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View from the Rock ............. 3

Letters and Perspectives ....... 3

Chef Randy .......................... 5

S-T Crime Stats .................... 6

Pet Page ............................. 8

Take My Card .................... 11

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Corsica’s Deli Fundraiser

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STNC Clean-up and Beautification Committee Makes S-T Fun Again!

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OH BOY!!! We’re cooking now! Our new Neighborhood Council is finally waking up and taking care of business. Casting off the “Good Ol Girls” clique, the new board and in particular STNC Rep. Gail Carlson, are getting their hands dirty and cleaning up the community. With the ap-proval of CD-7 councilmem-ber Fuentes, we are getting a new look—and it has nothing to do with branding. An opportunity for artists to paint local grey electrical boxes was launched by the STNC Clean Up and Beautifi-cation Committee (CUB). CUB wants to paint the boxes with a design and paint that will protect the artwork from Graffiti with a 10-year war-ranty. The new paintings will be at:

1. Pali Ave. and Foothill Blvd., Tujunga (south side) 2. Tujunga Cyn. Blvd. and Foothill Blvd., Tujunga (south side)3. Pinewood and Foothill

It All Began on August 25, 2005 at The STNC Meeting!

Artisyn (pronounced just like “artisan”) Gallery & Cafe will be Artist Synergy’s first physi-cal location, because what’s better than coffee & art com-bined? (that’s a rhetorical ques-tion). At Artisyn Gallery & Ca-fe anyone will be able to take art lessons, music lessons, dance lessons, writing lessons and any other type of art lesson you can think of. We will also host open mics, art shows, mu-sical performances, etc.

see New Paint, page 5

Art at its whimsical best.

$350 REWARD for identification of this man and where he lives. He was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Tujunga on 09 Oct. 2014.

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Ian Kim Earns the Major Peterson Legion of Merit Ian Kim of Shadow Hills was presented the Army and Navy Academy Major Peterson Legion of Merit Award for his performance during the Spring 2014 semester. This award is presented to Cadets who exhibit excellence in citizenship, leadership, and personal appearance. The Cadet must be in a leadership position with the rank of Corporal or higher during the previous semester, must have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, and must have earned a citizenship grade of “Excellent” for each grading period. “We are very proud of these Cadets for their commitment to academic excellence, strong leadership, and good citizen-ship. They truly embody the Academy’s mission of educat-ing and developing young men of good character,” said Lisa Basista, Dean of Academics.

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Pamela Bogust Receives Scholar-ship at Fort Lewis College Pamela Bogust, of Sunland, CA, received the Continuing Student Merit Scholarship for the Fall 2014 semester. Bogust’s major is Physics - Engineering Physics option. These merit scholarships are renewable for up to 120 credits if criteria are met. Fort Lewis College also of-fers several other scholarships, including grants, FLC Founda-tion scholarships, alumni scholarships, departmental scholarships, Native American scholarships, and outside scholarships. Learn more about the FLC Scholarship program.Fort Lewis College is the Southwest’s crossroads of education and adventure. Our blend of small classes, dynamic academic programs, and a liberal arts perspective leads to transformative learning experiences that foster entrepre-neurship, leadership, creative problem solving, and life-long learning. And our unique &

beautiful mountain campus, on a mesa above historic Durango, Colorado, inspires an active and friendly community with a spirit of engagement, explora-tion, and intellectual curiosity.

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Free Glendale Noon Concerts Free Admission to Glendale Noon Concerts every first and third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 p.m. at the sanctuary at First Baptist Church of Glendale, 209 N. Louise St. (at Wilson), Glendale, CA 91206. For more information, please call (818) 242-2113.On Nov. 5, the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature soprano Judith Siirila and pianist Dan Bridston performing classic Broadway songs. For more information, email matt.andrews@fbcglendale.net or call (818) 242-2113. Please note: both Siirila & Bridston are Glendale residents.ARTIST WEBSITES :http://judithsiirila.com/bio.htmlhttp://danbridston.com/bio.php.

United Methodist Church Has Holiday Boutique

The Tujunga United Methodist Church had their annual Holiday Boutique with all handmade items for your Christmas giving. They had a wonderful assortment of homemade items. What was the most fun was seeing the people who showed up, left and came back with their friends. This is the type of “Ol’

Town Festivities” our community needs. The United Methodist Church supports Boy Scout Troop 370 and the NA meetings in their assembly rooms. This is a great

church to belong to and support. 9901 Tujunga Canyon Blvd., Tujunga. Open On Sundays.

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What an incredible year this has been. I woke up one morning last week and the world had changed overnight. Well at least it seemed like that. The corrupt Chamber of Commerce has a new leader John Loussararian, and based on his past performance with the Y, I re-ally expect him to turn the cham-ber around. This will be the first time in almost six years that the Chamber hadn’t been bought by certain groups with a perchance for free doughnuts. Usually we wait until the first of the year to make some new resolutions, but there are too ma-ny exciting things that I just have to jump into. The STNC Clean Up & Beautification committee under the direction of Gail Carlson has exceed my wildest dreams in getting the community to work together. We had our first Little Landers Home tour and then for the first time in over 10 years, we had a guided tour of the Verdugo Hills of Peace. And it was wonderful to see our local residents, Little Landers mem-

bers and STNC members create and perform the characters that are buried there. Something has changed, and it’s for the better. From getting out the Halloween/Harvest deco-rations to mounting an anti-grafitti campaign of painting those ugly DOT traffic light con-trol boxes, to putting together teams of citizens that really want to make Sunland-Tujunga a great place to live and work in. The old guard is slowly dying off, but you can actually feel the freedom and see the positive change that is happening. I’ve been going through our archives and started scanning in the old newspaper articles and company advertisements from the 1970s. WOW! We sure had a lot of LO-CAL businesses here on Foothill Blvd. And in reading all the events we had, we knew how to have fun. We had an “Old Tim-ers” day, carnival rides at the park, an Easter Festival that al-most everyone attended, a Bless-ing of the Animals, 4th of July

Fireworks and Parade that the whole community got behind. And let’s not forget the Movies In The Park and the Commerce Fair and Farmers Market. And no one was trying to take over the town. Not even the bik-ers that kept the crime rate down. Maybe we got too big too fast?

Yes, boys and girls this is going to be a great year ahead of us. I am looking forward to everyone putting in their 2 cents worth and help make this a safe and sane community once again. But I have to caution you, we really can do it together, and not contin-ue to say, It’s The Water.

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Fired Up About All The FiresDear Editor,

So what is really going on with these people disappear-ing, new homeless camps just before River Wood Ranch Road and the fires in the for-est. I thought we were safe here? I also thought that the Day Street apartments were supposed to provide a home for our homeless, yet I still see so many of them up here at Finn Park? I’ve asked the people at our city hall and they just say “They’re work-ing on it.” When are they going to stop working on it and get something done? And what about that big building on Commerce & Foothill that used to be a Ford agency? Is it cursed or what? Is this going to end up being another Home De-pot situation. I’d sure like to know.

C.H.,Tujunga

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Never a Cop Around When You Need One–How Come?Dear Editor,

Hey Doc, I have been a res-ident of Sunland for almost two years now. Since mov-ing from La Crescenta to Sunland, I have witnessed a dramatic change in safety and

security. I had hopes that the city was changing for the bet-ter but unfortunately that has not been the case. I have noticed that violent crimes has been on a rapid rise in the city which I can back up by statistics. We are ranked 85th in violent crimes out of more then 200 cities in the county. While our city continues its rise in violence, our neighbors have been no-

ticing a decrease. Tujunga is ranked #151, Shadow Hills is #163 on the list, and La Cres-centa is #185, making it one of the safest cities in the county. I have a detailed data sheet which shows daily vio-lent crimes from the past year to further back up the facts. I am aware that you speak your mind and raise concerns about problems facing this city, so my hope is that you

can possibly address this is-sue as it affects every single person who resides in Sun-land. I am going to address my concern to our police de-partment and try to get a response as to what they are doing or not doing when it comes to curbing this dis-turbing situation in our city.

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Breakfast with Santa

The junior section of The La Crescenta Woman’s Club is proud to announce their annual Breakfast with Santa. Every year this event is a big success for the lovely ladies of the junior section. They put a lot of work in making this FUN for the chil-dren and the parents. The entire family will enjoy a great break-fast and fun. Each child will receive a pho-to with Santa and a small gift. They will be able to make some Christmas crafts and have the opportunity to win some cool prizes. The event is located at

the clubhouse at 4004 La Cres-centa Ave. in La Crescenta. The festivities begin at 9:30 a.m. on December 6 and the cost is only $10.00 per person. Call Dawna Berger for reservations at 818 957-6939. The La Crescenta Woman’s Club is a non-profit organization that raises money to assist the local community through high school scholarships and other philanthropic needs. If you are interested in joining this great group of women and helping your community, call Dawna Berger at 818 957-6939.

Keep Those Wheels A Turnin’By Bonnie Corwin

Last Saturday on November 8, the Chapel of the Hills, located at 11120 Oro Vista Ave. in Sunland, presented Wheels Night. They had bicycles, motorcycles, skateboards, scooters and just about anything else with wheels. Paul Rodriguez Jr., Youth and NextGen Pastor decided to offer this event to help keep their youth entertained, and interested in church fellowship on a weekend night. Bob Hulbert, owner of the monster truck, which is a 1956 Dodge (rebuilt to a monster truck in 1985), showed up at a planning meeting and offered a couple of autos for the

truck to roll over. Pastor Peter Scott, gave his 100% support. How much weight does it take to run over and destroy two automobiles and what about the tires? The truck weighs in at around 15,000 lbs. and is

a 7.5-ton, 4-wheel flat bed with six cylinders. The tires are six-foot high trac-tor tires. And Bob made history because he had one of the only monster trucks around in 1985, and went against Big Foot and

see Wheels, page 9

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Corsica’s Deli Hosts Fundraiser for Wildlife WaystationBy Bonnie Corwin

Saturday, November 8 marked the second day of the fundraiser that we all have heard about over the last several weeks. It looked like it was proving to be a huge success! The deli, packed full of individuals purchasing their sandwiches during the lunch hour, was standing room only. Our photographer had to leave to make room for people to order their sandwiches. The deli donated $2.00 for every

Mr & Mrs Clause get ready for the Breakfast With Santa festivities

Tired of bumper-to-bumper traffic? Here’s a monster idea.

Owner Mary Corsa was really happy with the turnout of people.

Thanksgiving Community Dinner

By rn Penman

Once again, The Chapel of the Hills is having their Annual Commu-nity Thanksgiving Dinner. Overseeing the event is Patee Colvin, Director of Compassion Ministry, and five other churches are helping serve the homeless and the community. The volunteers that will be

helping are from Making It Happen, Sunland Neigh-borhood Church, Firepoint, All Nations and New Hope. All are welcome to join us as we gather for a time of worship, fellowship and thanksgiving. The event is on November 23rd at 4 p.m., 11120 Oro Vista Ave., Sunland, CA 91040. For any questions, please call 818-352-1487.

Volunteers dished up a wonderful Thanksgiving meal last year and will do the same this year. Everyone is invited.

see Corsica’s, page 9

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Purple Cauliflower Gratin

Robin said to me one afternoon last week, “Let’s try something different as a side dish for dinner. Let’s have cauliflower.”I thought about it for a moment and replied, “I’ll be right back” and grabbed the car keys.

“Where are you go-ing?” she asked? “I’m on a quest to find a very different head of cauliflower,” I said. “You want something different, I’ll give you differ-ent. I promise you’ll like it!” When I returned from the store with two heads of purple cauliflower, Robin looked crestfallen until I assured her the taste was the same as regular cauliflower. Don’t let the purple color of the cauliflower dampen

your enthusiasm for this creamy, cheesy, and mighty tasty dish. If you can’t find purple cauliflower, substitute green or orange cauliflower (yes...they really do exist). If you had to, you could use regular cauliflower and the taste would still be the same.

Ingredients:2 medium heads purple cauliflower 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 6 shallots (sliced thin) ¼ cup flour ¼ teaspoon salt 2 cups half and half (substitute regular milk if you must)¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg ¼ cup prepared horseradish 1 cup grated Fontina cheese (Gruyere is a good substitute)

Directions:Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut cauliflower into florets. Cook florets in boil-ing salted water until just tender – about 6 to 7 minutes. Prepare the sauce by melting butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Add shallots and cook, stirring often, until shallots are translucent and sweet – about 4 minutes. Add flour and salt and stir for 1 minute. Add half and half and nutmeg and stir until thick. Mix in horseradish. Toss cooked florets in sauce with half the cheese and place in a gratin dish. Put remaining cheese on top and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown.

Blvd., Tujunga. (south side)4. Commerce St. and Foothill Blvd., Tujunga (south side) by Mall5. Plainview Ave. and Foothill Blvd., Tujunga (south side)6. Mt. Gleason Ave. and Foot-hill Blvd, Tujunga (south side)7. Scoville Ave. and Foothill Blvd., Sunland (north side) by Century 218. Oro Vista Ave. and Foothill Blvd., Sunland (north side) by Jack in the Box

9. Mc Vine Ave. and Foothill Blvd., Sunland (north side) by Vape shop and Law office10. Sherman Grove and Foot-hill Blvd., Sunland (north side) by Sunland Park11. Sunland Blvd. and Foothill Blvd, Sunland (south side) by Yum Yum Doughnuts12. Fenwick St. and Sunland Blvd., Sunland (north side) by off/on ramps(at the front corner in Sunland by Sizzlers) For more information, con-tact Gail Carlson via e-mail at area2repgail@yahoo.com.

See Chef Randy’s food blog for more recipes at http://valley-vegetarian.com

Fire at The KFCLET ME TELL YOU A STORY. This gentleman had a flat tire and pulled over to the curb next to an insane asylum. He took off the tire nuts and put them into the hub cap so that they wouldn’t get lost. When he took off the tire, he stepped back, stepped on the hubcap, and they all flipped into the sewer-when he couldn’t reach them. He stood there for about 10 minutes trying to figure out what to do, when an inmate came over, saw what the problem was and said “Why don’t you take one nut off of the other tires and that will get you to a gas station?” Wow! said the man, that is a great idea, but you’re insane, how could you think of that? The inmate looked at him and said, “I may be insane, but I’m not stupid!” And there lies the tale: the homeless we have on left

our streets are both insane and stupid. Last night’s fire behind the KFC was due to some of them starting a heating fire in a PLASTIC trash can, under a tree. Do you think the residents of the apartment building next door would say it was OK just because they were homeless and just wanted to get warm? It’s time to start working on this problem.

New Paint, from pg. 1

Examples of what other towns have on their DOT switch boxes.

Artisyn will be where ALL art-ists can come to sit and have a cup of coffee while working on a painting, or while writing their latest novel or a new riff for a song. It will be where art-ists can express themselves through their art and help other artists grow as a community. It will also be a great place for parents to bring their children for various art lessons, or just to hang out with a group of friends. One of our additional goals is to raise the Sunland/Tujunga community up through art and community activities including gatherings, meetings and activ-ities provided at Artisyn Gal-lery & Cafe.” Under the direction of Cold-

well Banker Commercial agent Andrew So, the per square foot prices of the Commerce Center have been lowered to make moving into the Center really attractive. The Center now has three tenants that are making plans to move in. The Center is the most beautiful commercial building in Tujunga and will bring even more quality stores into our community. Situated at the mouth of Commerce Ave-nue, the community can now look forward to a gathering of a very diverse group of retail outlets to meet everyone’s needs. Owner Marcy Ferro said,

“Our new campaign is officially launched. Check out all the new perks!” Artisyn Gallery & Cafe - Where art and coffee meet.

Commerce, from pg. 1

Where the fire started between the KFC and the apartments.

What’s left of the plastic trash can fire that could have set fire to the tree and the apartments.

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Theft 10/17/14 02:00 PM 10700 BLOCK OF SA-BLE AV

Burglary 10/23/14 07:50 AM 10500 BLOCK OF TINKER AV

Assault 10/25/14 01:00 PM 7600 BLOCK OF BECKETT ST

Theft 10/25/14 08:30 AM 10500 BLOCK OF SA-MOA AV

Theft 10/27/14 05:00 AM 10600 BLOCK OF MC-CLEMONT AV

Theft 10/27/14 06:30 PM 10200 BLOCK OF TU-JUNGA CANYON BL

Theft 10/30/14 07:00 PM 8900 BLOCK OF OSWE-GO ST

Theft 10/30/14 06:30 PM 00 BLOCK OF FOOT-HILL BL AND MOUNT

GLEASON AV

Burglary 10/31/14 04:00 PM 10300 BLOCK OF HELENDALE AV

Theft 10/31/14 03:00 PM 10500 BLOCK OF SHERMAN GROVE AV

Robbery 11/03/14 02:00 AM 10500 BLOCK OF FLORALITA AV

Robbery 11/05/14 03:15 PM 00 BLOCK OF SUM-MITROSE ST AND IR-MA AV

Theft 11/06/14 09:30 PM 7800 BLOCK OF FOOT-HILL BL

Assault 11/07/14 07:45 PM 00 BLOCK OF GREELEY AND COM-MERCE

Burglary 11/08/14 11:15 AM 10300 BLOCK OF SHERMAN GROVE AV

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Claudia Perez Death Follow-upLuis Tapia charged with death of Claudia Perez

A Sunland man, Luis Tapia, has been charged in the death of a woman who was killed after he challenged her to a street race, authorities said. He faces one count of murder in the death of 38-year-old Claudia Perez of Sun Valley, according to the Los Angeles County district attor-ney’s office. Prosecutors said Perez was engaged in a street race with Tapia on October 24 about 12:20 a.m. when she lost control

and her car hit a power pole on Sunland Boulevard near La Canada Way in Shadow Hills. Firefighters had to cut Perez’s vehicle to reach her and pry her out. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Tapia was arrested at the crash site. If he is convicted of killing Perez, he faces a maximum sen-tence of 15 years to life in pris-on. His arraignment has been set for December 3 and he his bail is $1 million.

Luis Tapia is arrested at the scene of the accident.

LAFD fire department cuts open Perez’s car.

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Everybody’s right–nobody’s wrong at a yellow light. Mt. Gleason at Foothill Blvd.

The victim was treated and it was now time to move the motorcycle, “OK, how do we get it out of gear?”

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Flag Retirement Ceremony Held by Troop 307

Boy Scout troop 307 has its flag retirement ceremony at the United Methodist Church of Tujunga. In attendance were: Senior Patrol Leader and Life Scout

Brendon Sylvester with Cub Scout Jeremiah Von Stowver in front of him, Cub Scouts Jacob Rodriguez, Sammy Turk and Scouts Max Batista, Justin

Alvarado, Life Scouts Patrick McLaughlin and Daniel McLaughlin.

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Foothills Pet PageLocal Tujunga Cat Wins!By Bonnie Corwin

Are you one of the 9.5 mil-lion cat lovers who pur-chased America’s Favorite Cat Calendar for 2015, 365 Cats? Well, if you are then take note: when August 3, 2015 arrives you will see one of Tujunga’s pet cats, owned by Lynn Uterrback, cat #1, Eloise featured. Every year there are thou-sands of submissions from pet owners who want to have a featured pet in this best selling calendar. Not only did Eloise win a feature in the famed calendar, but she also won Winner of the Week! Two wins for one of our local pets. Yes, we local Sunland-Tujungans take great pride in our pets. If you cannot find any ad-

ditional desk-top calendars, check to see if any are avail-able from Workman Publish-ing Company in New York. When perusing the other win-

ners throughout the calendar, one really takes note that winning a page in this calen-dar is no small feat. Congrat-ulations Lynn and Eloise!

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Cyclops 100. This makes Bob and his truck definitely a trendsetter. There are now numerous events throughout the year in major venues across the country. There were nearly 75 cheering kids and adults cheering as the monster truck rolled over two late model cars, crushing them under its weight. A really enjoyable and slightly tense moment occurred when the monster truck drove in reverse over the automobiles and looked like it might slide off the cars. Some of the teenaged guys standing next to this writer

shouted for more damage to the autos. The entire crowd cheered the driver on as he was smashing metal, glass and caved in auto roofs with his monster truck. Needing more light, Doc lined up The Foothills Paper rig with the trucks in order to light up the makeshift arena. As this reporter was leaving, Hulbert said that this might turn into a yearly party. But for a first of its kind Wheels Night event at Chapel of the Hills, this was so much fun no one will have to twist my arm to attend again. This Wheels Night was a tremendous success. Everyone had a great time!

Wheels, from pg. 5

sandwich sold Friday and Saturday. Outside local artists, Cody Helfand and Gloria Russo sold their beautiful, reasonably priced paintings. All proceeds from the artwork benefited the Wildlife Waystation. One of our very own local STNC members, who declined an interview, came out for lunch to support this event. There were teenaged volunteers that handed out orange bags previously to local businesses and homes with a wish list of items to fill. Corsica’s Deli has decided to keep the orange bag

campaign an on-going event to help with the items that are needed at the Wildlife Waystation. The boxes were getting full of many donated items, such as paper towels, cereal and other

“wish list” items. To find out more information on how you can volunteer at or donate to the Wildlife Waystation, go to their website at www.wildlifewaystation.org To obtain a wish list so that you can drop off items at Corsica’s Deli, just visit them at 8111 Foothill Blvd, Sunland-Tujunga, CA 91040. And while you’re there you might want to grab a delicious meal.

Corsica’s, from pg. 4

1970 Nostalgia Piece

People lined up to help out the Wildlife Waystation.

And Yet Another Fire in The Big-T This WeekA personal observation I think we need a new legal defini-tion. It would be “The Criminally Stu-pid” category. Here is the daylight af-termath of last night’s fire in the Big -T. The homeless campers that live near the intersection of Mt. Gleason and the Big-T built a “warming” fire in the middle of the brushfield. You can’t even begin to understand what they were thinking. And of course, now that they burnt out their camp, they’ll be moving to one near you.

4th brush fire in 6 days. The homeless are putting everybody in danger.

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Tujunga Little League Fields Turf Stolen!

By Chantel Gray

Last week, someone stole the Astro-turf field that the Tujunga Little League had laid for our T-ball Practice Field. This is not an easy thing to take and would require quite a man and a truck to lift and take. If you happen to see anything or know of someone that just acquired some turf please let us know.

We are a non-profit and get no funding from the city or gov. and a set back like this sucks!” The gate lock had been cut by the LAFD a month ago when they had to medivac an injured hiker off the Little League field and hadn’t been replaced yet. It is not sure when the turf was stolen, but an assistant coach told director Bill Mayes that it was gone on Saturday.

LL board member Chantel Gray shows Channel 4 reporters where the turf used to be.

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THE FOOTHILLS PAPER • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — 11VOLUME 10 • NUMBER 23 • www.thefoothillspaper.com

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Monday at 9:15 p.m. Reports of a “vehicle over the side” began coming in. Fire personnel arrived at the intersection of the Big T near Ottie Road, and the incident was upgraded to a brush fire. Helicopters,

LAFD and ANF backup kept the fire from spreading past 1 acre. This is the 5th fire in six days. The driver

reportedly said “A deer ran out in front of me and I swerved off the road.”

12 — FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014 • THE FOOTHILLS PAPER www.thefoothillspaper.com • VOLUME 10 • NUMBER 23

One of the fun things about Halloween is the getting people together to have fun and create ideas that are so outlandish, they are actually frightening. This year’s event at the Legion Hall was no different. Without the following people, this wouldn’t have happened and the community wouldn’t have had this safe, fun, scary place to go to.

American Legion Post 377’s First Annual Ultimate Haunted House

Billy Oskins is Still Missing My father, Billy Oskins, went miss-ing around July 4 after having lived in the same place for at least 17 years—the Sunland-Tujunga area of California. Many, many people love Billy and have helped me greatly in my search for him. For those already helping and new people, I am creating this list of details to help narrow down op-tions and reduce duplicated efforts. I will say upfront that there are some options that I have not included on this list for any number of reasons, such as hearsay and unsubstantiated rumors, but people can always con-tact with tips and I will follow up as best as I can. If you have any information, anon-ymous tips can be provided by calling Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. I last saw my dad myself on June 29. Sunday, July 6, I went to meet him at a church, like I usually did ev-ery week, but i could not find him there, or anywhere else where he would normally be that I checked. I figured that I just had missed him. When I went to meet him on the following Sunday, July 13, at the same church, people there told me that he had not been seen anywhere

since around July 4, and a couple of people told me separately that they thought Billy had been staying with me at my place. I immediately became worried, and I checked with the coroner and three local hospitals the next morning both under his name and for John Does. There were (and are) no matches. I also filed a Missing Person Report for Billy. The DR # (Case #) is 1416 11359. The detective was upfront that they do not go out with bloodhounds to look for people, but simply enter names into a system, and if a match comes up, they inform the person who made the report. They have a system called the MR and they can tell if Billy has any interaction with police for any reason, and will tell me. He has not. They have never called me once, but I call them about every week to let them know I am ac-tively involved. Since his disappearance, Billy hasn’t been seen in Sunland, Tujunga, Shadow Hills, etc. He has not been seen not in any of the places he used to hang out, even long ago, such as Tujunga Canyon, Sunland Park, the Pink Motel, Willows Motor Lodge, the KFC on Foothill, etc.

CAST OF CHARACTERS and CREATIVE DIRECTORS:Wyatt Winfield – who created the great haunted house designWendy Hart

SET CONSTRUCTION and DECORATION:Dan Kellgreen Wyatt Winfield Wendy Hart Cliff Kellgreen Robert Young Dylan Carroll Geno Ferone

Emiliano Rodriguez Rod RodriguezCordero HansenChelsea Mertz

ROOM ACTORS:Zombie Room Chelsea MaslowskyTaryn Hanson Ramon Ramos

Operating RoomWyatt Winfield*Kelly Miller

Clown Room Dylan Carroll Luke Hunter

Haunted Bar Danielle Anderson Brittany FoxEmiliano RodriguezSebastian RamosSofia Ramos

Relief Actors William TorresSuzy MuellerCol. Dolores Tarin

Beverly NaudetJack Leadabrand

Stalker Samuel Naudet

Special Thanks to: Kathy Anthony Katie O Brien Paul PangburnTom SmokerDavid “Doc” DeMullé andChelsea Mertz for the loan of Props