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Filed Under: Celebrities, Education, Miley Cyrus, News, Nicollette Sheridan, Shia LaBeouf, The Americana

• Did you know there's a firearms dealer in Glendale that converts old weapons into props for major motion pictures? Cinema Weaponry just made a deal to take the Santa Barbara SWAT team's old firearms in exchange for new ones.

• If the economic stimulus package that just passed the House of Representatives last week is finalized, the Burbank and Glendale unified school districts will receive a combined boost of $33 million over two years.

• Okay, so the reason why Shia LaBeouf seems to be always be "news" in Glendale is because almost every day he walks to his neighborhood liquor store to pick up an Arizona Iced Tea, like last Monday and last Tuesday. But let's give Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday a Shia LaBeouf break and point out that...

• Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) was mobbed by screaming fans at The Americana at Brand and...

• Nicollette Sheridan was photographed on the set of Desperate Housewives in Glendale.


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Filed Under: Classes, Community Happenings, Continuing Education, Education, Events, Glendale Community College, Workshops

You know those movies rife with parent-child conflict in which a mother pleads with her daughter something like, "I'm doing the best I can raising you! It's not like they gave me handbook when you were born!" Well, the Continuing Education program at Glendale Community College attempts to shrink the learning curve with its tuition-free Parent Education Program.

Classes, which are held in Glendale and La Canada, feature professional parent educators who lead discussions on discipline, sibling issues, nutrition, eating behaviors, kindergarten preparation, safety, potty training, and communication. Who knew?

Glendale Community College
Continuing Education Program
Parent Education Program
818.243.5196
http://www.glendale.edu/continuinged/classes/parenteducation.htm

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Filed Under: Classes, Community Happenings, Community Services Education, Continuing Education, Education, Events, Glendale Community College, Workshops

Don't know your Excel from your elbow? Think mastering PowerPoint could catapult you from back-office obscurity to the Board Room? Glendale Community College offers a bunch of computer classes absolutely free under its Continuing Education program.

A friend of mine who was recently laid off work has been brushing up her computer skills though the college to stay sharp and get ahead in the job market, and she spoke highly of the course structure.

Glendale Community College
Continuing Education Program
Garfield Campus
1122 E. Garfield Avenue
Glendale, CA 91205-2526
818.240.1000, ext. 5678 or 5681
www.glendale.edu/continuinged

The college's Community Services Education also has a program of short courses and workshops at extremely reasonable cost. The Winter 2009 brochure is dizzying – the only problem is trying to make up your mind what to choose.

Last semester I took the excellent Drawing The Human Figure ($95 for six classes), and this time I'm torn between Conversational Chinese ($85 for six classes), Argentine Tango ($79 for eight classes), Beginning Italic Calligraphy ($35 for one class), and Outdoor Survival Techniques ($89 for a six week course).

There's everything from arts and crafts to computer technology, sports, music, dance, cooking, money management, creative writing, and beyond.

Glendale Community College
Community Services Education
Garfield Campus
1122 E. Garfield Avenue
Glendale, CA 91205-2526
818.240.1000, ext. 5015
www.glendale.edu/cse

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