San Bernardino

For the first time this year, the La Cañada 14U Tournament Team did not lose in the championship game of a tournament. That?s because the team fell short of the championship game this weekend, losing to San Bernardino in the semifinals of the 16th Annual Diamond Bar All-Star Tournament. However, there were silver linings: La Cañada lost to San Bernardino, 7-2, but became the first team to score any runs off the Inland Empire powerhouse, which had outscored its opponents 24-0 in its three previous games.

Henry’s Farmer’s Market, a grocery store operating in 28 locations in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, has expressed interest in leasing the former Sport Chalet site on Foothill Boulevard, it was confirmed by Fred Buss, senior planner in the city planning department. Henry’s is one of two groceries that has contacted the city about the facility in recent months; however, neither has initiated paperwork to begin a project there as of this week, Buss said.

La Cañada?s famed ?Michigan Hill,? the long, sloping easternmost section of Foothill Boulevard, will again be the venue when the annual Greater Los Angeles Soap Box Derby returns to town on Saturday, May 30. Hours for the event are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the only day of the year where unlicensed drivers can speed down Michigan Hill, exceeding the speed limit with no worries about law enforcement stopping them. The race is a ?licensed local? race sanctioned by the All American Soap Box Derby of Akron, Ohio.

Join the community on Saturday, May 30, to observe civic leaders compete in the Soap Box Derby Races in La Cañada. Each year, as part of the Annual Greater Los Angeles All American Soap Box Derby, VIP races are scheduled. Participants are given engraved plaques suitable for display. This year there are three VIP races scheduled: Mayor Laura Olhasso will race La Cañadan of the Year Meredith Reynolds, La Cañada Community Center President-elect Joel Smith will race the other La Cañadan of the Year, Tom Reynolds.

Ashley Anne Harrison, the daughter of Rick and Mary Harrison of La Cañada and granddaughter of longtime La Cañadans Bill and Diane Harrison, was married last Sept. 22 to Michael Hastings Morris, son of the late Frank Morris and Audria Morris of Laguna Beach. The couple were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony at St. Bede the Venerable Catholic Church. Ashley is a graduate of St. Bede Elementary School and Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. She is a 2001 graduate of UC Santa Barbara where she majored in sociology and was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

Since the first week of March, a film crew and psychics have been investigating the long- unsolved murder of La Cañada residents Harold ?Skip? and Joni Tillman. Using traditional and psychic medium methods, the team traveled from the couple?s home in La Cañada to where their bodies were found in shallow graves in Yucaipa on Feb. 9, 2000. The team poured over records, interviewed friends and family, and used the psychics? skills to navigate through the spirit world. And, in the end, they think they just might have solved the case that has been cold for more than nine years.

LAFC's Girls Under 18 team exploded for five goals in last Sunday's final match to clinch second place in the Fullerton Rangers Classic held July 29-30. Defeating Cerritos SC Pride in the concluding match, 5-1, LAFC was led by two breakaway goals from Alex Tunks, two more by Kelsey Carapia, and a header by Lauren MacAulay off a cross by Carapia. The team opened the tournament on Saturday morning against the ACC Mavericks from Berkeley, Calif., fighting back from a 2-0 deficit in the first half to a narrow 2-1 defeat.

A special fundraising event, in conjunction with the annual Annemarie Polizzotto Scholarship, will be held by the Crescenta Valley High girls' softball team this Saturday. The event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. at La Crescenta Church of Religious Science at 4845 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta. The scholarship has been created in memory of Polizzotto, a member of the CVHS junior varsity softball team, who was hit and killed by an automobile last July 23 in San Bernardino while attending her younger sister's Little League tournament.

A ribbon-cutting event was held yesterday at Vincent Gap Vista Point in the Angeles National Forest as Caltrans reopened to the public a portion of Angeles Crest Highway after completing $10.5 million in repairs there. The ceremony, held about 12 miles west of the town of Wrightwood, featured speakers Doug Failing, director of Caltrans District 7 (Los Angeles and Ventura counties); Brad Mitzelfelt, supervisor of District 1, San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors; and Capt. Gregory Peck, California Highway Patrol, Southern Division.

The body of Dean Christy, who grew up in neighboring La Crescenta and was a former Glendale schoolteacher, was found last Friday in the Green Valley area of the San Bernardino Mountains. It had been over three months since Christy, an avid hiker and outdoorsman, told his wife Joan that he was going for a walk near their Green Valley getaway cabin. The couple?s main residence was in North Hollywood. ?[Officials] have made a presumptive identification based on the clothing and identification found on the body,?

Residents affected by the Station fire and subsequent winter debris flows could receive significant tax relief under a bill by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino that passed a key committee last week. The "Disaster Relief Bill" — co-authored by Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) and Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries (R-Lake Elsinore) — would provide state property tax breaks to homeowners who have to repair or rebuild in the wake of natural disasters. "When people suffer property loss in their homes, that's an emotional assault on one's place for safety," Portantino said.

Portantino bill passes committee The California Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee on Monday passed a bill that would provide expedited state tax relief for residents across nine counties who suffered property damage due to natural disasters. Assembly Bill 1662, authored by Assemblymen Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) and Kevin Jeffires (R-Lake Elsinore), was originally intended to benefit victims of the Station fire. It has since been expanded to encompass damage incurred during severe winter storms, including debris flows that dogged the Crescenta-Cañada area.

St. Francis Mountain Bike Team on a roll The St. Francis Mountain Bike Team has had some success this season. In its second year, the team has attracted more than 20 students who have been training and racing since early December. With weekly rides and skills clinics, many students who had never raced a mountain bike are now experienced enough to compete against other high school students. Coaches Lee Bird, Patrick Donovan and Nick Gualtieri have educated the team about bicycle mechanics, racing skills, nutrition and effective athletic conditioning in preparation for the races.

Crouching on a charred slope in the Angeles National Forest, La Cañada Flintridge resident John Schiller carefully packed soil around a 6-inch green sapling. It will serve as a replacement for one of the millions of trees burned in the Station fire in August. “I think if [the forest is] all of ours to enjoy, it’s all of ours to take care of,” Schiller said. Schiller and his wife, Karin, were among the three dozen volunteers who spent Saturday working alongside representatives of the U.S. Forest Service and Tree People, a forest conservation group, planting young Coulter and Ponderosa pines.

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Local agencies have until April 7 to file for federal reimbursement of costs related to recent rain storms and subsequent debris flows, officials said Wednesday. The announcement came during an information session on Wednesday that was hosted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and attended by dozens of representatives from agencies across Los Angeles County. “I can’t emphasize enough,” said Michael Baldwin, a FEMA public assistance officer. “If for some reason this is not in by April 7, we don’t have any provisions to provide any kind of assistance.

The Foothill Communities Reforestation Committee is inviting volunteers to participate in a training event this weekend at the Lytle Creek Ranger Station in the San Bernardino National Forest. The one-day session, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, will prepare participants to supervise citizen replanting efforts in the Angeles National Forest. The Foothill Communities Reforestation Committee, established in the wake of the devastating Station fire, is leading a grass roots effort to raise funds and attract volunteers as part of the reforestation of local hillsides.