Valley Glen Voice OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE VALLEY GLEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Volume 12‚ Issue 1 www.valleyglen.org Winter 2013 Your VGNA Board: Carlos Ferreyra President Dean Abston Vice President From Our President Carlos Ferreyra — Another year is upon us and we must ask ourselves‚ “Did the Mayans just run out of space on their rock when carving out their calendar?” As your Association (“VGNA”) moves forward this new year to continue its work of improving the quality of life
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desolate plain‚ a gray valley where New York’s ashes are dumped. The men who live here work at shoveling up the ashes. Overhead‚ two huge‚ blue‚ spectacle-rimmed eyes—the last vestige of an advertising gimmick by a long-vanished eye doctor—stare down from an enormous sign. These unblinking eyes‚ the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg‚ watch over everything that happens in the valley of ashes. The commuter train that runs between West Egg and New York passes through the valley‚ making several stops
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he San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California. It covers 7 counties which are Kings‚ Kern‚ Stanislaus‚ Merced and Fresno. The San Joaquin Valley is known as the #1 producing region in California for its variety of fruits and vegetables grown in its fertile soil. The Valley is 250 miles long and bordered on the west by the coastal mountain ranges. Even though a lot of the valley is rural there are a lot of urban cities here in the valley. I want to tell you about the five
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Background Valley Educational Associates Valley Educational Associates‚ Inc. was established in 1982 as a non-profit agency to provide vocational training and employment services to adults with disabilities. The agency started with an eight-person workshop and now it serves over 90 individuals in three separate sheltered workshops and various community-based jobs throughout Western Massachusetts. VEA’s mission is to provide dignified‚ meaningful employment for developmentally disabled adults‚
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The Oro Valley Music Festival is an annual event held in Tucson‚ Arizona at The Golf Club at Vistoso in Oro Valley. This two-day event lasting from September 30th until October 1st‚ 2017‚ was sponsored by the 97.1 BULL radio station‚ along with the my92.9 radio broadcast station. This was the third annual Oro Valley Music Festival that drew in a crowd of over 10‚000 people for both days (Burch‚ Karr). The first day of the festival was solely country music while the second day was predominantly modern
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20/03/2012 East African Rift The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench‚ approximately 6‚000 kilometres (3‚700 mi) in length‚ that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa. The name continues in some usages‚ although it is today considered geologically imprecise as it combines features that are today regarded as separate‚ although related‚ rift and fault systems
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River Valley Civilizations River Valley Civilizations were the first elements of civilizations. They were the first civilizations that influenced our society today. Two of the world’s first river valley civilizations were the Nile River Valley in Egypt‚ and the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley in Mesopotamia. These river valley civilizations survived because they had the characteristics that demonstrate what a civilization is‚ and how the people survived. Both civilization achieved‚ and contributed
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Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 Written by: Brenno Damota Government Period 3 Tennessee Valley Authority Act How it Began... Signed by President Roosevelt on May 18‚1993.‚ it was created as a federal corporation to provide assistance in navigation‚ flood control‚ electricity generation‚ fertilizer manufacturing‚ and economic development in the Tennessee valley region right after the Great Depression. Not only did it tackle important problems like the ones listed above
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Keneda Arvizu English- Litos Period 8 Due 10/27/15 The Great Gatsby; The Valley of Ashes What is the valley of ashes and why is it called that? The valley of ashes is located between the Eggs and New York. The valley of ashes is first introduced to us in chapter two. If it already doesn’t sound horrible enough‚ it is also described as a dark place in the book. “This is a valet of ashes- a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges an hills and grotesque gardens‚ where ashes take
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the Cuyahoga River Valley Organization Edie Druktenis March 28‚ 2013 This case focuses on the development of the Cuyahoga River Valley Organization (CRVO) which is charged with caring out the Cuyahoga Valley Initiative (CVI). The initiation of this organization began with an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 2000. The article discussed the history‚ natural beauty‚ and industry in the Cuyahoga Valley located in northeastern Ohio. The valley is rich in natural
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