ENCINO FARMERS MARKET PROVIDING VENUE FOR KIDS' COSTUME CAVALCADE; BIG-HEARTED MAN SUPPORTS SMALL-TOWN FEEL.Byline: Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a place this weekend to give your kids a dress rehearsal dress rehearsal n. A full, uninterrupted rehearsal of a play with costumes and stage properties. dress rehearsal Noun 1. for Halloween night, the Community Halloween Party from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Encino Farmers Market this Sunday is perfect. After four kids and 30 years of fighting over costumes, I know how itchy itch·y adj. Having or causing an itching sensation. they get to strut their stuff in public the closer it gets to Halloween. There'll be a costume parade starting around 9:30 a.m. through the market led by Fife and Strum, a folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. duo. This will be followed by treats for the kids, a free pumpkin for each family (while supplies last), jack-o'-lantern construction and coloring activities, plus Halloween pinata games. If you haven't yet stopped by the Encino Farmers Market on a Sunday morning, you're really missing something. It's one of those local venues that possesses the magic to shrink our sprawling metropolis down to small-town size. A lot of the credit for that goes to Harry Vickman, who began the Encino Farmers Market nearly four years ago with Roberta Morgen. Vickman, who owned the popular eatery Vickman's Restaurant and Bakery in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or before selling it in 1986, is one of the Valley's truly nice, kindhearted kind·heart·ed adj. Having or proceeding from a kind heart. See Synonyms at kind1. kind men. He's there bright and early every Sunday morning sweeping up, helping farmers and vendors set up their stands, and doing anything that needs doing before opening his own stand - the hot dog cart. ``Harry's our official goodwill ambassador,'' said Jane Allen, who runs the market. ``Everybody loves him.'' Nobody more, though, than Marilyn Freed, executive director of ONE, the Organization for the Needs of the Elderly, which receives a portion of all sales from the market. ``Harry's the kind of man you wish you could clone because he's so generous with his time and finances for the seniors we serve in the Valley,'' Marilyn said. The Encino Farmers Market is located at 17400 Victory Blvd., on the grounds of ONE's Mark Taper Intergenerational in·ter·gen·er·a·tion·al adj. Being or occurring between generations: "These social-insurance programs are intergenerational and all Center. Stop by and let your kids parade around in their costumes. And while you're at it, say hello to the hot dog man. Ruth Schissel of Westlake Village wrote to let me know that my lament about the passing of the good old Blue Chip Stamp days was a bit premature. ``There's a local bank, Hawthorne Savings, that still gives Blue Chip Stamps Blue Chip Stamps started as a trading stamps company called "Blue Chip Stamp Co." In 1963, the United States government began an antitrust action against Blue Chip Stamp. as a reward for doing things like filling out your own deposit slip,'' she said. ``I thought you'd like to know our good old Blue Chip Stamp days still exist.'' True, but it sounds like the stamps are on life support, like a lot of our memories from the '50s and '60s. ``We don't issue the stamps to many merchants anymore because trading stamps just went out of popularity,'' said Blue Chip Stamp President Bob Bird. The company closed the last of its redemption stores in 1985, and now operates solely from mail order catalogs, which he says are ``going smoothly.'' The good news is that if any of you still have books filled with Blue Chip Stamps you never got around to trading in, it's still not too late. And if you do still have them, you automatically qualify for the Pack Rats Hall of Fame. ``Just give us a ring, and we'll send out a catalog and instructions on how to redeem the stamps for merchandise,'' Bird says. ``Believe it or not, we're still redeeming stamps from the mid-'50s.'' That must be my mother. The Blue Chip Stamp redemption number is (800) 824-0655. Finally, I've just wrapped up a nice trip down memory lane this week, selecting some of my favorite columns from the past 14 years for a collector's edition that will be in Sunday's Daily News. I wish I had more space in the edition to include more of them because I've been a lucky guy to meet so many wonderful people writing this column. From noon to 1 p.m. Sunday, I'll be at the Home Remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling & Decorating Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. autographing copies of the edition. Stop by and say hi. I'd love to meet you. |
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