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The Signal.com's Daybreak: Oct. 21, 2009
Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future. Let the adventure begin:
Wildcat Classic
The Wildcat Classic, hosted by West Ranch High School at Valencia High School on Oct. 10 saw 13 schools perform. More than 1,000 students participated in what was the first show of the marching band season. Santa Clarita Valley high schools all won awards. Hart High School won the sweepstakes award.
‘Snow Angel’ comes to Arroyo Seco
Saugus Theater Arts is bringing "Snow Angel," a 75-minute youth mystery story, complete with blizzard machine, to Arroyo Seco Junior High School on Oct. 22.
Your Community: Dates To Watch and Upcoming Events
Dates to Watch Oct. 22 Balance Point Spa Goddess Night will benefit Domestic Violence Center of SCV, 6 - 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, 18285 Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country. Free snacks and beverages and mini-classes; small fee for raffle tickets, martinis, and mini-services, including angel readings, massages, hand paraffin and more. Info: (661) 252-0650. Oct. 23 The Santa Clarita Master Chorale will host the "Friends Cabaret" benefit at the Valencia Hyatt. Tickets are ...
Gary Horton: Time to shut up and listen
It wasn't too many hours into the Wharton management program in which I'm self-reclused that I recognized my first personal improvement goal: Shut up and listen.
Teen Truth teaches dangers of drug use
Every year, a number of students are suspended or expelled from local high schools. Many of these removals are related to problems with drugs and alcohol.
Hundreds to attend city’s youth summit
The city of Santa Clarita invites local youth to attend the city's Youth Summit 2009: Respecting Ourselves and Respecting Each Other.
Councilwoman McLean to host Literacy Night Oct. 21
In recognition of McDonald's Family Mealtime Literacy Program and the National Center for Family Literacy, Councilwoman Marsha McLean will read a book for Literacy Night Wednesday, Oct. 21 at the McDonald's restaurant located in the Plaza at Golden Valley shopping center.
UPDATED: HandsOn hosts 'Make A Difference Day' Oct. 24
HandsOn Santa Clarita in partnership with the city of Santa Clarita will host "Make a Difference Day" Saturday, Oct. 24.
City-wide Bike and Walk to School gets rolling Wednesday, Oct. 21
On the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 21, the city of Santa Clarita will join more than 42 countries worldwide in celebrating International Bike and Walk to School Month, which promotes forgoing cars in favor of walking or biking to school.
UPDATED: VIA seeks 'Connecting to Success' mentors for student conferences Oct. 29, Nov. 12
The Valley Industrial Association (VIA) and Junior Achievement (JA) seek mentors for today's high school students to help prepare them for their future.
UPDATED: Detectives release sketches, seek suspects in Oct. 12 kidnap attempts
Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's detectives are investigating the second attempted kidnapping in one day after a man allegedly told an 11-year-old boy in Tesoro Del Valle to get into his car Monday afternoon, Oct. 12.
Valencia Acura dealership pet dies
Scooter, the 14-and-a-half-year-old "official greeter" of Valencia Acura died Monday.
Free treat for kids
Trick-or-treaters who visit McDonald's in the Golden Valley Ranch Center shopping mall Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 dressed in their favorite Halloween costume will receive a free ice cream cone.
Tim Myers: David Gauny & the voter gap
So David Gauny announced his candidacy for the Santa Clarita City Council on Oct. 9 in front of Santa Clarita City Hall. Notables stood by his side; most interestingly Councilman Bob Kellar, who offered his endorsement in a hagiography posted on Gauny's campaign Web site.
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Burger King apologizes after Twitter hacking
Somebody hacked Burger King's Twitter account on Monday, posting obscene messages and changing its profile picture to a McDonald's logo.
Kids' suspensions renew debate over zero tolerance
Waiting in line for the bus, a Pennsylvania kindergartener tells her pals she's going to shoot them with a Hello Kitty toy that makes soap bubbles. In Maryland, a 6-year-old boy pretends his fingers are a gun during a playground game of cops and robbers. In Massachusetts, a 5-year-old boy attending an after-school program makes a gun out of Legos and points it at other students while "simulating the sound of gunfire," as one school official put it.
Pistorius: Thought girlfriend was a robber
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. The prosecutor called it premeditated murder.
'Argo,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' win at Writers Guild
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The CIA thrillers "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America.
Today in the SCV: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2013. There are 315 days left in the year.
Marriage and the meaning of the word
"Marriage" is shorthand for a specific legal arrangement between a man and a woman, just as "corporation" or "limited partnership" is a specific legal arrangement between shareholders, business partners, etc.
Kevin Buck: Straw men live in glass houses
Webster's dictionary has several different definitions for the word socialism. The one conservative fear and loathe the most is:
Tom Purcell: A nail in the coffin of Americans' rights
oy, do I feel sorry for smokers these days.
Wrong about The Signal
I was annoyed and saddened by a comment demeaning the Signal: "The Signal is biased, ignorant and often inept at reporting news."
HOA still recovering months after paint crime
Vandals who hopped a North Valencia HOA pool fence last summer and dumped seven gallons of paint into the pool and hot tub, causing more than $300,000 damage, are still at large.
Economic conference returns to Santa Clarita
The third annual Santa Clarita Economic and Real Estate Outlook conference is taking place Thursday, Feb. 21 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Valencia.
