Glendale News Press

Josh Kleinbaum Times Community News, a division of the Los Angeles Times, promoted its 2003 journalist of the year to managing editor of the Glendale News-Press, the Foothill Leader and Burbank Leader. Danette Goulet, 31, will oversee the newsroom operations of the three newspapers beginning on Jan. 3, managing a staff of 21 reporters, editors and photographers. "I love a new challenge, and I look forward to helping the Glendale News-Press, the Foothill Leader and the Burbank Leader be the strongest community papers in Southern California," Goulet said.

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The Glendale News-Press collected one first-place and three second-place awards Saturday in the California Newspaper Publishers Assn.'s annual Better Newspaper Contest. The awards, presented in San Jose during a meeting of the nonprofit trade association, were among 16 collected on behalf of Times Community North by Editor Dan Evans. Former staff writer Melanie Hicken captured first place for her 2011 coverage of local government. Hicken reported on a tie between renovations at then-City Councilman John Drayman's condominium and Advanced Development & Investment, Inc. , at a time when the firm was alleged to have bilked the city out of millions of tax dollars.

Curt Noland, who grew up in La Crescenta and was featured on a Los Angeles TV station for the novelty of delivering the Glendale News-Press on horseback, has died. He was 55. Noland died Jan. 17 at his Carlsbad home after a battle with esophageal cancer. The son of Al and Diane Noland, longtime La Crescenta residents, he attended Valley View School and Clark Junior High School. He delivered the News-Press on horseback in the late 1960s because he said it was hard to pedal his bike up the steep streets of his neighborhood.

Although the new year means the end of the holidays for many, Christmas is still about a week away for most Armenians. SEE RELIGION, PAGE A4. WEATHER Rain likely, with a high in the mid-50s. HOLIDAY CLOSURES The following locations will be closed for the New Year holiday: City Hall and other nonemergency city offices will be closed today and Saturday. Glendale courthouse is closed today and Saturday. Glendale banks are closed Saturday.

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GLENDALE — The Crescenta Valley Sun, after seven years of publication, will be folded into its larger sister paper, the Glendale News-Press, in a move Times Community News executives said would make operations more efficient while providing foothill readers with more timely daily news coverage. As of July 4, the News-Press will assume daily coverage of developments in La Crescenta, Montrose, Verdugo City and North Glendale, after Crescenta Valley Sun staffers transfer to the Glendale office.

The Glendale News-Press collected one first-place and three second-place awards Saturday in the California Newspaper Publishers Assn.'s annual Better Newspaper Contest. The awards, presented in San Jose during a meeting of the nonprofit trade association, were among 16 collected on behalf of Times Community North by Editor Dan Evans. Former staff writer Melanie Hicken captured first place for her 2011 coverage of local government. Hicken reported on a tie between renovations at then-City Councilman John Drayman's condominium and Advanced Development & Investment, Inc. , at a time when the firm was alleged to have bilked the city out of millions of tax dollars.

Cornered on the White House Correspondents' Dinner red carpet, Kim Kardashian told reporters she's “thinking about” running for Glendale mayor almost two weeks after a video  clip surfaced in which she quipped about running for political office. The Times reported that Kardashian would have to become a registered voter in Glendale, residing in the city 90 days before the election, and collect 100 endorsement signatures to run for City Council. City spokesman Tom Lorenz said the mayorship rotates based on the majority vote of the council, explaining that it is not an elected position in that city.

In case Glendale News-Press readers missed it, here's a sampling of what a pillar of our community wrote in this newspaper about some of your friends and neighbors - possibly even you. Can you guess which people he's talking about? “They contribute nothing positive in the long run.” “I'm tired of having their constant nagging … their evil.” “I'm frankly sick of them.” “[These people] be damned. They will be.” Shame on you, Rev. Bryan Griem (“ An atheist says reverend lacks empathy ,” Feb. 22)

Curt Noland, who grew up in La Crescenta and was featured on a Los Angeles TV station for the novelty of delivering the Glendale News-Press on horseback, has died. He was 55. Noland died Jan. 17 at his Carlsbad home after a battle with esophageal cancer. The son of Al and Diane Noland, longtime La Crescenta residents, he attended Valley View School and Clark Junior High School. He delivered the News-Press on horseback in the late 1960s because he said it was hard to pedal his bike up the steep streets of his neighborhood.

Throughout 2011, the Glendale News-Press was riddled with articles regarding the Rose Parade float selected for the city of Glendale. It was difficult for the funding to be pulled together, and there was strong opposition against the theme. At the time, it seemed to me a lot of people were upset about what was selected. However, no one stepped up to be a part of the selection committee to begin with. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals even stepped in to claim that the float represented animal cruelty.

Glendale News-Press editorials should serve as a model of thoughtful discourse, and they often do. However, in “Same information, different results,” published Nov. 25, the News-Press fails in its purported mission to educate and inform Glendale's residents on community issues. Rather than offer tangible evidence as to why the Glendale Teachers Assn. and officials in the Glendale Unified School District have not been able to forge a deal on furlough days - as have their counterparts in Burbank - the News-Press instead offers an extended metaphor of a “choose your own adventure” series to suggest that the two sides in Burbank are to be praised for their deal, while the two parties in Glendale are to be scolded, at the very least.

Thanks to the Glendale News-Press for publicizing the possible closure of the Doran Street rail crossing (“PUC reopens Doran rail crossing review,” Oct. 30). A primary reason given for this action is the nearby presence of Transgas, a propane facility adjacent to the rail crossing and near a freeway overpass. I drove by the other day and noticed that there is a large, towering propane tank at the edge of their property with minimal protection. It is just yards from the railroad crossing.

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I am very sorry you have discontinued Dan Kimber's column. I found it interesting and enlightening, and addressed subjects of community interest. I have looked forward each week to reading this column. I still miss reading Will Rogers' column. I was sorry that one was discontinued also. You seem to cancel the most interesting writers. I hope you will reconsider, and return the Kimber's column to the Glendale News-Press. Lucile Leard Glendale    

The candy and tobacco store that opened in the city's main post office in the late 1940s was part of a nationwide movement to provide work for persons living with a disability. In 1947, Postmaster Max L. Green, with assistance from the state and federal governments and the Lions clubs of the area, installed and outfitted a candy and tobacco stand in the post office's lobby. It was operated by Eldon Littell. Green turned the keys of the fully-stocked stand over to Littell, a member of the Foothill Service Club for the Blind, in an informal ceremony that included Mayor Albert C. Lane and Ray Barker, chair of the Foothill Council for the Blind.