By Rachel Singer

Bill Crowl:  Scouts Honor

Every October, my husband and I attend a fabulous Halloween Ball.  Costumes are mandatory and I take it very seriously.

Divine inspiration came in the form of Russell in the Disney film, “UP”.  Ron would be a Boy Scout and I would be a Girl Scout.

By Rachel Singer

Steve Hartman, a journalist and storyteller on one of my favorite shows, CBS Sunday Morning brings to his viewers stories of ordinary people who have an extraordinary story.

I want to be like Steve Hartman.

On April 28, 1997, at age of 53, Dr. Richard Rioux left this world far too early.

My husband Ron and I lost a dear friend and the Santa Clarita Valley lost one of its greatest cheerleaders and visionaries.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Newhall was filled to overflowing with family, friends, local dignitaries and those whose lives Dr. Richard Rioux brought back from the brink.

Not long ago, San Fernando Road became Newhall Avenue. Though the name has changed, it still remains the same stretch of road that I navigate at least twice a day on my cross-valley excursions.

It is a given that if you take in the scenery on Newhall Avenue you will observe day laborers hoping for work, a deputy hiding with a radar gun and commuters tapping their steering wheels waiting for that elusive green light at Railroad Avenue.