CITY GETS ON BOARD THE SENSIBLE BUS.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
Odds and ends from around the Valley: Chalk one up for common sense. No ugly MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. bus benches covered in advertising will be installed in front of the old Adams House Adams House is used as the name for many buildings including:
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Barbara Adams This article is about the British Egyptologist. For the American juror, see Trekkie#Trekkie controversy. Barbara Georgina Adams (February 19 1945 – June 26 2002) was a British Egyptologist. fighting the MTA and the city over its plans to put in benches at the seldom-used bus stop at Tampa Avenue and Valerio Street. Adams lives on that corner in a tiny, 626-square-foot home designed for $125 by famed architect Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (March 30,1890, Oak Park, Illinois – May 31, 1978, Santa Monica, California), commonly known as Lloyd Wright, was an American architect who did most of his work in Southern California. in 1939. It was designated a historic cultural monument by the city in 1996. Councilwoman Laura Chick went to bat for Adams with the city's Department of Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , which decides which bus stops get benches in the city. ``Common sense tells you if a place is designated a historical landmark, maybe it's not the best place for bus benches,'' Chick said at the time. Common sense prevailed. Not only is the city not putting two bus benches in front of the Adams House, but it removed two benches put in last month on Tampa Avenue across from her house. ``Clearly, this was not the right place for bus benches, and I'm glad we acted fast to fix the problem,'' Chick said Thursday. Not as glad as Adams. Since the column about this flap ran on Jan. 4, Adams said people have been stopping by to offer their support and get a look at this unique house designed by the son of Frank Lloyd Wright. ``People were driving by honking their horns when they saw me outside or stopping to take pictures of the house,'' Adams said. ``They'd park on the side street and get out with the newspaper in their hand, peering in through the gates, not wanting to be bothersome. They've been wonderful.'' Adams says she likes people dropping in Dropping in is a skateboarding trick with which a skateboarder can start skating a half-pipe by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from the bottom and pumping gradually for more speed. , so if you're driving by and the driveway gate is open, it means she's receiving company. Go on in and get a free tour of Reseda's only historic cultural monument. I'm sad to report that a couple of the Valley's sweetest dolls are no longer with us, and life isn't going to be the same without them. Stella Wood and Diana Peplow were one of a kind. On Monday, right after pulling a full shift at Wendy's restaurant in West Hills as hostess and official greeter, Stella went home and died peacefully in her sleep. Her birth certificate may say she was 88, but don't believe it. She was a perennial teen-ager, always flirting, always smiling and treating her customers like they were eating at Spago, not Wendy's. Everyday, Stella by Starlight, as she was called even though she worked days, would walk a few blocks to work and flash a smile that melted your heart. That's how she got the job in the first place. She walked in for coffee one day back in 1989, and owner Ron Ross was so taken by her Disneyland smile and Billie Burke Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7 1884 – May 14 1970) was an Oscar-nominated American actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical The Wizard of Oz. , Good Witch of the North, voice that he offered her a job as a hostess on the spot. ``I asked her when she could start, and she said how about right now?'' Ross said. Stella slid out of the booth, walked to the door and greeted the first of thousands of customers who thought they had walked into grandma's house instead of a fast-food restaurant. ``She was known far and wide throughout the Valley,'' Ross said. ``Most of the kids in this area grew up with her these last 12 years. She was like their grandma.'' Funeral services for Stella will be 11 a.m. Monday, at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, 22021 Gault n. 1. (Geol.) A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period. St., Canoga Park. I also learned this week that we lost Diana Peplow last year, a day after she turned 100. She died at her family's home in Oregon. Peplow was the Studio City woman who captured our hearts right after the Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. when, at 93, she donned her old World War II Red Cross uniform and reported for duty to help earthquake victims at her local Red Cross shelter. When the workers saw her walk into the shelter wearing that classy old Red Cross uniform from WW II, they said they thought Clara Barton Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912), better known as Clara Barton, was a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the American - founder of the Red Cross - had just walked in the door. Diana spent more than a month every day at that shelter, holding hands that needed holding and helping soothe the fears of children. ``She was a wonderful woman, so alive,'' said her former neighbor George Shea
George Edward Shea (1851 - 1932) politician. Born in St. John's, son of Gertrude (Corbett) and Edward D. Shea. Educated St. John's; Ampleforth College, England. , who would drive Diana once a week to a local British pub for a glass of sherry and game of darts. ``She was a real character,'' Shea said. They both were - Stella and Diana. A couple of swells. It was our privilege to know them. |
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