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Would you like to support your local firefighters when they need it most? If so, check out the Firefighter Go Bag Community Support Program a California based company is offering. - SEE PAGE 4
Americans should be able to draw 100% of their social security benefits at age 65 but they can’t.- SEE PAGE 6
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Members of the Sunland church clean up Commerce Ave. in time for National Night Out!
Community Church Cleans Up Commerce!
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n Sunday August 4th 2019 the World Mission Society Church of God in Sunland participated in a worldwide cleanup campaign. The members of the WMSCOG rolled up their sleeves, got their brooms and shovels to beautify the Commerce Ave area of Tujunga. This campaign is a part of the ASEZ group within the World
Mission Society Church of God. ASEZ is a youth group of university volunteers from the Church of God around the world, who act to solve practical problems around the world. They stand behind the rally cry of “Save the world from A to Z” and participate in various activities to promote social service, awareness raising, victim re-
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lief, and environmental protection in our global village. A seven-member team visited from Korea to lead this clean up in Sunland along with about 100 local church members and volunteers.
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Fatality House Fire in Sunland
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his year had three groups providing the best in sounds, food and friends and the chance for everyone to participate in all or one of them. The Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council did a “community based” advertising program designed to bring in people from the apartments and homes surrounding Bolton Hall to come and meet their community leaders, have great variety of food, dance, and for fun, eat tacos and large slices of watermelon. The larger more organized ones like Sunland Park and Stonehurst Park brought literally hundreds of people to share ribs, tri-tips, BBQ chicken, sausages, corn bread and tables of deserts with their local cops.
here was a fatality garage and prevented from house fire at 10787 N extending into the residence Big Bend Av. in Sun- or the attic. land last Wednesday night. The LAFD called a knockPlease see down with 31Firefighters in Fatality House Fire in just 18 minutes. The fire was Sunland contained to the attached on Page 7
STNC Board Members proudly display the National Night Out Banners displayed throughout the community for this year’s event at Little Landers Park including Rafi Shaheenian, Region 3 Rep; Nina Royal VP Outreach; Carol Hutchinson, Region 4 Rep; Jon von Gunten, Neighborhood Watch Rep; Pati Potter, Region 4 Rep; Liliana Sanchez, STNC President; Cindy Cleghorn, Secretary and Vartan Keshish, Region 1 Rep.
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Arnie Abramyan and Phil Tabby Jr. put on a spread that was incredible in the amount of food they personally prepared. Their feasts were so spectacular that it was almost like watching an ocean wave of people as they went from one NNO site to another every 30, minutes and it was fun hearing people comparing the food of each site and which one had the most and best meats and deserts. NO ONE went away less than stuffed. The Stonehurst soiree’ had the best food of the three sites, and even GAVE OUT TUPPERWARE containers to take home food in. The Sunland-Tujunga sites were a community event that was co-sponsored by the neighborhood council, and the Stonehurst NNO was sponsored by Phil Tabbi and the Sun Valley organizations. Be sure to attend the 2020 NNO in your neighborhood.■ THE FOOTHILLS PAPER is published bi-weekly. All content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without written consent of the publisher. All submissions to this newspaper become property of THE FOOTHILLS PAPER and may not be republished in whole or in part. The opinions expressed by contributing writers do not necessarily express the views of the publisher nor staff of this newspaper. TFP is available free of charge. No person may, without prior written permission from TFP, take more than one copy of each edition (stated value: $1). Only authorized TFP distributors may distribute THE FOOTHILLS PAPER. THE FOOTHILLS PAPER is a nonprofit newspaper produced by the OSS-Spectrum group. EXECUTIVE EDITOR/PUBLISHER Dr. David DeMullé editor@thefoothillspaper.com WITH THANKS TO all our volunteers that make The Paper happen! THE FOOTHILLS PAPER TheFoothillsPaper.COM P.O. Box 444 Tujunga CA 91043 (818) 951 0943 Associated Press
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he latest edition of the cartel newsletter is promoting the fake Grand Opening of Ar-
nie’s pot and munchies shop last July 4th. Leave it to Sonia Tatulian to come up with fake numbers claim-
ing 30 people came to the opening. Unfortunately for the cartel, they had already posted the photos of the 8
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a Cañada Flintridge, CA - On Saturday, September 7 at 5:00 PM, Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse welcomes Emmy Award-winning helicopter cameraman and author David Alan Arnold. Arnold has written two memoirs, Help from Above: How I Went from Sweeping the Floor to Painting the Sky and What Lies Above the Clouds: A True Crime Story. In these books, he shares stories from his personal and professional lives, including thrilling, challenging and sometimes death-defying moments. David Alan Arnold’s name is synonymous with aerial cinematography like Evil Knievel’s with motorcycle jumping. He’s the best in the business and a generous soul to boot. There’s no better guy to fly with. - Decker Watson, Executive Producer, DEADLIEST CATCH Arnold started his Hollywood career with a broom in his hand. Somehow, sweeping the floor got him into some of the world’s biggest TV shows. David’s first book Help
from Above tells the unlikely story of mistakes and miracles that took him to some of the most dangerous places on Earth. In his second memoir, What Lies Above the Clouds, Arnold takes us on a life and death adventure flying for the television shows. But, he also gets into adventures at home, picking a fight with an organized crime
ring of kidnappers, drug dealers, and murderers who terrified his town. One of David Alan Arnold’s earliest childhood memories is a surreal experience of floating up from his crib and flying out a window. It must have been a dream. Today, David’s job as Airborne Cinematographer flies him around the world, for movies like James Bond and TV shows like Ice Road. Truckers, Deadliest Catch, Amazing Race, The World Series, Survivor, and Super Bowl. Arnold has a home in Tujunga, California. When not flying, David volunteers to help his community. For more information, contact Gail Mishkin at (818) 790-0717. Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is located at 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, at the intersection of Foothill Blvd. and the Angeles Crest Hwy. Take the Angeles Crest exit off the 210, turn south, make a right onto Foothill Blvd., and turn left onto Chevy Chase. Parking is in the rear of the store.■
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Those But something has been was anyone thinking? Na n c y Dah Parade with May- the Crescenta-Canada from all walks of life club. But it doesn’t berry! And you know, member out togoing mingle people who keep come us alive wrong in our little burg Cartel Arnie Sh an non matter. What matters I think whoever said with their neighbors (maybe I should include DOT for the past couple of years. Abramyan got tired of all and Roger is that our friends andwere some that was right.theThis is one the KINDERGARTEN Traffic Control). Itthis gives usdayIt’sofgotten politics involved with Swart there t h e LAFD neighbors get a chance the one time of year year. pretty old people in an opportunity to meet our POLITICAL. And we’ve Nina Royal and the STNC helping out and being really STNC wasand cranking out food fire the volunteer let their hair peaceful. down That andNNO the one that histoown Sure, we’ve had thewhat the it. I’m real heroes. The opportunity forgotten is place and created tribute was looking nice. No forand mixing and mingling opens everybody gets togeth- and march or drive Watermelon a Rascal Brigade with of the water-truck we speak of is our NNO, and allFestival, about. Let’s forget about at Sunland Park 2 years ago. longer referred to as Curtle’s older crowd and thatspray their valves or ride down Foothill er to have fun-funthe Easter Sunrise senior citizens doing while each town does it a the cartel taking over the And it brought out the best C•nts, they were acting like comes out year adults to theevery kids (and Boulevard with thoufun! This year I think Service, the Petting wheelies and burning little differently, theZoo ultimate Sunland Park festivities. We that Sunland had to offer. the Ladies that they were get out of their apartments sands of people watch- doughnuts going down who are brave enough) will be one of the best and even the goal is universal: toWOW promote let them have it. It doesn’t And it was most be. road. But whatand enjoytotheget free food andyes, wet. And ing.interesting supposed tothe we’ve had in a long jam in Sunuseful relationshipsland between matter. to see who didn’t show up….. Down the hill at Stonehurst you can officially music. Everyone had a great say This is the Rotary time. The motto this Park. But the the heck — it’s time “It’s The Water!” residents and the year, event was of NOPE, weren’t39th anyAnnual Park, Phil Tabbi Jr. put on time. is “Out This there Club’s 4th offirst July This Parade is a newyear for everyone to get to responders whose job it isEVENT. to created Sunland Park that homeless people. There the BBQ Banquet that they 4th of July Parade. World” And boy, do All-In-All they were fun OUR It’satnot know each other and that meansare thatknown have we seem like weren’t that. protect them. Thissponsored is a rare by waschurch co-sponsored by the anyAnddisplaced for. With over events. fun. Towards the It did more than we’re going to have Rotary residents Club groupstoor social clubs, S-T Our end of&the parade,introduce the opportunity for everyone non-existent Chamber of Sun Manor. 20 LAPD (active retired the neighbors to be friendly and respectful of Commerce.(Yes, their There wasn’t one single & cadets) in attendance, the the officers, it introduced on both sides, and we should president Hrant Vartzbedian complaint of someone sitting evening was great. It’s always them to their neighbors. take advantage of it. National was there cooking hot on a hypodermic needle. And nice to meet a cop that isn’t And that in my opinion is the Night Out used to be called dogs & hamburgers) And there wasn’t one single dead handcuffing you or giving most important thing that “Take Back The Night!” and the Tatulian cartel was body to be found. Maybe all you a ticket. (See – They are we need in our community. it used to bring out people glad-handing everyone the haters didn’t really have nice people) And yes, you can say, “It was in local neighborhoods to pretending to be a part of their information right. Up the hill at Bolton Hall, the water!”■ THE FOOTHILLS PAPER is
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Horses, Inc. at 9955 Foothill Blvd., Lake View Terrace. AHEAD With Horses, which is a non-profit developmental therapeutic vaulting program for children with all types of disabilities, has
ed in 1968 by Liz Helms in nearby Sun Valley, off La Tuna Canyon. It has been renting a location for the past 7 years in Shadow Hills, but in December of 2017, it purchased the land on Foothill Blvd.■
Pending the approval of the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), Perez may have set a new women’s all-tackle world record for California halibut.
blood drives, disaster relief, senior welfare, and more. If you are interested in joining future projects please reach out to the church’s event coordinator Travis Bayles – 626.230.4759 – Travis.Bayles@gmail.com.■
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AN DIEGO, CALIF. – Would you like to support your local firefighters when they need it most? If so, check out the Firefighter Go Bag Community Support Program a California based company is offering. FireMom.com’s Community Support Program delivers all of the health, hygiene, and nutritional items that are truly unique to firefighters’ needs, when they’re out fighting fires for days at a time, in one convenient Go Bag. When you purchase bags from the program, FireMom.com delivers them directly to the fire departments that need them the next time a large fire happens. The program ensures firefighters get the supplies they need in a complete kit, with no lag time, or trying to piecemeal items together. Firefighter Go Bags contain: For health and hygiene: • Firewipes: Decontamination wipes to get dangerous chemicals off of firefighters and their gear
itchy throat being around smoke and debris causes • Sunscreen: When not in full gear, firefighters are often exposed to the sun and need to protect their skin as to not get a sunburn that could be irritating or painful under their gear later • Insect Repellent: When able to take a break under a tree or a nap in a random place, this keeps the bugs off so firefighters don’t end up with itchy bites that can be irritating under fire gear • Tooth wipes: To freshen up when there aren’t other resources available in the field For nourishment and energy: • Kind Bars: Provide nourishment and energy between meal breaks • Gold Bond Powder: Keeps chaf- fighting the fire without the burden • Liquid IV: Electrolyte packets ing to a minimum, deodorizes, and of struggling to see help with hydration relieves itching and burning • Diaper Rash Cream: Chafing and • Zipfizz: Provides vitamins, caf• Carmex Lip Balm: Relieves dry rashes happen when in fire gear, and feine, and energy in place of coffee or and chapped lips that the dry heat when it does, diaper rash cream is other caffeinated drinks and smoke from a fire cause the perfect ointment to relieve the To find out more or to purchase a • Visine Eye Drops: Keeps the sting sting and help the skin irritation heal Go Bag from the Community SupFRIDAY, JUNE Drops: 28, 2019 FOOTHILLS PAPER away so that firefighters can continue • Cough Eases• THE the sore port Program, visit FireMom.com.■
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This Was National Night Out 2019
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Pasadena
POPS
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ichael Feinstein heated up the Los Angeles County Arboretum on August 3rd with an evening solely devoted to one of America’s most beloved musical icons for Cole Porter Night. Smart and sophisticated with a naughty boy’s streak for mischief, Porter was in that rare echelon of songwriters who wrote both words and music. He roared through the 20’s dazzling the Paris social scene, dominated the Broadway stage through the 50’s, and remains wildly popular today with audiences of all ages humming along to his timeless songs. Feinstein gives you a backstage pass into Cole Porter’s world for an evening of classics with “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “I Love Paris,” “Ridin’ High, “Night and Day” and many more of your favorites. Michael Feinstein is no stranger to Cole Porter’s songbook, having performed his music on many occasions, including with Marvin Hamlisch and the Pasadena POPS years ago. But with the orchestra now under his
baton, this evening’s program presents a new experience for both Feinstein and the audience. “This will be the first time that I have put together a Porter program that I conduct with an orchestra and so it gave me the opportunity to pull out some instrumental arrangements that I have been saving for this occasion, states Feinstein.” Among these, he will premiere a selection of works that have never been heard publicly, “or at least not in 70 years.” Also performed is a new Cole Porter overture by Resident Pops Conductor Larry Blank and the original overture from Broadway’s “Anything Goes,” dating back to 1934. Guest star Mitzi Gaynor was a surprise guest that even at 87 could belt out a duo with Feinstein. One of the fun parts was listening to her talk about the stars she worked with, like Ethel Merman and Gene Kelly. It was a great evening under the stars and the brilliant red sunset.■
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Brent Talmo:
An Unsung Hero!
Photo of Brent Talmo when presented with the Medal Of Valor.
“The bad stuff is easier to believe. You ever notice that?” -Julia Roberts In Pretty Woman By David DeMulle
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istory is littered with those who made great discoveries, performed great deeds or just changed the World, but what about those names that only appear in our everyday lives? Names that don’t jump out at you like Einstein or Pasteur? Think about it. Did they break with convention? Did they offend the establishment? Were they quiet about their accomplishments? Possibly all of those things. In this series, I’m going to start off with four people that I personally know and con- sider to have been movers and shakers in our community but who have mysteriously escaped becoming household names. I’m going to try and set the record straight and give them credit where credit is due. I really hope that you the reader, will contribute names and stories of your “unsung heroes.” Those who make you feel good when you hear their names. Everyday people doing everyday things. Things that make life easier and safer for those around us. I want you to think about the last time you really read a great uplifting story. I know that you have read stories about the dog that saved his
master or how the bear wandering the neighborhood was safely returned to the wild. But the truth is that happy stories are far and few be- tween. And what about the story that was so terrible you had to re-read it, and when you wanted to be updated on the story, it had just simply disappeared? “Old News” they say.
Their stories are never really covered. That is, not until the sensationalist media needs material for a dull edition. Then the truth gets bent. Actually distorted, all in the name of “creating” a news story. One of these victims was Brent Talmo, and I want to set the record straight. Brent started his law en-
Medals that Brent Won for service above and beyond. Today, we are going to talk about Brent Talmo, a Neighbor. When Brent Talmo retired from the Maywood Police Department in 2008 he never planned on seeing his service records on the Internet. He was just another person, a neighbor, a community member that did his job and went home every night. But like the “masked crusader” who retires to his secret identity and tries to forget the daily mayhem that surrounded him, our police officers have to go back to their homes, wives and families.
forcement career by joining the Los Angeles County Sheriff department in 1986 and then moved on to the Los Angeles Housing Authority Police Department in 1990 and the Hawaiian Gardens Police department long known for its gang-infested areas and high crime rates. He stayed with them until Hawaiian Gardens P.D. closed in 1998. The Maywood Police Dept. was his next assignment and he was assigned as a training officer to the patrol division and later became a Senior Lead Officer in the Los Angeles Housing
Authority drug elimination program. Moving up through the ranks he became a field training officer, acting sergeant and team leader. He became a Sergeant and was assigned to the detectives division in April 2004. Not only was Talmo a dedicated officer but he went the extra mile in his skills and training as an emergency medical technician and drug recognitions expert. He took classes on problem-oriented policing of SWAT operations and a course in Handling People with Tact and Diplomacy and as a Peacemaker. Talmo was involved in, and given awards for working with the Traffic Collisions Board, the Special Response Teams, and for being a team leader. Talmo was presented the Police Star Award and given the MEDAL OF VALOR twice. This is highest award given by the HAPD. This is a man who learned by his mistakes and became an example for all to follow. But nobody would know what he did before he retired. Heroes don’t toot their own horn. That is why Brent Talmo is our “Unsung Hero!” If you have an “Unsung Hero,” please send their story to us at this e-mail address: editor@thefoothillspaper.com.■