Los Angeles -- We are on the mountains, still. Come join the Los Angeles area Musa Daghians on Sunday, September 14, at Camp Arev, Frazier Park, to commemorate the 93rd Anniversary of the heroic battle of Musa Dagh.

Fresno -- Maintaining the tradition, Fresno Musa Daghians under the flag of a committee called "Forty Days of Musa Dagh", held their Labor Day weekend picnic, as it was reported by the Fresno Bee today. That's the commemoration services or khatch, which continues today, Sunday August 31, under the beat of the traditional Davul and comes to end with the distribution of Madagh.

Rest assured the details will be available shortly in The Armenian Reporter.

ARPA Film Foundation Musa Dagh Event [May 17, 2008] Glendale, California -- ARPA Foundation for Film, Music, and Art has organized a discussion with writer Edward Minassian, author of "Musa Dagh". The event will be held on June 1, 2008, starting 4:00pm, at Luna Playhouse in Glendale (3706 San Fernando Blvd, Glenale, CA 91204) During the event AFFMA will present Edward Minasian with an award for "Outstanding Contribution to the History of Motion Pictures." Minasian's latest book MUSA DAGH traces the trials and tribulations of Franz Werfel's The Forty Days of Musa Dagh in Hollywood. This original work is the first book to deal with the historic controversy Werfel's masterpiece stirred in the United States in 1934.  For more information, please visit www.AFFMA.org

Los Angeles -- Organized by Mousa Ler Association of California, a Kef Night will take place to honor mothers on Saturday, May 10, starting at 5:30pm. The family-oriented dinner and kef will take place at the La Crescenta Armenian Center (2633 Honolulu Avenue, La Crescenta).

Food, music, and traditional Davul are all promised, at no charge to Musa Daghians. For more information, please contact Hratch at (818)247-2086 or Bedros at (818)951-7502.

Fresno, California -- Musa Daghian compatriot Isgouhi DerKalousdian (Injeyian) passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2008. Funeral services will be held in Fresno on Saturday, April 19, 2008.

Hollywood, California-- Rumors that compatriot Apo Boghigian was assigned to the job of editor in chief of Asbarez Armenian Daily Newspaper in Los Angeles became true today.

On page two of today's edition of the newspaper, we read Apo Boghigian's name scribed as Khmpakir.

Mr. Boghigian is no stranger to Asbarez, as he had run the paper as editor for years a decade ago. He had recently returned back from Armenia, where he had been residing since his departure from the States.

London, England-- It is with great sorrow that we received the news of Nurse Mari's passing in London.

Nurse Mari Zobian of Anjar, who had moved to England a decade ago, passed away on Tuesday, March 11. She was 79.

The funeral will take place on Thursday, March 20, in London.

Nurse Mari is survived by her sister Marta of London.

Los Angeles -- Over the past weekend, Mousa Ler Association of California elected 11 members to its board of directors. During a meeting, which was held at the La Crescenta Valley Armenian Center, local Musa Daghian compatriots reelected most of the members of the previous board, in addition to Dr. Vahram Shemmassian, Sebouh Papissian, and Haidi Kasamanian.

Mebers of the new board of directors are:

• Hratch Kahdian
• Shake Boghigian
• Haidi Kassamanian
• Isgouhi Topjian
• Vrej Hammoudian
• Ara Hovsepian
• Vahram Shemmassian, Ph.D.
• Bedros Shannakian
• Avedis Doudaklian
• Sevag Kendirdjian
• Sebouh Papissian

Los Angeles --Mousa Ler Association of California has announced that on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 3:00PM, the annual general all members' meeting will be held at the La Crescenta Armenian Center (2633 Honolulu Ave, Montrose, CA).

The meeting will elect a new board of directors for the coming two years. A mini reception will follow the meeting.

All Musa Daghians are invited.

Los Angeles, California -- Organized by UCLA and sponsored by the local Mousa Ler Association of California, a series of conferences will take place at this University of California on Friday and Saturday, February 29 and March 1.

The conference on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, will include Musa Dagh, presented by a few compatriots, including Dr. Vahram Shemmassian, Dr. Hagop Panossian, and others. The subjects will include Anjar, Musa Dagh, our Dialect, Vakef, etc.