"Eagle Rock: Where land use and
planning is a contact sport"
THE EAGLE ROCK
ASSOCIATION
-- e.letter --
October 11, 2001
In this
issue:
1. THIRD ANNUAL EAGLE ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL! --
THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
2. PARENT FEEDBACK NEEDED ON HOMEWORK WEB SITE
3. RUMMAGE SALE AT OUR CULTURAL CENTER --
OCTOBER 20
4. MACH 1 RIDE-A-THON -- OCTOBER 24
5. BOWLING FOR DOLLARS AND A GOOD CAUSE --
OCTOBER 27
6. LET'S HELP OUR LOCAL LIBRARY -- OCTOBER 27
8. NO CUTE ACRONYM -- PHOTOGRAPHER GROUP
FORMING
9. JOIN TERA'S HOME TOUR COMMITTEE! -- NEXT
MEETING NOVEMBER 14
10. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
11. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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1. THIRD ANNUAL EAGLE
ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL! -- THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
This
is truly one of our town's most fun events!
Don't miss it!
THE
THIRD ANNUAL EAGLE ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL IS THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 6:00 P.M.
to 12:30 A.M. Come to the Eagle Rock
Community Cultural Center at 2225 Colorado Blvd. at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday,
October 13. Hear old standards and the piano stylings of Spencer Day. At 8:00
p.m. stay for the Zydeco/Cajun group Benny and the Swamp Gators or hit the
streets, either on foot or shuttle bus.
Some
of the highlights of this year's Festival include The Jumpin' Jos Swing Band
and Jazz Quintet at SWORK, Tony and the Hodads - Oldies at Jim's Burgers, and
many, many more. At 10:30 come back to
the Cultural Center for the Latin rhythms of Brasil, Brazil!
Don't
miss this incredible opportunity to socialize and swing with your friends and
neighbors in what we think is one of the most fun events you'll ever attend. Don't
forget, the whole thing is 100% FREE!
The Festival is made possible through the generosity
of Council Member Nick Pacheco, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. We hope to see each and everyone of
you on the 13th!
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2. PARENT FEEDBACK NEEDED ON HOMEWORK WEB
SITE
To parents of all Eagle
Rock schools: Please visit this
site: http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/forms/msg2p.htm
Anne
Richardson-Daniel, developer of the above Web site that is here to help both
kids and parents with homework assignments, needs some parent feedback
regarding the site. She's talking to
all local school principals now, but she would like to talk to them only when
armed with feedback from parents, who generally have been very positive about
the idea. It would help greatly if Anne
were to see some hard data on it!
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3. RUMMAGE SALE AT OUR CULTURAL CENTER --
OCTOBER 20
This
message is in from friend, neighbor, TERA member and Cultural Center Board
member Miles Lichterman:
Dear
friends!
I
hope that this email finds you all well.
I wanted
to remind you all that the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center will be having
a Rummage Sale Fund Raiser on October 20th. This event will start at 8:00 AM
until 4:00 PM and is being held at the Cultural Center at 2225 Colorado
Boulevard in Eagle Rock.
If
any of you have any items you would like to donate they can be dropped off at
the center starting:
Sunday,
October 14th 12:00 noon until
3:00 PM
Monday,
October 15th 1:00 PM until
9:00 PM
Tuesday,
October 16th 1:00 PM until
5:00 PM
Wednesday,
October 17th 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM
Thursday,
October 18th 1:00 PM until 8:00
PM
Friday,
October 19th 1:00 PM until
9:00 PM
If
anyone is interested in helping with the setup or the day of the event we will
be at the Center on Friday, October 19th from 6:00 PM until we are done setting
up and from 8:00 in the morning until after 4:00 Saturday, October 20th the day
of the event. Please try and join us if you have the time we can use the help and we always have a good
time working these events!!!
Tell
your neighbors and friends as we need all the support we can get to keep our
Cultural Center as important a part of a community as it has been!!!
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4. MACH 1 RIDE-A-THON -- OCTOBER 24
MACH 1 Fundraiser!
MACH
1 (Move a Child Higher) is a non-profit, 501c(3) therapeutic horseback riding
program for mentally and physically handicapped children based at Flintridge
Riding Club in La Canada Flintridge.
Founded five years ago by Joy Rittenhouse, it is part of a nationwide
network of 500 MACH 1 programs. It is
run in conjunction with Pasadena's city recreation programs and is a member of
the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA).
Hippotherapy
(therapy using horses) has been widely recognized as beneficial since World War
II, when polio struck many children.
Many of the benefits of the therapy include improved motor coordination,
muscle development, attention span, task sequencing, confidence, and social
skills. Children who have shown little
progress in traditional physical therapy often make significant gains when
paired with a horse.
All
students are evaluated by physical and occupational therapists and then put on
a tailored program of riding and games designed to promote cognitive and
physical development. When on
horseback, students are attended by an instructor leading the horse and side
walkers. The children develop a special
relationship with the horse, which, in turn, provides motivation to stick with
the therapy for years.
MACH
1's success is due to its dedicated volunteers. They not only provide support during the lessons, but also care
for the horses, write publicity materials, help with administration, provide
facility support (such as building special mounting blocks and game apparatus),
and work on fundraising. Which brings
us to-
The
MACH 1 Ride-A-Thon on October 24 is a fundraising event. It operates like walk-a-thon participants
that obtain financial sponsors for guided trail riding. MACH 1 students also participate by giving
demonstration rides. This event is one
of two fundraisers during the year. In
the spring, the students put on a show followed by a dinner and silent auction. In the fall, there is the Ride-A-Thon and a
lunch. All proceeds go to MACH 1's
operating budget.
There
are four ways to participate in the Ride-A-Thon:
1)
Sponsor a rider or give a straight donation -- any amount is welcome;
2) Be
a trail rider and obtain your own sponsors;
3)
Buy raffle tickets for a 90-minute helicopter ride for three with the Pasadena
police (this is not just a fly-by, but a real "ride-along") -- $5 a
ticket or $20 for 5 tickets; or
4)
Come to the event, see the children ride, and buy lunch -- $10/adult and
$5/child.
The
Ride-A-Thon will be held Sunday, October 24, at the Rose Bowl Riders facility,
Hahamonga Watershed Park (by the fire station near JPL). Coffee and donuts will be available at
8:00am, trail riders head out at 9:00am, and lunch will be served around
noon. The MACH 1 students will give demonstration
rides throughout the morning.
For
more information about the Ride-A-Thon or to donate please contact:
Ellen
Narver at 323-259-9903 or elneln@aol.com, or MACH 1 at 626-798-1222
Visit
the website at http://www.moveachildhigher.org or call 626-798-1222 for more
information about the MACH 1 program or about volunteering.
Hope
to see you at the Ride-A-Thon!
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5. BOWLING FOR DOLLARS AND A GOOD CAUSE --
OCTOBER 27
This
is in from friend and former Eagle Rock field deputy Ruby de Vera:
On
October 27, 2001 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., All Star Lanes, 4459 Eagle Rock
Boulevard, the Northeast Democratic Club will hold a fundraising drive to
assist the victims of the 9/11 tragedy.
Similar to Bowling for Dollars, the proceeds will benefit a labor
union in New York in their efforts to assist members who have lost their jobs.
In
order to cover costs, each bowler needs at least $0.50 in per pin pledges. If you are not a bowler but would like to
help with this cause, please forward your donations to the Northeast
Democratic Club, 9/11 Tragedy Fund, P. O. Box 50674, Los Angeles, CA
90050-0674. For more information,
contact John Gallogly, Event Coordinator at (323) 254-2717. Let's Go Bowling for a Cause!
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6. LET'S HELP OUR LOCAL LIBRARY -- OCTOBER
27
Thanks
to TERA member and Eagle Rock resident Mona Field for the following notice:
The Friends of the Eagle Rock Library semi-annual
Book and Bake sale will take place Sat. Oct 27 with baked goods available
starting at 9:30 a.m. The books go on
sale at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
This
is an important fundraiser to supplement city funding for books and materials
at our local library.
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8. NO CUTE ACRONYM -- PHOTOGRAPHER GROUP
FORMING
Are
you tired of working alone? A new
group, Photographers Sick of Working in Isolation (PSWI), is currently being
organized, and had its first meeting on Sunday evening July 29th. Our goal is to create a small but steady
group of working photographers to meet twice a month and discuss photography in
a fine arts context. We will talk about
our work related ideas and goals, as well as get feedback from each other on our
current work and issues related to getting it completed. Meetings will be held in the downtown and
northeast sections of Los Angeles.
Interested?
Please call Lorena (626) 330-9844 or Mary-Linn (323) 257-0444 for
details and meeting location and time.
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9. JOIN TERA'S HOME TOUR COMMITTEE! NEXT MEETING -- NOVEMBER 14
You
have no excuse not to plan for this and join us, since there's plenty of
time. This is your chance to get
involved! Come and be a part of TERA's
next Home Tour Committee meeting on Wednesday, November 14, to be held at the
home of Maedale Gongora, 1250 Hill Drive, at the intersection of Las Flores
Avenue and Hill. We're a good group, we
have fun, and we serve one (among many) of the most important purposes for our
community, which is bringing positive attention to the great town that we
are. For more information, please call
Home Tour Committee chair Tracy King at (626) 844-2256 or by e.mail at tracyking5@cs.com.
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10. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
"September
11, 2001
Dear
Joanne and Board,
I,
too, am just horrified by the destruction in New York this morning. I called my father across the river in New
Jersey and just held him on the phone with me for more than an hour as we
watched television reports together. He
did that with me during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Somehow, this feels worse than that.
My
Dad and I both agreed that when we hung up, we would continue with our plans
for our day today. We cannot allow
terrorism to scare us away from living or away from responding. This is another day that '...will live in
infamy.'
I,
too, imagined tonight's TERA meeting beginning with praying together and
whether or not Nick is able to come, eating the food offering together. That's Community. The idea of inviting a representative from the Red Cross is also
a great idea.
I am
going to my class tonight as usual and I am sorry I will not be joining all of
you at our public meeting. God Bless us
all whatever we do.
With
a heavy heart --"
--
Kathleen Long, long-time Eagle Rock resident, founding TERA Board member, and
current TERA Board member
"Hello
-- thank you for sending this [TERA e.letter Special Edition of 9/13/01]."
--
Ray Patel, Eagle Rock business owner and Collaborative Eagle Rock Beautiful
participant
"Thanks
for this update. We are flying our flag
and tonight [9/14/01] we will be lighting our candles.
Is
there anything we can do as a community to help Mr. Ornedo's family? We are all, as Americans, affected by this,
and the fact that it happened to one of our own here in Eagle Rock compels us
to respond more directly.
Thank
you for your continued e-mails. We pray
for the safety and peace of our community and our country."
--
Peter and Brooke Romano, Eagle Rock residents, neighbors, and TERA members
"Thank
you so much for the moving and responsible reporting in your special edition of
the TERA e.letter. The article for Asia Week carries an important
perspective, and a courageous one to be articulated in a time when retaliation
on the largest scale becomes the accepted human response. There is a moral
vision which goes beyond declarations of war, and I am glad to see that
expressed. What has tragically happened is that we have been caught in
humanity's constant race against barbarism and terror; a race which affects
peoples trapped in civil war, border and interethnic disputes all over the
world.
Our pain is our pain first and foremost, but it is
also the pain of the world already being endured in many other places. Somewhere down the road, we must ask how we
can share ourselves with the world -- not for cheap markets and commercial
enterprise -- but for human dignity and resource sharing. International war will put us far behind in
that endeavor, for which this present tragedy is an unwitting and horrific
wake-up call.
The
question isn't 'how dare you do this to us?' But 'how dare this happen to
anyone?' Will we be able to remember that once our own healing has begun?"
--
Alan Scarfe, pastor, St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, and Eagle Rock resident
"Hope
as time goes on, something to honor this fellow Eagle Rocker [Ruben Ornedo]
will get discussed. Maybe a fund to donate to his widow and expected child?
Even
though it was a sad topic, I appreciated the special edition. Thanks for thinking of it and putting it
together."
--
MeHee Hyuan, fourth-generation Eagle Rocker [and whose son is the fifth
generation to live in the same house on Dahlia Drive]
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11. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Let
us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who
make our souls bloom."
--
Marcel Proust
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Joanne
Turner <artburn@earthlink.net>
President, The Eagle Rock Association (TERA)