Great news! TERA has thus far collected a six-inch
stack of Walgreens petitions, and more are coming in every day! Join the A-team and sign if you haven't
already (see Item No. 8 below). Only a
name and address are needed! If you
wish to help with this effort, please e.mail Pamala Lansden at savetherancho@yahoo.com.
"Eagle Rock: Where land use and
planning is a contact sport"
THE EAGLE ROCK
ASSOCIATION
TERA
-- e.letter --
February 7, 2002
In this issue:
1. HISTORIC HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
MEETING -- TONIGHT
2. EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
3. ROCK ROSE ART GALLERY CONCERT -- FEBRUARY 8
4. WOMEN'S 20TH CENTURY CLUB ANNUAL CAMELLIA FASHION
SHOW -- FEBRUARY 16
5. CELEBRATE THE AZTEC NEW YEAR -- FEBRUARY 16
6. ERMAC (EAGLE ROCK MAGNET ASSISTANCE CLUB)
MEETING -- FEBRUARY 20
7. CALLING ALL ARTISTS -- COME JOIN US FOR THE
DAHLIA DAYS ARTS FESTIVAL -- MAY 18
8. WALGREENS PETITION -- PLEASE SIGN IF YOU
HAVEN'T ALREADY
9. MORE COMMENTS FROM WALGREENS PETITION
SIGNERS
10. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
11. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
12. COMING NEXT WEEK
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1. HISTORIC HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL MEETING -- TONIGHT
You are invited to the
next Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council meeting at 6:30 pm at the
Police Museum tonight, Thursday, February 7, 2002. We submitted our
application to DONE on January 28, 2002 and are now ready to get a start on the
issues in our community and we need everyone's input. Please plan on attending and invite a neighbor or friend. See you there!
THANKS,
HHPNC organizing
committee
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2. EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
The following is in
from Tracy King, ERHS PTSA co-president:
Spring time brings
thoughts of testing and thinking about college for our high-schoolers...
SCHOLARSHIP
ANNOUNCEMENT [FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS]
Deadline: 25 March 2002
From: La Alianza at
Harvard Law School Applications are now being accepted for the "Justicia
en Diversidad" Scholarship competition. A $1000 award will be given to a high school
senior living in the continental US who plans to enroll as a full-time college
student during the 2002-2003 academic year. Alianza is the Latino student
organization at Harvard Law School. Our
goal in establishing this scholarship fund is to promote diversity within the
legal field and to perhaps connect scholarship recipients with a law student or
legal practitioner of Latino heritage who can address questions and concerns
that may arise as the student progresses through his or her educational
endeavors. Applicants must, therefore,
show a strong interest in pursuing a career in law. A website for the
scholarship will be posted within the week at the following URL: http://www.law.harvard.edu/studorgs/alianza/scholarship.
11th graders only:
Ivy West Educational
Services is offering its SAT Prep Program again on campus for only $5. Enrollment is
limited. Go to the college counselling
office immediately and complete the application form. Call Steve Williams, college counsellor, with any questions.
COLLEGE FAIR: all students and parents
are welcome Saturday, Feb. 9, at Glendale College. To sign up for free transportation, breakfast and lunch, see Ms.
Foster in room 115 or call her at 323-254-6891.
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 6:30
pm. Library: PTSA meeting. Learn all about the
summer school program. Your student's
grades should be in your hands by then and you'll probably have a good idea
whether summer school will be a necessity or an option to explore. We'll also look at the school safety
plan.
Tenth Grade Laser Tag
night: Thursday, Feb. 7, 7-9 pm. Tickets are $10 and can
be purchased from Jesus Hernandez & Joey Conte or Mr. Oswald in room 301.
CERT Training:
Disaster preparedness
training is offered free through the LA Fire Department. Meet for seven Thursdays beginning March 7,
6:30-9:30 pm at Glassell Park Elementary school auditorium, 2211 W. Avenue 30,
LA 90065. Check out all the details at
www.cert-la.com. Minimum age for the
certificate is eighteen. Call
818-756-9674 for more information.
No school Monday, Feb.
18, President's day.
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3. ROCK ROSE ART GALLERY CONCERT -- FEBRUARY
8
In association with
Sasi Productions presents
The Blues
A Live Concert
Featuring
Female Harmonica Pro
Ms. Gypsy
With special guests Dr.
Blues~ Mike & Fred
FRIDAY, FEB. 8, @8 PM
ROCK ROSE
Art Gallery, Café
& Arroyo Book Store
4108 N. Figueroa Street
in Highland Park, CA
Suggested Donation $5
To RSVP, Email us or
Call Rosamaria Marquez @ (323) 222-4740
PLEASE TELL A FRIEND!
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4. WOMEN'S 20TH CENTURY CLUB ANNUAL CAMELLIA
FASHION SHOW -- FEBRUARY 16
The Women's 20th
Century Club of Eagle Rock presents its annual Camellia Fashion Show on
Saturday, February 16, 2002, at 11:30 a.m. The Women's Club is located at 5105 Hermosa
Avenue (at the corner of Colorado).
Tickets are $20 each and are tax-deductible. Come spend a lovely Saturday afternoon with us!
For tickets, please
contact Bernadette Gurule at (323) 255-6143 or (323) 256-5328, or Roe Muzingo
at (323) 255-4438.
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5. CELEBRATE THE AZTEC NEW YEAR -- FEBRUARY
16
Celebrate YEI TOCHTLI
(Three Rabbits), the Aztec New Year, at the Eagle Rock Community Cultural
Center on Saturday, February 16 from 2 - 5 PM.
Art opening/reception for L.A. Artists Edith Abeyta, Rob Abeyta, Jose Antonio
Aguirre, Edgar Aparicio, Richard Espinoza, Patricia Gonzalez, and Artemio
Rodriguez. The reception will feature
live music by CUSUCO, Aztec Dancers, a free art workshop, vendors, and
refreshments.
This event is FREE and
open to the public. We look forward to seeing you!
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6. ERMAC (EAGLE ROCK MAGNET ASSISTANCE CLUB)
MEETING -- FEBRUARY 20
Wednesday, February 20
--ERMAC meeting at 7:00 p.m. in Mr. Steinorth's classroom (Room B-29). Please attend. We need everyone's input.
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7. CALLING ALL ARTISTS -- COME JOIN US FOR
THE DAHLIA DAYS ARTS FESTIVAL -- MAY 18
Come share your work
with the Northeast Community! Join us
at the Dahlia Days Spring Arts Festival to Exhibit your work and share your
expertise through art demonstrations. The
Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center is in search of 20 local artists who would
like to exhibit their work from 10am-6pm under a giant Gallery Art Tent at this
Arts Festival.
About the Festival:
The Eagle Rock
Community Cultural Center's Dahlia Days -Spring Arts Festival is a celebration
of the arts and our community. It is presented each year by the Eagle Rock
Community Cultural Center to raise money for and to promote the Center's arts
programs and projects. This will be the 6th festival to be held.
Vendors/Artists must sell only items that they have made.
Thousands of art
enthusiasts attend this event!
Festival Information:
The Eagle Rock
Community Cultural Center's Spring Arts Festival -
Dahlia Days
When: Saturday, May
18th, 2002 10am-6pm
Where: @ The Eagle Rock
Community Cultural Center's Spring Arts Festival --Dahlia Days --Located off of
Colorado Boulevard & Eagle Rock Boulevard (on Caspar).
ARTIST EXHIBITION INFO
- (one day event)
Space under Gallery
Tent is $25 donation that goes directly to the Eagle Rock Community Cultural
Center
1. Artists may bring up
to as many pieces as they can fit in an 8'x8' space. In addition to original
work, you are encouraged to bring prints, and smaller art items to sell (if you have them!).
2. Please be prepared
to demonstrate an art technique. Spinning pottery, oil painting, sketching,
weaving demonstrations etc., are all greatly encouraged!
3. Works should be
appropriate for family audiences (no explicit nudes, etc.)
4. Artists must set up,
take down, and find an appropriate display method (easels, & folding tables
work nicely.)
5. Artists should
expect to stay with their artwork all day or arrange someone to assist you (to
answer the public's questions, handle sales, etc.)
This is a great
opportunity to sell items, expand your mailing list, to meet some great people
and to sell your art!
APPLICATION TO
PARTICIPATE:
If you would like to
receive an application to participate,
please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Candace Jeanette
Spring Arts Outdoor
Gallery/Art Demonstrations
c/o the studio
604 S. Chevy Chase
Drive
Glendale, CA 91205
818 242- 5303 (studio)
OR /print a form from
the web at: http://www.erccc.org/artistapp.html
OR/ email -
candacej@candacejeanette.com
Space is limited so
contact us soon!
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8. WALGREENS PETITION -- PLEASE SIGN IF YOU
HAVEN'T ALREADY
It's easy! Join numerous area residents by adding your
name to our petition. Only your name
and address are needed. Thanks!
* I support positive
economic development in Eagle Rock, which benefits business and residents
alike.
* I support development
that respects Eagle Rock's architectural history and "hometown"
feel.
* I welcome Walgreens
into our community, as long as Walgreens honors what we, the people, want.
* If Walgreens decides
to locate in our community, I DO NOT want Walgreens to demolish the
Shopping Bag building and erect a corporate cookie-cutter structure surrounded
by a vast parking lot.
* If Walgreens decides
to locate in our community, I DO want Walgreens to restore and occupy
the Shopping Bag building at 2222 Colorado Boulevard.
My name and address
are:
My additional comments
are:
Send your petition to
us at artburn@earthlink.net. Thanks!
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9. MORE COMMENTS FROM WALGREENS PETITION
SIGNERS
"As a member of
TERA, The Los Angeles Conservancy and The National Trust for Historic
Preservation, I urge Walgreens to preserve the Shopping Bag Building. The first Walgreens Pharmacy opened in 1901
and by 1930, there were over 400. Perhaps Walgreens should revisit their roots
and incorporate design elements from some of their earlier stores into a
Shopping Bag Building renovation."
-- Linda Danet, Eagle
Rock resident and TERA member
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10. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
"The latest TERA
e-letter [1/31/02] was one of those wonderfully informative pieces that
provides a great deal of info about a wide spectrum of issues that makes a
person feel good about living in a community where so many people care about
and are actively engaged in what happens locally. Thanks for putting it out there week after week. Great job!"
-- Wanda Kuenzli, Eagle
Rock resident, TERA member, and chair, Eagle Rock Community Cultural Association
"Thank you for the
Editor's Note re stuccoing over a wood-sided house! As a real estate agent I see this all the time and in my personal
opinion it should be illegal! It
devalues the property and tends to be "catching", eventually
affecting the neighborhood. Buyers
these days are looking for homes whose architectural integrity has been
preserved as much as possible.
Stuccoing a wooden house destroys that integrity. Don't do it! (And then there are those ubiquitous aluminum windows..!)"
-- Alice L. Hartwell, Jordinelli &
Associates; Eagle Rock resident and TERA member
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11. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Efforts and
courage are not enough without purpose and direction."
-- John F. Kennedy
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12. COMING NEXT WEEK
Look for news regarding
progress on TERA's Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour, to be held Sunday, May 19,
2002!
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We welcome your
comments. Please include your name.
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Joanne Turner
<artburn@earthlink.net>
President, The Eagle
Rock Association (TERA)