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Jim Walker: Melting memories and Kodak moments
My friends, I have finally begun to tackle the daunting and long-belated task of scanning a trunk-full of family photos - turning them into digital images so that I can then create DVDs of my daughters' childhoods for them as keepsakes.
Michele E. Buttelman: Miss SCV program seeks contestants
I really thought it might snow on Wednesday. We got a little sleet and ice, but no flakes. Agua Dulce has all the luck. It was lovely to look at all the snow covered hills. Too bad it had melted away by Thursday. Are you the next Miss SCV? You may have seen the queens and ...
Bob Kellar: Enhancing, advancing through the arts
The arts make life better and a whole lot more beautiful.
Jim Walker: The beach — no place to play around
My friends, we can all sleep easier on L.A.'s beaches this summer knowing we are protected from death by Frisbee. And, further, we will be protected from death by football, as well as from self-entombment. Now, just in case you hadn't heard about it, last week the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a tiered series of fines for anyone caught throwing a football or Frisbee on any beach in Los Angeles County. Digging ...
Jim Walker: Time for the Valentine's Day dodge
My friends, as I write this, I have been poisoned by the saccharine-sentimentality of impending Valentine's Day, and I am twitching, on the verge of a coma. You see, the other hats I wore at The Signal last week forced me to treat the big red silliness as if it were a real thing that guys actually cared about.
Marsha McLean: Keeping Santa Clarita beautiful
The city of Santa Clarita places a high priority on excellent quality of life attributes, such as water-efficient and well-maintained landscaping in our center medians, side panels, paseos, trails and parks, as well as the planting of hundreds of trees every year, and keeping our community free of litter. The city's Landscape Maintenance District and other city departments work hard to help keep our community looking great. This includes managing more than 1,000 acres of ...
Michele E. Buttelman: Be my SCV Scene Valentine
Happy Valentine's Day on Tuesday. I hope you've all ordered your Singing Valentines from www.SCMenofHarmony.com. It seems that summer made an early appearance this past week in the SCV. Really? Really? It's only February. Don't we have enough summer? I want my winter back. Anthony Bourdain is tasty treat at PAC <p class="Bodycopy" align="left" style="text-align: ...
Michele E. Buttelman: Men of Harmony offer singing Valentines
Been a breezy winter so far. Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter, so I guess we better batten down the hatches so we don't blow away.
Laurie Ender: Wiping out graffiti one tag at a time
Keeping our city free of graffiti is an important part of preserving community aesthetics, maintaining property values and increasing sales tax revenues. When neighborhoods appear to be broken down, it serves as a magnet for crime and rapid deterioration.
Jim Walker: Combating the inertia of the inept
So, as I begin writing this column, it is Groundhog Day. And I read that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today, and so there will be six more weeks of winter. Now, this begs the question: Does that "winter" apply to all of us, or only to Punxsutawney, Pa., and surrounding areas?
Michele E. Buttelman: Bourdain event benefits culinary program
I was saddened to hear about the death of Clyde Smyth, one of the Santa Clarita Valley's true "good guys."
Laurene Wests: WorkSource Center helps thousands
Each year, thousands of Santa Clarita residents pass through the doors of the Santa Clarita WorkSource Center at College of the Canyons. The center, like hundreds of others across the country, provides free information and resources to adults looking for work.
Jim Walker: It’s the invasion of the emoticons
If you've only recently come out from under your rock, you may not be familiar with the term "emoticon." But, even so, you couldn't have escaped finding a "happy face" or two in some email or text that was sent you in recent years. That happy face is the best-known and most-used emoticon around. Typed with a colon, followed by a hyphen, followed by ...
Michele E. Buttelman: Chris Angelo set to grow the chamber
Monday is the Lunar New Year, otherwise known as Chinese New Year. It's the year of the Black Water Dragon, 4709. Happy new year! Again.
Frank Ferry: Your library in the digital world
Every week, more than 14,000 people visit one of Santa Clarita's three library branches to access the library's many offerings. You may be surprised to learn that there are many who use the local libraries - 6,000 a week - without ever visiting them at all.
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