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WHO KNOWS WHAT'S NEW ANY BETTER THAN YOU?


Byline: -- Carol Rock

Hi everybody -- it's the new kid, Carol, filling in for Angie while she awaits the arrival of her baby, little Frank.

I've been in the news business for about 14 years -- covering everything but sports for a few different papers in the Southland south·land or South·land  
n.
A region in the south of a country or an area.



southland·er n.

Noun 1.
.

To say I love my job is definitely an understatement.

I joined the valleynews.com team in November from the Daily News bureau in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , where I covered cops and schools and the arts.

Now, instead of jumping at the sound of a siren, I get to read your interpretations of life in your own words -- the new frontier New Frontier

President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212]

See : Aid, Governmental
 of newspapers, as we reach out to you for stories, pictures and news.

Community journalism is exciting and new. It offers you -- the people out there volunteering and making your towns a better place to live and work a chance to toot your own horns and get a little publicity.

Think of valleynews.com as an online version of spreading the news Spreading the News is a short one-act comic play by Lady Gregory, which she wrote for the opening night of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, 27 Dec. 1904. It was on a double bill with William Butler Yeats's On Baile's Strand.  over the back fence, except this time you don't have to leave the comfort of your home computer.

Today's issue is a grab bag grab bag
n.
1. A container filled with articles, such as party gifts, to be drawn unseen.

2. Slang A miscellaneous collection: The meeting evolved into a grab bag of petty complaints.
 of items about health, education, the arts, nature, sports, business, advice and even a meandering back in time for a ride on the Red Car as well as celebrity sightings
For the New York City-based band, see Sightings (band)


Sightings was a paranormal-themed television program that was first broadcast as an hour special entitled "UFO Report: Sightings" in October 1991.
 on Valley high school campuses and a celebration of last week's ever-so-brief snowstorm.

And we're 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.
 more. See an interesting show? Write a review. Spot an unusual sight on your way to work? Take a picture of it and post it. Angry -- or happy -- with your local politicians? Have a good idea you'd like to share? Tell the world in a blog or opinion piece.

Won't you join us and spread the word about valleynews.com along those back fences, coffeehouses, shopping centers and boardrooms wherever you may go?

Remember, for valleynews.com, everywhere you are is a newsroom. I look forward to seeing your postings on the Web site. See you online!
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Title Annotation:Valley News
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jan 25, 2007
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