Former Mouseketeer
talks about her books
Patricia Kutch Beatty, one of Walt Disney's original Mouseketeers
and author of "Feathers In The Wind," will be the featured speaker at
the monthly meeting of Glendale Beautiful at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 9 at
the Joe Bridges Clubhouse, 2531 E. Glenoaks Blvd.
The program will be "How To Write Your Own Family History."
Luncheon cost is $7. For reservations, call 246-3634.
In 1955, she was chosen as a Mouseketeer. She was tapped to be on
"Spin and Marty," a Western-themed series that was included on that
program. She was on the program from 1955 to '57.
Her book is a family history about the descendants of Thomas
LaVatta and Tilford Kutch. She has also written a child's book,
"Petite Ballerina," which has been used as a teaching aid for young
dance students.
Beatty is writing a how-to book on writing Indian Family History.
Joyce Rudolph
'Passage of Time'
features duo
NORTHWEST GLENDALE -- The Associates of the Brand Library and Art
Center will host "The Passage of Time," a free concert of vocal music
featuring soprano Juliana Gondek and pianist Victoria Kirsch at 7:30
p.m. Thursday in the concert hall of Brand Library.
The program includes settings of Verlaine's "L'heure exquise"
("The Exquisite Hour") by Faure, Hahn and Poldowski, as well as UCLA
composer Roger Bourland's "Songs of Passing," an aria from Handel's
"The Triumph of Time and Truth," and songs by Richard Strauss, Kent
Carlson and John Bucchino.
Gondek enjoys an international singing, recording and teaching
career that has taken her to several continents, in addition to her
position as professor of voice at UCLA. Kirsch is one of the
Southland's busiest collaborative pianists and is the director of the
Brand Library Music Series.
Brand Library is in Brand Park, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. A
reception will follow the event. These programs are supported by the
Associates of the Brand Library & Art Center and the Glendale Public
Library, a division of the city of Glendale.
Joyce Rudolph
Forestry officials
reduce fire danger level
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST -- As a result of recent heavy rains,
forestry officials have reduced the fire danger level from moderate
to low in the Angeles National Forest.
This decreases the fire restrictions that had prohibited campfires
anywhere within the forest since July 23. Restrictions on camp stoves
in parts of San Gabriel and San Antonio Canyon were lifted Oct. 20.
The low danger level allows for wood or charcoal fires at
