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PAST ISSUES   -   JUNE, 2006
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Stevenson Ranch Residents Vacation at Home
SITE AREA: Your Home - Inside SCV Homes
High school sweethearts Anna and Thomas Terry met at Simi Valley High because of their mutual love of music. After 22 years of wedded bliss, the pair and their 12-year-old son Andrew still come together through musical notes, but now it's Andrew's skill on the piano that inspires tend...
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Entertaining the Question
SITE AREA: Your Home - Interior Looks
Cardamom, coriander, cumin, cinnamon... Our new passion is to use these precious spices in cooking (no - not baking - cooking!). We recently attended a chefs course in Napa at the Culinary Institute of America. Chefs from Morocco, Tunisia, India, Persia, Thailand, Vietnam, Spain and t...
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Making your Home Safe
SITE AREA: Your Home - Interior Looks
Before you think that this article is just another way of getting out of housework, consider this: Studies conducted by the EPA suggest that the air inside homes and buildings is on average two to five times more polluted than the air in even the most industrial cities. This toxic env...
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Memorial Garden Tour Boasts Up-close View of SCV's Best Flora
SITE AREA: Your Home - Exterior Looks
On November 13, 2004, PFC Cole William Larsen, 19, lost his life in the Iraq war. His mother, Christi Larsen, takes comfort in the memorial garden she created in her backyard in Cole's memory. "To this day, when I am out there digging in the soil preparing to plant or scatter seeds I ...
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Home-Related News for Santa Clarita Residents
SITE AREA: Your Home - Real Estate
The city of Santa Clarita has commenced with its new residential trash franchise agreement, meaning that all trash services within city limits will be provided by Waste Management/Blue Barrel. In an effort to serve the community more efficiently, some homes may have their pickup day c...
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Summer School Can Be Cool
SITE AREA: Family - Education & Enrichment
Ah, summer. While it's tempting to be lulled into warm-weather activities that require sunscreen instead of text books, long breaks from mental stimulation can make it harder to get into the school grove come fall. But don't despair; hearty brain and body stimulation can come in many ...
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Behind the Scenes at Castaic Animal Shelter
SITE AREA: Family - Pet Care
There's one place in the SCV where it's always raining cats and dogs. The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, with one of its centers in Castaic, gets a constant stream of calls involving different species. Although dogs and cats are the most commonly donated gen...
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Dad - For Many Men, it's the Best Title of All
SITE AREA: Family - Family Features
The noun "father" is used as a sign of respect, but the name Dad is being used as a verb like catch, hug and listen in a national advertising campaign. According to the National Fatherhood Initiative, the idea is that a dad is not just something you are, it is something you do - like ...
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Kid's Review
SITE AREA: Family - Family Features
Now that the weather has finally warmed up, people are looking for a fun activity they can do without having to worry about getting sunburn. Ice skating is one of the few summer outings that meets this requirement. However, if ice skating is not your "thing," why not try bumper cars o...
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Introducing the Class of 2006
SITE AREA: Family - Family Features
In 1945 the California State Board of Education approved petitions from five elementary school districts - Newhall, Saugus, Castaic, Mint Canyon and Sulphur Springs - to start a new high school district. Voters approved a bond that same year to build the first high school in Newhall. ...
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Ann on Aging
SITE AREA: Health - Seniors
"Parade Magazine" recently ran an article on the quagmire many us face: What is the proper "name" for the stage of life so many of us 50-and-up find ourselves in? Personally, I think of myself as a Gently Aging Baby Boomer, kind of like a gently-used car. I chuckled at the new names a...
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The Family Therapist is In
SITE AREA: Health - Healthy & Happy
Webster defines "bully" as "one who is habitually cruel or abusive to others," and defines "habitually" as "a mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary." In other words, bullying is an action done so often that one may not even realize they're doing it. A child...
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Dee-lish! - George's Bistro
SITE AREA: Eat, Drink & Play - The Dish
With an established and long-successful location on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, the owners of George's Bistro have expanded and opened a second restaurant of the same name in our very own expanding community. Instead of catering to trendy hipsters and tourists on the Promen...
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Boys & Girls Club's Auction
SITE AREA: Eat, Drink & Play - Entertainment
Put on your flip-flops but don't step on that pop-top. The Santa Clarita Valley's most anticipated night is closing in and everyone who is anyone will be a Parrothead for this year's 35th Annual Benefit Auction for the Boys & Girls Club of the SCV. On June 10 at the Mann Biomedical Pa...
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Movers & Shakers
SITE AREA: Eat, Drink & Play - Entertainment
It's time for Michael Berger and Diana Cusumano to switch their license plate holders. The two have been bestowed with the coveted title of Man & Woman of the Year, complete with fancy-schmancy license plate holders declaring their new positions to all traffic passerby.
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Profile in Surviving Pediatric Cancer
SITE AREA: Eat, Drink & Play - Entertainment
Teri and Chuck Maier's relocation from Louisiana to the Santa Clarita Valley in 2004 proved to be far more challenging than they ever could have imagined. One month after moving to Valencia, MacKenzie, the middle of their three daughters, was stricken with severe left hip and leg pain...
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Arbor Day 2006
SITE AREA: Eat, Drink & Play - Entertainment
The City of Santa Clarita hosted its annual Arbor Day festivities at Central Park on May 6. The event is meant to educate residents about the benefits of trees as part of the world-recognized Arbor Day holiday. Mayor Laurene Weste accepted the Tree City USA award on behalf of the city...
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Magic Mountain Celebrates 35 Years in Santa Clarita
SITE AREA: Eat, Drink & Play - Entertainment
Revolution. Colossus. X. Viper. Scream. And now, Tatsu. Sometimes it only takes one word to describe a thrill of a lifetime and for Santa Clarita residents that thrill has come from Six Flags Magic Mountain. For the past 35 years, the theme park is much more than a place to take weeke...
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Great Finds - 50 Fun Things to Do for Under $50
SITE AREA: Eat, Drink & Play - Entertainment
Some of you asked nicely. Others offered bribes, and a few of you even threatened bodily harm - all in the name of a good time. So here it is - the holy grail of fun in the SCV. Use it to amaze out-of-towners, ease first-date jitters, cure couple boredom or calm the storm otherwise kn...
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Get Out of Town! - Santa Barbara Zoo
SITE AREA: Eat, Drink & Play - Get Out of Town
Santa Barbara is famous for many things: luxurious resorts, fine dining, distinctive wine country, expensive real estate, inviting beaches, high-profile zoo. OK, maybe not the last one. The Santa Barbara Zoo is overshadowed by the area's other attractions. And it's nowhere near as lar...
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Inside SCV History
SITE AREA: Business
Following the collapse of the San Franscisquito Dam, with the loss of over 400 lives and thousands of homes, there was a crisis brewing in the Santa Clara Valley. For far too long, the Newhall Land and Farming Company had speculated on lands and investments throughout the state, shift...
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Total Financial Makeover
SITE AREA: Business
It's never too early or too late to start planning to conquer the cost of college. With nearly $14 billion in scholarships being offered every year, searching for "free" money is worth your time. There are currently 2.4 million scholarships available and many of them never get a singl...
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June 2006 Business Brief
SITE AREA: Business
Inspired by the chic country cobblestone streets of the famous Beatles CD cover, Abbey Lane Cafe in Stevenson Ranch shared its quaint culinary secrets with its ravenous neighbors on April 11. The charming cafe served delicious complimentary tappas from its menu, featuring miniature me...
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Track Star Murakami Creating a Legacy All her Own
SITE AREA: Sports
Saugus High runner Shannon Murakami doesn't believe in following in anyone else's footsteps. That's obvious just by watching her run. The junior rarely trails when she races, at least not unless it's part of her strategy. Even then, it's not for very long. Last spring, she outran the ...
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