BIRTHDAY BASH PROVES POPULAR PLENTY OF PARTYGOERS EXPECTED AT VALLEY VILLAGE EVENT.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer VALLEY VILLAGE - When the movers and shakers Shakers, popular name for members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, also called the Millennial Church. Members of the movement, who received their name from the trembling produced by religious emotion, were also known as Alethians. of Valley Village decided to celebrate the area's 67th birthday with a party, they didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do expect much of a response. But the trickle of interest organizers : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
``There isn't is·n't Contraction of is not. isn't is not isn't be a question in my mind: People are hungry to become part of a community and to know other members of their community,'' said Breice Reiner, vice president of both organizing groups, the Valley Village Homeowners Association and the Neighborhood Council of Valley Village. Valley Village, tucked north of Studio City and west of North Hollywood, was founded in 1939. About 22,000 people live in the area, bounded by the Tujunga Wash Tujunga Wash is a stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fifth of its flow, and drains about 225 square miles. to the west, the Ventura (101) Freeway to the south, the Hollywood (170) Freeway to the east and Burbank Boulevard to the north. Over the more than 40 years Reiner and Lori Dinkin, president of the VVHA, have lived in the area, they have seen great changes. In the 1960s, it was full of young parents raising the Baby Boom generation who knew the parents of all their children's friends. As those children grew up and more women entered the work force, residents spent less time mingling with neighbors and more time driving to visit friends in other parts of the city. But today, events such as the annual Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. parade, a homespun affair featuring kids on bikes and a local high school band, draw more than 500 people. VVHA meetings also draw renters who want to be active participants in their community. Reiner said organizers are already planning on booking next year's anniversary dinner in a larger space. ``Neighbors need neighbors,'' Dinkin said. ``For sanity Reasonable understanding; sound mind; possessing mental faculties that are capable of distinguishing right from wrong so as to bear legal responsibility for one's actions. SANITY, med. jur. The state of a person who has a sound understanding; the reverse of insanity. as well as safety,'' Reiner finished. Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com |
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