Vase thefts add to grief Crime: At least 300 solid-bronze fixtures stolen from graveyard Posted: August 23, 2011 1:55 a.m. Thieves keep stealing metal vases from the grave of a local boy who died of leukemia five years ago, and the boy’s frustrated father wants something done about it. Since 2006, Chan Reader has worked […]
In memory of Sean Reader
Santa Clarita chess coaches are expected next month to makeBy Jim Holt Signal Staff WriterThursday September 20, 2007 Santa Clarita chess coaches are expected next month to make regular hospital visits to teach sick kids how to play chess, thanks to a fund set up in honor of 12-year-old Sean Reader who died of cancer […]
Jay Stallings and the CYCL
Jay Stallings (www.CYCL.org)By Jim Holt Signal Staff WriterTuesday September 11, 2007 Armed with a small army and centuries-old military tactics, Jay Stallings wages war every day.Stallings, director of the nonprofit California Youth Chess League, has become the chess guru of Valencia.The kids call him Coach Jay.The 64-box checkered chess board appears to be as much […]