Boot Camp

Amber Willard GLENDALE -- A group of local high school students are gearing up to attend "boot camp" for the American Red Cross. Five teens from Glendale and Crescenta Valley high schools who have put in at least 15 months volunteering for the Red Cross's Glendale-Crescenta Valley Chapter will attend the weeklong camp that starts Saturday. The Leadership Development Center camp is held in Yucaipa. "The camp will help mold and shape the characteristics needed in crisis situations," spokeswoman Lysa Barry said.

Albert Mesa had never run a mile before he joined a training group that was getting prepared last year for the first-ever Downtown Dash. The Glendale resident wanted to lose 70 pounds, so he signed up last January for the All About You! Wellness Bootcamp to get in shape for the dash, which is a 3.1-mile run or walk event that raises funds for Glendale Adventist Medical Center’s Stroke Services center. “I had never run a mile before, let alone three miles,” Mesa said.

Elaine Miller and Narina Tatoussian like to make people sweat. The two are trainers and co-owners of All About You Wellness Bootcamp. They coach dozens of people, most of them Glendale residents, in a spacious basketball gym where participants show up for hour-long exercise sessions beginning at 5:45 a.m. The workout routines vary by design each week. Miller said that she and Tatoussian switch up the routine weekly so as to avoid repetitive workouts that breed content muscles.

Glendale resident Charley Egan kicked, squatted and ran in the name of freedom Monday during the Freedom on the Center Court boot camp at the Staples Center. Egan was one of 70 athletes who ran up and down the Staples Center bleachers as part of the Glendale-based All About You Wellness boot camp in commemoration of Martin Luther King day. “It’s kind of a new beginning with the inauguration coming up,” the 54-year-old said. The idea was for participants to celebrate the freedom to express themselves, boot camp co-founder Elaine Miller said.

City offices to be closed for holiday All Glendale city offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Scheduled pick-ups of trash and recyclables, however, will follow the normal schedule, according to a city notice. ? Health officials push hygiene County public health officials Monday warned holiday cooks to take precautions against spreading germs alongside their meals. Raw turkey, chicken or other meats can contain Campylobacter or Salmonella bacteria that cause diarrhea and other problems.

A group of eager sixth-graders shot their hands up, waiting their turn to ask questions about how they could decorate their locker, what the rules for cellphones are and the consequences of not doing homework. Students entering Luther Burbank Middle School participated in a boot camp program Tuesday and Wednesday intended to help smoothen the transition from the single classroom environment of elementary school to a daunting new world of multiple classes, figuring out lockers and calculating grade-point averages.

Brittani McCormick of La Cañada Flintridge is on the first deployment of her Naval career on the USS Stennis in the Middle East. She recently graduated from boot camp in May from Great Lakes, Ill., after graduating from a postgraduate program in Pensacola, Florida, in September. McCormick was privately home schooled most of her life and attended Pasadena City College before working toward becoming a sailor in 2010. She is supported by her grandparents, parents and siblings.

AYSO Region 88 fall registration The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) Region 88 program, based in Glendale and La Crescenta, will conduct early registration for the fall season for children ages 4-18. Registration will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Clark Magnet School, 4747 New York Ave., La Crescenta. Early bird registration fee for all divisions (through Saturday) is $90 (includes uniform, pictures, trophy and a yearbook). All players must be pre-registered prior to walk-up registration.

Brittani McCormick of La Cañada Flintridge is on the first deployment of her Naval career on the USS Stennis in the Middle East. She recently graduated from boot camp in May from Great Lakes, Ill., after graduating from a postgraduate program in Pensacola, Florida, in September. McCormick was privately home schooled most of her life and attended Pasadena City College before working toward becoming a sailor in 2010. She is supported by her grandparents, parents and siblings.

Elaine Miller and Narina Tatoussian like to make people sweat. The two are trainers and co-owners of All About You Wellness Bootcamp. They coach dozens of people, most of them Glendale residents, in a spacious basketball gym where participants show up for hour-long exercise sessions beginning at 5:45 a.m. The workout routines vary by design each week. Miller said that she and Tatoussian switch up the routine weekly so as to avoid repetitive workouts that breed content muscles.

Bradford Bancroft is keeping to his New Year’s resolution. He and his wife, Phyllis, have been working out Monday through Friday in the All About You! Wellness Bootcamp. “We are recent members as of January,” the Glendale resident said. “It was my new year’s revolution , as I call it.” Phyllis Bancroft originally wanted them to go on the reality TV show “The Biggest Loser,” where people lose weight at hard-core boot camps, he said.

La Crescenta resident Cara DiMaggio and her friend, Diana Herrera, made a mad dash Sunday morning through downtown Glendale in preparation for the city’s five-mile run-and-walk event in March. The pair have never participated in a long-distance run before, but they said they are committed to follow through with their New Year’s resolution to live healthier and lose weight in 2010. “I wanted to get my butt off the couch and do something,” DiMaggio said.

City offices to be closed for holiday All Glendale city offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Scheduled pick-ups of trash and recyclables, however, will follow the normal schedule, according to a city notice. ? Health officials push hygiene County public health officials Monday warned holiday cooks to take precautions against spreading germs alongside their meals. Raw turkey, chicken or other meats can contain Campylobacter or Salmonella bacteria that cause diarrhea and other problems.

Every morning Wes Migletz fires up his ’72 Chevy pickup and drives the 30 miles from his home in Burbank to work at Toyota’s U.S. sales and marketing headquarters in Torrance, he feels something missing in his life. It isn’t family. No, that’s purring along like the engines of classic cars he bought and sold — the ’55 Thunderbird, ’62 Corvette and ’71 Super Beetle, the car he drove when he took his wife on their first date to Bob’s Big Boy. It isn’t location, either.

Glendale college Golf Tourney Sponsorships and golfing opportunities are available for the annual Glendale College Foundation Golf Tournament, which will be held June 8 at Oakmont Country Club. Harley Davidson of Glendale is the tournament?s sponsor. Funds raised from the tournament help support many programs and projects at the college. For more information, call (818) 551-5201. Community national campaign launched Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers and People Magazine have launched a national campaign, ?