The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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Leaders wanted!
December 31, 2004
Chair, Leadership Training Committee It's not too late for New Year's resolutions. Why not consider becoming an Angeles Chapter outings leader? Sierra Club members become outings leaders for a variety of reasons. For example, some want to lead...
News and Notes
December 31, 2004
Video camera wanted Do you have a video camera or digital camera you could lend or donate to high school students to publicize their coastal conservation community education project? These youth have volunteered to complete a series of six Orange...
Passages
December 31, 2004
Tom Amneus, 1907-2004 Tom Amneus, longtime Sierra Club member and a past chair of the Angeles Chapter, passed away on Aug. 22 at the age of 97. Amneus joined the Sierra Club in 1955, and served as Chapter chair in 1959. Back then, in order to...
Mountain of the gods
December 31, 2004
It was late August, and I was in Athens for the Olympic games. The air was humid and thick with smog as Carl Lewis passed me on his way to the Acropolis, Olympic torch in hand. There is an acropolis, or high point, in every Greek city, and as Carl...
The seed man
December 31, 2004
Why is the Southern Sierran called the Southern Sierran? Ed Peterson Ask Ed Peterson, at 99 the Angeles Chapter's oldest member. In the late 40s, legendary volunteer Irene Charnok told him the Chapter was about to launch a newsletter and...
Club youth group gives award to Mexican rock band for commitment to environment
December 31, 2004
On Thanksgiving eve, young environmental crusaders Juan Martinez and Andrew Anderson presented the Mexican rock band, Maná, with a Sierra Club-sponsored Green Award at the La Banda Elastica Latin Alternative Music Awards. 'Maná's...
Palos Verdes-South Bay Group wins one for hikers and habitat
December 31, 2004
The Palos Verdes-South Bay Group scored a significant victory for wilderness and the safe enjoyment of it. In December, the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council, to the surprise of many, sided with the Sierra Club's recommendation for trail usage in...
Hazardous household waste disposal
December 31, 2004
Trying to make sense of regulations can be hazardous to your patience. Being green in one's everyday affairs always involves a little extra work. Separating garbage, carpooling, and all the other small things we might do to preserve our environment...
Birds in the Sierra; trash takes over
December 31, 2004
Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide, written and illustrated by John Muir Laws. Calif. Academy of Sciences and Heyday Books, 64 pages. $9.95 The Day the Trash Came Out to Play, by David M. Beadle, illustrations by Laurie A. Faust, Ezra's...
Santa Clarita development poses as smart growth
December 31, 2004
and DeLise Keim The Sierra Club has officially opposed the proposed Las Lomas development in the Newhall Pass just north of Sylmar, at the northwest corner of the Interstate 5 and State Route 14 interchange. Promoted by developer Dan S. Palmer,...