap on the threedot icon and choose Settings. Under Settings, enable Caller ID & Spam.

1. Block numbers Blocking numbers is easy to do. On an iPhone, open the text from the number you wish to block and tap on the sender’s number. Click on the info (i) icon. Under the Details screen, click on the phone number, choose Block this Caller and Block Contact.

On an Android, open your phone app and tap on the three-dot icon in the upper right corner and choose Settings. Tap on Block numbers. You will find several options including unknown callers, recent call, or from your contact list. Choose or manually enter a number you wish to block.

3. Get some extra help There are several third-party apps to help you against spammers.

Two popular apps, Nomorobo and RoboKiller, are both available for iOS and Android. Although each requires a subscription that costs a few dollars a month, they are efficient at blocking and filtering suspected robotexts and spam messages.

Hopefully, we can put a stop to robotexts much quicker than anyone did with robocallers.

2. Use your phone’s secret setting This setting isn’t exactly a secret.

It’s so obscure you probably never thought of it. You can help eliminate spam messages and robotexts by filtering out spam on your mobile device.

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s we head toward the fall season, families can look forward to cooler weather while easing into these first weeks of school. Though summer is winding down, our community centers are gearing up for a season filled with fun programs, so get ready to get crafty, active and entertained!

Here are a few events taking place at our Canyon Country and Newhall Community Centers this season.

Canyon Country Community Center Have you ever wanted to learn how to dance the Boogie-Woogie, Shag or the Charleston? Well now is your chance at this year’s Swing into Fall Dance on Sept. 14. Open to adults 18 years and older, participants can look forward to FREE, step-by-step instructions during the first hour of the event, while the second hour is free for participants to dance socially.

The dance runs from 7-9 p.m.

For those interested in a night of energetic fun, our family-friendly dodgeball competitions are a great place to break a sweat while learning the basic techniques of the game. Families and friends can form a team and compete against each other in a tournament on Sept. 20, from 7-9 p.m. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Enjoy an evening of sports, games and dinner. The Boys Night In lets boys play soccer, broomball, hockey and even use the SMART ProTrainer interactive wall. Taking place on Oct. 4, at 6 p.m., this event is open to boys six through 12 and wraps up with a pizza dinner.

Looking for a safe place to trick or treat with your little one? Look no further than our Preschool Pumpkin Party on Oct. 25, beginning at 9:15 a.m. Participants 5-years-old and younger can look forward to slightly spooky fun with Halloween-themed games, music, arts and crafts and sensory activities. Don’t forget to come

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Newhall Community Center Residents near the Newhall Community Center can look forward to even more fall events, including the 25th Annual River Rally Cleanup event on Sept. 21. Each year, volunteers clean a portion of the Santa Clara River and contribute to the City’s commitment to protecting the environment.

Volunteers will need to pre-register online and will be provided with gloves, collection bags and refreshments. For more information, go to santaclaritavolunteers.com.

Have a spooktacular Halloween this year by attending the Halloween Carnival on Oct. 25, at the Newhall Community Center. Whether it is a haunted toyshop, pumpkin and costume contests or a haunted house, the carnival will have something for everyone. Sponsored in part by the SCV Sunrise Rotary Club, the event is open to the public and will begin at 6 p.m.

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This clinic is open to children and adults who do not have health insurance, or whose healthcare does not offer flu vaccines and will be held at both community center locations.

The clinic at the Canyon Country Community Center will be on Oct. 24, from 4-7 p.m. The clinic at the Newhall Community Center will be on Oct. 29, from 4-7 p.m.

Whether it’s a fun-family night or maybe learning a new dance, the Newhall and Canyon community centers have something for everyone.

So come out and enjoy a variety of fun and educational opportunities!

For more information, visit santaclarita.com/ncc or santa-clarita.com/ cccc Mayor Marsha McLean is a member of the Santa Clarita City Council and can be reached at mmclean@ santa-clarita.com. The views expressed in her column are those of the city and do not necessarily reflect those of The Signal.

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ast year, several football records were broken in the Foothill League, most notably the majority of offensive records for West Ranch, which included the single-season and single-game passing and rushing records.

Quarterback Weston Eget threw for 2,752 yards and 25 touchdowns in 12 games, but his younger brother Walker could surpass those totals in his first season as the team’s field general.

On the West Ranch JV team last season, Walker threw for 2,606 yards and 26 touchdowns in only nine games, so if he keeps up that pace this season on varsity he can very well break his brother’s records.

The rushing records will be more difficult to crack, as last year’s AllSCV Football Player of the Year, Ryan Camacho, rushed for 332 yards in a game and 1,919 yards on the season.

However, senior playmaker Jackson Reyes could have a shot at both records. Last season, Reyes carried the ball just 45 times, but amassed 399

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rushing yards, an 8.9 yards-per-carry average. As the team’s go-to running back this year, he will get the majority of the touches out of the backfield and could exceed Camacho’s numbers from last year.

With Hart’s rich history, particularly at the quarterback position, it will be difficult for many of the records set by the likes of Kyle Boller and Brady White to be broken. If anyone can do it though, it’s senior Zach Johnson.

White holds the record for most attempts (62), completions (41) and yards (508) in a game. White and Boller hold the record for most touchdown passes in a game with seven.

Johnson got close to a few records last season. He threw for 452 yards in 51 attempts in a first-round playoff game against Moorpark. He threw for five touchdowns in the third game of the season against Burbank.

Hart head coach Mike Herrington is also headed toward a personal milestone, as he is three wins away from hitting the 300-win mark.

Herrington is 288-89-2 heading into his 31st season as the Indians’ head coach but has 297 wins in his career overall.

Golden Valley’s ultimate utility athlete, Johnathan Kaelin, could be on his way to joining the history books in more than one category.

K.J. Maduike set the rushing touchdown record in 2016 with 13 scores, but Kaelin was close last season with nine rushing touchdowns on just 43 attempts and his carries should go up this season. Kaelin will also be featured out wide and could surpass the receiving touchdown record in a season set by Jalin Lewis in 2016 with 11.

The one Valencia record that could be broken this year is receptions in a game, which is held by Nick Hale who caught 11 passes in 2007. Senior Hunter Koch is the frontrunner to break the record, though senior Mitchell Torres will also be catching a lot of balls.

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he kids might be back in school, but that doesn’t mean the family fun has to stop. Fall is the perfect time to enjoy life and make more family memories.

Now thru Sept. 22

L.A. County Fair Fairplex, 1101 W McKinley Ave., Pomona Info lacountyfair.com Open Wednesdays-Sundays, the L.A. County Fair is the annual extravaganza of deep-fried treats, barnyard pig races, animals, carnival rides, games, Marvel character meet and greets, entertainment, art exhibits and dozens of attractions. See George Lopez, Pitbull, War, Chicago, The O’Jays, The Charlie Tucker Band and more on stage.

Hungry? Try deep-fried hot sauce, deep-fried butter, chicken and waffle on a stick, French toast bacon bombs, truffle-gouda bacon fries, bacon-wrapped baked potato, burgers, portobello kabobs, vegan burritos, tacos and nachos, deep-fried pizza, churro shakes, ice cream, shaved ice and a Cowboy Crunch Sundae, among other belly busters. Special $6.50 food items throughout the fair available.

This year, there will be increased shade covers throughout the fair.

The Oktoberfest offers German entertainment, food, game booths and more. Children’s contests are held Sundays at 3 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY OKTOBERFEST

Sept. 7-Nov. 2 weekends

Big Bear Oktoberfest Big Bear Convention Center 42900 Big Bear Blvd., Big Bear Lake Info www.bigbearevents.com/ oktoberfest The 49th Annual Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest will be held for nine weekends and offer family-friendly fun with log sawing contests, German entertainment, authentic brats and knockwursts, game booths, vendors and exhibitors. Children’s contests are held Sundays at 3 p.m.

There will be a variety of 20+ vendors offering arts and crafts, collectibles and “must-have” trinkets.

Sundays are family days with halfprice adult tickets and children under 12 free. Children’s contests are held Sundays at 3 p.m.

There is nothing more fun than hand-feeding baby animals at the county fair.

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Sept. 7-8

Tall Ships Festival Pacific Coast Highway and Selva Road and Dana Hills High School 33333 Golden Lantern, Dana Point Info www.ocean-institute.org/ tall-ships-festival-tickets The 35th annual Ocean Institute Tall Ships and Ocean Festival will feature tours of the brig Pilgrim, Spirit of Dana Point and all visiting vessels from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There will be educational activities, including squid dissections, gold panning, candle making and more.

The festival pass includes access to the Sierra Nevada Beer Garden, main stage and Pirate Camp. There also will be food trucks and vendors. View cannon battles and have breakfast with a mermaid.

Special additional events include a mermaid swim encounter and Cap’n Jack’s Pirate School.

There is no parking at the Ocean Institute. However, free shuttles are available from Strand Vista Park.

Sept. 12 Traditional cultural crafts, storytelling and educational programs celebrate the indigenous Native American California maritime cultures at the Aquarium of the Pacific’s Moompetam: Native American Festival. PHOTO COURTESY AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC

Back-to-School Chalk Art Festival 100 Fisherman’s Wharf Redondo Beach 90277 Info www.redondopier.com, info@redondopier.com

The 13th annual Back-to-School Chalk Art Festival on the Pier will attract dozens of artists who will have free rein to turn the Redondo Beach Pier into a temporary canvas for their spectacular chalk art. Free. Noon-4 p.m.

Sept. 21-22

Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion Euclid Avenue and surrounding streets in downtown Ontario Info www.route66cruisinreunion. com Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion is a Southern California ultimate weekend celebration of America’s love affair with the automobile and its worldfamous highway, Route 66. Two days of cruisin’, contests, live entertainment, food along historic, tree-shaded Euclid Avenue in Ontario.

More than 2,000 classic cruisers, convertibles, hot rods and wicked Woodies fuel this free jam-packed family-friendly jamboree near Ontario Town Square. Come as a family and bring your classic car, if you have one.

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Fourth Annual Dino Fest Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles Info nhm.org/calendar/dino-fest Who doesn’t love dinosaurs? This

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The Shire of Idyllwild’s Renaissance Faire is an authentic re-creation of a mid16th century French Fall Faire. PHOTO COURTESY IDYLLWIDE REN FAIRE

More than 2,000 classic cruisers, convertibles, hot rods and wicked Woodies fuel the jam-packed, family-friendly Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion in Ontario.

two-day festival celebrating dinosaurs, their prehistoric past and the science that brings their world back to life will be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.

Meet world-renowned paleontologists from the museum’s Dinosaur Institute and beyond as they discuss historic and ongoing fossil discoveries from around the world. Visit exhibitors, catch a glimpse of rare specimens from the museum’s collections, dig into hands-on activities, explore Dino Hall with the world’s only Tyannosaurus rex growth series.

Sept. 21-22

Moompetam: Native American Festival Aquarium of the Pacific 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach Info www.aquariumofpacific.org Traditional cultural crafts, storytelling, educational programs, live demonstrations, music and dance celebrate the indigenous Native American California maritime cultures, including Tongva, Chumash, Luiseno and Kumeyaay. Free with Aquarium admission ($30 adults, $18 ages 3-11).

Sept. 27-29

The Shire of Idyllwild’s Renaissance Faire

Camp Emerson 53115 Idyllbrook Drive, Idyllwild Info idyllwildrenfaire.com Local and professional entertainers transform the mountain community of Idyllwild into the family-friendly Idyllwild Shire with strolling and stage performances, handcrafts, food and spirits … all recalling an English Autumn Faire in the days of William Shakespeare.

Sept. 28-29

California Lemon Festival 7050 Phelps Road, Goleta Info lemonfestival.com The 28th annual California Lemon Festival in Goleta is a familyfriendly event with “old-time” fun including pie eating contests, food, arts and crafts vendors and a huge kids zone.

Among the activities in the Kids Zone are bubble fun, swings, Euro bungee, several bounce houses, a sport obstacle course, an inflatable obstacle course, toddler jump, slot cars, a train, miniature golf, a double slide, an interactive castle and archery tag.

The weekend includes the Goleta Fall Classic Car and Street Rod Show.

The 13th annual Back-to-School Chalk Art Festival on the Pier transforms Redondo Pier into a temporary canvas for chalk art. PHOTO COURTESY REDONDO PIER

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Saugus Cafe 25861 Railroad Avenue, Saugus (661) 259-7886

Thelma’s Cafe 22876 Copperhill Drive, Saugus (661) 263-8283

Way Station Coffee Shop 24377 Main Street, Newhall (661) 255-0222

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AMERICAN Backwoods Inn 17846 W. Sierra Highway, Canyon Country (661) 252-5522 The Backyard Grub n’ Brews 26509 Golden Valley Road, Santa Clarita (661) 286-1165 Bergie’s 16404 Delone Street, Canyon Country (661)251-3133 Black Angus 27007 McBean Parkway, Valencia (661) 288-2000 Black Bear Diner 23626 Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 799-4820 Brooklyn Bar & Grill 25860 McBean Parkway, Valencia (661) 284-6057 The Cheesecake Factory 24250 Town Center Dr #110, Valencia, CA 91355 (661) 286-1232 Claim Jumper 25740 The Old Road, Valencia (661) 254-2628 Crazy Otto’s Diner 25373 Wayne Mills Place, Valencia (661) 291-1733 The Daily Harvest Cafe & Juicery 22722 Lyons Ave #6, Newhall (661) 383-9387

Eat Real Cafe 23414 Lyons Avenue, Newhall (661) 254-2237 27530 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 254-2237 Iconic Eats 23460 Cinema Dr, Valencia (661) 481-9404 Grilled Cheese Factory 24201 Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 888-1508 Islands 24180 Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 284-5903 Lazy Dog Cafe 24201 Valencia Blvd., Valencia (661) 253-9996 Mama’s Table 23340 Cinema Dr, Santa Clarita (661) 284-5988 Marston’s Restaurant 24011 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 253-9910 Nealie’s Skillet 25858 Tournament Road, Valencia (661) 678-0031 Newhall Refinery 24258 Main St, Newhall (661) 388-4477 Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co 18810 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 252-7883 Route 66 Classic Grill 18730 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 298-1494 Saddle Ranch Chop House 24201 Valencia Blvd., Valencia (661) 383-0173 Salt Creek Grille 24415 Town Center Drive, Valencia (661) 222-9999 Souplantation 24303 Town Center Drive, Valencia (661) 286-1260 Stonefire Grill 23300 Cinema Drive, Valencia (661)799-8282

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Dickeys Barbecue Pit 18742 Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita (661) 251-0840 L&L Hawaiian BBQ 18727 Via Princessa, Canyon Country (661) 251-8333 Lucille’s Bar-B-Que 24201 West Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 255-1227 Q&Q Hawaiian BBQ 27530 Newhall Ranch Road #101, Santa Clarita (661) 383-9098 Rattler’s BBQ 26495 Golden Valley Road, Canyon Country (661) 251-4195 Smokehouse on Main 24255 Main St, Old Town Newhall (661) 888-4585 Wood Ranch Bar-B-Que & Grill 25580 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch (661) 222-9494

BREAKFAST & BRUNCH Casa Canela 27647 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita (661) 523-7282 Crazy Otto’s Diner 25373 Wayne Mills Place, Valencia (661) 291-1733 Egg Plantation 24415 Walnut Street, Newhall (661) 255-8222 Eggs N Things 27560 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 702-8664 Halfway House 15564 W. Sierra Highway, Saugus (661) 251-0102 Mama’s Table 23340 Cinema Dr, Santa Clarita (661) 284-5988 Marston’s Restaurant 24011 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 253-9910 Mimi’s Cafe 24201 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia (661) 255-5520 The Old Town Junction 24257 Main Street, Newhall (661) 702-4888

BREWERIES BJ’s Restaurant 24320 Town Center Drive, Valencia (661) 288-1299 Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co. 18810 Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country (661) 252-7883 Pocock Brewing Company 24907 Avenue Tibbits, Valencia (661) 775-4899 Wolf Creek Restaurant & Brewing Co. 27746 N. McBean Parkway, Valencia (661) 263-9653

BURGERS/SANDWICHES Bricks 23820 Lyons Ave, Newhall (661) 286-1091 Brother’s Burgers 20655 Soledad Canyon (661) 299-9278 Burgerim 23740 Lyons Ave, Santa Clarita (661) 670-8939 Corner Bakery 24290 Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 259-2813 Cousins Burgers 19318 Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country (661) 298-4200 Everest Burgers 18645 Soledad Canyon Road Santa Clarita, CA 91351 (661) 252-3412 Final Score 23754 Lyons Ave, Santa Clarita (661) 254-6557 Firehouse Subs 23630 Valencia Blvd. Valencia (661) 255-3473 Five Guys 24201 W, Valencia Blvd #3672, Valencia (661) 255-0981 The Habit 25948 N. McBean Parkway, Valencia (661) 291-1575 Italia Panetteria & Deli 27674 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 294-9069 Jimmy Dean’s 22941 Lyons Ave, Newhall (661) 255-6315 JJ’s Bar and Grill 25848 Tournament Road, Valencia (661) 799-7557 Panini Palace 23120 Lyons Ave, Santa Clarita (661) 678-0552

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DININGGUIDE Pita Pit 28253 Newhall Ranch Road (661) 702-9977 Red Robin 27063 McBean Parkway, Valencia (661) 260-2411 Route 66 Classic Grill 18730 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 298-1494 Rustic Burger 24025 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 254-1300 Rustic Eatery 25343 Wayne Mills Place, Valencia (661) 254-8100 Submarina California Subs 26517 Carl Boyer Drive, Canyon Country (661) 259-4782 Tiny’s Submarine Sandwiches 27251 Camp Plenty Rd, Canyon Country (661) 251-5885

CHINESE China Express 19417 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 251-8783 Genghis Khan 24506 W. Lyons Avenue, Newhall 661-254-0351

Golden Wok Restaurant 16668 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 424-0888 Grand Panda 23802 Lyons Avenue, Newhall (661) 253-1898 27924 Seco Canyon Road, Saugus (661) 297-9868 Mandarin Wong Chinese Restaurant 23758 Lyons Avenue, Newhall (661) 259-5823

Wok’s Cookin’ Chinese Restaurant 31565 Castaic Road, Castaic (661) 257-2890

CUBAN Hidden Havana Cuban Cafe 23548 Lyons Avenue, Newhall (661) 254-4460

DELICATESSEN

FRENCH Le Chene French Cuisine 12625 Sierra Highway, Agua Dulce (661) 251-4315

GREEK Gyromania 20655 Soledad Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita (661) 252-4976

Moon Wok 23460 Cinema Drive Suite H, Valencia (661) 288-1898

Bob’s Country Meats 19012 Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country (661) 251-5995

New Moon 28281 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 257-4321

Cathy’s Delicatessen 23120 W. Lyons Avenue, Newhall (661) 288-2217

Pei Wei Asian Diner 24250 Valencia Boulevard, Valencia 661-600-0132

Italia Panetteria & Deli 27674 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 294-9069

Pick Up Stix 25960 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch (661) 288-2090

Maria’s Italian-American Deli 22620 W. Lyons Avenue, Newhall (661) 259-6261

WaBa Grill 19120 Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country (661) 367-7297 31739 Castaic Road, Castaic (661) 295 9222

Mariciano’s Chicago Style Deli 18635 Soledad Canyon Road (661) 299-1100

Bella Cucina Ristorante Italiano 27911 Seco Canyon Rd, Saugus (661) 263-1414

The Sandwich Shop 25530 W. Avenue Stanford, Valencia (661) 257-4811

Buca di Beppo 26940 Theater Drive, Valencia (661) 253-1900

INDIAN An Indian Affaire 23360 W. Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 288-1200 Karma Restaurant, Bar & Lounge 23460 Cinema Drive, Valencia (661) 288-0080 Royal Tandoor 26532 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita (661) 263-7100

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ITALIAN Italia Panetteria & Deli 27674 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 294-9069 Maria’s Italian-American Deli 22620 Lyons Ave, Newhall (661) 259-6261 Numero Uno Pizza 26111 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita (661) 252-5011 Olive Garden 27003 McBean Parkway, Valencia (661) 799-8161 Piccola Trattoria 18302 Sierra Highway, Canyon Country (661) 299-6952 Presto Pasta 24375 Magic Mountain Pkwy, Valencia (661) 284-7737 Spumoni Restaurant 24917 W. Pico Canyon Road, Stevenson Ranch (661) 799-0360

JAPANESE & SUSHI

Shogun Sushi Japanese Restaurant 26807 Seco Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita (661) 513-0015

Manoushee Mediterranean Restaurant 27131 Sierra Hwy, Canyon Country (661) 251-6666

Sushi 661 26850 Sierra Hwy, Santa Clarita (661) 252-9831

Olive Terrace Cafe 28261 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 257-7860

Sushi Song Japanese Restaurant 22896 Copper Hill Dr, Santa Clarita (661) 297-5659

Zankou Chicken 24463 Magic Mountain Pkwy, Valencia (661) 705-7265

MEXICAN

Xevichez Sushi Bar 24250 Town Center Dr #180, Santa Clarita (661) 288-1477

Azul Tequila 25387 Wayne Mills Place, Valencia (661) 254-5500

Yamato Restaurant 24947 Pico Canyon Road, Stevenson Ranch (661) 799-0707

Betito’s Mexican 18902 Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country (661)251-0557

KOREAN & MONGOLIAN Charcoal Korean BBQ Restaurant 19158 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 251-9292 Genghis Khan 24506 W. Lyons Avenue, Newhall (661) 254-0351 Gogi House 26524 Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus (661) 263-0048

Cabo Cabana Restaurant 25710 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch (661) 222-7022 Casa Pasilla 27674 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 295-1989 Dario’s Mexican Restaurant 24523 Newhall Avenue, Newhall (661) 255-6868 El Trocadero Mesquite Grill & Cantina 24274 Main Street, Newhall (661) 284-6615

Achita Sushi 22913 Soledad Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita (661) 476-5522

Kogiya 2 Korean BBQ 23410 Lyons Ave, Santa Clarita (661) 678-0999

La Charrita Restaurant 24225 Main St, Newhall (661) 288-1204

Asako Sushi 27540 Sierra Hwy, Canyon Country (661) 251-6010

Lee’s Korean BBQ & Tofu House 23360 West Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 254-2307

La Cocina Bar & Grill 28022 Seco Canyon Road, Saugus (661) 297-4546

Bonsai Garden 19358 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 251-9008 Flame Broiler 18519 Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita (661)252-5918 Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ Dining 27025 McBean Pkwy, Valencia (661) 254-2355 Hibiki Restaurant 27625 Shangri La Dr., Canyon Country (661) 298-0273 I Love Sushi 26526 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 661-673-5200 Kabuki 24045 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 799-8655 Kisho Japanese Teppan Grill & Revolving Sushi Bar 23430 Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 284-3856

Sam’s Flaming Grill 24802 Orchard Village, Santa Clarita (661) 222-9060 19433 Soledad Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita (661) 298-0115 25347 Wayne Mills Pl, Valencia (661) 254-2154 23874 Copper Hill Dr, Valencia (661) 294-1100 ZingGa Grill 26910 Sierra Hwy, Santa Clarita (661) 250-7592

MEDITERRANEAN Cafe O 20655 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 424-0401 Flame & Skewers 25870 McBean Parkway, Valencia (661) 799-7538

Masa Ramen 27051 McBean Pkwy, #101, Valencia (661) 254-4229

Grill Kabob 27653 Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus (661) 263-7445

My Hot Pot 26238 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita (661) 288-1998

Kebab House 24201 Valencia Blvd, Valencia (661) 799-5844

Las Rocas Mexican Grill 27923 Sloan Canyon Road Castaic (661) 257-6905 Medrano’s Mexican Restaurant 19319 Soledad Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita (661) 367-4945 Rosarito Grill 19425 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 251-2732 Solita Tacos & Margaritas 24201 Valencia Blvd., Suite 3470, Santa Clarita (661) 291-1399

PERSIAN Persia Lounge & Restaurant 24328 Main Street, Newhall (661) 259-4100

PIZZA Ameci Pizza & Pasta 28013 Seco Canyon, Santa Clarita (661) 296-6131 Chi Chi’s Pizza 27117 Sierra Highway, Canyon Country (661) 252-4405 23043 Soledad Canyon Road, Saugus (661) 259-4040

Guido’s Pizza & Pasta 26322 N. Friendly Valley Parkway, Newhall (661)252-4111 Magic Pizza SCV 26870 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch (661) 291-1921 Mama Mia Pizza 25708 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch (661) 286-9183 Numero Uno Pizza 26111 Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus 661-259-3895 Pieology Pizzeria 28295 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661)678-0234 Pizza Di Marco 27674 Newhall Ranch Rd, Valencia 661-295-8769 Pizza Rev 24341 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia (661) 260-1257 Tomato Joes Pizza & Taps 19167 Golden Valley Road, Santa Clarita (661) 250-7550 Tomato Joes Pizza Express 27732 McBean Pkwy. Valencia (661) 263-8646 Toppers Pizza 23710 Valencia Blvd, Santa Clarita (805) 385-4444

POLISH Pierogi Spot 26511 Golden Valley Road, Santa Clarita (661) 254-4850

THAI Life Thai Fusion 22911 Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country (661) 259-9226 Mom Can Cook Thai Kitchen 18358 Soledad Canyon Rd, Cyn Country (661) 251-8103 Original Thai BBQ Restaurant 27530 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia (661) 257-6421 Sister House Thai Fusion 26879 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 661-263-9911 Siam Rice II 25845 Railroad Ave, Santa Clarita 661-287-0099

VIETNAMESE Pho Sure 23876 Copper Hill Drive, Valencia (661) 257-3888

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Some of the best salads around the Santa Clarita Valley

share as an appetizer with the rest of your table or if you want to eat light, enjoy it all to yourself as a meal.

By Michelle Sathe Signal Staff Writer

F

or many years, I prided myself on being a woman who would not order a salad as a meal in a restaurant. Nope, I liked hearty food, no matter the season — not a bowl of limp, uninspiring vegetables drowned in dressing.

However, as the years have sped by and my metabolism has slowed down, I’ve revisited salads as a low-calorie way to consume all my day’s veggies in one big, healthy bowl.

To my surprise, many have been downright delicious, and with the heat of a Santa Clarita summer upon us, salads make a refreshing alternative to a heavy meal.

It’s just a matter of finding the right salad to suit your cravings. Here are some of my favorites from restaurants around town.

Asian Chicken Salad

Chyll Creamery & Boba 31703 Castaic Road, Castaic (661) 702-1774 Everything at Chyll is exceptional thanks to owner Sarah Tramundo’s insistence on quality ingredients and execution of her Vietnamese heritage-inspired recipes. The Asian Chicken Salad starts off with a bright green bed of romaine lettuce, topped with colorful, crunchy bits of red pepper, herby notes from cilantro and green onion, crispy strips of wonton, sweet sections of Mandarin orange, and generous chunks of succulent, soy-garlicand ginger infused dark meat chicken, topped with a thick, delectable, homemade peanut dressing. Yum.

Palm & Arugula Salad with Shrimp

Asian Chicken Salad. PHOTO COURTESY CHYLL CREAMERY & BOBAS

Caprese Salad

Italia Panetteria & Deli 27674 Newhall Ranch Road, #55, Valencia (661) 294-9069 Italia is a cheerful neighborhood deli and restaurant devoted to all things Italian, so it’s not surprise that its Caprese Salad ($7.99 to $13.99) is stellar: succulent slices of vibrant tomatoes layered with a moist, milky fresh mozzarella, then topped with a sweet balsamic glaze and little ribbons of bright basil. Underneath, there’s a thin layer of pesto, which adds a surprising yet welcome bit of extra umami to the mix. This is an absolutely perfect light summer meal.

Chef ’s Salad

Mama’s Table 23340 Cinema Drive, Valencia (661) 284-5988 With huge portions and homecooked goodness, Mama’s Table is comfort food supreme, even when you order a salad. The Chef ’s Salad ($12.95) bursts with color, from the

Palm & Arugula Salad with Shrimp. PHOTO COURTESY BRICKS

vibrant red strawberries to the rich green avocado and sunny yolk of the hard-boiled egg, packed on top of a fresh bed of mixed iceberg, romaine, purple cabbage, and carrots and nestled within a huge golden-brown tortilla shell bowl. Bonus: the salad dressings, like creamy, flavorful blue cheese, are made on the premises.

Greek Salad

Gyromania 20655 Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita (661) 252-4976 From the blue-and-white walls to the festive “Opa” greeting you’ll get when walking in the door, Gyromania is like a modern Greek neighborhood restaurant. The Greek Salad here ($6.99) bursts with freshness from the bright green romaine and crunchy rounds of cucumber and peppers.

There’s lots of crumbly, creamy feta cheese and briny kalamata olives, all showered with fresh herbs and served with your choice of vinaigrettes. It’s a large portion that would be great to

Quinoa Veggie Bowl. PHOTO COURTESY DAILY HARVESET CAFE & JUICERY

Bricks 23820 Lyons Avenue, Newhall (661) 286-1091 You may have driven by Bricks a hundred times and missed the non-descript rust-colored building.

That would be a shame, because there’s a whole lot of yummy food magic happening here. For example, the fabulous Palm & Arugula Salad ($11) pairs peppery arugula with sweet tangerine segments, tender sliced hearts of palm, creamy avocado, and a zesty orange vinaigrette.

Need protein? Get it topped with plump, savory, seasoned shrimp for just $3 more.

Quinoa Veggie Bowl

The Daily Harvest Café & Juicery 22722 Lyons Avenue, Suite 6, Newhall.

(661) 383-9387 Think healthy food can’t taste good? Then you must not have been to the Daily Harvest Café & Juicery lately. Take the Quinoa Veggie Bowl ($11), a Technicolor musical of a salad, with eye-popping hues of purple, red, orange, and green. While it’s almost too pretty to eat, go ahead and toss the bitter arugula, perfectly ripe tomatoes, earthy quinoa, crunchy carrots, cucumbers and cabbage, creamy hummus and chunky avocado mash together. You’ll get a full symphony of flavor and texture that will leave you not just satisfied, but energized. Pair with a fresh, cold-pressed juice for maximum liftoff!

Chef’s Salad. PHOTO COURTESY MAMA’S TABLE

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THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR

ONGOING Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. California farmers and specialty food purveyors come together each Saturday, rain or shine, to bring you a farmers’ market with the finest in fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, including organic, baked goods, flowers, herbs, cheeses and prepared foods. Old Town Newhall, 24500 Main St., Newhall. Info: oldtownnewhall.com/ old-town-newhall-farmers-market Sundays, 8:30 a.m. to noon The Santa Clarita Certified Farmers’ Market offers locals a Sunday breakfast prepared onsite from one of the market’s several food vendors or try some of our wonderful artisan bakery products. Open year round, rain or shine. College of the Canyons, Parking Lot 5, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita. Info: vccfarmersmarkets.com/ santa-clarita First Thursday of the Month, 7-9 p.m. 10 by 10 is a variety night giving ten selected entertainers the chance to take the stage for a ten minute performance of their choosing. Audience members will enjoy storytelling, magic, comedy, improv, music, and other forms of entertainment at this ever changing event.

Admission is free. The MAIN, 24266 Main Street, Santa Clarita. Info: thursdaysatnewhall. com/10by10/ Second Thursday of the month, 7-9 p.m.

Dance to the beat, play an instrument, and experience something unexpected with JAM Sessions, fun, interactive music and dance events hosted in conjunction with the Ford Theatre Foundation. The evening integrates live dance instruction from professional

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Newhall Community Center, 22421 Market St, Santa Clarita. Info: http://thursdaysatnewhall. com/jamsessions/

EVENTS BY DATE Sunday, Sept. 1, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Come to The Open Book’s Under the Sea Storytime.

We had a mermaid storytime and a pirate storytime, but what about all those other nautical critters? This event is free! Snacks and crafts are provided. Please arrive before 2:30 p.m.

19188 Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita. Info: facebook.com/events/2378731215577064/ Monday, Sept. 2, 7-8:30 p.m. The Craft Comedy Tour is teaming up with Brewery Draconum to bring New York City’s no. 1 roast comedian to Santa Clarita! See Irish comedian Sean Finnerty, featured on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” as we share laughs over drafts! $15. Brewery Draconum, 24407 Main Street, Santa Clarita Info: facebook. com/events/440773123438484/ Tuesday, Sept. 3, 4:30-8 p.m. Come for a trivia night at Wolf Creek to benefit the great work that LoveSCV is doing in the community. We will have a trivia game, and Wolf Creek will have the beer and food truck.

Wolf Creek Brewery, 25108 Rye Canyon Loop, Valencia. Info: (661) 294-9977, facebook.com/ events/727357674369973/ Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join Sanctuary Animal Assisted Therapy for our monthly volunteer day. Come for a day of work and fun with your family and friends! Enjoy a vegan breakfast and lunch and love animals with us! 27662 Rolling Hills Road,Canyon Country. Info: sanctuaryaat.org

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Saturday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come to Wolf Creek Brewery for Avenue Supported Living Services’ third annual cornhole tournament fundraiser.

Enjoy food trucks, various craft vendors, friends, family and fun! 25108 Rye Canyon Loop, Valencia, Santa Clarita. Info: facebook. com/events/596251124221779/ Saturday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Praise on the Mountain (POTM) is a worship concert with a simple vision in mind, create an atmosphere where Apostolics could gather together to worship and fellowship at Six Flags amusement parks. POTM started as a youth event, but has grown into an event of all ages across the nation. SIx Flags Magic Mountain, 26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy., Valencia. Info: praiseon themountain.org Saturday, Sept. 7, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Come to Code Ninjas’ free coding bootcamp. We will be teaching kids 7 to 14 how to code a video game! This camp is appropriate for beginners, no experience is necessary. Kids will also get a chance to play with our Snap Circuits, robots and more! We ask that parents stay during the camp and get a feel for what their child is learning. Only 30 spots available. Tickets are free, but we ask for you to reserve your spot. Code Ninjas, 26867 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita. Info: facebook.com/ events/425173648088258/ Saturday, Sept. 7, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Come to Major Impact Theater’s second annual no tap bowling fundraiser. This is a five-person team competition and all levels are welcome.

There will also be a 50/50 cash drawing, raffle prizes and an auction. $25 per person.

Valencia Lanes, 23700 Lyons Ave, Santa Clarita Info: Joan Major (818) 203-7817 Saturday, Sept. 7, 6-10 p.m. Join the women of Soroptimist International of Valencia as we hold our 16th annual Bras For A Cause. Proceeds from this spectacular event benefit organizations and women in our local community who support or are dealing with breast cancer. Hyatt Regency Valencia, 24500 Town Center Drive, Valencia. Dress to impress!

Info: one.bidpal.net/bfac2019/welcome Friday Sept. 13, 5:45-8:45 p.m. Lunafest is made by, for and about women. Since 2000, Lunafest has showcased the work of talented women directors from all over the world. Discover the ground-breaking women from prior seasons, along with the ones who are changing the industry with this year’s lineup.

Films featured are not rated but we suggest age 13 and up for this season’s lineup. Total program

running time is 85 minutes. $30. Canyon Theater Guild, 24242 Main Street, Parkway Newhall. Info: scvzonta.org/lunafest Friday, Sept. 13, 6-10:30 p.m. Have you always wanted to experience drag queen bingo, and didn’t get a chance last time they were here? Drag Queen Bingo is coming again to. Join us for a fabulous evening of fun and laughter, prizes, and more that will help us raise money to help support our great veterans and active duty personnel! American Legion Post 507, 24527 Spruce Street, Santa Clarita. Info: facebook.com/events/195562184694740/ Friday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Join The OUTreach Center at OUT on the Mountain, the private, LGBT+ party at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Seasons passes don’t work for this special event, but you can get discount tickets through our link. By getting your ticket through us, you save $18 and get free parking, plus The OUTreach Center gets a donation from OUT on the Mountain. 26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy., Valencia, Santa Clarita. Info: outonthemountain.com Saturday, Sept. 14, 12-2 p.m. Come to a book signing with local author Greg Hayes. He will sign his books “The Kennedys of Hoboken” and “Camps with Coach Wooden.”The Open Book, 19188 Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita. Info: facebook.com/ events/373915819936428/ Saturday, Sept. 14, 3-5 p.m. Students in middle school and high school are invited to join Explorers at Gilchrist Farm for a career exploring open house. Exploring provides exciting exciting hands-on activities and one on one mentorship opportunities to help you discover what career path you would like to pursue post high school. Gilchrist Farm, 30116 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita. Info: facebook.com/ events/351183828929596/

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Puddle of Mudd coming to Canyon Santa Clarita

By Perry Smith Sunday Signal Editor

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ust a week before the release of the band’s newest release, “Welcome to Galvania,” Puddle of Mudd is on the road again, and coming to Canyon Santa Clarita on Saturday, Sept. 7.

As part of a nationwide tour to promote the new album, the group re-

sponsible for hits such as “She Hates Me,” “Control” and “Blurry,” among others, is bringing their rock sound to a new generation of music fans.

Formed in 1991, the group had a huge success with its major-label debut album, “Come Clean,” in 2001 — which sold more than 5 million — and has been making music ever since.

The group became a national draw

and was incorporated all over pop culture during their hay day, making appearances in TV, video games and more, and the band is still led by singer and guitarist Wesley Reid Scantlin, who’s joined by Matt Fuller, on lead guitar and backing vocals); Michael John Adams on bass/backing vocals; and Dave Moreno on drums/ backing vocals.

Opening for the group are rock

bands Generation Mangled and A Story Beneath.

Find the Canyon Santa Clarita on the ground floor of the Westfield Valencia Town Center. Get tickets at the box office 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday-Saturday, by phone at (888) 645-5006, or via TicketMaster.com.

For more info, visit Wheremusicmeets theSoul.com.

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K I D S & FA M I LY

Michele makes … healthy school lunches

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer

Nutrients

Protein should be the most important part of a school lunch. Protein helps a child’s growing body build cells, it helps breaks down food into energy, will assist in fighting infections and carries oxygen throughout the body. Foods containing high levels of protein include: meat, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts, beans and dairy.

Carbohydrates are the body’s most important source of energy. For children, “carbs” are necessary to build and repair tissue. “Good carbs” include: breads, cereals, rice, crackers, pasta and potatoes.

Fats are a great source of energy for kids and are important in helping the body use other nutrients it needs.

“Good fats” include whole-milk dairy products, meat, fish and nuts.

Calcium is essential to build healthy bones and teeth. It’s also important for blood clotting and for nerve, muscle and heart function.

Foods include: milk, cheese, yogurt,

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iving your child a nutritious school lunch every day is a challenge, even for the most creative parent. Many children have limited food preferences, so getting them to “try” something new can be a daunting challenge.

Children, like adults, often eat with their “eyes” first. So, an attractive, colorful lunch may tempt your child to try something unfamiliar. One successful strategy used by many parents is to take your child shopping for school lunch ingredients.

Nutritionists suggest shying away from processed foods that often include high amounts of sugar and/ or salt.

Providing a lunch box bursting with choices often means your child will eat more of what is good for them. Sending a cookie or other sweet snack in moderation is also important. Children want to eat what their peers are eating and a small treat will make their lunch look “complete.”

Growing children often need more of certain nutrients than adults to help their bodies and minds grow.

ice cream, egg yolks, spinach and tofu.

Iron is necessary for a child to build healthy blood that carries oxygen to cells all over the body. Foods include: red meat, poultry, while grains, beans, nuts and iron-fortified cereals.

Vitamin A helps growth, assists the eyes in adjusting to dim and bright lights, keeps skin healthy and works to prevent infection. Foods include: carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots, spinach, fish oils and egg yolks.

Vitamin C holds the body’s cells together, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, helps the body heal wounds and boosts the immune system. Foods include: citrus fruits (such as oranges), strawberries, tomatoes, melons, spinach, papayas and mangos.

enough food for very young children.

It is the variety of foods included that is important, more than quantity of each item.

Five for five

Tuesday

Here are five school lunches that include the five food groups and important nutrients. Make sure your child is able to purchase milk at school to drink at lunch. Some schools now prohibit nuts in school lunches because of classmates with nut allergies, check with your child’s school about its policy on nuts.

Make sure to have small baggies and containers on hand to pack each food separately. Also, add a “cold pack” (or a frozen bottle of water) to your child’s lunch if you are concerned about keeping some foods at a safe serving temperature.

Adjust portion sizes to suit the age of your child. A few pieces, a childsize handful or half a sandwich can be

Monday

Ham (or turkey) and cheese roll ups, mixed berries (in season), yogurt (squeezable or cup), edamame, shelled peanuts, almonds, cashews or mixed nuts, hard-boiled egg, carrot sticks with ranch dip and chocolate chip cookie.

Cold chicken-cheese quesadilla on corn tortillas, three-bean salad, hummus with pita chips, string cheese stick, cherry tomatoes, Clementine or Mandarin orange, sliced pears and animal “crackers.”

Wednesday

Smashed white bean and avocado sandwich on whole wheat bread, red and orange (no green) peppers cut into strips, cold roasted green beans, olive oil marinated mozzarella balls, sliced kiwi fruit, shelled peanuts, almonds, cashews, or mixed nuts, sliced apples with caramel dip.

Thursday

Turkey, provolone cheese and corn kernels on a sun-dried tomato wrap,

crunchy chickpeas and black beans, orange slices, green or red grapes, mild cheddar cheese cubes with whole grain crackers, baby carrots with ranch dip, banana and pudding cup.

To make crunchy chickpeas and black beans. Preheat oven to 400F. Spread chickpeas on one baking sheet and black beans on a second sheet.

Lightly sprinkle with sea salt. Bake 25-30 minutes. Remove black beans and bake chickpeas an additional 15-20 minutes. Cool the beans and combine them for serving.

Friday

Selection of pinwheel roll up sandwiches: 1 turkey and cheese on wheat bread, 1 spinach and cream cheese on a flour tortilla, 1 hummus, cucumber and avocado on a spinach wrap, celery sticks with ranch dip (or peanut butter if the school allows it), blueberries, sliced jicama, baked sweet potato sticks, yogurt (squeezable or cup), fresh mango or papaya slices and granola bar.

You can experiment with different flavors, try exotic foods that your child’s friends might have in their lunches and encourage your child to assist in the lunch preparation process.

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Donna’s Day: Creative Family Fun

Go wacky, artsy with plain-clay flowerpots

By Donna Erickson Signal Contributing Writer

Wacky junk

Slather tile grout on the outside of a clay pot like you are frosting a cake.

Dig through your toy box, junk or desk drawer and choose tiny, lightweight, whimsical items such as plastic spiders or sea creatures, a pocket mirror, leftover game piece, badge, button or coin. Embed the pieces in the grout. Let dry thoroughly.

Sand designs

Create a Southwest look, ideal for potting a cactus. Draw designs like zigzags, triangles and circles on the pot with a pencil or marker. Trace the design with white household glue on one section of the pot, then sprinkle clean, colored craft sand over the glue.

Or, cover the entire pot with tile grout (see above) and sprinkle colored sand over the grout. Embed small objects such as marbles into the sand and grout.

Simple painting

Paint a clean clay flowerpot with acrylic paints using a paintbrush or a painting sponge. Experiment with a crazy, splashy design of swirls, stripes and spots (dip the eraser end of an old pencil in the paint to dab on the dots).

For a spattered look, older children

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lowerpots are more than just containers for fragrant herbs, summer’s begonias or fall’s chrysanthemums.

Grab a plain clay pot the next time you and your kids are at a nursery or garden center, hold it up and think of it as an artist’s canvas, waiting for your creative expression. Purchase several, or repurpose empty clay pots you have at home, and you’re on your way to this fun family activity.

Once you and your kids have added the artistic embellishments to the pots, fill them with fresh potting soil, plant cuttings from your summer garden or pot new flowers for fall, and watch your living “windowsill masterpieces” grow. Use extra decorated pots as catchalls for desk supplies, hair accessories, etc.

Here are three easy techniques.

Let the kids be creative with flower pots by decorating them with toys and other things they find in the toy box.

can dip the bristles of an old toothbrush in paint and run their thumb across the bristles to spray flecks on the pot.

Donna Erickson’s award-winning

series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day

Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” © 2019 Donna Erickson Distributed

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Egg & Sausage Wrap Breakfast Bun Cereal Chilled Fruit Fresh Fruit

Baja Fish Taco Mini Corn Dogs Dippin’ Chicken & Sauce Smart Choice Pizza Seasonal Salad Bar Brownie Cup Teriyaki Chicken over rice Chicken Nuggets Bean & Cheese Burrito Smart Choice Pizza Seasonal Salad Bar Chocolate Chip Cookie

Breakfast Quesadilla Breakfast Bun Cereal Chilled Fruit Fresh Fruit Fruit Juice Pancake Sausage Stick Breakfast Bun Cereal Chilled Fruit Fresh Fruit Buttermilk Bar Breakfast Bun Cereal Chilled Fruit Fruit Juice

BBQ Meatballs & Mashed Potatoes Dippin’ Chicken & Sauce Deli Sandwich Smart Choice Pizza Seasonal Salad Bar BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich Chicken Nuggets PBJ Sandwich & String Cheese Smart Choice Pizza Manager’s Choice Seasonal Salad Bar

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T R AV E L

Take a drive up the Pacific Coast Highway

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer

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t’s summer. Rent a convertible and spend the day cruising along one of Southern California’s most iconic roadways, the Pacific Coast Highway. PCH, also known as State Route 1, is designated as an All-American Road because of its beautiful scenery and national significance.

In 1991, the National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads programs began through an Act of Congress to “recognize, protect and promote America’s most outstanding roads.” The best National Scenic Byways are designated All-American Roads when they have met “the same criteria as a National Scenic Byway, but possess multiple intrinsic qualities that are of national significance and the byway must be considered a destination and reason for travel unto itself.”

PCH first opened in the Big Sur region in the 1930s. Portions of roadway were added throughout the years until 1964, when it was officially designated as SR 1.

The drive from Santa Monica Pier to Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara is just under 100 miles from start to finish with a Google maps driving time of about two hours, however, with the usual traffic and stops along the way, it can easily be an enjoyable full-day trip.

Santa Monica Pier

200 Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica, 90401 This bustling wooden wharf offers eateries, shops, a high-tech arcade, roller coaster, giant ferris

wheel, the famous 1922 Charles I.D. Looff merry-go-round and views of the bay and the mountains. The pier, built in 1909, is a National Historic Landmark.

It might be tempting to just spend the entire day in Santa Monica.

There is surf, sand, people watching at Muscle Beach and plenty of temptations and distractions, but resist that urge. A short walk along the beach, maybe a snack, or two, on the pier, then it’s time to hit the highway.

Malibu

After you leave Santa Monica, head north along PCH — past Palisades Park and Will Rogers State Beach.

Beaches along the Malibu coast include Surfrider, Zuma, Malibu, Topanga, Point Dume, County Line and Dan Blocker.

Malibu is one of the most iconic cities in Southern California. The 21-mile strip of beach is home to movie stars and moguls.

Gladstones Restaurant 17300 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, 90272 Founded in 1972, Gladstones is located at the corner of PCH and Sunset Boulevard. It offers historic beach-side dining. Stroll the beach below, before or after dining.

The Malibu Pier 23000 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, 90265 A Southern California icon in an area once called the Riviera of America. The historic landmark is located in the heart of California’s surf culture.

Paradise Cove 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, 90265 The films “Beach Blanket Bingo,” “Gidget” and the television shows

“Sea Hunt,” “Malibu Run” and “The Rockford Files” all filmed here. The Paradise Cove Beach Café serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

El Matador State Beach 32350 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, 90265 Breathtaking views, sea stacks and bluff side picnic tables. Explore north to caves and arches in the rocks. The largest cave faces the ocean at the bottom of a huge flat rock connected to the base of the bluff.

Leo Carrillo State Park 35000 West Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, 90265 Leo Carrillo State Park has 1.5 miles of beach for swimming, surfing, windsurfing, surf fishing and beachcombing with tidepools, coastal caves and reefs for exploring.

Point Mugu State Park and Sycamore Cove Beach 9000 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, 90265 Sycamore Cove Beach is a southwest-facing sandy cove with lifeguards, picnic tables and nice facilities.

Point Mugu State Park features five miles of ocean shoreline with rocky bluffs, sandy beaches, sand dunes and two major river canyons.

It offers 70 miles of hiking trails.

Oxnard/Ventura

After leaving Point Mugu you will drive inland to Oxnard/Ventura.

PCH dead ends into U.S. 101. Technically the roadway at this point is considered both the 101 and SR 1.

Head west toward Santa Barbara, but take a few minutes to drive into downtown Ventura which offers quaint cafés and art galleries.

Ventura City Hall 501 Poli St., Ventura, 93001 Built from 1912 to 1913, the neo-

classical courthouse was designed by the noted Los Angeles architect Albert C. Martin Sr. in a Beaux Arts style.

Ventura Pier 750 Harbor Blvd., Ventura, 93001 Built in 1872 at a cost of $45,000, it was at one time the longest wooden pier in California. There are great ocean views and the perfect place to watch surfers ride the waves.

Emma Wood State Beach This beach is on the 101, two miles west of Ventura.

As the day wears on, the traffic along 101/PCH gets heavier. Sixtyeight miles after leaving Santa Monica you will find Emma Wood State Beach. Here you can see the offshore Channel Islands and a variety of wildlife, including raccoons and great blue herons. Dolphins frolic just offshore.

Carpinteria State Beach

5361 6th St., Carpinteria, 93013 After passing the community of Mussel Shoals you enter Carpinteria, only 12 miles south of Santa Barbara. This charming, coastal community offers a pedestrian-friendly main street (Linden Avenue), mom-and-pop shops, gourmet cafés and antique stores.

Carpinteria State Beach is a stone’s throw from downtown. See seals and sea lions December through May, as well as gray whales. Tidepools contain starfish, sea anemones, crabs, snails, octopi and sea urchins.

Santa Barbara Sterns Wharf Santa Barbara 221 Stearns Wharf Santa Barbara, 93101 When completed in 1872, this became the longest deep-water wharf between San Pedro and San Francisco. Take a ride on the water taxi or spend time with marine life at the Sea Center. There are also restaurants and shops to enjoy.

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HOMEIMPROVEMENT

Underground garage sewer-line upkeep Underground garage Robert, I am a board of director member at an association in Van Nuys, though I read your article weekly online, as I have moved from Santa Clarita but always loved your article.

We have an underground garage, and quite an extensive amount of hardscape on the property, with many area drains.

I know you’ve written previously about cleaning area drains and keeping the sewer lines in the garage clear.

Can you please tell me how often these items need to be done in order to keep things maintained and functioning properly?

This property seems to have been let go some, though I believe the bones are good and it has potential to be beautiful.

It seems as though the new BOD has good business sense, and we are all willing to do what it takes to get it back up to a high-end property.

If you could elaborate on the major maintenance items and when they should be done and why, I would greatly appreciate it.

I am confident that with your guidance in this way, we will have great tools to proceed with our goals.

Thank you, Robert, for your expert advice weekly.

— Roger C. Roger, You ask great questions. It’s nice to see that a new BOD is assembled and ready to do the right thing for your property.

Lack of maintenance is something that is a common factor at many properties. There are so many folks out there that will spend more money on their cars then they will for the single biggest investment of their lives — their homes.

When a BOD is of this mindset, properties fail in fast form and it is a difficult, and sometimes very costly, recovery from negligence.

The horizontal lines, which are

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By Robert Lamoureux Signal Contributing Writer

The overhead sewer lines in an underground parking lot are the “highway” for all of the sewage waste for your building, says Robert Lamoureux. He recommends that these lines be cleaned yearly with a jetter.

your sewer lines that are overhead in your garage, would be one of my first items to address.

I recommend that horizontal lines be cleaned with a jetter, annually.

These lines are the “highway” for all of the sewage waste for your building.

The waste makes its way down the vertical lines and into the horizontals, and out to the sewer.

The verticals have the advantage of gravity, much of what goes down flows well. The horizontals are usually cast iron and over time, as they build up, they can “grab” anything that is not liquid or human solids, such as feminine products or other items that are flushed.

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where enough flows through to not cause a problem…until it causes a problem.

Well, what’s going to happen when that horizontal ends up completely impacted? Where does the waste go?

It backs up in the vertical lines, and as we all know, “water” (in this case, sewage) takes the path of least resistance. This means that the sewage is going to find its way out the nearest openings to the blockage, likely a shower, tub, sink, or toilet (or all of them) and into someone’s unit.

I’ve seen it more times that I care to think about, and we deal with this in my business often. This ends up being an emergency call and the costs involved are astronomical, as everything needs to be sanitized and very often, changed out complete-

ly depending on the severity of the overflow and the duration the sewage was flowing/sitting.

The area drains are also very important to clear annually.

I recommend that these be done after leaves have fallen and all debris has been removed from the property, but prior to the first rains of the season.

This same timeline applies to cleaning the rooftop gutters and downspouts. Wait until the leaves have fallen, and get the gutters not only cleared, but cleaned and make sure that whoever you hire, follows through and does the same with the downspouts.

Debris can become impacted in the downspouts, causing backups to the gutters, and eventually overflowing, possibly causing roof and other leaks.

Anything that aids in water flow on your property, you’ll want to be sure it is cleared annually and that it is tested for proper flow.

Good looking out for your property, and good luck getting things back under control.

— Robert Robert Lamoureux has 38 years of experience as a general contractor, with separate licenses in electrical and plumbing contracting. He owns IMS Construction Inc. in Valencia.

His opinions are his own, not necessarily those of The Signal. Opinions expressed in this column are not meant to replace the recommendations of a qualified contractor after that contractor has made a thorough visual inspection. Email questions to Robert at robert@imsconstruction.com.

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40-year-old man who spotted his wife driving with another man was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Tuesday afternoon.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff ’s Station deputies received reports of a roadrage incident near the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Magic Mountain Parkway around 12:30 p.m., according to Lt. Leo Bauer of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff ’s Station.

“The family had hired a DJ for an event a couple years ago, and since that time, the husband suspected that the wife had started having an affair with the DJ,” Bauer said.

While driving to the IHOP on Bouquet Canyon Road with his 17-yearold daughter, the husband saw his wife in the car with the DJ, Bauer added.

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and includes a concession area, bathrooms, dressing rooms, an extended stage and a tech booth. And while some features may be new, the renovators made a point to keep the outdoor aesthetic and original proscenium intact.

For the future of the Newhall Family Theatre, Solomon envisions bringing in professional series, speaker series, other community theater groups, cultural programs, partnering more with the Raising the Curtain Foundation — the nonprofit foundation set up last year for the benefit of the theater — to create more education programs for students in the arts.

Solomon said her hope was that within 10 years, partnerships could be fostered between the various colleges, high schools and elementary schools around the district, and make the theater a place where everyone

The suspect then rammed the DJ’s car in the parking lot, and proceeded to follow the vehicle and ram the car again, forcing the victim’s car off the road, according to Bauer.

“The husband then beat him to the ground,” Bauer said.

Deputies arrested the suspect, and he was transported to the SCV Sheriff ’s Station jail, according to officials.

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon due to allegedy ramming the victim’s vehicle and allegedly punching the victim unconscious, Bauer said, adding the man was also arrested on suspicion of child endangerment as his daughter was believed to be in the passenger seat while he allegedy rammed the vehicle on that side.

Los Angeles County Fire Department officials treated the victim at the scene, but no one was transported to the hospital, according to Supervisor Ed Pickett of the Fire Department. can bring something to the table in terms of learning stagecraft and the art of live theater and performance.

“As long as I’m here in the Newhall community, that’s how we’re going to talk it up,” said Solomon.

The Raising the Curtain Foundation is planning to present “The Man with Bogart’s Face,” in which audience members are going to feel like they’re watching a live radio play.

NSD Superintendent Jeff Pelzel said there’s research that kids who engage with art enhances and supports education, and that the theater has potential to grow in both staff size and use.

“We already have a number of schools using this venue for their end of the year talent show and I want to see more of our schools engaging in those opportunities,” said Pelzel. “The school here itself, Newhall Elementary, is on a definite track to identify themselves as an art integration school, and I hope to see, as a school of choice, families wanting to be apart of this.”

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FOOD

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iring up the grill is a yearround pastime for many, especially in fall, when tailgating takes over stadium parking lots nationwide.

Grilling for a tailgate crowd can be just as high stakes as the game itself,” says The Pit Crew of Pit Boss Grills.

“Being prepared sets you up for an easy victory on the grill and in the lot.”

Whether it’s your first time hosting a parking lot party, or you just want to master your technique, use these tips from the experts at Pit Boss to keep your favorite football fans fed:

• Bring more than you think you’ll need. Once you’re parked, you’re there to stay. Be sure to have more supplies — particularly fuel — than you think you’ll need, so there are no surprises.

• Do the prep work before you go.

Doctoring your food can be tricky in the heat of the moment. Cut out the onsite prep and go for surefire flavor by pre-seasoning and pre-marinating your meats.

• Use a portable grill. When it comes to grill choice, it’s all about efficiency.

You want to be able to start feeding

friends and family quickly after staking out your space. And, you want to be able to pack it all up just in time for kick-off. With fast set-up and no messy cleanup, a portable wood pellet grill, like the Pit Boss Tailgater, gives bold, smoky-hardwood flavor, and makes a solid choice for tailgates, camping trips, picnics or any outdoor adventure.

• Satisfy all taste buds. Bring an assortment of barbecuing and dipping sauces. From sweet and spicy to tangy and mild, everyone wins with a little of what they want.

• Kick back. Just because you’re in charge of the grill doesn’t mean you can’t kick back and enjoy the party. Use a remote thermometer to monitor your food while you step away from the cooking site. This is especially helpful to prevent babysitting or lifting the lid when doing slower-cooked meats, like ribs and pork shoulder.

• Keep your crowd full. Food is the best part of tailgating. Keep your crowd full with lots of finger foods like burgers, dogs, homemade chips and dips, or this recipe for Sticky Bourbon Chicken Wings:

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Sticky Bourbon Chicken Wings Ingredients 20 chicken wings, patted dry 1 cup ketchup 1/2 cup honey 1/3 cup brown sugar 4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons bourbon 2 tablespoons hot sauce 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon Pit Boss Sweet Rib Rub Seasoning Instructions The day or morning before the game, create your marinade by combining the ketchup, honey, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, bourbon, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and Sweet Rib Rub in a bowl. Whisk well to combine.

Next, add the chicken wings to the marinade and toss them until they are well-coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 24 hours.

When it’s time to cook, fire up your wood-pellet grill and set the temperature to 350F. If using a gas or charcoal grill, set it up for medium heat.

Let the marinade drip off the chicken wings, and place them directly on the grill grates to cook for 10 minutes.

Turn them over and grill for an additional 7-10 minutes, or until the skin is crispy and dark golden brown. Remove the chicken wings from the grill and enjoy them while they’re nice and hot! For an extra kick of flavor, set aside some of your marinade before adding the chicken to coat the wings with later as a finishing sauce.

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TIMERANGER

Let’s Visit the SCV Sexual Freedom League!

How in Heaven’s Name did it get to be September? Wasn’t it just January 20 minutes ago? Fall feels just around the corner. Well. Looks like we’ll have to roll up our sleeves this fine first Sunday of September and tweak time a smidge. What say you, saddlepals?

Ready for the task?

We’ve got rustlers and spontaneous combustion, one major league barroom brawl and our very own chapter of the Sexual Freedom League and no. It’s not nude slo-pitch softball.

Shall we mosey back into the frictionless peace of yesteryear?

WAY BACK WHEN & THEN SOME

• Chugga-Chugga-Chugga etc.

Whoops. Excuse me. Just a lot of train business around this time.

On Sept. 5, 1886, banker and T-rex capitalist Charles Crocker drove the golden spike at Lang Station, linking San Francisco with Los Angeles and all points between. Very next day, the Newhall Train Station was dedicated at Bouquet Junction. THEN, On Sept.

1, 1887, both the Saugus and Castaic train stations were dedicated (as was the town of Saugus).

SEPT. 1, 1919

• Could Ed have imagined so many billionaires? How’s this for a Mighty Signal editorial, penned by publisher Ed Brown. It could have been written in 1999. “Profiteering may yet be the undoing of this country. The greatest crime in the history of America is that of profiteering, (which is) wholesale and deliberate robbery of a helpless public. Prices have been artificially forced to such a high altitude that it is becoming more and more difficult for a poor person to sustain life.”

• Well let’s not go too far And in another editorial, Ed Brown wrote about the need for women’s rights. His closing paragraph: “Out of the war there must follow a new and far-reaching redistribution of the opportunities to work and gain a livelihood for women.”

SEPT. 1, 1929

• Life, and prices, were different in the SCV A good milking cow could cost more than an average new house.

On this date, Bouquet Canyon farmer A.S. Adams found his prize milker crippled in a pasture, her leg shattered by the bullet of a hunter. Adams had to shoot his $400 cow to put it out of

it was 104. In the shade. And straws were legal …

its misery. Adams also noted that the valley was far too heavily populated.

• Spontaneous combustion? Or, really smelly feet? You be the judge.

On this date, the old Saugus Community Club caught on fire. Local Leon Byers, piloting the valley’s lone fire truck, put the blaze out. Byers found a box of old shoes under the porch where the fire originated. Some said the really hot temperatures ignited the polish on the shoes.

SEPT. 1, 1939

• Sorry! Another wrong-headed editorial! Signal Editor Fred Trueblood penned an editorial urging neutrality in the war in Europe. “It is the opinion of The Signal that the Nazis will be beaten, and that the job will in no way be as difficult as the job of beating the kaiser. It is the opinion of The Signal that England and France can do the business with their own resources.”

SEPT. 8, 1946

• I was almost a buckaroo. Actually, I am. On this date, the first ever high school in the valley, William S. Hart, was dedicated. The campus was originally on the Newhall Elementary school grounds. Bill Hart, the silent superstar after whom the school and district was named, actually wanted the campus called Fremont High, after one of his historical heroes, John C. Fremont. The Indian mascot was voted in after a contest. Second-place choice, by two votes, was the Hart High Buckaroos.

SEPT. 1, 1949

• Glad, we brought our Tim Whyte 42-gallon Iced Teas with sippy straws We’re having rather pleasant weather now but a half-century back,

• Talk about getting cleaned out Howard Montgomery returned to his vacation ranch near Sandberg on the old Ridge Route to find he had been robbed. Big time. Missing were his electrician’s tools, canned groceries, all his towels and linens, refrigerator, stove, four tires, cow feed, 500 pounds of chicken feed, 200 live chickens, a cow and his 1935 Ford pickup. Montgomery said he suspected the caretaker, who had just moved back to Oklahoma.

• Will Jones: You should have stayed in San Pedro This starts with W.J. motoring up to Val Verde where he held up the old Reeves Bar and Café. It was owned by Possie Reeves back then.

Jones pulled out a pistol and emptied Possie’s pockets and register. On the way out, the San Pedroite exchanged unkind words with one of the patrons and proceeded to pistol whip him.

Problem. After two swipes, the gun flew out of Jones’ hand. There was an uncomfortable albeit sheepish second of silence, followed by everyone in the bar beating the holy tar out of the bandit. Besides being beaten, arrested and jailed, Jones realized someone swiped his pistol. Good, I say.

SEPT. 1, 1959

• Amazing SCV Cocktail party trivia On Aug. 29, 1959, Judge C.M. MacDougall received the first private-citizen direct-dial telephone call in SCV history. The call was from Selectman David Nagle from the city of Saugus.

Saugus, Massachusetts, that is. It was a test run for the new phone system that would bring the SCV out of the boonies in 1960. That’s when the valley switched over to direct dialing, as opposed to having to call the local switchboard operator to place a call.

SEPT. 1, 1969

• And we’re supposed to be Republican While a national poll of 63% thought President Richard M. Nixon was doing a good job, a Signal telephone poll deduced he wasn’t as popular here in the Santa Clarita. The informal Signal poll found that only 38% approved of his performance, although the neophyte statisticians noted that “One lady screamed obscenities at us over the phone then hung up.”

• I’d kill to get my hands on the T-shirt On this date, the Santa Clarita Valley Sexual Freedom League formed. The SFL started in — where else — San Francisco in 1961 and by 1969 had 2,300 loosely organized clubs nationwide. Some of the clubs even had bowling leagues. But in Newhall?

They had just one anonymous member. Hmmmm. Wonder if former Signal Publisher Tony Newhall and San Francisconite has an alibi for his whereabouts back on Sept. 1, 1979?

SEPT. 1, 1979

• And the tourists weren’t even charged a nickel extra Visitors were treated to a wild West bonus on the usually staid tour of the William S. Hart mansion. Tour guide Dan Carey decided to give his group a bonus and take them into the flag tower, which was off limits to tours. This angered Bob Cordoza, a Hart Park security guard. Cordoza ordered Carey and the tour out of the tower. A heated argument ensued after which Carey threw his keys away and quit on the spot. As Carey was walking out the door, Cordoza jumped him. The pair, in the spirit of that touted American tradition of the frontier fistfight, started to duke it out. Cordoza knocked Carey to the ground and sent a roundhouse right, landing it on Carey’s jaw and breaking it. Several tourists then jumped in, pulling the guard off the tour guide. Betcha they didn’t tell you THAT one on the last Silents Under the Stars movie night at the park …

My heavens that was an interesting trek, wasn’t it? Sure appreciate your company, saddlepals. I think I’m going to trailer up and find a beach on which to ride. Maybe eat some sushi. And a lovely cool beer. Alas, the horse gets hay. See you in seven with another exciting Time Ranger adventure. Until then — vayan con Dios Feliz año nuevo en cuatro meses, amigos! (Ride with God, my friends, and Happy New Year in four months!)

John Boston has been writing about SCV history for more than 40 years.

Read his historical tome, “Images of America: The Santa Clarita Valley” on Amazon.com. Check out his History of The Mighty Signal series on Saturdays on A1.

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BEAUTY

Beauty lessons mothers and daughters have taught each other

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Beauty lessons learned from mom

Cleanse your face daily and stick to a routine that works. When it comes to cleansing your face, finding the right products and sticking to your routine is key. Seek a consultation from a specialist to figure out which combination of products and treatments will work best for your specific skin concerns and follow that routine daily to see the best results.

Always wear sunscreen Lathering on SPF has been recommended by dermatologists for years, and before you started hearing it from dermatologists, you learned it

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oms teach their daughters so much as they grow, from how to apply makeup to how to care for their skin, and while there are many habits you form simply because you picked them up from your mother, there are plenty of tricks you’ve learned on your own. There are even some that your mother has learned from you. from mom. Protecting your skin from the sun has been instilled in you since you were young, and now you know that preventing sunburns and sun damage are much more important than trying to get a tan.

Moisturize daily Dry air and frequent showers can pull so much moisture out of your skin. It’s essential to lather up with moisturizer right after taking a shower to keep your skin moisturized and healthy.

Lessons shared by daughters

Wrinkle prevention is possible, and

corrective treatments help, too.

Advanced technology exists to help prevent or correct skin issues before they occur or get worse. Injectables, like Botox, can be used at the first sign of fine lines to prevent wrinkles from getting worse over time, and they can also be used to smooth away existing wrinkles.

Be a natural beauty Over time, signs of aging from sun exposure and pollution are inevitable. You may have felt that applying more makeup or going under the knife were the only solutions,

but advanced technology exists to address your skin concerns and keep your natural look. BroadBand Light Therapy or other intense pulsed light (IPL) treatments can be used to correct underlying sun damage to the skin, helping to brighten your complexion and reduce the signs of aging.

Own your own skin The perfect look is the one that’s perfect for you. When you feel empowered to decide which skin treatments and beauty routines are best for you, you’ll feel like the best version of yourself.

Today, there are more options than ever to take charge of your skin and prevent signs of aging. No matter your age, advanced technology exists to help prevent and correct skin concerns. While it’s beneficial to take your mom’s advice, there are modern methods and trends being leveraged by millennials so that moms can learn just as much from their daughters.

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GARDENING

September gardening tips

By Jane Gates Signal Staff Writer

A

s summer fades, temperatures in the Santa Clarita Valley often ignore the shortening daylight hours and soar into triple digits. This has been a relatively mild summer when compared to the past few years. But there’s no way to predict what the weather will bring this September.

Nonetheless, there are plenty of jobs to do. The shorter days tell desert and chaparral plants to prepare for their active growth to begin, while most other garden growth prepares for a winter slow-down or the end of annual life cycles. So, now’s the time to clean up fading growth, save any seeds you may want to replant for next year and prepare your new

autumn/winter garden.

With average annual heat indexes climbing and droughts becoming more frequent, autumn is becoming our most productive season for gardening. We still experience occasional nighttime frosts in winter, but overall, garden growth seems to thrive better with current milder autumn and winter temperatures than those of the triple-digit summer.

Here are some suggestions for September gardening.

Start seeds of cool-weather vegetables. Keep seeds and young plants well-watered for good germination and a strong start. Planting early offers sturdy little plants that will grow through the chilling temperatures of some winter nights.

Plant some hardy flower seeds to get a head start on next spring’s season.

Irrigate very early in the morning or in the evening. Heat during the day will evaporate irrigation water before it can reach the roots that need

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Artichokes are big, bold plants that do very well in dry Santa Clarita gardens. The buds are fun and tasty to eat, and will open up into decorative, glowing purple flowerheads. Plant them now!

it. Wet drops on leaves can also work like tiny magnifying glasses, burning spots into the leaf tissue.

California native plants are semi-dormant in the heat of summer and look dreary and dry. Let them stay that way until rain falls, or give them slow, deep watering occasionally to wake them up. You can deadhead (cut off) dried up flower spikes if you want to neaten up any shrubs.

Keep annual and perennial flowers deadheaded to encourage late blooming. Or leave the spent flowers in place to dry so you can collect seeds for next year.

If you do choose to plant shrubs, trees or flowers, keep them well watered and try to rig up some temporary shade to make planting less stressful for the first week or two. You are likely to have more success planting after the worst of the heat is over in late September or early October.

Unless we have a cool September.

September is harvest time! Keep ripening fruits and vegetables cropped. Preserve extras by canning or freezing and store winter squashes and root crops in a cool, dry space.

Should you find you have extra food, share with a neighbor or consider donating to local food banks. There are people you’ve never met who would very much appreciate your homegrown food.

September is also a good time to pull out all that faded garden growth and to rake falling leaves, branches and other litter. Keep up with yard cleaning to keep away unwanted rodents and insects before any of them decide to move into your home with inclement weather.

Landscape

Ask yourself these questions to see if your landscape is up-to-date for

September.

Is your landscape set up for whatever weather wintertime sends?

Are your ground drains free of blockage?

Do you have permeable paving, swales, dry riverbeds or other practical set-ups (that can also be decorative!) designed to conduct water from a heavy flash rainstorm safely away from your home or other structures?

Are your gutters cleared for smooth drainage and free from flammable dry litter should winds send burning embers your way during a local wildfire?

Have you removed all old wood from close to your house? Don’t offer termites this irresistible invitation into your house!

You can do all these outdoor garden and safety projects while making your landscape gorgeous. Too many homes are surrounded by fields of dead weeds, powdered soil, brown lawns or smothered with boring gravel. None of these solutions is useful or good looking. In fact, they only add to the problem by making the air around your home dusty, dry and hot.

There are many ornamental ways you can make your landscape lovely, safe, practical and enjoyable.

Just a few might be to build a raised vegetable garden to add interest, flavor and healthy ingredients into your cooking. Add paths for design, easy access and less water usage. Try some decorative shapes, colors and textures of rock, tumbled glass, decomposed granite and much more that can fill spaces between plants making maintenance easier and your landscape artistic.

September is a great month for improving your garden. Clean it up and reap the rewards of redesigning your outdoor space.

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SENIORLIVING

Helping the elderly with a chronic condition

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Meet with their doctor or healthcare provider

Building a relationship with their healthcare provider will help lay the groundwork for future communication and care management. Before attending an appointment, talk to your parent or family member about their needs and concerns. Make a list of the medications they are taking and the renewals they may need and determine together what you’d like to accomplish. If drug costs are a financial burden, don’t be shy about asking for samples or if there are less expensive generic equivalents available.

Check in with the pharmacist

Connecting with your family member’s pharmacist is an excellent way to become familiar with their treatment plan and to ask questions about potential side effects and interactions of prescribed drugs. Be sure to ask about mail-order options. Mail order can save money and time by delivering a three-month supply of medication directly to their home.

De-clutter the medicine cabinet

It is common for those struggling with chronic or multiple illnesses to have multiple prescriptions from different health care providers. Each of these medications may have complicated regimens that could make it difficult to keep track of what pills to take and when. You can help by ensuring their medicines are organized, accessible and stored appropriately.

YOUR VISION IS GOOD! BUT… METRO CONNECTION

s we get older, the ones we love inevitably age too. For many, there comes a time where you are no longer just a son, daughter or family member — you’re a caregiver.

Ensuring your aging parent or loved one is able to manage and afford their medical treatments can have an enormous impact on their health and quality of life.

Dan Klein, president and CEO of the Patient Access Network Foundation, the largest independent charitable organization dedicated to helping people pay their out-of-pocket costs for prescribed treatments, offers five simple ways you can help an aging family member manage their treatment.

Auditing their medicine cabinet is a good place to start. Make note of anything that is running low and order refills where needed. You can visit fda. gov for information on how to appropriately dispose of medications that have expired or are no longer necessary.

A pill organizer box can help keep track of complicated treatment schedules and reduce the risk of missing a dose or doses. Free pill reminder apps, such as Medisafe Pill & Med Reminder, allow you to manage the accounts of multiple family members.

Review insurance coverage

Diagnoses and treatments can frequently change and it’s therefore important to ensure your family member’s insurance plan still meets their needs. It is worth paying particular attention to their prescription drug plan, which can differ year to year. Online tools, like The National Council on Aging’s Benefits Checkup Tool and Medicare Interactive sponsored by the Medicare Rights Center can help you review benefits and find the best option for them.

They may also be eligible for other Medicare programs, such as a low-income subsidy that can lower out-ofpocket costs.

Find out if charitable financial assistance is available

The PAN Foundation is one of several charities that provides financial assistance for out-of-pocket costs.

You can learn more about patient assistance charities at panfoundation. org. You can also download FundFinder, a free app developed by the PAN Foundation that notifies you when assistance becomes available from any of the major charitable patient assistance foundations.

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GAMING

don’t outgrow it; it ages with us.”

Santa Clarita libraries

Continued from page 10

store caters more to a community of board game players.

“I started by playing ‘Settlers of Catan’ and … that made me realize board games were more than just roll and move games like ‘Monopoly’ or ‘Clue,’” Miller said. “Board games allow me to have a kind of social interaction that I can’t get from video games. You can really get to know someone by the games they own and how they play.

Green Tower is cool because it’s a place where everyone brings their collection and you can experience games you don’t have with a rotating door of new people each week.”

Paper Hero’s Comics

Paper Hero’s Comics sought to fill in a niche and a vacuum. Nicholas Yeager, co-owner of Paper Hero’s Comics, said that when the store opened in 2009, there wasn’t anywhere in Santa Clarita that really focused on gaming.

“Another game store, A Perfect

Marissa Thompson, teen librarian at the Old Town Newhall Library, poses with a Dungeons & Dragons guidebook and some dice. PHOTO BY MATT FERNANDEZ / THE SIGNAL

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Tough the store sells many different games, the primary games patrons play and hold tournaments are “Yu-Gi-Oh!,” “Magic: The Gathering” and “Dragon Ball Super,” all collectible trading card games. Due to space constraints and the more niche interests of its customers, Paper Hero’s likes to keep the tournaments on the more casual side. “‘Magic’ is the biggest card game in the world and ‘Dragon Ball’ just came out of nowhere and caught us by surprise with how popular it is … ” Yeager said, adding ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ is another one he sees as a popular choice.

Yaeger said he thinks that gaming benefits people due to its intellectual stimulation.

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Books & Battles is the library’s tabletop gaming program for teens that teaches participants how to play games like “Dungeons & Dragons,” as well as runs campaigns. Originally developed at the Canyon Country branch, the program has spread to all branches due to public interest; however, during the summer months, the Old Town Newhall Library is the only branch that plays.

The Newhall library began its Books and Battles in July by playing through the new official “Stranger Things”— themed campaign to coincide with the release of the show’s third season. The players responded so positively that the library decided to make Books & Battles a permanent program.

“We have a member of our library staff running the campaign as the dungeon master and the teens who come will get to create characters and role play as them,” said Marissa Thompson, teen librarian for the Newhall library.

“While it may seem intimidating at first, the more you play the easier it is going to be and all our sessions are friendly for players of all levels. Shows like ‘Stranger Things’ and podcasts have brought D&D back into the limelight, and you can see a lot of kids playing the game now.”

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Awesome and Terrifying: The Songs of the Gibbons

Ethics and Preferences: Choose Your System

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor

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t’s surreal when the gibbons start singing in Bouquet Canyon.

One of our reporters describes it as both awesome and terrifying.

I don’t know exactly what all of their individual and unique hoots and hollers mean. I understand there are mating calls and territorial claims in the mix, but if you were to tell me they are plotting the overthrow of the human race, you just might convince me.

“Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Gibbons...”

Hey. We’re vulnerable right now.

Kidding aside, it’s said their calls can be heard from as far as 2 miles away, and when we visited the Gibbon Conservation Center last weekend, I didn’t hear anything to contradict that.

It’s one of the fairly hidden jewels of the Santa Clarita Valley, tucked away in the rural country off Bouquet Canyon Road, south of Vasquez Canyon Road.

They only sing in the morning. It was our second visit over the past couple of years, and just as we were on the first visit, this time we were treated

to quite the 15-minute morning serenade from these amazing, agile apes — all of them endangered species.

That’s where the Gibbon Center comes in. It’s a labor of love for their small paid staff and the volunteers who help them. The center works with other organizations around the world to successfully breed multiple species of endangered gibbons and protect them from extinction.

A big part of the job is matchmaking.

Director Gabriella “Gabi” Skollar and her team work to feed, provide medical care, and, yes, help choose potential mates for the gibbons. There’s no dating app for gibbons, so it takes a keen eye for behavioral observation and what’s best for the species.

They’re very social animals, and Skollar says they sometimes mate for life but, like humans, sometimes a relationship runs its course, the couple get bored with each other, or an older male takes an interest in younger females.

No word on whether the older male See WHYTE, page 40

By David Hegg

L

et’s say, for the sake of discussion, that ethics are those moral principles by which individuals order their lives. Further, let’s agree that, broadly defined, the study of ethics is the attempt to identify the various ethical systems, and determine which offers the best life.

Of course, this determination will depend on how we define “best life.” To help in this I propose three statements regarding ethical living.

First, one might say I am responsible to God to live ethically. Second, one could say I am responsible to my neighbors to live ethically. And lastly, a person may say I am responsible to myself primarily, and when it suits me, I will live ethically.

The first statement grounds ethical living in the belief that I am accountable to a higher power who has determined what is right and wrong.

The rules are set and there will one day be a reckoning when I will account for the way I have lived. This represents a theistic worldview in which everyone is accountable to God. In ethical

system, the standards are set by God, and humanity is accountable. Right and wrong come from God and are not determined by consequence.

The second statement sees ethics as primarily related to the betterment of society. In this case, the ethical standards may vary from culture to culture, and even change over time. It is also true that this view tends to create the belief that something is allowable as long as no one is disadvantaged. Under a system of laws, this view often evolves practically to the understanding that, if there is no law forbidding an action, it is not unethical. Right and wrong are determined by consequences and, therefore, are fluid as the consequences associated with certain beliefs and actions ebb and flow along with societal preferences.

The last statement sees ethical living as subservient to personal advantage.

This view is highly pragmatic and exalts personal desire over both the greater good of the many, and any accountability to the Divine. This view See HEGG, page 40

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It’s a labor of love for their small paid staff and the volunteers who help them. The center works with other organizations around the world to successfully breed multiple species of endangered gibbons and protect them from extinction.

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buys a sports car and starts wearing leisure suits, but I digress.

They offer tours of the Gibbon Center on weekend mornings, and it’s a fascinating experience. Skollar provides lots of insight into the longarmed gibbons — including the fact that they can reach 35 mph as they swing from limb to limb in their enclosures — and if you have a question about this most-rare group of apes in the Western Hemisphere, she’s got the answer.

I highly recommend a visit. They run on admission fees and donations, and these gibbons can eat, so a lot goes into just feeding and caring for them.

(The Gibbon Center’s kitchen is busy, and their food bill is a whopper...)

There’s an adorable little baby gibbon in the mix right now, but the ever-attentive momma was doing a pretty good job of hiding the little one from view when we were there.

Don’t wait too long to visit, though.

The Gibbon Center’s lease runs out in a couple of years, and the property is valuable. Development pressure is coming right to the center’s doorstep, and with new homeowners being the sometimes arrogant lot they can be, it’s not hard to imagine that someone will someday buy a home in a new development next door to the Gibbon Center and start complaining about the noise that was there for more than 40 years before the buyer came to town.

Plus, the Gibbon Center’s property owner isn’t inclined to renew their lease. The Gibbon Center was founded in 1976 by Alan Mootnick, and when he died in 2011, the land changed hands and the current owner sees the property value writing on the wall.

So, they’re looking for a new location — in fact, one with a milder climate that may be more representative of the gibbons’ natural rainforest habitat in Southeast Asia. Malibu would be great, but talk about property values...

I’m rooting for Santa Barbara, which would still be close enough for a weekend visit. But that doesn’t sound cheap, either.

In the meantime, please go check out our cousins, the gibbons — the only nonhuman primates that mainly walk on two legs, at least when they’re not swinging from tree limbs 40 feet apart. They are sure to entertain and enchant. Go in the morning, when the Gibbon Center opens, so you can hear them sing, and decide for yourself: Do we have anything to fear?

To learn more about the Gibbon Conservation Center or to donate to the center’s relocation fund, visit gibboncenter.org.

A gibbon at the Gibbon Conservation Center takes a break after the morning sing-along. Tim Whyte/The Signal

Tim Whyte is editor of The Signal. His column appears Sundays. On Twitter: @TimWhyte.

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allows for the individual to determine, depending on the situation, what is actually right and wrong for them.

These three positions describe the three basic assumptions we have about how we should live. Admittedly, while we may live in one of them, we all occasionally visit the others when it suits us.

Foundational to all three is the idea of accountability. If we are accountable only for ourselves, and believe our responsibility is primarily to ourselves, we will concoct a personal code of ethics that is malleable to fit the situation.

You don’t have to be a scholar to recognize that where this view proliferates, chaos exists. This is true in marriages, families, teams, business, and any other group that depends upon one another.

If we believe our accountability goes beyond ourselves, and focuses on those around us, then we will live beyond our selfishness and personal well-being in order to bring about the greater good. Yet, this will ultimately create the problematic situation where competing viewpoints clash over what is best for society. Witness our current political climate in Washington, D.C. We have several good, smart people – all of whom claim to want the best for the rest of us – engaged in real battles

I’ll take that question so long as we all agree that ethical living must be based on something higher than the changing whims of human society. that are both frustrating to them, and unhelpful to us. The problem is they can’t agree on what is right and wrong.

That brings us to the first view of ethical living in which we believe we are accountable to the same set of moral laws, handed down by God. I would submit that this view is actually the best for both society and the individual.

Now, at this point, I will agree with my detractors that we could well say “whose God?” I’ll take that question so long as we all agree that ethical living must be based on something higher than the changing whims of human society. Once we all agree to that, I’m confident my understanding of God can withstand the challenge.

David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident.“Ethically Speaking” appears Sundays.

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How things have changed

By Jim Mullen Signal Contributing Writer

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n almost all public men’s restrooms — airports, truck stops, stadiums, convenience stores — there are now diaper-changing stations. Because dads are certainly just as capable of changing diapers as moms.

The thing is, I’ve never seen anyone use the one in the men’s room. Many of them look pristine. Maybe I’m never in there at the right time, but I can honestly say I’ve never seen a man change a diaper in a public men’s room. Which is odd, because I can say I have seen diapers getting changed almost everywhere else. On the plane seat next to me. On a tailgate at a campsite. In the lobby of a hotel. At the lip of the Grand Canyon.

In a church pew at a wedding. On a table at a fast-food restaurant. Once you see that, you can never eat the honey-mustard dip again.

But these are the exceptions. From what I’ve seen, 99.9% of all diaper-changing on the road must still be done by women.

Maybe the changing stations are different in the women’s restrooms.

Having never seen the inside of a ladies’ room, like most men, I may have a distorted idea of what goes on in there.

I imagine them to be cleaner than ours, sure, but also more feminine and luxurious. Maybe there are plush carpets, Georgia O’Keeffe paintings, scented candles, cut flowers in crystal vases, whirlpool tubs, full-length mirrors, misting machines, tanning beds, foot massagers, nail touch-up tables, makeup lights and TVs showing continuous loops of “The View” and “House Hunters International.” And off to the side, a cushioned, softly lit, herb-scented changing station filled with free samples of organic diaper creams.

We men are not complaining; we just know that’s the way it is. We know that whereas the men’s room smells like a long-unemptied cat box, the ladies’ must smell like new-mown grass and chamomile. Unlike ours, their paper towels never run out, their soap dispensers are always full, their floors are spotless and their trash is emptied every quarter-hour.

It must be heaven.

Which is why, of course, we want you to change the diapers in there. Not because we’re lazy, or misogynistic, or think changing diapers is unmanly, but because we care about our small children so much that we don’t want them to turn out like us.

There is even a changing table in the men’s room of the local multiplex, which is puzzling. Not because it’s in the men’s room, but because I can’t imagine a film, even a Disney film, that I would take a child in diapers to see. “Scary Killers with Chainsaws”?

“Violent, Steamy Teenage Vampires”?

“Blood-Covered Detectives 3: Even Filthier Language”? “500 Ways to Kill a Ninja”?

Or maybe I’ve got it all wrong and the diaper-changing table in the movie theater isn’t for babies at all, but for old men. But then, I can’t think of a movie I would take an old man in diapers to see. “Scary Killers with Chainsaws”?

“Violent, Steamy Teenage Vampires”?

“Blood-Covered Detectives 3: Even Filthier Language”? “500 Ways to Kill a Ninja”? I can’t wait until the reviews come in: “It was a three-diaper movie.

It scared me and it was super long!”

A new type of restroom is starting to crop up at large public places: the “family restoom.” It’s a great idea for parents who feel uncomfortable taking small children of the opposite sex into either a men’s or women’s room. I’ve never been in one, but I imagine there’s a nice place for Dad to sit and relax while Mom changes the diapers.

Contact Jim Mullen at mullen.jim@ gmail.com.

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By Brennon Dixson Signal Staff Writer

After hearing about Carter Sarkar, his fight with Sanfilippo syndrome and the recent million-dollar movement to fund his clinical trial, the Hyatt Regency Valencia has announced that it will donate every dollar from its upcoming fireworks viewing event to the young boy from Castaic.

“Our entire staff was deeply moved by the article in Saturday’s paper regarding Carter Sarkar and the fight to save him from Sanfilippo syndrome,” said Natasha Zambrano, sales coordinator at Hyatt Regency Valencia. “We at Hyatt would like to contribute to this fight by offering our parking structure to the community to watch fireworks this upcoming Fourth of July.”

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home In this May 2017 photo, Jennifer Sarkar carries her son Carter to a to get on Ponderosa Street in Castaic. The Sarkar family raised $978,467 a clinical trial that might help Carter’s fight against Sanfilippo syndrome. develop muscle pains, experience seizures and then, ultimately, die in their mid-to late-teens, said Jennifer Sarkar, Carter’s mother.

As a result, the family held a fundraiser in the past month with the goal to donate a million dollars to the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Cure Sanfilippo Foundation, which

would fund a clinical trial that could give Carter a chance at life.

“Over the years the structure has been a gathering place to have an unobstructed view of the festivities (and fireworks) from Six Flags,” Zambrano said.

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Concerts in the Park series set to return to Central Park

By Danielle Korzhenyak For The Signal

The crowd-pleasing Concerts in the Park series returns to Santa Clarita for a music-filled summer, starting this weekend at Central Park.

Concerts in the Park are free public events put on by the city of Santa Clarita every Saturday night from July 7 until Aug. 25. The shows start at 7 p.m.

Get ready to break out your lawn chairs and blankets, grab some tasty snacks from local vendors onsite and listen to some of your favorite genre tribute bands coming to the Saugus park.

Here’s a breakdown of each band performing at Concerts in the Park:

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Wanted, a Bon Jovi tribute band, is first up in the lineup of Concerts in the Park. Based out of Los Angeles, the band is made up of professional musicians.

The rock ’n’ roll group had immense success, playing to sold out venues and garnering rave reviews. Wanted was finally created after numerous requests from agents and promoters who worked with the band on other projects.

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