to over $70,000 in rewards. But that would entail the actual arrest and conviction of those involved. It could be a great finale to the reality show. And now, for the local news media in our little town.
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA IN SUNLAND-TUJUNGA The Foothills Paper, the North Valley Reporter, the Voice of the Village, The Star (Defunct), The Armenian Foothills Record (Defunct) & the Foothills Record.
The Foothills Paper (TFP) was created on November 4, 2004 as a newsletter for the community to inform residents about what developers were doing. The original concept was that The Paper (later to become The Foothills Paper) would be a joint- venture of all the local service clubs to provide a forum for their activities. As Doc was a Rotarian, it was decided that it would be a great medium to let people know about the Rotary club.
The first project it embarked on was to stop the “White Bird Project” of 400 houses from the 210 freeway, north to Mc Groarty Rd. With help of the community, they were stopped. By December 2004, The Paper had grown so large that it was decided to go to a “broadsheet” format and 16 pages.
In February of 2005, then Rotary president the late Mike Lucas attempted to take The Paper away from Doc and run it under his own name. That was dramatically stopped when Doc “took on” Rotary Club president Mike Lucas and shut off all access to Rotary club members.
Because of the amount of traffic fatalities and wrecks the community has, a special column was created called “The Wreck of the Week.” It then changed 73