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16 • THE <strong>Reader</strong><br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Thursdays@Newhall<br />
By Mayor Bob Kellar<br />
City of Santa Clarita<br />
Old Town Newhall is<br />
the place to be on<br />
Thursday nights<br />
from <strong>March</strong> through October,<br />
when Main Street is<br />
transformed into a true<br />
arts and entertainment<br />
venue<br />
with<br />
Thursdays@Newhall!<br />
We are continuing our<br />
most popular Thursday<br />
night events and offering<br />
some new and fun happenings<br />
in the coming year to<br />
bring all kinds of free entertainment<br />
to enjoy in Old<br />
Town Newhall. No need to travel “over<br />
the hill” to experience a great night life.<br />
On the first Thursday evening of the<br />
month between <strong>March</strong> and October, residents<br />
can enjoy the 10 by 10 variety night<br />
at the Repertory East Playhouse from<br />
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. where ten performers<br />
have ten minutes to share their<br />
improv, music or theatre pieces. Meanwhile<br />
on Main Street, participants of all<br />
skill levels can learn how to move to the<br />
beat at JAM Sessions, presented in partnership<br />
with the Ford Theatre Foundation.<br />
Entertainment planned for JAM Sessions<br />
in <strong>2016</strong> includes: Swing Dance on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 3; Celtic Dance on April 7; Mexican<br />
Folk Dance on May 5; Japanese Folk<br />
Dance on June 2; Pacific Islander Dance<br />
on July 7; African Dance & Drums on August<br />
4; Salsa/Rueda Dance on September<br />
1; and Zydeco Dance on October 6.<br />
On the second Thursday of the month,<br />
Note by Note will fill the<br />
Newhall Refinery with<br />
local songwriter’s music<br />
from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00<br />
p.m.<br />
Meanwhile on Main<br />
Street, Revved Up is back,<br />
bringing together automotive<br />
enthusiasts for a<br />
cool car show between<br />
8th Street and Market<br />
Street. Revved Up’s<br />
themes include: Classic<br />
VW’s on <strong>March</strong> 10; Best<br />
of Britain on April 14;<br />
Traditional Rods and<br />
Customs on May 5; Mustangs on June 9;<br />
Corvettes on July 14; Tuners on August<br />
11; Lowriders on September 8; and offroad<br />
vehicles on October 13.<br />
And on the third Thursday evening of<br />
the month is the wildly-popular SENSES;<br />
a themed block party featuring popular<br />
performers, gourmet food trucks, and a<br />
variety of activities in a fun and festive<br />
adult setting. The <strong>2016</strong> themes include:<br />
Wild, Wild West on April 21; Oh Snap! It’s<br />
the 90’s on May 19; Rockabilly on June<br />
16; Margaritaville on July 21; Olympics on<br />
August 18; Electro Glo on September 15;<br />
and Zombies Outbreak on October 20.<br />
For more information on everything Old<br />
Town Newhall, including partnership<br />
events, new programs and projects, visit us<br />
online at: oldtownnewhall.com.<br />
Real estate<br />
continued from page 13<br />
so keep it clean. Buyers like clean houses, and<br />
discount dirty fixers, which leads us to upgrades<br />
and repairs.<br />
Each home is individual, but dated and<br />
worn out homes tend to be discounted by<br />
prospective buyers, who nearly always overestimate<br />
the cost of repairs and upgrades. As<br />
a rule of thumb, if the carpet and flooring are<br />
worn out and the paint is way overdue, have<br />
it done in neutral colors and you will generally<br />
recover the cost in your sales price. If<br />
kitchens and bathrooms are dated and appliances<br />
old, but working, and you plan on selling<br />
this season, you generally won’t recover<br />
the costs of a full renovation but will make<br />
selling the home much easier and quicker. If<br />
appliances and systems don’t work, yes, either<br />
repair or replace them since you will<br />
need to disclose non-operable items anyway.<br />
One Story One City<br />
continued from page 3<br />
“Our California,” both by Pam Munoz and illustrator<br />
Rafael López, were chosen for their<br />
story lines on migrant workers, the Depression<br />
and California history.<br />
With sponsorship from the<br />
City of Santa Clarita and<br />
Barnes and Noble, several<br />
events are planned around<br />
this year’s One Story One City.<br />
A special reception will be<br />
held for author Marisa Silver<br />
on <strong>March</strong> 12 at the Old Town<br />
Newhall Library, hosted by the<br />
Friends of the Library.<br />
A book discussion will be<br />
held at the Senior Center on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 11 and participants are<br />
encouraged to bring items<br />
from the 1930s to share.<br />
Illustrator Lopez will be at<br />
the Valencia Library on <strong>March</strong><br />
19. “Our California,” featuring his illustrations,<br />
was chosen as the official Read Across<br />
America picture book in 2013.<br />
Photographer Dorothea Lange (portrayed<br />
That said, call your favorite Realtor today<br />
to get a professional evaluation of your<br />
home’s value in today’s market and get their<br />
suggestions on preparing your home for sale.<br />
LET’S MOVE IN <strong>2016</strong>! R<br />
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All homeownership is personal, and we will<br />
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by a volunteer) will make an appearance at<br />
the Newhall Library on <strong>March</strong> 5 thanks to the<br />
American Association of University Women<br />
and their Women in History<br />
program. The Canyon Country<br />
Jo Anne Darcy Library<br />
will also present a two-hour<br />
documentary film on the life<br />
of Lange.<br />
Cruze said she hopes to expand<br />
the committee next<br />
year and get more people<br />
and age groups involved. In<br />
the meantime, she has enjoyed<br />
the feedback from the<br />
community with this year’s<br />
selection.<br />
“Everything fell into place,<br />
and we are really happy with<br />
how all these programs came<br />
together,” she said.<br />
For more information regarding One Story<br />
One City, times and locations of events, log<br />
onto the library website at santaclaritalibrary.com.<br />
R<br />
Laemmle<br />
continued from page 5<br />
Later, the FPPC responded that Boydston<br />
need not have stood down.<br />
‘Lopsided’<br />
Members of the public appeared to favor<br />
the project by wide margins, proponents said,<br />
and Boydston said his emails from the public<br />
were “lopsided” in favor as well.<br />
Going forward, Boydston said he will push<br />
for an income stream from the parking structure<br />
that will help recoup the city’s costs. He<br />
said guests of the mixed-use housing units<br />
will use the structure along with other visitors<br />
to the area. The underground parking<br />
provides less than two spaces per residential<br />
unit.<br />
“I’m going to do everything I can make sure<br />
the movie theater is a success from here on<br />
out,” Boydston said. “There are a lot of tax<br />
dollars in this.”<br />
Boydston also expressed disappointment<br />
that the length of his council presentation on<br />
“a project of this magnitude” drew complaints<br />
from Kellar.<br />
“I was opposed to the size of the subsidy<br />
to the Laemmle theater because it is a private<br />
entity,” Boydston said. “I was looking for a<br />
way to make the taxpayer whole, a way to<br />
make it a loan instead of a gift.” R<br />
Man arrested for<br />
sexual assault<br />
Richard Sanchez, 29, has been arrested<br />
for attempted sexual assault and burglary.<br />
It’s alleged Sanchez attempted to sexually<br />
assault a woman in her Newhall apartment<br />
last month.<br />
Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Los<br />
Angeles Sheriff’s Department. said the attack<br />
was interrupted by the victim’s son.<br />
A Sheriff’s Deputy spotted Sanchez and<br />
he was taken into custody with the aid of a<br />
K-9 unit from the Department.