Wednesdays

BEST BET Kids can join Storyteller Steve as he reads "Lucille's Snowsuit" by Kathryn Laski. This winter story about a little pig who thinks snowsuits are for babies, will be read at 7 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble, 731 N. San Fernando Blvd. 558-1383. TODAY The Burbank Sunrise Kiwanis Club meets at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays at DeBell Golf Club, 1500 Walnut Ave. 842-3323. The Burbank Chapter of the Leads Club, an international organization for business referrals, meets 7:15 to 8:45 a.m. Wednesdays at the Courtside Restaurant at the Toluca Lake Sports Center, 6711 Forest Lawn Drive.

The previous two seasons, the Burroughs High boys' tennis team was able to play its way to two straight appearances in the CIF Southern Section Division II semifinals. In both years, the Indians were paced by talented singles player Garrett Auproux, who captured two straight Pacific League singles titles while being named the All-Area Singles Player of the Year twice. However, the Indians knew their postseason road was going to get more difficult this season when they were moved up to challenging Division I, where some of the most talented teams in the nation preside.

Last season, the Providence High girls' basketball team went into the CIF State Basketball Championships with wide-eyed wonder. The Pioneers program had never participated in state competition and the team ventured blindly into uncharted territory. But Providence made it seem like it had been there before, defeating Rock Academy, 68-35, and then Orangewood Academy, 44-34, before advancing to the regional semifinals. In the game, Providence saw its season come to an end with a 64-28 loss to Mission Prep.

Despite finishing second in the Pacific League behind the CIF Southern Section Division V tournament's top seed in Crescenta Valley High, Burroughs did not exactly get a favorable draw when Sunday's playoff pairings were released. But Indians Coach Danny Garcia finds himself “pretty happy” with playing Los Padres League champion Lompoc Cabrillio in the first round on Wednesday at 5 p.m., but was disappointed that it will be on the road. “I kinda assumed we would be home because we played at home last year after we finished second,” said Garcia, whose Indians were one of four second-place teams out of six in the division that got road matches.

BURBANK - There were two contests in one taking place during Pacific League girls' soccer action at Burroughs Memorial Field on Wednesday afternoon. The first revolved around a brutish game in which both teams combined for three cards, two ejections, two warnings against the crowd and a physical level of play that perhaps neither the Bulldogs or Indians were aptly prepared. The second and most important, revolving around simple wins and losses and league standing, was perhaps lost in the above interference, as host Burroughs, which, behind a hat trick from junior striker Emma Pineiro, was victorious versus Pasadena, 4-0. “It was definitely a physical game and some of my girls are not used to that stuff,” Burroughs second-year Coach Eddie Garcia said.

VALENCIA - Two games into the season and the Burroughs High girls' basketball team is still trying to work out the kinks. Some of those kinks were evident throughout the first three quarters Wednesday in a pool-play game of the Valencia High Hive Classic against Agoura. The Indians had trouble with their transition defense and didn't shoot the ball well, allowing the Chargers to take a double-digit lead. However, Burroughs battled back in the fourth quarter and actually had a lead.

Burbank residents no longer need to leave home to check out library books. The city announced Monday that its ebooks will be available for the first time on Aug.1. “We're very excited to be able to add this service,” Sharon Cohen, the library services director, said in a statement. The library currently has 1,200 electronic titles available, with more on the way. Patrons can check out up to five ebooks at a time for seven to 14 days on most electronic devices, except the Nook ereader.

BURBANK - Playing on his home course, Kelsey Danzeisen aggressively attacked each hole and built up his confidence. It's exactly what the Burroughs High boys' golfer sought Wednesday while competing in the 48th annual Burbank High Schools' Invitational at DeBell Golf Club. "I started on the 10th hole and parred," said Danzeisen, who shot a one-under-par 70 and finished second overall in the A Flight competition behind La Cañada's Collin Morikawa (69). "I had to walk uphill on that hole with the cold weather.

Burbank officials on Wednesday will hold what could be the last public input meeting on a “very non-cookie cutter” upgrade of Johnny Carson Park. The third meeting for a redesigned Johnny Carson Park could potentially be the last, said deputy parks director Jan Bartolo, adding that many of the comments made so far have been folded into the draft plan. A conceptual design of Johnny Carson Park based on ideas submitted from Burbank residents in the two prior meetings will be on display during the meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. at Providence High School.

Due to a production error at the printing presses, the wrong page was printed for A2 of the Wednesday Burbank Leader. All A1 stories that were supposed to continue on that page, and didn't, are available online.