Eighth-grader Robert Feathers received top honors at Corpus Christi School’s annual sports banquet last Friday night before a lively crowd of over 150 athletes and their parents. Feathers received the school’s 2007 Athlete of the Year award after starting for the boys volleyball, basketball and football teams. He was selected most valuable player in basketball, co-MVP in volleyball and will attend Loyola High in the fall where he hopes to play both sports for the Cubs. Feathers was recently named to USA Volleyball’s High Performance team on which he will train and compete with 32 other elite players from across the country in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this summer. Scott McRoskey was named most valuable player in football and Denton Van Duzer was chosen co-MVP in boys volleyball with Feathers while Tim Mahoney was given the Coaches’ Award and Tom Stoeckinger got the most improved award. In girls volleyball, Lanti Moye-McLaren was named most valuable player, Allison Hinds was given the Coaches’ Award, Taylor Bantle was the most improved player and in girls basketball Erica Wahlgren received most valuable player honors.
Paly Swimmers Qualify for JOs
Palisades-Malibu YMCA swimmers dropped time in almost every event during last weekend’s Memorial Day Invitational at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. Hayley Lemoine and Kimberly Tartavull qualified for Junior Olympics in the 50 meter freestyle, bringing the total to seven Paly swimmers who will compete in that meet in August. Shelby Pascoe, Jennifer Tartavull and Mardel Ramirez, who previously qualified in other events, each added an event to swim at JOs. Pascoe qualified in the 200 breaststroke, Tartavull in the 50 freestyle and Ramirez in the 100 butterfly. Michael Lukasiak, 10, who had already qualified, just missed adding another individual event, but did well enough to place second in five events: the 200 individual medley, 50 and 100 breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 50 backstroke. Stephen Anthony, 14, swam a personal-best 2:26.86 in the 200 freestyle, first place in his previous division. He added firsts in the 100 freestyle (1:07.74), 100 breaststroke and 400 freestyle. Jordan Willmovsky, 13, was second in the red division in the 100 backstroke and third in the 200 backstroke. In the girls 13 & 14 division, Hayley Hacker won the 400 freestyle and 400 individual medley and took third in the red division in the 100 freestyle. Olivia Kirkpatrick won the 100 breaststroke and was second in the 200 breaststroke while Allison Merz won the 100 butterfly and placed third in the 200 butterfly. In the girls 15-and-over category Lemoine won the red division 200 freestyle, dropping 13 seconds, and also won the 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke in blue times, meaning she will swim in the upper division at her next meet. Ana Silka won the white division 100 freestyle with a blue time and was third in the red division in the 100 backstroke. Jennifer Tartavull finished second in the red division 100 butterfly and was third in the 200 breaststroke and 100 butterfly. Coach Brian Timmerman said Paly’s 15-and-over girls plan to compete at the summer JOs and at least 10 of them will qualify for the meet. On Saturday, he entered swimmers in events they don’t normally swim. He entered four of his 15-year-olds in the 400 individual medley with the promise that if they could all beat Merz’s time, he wouldn’t enter them in that event again. Merz swam 6:00.30 and, to the coach’s surprise, all of the girls broke six minutes with the exception of one, who was just over at 6:00.50. “They swam faster than I thought,” Timmerman said. “They really swam well.” In their first try at 400 individual medley, all clocked blue times. Ten Paly swimmers have been invited to compete in the June Age Group Championships June 21-24 in Long Beach.
Bamberger Sets Revere Record
Sixth-grader Jacklyn Bamberger set a new girls record at Paul Revere Middle School’s annual cross country run with a time of 8:52, smashing the old mark of 9:18. The fastest time ever is 7:50. The mile-and-a-half race has been a 15-year tradition at Revere as the culminating activity for PE classes in the spring semester. The qualification process starts with all students running the course. Seventh- and eighth-graders are pared down from the original 1,400 students to 40 boys and 40 girls finalists. The top seventh- and eighth-grade girl was Kierra Miller, who clocked 9:11. In second was Chelsea Shannon, Tiffany Falk was third and Deborah Abber fourth. Zierwringht Valle won the boys race in 8:11 followed by Alex Anastasi, Gatien Salaen and Dylan Jeffers. Of the 700 sixth-graders, the top 30 boys and 30 girls compete. In addition to Bamberger, Caroline Kolin took second, Kendall Gustafson was third and Kylie Mizushima was fourth. The top sixth-grade boys were Drake Johnston (8:57), Ivan Lopez, Danny Bailey and Zach Peters.
Palisadian Grads Receive Honors at Marymount
Palisadian Margaret Slattery received Marymount High School’s ‘Outstanding Scholar Award’ and delivered the valedictorian address at the school’s 83rd Commencement on May 26. Earlier in the year, Miss Slattery had been designated as a National Merit Scholar, and had also been awarded the Bank of America Plaque for her achievement in the Liberal Arts. Other Pacific Palisades residents receiving Gold Medal academic awards at graduation were Stephanie Fowlkes in Mathematics, Alexis Hoffman in Science, Cyra Kang in English and Isabel Parkes in Spanish. Also among the 30 Palisadians out of the 101 graduates were Madison Akerblom, Breanna Baraff, Michelle Barrett, Kendall Bird, Kelsey Bjelajac, Hannah Boyle, Kirsten Crowe, Alexi deVogelaere, Marlene Feil, Caitlin Gallo, Katherine Hinds, Kelly Irvin, Kate Jameson, Kira Keating, Ani Mardirossian, Margaret MacDonald, Jessica Mead, Elizabeth Mullan, Bonnie Ogilvie, Olivia Parkes, Kristen Partipilo, Erica Sanborn, Johanna Spooner, Christine Takacs, Elizabeth Tauro and Madison Wojciechowski. The graduates were given an inspiring send-off by commencement speaker Lee Woodruff, co-author with her husband, ABC correspondent Bob Woodruff, of ‘In an Instant ‘A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing.’ The book recounts the family’s harrowing experience as Mr. Woodruff recovered from a near-fatal brain injury incurred while he was covering the war in Iraq in January 2006. In her speech, Ms. Woodruff shared her personal insights on being a woman thrown into an unimaginable crisis and her conviction that her young audience will also meet similar challenges if necessary. ‘I know that if you ever find yourself up against an unexpected wall, seemingly with no way out, you too will discover a self that was waiting for the right moment– the right instant–to emerge.’ Marymount graduates from the Palisades will attend the following colleges and universities: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, University of Arizona, Boston University, Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, University of California (at Berkeley, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz), Colorado, Drew, Emory, Fairfield, Penn, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara, USC, Southern Methodist, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, Wesleyan, Wisconsin and Yale.
Esalen Stands Between Nirvana and the World
Professor and religions studies scholar Jeffrey Kripal will sign ‘Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion’ on Saturday, June 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore. Founded in the 1960s as a center for the human potential movement, the Esalen spa perched on a cliff in Big Sur has drawn illustrious guests, countercultural figures and world leaders over its 40-year history. In his book, Kripal describes it as ‘a utopian experiment creatively suspended between the revelations of the religions and the democratic, pluralistic and scientific revolutions of modernity. He gives in considerable detail both the gossip and the intellectual developments at Esalen since it founding as ‘ a center to explore those trends in the behavioral sciences, religion and philosophy which emphasize the potentialities and values of human existence,’ as the first brochure put it. The Esalen Institute had considerable intellectual seriousness and was unexpectedly influential in global affairs, with leaders like Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev having some connection. Co-founded by Michael Murphy and Richard Price, Esalen enlisted the support of Susan Sontag and Norman Mailer in helping to bring the Soviet Writers’ Union into International PEN. It was also of use to the C.I.A., which spent a lot of money looking into ESP, with experiments involving ‘ the laser physicist turned C.I.A. psychic spy turned American mystic’ Russell Targ, who gave parapsychology lectures at Esalen. Kripal gives particular emphasis to the work of co-founder Michael Murphy, whose family happened to own the seaside real estate, 150 acres of beauty and abundant natural hot springs. Murphy is the author of a considerable body of philosophical writing or pop-mystical tracts such as ‘Golf in the Kingdom,’ which has sold more than a million copies and made a culture hero of its protagonist, Scottish golf pro Shivas Irons. ‘Esalen’ recounts in intimate detail how the co-founders sought to fuse the spiritual revelations of the East with the scientific revolutions of the West. In this religion of no religion, the natural world was as holy as the spiritual one. It is a prehistory of our current fascination with Asian religions. Today Esalen is at the center of the human potential movement, whose basic claim is that human beings possess immense untapped reserves of consciousness and energy that cultures have repressed in different ways.
CLASSIFIED ADS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 31, 2007
HOMES FOR SALE 1
ANGUILLA, BRITISH WEST INDIES. Situated on one acre with 200’ of waterfront and spectacular views of 4 islands, this private, romantic, Caribbean water’s edge one-of-a-kind West Indian Villa with an established rental income history is available for $2M. Contact: (264) 497-3282 or anguilla@earthlink.net
HOMES WANTED 1b
WE BUY HOUSES, APTS & LAND! ALL CASH, AS-IS, FAST CLOSE. David, (310) 308-7887
UNFURNISHED HOMES 2a
DUPLEX, 863 HAVERFORD. $3,150/mo. Pets welcome, 2 bdrm, 1 ba, all app., gardener, garage incl, near beach & village center, quiet street. Available 6/4/07. Call agent Linda Taylor, (310) 994-0168
FULLY RENOVATED 3 story Mediterranean home. 1/2 block from beach. Built by J. Paul Getty for his mistress. 4 bdrm, 6 ba, billiard room w/ wet bar. 800 bottle wine cellar, 4 person elevator, several patios & decks & a multi-level yard w/ jacuzzi. Hardwood flrs, California tile, steam shower, 2 indoor Jacuzzi tubs, 3-car garages, loft storage. $15,000/mo. One or more year lease required. For more information or to set up an appointment please contact us at (213) 494-0059 or at fidel68@sbcglobal.net
ATTRACTIVE 3 BDRM, 1.75 BA plus bonus room, large master bdrm. All appliances, corner home with view. Gardener incl. Available 7/5/07. Short term lease to 5/31/08. $4,200/mo. (310) 454-1669
UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 2c
UNUSUAL 1,800 SQ FT upper apt. in Mediteranean triplex near bluffs. 2 bdrm+bonus rm, 1 ba, tiles, wood floors, plantation shutters, frplc, ceiling fans, garden. $3,500/mo N/S, no pets. (310) 804-3142
LARGE 2 BDRM+2 BA, carpet, w/d, dishwasher, balcony, walk-in closet, F/P. Village close, controlled access bldg. $2,895/mo. Call (310) 230-4110
1 BDRM, 1 BA VINTAGE 6 unit building. Hardwood and tile, laundry, parking, lots of light. Available June 1st. Approx 700 sw. ft. $1,625/mo., 1 yr lease. (310) 230-9479
CONDOS/TOWNHOMES FOR RENT 2d
OCEAN VIEW POINT DUME Townhome with private beach key. 2 bedroom 2 story home with garage parking and laundry fac. $3,200/mo. Available now. Call Catherine, (310) 487-3018
STUNNING OCEAN VIEW, designer interior 2 bdrm+2 ba condo. 1/2 block to beach. 7 min. to SM. All new granite, marble, hdwd flrs, cabinets, appliances, hi ceilings, large deck. Huge closets. W/D, garage. 1,200 sq.ft. $3,900/mo. (310) 230-4200 • www.malibucoastline.com
HEART OF PACIFIC PALISADES. 2 bdrm, 2 ba. corner unit. Balc, F/P, Din+study areas. W/D, D/W, all app. 2-car garage pkg w/ storage. Pool+gym. 1 yr. Lease. Avail. 7/1. $3,300/mo. (310) 454-0351
WANTED TO RENT 3b
PROFESSIONAL FEMALE, 48, quiet, non smoker, no pets, local references, looking for a beautiful & peaceful place to live in Pac. Pal. Tel. (310) 717-6829
DR. LAURA OF Laura’s Wholesome looking ISO bright, quiet home with view. Professional with low key, quiet life and no pets looking for a new home. Have outgrown current space. Friendly and considerate neighbors a bonus. Flexible about date of move. Email: homeflowersmusic@yahoo.com or (310) 821-9409
3 BDRM + HOME or larger or condo for month of August. Need yard and good neighborhood. (310) 393-1171
OFFICE/STORE RENTALS 3c
PROFESSIONAL BUILDING in Pacific Palisades. Newly painted, renovated suite with new pergo laminated floors. Pleasant office space located in village. 862 sq. ft. Call Maria, (310) 230-6712 x114
PALISADES OFFICE spaces avail in the heart of the VILLAGE. 1.) 250 sf with views of the Santa Monica mountains. Best suite in building. 2.) 750 sf 2-room suite and reception area with large windows, great natural light, balcony. Add’l office space avail. for lease: 3.) 1,150 sf office on top floor; 4.) 285 sf office on top floor; 5.) 3,310 sf office avail. in Dec. with fantastic build-out; T1 internet access. Elevator and parking. Call (310) 591-8789 or e-mail leasing@hp-cap.com
MONTH TO MONTH Lease. Furn/unfurn office suites on Sunset near Pacific Palisades Village DSL, Receptionist area w/ guest seating, Conference room w/ computer, monitor, TV and VCR. copy center w/ b/w & color laser printers, scanner & fax. Kitchen, cleaning service & alarm system. Call (310) 254-5496
OFFICES FOR SHORT to medium term sublet available with potential for long term with the right person in the heart of Pacific Palisades. Prefer media-oriented and creative ventures. Office furniture and many business tools included as well as potential use of world class recording studio. Available immediately. (310) 230-2050
VACATION RENTALS 3e
RV FOR RENT. 29’, fully self-contained travel trailer. Just steps to Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades. $1,600/mo. (310) 454-2515
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 5
FROM THE LOCKER ROOM TO THE BOARD ROOM. These guys do it all. Premier business club. Strongest applicants accepted. (888) 376-5215 • www.dreamsbecomereality.net
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PERSONALS 6b
KATHY FORMERLY OF “A Cut Above” has relocated to “The Krimpers” at 857 Via de la Paz. For an appointment please call (310) 459-0023
BOOKKEEPING/ACCOUNTING 7b
NEED HELP WITH PAPER & BILLS? I can help you with bookkeeping, bank recs, filing, online banking,etc. Know Quicken, Quickbooks, MAC & PC. $30/hr. with a 2 hr minimum. Call Allison at (310) 428-5935
COMPUTER SERVICES 7c
COMPUTER SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT. HOME & BUSINESS–Windows Vista/XP–20 Yrs exp. frankelconsulting.com (310) 454-3886
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. Enjoy Problem-Free Computing. 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
GARAGE, ESTATE SALES 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
CLARES SECRETARIAL SERVICES. Providing all aspects of administrative/bookkeeping support in the home or office. (310) 430-6701
OVERLOADED WITH CLUTTER? All Areas Organized can restore order to any home, office or garage w/ effective organizing solutions. Including: paper management, desk overhauls, home office set-ups, clutter control, closet organization, filing & storage systems. Save time, energy, money & space while reducing stress! Professional, reliable & non-judgmental. Locally based in Pacific Palisades. Call (310) 562-7271 for consultation. Member National Association of Professional Organizers.
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE, ORGANIZATION & bookkeeping. Superior services provided with discretion & understanding. Pali resident, local references. Call Sarah, (310) 573-9263
HOME INVENTORY SERVICES 7j
HOME INVENTORY SERVICES for FIRE, THEFT, Earthquake, Wills/Estates, Rentals, Divorce. Incl video, photos & detailed reports. Pali resident. (310) 230-1437 www.homesweethomevideo.com
MISCELLANEOUS 7k
PART-TIME CEO FOR YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS. Take that vacation. Don’t lose a beat. Treating your business like my own. 28 years experience. CEO/C.F.O./Esquire. Call Steve M. Marks, (310) 889-6900
DAYCARE CENTERS 8
PALISADES LEARN AND PLAY. Creative & nurturing Pre-K program. Crafts, music & educational curriculum. Openings for summer & fall, F/T or P/T. (310) 459-0920
NANNIES/BABYSITTERS 8a
VIP NANNY AGENCY. “Providing very important people with the very best nanny.” (818) 907-1017, (310) 614-3646
WEST LA NANNIES • Caring • Committed • TRUSTED • (310) 584-4555
NANNY/LIGHT HOUSEKEEPER, 10 yrs exp. Loves kids, energetic, responsible, excellent refs. DMV, clean record. Bilingual Spanish/English. Avail. Mon.-Sun., F/T, live out, Call Mirna, (323) 937-2323
YOUNG ENTHUSIASTIC NANNY! Willing to drive, tutor, cook for & play with your kids. 5 days/wk. I am a USC graduate with a car and a flexible schedule. Available right away! Please call (310) 666-7276
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
HOUSEKEEPING TEAM available M-F, full time, own transportation, references. Call Leslie & Gloria, (323) 233-9310 • (323) 839-8473
I’M MOVING & my wonderful housekeeper of 8 yrs is available Mon./Tues. mornings, Wed. afternoon & Fri. all day. Own reliable transport. Fluent Eng. Will housesit & manage your home. Call me at (310) 210 0631
HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Own transportation, CDL, references. Call Emma, (213) 383-7781
HOUSECLEANING LADY looking for 3-5 days/wk, English speaking, CDL, own transportation, 20 yrs experience, babysitting also available. Call Nila or Silvia, (323) 735-0935 or (323) 387-8882
MARTINEZ HOUSECLEANING SERVICE. Quality, Experience, Carpets, Free estimates. Good references. Ask for Dario or Cris, (323) 388-0218
HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE Monday-Friday. Own transport, CDL, insured, good references. Call Alejandra, (323) 757-8110 or (213) 220-2556
HOUSEKEEPER BABYSITTER available Mon. & Thurs., own transportation, local references, CDL. Call Marion, (323) 217-5010
HOUSEKEEPING TEAM available Monday-Friday, own transportation, CDL, insured, references. Call Delfia or Jacqueline, (213) 487-4694 or (213) 400-6810
HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTER, experienced, own transportation, CDL, insured, references. (310) 695-5154
HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTER with many years experience. Palisades references, own car, CDL, insured, available Tues., Wed. & Sat. Please call Lilian, (310) 390-9235 or leave a message.
GARDENING, LANDSCAPING 11
PALISADES GARDENING • Full Gardening Service • Sprinkler Install • Tree Trim • Sodding/Seeding • Sprays, non-toxic • FREE 10” Flats, Pansies, Snap, Impatiens. (310) 568-0989
WATERFALLS & POND CONSTRUCTION: Water gardening. Japanese Koi fish. Filtration pond service, repair & maintenance. Free estimates. Cell, (310) 498-5380, (310) 390-1276. www.TheKingKoi.com
www.ongoldenpondec.com. Under supervision of Aquaculture Engineer. We service Koi ponds and design filtration systems according to your needs. We considerably improve the aesthetics. (310) 922-5817
PRECISION LANDSCAPE SERVICES! Tired of mow, blow, let’s go! Specializing in fine maintenance • outdoor lighting • fertilizing • automatic timer repair & installation • artificial grass installation • hillside clean ups • new sod • sprinkler repair. Fair prices. (310) 696-6453
MOVING & HAULING 11b
HONEST MAN SERVICES. All jobs, big or small. Hauls it all. Homes and businesses. 14 foot van/dollies. 15th year Westside. Delivers to 48 states. (310) 285-8688
TREE SERVICE 11d
JOHNSON TREE SERVICE • TREE • SHRUB • STUMP REMOVAL SINCE 1924 • St. lic. #685533. (310) 454-8646, Brad
JUAN’S TREE SERVICE • Complete tree service • Ornamental trimming • Removals • Stump grinding • Hauling & clean-ups • All professional work. Free estimates. Juan Baltazar, owner, (818) 364-5428
MASSAGE THERAPY 12b
THAI MASSAGE in the Palisades. Experience an ancient form of healing with Phoebe Diftler. Compassionate, intuitive practitioner/Thai massage and yoga teacher. (310) 573-1499
WINDOW WASHING 13h
HAVING A PARTY? SELLING some real estate, or just want to do some spring cleaning? Get those WINDOWS SHINING by calling No Streak Window Cleaning where we offer fast friendly quality service you can count on! For a free estimate call Marcus, (323) 632-7207. Lic. #122194-49, Bonded
EXPERT WINDOW CLEANER • 21 yrs Westside. Clean & detailed. Free estimates. Can also clean screens, mirrors, skylights & scrape paint off glass. Brian, (310) 289-5279
PARTY ENTERTAINMENT 14e
SOUTHERN CRUX BARTENDING SERVICE • Andrew Funke Certified Bartender • Parties • Special Events • Etc. (310) 699-8190
PET SERVICES/PET SITTING 14g
HAPPY PET • Dog Walking • Park Outings • Socialization • Insured. Connie, (310) 230-3829
PET HEAVEN • TOTAL PET CARE • Training. Walking. Playgroups and hikes. 30 years Pali resident. References. Call (310) 454-0058 for a happy dog
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
NEED HELP WITH COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY? Recent graduate & professional writer available. Will help to perfect essay for admissions success. Call (310) 985-1607 or e-mail maxtaves@gmail.com
VIOLIN INSTRUCTION. Expert, friendly guidance at all levels by highly qualified teacher. Home or studio. Teaching in Palisades 20 years. Laurence Homolka, (310) 459-0500
TUTORS 15e
INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. EXPERIENCED TUTOR 20+ YEARS. Children & adults, 20+ yrs teaching/tutoring exper. MATH, GRAMMAR, WRITING & STUDY SKILLS. Formerly special ed teacher. Call (310) 313-2530
SCIENCE & MATH TUTOR. All levels (elementary to college). Ph.D., MIT graduate, 30 years experience. Ed Kanegsberg, (310) 459-3614
MS. SCIENCE TUTOR. Ph.D., Experienced, Palisades resident. Tutor All Ages In Your Home. Marie, (310) 888-7145
EXPERIENCED SPANISH TUTOR • All grades, levels • Grammar • Conversational • SAT • Children, adults • 7 yrs exper. • Great refs. Noelle, (310) 273-3593
READING SPECIALIST • Master of Education—Reading and Learning Disabilities • Special Education Teaching Certificate: K-12 • Regular Education Teaching Certificate: K-9 • Elementary Education Teaching experience: 12 yrs • Services provided for special & regular education students of all levels • Academic areas taught include reading (phonics and reading comprehension) writing and spelling • Private tutoring includes accessing the student’s needs, developing an individualized education program and implementation of that program. Palisades resident. Call Brandi, (310) 230-9890
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 TUTORING. Specializing in math! Elementary thru college level. Test prep, algebra, trig, geom, calculus. Fun, caring, creative, individualized tutoring. Math anxiety. Call Jamie, (310) 459-4722
CONCRETE, MASONRY, POOLS 16c
MASONRY, CONCRETE & POOL CONTRACTOR. 36 YEARS IN PACIFIC PALISADES. Custom masonry & concrete, stamped, driveways, pools, decks, patios, foundations, fireplace, drainage control, custom stone, block & brick, tile. Excellent local references. Lic. #309844. Bonded/insured/ workmen’s comp. Family owned & operated. MIKE HORUSICKY CONSTRUCTION, INC. (310) 454-4385 • www.horusicky.com
CONSTRUCTION 16d
ALAN PINE GENERAL CONTRACTOR • New homes • Remodeling • Additions • Kitchen & Bath Planning/Architectural services • Licensed & Insured #469435. (800) 800-0744 or (818) 203-8881
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. Lic. #775688. Please Call (310) 454-6849 or (818) 317-8286
FENCES 16j
THE FENCE MAN • 14 years quality workmanship. Wood fences • Decks • Gates • Chainlink & overhang • 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.
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
HART HARDWOOD FLOORING. Best pricing. Sr. discounts, quality workmanship. Bamboo, maple, oak and laminate. Installation & refinishing. Call for free quote. Lic. #763767. Ron, (310) 308-4988
GOLDEN HARDWOOD FLOORS. Professional Installation and refinishing. National Wood Flooring Association member. License #732286. Plenty of local references. (877) 622-2200 • www.goldenhardwoodfloors.com
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 • PAINTING • DRYWALL REPAIRS • Water damage repair • Small carpentry work • Tile • 17 years EXCELLENT service & experience. FREE ESTIMATES! Call (310) 502-1168. Not lic.
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 • 53 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. Ref’s. Lic. #715099
SQUIRE PAINTING CO. Interior and Exterior. License #405049. 25 years. Local Service. (310) 454-8266. www.squirepainting.com
SPIROS PAINTING, INTERIOR/EXTERIOR. Painting on the Westside since 1980. Lic. #821009. Fax and phone: (310) 826-6097. NO JOB is too small or too big for Spiro the Greek
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‘Citizen’ Dinner Celebrates an Historian, Activism
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer
Maintaining a tradition that began in 1947, the Palisadian-Post honored Emil Wroblicky as the 2006 Citizen of the Year last Thursday evening with a down-home banquet at the American Legion Post 283 Hall on La Cruz. The Post also presented a Community Treasure Award to Betty Lou Young, 88, who has chronicled the town’s history and its neighborhoods through books (including ‘Pacific Palisades: From the Mountains to the Sea’) and articles, usually in collaboration with her son Randy, a photographer. ‘Betty Lou is a giant dynamo in a petite package, and I would never underestimate what this gal can do,’ said Post Publisher Roberta Donohue. ‘She has taken the true spirit of what our founding fathers saw in Pacific Palisades and has been at the forefront of many hard-fought battles to preserve our small-town atmosphere and the parkland that surrounds us. ‘Betty Lou’s writing has given this community an identity, and she brings it to life through her books.’ In her humorous, heartfelt acceptance talk, Young thanked her friends at the Palisades Historical Society, the various homeowner associations she has worked with over the years, and ‘all the wonderful characters’ she researched and interviewed, whose deeds have made her books come alive. Introducing ‘Citizen’ Wroblicky, Donohue noted that ‘this award is the most prestigious honor that can be bestowed on a resident. We feel that recognizing the volunteer efforts of people who improve the quality of life for all of us is a gratifying responsibility.’ ‘Emil,’ Dononue continued, ‘fits the ‘Citizen’ criteria like a glove”an individual who, through unselfish efforts, has made a lasting contribution to Pacific Palisades in the previous year that ideally promotes the town’s environment and character and inspires and encourages a great interest in civic affairs.’ ‘Emil does this year after year in his work on behalf of the American Legion and the Palisades Fourth of July parade committee, while also promoting patriotism among young people.’ Wroblicky, who was joined by his wife of 57 years, Alice, amused everybody by noting historical connections to various people in the audience. There was 92-year-old Phyllis Genovese, founder of The Letter Shop on Via de la Paz, who attended his old high school in Illinois. And Lou Hruby, a 1935 graduate of Notre Dame (Emil’s alma mater), and John Huarte, the 1964 Heisman Trophy winner, and actor Peter Graves, ‘who threw out the first pitch at the park one year, and the ball was caught by my son Steve.’ The evening’s entertainment, featuring singer Didi Carr Reuben and a supporting troupe, was directed and choreographed by Babs Warden Lebowsky, written by Barbara Dawson, and produced by Joan Graves, with Dr. James Smith on piano and Steven Carr Reuben on drums.
Malcolm J. Abzug, 87
Longtime resident and community activist Malcolm J. Abzug, Ph.D., died on May 23 at the age of 87. Abzug was awarded the Pacific Palisades Community Service Award in 1997 for his years of varied work in the community. He received the Trail Volunteer of the Year Award in 2001 from the Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council in recognition of many hours spent building and maintaining hiking trails. In the mid-1990s he started a vegetable gardening program at Paul Revere Middle School and ran it for six years, until a regular teacher was found to take it over. In addition, he served as board member of the Palisades Human Relations Council, Pacific Palisades Residents Association, No Oil, Inc., Graffiti Busters, the Village Green Committee, and the Temescal Canyon Association. His book ‘Palisades Oil,’ published in 1991 and available at the Palisades Branch Library, is a definitive history of the 22-year community struggle over oil drilling in the Palisades. What is less well known to residents is Dr. Abzug’s illustrious career as one of the nation’s leading aeronautical engineers. His accomplishments were recognized in 1996 by his election to the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Engineering, an honor shared by fewer than 2,000 engineers in the United States. He was also a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and chair of the Institute’s Los Angeles Section from 1958 to 1959. Abzug’s engineering career spanned some 50 years, as recounted in his autobiography ‘Waco Gliders to Stealth Bomber,’ which is also in the Palisades library, as is a Cambridge University Press book ‘Airplane Stability and Control,’ co-authored by an MIT professor. A second edition appeared in 2002. Another publication was ‘Computational Flight Dynamics,’ a textbook appearing in 1998. He held a B.S. in engineering from MIT and, in 1962, a doctorate in engineering from UCLA. At the Douglas Aircraft Company, he was Chief Engineer, Advanced Flight Mechanics. He also served as a department manager at TRW Systems, a project engineer at Sperry Gyroscope, an adjunct professor at both UCLA and USC, and as an independent consultant for many southland firms, including Northrop, and for the Canadair Corporation of Montreal. A naval officer in World War II, Abzug later served on numerous government advisory committees. In the engineering community, he was best known for pioneering work in flight mechanics. When, in the 1950s, the nation’s first jet fighters experienced dangerous pitching and yawing motions in rapid rolls, Abzug’s small perturbation stability method was used at his own company and in other groups to find solutions. In the 1980s, he developed wind correction logic for the air measurement data system of the B-2 stealth bomber. For relaxation, Abzug grew vegetables, built and maintained hiking trails in the Santa Monica Mountains with a local Sierra Club crew, flew light planes and sailplanes, and rowed a single shell at the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center. He held a commercial pilot’s license, with multi-engine, instrument, and glider ratings. When Abzug learned about his award from the Community Council in 1997, he told a Palisadian-Post reporter, ‘I enjoy giving to the community. The work means a great deal to me. I feel honored to be awarded for something I do with great pleasure.’ He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Gordon Breedon Abzug, whom he married on August 24, 1946; two sons, administrative law judge Michael David Abzug of Hancock Park, and dentist Dr. Mark McGregor Abzug of Scottsdale, Arizona; and seven grandchildren. Services will be private.
Rosendahl Claims Budget Victories for Palisades
The Los Angeles city budget for the next fiscal year will expand police services and preserve key city services that will benefit residents of Pacific Palisades, said Councilman Bill Rosendahl on Tuesday in an interview with the Palisadian-Post. The City Council approved the budget unanimously last week, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is expected to sign it this week. Villaraigosa sent the council a budget in April that significantly increased police department spending. But he slashed spending across almost every other department in an effort to reduce the city’s $200-million deficit. Since then, the Budget and Finance Committee met for dozens of hours each week to modify that budget. The budget was only ‘altered a bit,’ said Rosendahl, who is a member of the powerful, five-person committee. But he says those small changes will restore important benefits for the Palisades and the 11th Council District, which encompasses a large swath of west L.A., including Brentwood, Venice, Palms and Westchester. The proposed budget allocates an additional $13.8 million to hire more police officers and provide 113,000 police overtime hours. Rosendahl, a first-term councilman, said the budget will give LAPD’s West L.A. division more flexibility to hire police to serve the area, including the Palisades. ‘For us in CD 11, approving the hiring of more cops was a no-brainer,’ Rosendahl said. Some of the features of the new budget that Rosendahl highlights include: ‘ The Budget and Finance Committee increased funding of the Department of Recreation and Parks to extend hours at municipal parks. ‘ The Fire Department’s Helitanker lease was extended for one year. Rosendahl says the tanker is an essential tool in fighting brush fires that threaten local hillsides. He also says that the budget provides funding for an additional helicopter for command staff and pilot training. ‘ More than $1 million was restored to Fund for illegal sign removal, which the city estimates will result in the removal of 300,000 illegal signs such as posters and flyers in the public right-of-way. ‘ $4.3 million was restored to the city’s 50/50 sidewalk repair program. The councilman said the mayor’s budget made a large cut to the program, which has benefited many Palisadians. ‘ The committee restored $654,144 to the Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) program. Local activists convinced Rosendahl to continue funding the program, he said. ‘ $1 million was restored to the city library system’s budget to acquire new library books. ‘ Tree trimming services will be accelerated by nearly one year after the Council allocated $1 million. The wait time will be reduced from 10.1 years to 8.8 years. Rosendahl said that the budget approved by the Council is the result of a slow and deliberative process. ‘We’ve been very conservative and strategic in how we’ve been working,’ he said. ‘We weren’t rushed. I thought the process was excellent.’ Geoge Wolfberg, president of the Santa Monica Canyon Civic Association, has followed this year’s budget process closely. And he says that Rosendahl’s second year on the committee has given him more refined attention to detail that will benefit the Palisades. ‘I watched the city budget committee on TV for more hours than I had time for. It’s mind-numbing,’ said Wolfberg, who worked for decades as a financial administrator for the city. ‘The first year [as a councilmember] you’re a deer in the headlights. There are tons of details, and you’ve got to know all of them or else you’re going to get your pockets picked.’ Wolfberg appreciates continued funding for the city’s 50/50 sidewalk program and tree trimming services. But he worries that funding for illegal sign removal which does not increase enforcement could have little effect. The budget’s allocation of more police funding for the West L.A. Division pleases Community Council Vice Chair Richard G. Cohen, who has advocated for more police protection in the Palisades. But he is hesitant to call the budget a victory for the community. ‘It’s nearly impossible for an individual to analyze the city budget to understand its impact on a neighborhood,’ Cohen said. ‘The problem I have reacting to this type of news is that the good things are mentioned but the bad news is absent. Who knows what was cut or left out of the budget?’ One large omission in this year’s budget, Rosendahl concedes, is funding for the city’s aging infrastructure. Funding for street repaving was also cut. And no additional resources will go towards repairing city sewers. So far this year, more than 80,000 gallons of raw sewage have spilled from sewer lines in the Palisades, where the ruptured lines were at least 50 years old. ‘Infrastructure maintenance is not resolved,’ said Rosendahl, who chairs the Public Works Committee. ‘It’s an ongoing problem. And we can only do so much when the city has not reinvested for 30 years.’ Rosendahl said that he is currently working with other council members to put a bond on a 2008 ballot that would fund street repaving. Prop. O provides funding to prevent polluted storm water from entering Santa Monica Bay. No bond is currently planned to reinvest in the city’s sewer lines, but he said he is considering promoting it. The councilman says that programs like the 50/50 sidewalk program and his Point-of-Sale program, which asks home-sellers to pay for sidewalk repair, could take needed pressure off the Department of Public Works. ——— To contact Staff Writer Max Taves, e-mail reporter@palipost.com or call (310) 454-1321 ext. 28.
From Hiroshima to PaliHi, A Personal Plea Against War
On August 6, 1945, Kazu Sueishi thought she saw an angel flying through the sky. One bright yellow flash later, she had fallen to the floor unconscious, dreaming that she was in heaven. Instead, when the 18-year-old emerged that morning from what she remembers as a five-minute coma, she awoke to an apocalypse. The blue sky was now black. Her back was broken under the weight of her house. Third-degree burns covered her father’s body. Her mother was hidden under the house’s rubble. And in a powerful, violent blast of heat and wind, her cousins, niece and uncle had disappeared–forever. At Palisades Charter High School last week, the 80-year-old Sueishi recalled with pain and humor her life and how it changed the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. In her hour-long speech to more than 100 students, she made a personal plea against warfare and nuclear weapons. ‘It’s my duty as an American citizen to talk about the horrors of nuclear war, so it never happens again,’ said Sueishi in sometimes broken English. ‘I’m not a politician. But I think war is nothing but a stupid game.’ Students on the high school newspaper, The Tideline, invited Sueishi to speak and organized the event, which also featured student poems, a documentary of the bombing and dozens of posters chronicling the history of atomic warfare. Longtime anti-nuclear activists and Palisadians Josh Greenfeld and his wife Foumiko Kometani, who lived in Japan during the war, were inspired to bring Sueishi’s story to a younger generation after meeting her four years ago. And they helped students organize the event. ‘There are a lot of things to work for,’ said Greenfeld, a writer who lives on El Medio Avenue. ‘But at this point in my life, I think the most important is to make the age of nuclear weapons taboo. If just two kids understand its dangers, that’s all. One is an infinitely greater number than none.’ Sueishi was born in 1927 in Pasadena. Her parents’ struggle to learn English made running their grocery store difficult, and they returned to their native Hiroshima one year after their daughter’s birth. When Japan’s war against China began in 1937, Sueishi was a middle-school student. In 1941, a new front in Japan’s war opened when it attacked Pearl Harbor, joining Germany and Italy in World War II. Wartime rations and air raids became a way of life and virtually all young men were drafted to fight, including Sueishi’s middle-school English teacher–a small consequence of Japanese aggression she still resents. But lying on a large island southwest of mainland Japan, Hiroshima was largely spared much of the costs of its nearly decade-long war–until August 6, 1945. ‘Most people would watch the [American] B-29s,’ said Sueishi. ‘It was a beautiful plane. It came by many times but never dropped the bomb.’ When a bomber named Enola Gay released the 9,700-pound uranium bomb–the first ever–on the city, about 70,000 people died instantly. An elementary school class Sueishi visited a day before the bomb had become a graveyard of 25 students’ bodies charred black. Postwar reports by the U.S. government described a blast so powerful that people’s shadows were burned onto walls; birds burst into flames in mid-air; clothes’ patterns were burned onto skin. Those not killed on impact died in a conflagration of smoke and radiation that engulfed the city with immediate and lingering effects. ‘I wasn’t burned, but I became very sick,’ Sueishi said. ‘There was no water for days and I lost my appetite. Every day, really normal looking people would die. And every day after that I thought that today is my turn to die.’ Despite her broken back, the self-described hibakusha–atomic-bomb victim–said that the shock of the bomb kept her from feeling pain. As many as 200,000 people died within five years of the attack because of radiation-induced cancer, according to the Department of Energy, which designed the bomb. And even today, many Japanese trace their tumors to the effects of radiation from the bombing. The devastation of Hiroshima was replicated three days later in Nagasaki, which brought Japan’s unconditional surrender to the United States and the Allied forces. A longtime resident of the United States, Sueishi now lives in Rolling Hills Estates. In 1949, she left Hiroshima for Hawaii and then Los Angeles, where she studied fashion before returning to Hiroshima. In the late 1950s, a Japanese-American proposed to her and she moved back to Los Angeles–this time permanently. ‘Many people ask if I hate America because it dropped the bomb,’ she said. ‘America is a big, beautiful country with very generous people. I love this country. My daughter was born here.’ During her presentation, Sueishi encouraged PaliHi students to pepper her with questions. And although she uses a cane, she was determined to demonstrate her vivacity. ‘I can do the jitterbug,’ said Sueishi, who interspersed humor throughout her lecture. Sueishi’s presentation came at a perfect time for Marcy Winograd, whose U.S. history classes recently finished studying World War II. ‘For kids who couldn’t imagine the reign of destruction, I wanted them to see the effects of atomic weaponry,’ said Winograd, who had three of her classes attend the nuclear war presentation. ‘It was incredible to hear her speak,’ said Elena Loper, a ninth-grader. ‘She has so much love. It was really inspiring. And when she was talking about the bomb dropping, I had tears falling down my face.’ Sueishi ended her speech by asking students to repeat an exhortation. ‘We will not repeat the same mistake again. No more Hiroshima! No more Nagasaki! No more hibakusha!” —————- To contact Staff Writer Max Taves, e-mail reporter@palipost.com or call (310) 454-1321 ext. 28.
