A Day to Run, a Day for Fun Support the Brenda Mehling Cancer Fund Fight It! 5K Come be a part of the Brenda Mehling Cancer Funds biggest and baddest fundraiser! Join hundreds of supporters at the 11th Annual Brenda Mehling Cancer Fund Fight It! 5K on Saturday, June 2 at Central Park. Presented by the Junior Chamber International Santa Clarita Valley, the 5K/10K/1K race will take you through the beautiful hills of Central Park. New this year will be the challenging 10K course. Bring your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and even the dogs as everyone is welcome ... Read More >>
Peter Pan
The Santa Clarita Ballet Presents Peter Pan On June 9, the Santa Clarita Ballet will bring a little faith, trust, and pixie dust to the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons with their debut presentation of Peter Pan. For over 17 years, the Santa Clarita Ballet Company has been bringing ballet to Santa Clarita’s stage, building a rich cultural arts base for our community. The June shows have become as much a community tradition as the Nutcracker performances in December.
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Saturday, May 19 is the date for this year’s Super Jazz at the Ranch. Jazz bands from across the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas will converge at West Ranch High School for what promises to be an outstanding day of jazz. Top adjudicators that include active professional musicians, and notable jazz educators, will be on hand to evaluate jazz ensembles from Hart District junior highs and high schools, as well as other schools from around Southern California.
Vote for the Ultimate in Beauty and Fitness The votes are in! Stay tuned as we will announce the élite Ultimate Dining Award winners in the June/July issue of élite Magazine. Be sure and check out who was voted the best of the best, the Ultimate in Dining for 2012. The voting hasn’t stopped as we have asked readers to choose their favorites for the Ultimate in Beauty and Fitness.
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Leadership Awards
Honoring Business Success SCV Leadership Awards Come join The Magazine of Santa Clarita as they partner up with the Valley’s leading support organizations—Valley Industry Association, SCV Chamber of Commerce and SCV Economic Development Corporation for the first SCV Leadership Awards. Celebrate leadership and entrepreneurial success by recognizing those who have succeeded during today’s challenging economy. The SCV Leadership Awards is perfect for sponsorship opportunities. Collaborate with successful companies while supporting ou... Read More >>
Festival
Santa Clarita Armed Forces Day Festival 2012 Join Us on Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Friends of Hart Park have partnered with Prayer Angels for the Military and several SCV Veteran organizations to host the 2012 SCV Armed Forces Day Festival at Hart Park in Newhall. A day of fun, food and music! Come meet and support our military members, veterans and veteran’s organizations. There’s plenty of activities including: special guest speakers, live music, barbeque, inflatable obstacle course, jumper, trackless train, camouflage face painting, JROTC performance, young Ma... Read More >>
Fix your Dog
“Canine Companions” Program Provides Free Spay/Neuter in the Santa Clarita Valley Thanks to a generous grant from the California Community Foundation, AngelDogs Foundation has launched “Canine Companions” in Los Angeles County, including the Santa Clarita Valley. Qualified low-income pet owners are eligible to receive a free spay/neuter surgery for a dog of any size on the AngelDogs Foundation mobile clinic, which hosts a location at Backwoods Inn in Canyon Country the first three Wednesdays of each month.
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Cowgirls & Crystals
Cowgirls & Crystals-A Ladies Day At The Ranch Carousel Ranch is proud to present a Ladies Day At The Ranch “Cowgirls & Crystals,” which will be held on Saturday, May 19, from 2 p.m. until dusk. Presenting Sponsor for this event is Comfort Keepers In-Home Care. Proceeds will be used to fund programs for therapy on horseback for disabled children and adults. This event will be held outdoors in the Western Town at the ranch located at 34289 Rocking Horse Road, Santa Clarita, Ca.
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Sad death
SCV Scholarship Foundation President Dies Santa Clarita Valley Scholarship Foundation is saddened to announce its President, Judy Riley, passed away on April 10 due to complications from pneumonia. Judy was an educator by profession who dedicated countless volunteer hours to provide funds for Santa Clarita Valley high school students to continue their educations. Judy was a math teacher at both La Mesa and Rio Vista Junior High Schools before her retirement from teaching in 1998. Rhonda Durand, Principal at Arroyo Seco Junior High... Read More >>
COC
COC Theatre Department to Stage Tony Award-Winning Production Equus Starring a cast of students, community members and professional actors, the College of the Canyons theatre department will present Peter Schaffer’s Tony Award-winning adult drama Equus as the final production of the spring semester. Chronicling the disturbing journey of Alan Strang, a young man who seems to have a passion for horses, but whom is harboring darker desires, Equus has been hailed for raising a number of thought-provoking issues which often leave audiences deep in thought, long a... Read More >>
COC
COC Theatre Department to Stage Tony Award-Winning Production Equus Starring a cast of students, community members and professional actors, the College of the Canyons theatre department will present Peter Schaffer’s Tony Award-winning adult drama Equus as the final production of the spring semester. Chronicling the disturbing journey of Alan Strang, a young man who seems to have a passion for horses, but whom is harboring darker desires, Equus has been hailed for raising a number of thought-provoking issues which often leave audiences deep in thought, long a... Read More >>
Assistance League
Assistance League® Operation School Bell 5K Run/Walk Assistance League presents their 22nd annual Operation School Bell 5K Run/Walk and Kids 1K Fun Run in Newhall Park Sunday, May 6. Check in and registration for the race (formerly Footsteps), starts at 6:15 a.m., rain or shine. Prior to the 8 a.m. start of the 5K race, children age 10 and under can register to take part in the Kids 1K Fun Run. The 5K race will be run on the South Fork Trail and the Kids 1K Fun Run will be held at Newhall Park. Awards are three-deep in each division for th... Read More >>
Assistance League
Resale Shop Reason Number Five Celebrating Mothers May is such a wonderful month. Spring is in full bloom, many kids are graduating or promoting upwards. We celebrate Memorial Day and we give tribute to our mothers. May is a perfect time to introduce you to some very special women in this community. Assistance League members! Our resale shop in downtown Newhall is run entirely by our member volunteers.
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GO GO GO
‘All Systems Go’ for NASA Camps to Launch at COC Summer Institute Local high school and junior high students will have the opportunity to send their interest for aeronautics and rocketry into flight, with the recent addition of two NASA inspired career exploration tracks set to launch during this summer’s all-new College of the Canyons Summer Institute. The College of the Canyons Summer Institute is open to students entering the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth grades. The goal of the Summer Institute is to provide hands-on career exploration and learning o... Read More >>
Laugh
Family Comedy Night to Benefit SCV Habitat for Heroes American Legion Hall to Receive Critical Repairs If you are looking for something different and fun to do with your family this spring, mark your calendars for May 18. A professional troupe of clean comedians called the Standup Guys will do a clean comedy show benefit at Real Life Church, and the proceeds will be used to further the work of SCV Habitat for Heroes in the valley. Habitat for Heroes is a special program of Habitat for Humanity, San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys. The program is designed to help meet the affordable housi... Read More >>
Chruch
NorthPark Invites Community to Special “Mother’s Day” Event Sunday, May 13 at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. NorthPark Community Church is honored to feature special guest and nationally known author, dramatist and speaker Nicole Johnson on Mother’s Day. We would like to extend an invitation to the community to join us for this special opportunity to experience Nicole Johnson at one of our morning services. Bring your mother, sister, daughter, or friend—all will leave encouraged, enjoyed and celebrated!
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Blues
Santa Clarita Valley Blues Festival The Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society will once again be presenting the official Santa Clarita Valley Blues Festival on Saturday, June 2. This free, family event has confirmed an incredible line up of professional bands.
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Help
Help The Children Invitation It takes a special heart to think of other people. And the heart of the Santa Clarita community has got that special heart, where the needs of struggling families are met by the generosity of that special community heart. Right now, Help The Children is out of peanut butter, jelly, and pasta sauce.
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Renowned Cartoonist to Demo in SCV Hollywood cartoonist who created “Turbie the turtle-duck” will be demonstrating cartooning on May 21 at 6:30 p.m., at Santa Clarita Artists’ Association (SCAA) general meeting at Barnes and Noble. He will talk about his approach to illustrating cartoon characters for children’s books and demonstrate the anatomy of a cartoon character. The public is invited. Rich Arons developed, directed and produced hundreds of television cartoons for Steven Spielberg including such hits as Tiny Toon... Read More >>
We are pleased to feature some of the participants of the 39th Annual Frontier Toyota/Henry Mayo Drive Safe Golf Classic on the cover of this issue of The Magazine of Santa Clarita. Pictured you will find Standing (L-R) Chris Luechtefeld, Frontier Toyota/Henry Mayo Drive Safe Golf Classic Co-chair; Joe Caso, Owner, Frontier Toyota; Bob Benjamin, Frontier Toyota/Henry Mayo Drive Safe Golf Classic Co-chair. Kneeling (L-R) Clay Cormier, M.D., HMNMH Emergency Department; David Henry, M.D., Medic
A Note from The Publishers - May 2012 There’s much to do in the Santa Clarita Valley this month, and with the beautiful springtime weather, it’s the perfect time of year to attend many of the wonderful events going on. Get ready for an exciting and busy May. We are pleased to feature some of the participants of the Frontier Toyota/Henry Mayo Drive Safe Golf Classic on the cover of this issue. It will be a fun day on the greens at the much-anticipated Golf Classic on Saturday, May 19 at the beautiful Valencia Country Club, all... Read More >>
Second Cover Story
Celebrate, Honor, Remember and Fight Back at Relay For Life SCV The American Cancer Society’s annual Relay For Life of SCV 2012 is almost here, and we want you to participate! Why? Has cancer ever touched your life or the life of a family member or friend? Almost certainly it has. If so, then you have a reason to “Relay” on May 19, at Central Park in Saugus. This marathon 24-hour event will celebrate, honor, remember, and “fight back” on behalf of those stricken by or lost to cancer!
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Heroes Among Us
Heroes Among Us –A Gala Celebration 41st Annual Boys & Girls Club Benefit Auction Step inside any Boys & Girls Club, and you’ll find something magical: Young people learning, exploring, connecting with caring adults. Children completing their homework. Teens researching colleges or planning a community service project. Club members running, jumping, laughing, having fun, and improving their health at the same time. That is the Club Experience and it’s a powerful and positive thing. Step outside the Club and the view may not be so positive. More than a quarter of ... Read More >>
Supporters of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be taking laps around the Westfield Valencia Town Center at this year’s Great Strides walk on Saturday, May 5. Come out and show your support and be a part of the Foundation’s largest national fundraising event, which will take place in the parking lot in front of the Lazy Dog Café.
City Council Election Results Are In Community members showed up at the polls and marked their votes to fill the two council member seats at the City of Santa Clarita’s City Council election on Tuesday, April 10. On election night, the City hosted a live televised show along with a live twitter feed keeping the community up to date with election updates.
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Chick-Fil-A
BMCF Appreciation Dinner BMCF kicked off their fundraising initiatives for the Brenda Mehling Cancer Fund Fight It! 5K on April 1 at Chick-fil-A of Santa Clarita. The BMCF Fight It! 5K will be held at Central Park in Santa Clarita on June 2. The organization is encouraging people to register now for the race and create followers willing to donate on behalf of your involvement.
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Canyon Theatre Guild
See Millie for a Good Time! The Canyon Theatre Guild is bringing in the spring with the high-spirited romp, Thoroughly Modern Millie, which had all of New York dancing the Charleston. Winner of six Tony Awards, Millie is the zany new 1920’s musical that took Broadway by storm when it opened in 2002. Now, for the first time in Santa Clarita, you can be transported to the roaring twenties when bobbing your hair and rolling your stockings was considered daring.
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Pageant
Not Just Another Beauty Pageant! As the Miss Santa Clarita Valley Scholarship Program prepares for the 33rd annual Scholarship Pageant on Saturday, June 16 at the PAC at COC, people are talking about this fabulous program for girls and young women. The Miss SCV Scholarship Program is home grown and represents young women right here in the Santa Clarita Valley. Titleholders participate in over 50 SCV events each year and often totaling over 300 hours of volunteer service. Miss SCV Scholarship Program gives right back to ... Read More >>
COC
Annual COC Student Art Exhibition Returns for 17th Installment This month, the College of the Canyons Art Gallery will present the 17th Annual COC Student Exhibition, offering community members a chance to view an eclectic collection of work produced by the college’s talented student artists. Serving as the semester’s culminating event for many COC art students, the annual exhibition also plays an important role in gallery director Larry Hurst’s ongoing initiative to expand the College of the Canyons Student Art Collection.
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