Magic Mountain

Some 1,000 students at Roosevelt Middle School got their last-minute instructions Monday before going out to sell candy for the Associated Student Body. The money raised from the candy sale will go to the student body and student clubs and organizations of their choice. The drama class did skits to demonstrate the right and wrong way to sell the candy, World's Finest Chocolates. The students were urged not to go out alone and be kind and courteous because they represent the school.

Silent auction will benefit town council Bidding for a silent auction benefiting the Crescenta Valley Town Council will begin on Sunday at the council's booth at the Montrose Harvest Market. Items include a seven-day trip for two to Honolulu/Maui with airfare, car and hotel included; a helicopter tour of Los Angeles/Hollywood for two; a YMCA Family Plan; a TAIX workout Studio Extreme Boot Camp session worth $500; two Allied Waste certificates for one year of trash service; Dodger/Angel Baseball tickets, gift certificates from local restaurants and Magic Mountain . Bidding will continue and conclude at the council's booth at this year's Fourth of July fireworks event at La Crescenta Elementary School.

The students were excited and ready to go when the annual Magazine Drive Assembly started Tuesday morning at St. James the Less Catholic School in La Crescenta. As the largest fund-raiser for St. James, the magazine drive always gets the kids excited to sell magazine subscriptions, because they know the money will go to a good cause, their school. With the theme, "Experience the Adventure," the assembly was filled with games and prizes for the kids to see and win on the spot.

There will more than just fireworks at the inaugural Independence Day celebration at La Crescenta Elementary School on July 4th. An assortment of great items will be available for bid at the CV Town Council's Silent Auction booth. Among the highly sought after prizes is a trip for two for seven days and nights at the Honolulu/Maui. This is a complete package that includes airfare, car rental, and hotel accommodations. For the perfect date or romantic celebration, a couple can enjoy a helicopter tour of Los Angeles and Hollywood.

It's that time again - time for eerie journeys to the edge of horror and back again. Every place is decked out in its scariest themes, including Disneyland and Magic Mountain. The new seasonal attractions inspire every level of fear - from cute little skeletons trying to make Christmas in a Halloween world to dizzying mazes that will "rattle your bones and leave you crying tears of terror." At Disneyland, Jack Skellington has once again arrived from Halloweentown to decorate the Haunted Mansion.

Maps will guide open studio tour The Fourth Annual Open Studio Tour will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on July 8 throughout the greater Glendale area. Maps will be available for visitors to locate more than 71 artists who will exhibit in 35 homes, galleries and studios. All will also be featured in "Glendale Artists: Open Studio Tour Exhibition," from July 7 through Aug. 3 at the Brand Library Art Galleries, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. To request a map, call (626)

Gary Moskowitz The two best aspects of summer for Meri Palasaniyan are going swimming and wearing dresses every day. Meri, a second-grader at John Muir Elementary School, is participating in Parks Creating Futures, one of many local summertime activities sponsored and organized by Glendale Parks, Recreation and Community Services. Many city programs have already started and most will run through August. "I like to come to the park and play with other kids," said Meri, 7. "Summer is fun because you get to wear bracelets and dresses and do fun things."

Independence Day is just around the corner and plans are being finalized by the Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association for their inaugural event on July 4. Beginning at 5 p.m., the event will include a carnival featuring "bouncies" for the kids, live entertainment, food and a variety of booths including one by the CV Town Council that showcases area residents and family members currently serving in the military. There is a call for any military members and/or families to stop at the CV Town Council booth by 7 p.m. for a community "thank you" and acknowledgment of service.

These are among the busiest of weeks as schools host year-end events, transition into summer schedules or dovetail year-round classes while trying to balance in some fun. Take Cerritos Elementary for example. The school's focus on reading has paid off ? students met their 2005-06 reading goal of more than 3,456,789 minutes. To even the most unskilled mathematician, that's a lot of minutes. As a reward, an assembly featuring professional bicyclists sizzled the playground on Monday while Wednesday's "Grace Race" at 9:15 a.m. has Principal Janice Hanada challenging one teacher from each grade level to a tricycle race.

Imagine going on tour and skating all the great skate parks in Los Angeles. You sport your pads and helmet, take your board and hang out with your friends. The next day, it’s off to another skate park. Then another. One day you go to Raging Waters — just to vary things a little bit. The next day, you’re ripping concrete with your pals doing ollies, dropping into bowls and defying gravity in ways that would make Isaac Newton jealous. For seven hours, and $200 a week, kids in the city of Glendale’s Traveling Skate Camp got to do all this in three weeks starting Aug. 3, where skaters like Adam Porte keep an eye on the kids but also teach them the tricks of the trade And the skate camp all started as a business plan for a class Porte was taking at Cal State Northridge.

The financial security of Mountain Avenue Elementary School may have been riding on his 10-year-old legs, but Andrew Walsh was certain he was running for something else. “I wanted to get a deejay party,” the fourth-grader said, referring to one of the incentives at his school’s jog-a-thon fundraiser for students who raised more than $100 Friday. “Because last year everyone said it was really fun.” With music from “High School Musical 3” blaring in the background and parents cheering children on, students eagerly huffed and puffed around an improvised track to raise money for the school’s educational foundation, which funds supplemental supplies and programs at Mountain Avenue Elementary.

Independence Day is just around the corner and plans are being finalized by the Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association for their inaugural event on July 4. Beginning at 5 p.m., the event will include a carnival featuring "bouncies" for the kids, live entertainment, food and a variety of booths including one by the CV Town Council that showcases area residents and family members currently serving in the military. There is a call for any military members and/or families to stop at the CV Town Council booth by 7 p.m. for a community "thank you" and acknowledgment of service.

Maps will guide open studio tour The Fourth Annual Open Studio Tour will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on July 8 throughout the greater Glendale area. Maps will be available for visitors to locate more than 71 artists who will exhibit in 35 homes, galleries and studios. All will also be featured in "Glendale Artists: Open Studio Tour Exhibition," from July 7 through Aug. 3 at the Brand Library Art Galleries, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. To request a map, call (626)

Silent auction will benefit town council Bidding for a silent auction benefiting the Crescenta Valley Town Council will begin on Sunday at the council's booth at the Montrose Harvest Market. Items include a seven-day trip for two to Honolulu/Maui with airfare, car and hotel included; a helicopter tour of Los Angeles/Hollywood for two; a YMCA Family Plan; a TAIX workout Studio Extreme Boot Camp session worth $500; two Allied Waste certificates for one year of trash service; Dodger/Angel Baseball tickets, gift certificates from local restaurants and Magic Mountain . Bidding will continue and conclude at the council's booth at this year's Fourth of July fireworks event at La Crescenta Elementary School.

There will more than just fireworks at the inaugural Independence Day celebration at La Crescenta Elementary School on July 4th. An assortment of great items will be available for bid at the CV Town Council's Silent Auction booth. Among the highly sought after prizes is a trip for two for seven days and nights at the Honolulu/Maui. This is a complete package that includes airfare, car rental, and hotel accommodations. For the perfect date or romantic celebration, a couple can enjoy a helicopter tour of Los Angeles and Hollywood.

These are among the busiest of weeks as schools host year-end events, transition into summer schedules or dovetail year-round classes while trying to balance in some fun. Take Cerritos Elementary for example. The school's focus on reading has paid off ? students met their 2005-06 reading goal of more than 3,456,789 minutes. To even the most unskilled mathematician, that's a lot of minutes. As a reward, an assembly featuring professional bicyclists sizzled the playground on Monday while Wednesday's "Grace Race" at 9:15 a.m. has Principal Janice Hanada challenging one teacher from each grade level to a tricycle race.

It's that time again - time for eerie journeys to the edge of horror and back again. Every place is decked out in its scariest themes, including Disneyland and Magic Mountain. The new seasonal attractions inspire every level of fear - from cute little skeletons trying to make Christmas in a Halloween world to dizzying mazes that will "rattle your bones and leave you crying tears of terror." At Disneyland, Jack Skellington has once again arrived from Halloweentown to decorate the Haunted Mansion.

The students were excited and ready to go when the annual Magazine Drive Assembly started Tuesday morning at St. James the Less Catholic School in La Crescenta. As the largest fund-raiser for St. James, the magazine drive always gets the kids excited to sell magazine subscriptions, because they know the money will go to a good cause, their school. With the theme, "Experience the Adventure," the assembly was filled with games and prizes for the kids to see and win on the spot.