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Mark your calendars for October 13 and get ready to enjoy a first-class cultural event.  The Santa Clarita Artists’ Association (SCAA) will host its annual fundraiser, the Art Classic XVIII, which brings together art, music, wine and food in grand style. 

Mark your calendars for October 13 and get ready to enjoy a first-class cultural event.  The Santa Clarita Artists’ Association (SCAA) will host its annual fundraiser, the Art Classic XVIII, which brings together art, music, wine and food in grand style.  This will be a gala evening where over 120 pieces of art, covering a wide variety of mediums; oil, watercolor, acrylic, sculpture, mixed media, digital and photography, are exhibited and judged.

Celebrating 23 years under the big top, up to 150 Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce members will participate in what has become the ultimate “shop local” meet-and-greet for homeowners, businesses and local organizations. Business owners will set up shop under the giant tent in the College of the Canyons parking lot at the corner of Valencia Boulevard and Rockwell Canyon Road on October 13 and 14 as the annual Home and Business Expo comes to town.

For more than eight years, a faithful group of parishioners from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Newhall have been gathering for weekly Mass at one of the local, Castaic elementary schools.  The Castaic Mission church, as it is called, began in early 1999 at Live Oak Elementary.  Since then, our parish, along with the rest of Castaic has grown rapidly.  We now meet at Castaic’s newest school, Northlake Hills Elementary School, located at the top of Ridge Route Road in Castaic, every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.  The Mission offers the weekly Mass, a Bible study group, a Rosary group, and a building fund committee.

The first week of August proved to be a magical time for some of our Santa Clarita residents who went to Mammoth.  What do you get when you put sixteen “differently-abled” adults with disabilities with six dedicated, extremely hard working volunteer camp staff members?  A week of fun and memories at Mammoth.  S’mores, yum.  Rock-climbing, fishing, hiking, gondola rides, boating and, oh yes, “Get your elbows off the table” camp songs, were just some of the activities packed into LETMESAIL’S first annual Mammoth High Sierra Camp, held August 6 to 13.

• Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States today.
• Breast cancer is 95 percent curable when detected in the early stages.
• Diabetes is a major killer on its own and also a major risk factor for stroke and heart attack.

The Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, a not-for-profit community health center that serves the greater Santa Clarita Valley, announced today that its annual Rubber Ducky Regatta fundraising event will be held for the first time at Castaic Lake Recreation Area, on Oct. 20.

To improve traffic flow and public safety for the Castaic community, speed restrictions and radar speed enforcement has been approved on Industry Drive, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

There is a lot happening at City Hall this year and plenty more on the horizon.  As you may know, the City’s annual budget was adopted by the City Council and went into effect July 1.  This year, the City Council is doing much to expand recreational facilities within the City by allocating over $2.4 million for grading to begin the Sports Complex expansion.  The completion of the 18,000-square-foot gymnasium, site design and construction of the new expanded skate park, out-door basketball courts and multi-use athletic fields is estimated at $16.1 million.

The Santa Clarita Master Chorale begins its season with two gifts.  First, a two-season grant from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and second an evening of diverse musical offerings from Friends of the Chorale.
The two-stage grant of $12,750 for 2007/2008 and $12,750 for the following year – continues the tradition of funding from the Arts Commission, which has provided financial support for the Chorale’s programming since 2000.

With nearly 70,000 children removed from their parents’ homes due to abuse or neglect, there is a great need for caring adults to provide loving, nurturing homes as either foster or adoptive parents.  A parent information meeting will be held Thursday night, October 18 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church located at 27265 Luther Drive, Canyon Country, for those interested.  All adults, single or married, are welcome.  We offer English and Bilingual Spanish speaking.

On November 11 at 6 p.m. at The Master’s College Basketball Arena, Trinity
Classical Academy, Santa Clarita’s first and only classical, Christian school, will be
presenting “Worshipfest 2007.”  Santa Clarita residents will be able to enjoy its first Christian rock concert, featuring, Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning band Sonicflood, with special guest,
local band, Godspeed. The concert will also benefit the SCV Pregnancy Center.

The holiday season reliably brings upon on us the anticipation of many things: grand celebrations, delightful surprises and moments to treasure and dream of.  It is the Santa Clarita Ballet’s privilege to once again invite you to enjoy one of our Valley’s most brilliant traditions of the season, The Nutcracker Ballet.  

Everyone is familiar with the famous musical, Phantom of the Opera.  This tongue-in-cheek spoof is a fun-filled, family friendly musical featuring a modern “Phantom”  (Bill Lively) who inhabits the depths of, no, not a French opera house, but a modern TV studio.  Like his French predecessor, he creates murder and mayhem in order to capture a beautiful soap opera heroine (Kristie Hoefflin), for whom he has an obsessive love. 

A day filled with adoptable animals, pet lovers and lots of family-friendly fun, the 7th Annual Bow-Wows and Meows Pet Fair will take place on Sunday, October 14 at Newhall’s Hart Park .  The only event of its kind in the Santa Clarita Valley, last year’s event drew thousands of attendees from all over Los Angeles County and resulted in the adoption of over 100 dogs and cats from local shelters.

Businesses and non-profit agencies that deal with children and street performers who would like to share their talents with local families are invited to take part in the first Children’s Literacy & Arts Festival, scheduled for Saturday, November 3, at Newhall Park.

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