FREEWAY EXIT SIGN CONFOUNDS DRIVERS.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
Odds and ends from around the Valley: The answer man was called into action this week - by readers who want to know why there are two handicapped-alert signs near the bottom of the Oxnard Street exit from the northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. 170 Hollywood Freeway. What are they trying to warn us about, readers want to know? There are crosswalks at the bottom of many freeway exits all over this city, with no handicapped signs at the beginning of those off-ramps. Why on this one? ``Everytime I drive down that off-ramp with someone in the car, I ask them what they think the signs are for, and it stumps them, too,'' said one reader looking for Looking for 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. some answers. Well, the answer man called Caltrans, and this is what the keepers of our freeways said: Not far from the off-ramp there's a park-and-ride lot, with handicapped parking, and a retail mall. ``It was determined that disabled persons were using that off-ramp crosswalk to go from the park and ride to the mall - and that putting up the signs would enhance their safety,'' said Jeanne Bonfilio of Caltrans.. ``The signs alert motorists coming off the freeway to be looking out for them (in the crosswalk),'' she said. ``It's a little unusual, but it's an added measure of safety.'' Nice gesture, but I thought the whole idea behind offering handicapped parking was to get people with disabilities as close to where they were going as possible, so they wouldn't have to use these crosswalks. What do you say we all take off Monday, Aug. 25, for a good cause? Think of it as a benefit for the 900 young male and female athletes in the Tri-Valley Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. . A big chunk of the money that goes to support this great, volunteer organization, offering physically challenged physically challenged adj. Having a physical disability or impairment, especially one that limits mobility. See Usage Note at challenged. n. (used with a pl. young people the chance to win Olympic medals, comes from an annual golf tournament. Normally, there's no problem filling slots for the tournament, but for some reason sign-ups have been slow this year, Jan Maseda, area director for Tri-Valley Special Olympics, said Wednesday. ``We know nationwide donations are down, and maybe there are too many golf tournaments going on in our area,'' she said, ``but whatever it is we sure could use some more golfers.'' ``All the money raised goes to providing transportation for our athletes to and from competitions and to buy them uniforms,'' she said. If you're not a golfer but want to help out, get a load of this opportunity. The group has had a beautiful, five-bedroom house on the west side of Maui - between Kaanapali and Kapalua - donated to it for seven nights. It sleeps nine, with a Jacuzzi in the master bedroom and a spa in the front yard across from a beautiful beach, Maseda said. ``We're selling raffle tickets for $100 with a maximum of 150 tickets being sold,'' she said. ``Better odds than you'd get in Vegas.'' For more information on the tournament/fund-raiser to be held Monday at the Porter Valley Country Club in Northridge, call Maseda at (818) 342-0017. Walk-ups are being accepted for the golf tournament Monday, with registration starting at 10 a.m. But it would help them out if you would call ahead to let them know you're coming. And finally, on Tuesday more than 300 people packed the West Valley Jewish Community Center in West Hills to honor former entertainer-musician Jack Nye, a former San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. resident who now lives in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . Back in the '40s and '50s, Nye was a pianist and orchestra conductor for such headliners as Sammy Davis Sammy Davis may refer to:
acute moist dermatitis. like the Ciros and Mocambo nightclubs. But what made Nye, now 82, so popular at home was the 25 years he spent faithfully playing piano every Wednesday for hospitalized vets at the Sepulveda VA, then spending Thursday playing at the East Valley Seniors Center. ``The man was a remarkably talented musician, but even a warmer, giving person,'' said Richard Ehrig, who with his wife, Loretta, headlined the variety show put on Tuesday for Nye at the center. It was a day of class acts all the way round. Dennis McCarthy, (818) 713-3749 dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Motorists leaving the Hollywood Freeway on the Oxnard exit have been perplexed per·plexed adj. 1. Filled with confusion or bewilderment; puzzled. 2. Full of complications or difficulty; involved. [Middle English, from perplex, confused by a clearly marked sign posted at the end of the off-ramp. A little investigation revealed there's a reason Caltrans placed it there. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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