With best wishes to our neighbors and supporters for a happy, healthy holiday season!
from the Chevy Chase Estates Association
The Warren Binzley Family moved to the Chevy Chase area in the 1980. For several years, they have been decorating the portals at Christmas time that welcome everyone who pass on their way up and down the Canyon.
The darling Nutcracker Soldiers who brought so much happiness to all of us in the past few years are taking a rest.
In their place, four beautiful angels are heralding the Advent Season. These angels are the work of Candyce Binzley, daughter-in-law who even though she and her husband Russ are no longer residents, returned to make this joyous contribution to our canyon. Along side Candyce, who is an artist, was Joan Binzley adding her finesse.
As in every undertaking of such a large project, the whole Binzley family once again contributed to making our Season bright and beautiful. The angels will be standing guard until January 6.
Thank you Binzleys for the many years you have shared your time and talents. You have brought joy and happiness to all during the Christmas Season. The Chevy Chase Estates Garden Club who began decorating the portals in 1947 is so very appreciative the tradition is being continued.
Mary Betlach, President
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What: Pride of Buckingham/Chevy Chase Estates Association Canyon Cleanup
When: 8:15AM / Saturday, October 10, 2020
Where: Meeting point is the Chevy Chase Library parking lot.
What to bring: a mask/face covering, gloves, sun protection, water, and a desire to clean up our canyon!
Please join us in cleaning up our canyon by volunteering to pick up litter along East Chevy Chase to Emerald Isle Drive, and Linda Vista to Buckingham Road (and beyond??). Meet your Neighbors and help keep our canyon clean!
We will provide trash bags, and trash pickers at the meeting point. Please arrive between 8:15-8:30 to pick up your materials. You may then start your cleanup in the area where you wish, but let us know where you’ll be working so we don’t crowd each other. Start your cleaning, and at 10AM return to the meeting point to deposit your collected trash (and return the pickers) and pose for a group photo! We will have the City of Glendale do a special trash pickup for us on Monday.
If you cannot make the day and time, we are also running a month-long campaign to clean up our streets individually! Litterati is an app for iPhone and Android that enables tracking of group cleanup efforts over time. Here’s how that works:
1. Download the Litterati app (https://www.litterati.org/ or via your OS app store) and enter our challenge code: 421444
2. Between Oct 1-31, grab your gloves and trash bags and visit your favorite spot in the canyon to do your cleanup! Even just one or two items on your daily walk add to the tally.
3. Use the Litterati app to photograph and tag the individual items of trash you collect.
4. Pack out the trash with you and dispose of it or recycle it properly.
5. Take our survey and send a selfie or group photo to sarahb@chevychaseestates.us to complete your trash report!
About the Organizers:
The “Pride of Buckingham” group was established with the intent of bringing the folks who reside on Buckingham Road and Buckingham Place together in sharing this beautiful Canyon and taking pride in keeping the environment clean. The Canyon Cleanup event has been happening (usually quarterly) for more than a decade.
The Chevy Chase Estates Association (CCEA) was founded in 1937 and is the oldest association of homeowners in California. Through its Board of Directors, this Association is actively involved in all issues that impact the quality of the Chevy Chase Canyon lifestyle. The CCEA Board is a group of twelve Canyon volunteers who are dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in Chevy Chase Estates.
The Chevy Chase Estates Association (CCEA) has been dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in Chevy Chase Estates for 83 years. The CCEA Board of Directors aims to provide members with current and useful information on the many issues affecting Canyon residents. We have all been impacted by the current “safer at home” order. But even in these challenging and uncertain times, we feel confident that as a community, we can get through this together. Below we have included some information from the City of Glendale that may be helpful to canyon residents, as well as a way to support our local business during this time.Wishing all of our neighbors good health and safety. |
Glendale Water & Power will not disconnect electric or water services or charge late fees through April 2020 to customers due to their inability to pay utility bills. Customers are encouraged to contact GWP to arrange alternate payment options. The Southern California Gas Company has also indicated that they have temporarily suspended service disconnects for residential customers. They are also offering assistance with bill payments and are waiving late payment fees for small business customers. MORE INFORMATION
The City is also offering food and grocery shopping services for seniors and vulnerable populations through the Community Services & Parks and Glendale Fire Departments. For more information on senior meals, call (818) 548-3775. For more information on grocery shopping services, call (818) 548-4814. Both lines are in service Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. More about help for seniors, including a meal distribution service. MORE INFORMATION
The City of Glendale’s Economic Development Division and Community Development Department are exploring and sharing ways to temporarily relieve the impact on the business community. MORE INFORMATION
Glendale Unified School District is providing updates and resources on their Remote Learning page. The resources cover distance learning and independent study, school meal delivery, accommodations for students with disabilities, and more. MORE INFORMATION
The Country Club kitchen is OPEN for pick-up & delivery orders only, from 11-7, Tuesday-Sunday.
Take Out (Pick-up) Menu. Call (818) 246-5566 to place your order.
Delivery (Uber Eats) Menu. Uber Eats is now offering a $10-OFF promotion for all new users who sign up & place their first order. Use this promo code for your discount: eatstogether6j3f9jh
The Country Club also offers family-style food packages for pick-up. See their website for details! You can also subscribe to their mailing list for ongoing specials and other updates at the bottom of their website. MORE INFORMATION
Our CCEA annual meeting at the Chevy Chase Country Club was a huge success. And it was different from annual meetings of past, we had far more speakers from our canyon addressing our canyon history and resources. The speakers were fascinating and local. Here a few photos of the evening.
Our first speaker was Sylvana Khachtourian from Chevy Chase Country Club who talked about all the great things that are happening at the CCCC. Really great things.
Next was Nick Agakanian, an owner of the CCCC who was blindsided by the CCEA and almost cried. We brought him upstage to gift him with a ceramic art piece created by James Ward, our CCEA co-president. We wanted a way to thank the CCCC for their support of the CCEA. Nick gave the most amazing thank you speech.
Dan Suttles, Sargent, City of Glendale Police Dept talked about our Glendale Police Department. Despite AB109 and prop. 47, our GDP is PROACTIVE.
Jeff Ragusa, Battalion Chief City of Glendale Fire Dept. gave us an update on the new way Glendale is identifying brush fire hazards.
Next up was the amazing Glendale Katherine Yamada who talked about canyon history. Katherine wrote a local history column for the News-Press for a number of years.
Mary Betlach, Chevy Chase Garden Club President spoke of Graden Club activities and invited canyon residents to join.
Watercolors by Garden Club member, Candyce Binzley.
Our next speaker was Steve Hunt, Glendale Historical Society President who shared info on all the amazing programs the Historical Society provides as well at is work in historic preservation.
Last to speak was Viktor Sjoberg, Community Engagement Librarian for Glendale Library. He touted the explosive growth in online services offered by our library.