PARADE, CRAFTS FAIR OPENS SEASON FOR LEONA VALLEY CHERRY-PICKING.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Mistry is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Mistry. Daily News Staff Writer Hundreds of people turned out Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. to help kick off the start of the cherry season Saturday as part of the annual Leona Valley Cherry Festival. ``We had people waiting when we opened at 7,'' said Don Hobart, 65, owner of Hobart's Cherries and Paradise Cherry Picking Cherry Picking 1. The act of investors choosing investments that have performed well within another portfolio in anticipation that the trend will continue. 2. Relating to bankruptcy proceedings whereby the courts uphold contracts favorable to bankrupt companies, but annul . ``We expect more people this year.'' The annual festival includes a parade and an arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. fair. The cherry-picking season usually lasts two to three weeks. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. officials, this year's crop is better than last year's, which was dismal dis·mal adj. 1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy. 2. due to frost and cold weather. ``Last year, people didn't get their cherries,'' Hobart said. ``But the crop this year is good, and we'll see larger crowds.'' It was 36 years ago when Hobart began his cherry orchards cherry orchard focal point of the declining Ranevsky estate. [Russ. Drama: Chekhov The Cherry Orchard in Magill II, 144] See : Decadence . ``I started the `you-pick' cherry orchards,'' Hobart said. ``It's been growing ever since.'' Hobart said the Leona Valley cherry orchards and the you-pick cherry season were featured on national television, which is expected to increase crowds this year. ``I've been coming here for 30 years,'' said Gene Gobat, 72, of Mar Vista Hills. ``This year, I bought $30 worth of cherries. I usually give them to my friends and neighbors.'' Before heading to Paradise Cherry Picking, Jeanne Jordan, 39, of Newhall and her two sons watched the Leona Valley Cherry Festival parade. Jordan, who has lived in Newhall for 15 years, said this is the first time she has come to the festival. ``I wanted to come pick cherries, so I thought we could make a day of it,'' she said. Before watching the parade, the three spent time at the arts and crafts fair and bought stone necklaces and shiny rocks. ``This is great,'' Jordan said. ``It's really nice to be able to see the festival and get the small-town feeling. Everyone's so friendly.'' Greg Weil, 36, of Leona Valley has come to the parade for five years ever since he moved to the valley. This year, he and his wife watched as their 11-year-old daughter carried a banner in the parade. ``Everybody comes out for the parade,'' Weil said. ``It's such a community event. It kicks off cherry season. It's one of the things that makes Leona Valley special.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1--color) Mariachis perform for parade watchersSaturday during the annual cherry festival. (2) Louanne Grier and her daughters Rebecca, 10 months, and Bailee One to whom Personal Property is entrusted for a particular purpose by another, the bailor, according to the terms of an express or implied agreement. Cross-references Bailment. bailee (custodian) n. , 3, watch marchers at Elizabeth Lake Road and 90th Street West. (3) The fourth-grade float helps cool off viewers with bursts of water along the route. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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