Archive By Author - Michele E. Buttelman
Bereaved Families to Join in 16th Worldwide Candle Lighting
Residents of the Santa Clarita Valley are invited to join in a worldwide candle-lighting event to honor the memories of deceased children.
Saugus neighborhood comes together for decorating, serving community
In December, residents of one small Saugus neighborhood know it's nearly impossible to leave their homes during the evening.
CORRECTION: Tea helps fund exercise program for schools
More than two dozen people attended a weekend fundraiser to help support stretch-and-tone exercise classes for elementary school students in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Students fundraise for Sandy victims
A group of Highlands Elementary School students, some who had relatives affected by Superstorm Sandy, came together on Nov. 11 and held a bake sale to assist victims of the disaster.
‘The Great American Songbook’
David Ewart's Valencia Hills neighborhood recently "came alive with the sound of music."
Community invited for open house
It feels like the holidays doesn't it? I've actually been able to wear my real cashmere scarf I purchased in Scotland in September!
Fabulous Follies at Zonta Lounge
A little bit of the glamour and glitz of Las Vegas was recreated to honor Santa Clarita Valley philanthropist Shelley Hann at the 28th annual Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley Tribute Dinner.
City libraries embrace ‘The Hobbit’
J.R.R. Tolkien fans, take note: The Santa Clarita Public Library has three weeks of special programming that kicks off this week in conjunction with the upcoming release of the film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."
Enter The Signal’s Holiday Lights Contest
I missed Black Friday this year. I just didn't see anything that I just had to have that made me want to brave the madding crowds!
Home Tour to benefit NICU
The 32nd annual Holiday Home Tour will benefit the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital neonatal intensive care unit.
PAC K-12 receives donation
The board of the SCV Women & Men of Honor nonprofit present a check for $5,000 to Adam Philipson, former managing director of the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center on the campus of College of the Canyons, and Rita Garasi, chairwoman of the PAC K-12 Arts Education Advisory committee. The proceeds are from the September fundraiser that honored California Assemblyman Cameron Smyth and Santa Clarita Valley fashion icon Margo Hudson.
‘Magic’ at Festival of Trees gala
It was a moving moment amid the festive joy of the holiday season that brought tears to the eyes of many at the annual Magic of the Lights Gala on Saturday.
Mother and daugher collect recyclables to pay for wedding
Siv Flick said her daughter’s wedding dress cost 6,400 recyclable aluminum cans. The wedding invitations cost 1,267 cans and the stamps cost 1,800 bottles and cans. When Flick’s daughter, Mariana Flick, announced her engagement to Jonathan Bello, the question soon became, “how are we going to pay for the wedding?” said Siv. “She always collected recyclables and when I became engaged she suggested we collect recyclables to pay for the wedding,” Mariana said. “I thought ...
CTG ‘Dracula’ silver anniversary
Professional actors working on Broadway, or in a touring company of a popular musical, are familiar with long runs and performing in the same show, with the same cast, sometimes for years.
Don’t miss the Festival of Trees
It's Thanksgiving week? Already? Black Friday looms and Christmas is merely weeks away. Hang on and get ready for 2013!
Articles By Author - Michele E. Buttelman
Merry Graham is the SCV's best home cook
The best home cook in the Santa Clarita Valley found her passion for recipe contests in 2009 after winning a trip to the Aspen Food and Wine Festival.
SCV celebrates Dodger Day
More than 1,000 Santa Clarita Valley residents traveled to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 27, to celebrate SCV Dodger Day and watch the Los Angeles Dodgers lose, 6-4 to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Eat, drink and be merry for charity
The 25th annual Taste of the Town to benefit the Child & Family Center of Santa Clarita will offer a record number of food and beverage vendors and a new way to contribute to charity.
Elks roast Pulskamp for charity
Former Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Pulskamp seemed to enjoy his time in the roastee chair during the 15th annual Santa Clarita Elks Roast.
A toast and a WiSH for education
The Newhall Library was the inspired choice of location for an inaugural wine tasting benefit for the William S. Hart Education Foundation.
Merry Graham cooks up more wins
I've just returned from my retreat on Whidbey Island, Wash. It was a lovely week which I spent visiting with friends, drinking salted caramel hot coco at the Local Grown coffee shop and taking in a great community theater production of "The Full Monty." I also had a fantastic seafood dinner of salmon, fresh Dungeness crab and fresh crab cakes. It really doesn't get any better than that!
Nurse gives back to the world
It's the simple things that we take for granted that Maureen Wright, R.N. thinks about in relation to her visits to Africa.
SCV Scene: Spring has sprung in the SCV
It seems that spring has sprung! I've enjoyed watching the trees and flowers bloom throughout the Santa Clarita Valley in recent weeks. The hills are even green. I know it won't last, but it is lovely for the moment. I am looking forward to the yuccas that bloom in May, my favorite time of year.
Celebrating vision in education
Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School recently honored two women during its annual fundraising benefit dinner held at the Hyatt Regency in Valencia.
Welcome Easter Bunny to the SCV
I hope all the Easter eggs have been found and the Easter ham or lamb is cooking in the oven. Did you already bite the ears off your chocolate Easter bunny? My favorite has always been the marshmallow eggs.
Pamela Ripling named Sarro Award winner
It was a lovely brunch yesterday morning at the Robinson Ranch Clubhouse in Sand Canyon to celebrate the Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley Women in Service event.
Newhall: Peachland students win $10,000 award with Bobo
The 32 kindergartners in Marrilee Bingham's class at Peachland Elementary School in Newhall can now add "author" to their list of accomplishments.
Day of Service benefits Mending Kids
Soroptimist International Greater Santa Clarita recently hosted a "Day of Service", on behalf of Mending Kids International, was a lot of fun and very rewarding.
Fashion forward in the SCV
It was a St. Patrick's Day full of "Mischief and Malarkey" at the annual Soroptimist International of Greater Santa Clarita Valley fashion show.
Habitat hosts Hearts for Heroes
The "Hearts for Heroes" Builder's Ball was an emotional evening that honored veterans of the United States military and supporters of the Habitat for Heroes campaign.
