"Eagle Rock: Where land use and
planning is a contact sport"
THE EAGLE ROCK ASSOCIATION
-- e.letter --
October 25, 2001
In this issue:
1. EAGLE ROCK'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY! -- FAMILY
FESTIVAL -- OCTOBER 28
2. WALGREENS DRUG STORE IN EAGLE ROCK? -- MEET
THE DEVELOPER -- OCTOBER 30
3. FREE HALLOWEEN FUN AT HIGHLAND PARK FAMILY
& LITERACY FESTIVAL -- OCTOBER 27
4. BOWLING FOR DOLLARS FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE --
OCTOBER 27
5. JOIN TERA'S HOME TOUR COMMITTEE! -- NEXT
MEETING -- NOVEMBER 14
6. MORE GOOD NEWS FROM EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL!
7. JOIN THE A-TEAM! -- BECOME A MEMBER OF TERA
TODAY
8. A GOOD DEED FOR OUR NATION'S HEROES
9. A RESCUER OF LOST PETS
10. EAGLE ROCK FARMERS MARKET -- EVERY FRIDAY
11. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
12. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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1. EAGLE ROCK'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY! -- FAMILY
FESTIVAL -- OCTOBER 28
Although it's too late to reserve seats for the
dinner-dance this Saturday at the Women's 20th Century Club, the festivities
celebrating Eagle Rock's 90th
anniversary continues Sunday, October 28,
with a Family Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The festival, which will feature arts and
crafts, food, rides for children, a petting zoo, and entertainment, will be
held at Merton and Caspar Streets (the location of our weekly Farmers
Market). Bring the whole family and
join with the community and celebrate the rich history of our vibrant town!
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2. WALGREENS DRUG STORE IN EAGLE ROCK? --
MEET THE DEVELOPER -- OCTOBER 30
This
Tuesday, October 30 -- The One-Day Paint & Body Shop is located in the
historic building originally built in the 1940s as the flagship store for the
Shopping Bag Grocery chain. It appears
that the FCD Realty & Development, LLC, plans to demolish this historic
building and locate a new Walgreens Drug Store and potentially other stores
(maybe Starbucks?) in the same location.
It is unfortunate that the building has been denied Cultural Monument
status. The development company is holding a community meeting this Tuesday to
discuss the project.
TERA's
concerns regarding this project are as follows:
Diversity
of merchants: It is to the benefit of
existing merchants as well as residents to have an appropriate mix and
diversity of merchants in a community.
Eagle Rock currently is well served by many other pharmacies and sundry
stores such as Sav-On, Rite Aid, Albertson's, Vons, local merchants Hiana,
Eagle Rock Drug, ABM Pharmacy and the proposed Sav-on at the La Loma triangle
(next to McDonalds). Notice that there
likely would not be more pharmacy/sundry business in Eagle Rock just because a
new Walgreens opens. The net result
could be to diminish the revenue at existing competitors and to remove the
property from consideration by other types of merchants not well represented in
Eagle Rock. It potentially increases
the chance that profits at one or more of the existing merchants, who have
already made a commitment to Eagle Rock, will no longer be profitable, and we
could be faced with another empty storefront.
Historic
Property: The old Shopping Bag building
represents an important part of Eagle Rock's commercial history. It is likely that the developer will simply
demolish the building and erect a typical structure for Walgreens (usually a
cinder block rectangle). TERA feels
that it is to the benefit of this community, from both historic and visual
perspectives, to encourage the integration of the Streamline Moderne
architectural aspects of this structure into whatever new development takes
place.
TERA
enthusiastically supports the redevelopment of this property. We hope, however,
that it will be done with a sense of what is best for existing merchants, the
new merchant(s), and the residents of Eagle Rock.
The
meeting will take place Tuesday, October 30, 2001, at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
at the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center (across the street from the site in
question), 2225 Colorado Boulevard, here in Eagle Rock. Please attend and let your thoughts and
opinions be known. A lively discussion
is always healthy.
For
information, please call the Eagle Rock/Highland Park field office of Council
member Nick Pacheco at (323) 254-5295.
If
you can't attend, please let Council member Pacheco know how you feel at npacheco@council.lacity.org,
and please copy Michael Southard, chair of TERA's Historic Preservation
Committee, EVEN IF YOU HAVE WRITTEN
HIM ALREADY ABOUT THIS MATTER (directly
or through me), at lavalodge@earthlink.net.
Please write Michael even if you do attend the meeting.
Please
invite your friends and neighbors.
Sign-language interpreters, assistive devices, or other auxiliary aids
provided upon request. Call TDD (323)
982-0872.
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3. FREE HALLOWEEN FUN AT HIGHLAND PARK
FAMILY & LITERACY FESTIVAL -- OCTOBER 27
Local
families are encouraged to attend a free, multicultural night of Halloween fun
when the "Haunted Halloween Festival and Literacy Night" takes
place on Saturday, October 27, from 4 to 8 pm, at Hathaway Family Resource
Center, 840 N. Avenue 66, in Highland Park.
Providing
a safe, fun environment to celebrate the Halloween season, our festival will
include activities in both English and Spanish, such as:
* A
terrifying Haunted House, designed and operated by local teens!
* A Costume
Parade for kids of all ages! -- wear and share your costumes!
* Dia De Los Muertos Altar -- bring your memories
and offerings to departed loved ones!
* A Pumpkin-Carving
Contest and Display -- bring your carved pumpkin to win!
* Scary
Storytelling -- hear great multicultural stories read by great storytellers!
* Scary
Poetry Contest -- local schoolchildren will read their terrifying rhymes!
* Arts
and Crafts activities, including Mask-Making and Skull-Sculpting!
* Creepy
Crawly Critters will be on hand -- learn about snakes and spiders!
* Plus
Music and Magic, Refreshments and a Bake Sale!
Sponsored
by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of L.A., and Success by Six, the
"Haunted Halloween Festival and Literacy Night" will occur on
Saturday, October 27, from 4 to 8 pm, at Hathaway Family Resource Center, 840
N. Avenue 66, in Highland Park.
For
more information, call (323) 257-9600.
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4. BOWLING FOR DOLLARS FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE
-- OCTOBER 27
On
Saturday, October 27 from 4 to 7 pm, The Northeast Democratic Club is
sponsoring a non-political fundraiser for Local 11 (Hotel and Restaurant
Employees) who lost their jobs as a result of the Sept 11 attack on the WTC.
Our fundraiser will be fun! It's a
"Pin-A-Thon", and like a Walk-a-Thon, it involves pledges, but this
time you pledge on how well you or a friend can bowl. The fundraiser is at the All-Star Lanes, 4459 Eagle Rock Blvd,
just North of York.
Here's how it works. A bowler calls and registers to bowl. (S)he collect pledges from friends and neighbors. Each bowler
must collect a minimum of $50 in pledges. Those who pledge give a minimum
pledge of 10 cents per pin, or $10 whichever is greater. The bowler bowls at the fundraiser. If they bowl 150, each person who pledged
owes 150 x their pledge amount. So if
you pledge 20 cents and your bowler bowls 150, you would owe $30. The minimum pledge amount owed is $10 per
pledger. So if your bowler is a turkey,
we can still give some money to the hotel employees relief fund. People may also pledge a fixed amount. So I could say I'll give $25 whether you
bowl well or not. There is no charge to
bowl. In fact, your bowling shoes are
free and we'll feed you a burger, fries and soft drink.
It's
for a very good cause. To date over 40%
of local union hotel employees have been laid off. Local 11 is running a food bank to help out with their expenses. We thought of doing this for a NYC relief
agency, but the plight here is real, too, and is getting a lot less attention,
so we thought it best to keep the money local.
Bowlers
who wish to register, call me at 323-254-2717. People who don't want to bowl, but just want to make a pledge can
call me as well.
Thanks,
John
Gallogly
Northeast
Democrats
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5. 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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6. MORE GOOD NEWS FROM EAGLE ROCK HIGH
SCHOOL!
Lea
Hildebrandt, a student at Eagle Rock High School has been awarded the fourth
annual Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement for Students. The Siemens Foundation and the College Board
are proud to recognize the 24 high school students nationwide who received the
highest-ranking scores in seven mathematics and science in Advanced Placement
(AP) exams.
The
students will receive $3,000 scholarships and plaques at an award ceremony held
at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, December 2, 2001. Two national winners will receive an
additional $5,000 scholarship at that ceremony. The Siemens Foundation and the College Board are honored to
recognize the academic excellence of those students taking the challenging
courses offered by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.
__________________________
Stephen
Williams
College
Counselor
Eagle
Rock High School
1750
Yosemite Drive
Los
Angeles, CA 90041
323/254-6891
ex 159
fax: 323/255-3398
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7. JOIN THE A-TEAM! -- BECOME A MEMBER OF
TERA TODAY
If
you are not already a member of The Eagle Rock Association (TERA), please join
us! As you know by our up-to-date
weekly e.letter, our very informative quarterly newsletter, our very successful
and positive annual Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour, our bimonthly public
meetings, and various other beneficial activities, we work very diligently on
behalf of the Eagle Rock community to make life better for all of us and our
children. Your support is what makes us
succeed.
We
regularly conduct research regarding local land-use issues and appear at
hearings on behalf of Eagle Rock. We
have initiated a community-wide public-area enhancement and beautification
effort, known as the Collaborative Eagle Rock Beautiful. We strongly support high-quality
revitalization of Eagle Rock's commercial areas, advocate preservation of our historic resources, and stress public
safety, among other things of interest to those throughout our community. We very proudly organize and sponsor the
annual Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour every May, an event that always brings
well-deserved attention to Eagle Rock's neighborhoods and always is a tremendous
success!
Speakers
at our public meetings have included Council member Nick Pacheco, LAPD Chief
Bernard Parks, Occidental College president Ted Mitchell, LAUSD District 5
Board member David Tokofsky, LA Conservancy's Ken Bernstein, Valley VOTE
president Jeff Brain, and many more.
Our public meetings are catered by Eagle Rock restaurants (because we
want to help promote our local businesses), and childcare is provided so busy
parents can attend.
We are an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit public
benefit corporation, so your yearly membership dues are fully
tax-deductible. Dues go towards
printing and mailing costs, office supplies, and other general operating
expenses so we can get information out to the community about our activities
and events that enable you to take an active part in making Eagle Rock a better
place to live.
Dues are reasonable and are offered on a variety of
levels -- $10 (for seniors and non-Eagle Rock residents), $15 (individual), $20
(household), $35 (sustaining and business associate), $50 (sponsor), and $100
(patron).
Want
to know more? To find out more about
TERA and our accomplishments, please visit our Web site at http://www.TERA90041.org. You can download a membership application
form, fill it out, and just send it in.
You can also e.mail us at tera@oxy.edu or call our TERA hotline at (323)
259-TERA and leave a message with your name, address, and phone number. Be sure to include your e.mail address so we
can make sure you receive all special announcements and our online weekly
e.letter. Remember -- your support is
what makes TERA happen.
TERA
-- Eagle Rock's residents association -- working for Eagle Rock and YOU!
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8. A GOOD DEED FOR OUR NATION'S HEROES
On
the news, they are saying that the fire fighters and rescuers are getting
discouraged . They leave out the part
about the horrific conditions and sights they see, But through it all, they go
on and on and on and on.
So
here's the idea. To start a Card-Writing Campaign. Go out to your local
greeting card store. Buy a card that reflects what your feelings are about
their heroic efforts and send it to them at:
NYC
Fire Department
1
Chase Manhattan Plaza
New
York, NY 10005
Just
think how powerful this message could be. If all of you send this e-mail to
everyone you know, and they send it to everyone they know, and if all of the
people who get this note send a card, we can be the start of a great and giving
thing.
Let's
show these brave men and women how we feel about them. They now need our love,
support and encouragement.
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9. A RESCUER OF LOST PETS
Thank
you for "publishing" Gene Jaramillo's letter re his lost dog in the
TERA e.letter. I've spoken with Gene a
few times and unfortunately, they have not yet found Hilde.
Since
you were kind enough to share his letter with us, I'm hoping you'll share mine,
too. I rescue lost pets. If I can return them to their owners I do. If I can't, I make sure they are spayed or
neutered, get all their shots and a bath and then I try to place them, using
flyers and word-of-mouth. Several TERA
members are owners of dogs and cats I've rescued. Right now I'm trying to find a home for a year old German
shepherd female who was abandoned by her owners and left to wander the
neighborhood. I don't know anything
about her background - i.e. whether or not she likes other dogs, likes cats,
etc. - but she's very sweet.
She's had her shots and will be spayed and bathed next week
If any
of your readers would like to see her, or know anyone who might be interested
in adopting her, I can be reached at 323/255-7071. Thank you!
--
Alice L. Hartwell
A_HARTWELL@msn.com
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10. EAGLE ROCK FARMERS MARKET -- EVERY FRIDAY
At
the intersection of Caspar and Merton Avenues just south and east of Colorado
and Eagle Rock Boulevards, Eagle Rock's Farmers Market takes place every Friday
starting at 5:00 p.m. and ending at 9:00 p.m.
Lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, bakery goods, cut flowers, potted
plants, ready-to-eat foods, crafts, and gift items are offered. A wide array of organically grown produce as
well as foods prized in the Philippines are also featured.
A
visit to the Farmers Market is a terrific way to end a long work week and help
prepare for that weekend dinner party.
Come see friends and neighbors, and enjoy live music with it all! Activities for children as well.
Sponsored by our own Eagle Rock Chamber of
Commerce. For more information, please
call Michael Nogueira at (323) 225-5466.
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11. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
"Extraordinary
TERA e-letter [9/27/01] by the way.
Thought provoking in a local, regional, national, global, and even
spiritual sense. You make me
proud."
--
Michael Southard, Eagle Rock resident, valued neighbor and friend, and TERA
Board member
"I
love the TERA e.mail letter and all the valuable information it provides about
what is happening in my neighborhood.
Many thanks to all the hardworking folks who make it possible. TERA's accomplishments are inspiring! Sincerely --"
--
Mary-Linn Hughes, TERA member and Eagle Rock resident
"After
having spent most of the past year on a job in Boston (ugh!), I'm happily home
in Eagle Rock. Our whole family (including
two sons age 10 and 5) is committed to getting more involved in the little
piece of Los Angeles we've called home for the past 14 years. Really appreciate your continuing role in
making this a nicer place to live.
Please keep up the good work!"
--
Jim Rawitsch and Corey Madden, happy Eagle Rock residents and TERA members
"Thanks
again for another informative and inspiring issue [Tragedy/TERA e.letter
special edition]!"
--
Jeff Holder, owner, Passionfruit, and TERA business member
"I
enjoy the newsletter every time it comes out.
I think you (singular or plural -- I'm not sure whom I'm addressing
here, exactly) are doing a marvelous job -- crisp, literate writing, broad
coverage, right spelling!"
--
Peter Sutheim, owner, Earworks, and TERA business member
"Thank
you for all the work you do for all of us in Eagle Rock. It is greatly appreciated and
respected."
--
Dan Jordinelli, owner, Jordinelli & Associates, a TERA business member
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12. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Be
brave enough to live creatively. The
creative is the place where no one else has even been. You have to leave the city of your comfort
and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
What you will discover will be wonderful. What you will discover will be yourself."
--
Alan Alda
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Joanne
Turner <artburn@earthlink.net>
President, The Eagle Rock Association (TERA)