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WOOLSEY/BELL FIRE ANIMALS RESCUED
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ast Friday as the fires merged and began their trail of destruction, animal owners loaded up their livestock and began
the arduous task of finding safe havens for their animals. Pierce College was the first to fill up and the migration came to the
Hansen Dam Equestrian Center in Lake View Terrace. (Continued on Page 2
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wo women were driven to the LAFD fire station 74 about 11:00 PM Nov. 1st seeking help Thursday night after being critically wounded in a drive-by shooting, authorities said. The women were walking on the 10800 block of Scoville Avenue near Jayseel St. when a suspect drove by and fired several shots at them, LAPD said. Firefighters administered
medical treatment to the women before transporting them to Holy Cross Hospital in critical condition. Police had initially reported that this was a car-to-car shooting, but they now say the women were on foot at the time. No description of the shooter or the shooter’s vehicle was immediately available. The incident remains under investigation.
Photo by David DeMulle’
Carnage Continues In Tujunga
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nother hit and run incident happened Tuesday November 3rd at the intersection of Apperson and Tujunga Canyon. Four people were injured in a three car collision that saw one car flipped on its roof and a third car fleeing down Apperson. Neighbors from the surrounding apartments reported hearing the loud crash and the screech of tires
as a “light colored, maybe silver car sped away down Apperson following the crash.” The LAFD arrived within 5 minutes but the LAPD did not respond for almost 45 minutes after the accident was reported. Neighbors sat on their balconies and the sidewalk watching as the accident victims were loaded into ambulances and driven to local hospitals.
Horses and owners reuniting at the Equestrian Center
Photo by David DeMulle’
Fire On 210 East Threatens Homes
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aturday afternoon brought the reality of fire damage to Sunland-Tujunga. At approximately 1:00 PM, a car fire ignited the brush just before the Sunland off-ramp on the 210 E. Freeway. Passer-byes called in the car fire but before the LAFD could get to the scene, it spread to the brush alongside the road. (Continued on Page 4)
Photo by David DeMulle’
Halloween House
Although most kids go to the local churches or malls for their Trick or Treating, local residents go all out to create fun haunted houses for the delight of their neighbors. Here is Ray’s House all decked out and ready to scare the unwary!
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LUC MEETING Ghosts, Goblins and just plain fun costumes filled the Mission Center
Foothills Mission’s Halloween Kid-Friendly Haunted Maze Delights Families
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lmost 1200 children and parents delighted in the fifth annual kidfriendly Haunted House on Halloween night in downtown Montrose at the Church of Scientology Mission of the Foothills. As a gift to the community, the Mission of the Foothills transforms into a Halloween maze. Highlights included a kid-appropriate graveyard, a spidery haunted mansion graced by Gomez and Morticia Addams, a witch with her cauldron and potions, and new this year, a toxic waste scene complete with ailing hazmat actors and skeletons and cute giant rats. Children received glowstick bracelets and candy throughout, attendees got photos taken by a professional photographer and parents received a gift bag with candy and a copy of the booklet, The Way to Happiness, a common-sense guide to happier living. “This truly was a wonderful
Haunted Maze, one of the best ones we’ve had! It was wonderful to meet and see local residents and others nearby. Great costumes and it was nice to see the parents also dressing up, in the spirit of this holiday. We look forward to next year,” added Stacy Kitchens, the Mission Holder. Later in the evening, all waiting in line were pleasantly entertained with Halloween-appropriate music by the Happiness Band. www.happinessband. com Parents also had the opportunity to enter a free raffle for ten prizes generously donated by local Montrose vendors including gift certificates from the Black Cow/Star Cafes, Joselito’s Mexican Food and The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf; facials and massages from Spa Pura; gifts from Twigs and Things, Tribe to Table and Aladdin Rugs and Fine Art Gallery; plus JCW Auto Repair of Azusa
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Last week’s Land Use Committee brought in over 80 people to hear the discussion on the Verdugo Hills Golf Course MEIR plans and what they could expect in the way of traffic.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens Adapted by Geoff Elliott December 1 - 23, 2018 Celebrating the seventh season of this timeless holiday tale A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, continues the cherished holiday tradition of presenting its well-loved production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this year, onstage for the seventh holiday season. This timehonored tale of forgiveness plays 17 performances only, Saturday, December 1 through Sunday, December 23, 2018. After the show, audience members are invited to enjoy a cup of cider and take photos with the cast. This season, ANW is expanding the opportunities for members of the
community to enjoy classical theatre by offering a Relaxed Performance of A Christmas Carol on Saturday, December 8 at 11am. Relaxed
Performances provide an inviting environment for those living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Continued on Page 7)
Talin Emmerson Receives Biola University’s Highest Academic Scholarship Talin Emmerson from Tujunga, CA is one of 155 students from Biola University to be awarded the President’s Scholarship - the highest academic scholarship a student can receive at Biola. Each recipient is awarded $19,000 with the potential to renew the scholarship each year they are enrolled at Biola. A reception to celebrate the students who received the President’s Scholarship was held on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. School deans and faculty attended to congratulate and encourage students on their academic journey. Biola awards scholarships ranging from $6,000 to $19,000. Eligibility for the President’s Scholarship is based on the student’s unweighted final high school GPA and scores received on the SAT or ACT. Students awarded with a President’s Scholarship must maintain a 3.2 GPA to renew their scholarship
Don Cates Nov. 17, 1944 - Oct. 26, 2018 After a prolonged time in a convalescent home, Don passed away in the arms of his beloved wife Peggy. He is survived by his wife Peggy Cates, his son Ronnie Shutt and daughter Robin Shutt. Don is known for his heading up of the crowd control of almost all the Sunland-Tujunga carnivals, parades, community events, and baseball games for over 30 years.
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Well, boys and girls, this has live in our own little community. contention as to who will be albeen — to quote David Frost— We live in a concentration camp lowed in their parade. Last year, “The Week That Was!” Even I of our own making surrounded by they even went so far as to ban couldn’t begin to figure out what mental derelicts and druggers who entries from The Foothills Paper was happening in our little vortex will steal the fillings out of your and the Crow’s Nest. without a playsheet. Our esteemed teeth if you give them a chance. No big deal, but when Lions dept. upproblemnately, Club livesmember were lost. Hun- DougI guess the Internet destroyed councilwoman, M-Rod,watch made a the fire Solving theclean homeless Bren “Boo” presentation three plaques at isn’t rocket But it is dreds POL- of lashouses claimed damaged that she hador been the mess. They werescience. talking that idea by allowing the of keyyou’re not a Scientologist or a the intersection of Honolulu and ITICS. Both involve our local sexually assaulted and was not board commandos theCanyon abilityRoad commemodestroyed. cameparade, newspapers. amongst themselves. woman member with an axe to a La Tuna neighborhood Real council members going But to bepeople in this year’s Facebook isn’t grind, you fail at that one too. rating the Tuna Canyonserious Detentiontalk, and our local service organizayoutocould theother, laughter all to hide their real identities together helphear each conversations. Camp that was set up to process tions. the way to Mt. Gleason. There real communications medibehind a “sock-puppet.” But and Italians andinthatused was beautiful. The STNCI cannot had itsremember Land ever being what left? How about the Japanese, German to be somethingOur called the um, So and herismedia relations Chamber of Commerce that just during the Second World War. a placemeeting with so many 4-Way Testwas that out the real Rotarithat really doesn’t matter, getting Use Committee andself-righit councilwoman person should rescued the 4thknow of Julythat……. Fireworks There were a lot of dignitaries teous, pompous people who would ans believed in. what really matters is that photo-ops with her minions seemed like the people came event from the Machine-driven there to talk about what it meant sell their first-born for a certificate 1. IS IT THE TRUTH? Well theyWell, maybe not. After all, Sunland-Tujunga, Shadow Hills to them andthey their families. of appreciation. good. and trying sure failed on that that one. all people got so upset that to pretend outWhat of the woodwork to Not have sheCommunity deserted Fund? the S-T Interim That same no one spoke of was how the Amongst themselves, they have 2. IS IT FAIR TO ALL left their keyboards and got was well here in our little their say. Senior Volunteer fund that Sonia Tatulian set up as groups and the $1.2 Snowball project screwed the a self-perpetuating circle-jerk CONCERNED? Not since past Homeless her own money laundering fund? out and voted. (Oh, I can’t vortex.president For some she all million Advisor Swart didn’t community out of a “real” memo-Rock where they tell themselves how Mikereason, Lucas drove the city allocated, and The one that the Cleghorn marialsent to this wonderful and tight-knit real people of the club. forget those who ininfamous their site. have out decided show up and the meeting went ourand hertheaides it to Sylmar armory chine stillthe runs? Yup, that’s the So what did we get? How about community is. Yup, we have the 3. WILL IT BUILD GOODWILL?gave vote by mail ballot.) So it on a light communicate withorthe to be offstandard withoutlowest-class a hitch. People one.used You have ask yourself, a metal plaque Rotary Club in NOT exis- to Not one single equestrian as anto interim “How can so few ruin so much 30 feet above the sidewalk. even afford marching band group will set foot was a success for us all…. denizens of Sunland-Tujunga. had Ithings tence. to sayThey andcan’t quesshelter for women. for so many?” guess if they can’t see it they their yearly dues. And when it on the parade route for fear of be- homeless and they weren’t Even those whocan’t they called course it with has water bittenballoons. her Another This isslap Sunland-Tujunga and steal it — right? tions to askcomes to holding the annualAnd 4th ofing attacked in the face to it’s really easy when you can say: Oh, well, I guess that’s what it of July parade, a the 4. WILL BENEFICIAL disappointed. This wasthey de-becomeon “libtards.” ass. In IT herBEcelebration ourIt’sneighborhood council. I The Water! all boils down to. We no longer self-righteous chamber pot of TO ALL CONCERNED? If
DFDSFSDFDSFDSFDS So many things have happened this last month that I really don’t know where to begin. First off – WE WON!! EVERYBODY WON! People actually got of their collective asses and got out and voted. And that’s a good thing. I would never have believed that our community could get so polarized. First it started on the Social Media and then degenerated down to the common (wo)man on the street. The name calling was really interesting. Hell, I’m not that old, but I can actually remember a time when people could hold discussions without calling people obscene names.
This last couple weeks brought out a lot of people for a lot of different reasons. There were 4 major accidents in 4 weeks where the neighbors actually came out to
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In STAFF particular, ASSISTANT dren as element if they are of not the other position of the American identity disorders: e.g., weren’t your friends to begin side to experience America’s ask the people of the DyanTree McManus disorders. Truly bizarre. Psychiatric Associahomosexuality, bisexDear Editor, withobvious anything that is dirty, (It’s fairly tion for years before it uality, craziness istransgenderness, to go to a public of Life SynagogueWITH in THANKS the TO with anyway. In yet another insult to all our volunteers that negative or just became an outright that female minds in corrupted byschool, ir- sadism, etc., To ba- a house ofetc. worship, community of Squirrel Hillhappen! Americans have of been make The Paper the intelligence peomale bodies and male rational, ever-so-trendy sically equate disorders lie. Thus, most Americans ple, some musicwith joint or sleep in your where eleven people were PAPERmarching forCalifornia a long time. minds in female bodies “political correctness.”) THE FOOTHILLS non-disorders is as legislators are actually are sickminds of elections and legislators TheFoothillsPaper.COM and homosexual Now some absurd as equating moown bed. Most often you murdered and six others Dr. Martin Luther King considering a bill (ABP.O. Box 444 election commercials. We downdon’t in heterosexual bodwant to double on rality immorality havewith to do anything at wounded during aTujunga sacred usthat how to peacefully 2943) would make CA 91043 taught ies are sure signs that the state’s bizarre policy or health with illness. are sick of robo calls and 818-951-0943 it illegal for a consenting all because evil and mental hour of worship. protest. 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We would like to department before being but campaigning for the work our jobs, raise our famissued a permit to own a come them. By the time her firearm. People with PTSD friend and others got there ilies, save a little money and next Presidential election together with all the rancor, problems and other people she was dead along with her occasionally be able to buy hostility, violence, uncivil who have already been verihusband. a car and pay for a home. marches and crude rhetoric fied as having mental issues What makes a Marine Veter- Most Americans dream of that will accompany the retirement and doing things don’t need to be walking an decide to exterminate the upcoming election. like gardening, fishing, travthe streets with guns. lives of innocent people out Are we beyond crazy in eling a little or just having a for a night of dancing and Most Americans just want America? Look to a suplife free of the big hassles, at fun in California? What gets a safe, sane and peaceful least for a while. We would posedly safe dancing into the mind of a man that life. However, overall we’re like to be able to go the country music bar in Twin causes him to wreak evil in beyond crazy in this coundoctor when we need to and Oaks California. Look to a the midst of a sacred place try and sadly we are way not feel that we will have to quaint neighborhood and of worship? What happens beyond trying to really do second mortgage our house a respectable synagogue to a woman who becomes something to resolve and to pay the bill. in Pittsburgh, or a remote so down that she sees the protect our people. trailer in Martin County, only way out of her misery is Overall, today’s Americans Kentucky and we have to murder and suicide? Why did don’t feel that anything You may contact him acknowledge that there is she feel like she had the right is simple anymore. Too serious mental illness across at GMollette@aol.com. to take her husband’s life? much on television is no our country. Look at how By Glenn Mollette
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Dear Rusty: My wife contributed to Social Security before and after working alongside her first husband in their business, but with no contributions during that period. In more recent years she taught public school for enough years to qualify for NV PERS. Social Security is telling us that when she starts her PERS at age 65 about 40 percent of her SS will be taken away. To us the two should be totally separate. Can you explain the logic of this reduction? Why should she be penalized for working a period of time outside of a SS profession? Thank you for your response in advance. Signed: Upset Husband
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YELL AT SOMEONE + COPS CALLED = PSYCHO Our local CD-7 councilwoman has a new set of rules in her tote bag. First she beset the community with Senior Volunteer Representative Rock Swart who just can’t keep from lying about things or being on top of M-Rod for a Photo-Op. Then she took an idea from the Pomona Police Dept. If you want to get rid of someone that is complaining, call the LAPD and claim that the person is psychotic. Now you get the cops AND the LAFD to intimidate you. Good Luck M-Rod. You’re getting more like Fuentes every day.
Dear Upset Husband: If your wife is eligible for Social Security on her own record, and she will also get a pension from Nevada’s Public Employee Retirement System (PERS), then her Social Security benefit will, indeed, be affected by Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) when she starts her PERS pension. The WEP provision was enacted by Congress in 1983 as part of a broader program to restore Social Security to solvency against looming financial issues. According to the Social Security Administration, WEP was intended to create better equality in how benefits were computed for those who worked their entire career contributing to
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S-T NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETS Last Tuesday’s S-T Neighborhood Watch meeting was held at McDonalds in Tujunga with Jon Von Gunten taking notes and directing questions to Senior Lead Officer Gloria Caloca. Guest speaker Bianca Monteon representing the L.A. City Victim Service Coordinator gave us in an insight into what the city is doing to abate crime in our community and how they are set up to assist victims of crime. Concerned neighbors brought their questions to the officers and a lively discussion was held among those attending.
By Saturday, the terror of the fires began to slacken. The damage was done with lives and property lost. At the Equestrian Center, there were owners checking up on their animal friends. Volunteers were arriving
Fire (From Page 1) LAFD units 24, 74 and 77 were supported by the Glendale fire dept. in putting out the car fire, but the steep terrain required the use of the aerial ladder
Social Security, and those who did not. The logic was that, since the Social Security benefit computation is intentionally weighted toward lower-earning workers, to compute benefits in the same way for those who did not contribute fully to Social Security was unfair because they also receive an enhanced pension in addition to Social Security. So, they changed the benefit calculation for anyone with a pension from employment which did not contribute to Social Security. That formula, which normally uses 90% of the first “bend point,” or segment, of one’s average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) over their lifetime, instead uses a 40% multiplier for those with a nonSS-Covered pension.
be more than 50% of the non-covered pension, so WEP can never completely eliminate one’s Social Security retirement benefit.
The “bend point” values change each year, but for 2018 the first bend point value is $895, so someone affected by WEP applying for Social Security today would see their benefit contribution from the first bend point - the one which contributes the most to one’s benefit amount - as $358 instead of $806. The WEP reduction is mitigated if someone has more than 20 years of substantial earnings from employment which contributed to Social Security, and WEP goes away if one has more than 30 years of substantial SS-covered earnings. There is also a maximum WEP reduction for each year, and the reduction cannot
But there’s other bad news: when your wife is eligible for Social Security spousal or survivor’s benefits and her PERS pension has started, she will be affected by another provision called the Government Pension Offset (GPO). The GPO reduces spousal and/or survivor’s benefits by 2/3rds of the amount of the non-covered pension, which can entirely eliminate the Social Security spousal or survivor benefit. And the rationale for GPO mirrors that for WEP. I know it will be small comfort, but you are hardly alone when it comes to being upset about your wife’s Social Security benefit being reduced by WEP. I understand your contention that “the two should be totally separate” and there are many, including some members of Congress, who share that view. In fact, there is a bill before Congress now known as H.R. 1205 - The Social Security Fairness Act - which proposes to eliminate both WEP and GPO. Unfortunately, that bill has made little progress despite having about 188 bipartisan cosponsors, and little prospect for passage seems possible at this time. While I know this doesn’t relieve your displeasure about WEP, I hope it at least somewhat clarifies why it was enacted and how it works.
with food and equipment to help with the animal maintenance. Tons of hay were delivered and distributed in the horse area. Under the direction of L.A. City Animal Control Officer Brenda Beougher, 320 horse, 9 ponies, 12 miniature horses, 4 goats,
3 sheep, 1 pig, 4 Alpaca, 5 chickens, and 5 dogs had been checked into the facility. After the 4 major fires we’ve had in the past 3 years, the system was perfected. Every animal had an assigned space and a numerical designation so that they could be easily found by their owners.
to get the firefighters up above the burn area. Brush fires have become so commonplace here that the LAFD Alert did not even post it on their web-site or in the e-mail announcements. There
were no injuries reported, but the car was a total loss. Sunland-Tujunga Honorary Mayor John Clausen visited the fire site to give moral support to the assembled firefighters.
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