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Group Spotlight: Inner City Outings
March 31, 2009
A passerby took this photograph of the outing taken by Avalon Continuation School. From left: Gina Awtry (principal of Avalon Continuation School) Rodrigo Hernandez, Eddie Banales, Jesus Heredia, Melody Anderson (ICO leader), and Juan...
ANGELES CHAPTER CONSERVATION LEGAL COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR PREPARES LAW STUDENTS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PLANET
March 31, 2009
BY DEAN WALLRAFF Vice Chair, Conservation Legal Committee PHOTO BY DAVE BROWN On January 30, 2009, Prof. Dan Selmi trained 19 law students at Loyola Law School in the basics of CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)....
Passages
March 31, 2009
By Shirley Hickman Vicente Baldwin, a long-time and valued leader for Inner City Outings (ICO), died suddenly due to a heart attack in February. He was only 44 years old. Vicente Baldwin Vicente was a giving and positive ICO leader...
A POLCOMM MEMBER REFLECTS ON THE UPCOMING LA CITY ATTY RACE
March 31, 2009
BY EMIL LAWTON Political Committee The two candidates for Los Angeles City Attorney, Jack Weiss and Carmen Trutanich, who received the most votes in the first round on March 3, will face each other in a runoff election on May 19. After evaluating...
COAST REDWOODS STATE NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE
March 31, 2009
Redwood Trail PHOTO BY MIKE SAPPINGFIELD Imagine walking through a cool, dense forest, with trees over 3000 years old and rising to heights of 360 feet or higher, with ferns, rhododendrons in bloom, and lush undergrowth in every...
THE URGENT BUSINESS OF SAVING THE PLANET CAN'T BE SCHEDULED FOR BUREAUCRACY'S CONVENIENCE
March 31, 2009
BY PENNY ELIA If you don't live in Laguna Beach you are probably operating under the misconception that this city is green to the core, based on past events like many of us trying to save our Canyon from residential development by taxing...
VOLUNTEER CORNER
March 31, 2009
DONATE TO THE SILENT AUCTION! Wanted: articles for the Silent Auction at the Angeles Banquet which will be held May 3rd. Large or small, all are welcome. Do you have a service that you would like to donate for the auction? We'd love it. Would you...
ANNUAL STARR RANCH BARBEQUE APRIL 26
March 31, 2009
BY MIKE SAPPINGFIELD Bring a camera and you might catch sight of deer at Starr Ranch later this month. PHOTO BY MIKE SAPPINGFIELD Join Sierra Sage Group of South Orange County on Sunday April 6 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. for a wnderful...
THE CHAIR'S CORNER
March 31, 2009
BY DARRELL CLARKE Chair, Angeles Chapter Executive Committee Welcome to my first column since being elected Angeles Chapter Chair by the Executive Committee in January, fittingly in the Earth Day issue! I remember the first Earth Day in 1970. I...