Archive By Author - Lila Littlejohn
From The Signal Archives: Nukes and beach babes
Editor's note: As The Signal celebrates 91 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley, we offer this peek into the SCV of days past. Following is from the July 30, 1969, Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise.
Lila Littlejohn: Developers speak and Castaic says ‘no’
Editor's note: As The Signal celebrates 91 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley, we offer this peek into the SCV of days past. Following is from the July 13, 1980, Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise.
There’s still time left for Fourth of July Parade entry
Saturday is the absolute, drop-dead deadline for entries in the Santa Clarita Valley's 78th anniversary Fourth of July parade, a longstanding tradition that kicks off a day of patriotic and family-oriented activities in the SCV.
From The Signal Archives: Questionable mailers and low voter turnout
Editor's note: As The Signal celebrates 91 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley, we offer this peek into the SCV of days past. Following is from the April 28, 1960, Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise.
Lila Littlejohn: We can be part of the solution
Part three of a four-part series I ended the last column in this series with the question: "Isn't it legislators' jobs, not the jobs of the people of the Santa Clarita Valley, to get California out of its current mess?"
Lila Littlejohn: Two days in the capitol
Part 2 The setting for the second day of briefings in the Santa Clarita Valley lobbying/fact finding/networking trip to Sacramento was a hearing room in the Legislative Office Building. The dark-paneled chamber, with its courtroom-like arrangement, was imposing. Engraved on the wall above the elevated dais was the message: "Participation in the rights of citizenship presumes participation in the duties of citizenship." I did a Google search for the quote, and it seems the name ...
Lila Littlejohn: Two days in the Capitol
It was a lobbying experience. It was a networking opportunity. It was a fact-finding tour. And in a lot of ways, it was just plain fun. Monday and Tuesday last week, about 75 Santa Clarita Valley community, government, business and media leaders boarded a bus or caught a plane to Sacramento for an intensive two-day session with legislators and other government officials. It was the fifth annual such trip to Sacramento organized by Jeri Seratti ...
From The Signal Archives: St. Francis Dam disaster kills 600
Editor's note: As The Signal celebrates 91 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley, we offer this peek into the SCV of days past. Following is from the March 15, 1928, Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise. It was 82 years ago today that the second-largest disaster in terms of lost life occurred in California.
Building toward the future
Santa Clarita Valley Zonta Club President Cynthia A. Kittle, clad in a smart black-and-white dress with high-heeled black shoes, was on the floor with a yard stick, measuring distances around an obstacle course taped to the carpet.
Lila Littlejohn: At 91, Signal gets a makeover
"A new look for The Signal," the front-page headline proclaimed. "Local readers may not recognize The Signal when it arrives next week," the story began, "but most of them will like it better than ever. The old newspaper will get a bright new look for the New Year." It was January 1964 when The Signal - then nearly 45 years old - adopted the American eagle as its mascot, along with the mantra "Vigilance Forever." ...
From The Signal Archives ... : Of pother and endorsements
Editor's note: As The Signal celebrates 90 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley, we offer this peek into the SCV of days past. Following is from the Jan. 29, 1948, Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise.
Lila Littlejohn: Raindrops and miniskirts
Editor's note: As The Signal celebrates 90 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley, we offer this peek into the SCV of days past. Following is from the Jan. 22, 1969, Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise.
Lila Littlejohn: No justice and long meetings
Editor's note: As The Signal celebrates 90 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley, we offer this peek into the SCV of days past. Following is from the Jan. 6, 1980, Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise.
Lila Littlejohn: Wishing you independent thought
My most memorable encounter with plagiarism occurred a few years back while teaching English at College of the Canyons.
From The Signal Archives: Santa’s on the naughty list
Editor's note: As The Signal celebrates 90 years of service to the Santa Clarita Valley, we offer this peek into the SCV of days past. Following is from the Dec. 25, 1930, issue of The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise.
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