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Your Guide to the Old Town Newhall Arts and Entertainment District. 5 CENTS OCTOBER 2009 YEAR 15, NUMBER 4 Phantom Invades Newhall Playhouse. Operatic Specter a Tragic Character in Canyon Theatre Rendition. This Halloween, theatergoers can experience the thrill of “Phan- tom” at the Canyon Theatre Guild’s Playhouse in Old Town Newhall. This haunting tale, based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux, has been adapted for stage and screen in many variations. This particular phantom, as conceived by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, presents the haunting story of “Phantom of the Opera” with a different approach. Here, the phantom is not a monster, but a tragic character who – despite his outward imperfections – is good, deep inside. This phantom has a family and even a sense of humor. We care CANYON THEATRE GUILD about this phantom in a different way: He is a character you will cry “Phantom” will charm and haunt theater-goers every weekend through Halloween for. at the Canyon Theatre Guild’s Playhouse in Old Town Newhall. CONTINUED ON PAGE 9. Festival of the Arts: Plan Your Inside Visit for Maximum Enjoyment. This Issue The Santa Clarita Festival of the Arts, sponsored by the street transforms into a gallery of traditional Italian paint- Letters to the Editor. Lockheed Federal Credit Union, will highlight a spectrum of ings to contemporary paintings. artistic talent in Old Town Newhall on October 3 and 4. * Sit and relax. Make yourself comfortable at one of the Page 2 This exciting two-day festival will be held along Main intimate stages near the street painters to listen to duets and Message from the Chair. Street between Lyons Avenue on the north and Fifth Street on soloists. Or, if you are in the mood for some alternative Page 3 the south. music, relax by the dirty car guy as he removes dirt to discover This year's festival highlights the process of art. All apieceofartonthebackofacar. Art Classic at Hart Hall. weekend long, you can watch street painters, visual, multime- * Demonstrate your skills. Try out your skills on our Page 5 dia, and alternative artists create works of art, from concep- dance floor with salsa, hip hop, meringue or line dancing. tion to the final masterpiece. Experience the ten-minute theatre productions, poetry read- Hart Park Roundup. To extract the most creativity from your time as a week- ings and literature readings. Watch the production of acrobat- Page 7 end artist, you should formulate a plan. ic entertainment. This grand-scale spectacle of unique physi- * Beat the crowd. Arrive early on Saturday or Sunday cal movement through arts will capture your breath. The ‘Father of Acton.’ morning to stroll down Main Street to see more than four hun- * Bring the kids. Enjoy creative and educational activities Page 8 dred street painters working on their masterpieces. Watch as CONTINUED ON PAGE 9. 2. The OldTown Newhall Gazette. streets! People have been very nice and positive so THANKS! ‘I’ve lived Madeline Wiley, ©2009, OLD TOWN NEWHALL USA. Castaic. hered for LEON WORDEN, Editor and Publisher. Welcome to town! — Ed. almost a year Making a Discovery. and am just Editor: On a walk today, the husband and I just discovered Johnson Park. I now learning had to get online to learn more about it! Stacey Taylor-Kane, the streets! From The Mailbag. Canyon Country. Editor'snote:JohnsonParkisseven-tenthsofamilebeyondthehistoricoil People have The Thrill of Finding Beale’s Cut. town of Mentryville in Pico Canyon. For information visit Mentryville.org. Editor: been very nice The greatest thrill of my life was turning a corner while walking in a Old Town Website Brings Memories. ravine, and finding Beale’s Cut, after seeing it in westerns when I was a and positive so kid. I was born in Minnesota and moved to California in 1970. We would explore California every weekend. There is no other state like it, and I will Editor: forever miss it. p.s. Are there any plans to dig out Beale’s Cut? THANKS!’ My parents taught in the elementary schools in Newhall and Jeanne Sterling Hough, Saugus for 25 years, beginning in 1954. I grew up in Newhall, Saugus, — Madeline Wiley Lakewood, Colo. and Canyon Country. I am VERY excited to find out about your web site. Thank you. Editor's note: Located between Sierra Highway and the 14 Freeway, Beale’s Cut was a 90-foot-deep wagon road through the Newhall Pass. It Mayris Fox, partially collapsed in the 1997-98 El Nino storms. The only “plan” is to deed Jacksonville, Ark. The Gazette. the property to the City of Santa Clarita as open space when the former DISTRIBUTION: FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND. Newhall Refinery property to the south is redeveloped. There is no plan to dig it out. It’s problematic: Dig it out, and the walls might collapse and kill From One Saugus to Another. LEON WORDEN somebody in the next El Nino mudslide. Reinforce it with concrete and Editor And Publisher. rebar, and it would not be authentic. Leave it as it is, and it’s not historically Editor: [email protected] correct. At present, Beale’s Cut is on private property. Access is forbidden. I was born and grew up in Saugus, Mass., visited Saugus, Calif., and TIM WHYTE Newhall back in the late ’40s. Production And Layout. Let’s Go Wireless in Old Town. [email protected] Alden Trenholm, PATTI RASMUSSEN Editor: S. Hamilton, Mass. Chief Correspondent. [email protected] My family lives in Newhall. We had an idea of supplying wireless Internet to all areas of Old Town Newhall on Main Street. This would The Old Town Newhall Gazette is pub- allow everyone (students, business people, etc.) to surf the net as they sit at Fond Memories of Gene. a sidewalk cafe on Main Street. Just a thought. Editor: lished by Old Town Newhall USA, an SCV Communications Group company. Bob and Cindy Hazard, I was born in 1929, and, of course, western movies were our favorite Newhall. movies. I was born in Chicago and listened to Gene Autry’s singing on the Send Correspondence To: Barn Dance. We were disappointed when he left the Barn Dance to go to OLD TOWN NEWHALL USA Hollywood. He sure had a beautiful voice, and we looked forward to hear- Post Office Box 802993 ing him sing on Saturday nights. Of course then, we could see him at the Santa Clarita, Ca. 91380 Newcomer Finds Us Friendly. movies so that made up for it. [email protected] Editor: VISIT OLD TOWN NEWHALL Jane E. Bailey, ON THE INTERNET I’ve lived hered for almost a year and am just now learning the Denver, Colo. www.oldtownnewhall.com 3. Celebrating Progress on Streetscape Project. ByPHILIPC.ELLIS, Eighth Street. CHAIRMAN,NEWHALL It was truly a celebration of REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. the transformation of Old Town Newhall. Residents, business The community gathered at owners, and community leaders Market Street and Main Street in were excited and proud to see the Old Town Newhall on Thursday, big changes. September 3, to celebrate the This is merely the beginning completion of phase one of the of ongoing revitalization efforts streetscape project. which will transform Old Town This phase includes major Newhall into an Arts & Entertain- improvements such as pedestrian- ment District. friendly sidewalks, street light- If you have not had an oppor- ing, street furniture, and land- tunity to see the new streetscape, Message From scaping on two blocks of Main please make a stop in Old Town The Chairman. Street, from Sixth Street to Newhall. ‘This is merely the beginning of ongoing revitalization efforts which will transform Old Town Newhall into an Arts & Entertainment District.’ We Like the New Look! Community leaders, residents and officials from the City of Santa Clarita gathered in Old Town Newhall on September 3 to celebrate the completion of the first phase of the streetscape improvement project. The first phase includes pedestrian-friendly sidewalks, street lighting, street furniture, landscaping and other major improvements. The improvements can be found on two blocks of Main Street, from Sixth Street to Eighth Street. The new streetscape represents one early step in the overall and ongoing revitalization efforts to transform Old Town Newhall into a thriving arts and entertainment area. 4. Grants Available to Small Newhall Businesses. There are more than 3.4 million small businesses in the state of Cali- fornia, according to a 2008 report by the U.S. Small Business Administra- tion’s Office of Advocacy. Santa Clarita, like many cities throughout the state, is home to thousands of these companies, which employ anywhere from one to five to five hundred workers. In fact, every company within the Newhall redevelopment area is a small business. These businesses are the backbone of the local economy, providing services, products, innova- tions and new job opportunities. The Santa Clarita City Council recognizes the important role small businesses play in the city’s econo- my. In April, the council approved a "21-Point Business Plan for Progress," which included a grant program for small businesses in the Newhall redevelopment area. The program will provide $5,000 grants to twenty qualifying businesses in the redevelopment area. The objective is to foster busi- ness growth, expansion and reten- tion through a partnership with the Small Business Development Center at College of the Canyons. Grant winners are expected to meet with representatives from the SBDCtocompletebusinesscounsel- ing sessions as determined necessary by the center. The city believes in providing grant funding to companies actively using business resources such as thoseavailablefreeofchargethrough the SBDC, because these companies enjoy a higher probability of success in the marketplace than those that CONTINUED ON PAGE 9.