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Youth rides may end in Burbank
The days appear numbered for Got Wheels!, Burbank's summer bus system for youth, after city officials this week proposed cutting the program. While roughly 2,000 kids are registered to use Got Wheels! — the summer bus line for 10- to 18-year-...Tags: Public Transportation
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Despite refusing to follow new rules, Burbank secures grant for volunteer program
Burbank was approved for a $43,000 grant for its Retired Senior Volunteer Program, surprising city officials who had thought they were out of contention after refusing to comply with new funding guidelines that would have required a program overhaul. For...
Tags: Google+, Public Officials, Government, Politics
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Airport inks marketing deal with Rose Bowl, UCLA sports
Bob Hope Airport is aiming for a financial touchdown with a new marketing agreement with UCLA Athletics and the Rose Bowl that will tap into the university’s millions of sports fans. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on Monday...
Tags: Oregon Ducks, Media Industry, Rose Bowl Game, Google Inc., Colleges and Universities
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John Burroughs High School choir teams sing songs of success
Look no further than John Burroughs High School to find the national grand champions of all high school choirs in the United States. After months — and for some students, years — of work, two choir teams at John Burroughs High School secured...
Tags: Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Justice System, Judges
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Burbank students restore convertible Beetle in time for city parade
It took them eight months, but students at Luther Burbank Middle School have successfully restored a once-dilapidated 1979 Volkswagen convertible Beetle into “The Luther Mobile” for its debut Saturday at Burbank on Parade. Teacher Joe Reed...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Students, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Volkswagen, Teaching and Learning
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Bell-Jeff High School Principal John Matheus says he'll step down
After two years as principal of Bellarmine-Jefferson High School, John Matheus is resigning from his post. Matheus stepped in as principal of the school in 2011 after spending 30 years in various roles at La Salle High School in Pasadena. When Matheus...Tags: High Schools, Schools
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Temple Beth Emet collects half-ton of e-waste
Temple Beth Emet helped the community recycle responsibly by offering an E-waste Collection Event on Feb. 17 in the temple parking lot. Members of the temple and the public dropped off TVs, VCRs, computers, monitors, stereos, copiers and fax machines....
Tags: Science and Technology, University of Connecticut, Colleges and Universities, Electronics
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Jordan Middle School volunteers dedicate garden to beloved former Principal Betty Steinkolk
Jordan Middle School volunteers were up early Saturday morning building tables and benches or setting plants in neat rows for the Betty Steinkolk Literacy Patio and Garden, dedicated to the beloved former principal who died in 2009. The 3 p.m. ribbon-...
Tags: Teachers, Arts, Teaching and Learning
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Volunteers band together to complete new patio, garden
This post has been corrected. See details below. Jordan Middle School was a hub of activity all day Saturday as some 60 volunteers completed the literacy patio and garden dedicated to beloved former principal Betty Steinkolk, who passed away in 2009....Tags: Teachers, Services and Shopping, Arts, Real Estate, Arts and Culture
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Jordan Middle School's A students are rewarded with pancakes
Straight-A student Rami Makarem, 11, had three words to say as his fork was poised over two pancakes on the paper plate Friday morning before class. “They taste delicious,” said the Jordan Middle School sixth-grader. The event was the annual...
Tags: Students, Teachers, Science and Technology, Pancakes, Report Cards
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Woman receives $1,000 scholarship
The Verdugo Glen chapter of the American Business Women's Assn. has named Arpa Shahijanian of Burbank, a business student at Glendale Community College, as the recipient of a national $1,000 scholarship. This year's scholarship was named in memory of...Tags: Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest
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Community news: Harlem Globetrotters visit YMCA, Peter and Lee Merlo toast 70 years
Harlem Globetrotters teammates Herbert Lang, aka “Flight Time,” and Nate “Big Easy” Lofton generated a lot of excitement in December when they stopped by the Burbank Community YMCA to shoot a breast cancer awareness video and...
Tags: YMCA, Breast Cancer, U.S. Army, Harlem Globetrotters, Lifestyle and Leisure
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