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Cook “K’s” at Pepperdine

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Cole Cook had a career-best 10 strikeouts for Pepperdine last Saturday. Photo: Jeff Golden
Cole Cook had a career-best 10 strikeouts for Pepperdine last Saturday. Photo: Jeff Golden

Former Palisades High pitcher Cole Cook has taken his talent up the road to Malibu, where he is a redshirt freshman at Pepperdine. Just as he did a few years ago at George Robert Field, the Waves’ flame-throwing right-hander is developing into a strikeout machine. An example was Saturday’s game against Gonzaga when he fanned a career-high 10 batters despite a 4-1 hard luck loss to the Bulldogs. Cook (4-2) threw 107 pitches, scattering five hits (only one for extra bases) and one walk in seven and one-third innings for his third consecutive quality start. Cook dominated the Western League when he played for Palisades and he is becoming a force now in the West Coast Conference. At 6′ 6″ and 209 pounds he is an intimidator on the hill. In his previous start he tossed a complete game two-hitter March 28 at San Diego. After leading Palisades to the league championship in each of his three seasons Cook was drafted in the 36th round of the 2007 MLB First-Year Player draft by the Seattle Mariners. He enjoyed a stellar senior season for the Dolphins, posting a 10-2 record with 113 strikeouts and earning All-City honors. Cook’s collegiate career has only just begun and scorekeepers had best make room in the record books for this ex-Dolphins ace. * * * * Leslie Baker, a freshman on the Archer School for Girls basketball team, was named All-League in the Gold Coast Athletic Conference’one of five Panthers to be so honored this past season.

Green Machine Wins Flag Title

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Green Machine players celebrate with the championship trophy after their 28-7 victory over Team White at Brentwood Science Magnet. Photo: Gabriel Soufo.
Green Machine players celebrate with the championship trophy after their 28-7 victory over Team White at Brentwood Science Magnet. Photo: Gabriel Soufo.

Green Machine players celebrate winning the Palisades-Malibu YMCA’s first adult flag football league championship. The Green Machine went undefeated, beating Team White, 28-7, in the championship game Saturday at Brentwood Science Magnet. Team members are Tim Wilson, Greg Sinaiko, Anthony Deptula, Rahim Muhammad, Sergio Siderman, Tharen Todd, Cliff Lyon, James Reach and Stephen Hale, Ryan Hilterbran and Steve Hoshimi. Registration is underway for the spring season, which kicks off April 25. Call 310-454-5591.

CLASSIFIED ADS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 2, 2009

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PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO NEW POSTAL REQUIREMENTS, THE CLASSIFIED DEADLINE IS NOW FRIDAY AT 11 A.M.

HOMES FOR SALE 1

EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE HOME, Poipu, Kauai, end of cul-de-sac. 1 blk from beach. Pool, separate ‘ohana, view of mtns over backyard pool. $2.35 million. (808) 634-7189

UNFURNISHED HOMES 2a

RUSTIC CANYON CRAFTSMAN CHARMER with 3 bd, 3.5 ba, great room with river rock FP, & cathedral ceilings. Huge porch & large yard. $7,000/mo. Call Dolly at (310) 230-3706

BEAUTIFUL BEL AIR BAY CLUB TRACT, Pacific Palisades. Lovely garden home on private road. Easy walk to beach. 3 bedrm, great room, 2 fireplaces, 2 car garage w/ lots of storage. Many large trees, garden & fenced yard. Highly desirable, quiet neighborhood. Pets ok w/ deposit. $4,250/mo. Avail April 1st. (310) 455-7055 or (310) 383-8055 for appointments. lunasmom@verizon.net

$4,800/MO. 3900 CASTLEROCK, two blocks to beach & Getty Villa. 2,136 sq.ft. 4+3+dine. Totally remodeled. All wood floors, new kitchen, private yard. (310) 309-7714

EL MEDIO BLUFFS. 3 BD, 2 BA, 1,700 sq.ft. home. Open & light on 6,000 sq.ft. lot. Nice yard, LVR with fireplace. Appliances, HW floors, washer/dryer, garage. Gardener incl. $4,500/mo. (310) 741-1138

BRENTWOOD CHARMING 5 BD, 2 story home, north of Sunset with balconies, sun deck, spas, & spectacular views. Fireplace & separate study. Remodeled. $5,500/mo. (310) 472-1869

CHARMING 2 BD, 1 BA, large backyard, refurbished kitchen, stove, refrigerator, microwave, washer/dryer. Hardwood floors, water & gardener included. Small pets ok. Close to village and schools. $3,000/mo. (310) 702-1758

SPECTACULAR OCEAN VIEW near Pali schools. 4 BDRM, 3 BA, LR & master BDRM w/ frpls. W/D, 2 car garage. Gardener incl. 1 yr lease min. $6,400/mo. Contact Debra, (310) 908-8390

$4,950/MO. UPDATED 4 BD, 2 BA RANCH TRADITIONAL. Open LR/DR, w/peekaboo ocean view. Kit/FR w/ direct access to pvt brick patio, 2 car gar, sec. sys. AC. Call Katy Kreitler, (310) 230-3708

MALIBU GREAT CANYON VIEWS, 3 BD+2 BA, 2 car garage, separate studio, big yard, near Pavilions & beach. Open Sat & Sun, 1-4 p.m. 6721 Wandermere. $4,000/mo. (310) 457-2122

FURNISHED APARTMENTS 2b

GUESTHOUSE FOR RENT. Single. Price: $1,250/mo. Fully furnished, utilities included. Hrdwd floor. Available April 1st. No pets. No smoking. One person. Maid service. (310) 459-3650

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 2c

PANORAMIC OCEAN VIEW GUEST HOUSE. 1 BR + LR, 2 bath. Private. Wood floors, laundry, nice patio, some furnishings available. Near old Getty. Listen to the surf. For 1 person only. No pets. $2,000/mo. (310) 459-1983

TOP FLOOR 1 BDRM OCEAN/HILLSIDE VIEWS, half block to beach. Off Sunset. Beautifully redone, new wood floors & granite. Pool, sec. gated parking. $1,895/mo. (310) 459-6369

STUDIO KITCHENETTE, FULL BATH, private entrance, private home. Walk to village. $850/mo. plus utilities. (310) 454-3883

CONDOS, TOWNHOMES FOR RENT 2d

GEM IN THE PALISADES, 2 bdrm, 2½ ba, townhouse, hdwd, tile, new carpet. Large roof deck, W/D, dishwasher. Parking. $3,350/mo. (310) 392-1757

THE PERFECT 2+2. Immaculate, like-new & gorgeous. Totally private & quiet! Spacious & sunny. Custom kitchen, W/D, AC. $2,900/mo. Call agent Pat Haight, (310) 454-1851

3 BED, 3 BATH corner unit. Ocean & mountain views, pools, tennis court, parking, gated. Pac Pal, Sunset/PCH. $3,950/mo. Includes utilities. Westside Leasing, (800) 551-1586

BEAUTIFUL MTN, CYN & some ocean view Townhome in Palisades Highlands. 2 bd, 2.5 ba, updated kitchen & baths, end unit. Tennis & pool. $3,475/mo. Dolly Neimann, (310) 230-3706

EXQUISITE OCEAN VIEW 2+2. ALL NEW interior. Just steps to beach. 5 minutes to Santa Monica. All new cabinets, appliances, granite, marble, hardwood floors. High ceilings. W/D in condo. Ocean view patio. Garage. 1,200 sq ft. Reduced to $3,660/mo. (310) 702-1154 • www.MalibuCoastline.com

WANTED TO RENT 3b

LOCAL EMPLOYED male seeks guesthouse. Quiet, local references. Non-smoker, no pets. Call Palisadian-Post, (310) 454-1321

OFFICE/STORE RENTALS 3c

PROFESSIONAL BUILDING in Pacific Palisades village for lease. Lovely and spacious suite available. Lease hold improvement allowance. 850 square feet conveniently located in the village. Please call Ness, (310) 230-6712 x105, for more details.

OFFICE SUBLEASE W/ OCEAN VIEW. Four offices available in Pacific Palisades, at the corner of Sunset & PCH, fabulous ocean views. Includes telephone system, internet access & utilities. Lease terms negotiable. Call Angela at (310) 566-1888

PALISADES OFFICE SUITES AVAILABLE in the heart of the Village including: 1) Last remaining single office suite at $1,600 per month and 2) Office suites ranging in size from 1,015 sf to 3,235 sf, all with large windows with great natural light. Amazing views of the Santa Monica mountains, private balconies and restrooms. Building amenities include high speed T1 internet access, elevator and secured, underground parking. CALL BRETT AT (310) 591-8789 or email brett@hp-cap.com

VACATION RENTALS 3e

FOUR FULLY SELF-CONTAINED trailers for rent across from Will Rogers State Beach & about 2 miles from Santa Monica Pier. Two for $1,095/mo. and two for $995/mo. (310) 454-2515

BOOKKEEPING/ACCOUNTING 7b

Quickbooks Invoicing & Accts Payable for personal or business bank & investment account reconciliations, financial reports, staff management & scheduling are available in the Palisades. Call Shirley, (310) 570-6085

COMPUTER SERVICES 7c

MARIE’S MAC & PC OUTCALL. I CAN HELP YOU IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE WITH: • Consultation on best hard/software for your needs • Setting up & configuring your system & applications • Teaching you how to use your Mac or PC • Upgrades: Mac OS & Windows • Internet: DSL, Wireless, E-mail, Remote Access • Key Applications: MS Office, Filemaker, Quicken • Contact Managers, Networking, File Sharing, Data backup • Palm, Visor, Digital Camera, Scanner, CD Burning • FRIENDLY & PROFESSIONAL — BEST RATES • (310) 262-5652

YOUR OWN TECH GURU * SET-UP, TUTORING, REPAIR, INTERNET. Problem-Free Computing, Guaranteed. Satisfying Clients Since 1992. If I Can’t Help, NO CHARGE! COMPUTER WORKS! Alan Perla (310) 455-2000

THE DETECHTIVES™ • PROFESSIONAL ON-SITE MAC SPECIALISTS. PATIENT, FRIENDLY AND AFFORDABLE. WE COVER ALL THINGS MAC • Consulting • Installation • Training and Repair for Beginners to Advanced Users • Data recovery • Networks • Wireless Internet & more • (310) 838-2254 • William Moorefield • www.thedetechtives.com

USER FRIENDLY—MAC CONSULTANT. User friendly. Certified Apple help desk technician and proud member of the Apple consultant network. An easy approach to understanding all of your computer needs. Offering computer support in wide variety of repairs, set-ups, installs, troubleshooting, upgrades, networking, and tutoring in the application of choice. Computer consulting at fair rates. Ryan Ross: (310) 721-2827 • email: ryanaross@mac.com • For a full list of services visit: http://userfriendlyrr.com/

PALISADES COMPUTER SERVICE • Excellent local references for 8 years. Recent Pitzer College graduate. Palisades resident. Satisfaction guaranteed. $50/hr. and $30/half-hr. FIRST HALF HOUR IS FREE! Call Matt: (310) 383-2471

GARAGE, ESTATE SALE SERVICES 7f

PLANNING A GARAGE SALE? an estate sale? a moving sale? a yard sale? Call it what you like. But call us to do it for you. We do the work. Start to finish. • BARBARA DAWSON • Garage Sale Specialist • (310) 454-0359 • bmdawson@verizon.net • www.bmdawson.com • Furniture • Antiques • Collectibles • Junque • Reliable professionals • Local References

ORGANIZING SERVICES 7h

PERSONAL ASSISTANCE, ORGANIZATION & BOOKKEEPING. Superior services provided w/ discretion & understanding. Pali resident, local refs. Extensive experience. Call Sarah, (310) 573-9263

CUSTOM FILM & VIDEO TRANSFER 7k

CONVERT VHS TAPES TO DVD! • Preserve your home videos forever! Excellent local references. Palisades resident. Quick and convenient. Call Matt: (310) 383-2471

SOLAR/WIND ENERGY 7l

SOLAR ENERGY with ALTERNATIVE ENGINEERING SOLAR. Go green, save 40% to 50%! Huge rebates and tax incentives! Call for free estimate or questions. Local Palisades contractor. Lic. #912279. (877) 898-1948. e-mail: sales@alternativeengineering.net

MISCELLANEOUS 7n

BEEN TO COURT? Received a judgment? I can assist. Locate someone? I can assist. Provide employment screening & background checks as well. Murphy Investigative Services. Licensed PI firm. Call (213) 804-8484

NANNIES/BABYSITTERS 8a

NANNY: EXPERIENCED, RESPONSIBLE. Excellent local references. Full time. Available Monday through Friday. Live out. Call Rosie, (323) 234-3002

NANNY LOOKING FOR GREAT FAMILY * Nanny looking for morning work. Childcare, light housekeeping, have own transportation, great refs. Please call Karla at (323) 252-0881

SUPER NANNY AVAILABLE. 14 yrs experience—5 yrs in Palisades. Infants, twins, all ages. CDL. Loving care for child and pets. Peace of mind for working mom. Responsible, reliable, flexible. Top references. Please call Phyllis, (818) 340-7183

BABYSITTERS AGENCY OF WLA: on call temporary babysitters. Has your babysitter ever canceled? We can help. Bonded, licensed, CPR, background checks. Residents, hotels, churches. (310) 306-KIDS

EUROPEAN EXPERIENCED NANNY looking for full or part time position. Legal to work. Excellent refs. Available any time. Call Vera, (951) 454-4079

HOUSEKEEPERS 9a

“PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.” We make your home our business. Star sparkling cleaning services. In the community over 15 years. The best in housekeeping for the best price. Good references. Call Bertha, (323) 754-6873 & cell (213) 393-1419

HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTER/ELDER CARE, day or night, available Monday-Sunday. Own transportation, excellent references. Call Maria Patricia, (310) 948-9637

EUROPEAN CLEANING SERVICE. Reliable, local references. Experienced. Own supplies. Call today. (818) 324-9154

NANNY * HOUSEKEEPER * looking for work. Excellent refs. Many years experience. Avail any day. Live-in, live-out. Own transportation. Call Lupe, (323) 583-3202 or (714) 992-0679

HOUSEKEEPING OR BABYSITTING Monday to Friday. I have good local references. I drive my own car. Call Connee, (c) (323) 377-5138 or (h) (323) 735-5725. Leave a msg.

HOUSEKEEPER OR BABYSITTER AVAILABLE Monday-Friday. 5 years experience. Reliable. Excellent references. Frances, (323) 251-0258 or (310) 764-4781

HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTER/ELDERCARE ** Day or night. Avail. Mon.-Sun. Responsible, experienced, good refs. Spanish & English speaking. Live-in or live-out. Silvia, (323) 445-3124

HOUSEKEEPER OR BABYSITTER. Many years experience. Own car. Can work any time, and any day. Excellent refs. Loves animals. Call Martha, (h) (323) 569-2328 or (c) (213) 305-1304

EXPERIENCED COOK & HOUSEKEEPER, looking for employment, live-in position. Excellent references. English speaking. Call Ana, (c) (323) 470-8061 or (310) 858-1758

HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTER • available Monday to Friday, 7 years experience. Very good references. Live-out. Honest and responsible. English & Spanish. Please call Karina, (323) 919-2244

HOUSEKEEPER OR BABYSITTER * available Monday to Saturday. Great refs & excellent experience. Speaks a little English. Responsible & honest. Live-out. Pls call Marisol, (323) 637-8483

ELDER CARE/COMPANIONS 10a

GOOD COMPANY Senior Care. A premiere private duty home care agency Provides in-home care and companionship to help people remain independent and happy at home. If you are a caring individual who would like to join our team, please call (323) 932-8700. joni@goodcopros.com

PERSONAL ASSISTANT/CARE GIVER. Mature, reliable, educated lady with experience & local refs. Available with a car. Flexible. Please leave me a message. (310) 383-6593

NURSING CARE 10b

YOUR EXTRA SPECIAL PALISADES-BASED STAFFING AGENCY. Registered nurses, LVNs, CNAs & caregivers. Best rates! Free smiles!! Call Jim, (310) 573-9436 (ofc), (310) 795-5023 (c). yourextraspecial.com

GARDENING/LANDSCAPING 11

GARDENING MAINTENANCE • Irrigation • Clean-up • New lawns • Hillside cleaning • Planting • Detailing • Free Estimates • Call Alex (owner), (323) 251-9914

SALOMON’S GARDENING * Maintenance & cleanup. Clean hillsides, cut grass, landscape, trim trees, sprinklers, plant. 1st mo. 10% off. Free est. Good refs. Many years exp. (323) 252-0112

PALISADES GARDENING • Full Gardening Service • Sprinkler Install • Tree Trim • Sodding • Sprays, non-toxic • FREE SPRING PLANT • Cell, (310) 701-1613, (310) 568-0989

GARCIA GARDENING * Landscape, planting, maintenance, sprinkler systems, cleanup, low voltage lights. Everything your garden needs! Many yrs exp. Free estimates. Call Efren, (310) 733-7414

MASSAGE THERAPY 12b

SWEDISH MASSAGE BY A SWEDE! Private and business. Outcalls only. $100/hour. Non-sexual! Swedishimage@gmail.com (323) 360-4231

WINDOW WASHING 13h

THE WINDOWS OF OZ. Detailed interior/exterior glass & screen cleaning. High ladder work. 10% new customer discount. Next day service available. Free estimates. Licensed & bonded. (310) 926-7626

EXPERT WINDOW CLEANER • Experienced 21 yrs Westside, 15 yrs Palisades. Clean & detailed. Can clean screens, mirrors, skylights & scrape paint off glass. Free estimates. Brian, (310) 289-5279

CATERING 14

HOLIDAY EVENT PLANNER & CULINARY STUDENT. Le Cordon Bleu student and event planner to help with your holiday prep, cooking, serving, menus & all event details. 10+ years experience. $50/hr. Please call Danielle, (310) 691-0578. daniellesamendez@gmail.com

PERSONAL SERVICES 14f

PRIVATE DRIVER for your business and personal needs. Westside native. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call Scott in Malibu at (310) 456-1840

PET SERVICES/PET SITTING 14g

PRIVATE DOG WALKER/runner/housesitter, Palisades & Santa Monica. S.M. Canyon resident. Please call or email Sherry, (310) 383-7852, email: Sherry230@verizon.net

PERSONAL TOUCH. DOG WALKING/OUTINGS/SITTING SERVICE. Cats, too! 30 yr. Pali resident. Very reliable. Refs available. If you want special care for your pet, pls call Jacqui, (310) 454-0104, cell (310) 691-9893

MISCELLANEOUS 14k

EXPERT ALTERATIONS BY FILEMON (of Emerson LaMay). Custom made dresses: weddings, proms, costumes. Men’s & women’s clothing. Free pick-up & delivery. Dry clean also. (818) 419-8986

FITNESS INSTRUCTION 15a

HAVE FUN! GET FIT! NORDIC WALKING CLASSES. Certified Advanced Nordic walking instructor, Palisades resident teaches private/group classes in the Palisades. Weekends. (310) 266-4651

SCHOOLS, INSTRUCTION 15d

PIANO TEACHER. Specializing in children. Learn chords—all ages. Your home or my studio. Pepperdine & UCLA grad. Call (310) 453-1064

TUTORS 15e

INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. Children & adults. 20+ years teaching/tutoring exper. MATH, GRAMMAR, ESSAY WRITING & STUDY SKILLS. Formerly Sp. Ed. teacher. Call Gail, (310) 313-2530

MS. SCIENCE TUTOR. Ph.D., Experienced, Palisades resident. Tutor All Ages In Your Home. Marie, (310) 888-7145

PROFESSIONAL TUTOR. Stanford graduate (BA and MA, Class of 2000). Available for all subjects and test prep (SAT & ISEE). In-home tutoring at great rates. Call Jonathan, (310) 560-9134

CLEARLY MATH & MORE! Specializing in math & now offering chemistry & physics! Elementary thru college level. Test prep, algebra, trig, geom, calculus. Fun, caring, creative, individualized tutoring. Math anxiety. Call Jamie, (310) 459-4722

EXPERIENCED SPANISH TUTOR • All grade levels • Grammar • Conversational • SAT/AP • Children, adults • Great references. Noelle, (310) 273-3593, (310) 980-6071

SCIENCE & MATH TUTOR. All levels (elementary to college). Ph.D., MIT graduate, 30 years experience. Ed Kanegsberg, (310) 459-3614

K-4 ELEMENTARY TUTOR. CA & AZ Cert. Elem Teacher • Qualified in all subjects but specialize in reading skills K-4 incl phonics, reading comprehension, spelling & writing • Will strengthen learning while building academic confidence & self-esteem • Motivational, creative, positive relationships w/ students • Will come to your home. Caroline, (424) 228-5744 or email cmiller16@gmail.com

SPANISH TUTOR, CERTIFIED TEACHER for all levels. Has finest education, qualifications, 21 yrs exper. Palisades resident, great references, amazing system, Colombian native speaker. Marietta, (310) 459-8180

MATH & SCIENCE TUTOR. Middle school-college level. BS LAUSD credentialed high school teacher. Test Prep. Flexible hours. AVAILABLE to help NOW! Seth Freedman, (310) 909-3049

ENGLISH TEACHER. Available to tutor in essay writing, grammar and important test preparation. Call (310) 459-2433

CARPENTRY 16a

FINE WOODWORKING: Carpentry of any kind. Bathrooms, kitchens, doors, cabinets, decks & gates. State lic. #822541. No project too small. References available. Reasonable prices. Contact: Ed Winterhalter at (310) 213-3101

CONCRETE, MASONRY, POOLS 16c

MASONRY, CONCRETE & POOL CONTRACTOR. 39 YEARS IN PACIFIC PALISADES. Custom masonry & concrete, stamped, driveways, pools, decks, patios, foundations, fireplace, outdoor kitchens, drainage control, custom stone, block & brick, tile. Excellent local refs. Lic. #309844. Bonded/ins./workmen’s comp. Family owned & operated. MIKE HORUSICKY CONSTRUCTION, INC. (310) 454-4385 • www.horusicky.com

ELECTRICAL 16h

PALISADES ELECTRIC. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. All phases of electrical, new construction to service work. (310) 454-6994. Lic. #468437 Insured Professional Service

ELECTRICIAN HANDYMAN. Local service only. Non-lic. Please call (310) 454-6849 or (818) 317-8286

ELECTRICIAN: remodeling, rewiring, troubleshooting. Lighting: low voltage, energy safe, indoor, outdoor, landscape. Low voltage: telephone, Internet, CCTV, Home Theatre, Audio/Video. Non-lic. Refs. LichwaConstruction@gmail.com (310) 270-8596

FENCES, DECKS 16j

THE FENCE MAN • 18 years quality work • Wood fences • Decks • Gates • Chainlink & patio • Wrought iron • Lic. #663238, bonded. (818) 706-1996

INDEPENDENT SERVICE CARLOS FENCE: Wood & Picket Fences • Chain Link • Iron & Gates • Deck & Patio Covers. Ask for Carlos, (310) 677-2737 or fax (310) 677-8650. Non-lic.

DECK REPAIR, SEALING & STAINING. Local resident, local clientele. 1 day service. (See ad under handyman.) Marty, (310) 459-2692

FINISH CARPENTRY 16k

CUSTOM FINISH CARPENTRY * Cabinets * Doors * Columns * Crown * Base * Wainscoting * Windows * Mantles & more . . . New construction & remodels. Contractors & homeowners welcome. Call John @ (818) 312-3716. Licensed (#886995) and bonded.

JOLYON COLLIER • CUSTOM FINISH CRAFTSMANSHIP • Specialty Construction • JolyonCollier.com • Non-lic. • (323) 493-3549

FLOOR CARE 16m

GREG GARBER’S HARDWOOD FLOORS SINCE 1979. Install, refinish. Fully insured, Local references (310) 230-4597 Lic. #455608

CENTURY HARDWOOD FLOOR • Refinishing, Installation, Repairs. Lic. #813778. www.centurycustomhardwoodfloorinc.com • centuryfloor@sbcglobal.net • (800) 608-6007 • (310) 276-6407

JEFF HRONEK, 40 YRS. RESIDENT • HARDWOOD FLOORS INC. • Sanding & Refinishing • Installations • Pre-finished • Unfinished • Lic. #608606. Bonded, Insured, Workers Comp. www.hronekhardwoodfloors.com (310) 475-1414

HANDYMAN 16o

HANDYMAN • HOOSHMAN • Most known name in the Palisades. Since 1975. Member Chamber of Commerce. Lic. #560299. Call for your free est. Local refs available. Hooshman, (310) 459-8009, 24 Hr.

LABOR OF LOVE carpentry, plumbing, tile, plaster, doors, windows, fencing & those special challenges. Work guaranteed. License #B767950. Ken at (310) 487-6464

LOCAL RESIDENT, LOCAL CLIENTELE. Make a list, call me. I specialize in repairing, replacing all those little nuisances. Not licensed; fully insured; always on time. 1 Call, 1 Guy: Marty, (310) 459-2692

HANDYMAN SERVING PALISADIANS for 14 years. Polite & on time. No job too small. Refs available. Non-lic. Ready for winter? (310) 454-4121 or cell, (310) 907-6169. djproservices@yahoo.com

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 16p

SANTA MONICA HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING. INSTALLATION: New and old service and repairs. Lic. #324942 (310) 393-5686

PAINTING, PAPERHANGING 16r

PAUL HORST • Interior & Exterior PAINTING • 55 YEARS OF SERVICE. Our reputation is your safeguard. License No. 186825 • (310) 454-4630 • Bonded & Insured

TILO MARTIN PAINTING. For A Professional Job Call (310) 230-0202. Refs. Lic. #715099

SQUIRE PAINTING CO. Interior and Exterior. License #405049. 25 years. Local Service. (310) 454-8266. www.squirepainting.com

ZARKO PRTINA PAINTING. Interior/Exterior. Serving Palisades/Malibu over 35 years. Lic. #637882. Call (310) 454-6604

PAINTER, SMALL JOBS PREFERRED. Interiors only. 20 years experience. References available. Very reasonable rates. Excellent craftsmanship. Non-lic. Tim, (310) 433-9610

JAN MASLER PAINTING CO. Interior/exterior, custom finishes, 20 yrs experience. Lic. #826711. Bonded. Insured. (818) 269-7744. “Taking pride in our work.”

ALL SEASONS PAINTING: Spring clean-up specials. Kitchen cabinets • Decks • Garage doors • No job too small. Interior/exterior painting. Free estimates. Call Randy, (310) 678-7913. Lic. #106150

ECO FRIENDLY HOUSE PAINTING. Safe & natural paint solutions for your home & family. NO ODOR. NO TOXIC FUMES. THE GREEN HOUSE PAINTERS. (310) 486-2930. Lic. #843099

REMODELING 16v

KANAN CONSTRUCTION • References. BONDED • INSURED • St. Lic. #554451 • DANIEL J. KANAN, CONTRACTOR, (310) 451-3540 / (800) 585-4-DAN

LABOR OF LOVE HOME REPAIR & REMODEL. Kitchens, bathrooms, cabinetry, tile, doors, windows, decks, etc. Work guar. Ken Bass, General Contractor. Lic. #B767950. (310) 487-6464

COMPLETE CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION • New/Spec Homes • Kit+bath remodeling • Additions • Quality work at reasonable rates guaranteed. Large & small projects welcomed. Lic. #751137. Call Michael Hoff Construction, (310) 710-3199

HELP WANTED 17

RECEPTIONIST / PR / ADMIN. Exclusive practice in Pacific Palisades. Exceptional opportunity. Please call (310) 454-0317

AUTOS 18b

1999 CAMRY LE Sedan, automatic, fully loaded, gold, low mileage, one owner. Perfect condition inside & out. Reliable gem. $7,500. Office phone: (310) 454-3552

FURNITURE 18c

GLASS DINING ROOM TABLE plus 8 chairs bought at Design Center, $400. Antique secretary, $100. Large antique armoire, $200. (310) 454-7896 (evenings)

GARAGE, ESTATE SALES 18d

GARAGE SALE THIS WEEKEND! * Furniture, clothes, ceramics, collectibles, etc. Friday & Saturday, April 3rd & 4th, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 1000 Lachman Lane, Pacific Palisades.

MOV SALE! Furn/furnishgs/knick-knacks/hsehold gds. FRI.-SAT., Apr. 3-4, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 16490 El Hito Place (Sunset/Bienveneda No.). Details/Photos: www.bmdawson.com

MULTI FAMILY SALE. 1011 Embury, Saturday, April 4, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Women’s European designer clothes, handcrafted semiprecious jewelry @ below wholesale, crystal, dishes, books, DVDs, CDs, kids stuff. Too much to list.

ESTATE SALE, PACIFIC PALISADES. Fri. 4/3, Sat. 4/4, Sun. 4/5. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 16578 Via Floresta. Bienveneda north to top, turn left. Complete household furn, accessories. PACIFIC ESTATE SALES

MISCELLANEOUS 18g

DODGER TIX FOR SALE! 4 seats+prkg, field level, behind home plate. 4/2, 4/3, 4/4, 4/16, 5/3, 5/6, 9/3. (310) 995-0089

BECHSTEIN GRAND PIANO. $2,500 OBO. Lovely old piano bought from original owner twelve years ago. Played daily. Keeps its tune. Suitable for classical, jazz, pop, or lessons. I need room for another piano. (310) 454-6072, home, (310) 909-4056, cell

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Thursday, April 2 – Thursday, April 9

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2

New York writer Timothy Mason reads and signs his comical suspense novel for preteens, ‘The Last Synapsid,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Best for ages 8-12.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3

Theatre Palisades presents the 2001 Off-Broadway Tony Award winner ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ opening tonight at 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. Performances are Fridays and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., through May 10. Tickets: Call (310) 454-1970 or visit www.theatrepalisades.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

Slightly-used book sale, sponsored by Friends of the Pacific Palisades Library, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the library’s parking lot, 861 Alma Real. Paulist Choristers of California sing from Bach to Broadway, 7 p.m. at Corpus Christi Church. For tickets, call (310) 475-2070.

MONDAY, APRIL 6

  Garden and home-design writer Debra Prinzing will share her enthusiasm and creative ideas on garden hideaways for Palisades Garden Club members and guests, 7:30 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. (See story, page 18.) Joanne Stern discusses and signs ‘Parenting Is a Contact Sport,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Skillfully balancing information from her years as a therapist and as the mother of two girls, the author provides advice about various problem areas of parenting, including communication, discipline, belonging, honesty and self-esteem.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

Palisadian Iris Kaphan will discuss the May 19 ballot measures at the local League of Women Voters meeting, noon at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. Monthly meeting of the Palisades AARP chapter, 2 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. Free on-site parking for early arrivals. Refreshments will be served.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

Palisadian Ishaq Shahryer, former Afghan ambassador to the U.S. and now owner of a solar-panel installation company on Via de la Paz, will present his views on both at the Rotary Club breakfast meeting, 7:15 a.m. at Gladstone’s restaurant on PCH at Sunset. Contact: (310) 459-8551.

White Sharks Sighted off Will Rogers Beach

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While taking an ocean swim off Will Rogers State Beach, Alden Harris spotted a seven-foot great white shark.
While taking an ocean swim off Will Rogers State Beach, Alden Harris spotted a seven-foot great white shark.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer

Pacific Palisades resident Stephen Spielberg made ‘Jaws’ in 1975, about a larger-than-life great white shark terrorizing a beach community. Possibly those images popped into Alden Harris’s head when he spotted a large dorsal fin while taking his daily three-mile ocean swim off Will Rogers State Beach on March 18. ‘It was parallel to me and about 15 yards away,’ said Harris, a Palisades resident. ‘I knew it wasn’t a dolphin; it was gliding.’ He immediately ran from the water and climbed atop the storm drain at the Bel-Air Bay Club, looked out at the ocean, and saw a second shark that he estimated to be seven feet in length. He knew two other people were swimming that way, so he ran farther down the beach, got back into the water, and swam out to warn them. Later, the three swimmers heard about another sighting that same day, recorded on sunsetsurf.com, a Web site devoted to tracking the waves for surfers at local beaches. ‘I was at Sunset on a standup board,’ Christopher Harford wrote on the Web site. ‘I saw a large shark swim under me and observed it for about a minute.’ The three swimmers reported the sharks to lifeguards, then contacted Ralph Collier, president of the Shark Research Committee and author of ‘Shark Attacks of the Twentieth Century.’ Two days later, Harris, co-owner of Palisades Tutoring with his wife, Amy Barranco, was debating whether to enter the water for his morning swim when he saw a fisherman pull a five-foot shark to shore near Temescal Canyon. A lifeguard was alerted and the white juvenile shark was returned to the water because the species is on the endangered list. KTLA News reporter Jaime Chambers visited Will Rogers Beach on March 25 to interview Collier about the sharks. The expert said he wasn’t surprised by what seems to be a recent increase in great white sharks off the coast, explaining that females migrate to this area to give birth. Offspring range from 47 to 59 inches in length, with two to 10 in a litter. Collier also defended the great whites, saying that they have been given a bad rap in the press.   ’In the 20th century there were 108 authenticated, unprovoked shark attacks along the Pacific coast of the United States,’ he said. Of those, eight were fatal. ‘When you consider the number of people in the water during that 100-year period, you realize deadly strikes are very rare.’   By comparison, in 2007 there were 33 fatal dog attacks in the United States. (Continued on Page 3) Collier said that this area has sharks year round. ‘They don’t pose that much of a threat. The pups stay in this area and eat grunion. There are more reports of sharks when the grunion spawn, which is every two weeks.’ Juvenile great whites eat squid and other fish, such as stingrays and smaller sharks. Adults eat seals, sea lions, dolphins and dead whales. They have also been known to eat elephant seals, sea otters, turtles and sea birds. Humans are not considered ‘food’ for sharks, which prefer fatty tissue to muscle. Collier scoffed at the idea that adult sharks attack humans because they resemble pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), pointing out that the sharks have excellent eyesight, and can see in color. ‘Sharks are curious animals. They’re attracted to anything unusual or unique. They’ll check out something new and may investigate by taking a bite, but then generally leave,’ Collier said. Katina Zinner, a local freelance artist, film editor and producer who swims year round in the ocean, was also at the beach that morning. She told the Palisadian-Post that while taking her daily swim in front of the Bel-Air Bay Club on July 1, 2007, she felt something clamp down on her left arm and yank it below the water. A shark had bitten down, pulled and then let her go. She had teeth and razor marks on her palms and arm. ‘It took me nearly three weeks to go back in the water,’ Zinner said. Collier said no one is sure what the shark population is off the Palisades/Malibu coast: ‘They’ve been protected for 15 years, but there are also more people who are using the ocean, so the likelihood that someone will report a shark is higher.’ Meanwhile, Alden Harris still swims daily. ‘You have to get over it,’ he said. ‘Statistically, it’s extremely rare to get attacked by one.’ Yet he has made some concessions. ‘I’ve stayed away from that area [around the Bel-Air Bay Club]. I used to swim 50 yards out, but now I stay closer to the shore.’

St. Matthew’s Pastor Anderson Settles In

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St. Matthew's Pastor Howard Anderson prays and preaches in the church sanctuary, the award-winning Moore Ruble Yudell structure that was consecrated in 1984.
St. Matthew’s Pastor Howard Anderson prays and preaches in the church sanctuary, the award-winning Moore Ruble Yudell structure that was consecrated in 1984.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer

You quickly learn much about Rev. Howard Anderson, the new pastor at St. Matthew’s, by observing him in context. His office is located in the prow of the original St. Matthew’s half-Tudor church set in the idyllic woodland of the 30-acre campus. After eight months on the job, Anderson has arranged his space, where he writes, prays and counsels, with the talismans of his life and career. On the coat rack hangs a stole, a liturgical vestment usually made of silk and gold thread embroidery. Anderson’s, a gift from the Ojibwa Indians, features an eagle at the nape embroidered with copper thread. As you move around the room, a portrait of Rev. (John Johnson) Enmegahbowh (One Who Stands Before His People), the first Native American Episcopal priest, furthers the Native American connection. A cotton quilt is decorated with eagles and feathers painted by church school children and students at St. Matthew’s School. Anderson also treasures the peace pipe he received upon fulfilling his four-year adoption period into the Standing Rock Lakota tribe. For Anderson, 60, these objects are not merely a potlatch, but symbolize the heart of his ministry, which is cross-cultural understanding based on the unifying agent of God’s love. Initially a reluctant minister, Anderson imagined a teaching career. With a Ph.D. from the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii in American Studies, he was hired by the Native American Theological Association in Minnesota to start a program ‘to help native people get through seminary without being whitewashed.’ This work took him back to northeast Minnesota in the mid-1970s, to the state where he had grown up. ‘I am an adopted only child of Swedish parents,’ says Anderson, adding that he was the first person in his family to attend college. ‘Before 1976, when I started the recruitment program, there were only two Indians who had completed seminary and were ordained,’ Anderson says. His understanding of the Native American culture that values allegiance to the group over the individual was key to the successful ordination of 76 Native Americans, who attended one of seven seminaries in Minnesota.   ’They made it through because they were not doing this alone, they were part of a community,’ Anderson explains. ‘I brought medicine men and women to study in the seminaries, confirming that they could be both pastors and medicine men and women.’ For 17 years Anderson worked as a lay professional in diocesan administration working with native people. While he eventually completed seminary studies at St. John’s School of Theology in Winnipeg, he did so because it was partially subsidized and was an easy commute from Grand Forks, where he and he wife Linda were living. ‘I had resisted becoming ordained. I was a seminary-trained, competent lay person. I had become a ‘very important person’ in the life of the national church, sitting on the governing body of the Episcopal Church. I didn’t think that I needed to become a priest.’   But the question that had nagged at him found resolution by way of a Native American spiritual practice’the vision quest. Anderson embarked on a personal, spiritual quest alone in the wilderness. Fasting a number of days allowed him to become quiet and more attuned to the spirit world. ‘I had a vision of a white horse that came to me,’ he says. ‘I reached out and touched her. She was real, not a spirit. I looked around and saw four other wild horses, and they all reared up on their hind legs in a sort of dance the Lakota call ‘shunka wakan wachipi,’ or the dance of the horses. Then, they vanished down into the canyon.   ’Elmer Running, the medicine man who was my mentor, started to chuckle as I told him of my encounter with the white horse and the sacred circle gathered, for the vision quest is not for the person questing only, but the vision is sought on behalf of all the people. He knew I didn’t want to listen to the persistent call to pursue ordination. ‘You’re dead meat!’ he said. ‘The white horse only comes to show the wicasa waken (holy man) where his altar is.”   Finally understanding his altar was the priesthood, Anderson fulfilled his holy orders and took up his duties in a parish in Duluth about the size of St. Matthew’s. As of December 2005 there were 979 active members in good standing at St. Matthew’s.   The power of the spirit worked once again in guiding Anderson’s move to St. Matthew’s, which he had not immediately felt was the best placement. After five years at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., serving as president of the Cathedral College, a teaching center for preachers of all denominations, he was ready for a change. Having ministered to an affluent church community in northwest Washington, D. C., where there was no socio-economic diversity, he was wary of coming to another community where he feared that entitlement thinking would prevail.   Fortunately, the 18-month interview process not only allayed his misgivings, but also opened his heart to the people at St. Matthew’s.   ’For the search committee and for me, it was more of a powerful spiritual experience of discernment, not just a job interview,’ Anderson says. ‘The people on the search committee convinced me that this parish was where I should be. There was a Latina single parent, a Polish immigrant whose father was a cavalry officer, and another parishioner who grew up in rural Minnesota in my hometown, population 5,000.   After I accepted the calling, I remember a welcoming picnic on the beach and I was amazed once again by the level-headedness of the congregation. I was hearing comments like ‘I am so grateful to be able to live here, or ‘I can’t believe I live here.’ These people are so aware that they live in a bubble; even the children know they have it good, but also have a high sense of responsibility.’   It wasn’t until February of this year, when 18-year-old St. Matthew’s parishioner Nick Rosser was killed in a tragic car accident on Palisades Drive, a full six months after Anderson had arrived at St. Matthew’s that he felt as if he were truly initiated. ‘When you grieve with people, you become a part of their community,’ he says. ‘When I got to the accident site, a number of St. Matthew’s families were already deciding who would bring meals to the Rossers. I was there when the parents arrived and watched the community wrap around the family. It was a powerful thing to see. At this moment I saw the health, the real guts of the community.’   The parish also started a grief group for Palisades kids to let them process the death. ‘The community itself, not just the pastor, is empowered,’ Anderson says. ‘God taught me that the body [church members] knows what it’s supposed to do to take care of people, and our job is not to interfere. We equip the saints to do the work.’   An ongoing challenge for Anderson is realizing that while the St. Matthew’s community is exemplary in helping those who are less fortunate’a third of the cash budget from fundraisers supports service outreach around the city and the world’the community still needs to be able to receive. They don’t ask when in need. And with that in mind, the parish has begun a fund to help the church members who are hurting, who’ve lost a job.   Despite his initial misgivings, Anderson is well suited to the St. Matthew’s parish. A family man, he and his wife, Linda, who retired from a career as an executive in social service agencies in both the private and public sectors, have two children and three grandchildren. Their daughter Kesha was recently ordained and will be serving an Episcopal parish in Oxnard, and their adopted son Clarence Roy, an Ojibwa, lives with his wife in Minnesota.   Fit and amiable, Anderson has resumed surfing along the beach below the Bel-Air Bay Club’a sport he enjoyed while living in Hawaii, and has recently tackled in-line skating. But he is also skilled in amelioration and cultural understanding and is actively offering guidance on dealing with the hot-button issues’homosexuality, stem-cell research’that are creating schisms within the Episcopal Church. ‘The question I try to help answer is how do we disagree fervently on seminal issues and still maintain the body [church unity]?’ says Anderson, who for six years chaired the Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on Human Affairs. The group examined these issues from various viewpoints: life experience, doctrine and scripture.   ’While I feel like I have a special position to address these issues,’ Anderson says, ‘I have not engaged them from the pulpit. We have gay and lesbian parishioners on the vestry and on the priestly staff. These are non-issues at St. Matthew’s.’   Anderson admits that his plate is full, but that in his first year he has made an effort to learn as much as he can about the parish. ‘I participate in everything to get an idea of what I want to do,’ he says, which means offering the weekly school chapel lesson, walking the labyrinth with parish men’s group members, serving on the school’s executive committee or surfing with a few buddies.

West L.A. Gains Officers, New Chief

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The West L.A. Community Police Station has been reinforced after losing 26 officers in December, when they were reassigned to the new Topanga (Canoga Park) and Olympic (Koreatown) Community Police Stations. According to Rueben De La Torre, Commanding Officer of the West L.A. Patrol Division,17 officers and one sergeant have been reassigned to the station. ‘We’re back to about 75 percent of what we lost,’ he told the Palisadian-Post.   West L.A. has had 13 captains in the past 14 years and the high turnover rate has caused some worry in Pacific Palisades. De La Torre, though, is unconcerned. ‘It’s a good thing because they’ve been promoted,’ he said. ‘Like any corporation, people move up the ladder.’ In February, Captain William Eaton was reassigned to the Van Nuys area after serving for 14 months, and the subsequent Captain, James Craig, stayed for eight days before leaving for a position in Portland, Maine. De La Torre, who served as the interim captain, explained that the structure of the station is much like having a president and a vice president (which is his current position). Even with the captain leaving, De La Toree maintains there is stability because of the second in command.   His command includes the day-to-day operations, the sergeant’s task force and bicycle operations. The captain oversees detectives, community relations, narcotics and vice. With the promotion of Captain Evangelyn Nathan to the No. 1 spot at the station, De La Torre said, ‘I envision that we’ll be here 12 months if not longer.’ Nathan assumed her new position last Sunday, coming from the Wilshire Division where she had been the commanding officer for the patrol division.   Since joining the LAPD in 1981 after graduating from Cal State at Dominguez Hills, Nathan has worked a variety of patrol, investigative and specialized assignments. She is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and two leadership training institutes. Nathan is a 2006 inductee to the L.A. Captain Police Revolver and Athletic Club Hall of Fame, and has a Master Gardener certificate through UC Extention. De La Torre assured local residents that even though Pacific Palisades is geographically isolated, the police are concerned about this community. He is currently investigating the possibility of creating a sub-station at the Palisades Recreation Center, where it would be easy to install a computer, a desk and chairs.   ’It’s an excellent opportunity and would be good for the neighborhood,’ he said. ‘People could make a [crime] report or just stop by and talk. It’s all part of my plan to beef up the Palisades. I’m not comfortable having one unit here.’ Currently, the Palisades has a patrol car 24 hours a day, with shifts from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 5 a.m., but occasionally the car is out of the community.

Charitable Group Created to Support Local Literary Events

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Village Books owner Katie O'Laughlin is flanked by the founders of Palisades Village Book Friends: Susan Nash (left), Michael Doyen and Kelly Anderson.
Village Books owner Katie O’Laughlin is flanked by the founders of Palisades Village Book Friends: Susan Nash (left), Michael Doyen and Kelly Anderson.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer

Three local residents have created Palisades Village Book Friends, a charitable organization that will provide financial assistance for the community literary events hosted by Katie O’Laughlin and Village Books and others.   ’Our goal,’ said co-organizers Michael Doyen, Susan Nash and Kelly Anderson, ‘is to ensure continuation of the tradition started by Village Books of having weekly author readings and book signings in the Palisades. We have contracted with Village Books to act as a host for future literary gatherings and as a liaison for school and community educational events.’   Book Friends has raised over $17,000 since its formation in early February, enough to underwrite events hosted by the bookstore into the summer. The organization needs additional community donations to keep the literary charity going.   ’We call on all readers and friends of books to help support our literary traditions in the Palisades and continuing local access to books and authors,’ Doyen said.   Donations can be sent to Palisades Village Book Friends, P.O. Box 1553, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. Suggested donor levels are: $100 – $499, Caldecott Friends; $500-$999, Newberry Friends; $1,000-$1,499, Booker Friends; $1,500-$1,999, Pulitzer Friends; $2,000 and up, Nobel Friends. Of course, donations in any amount will be gladly accepted.   (Book Friends’ tax-exempt status as a public charity is pending. Assuming tax-exempt status is obtained, donations made now will be retroactively deductible to February 5.)   ’This ongoing financial support will provide vital cash flow for my store,’ said Village Books owner Katie O’Laughlin. ‘When I stay open late to host speakers’sometimes two or three times a week’the money will pay for my extra labor costs and other related expenses.’   The organization’s officers are Michael Doyen (president and chairman of the board), Kelly Anderson (secretary) and Susan Nash (treasurer). All are long-time residents of the Palisades and lovers of books.   Doyen and his wife, Denise, have lived here since 2002 with his wife, Denise. They have two sons: Paul, a student at Lewis and Clark College, and Max, who attends Calmont School.   Anderson has been working part-time at Village Books for three years and keeps the store’s Web site updated. She and her husband Bill, residents here since 1986, also have two sons: Max, a senior at New York University, and Spencer, a freshman at Duke.   Nash, a graduate of Stanford Law School, worked as a business litigator for eight years, first at Latham & Watkins (1982-1985), then at Munger, Tolles & Olson from 1985-1990. After working part-time for 18 years, she returned fulltime to Munger last September as Of Counsel.   ’Mike Doyen and I knew each other from my first stint at Munger,’ Nash said. ‘We asked another lawyer at our firm, Steve Guise (a former Palisadian), about forming a nonprofit organization for charitable literary purposes. Steve did the work to incorporate PVBF pro bono.’   Village Books is located at 1049 Swarthmore Ave. Contact: pvbookfriends@earthlink.net.

Marianne Pulfer, 83; Helped Found Las Doradas Group

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Marianne H. Pulfer, a 60-year resident of Pacific Palisades, passed away at home surrounded by family on March 16 after a brave three-year battle with lung cancer. She was 83. Born in Chicago on June 7, 1925, Marianne attended the University of New Mexico. After returning to Chicago, she held several jobs, including a window dresser at Macy’s and a producer of one the first daytime television shows in Chicago. She was offered the position of first editor of Seventeen magazine and always regretted turning that offer down. Being extremely creative and talented, Marianne continued to utilize her skills throughout her life. She married John Pulfer in 1946. They moved to California two years later, following his parents, who had moved here earlier. Her parents followed, relocating to Pacific Palisades, where the young couple built their first house. John was an account executive for Pacific Telephone Company. In 1962, after being an active member in the Pacific Palisades Junior Women’s Club for many years, Marianne helped form Las Doradas, a social group of craft-oriented women who used their talents to benefit others. The group worked tirelessly over the years holding luncheons and selling handcrafted goods to benefit underprivileged children. The Las Doradas Children’s Center, a licensed child-care facility that provides full-time day-care to low-income working families living in Venice and Mar Vista, was officially dedicated in 1990. In addition to her charity endeavors, Marianne started her own business, Poko Loko, in 1975. The company manufactures women’s tennis and golf hats that are sold in resorts worldwide.   Marianne was a devoted daughter to her mother and stepfather, Clara and Joseph Leske, whom she cared for until their deaths in 1998 and 2000, respectively, and to her father Robert Howard of St. Petersburg, Florida. Predeceased by her husband, John, in 1997, Marianne is survived by two daughters, Kathy Wishard of El Segundo and Sue Crysel (husband Robert) of Costa Mesa, and granddaughter Mia. Over the years, the Pulfers opened their home to anyone who needed a place to stay, including friends of their daughters who, for one reason or another, couldn’t stay at home. Marianne held a special place in the hearts of those children as well as in the hearts of her own family. Because of Marianne’s love of Hawaii, an aloha celebration of her life will be held this Saturday, April 4, at 12 noon at the family home, 710 Hartzell St. Those wishing to pay tribute to Marianne are welcomed. In lieu of flowers, her family asks that donations in Marianne’s name be mailed to the Premiere Oncology Foundation, 2020 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 600, Santa Monica, CA 90404, or to the Las Doradas Children’s Center, P.O. Box 1345, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.

Joel Colman, 76; Director of Commercials, Six Films

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Joel E. Colman, a director, cinematographer, photographer, teacher and writer, died on March 20 in Pacific Palisades. He was 76. Colman directed more than 1,300 commercials for television and six feature films, including ‘Big Time’ for Motown Productions. He also directed celebrity play readings at the Coronet Theatre and, locally, he was a member of Theatre Palisades. He was also the writer of several screenplays and the self-help book ‘Get Rid of Your Archaeological Garbage and Get a Life!’ Colman received several awards as the staff director and cinematographer for MPO-TV, a large commercial production company. One of the successful commercials he directed was Eastman Kodak’s ‘Green, Green Grass of Home.’ Colman was known as an inspirational mentor to hundreds of students. He was always ready with entertainment-career advice and amusing insights. ‘You know your life is working,’ he said, ‘when you find a parking space in Westwood.’ He is survived by his son Ed; daughter Eileen Gallion; grandchildren Brian, Megan and Jake; brother David Colman, sister Judy Everts, and niece Michelle Friedman. Services were held on March 22 at Hillside Memorial Park.

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