THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 ”Special campfire program ‘Rangers and Fires’ in Temescal Gateway Park, 7 to 9 p.m. at the campfire center next to the dining hall. Ranger Updike will teach children and adults about wildfires and firefighting, and firefighting gear and a fire truck will be on display. Songs and (free) marshmallows will follow. Bring stories to share and a picnic dinner. Parking is $5. Contact: 454-1395, ext. 106. ”Hanala Stadner signs ‘My Parents Went Through the Holocaust and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt,’ 7:30 p.m., Village Books on Swarthmore. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 ”Movies at the Library, presented monthly by the Palisades AARP chapter and the Pacific Palisades Library Association, offers a classic 1959 drama starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 2 p.m., Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real Dr. Free admission. ”Opening night of ‘Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,’ a Theatre Palisades production directed by Paula LaBrot and starring Joshua Brandenburg, 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, corner of Haverford and Temescal Canyon Rd. Plays every Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., through October 8. Ticket reservations: 454-1970. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 ”Volunteers are sought for a work party on the Village Green from 9 to 11 a.m. Just bring shears and gloves. Contact: Marge Gold at 459-5157. ”Opening reception for ‘Exposures,’ a black-and-white photo exhibit featuring the work of Palisades portrait photographer Gayle Goodrich, 4 to 6 p.m., The Hidden Cafe, 1515 Palisades Dr. Public invited. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. ”Movies in the Park, the annual Chamber of Commerce/Friends of Film series, features ‘Back to the Future,’ 8 p.m. on the Field of Dreams at the Palisades Recreation Center. Admission is free. SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 ”Weekly Summer Splash program, featuring family aquatic games, activities and music, 5 to 7 p.m. at the YMCA pool in Temescal Gateway Park. Free admission. By popular demand, barbeque dinners are back, featuring hot dogs and turkey burgers for sale, as well as healthy snacks. MONDAY, AUGUST 21 The Friday Jazz Group will play some great standards for dancing and listening, 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the lower picnic area at Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 601 Latimer Rd. Moonday: A Monthly Westside Poetry Reading, featuring poets Cecilia Woloch and Suzanne Lummis, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. ‘Bear-y-Last’ Pajama Story-time for children of all ages at the Palisades Branch Library, 7 p.m. at 861 Alma Real. Parents and teddy bears welcome. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 Story-craft time, for children 4 and older, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. Listen to stories and build on them. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 The summer’s final campfire program, ‘Wild in California,’ in Temescal Gateway Park, 7 to 9 p.m. at the campfire center next to the dining hall. Live wild animals including a hawk, owl, skunk, snake, fox and more will be in attendance. Songs and (free) marshmallows will follow. Parking is $5. Contact: 454-1395, ext. 106. Ric Klass signs ‘Man Overboard: Confessions of a Novice Math Teacher in the Bronx,’ which chronicles the sad, comical, frustrating and occasionally frightening daily routine endured by a change-of-career do-gooder, 7:30 p.m., Village Books on Swarthmore.
‘Man Overboard’ Author to Talk About Teaching Urban Teens
Ric Klass has had many careers’astronautical engineer, investment banker, professor and movie director, to name just a few’but the focus of his new book, ‘Man Overboard,’ is his time as an inner-city mathematics teacher. In 2003, when he was 57, Klass left his job as an investment banker in Greenwich, Connecticut, to begin teaching disadvantaged youths in the Bronx. He would remain there for two years, teaching first at a public high school and later at a Gates Foundation-sponsored school specifically for underachievers”a trailer park in south Bronx,’ Klass called it. He will discuss the book that came out of that experience next Thursday evening, August 24, at Village Books on Swarthmore. During a telephone interview, Klass described how he first became interested in teaching inner-city teenagers. ‘About 15 years ago, I’d tutored a disadvantaged Hispanic boy who woke up in his junior year and decided he wanted to go to college,’ Klass said. ‘But he hadn’t been doing well; he was actually a special-education student. ‘He was sort of like a Rip Van Winkle,’ he added. ‘And so for the next two years I tutored him, and he ended up getting a math scholarship to the State University of New York.’ This success would later inspire Klass to drop his career as an investment banker and take up teaching full-time. But he was unprepared for what he found. ‘I set out not to produce a book about the Bronx, but really to write about how someone would come to have so many careers,’ Klass said. ‘But the longer I was there, the more it became less about me and more about [the kids]. ‘I ended up feeling very strongly about the conditions and lives and educations of these kids. ‘In many ways, I think my book will not be considered politically correct,’ Klass predicted. ‘The focus of the media is on the physical facilities of the schools, the teachers and the administrators. But at the end of the day it isn’t the teachers or the administrators or how nice the school is’it doesn’t matter if there is carpeting or not’these kids really are suffering from a terrible disadvantage in their home life.’ The home life of most of the children he taught, Klass said, was deeply disturbed. At parent-teacher day, only 25 percent of his students were represented, and a large percentage of those were older siblings. ‘One 16-year-old kid I had was supporting his family; he was very talented, but very angry, and I can’t blame him,’ Klass said. ‘We got to be very friendly’I convinced him on a one-on-one basis out of class that I was there to help’and at one point he said, ‘Mr. Klass, you don’t know what life is like for a nigger like me.’ ‘He was a smart kid, but he couldn’t even begin to focus on school.’ Klass was also critical of many existing grants and programs, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which primarily creates new, smaller schools. Instead, he said that the answer lies in smaller class sizes and a greater teacher-to-student ratio. ‘You have the educational theorists saying these things about smaller schools, but the teachers are talking about smaller classes,’ he said. ‘I’m not sure that Mr. Gates has ever asked teachers what they think.’ Klass freely admits that, ‘right now,’ the results from these smaller schools look good. But the reason for this, he says, is less reassuring. ‘To get into these schools, the kids needed to apply with their parents,’ Klass explained. ‘These are the kids who want to learn. All that [these schools] have really done is siphoned off the more interested and motivated kids and parents.’ Emphasizing the efficacy of smaller classes, Klass spoke about his experience teaching a small group of special-education students during his second semester in the Bronx. ‘I was scared to death,’ he said. ‘I had no training, and I didn’t know what to expect. But they were possibly the best students I’ve had since becoming a teacher. ‘It was a small class’six kids’and they sat down and did great and as a result, four of them ended up getting sprung out of special education. They were smart kids, and I imagine they had just gotten overlooked.’ In 2005, finishing his book, Klass took a job teaching affluent teenagers at a preparatory school in Manhattan. Some of his most striking commentary came from this time. ‘What was fascinating wasn’t the differences between these kids and the kids in the Bronx, but the similarities,’ he said. ‘The kids were identical; their language was different. There weren’t as many four-letter words, but the attitude was the same. The difference was that [the affluent kids] were afraid of their parents. They know they’re going to college; it’s a non-issue for them, and they’re right. They’re on a sailboat to some measure of personal success.’ While Klass plans to continue teaching math in Manhattan this upcoming year, he says he would not consider returning to the Bronx. ‘At the end of the day, it wasn’t teaching math’it was social work,’ Klass said. ‘When you’re working with young people, there’s always an element of that. I don’t mind if it’s 20-percent social work and 80-percent teaching, but in the inner cities, it’s the opposite. ‘The most frustrating part is the kids who really had talent, but who didn’t do well. You really want to cry. At my private school, they would have been honor students.’ Klass will sign copies of his book and speak about his experiences at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday. Village Books is located at 1049 Swarthmore Ave.
Waldorf School Hopes To Open Mid-September
When Waldorf School director Jeff Graham checked with his builder last week, he learned that the school’s new campus at the site of the former Santa Ynez Inn on Sunset will open mid-September. ‘It’s a horse race now, but given the uncertainties of construction, we’re giving the builder a little wiggle room,’ Graham told the Palisadian-Post Tuesday. With the crucial permits granted, including a temporary traffic mitigation plan, the school will welcome 180 children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The campus, located at a particularly busy section of Sunset between Pacific Coast Highway and Los Liones Drive, will accommodate a minimum of 55 on-site parking spaces and a circulation pattern for entering and exiting that will be in place until a traffic signal at the intersection of Los Liones and Sunset is installed. ‘Those entering the school from Sunset will turn into a two-lane entrance cut out at the shopping mall (Kentucky Fried Chicken), drive in, drop off children and exit from the north exit, which is currently used by residents at the Self-Realization Fellowship,’ Graham said. Traffic signal details, including sidewalk handicap ramps on each corner, are yet to be worked out with the city, but all parties involved agree that the light is long overdue given the traffic congestion in the area. The Getty Villa Community Relations Committee, comprised of Getty representatives and adjacent neighbors, approved the traffic light in May. Approximately one-third of the student body are new students, with about 50 early-childhood students, Graham said. ‘Children 2 years and 9 months who are potty trained are eligible for the early-childhood classes, which meet three, four or five days a week. Four-year olds then qualify for the kindergarten program, which could be a three-year program for 4-, 5- and 6-year-old children. The Waldorf philosophy, developed by Rudolf Steiner, emphasizes minimal academic content in the lower grades. The first formal academic work’storytelling, the rhythms of the year’starts in the first grade, Graham said. The new campus, reconfigured from the former motel by Palisades architect Melinda Gray of GRAYMatter Architecture, and Waldorf parent Richard Hofmeister of HOF Architecture, incorporates classrooms, an organic cafeteria, common areas, and offices in the two-story complex. Graham said that about two-thirds of the Palisades student body are moving from the Santa Monica facilities on Fourth Street (older grades) and 15th Street (early education) in Santa Monica.
Light Installation Underway At PaliHi Baseball Field
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer
A $493,000 project to install lights at the Palisades High baseball field is finally nearing completion, much to the satisfaction and relief of Dick Held, the school’s booster club president, who approached Principal Don Savarese with the proposal back in the fall of 1999. ”’I have to admit there were times throughout this process when I wasn’t sure it would ever get done,’ Held said. ‘But the school definitely assisted us and we had help along the way from other entities. A lot of people share the credit for making this happen. It was a team effort.’ ”The intention was for AYSO’s Region 69 (consisting of Palisades, Brentwood and Topanga), always in need of field space, to match available Proposition BB money that was about to expire. The project was originally budgeted at $173,000. In return for its donation, AYSO would be able to use the field for night practices in the fall. ”According to Held, AYSO has contributed approximately $200,000 to the project, with an additional $30,000 being paid by PaliHi and another $70,000 coming from Prop BB money. The remaining $200,000 came from joint-use funds. ”’We didn’t want the school to have to foot much of the bill because these lights are benefiting the community as much as Pali,’ Held said. ‘I even told Don [Savarese] at the beginning that this was an AYSO project, not a booster club project. And we succeeded because when you add it all up, Pali is only paying about six percent of the total cost.’ ”The Palisades Community Council voted in favor of the project in March 2001 but by that time a new roadblock had surfaced. The estimated expense rose considerably when costs for drawing plans, soil tests, CEQA (Environmental Food and Safety) approval and DSA (Division of State Architects) inspection fees were factored in. ”At that point, PaliHi parent Joe Ferrari suggested that AYSO seek joint-use money to fund the balance of the project. With the encouragement of L.A. Unified School Board President Marlene Canter, Held and AYSO board member George Wolfberg (a Palisades Community Council Chairman emeritus) presented their proposal to the L.A. Unified School Board last December. The Board agreed to grant the additional money (in the form of Measure K and R joint-funds) needed to complete the project. ”Work began three weeks ago, and now six light poles, supplied by Musco lighting in Irvine, are in place around the perimeter of the baseball diamond at George Robert Field. The TTC (Total Light Control Lights), implementing technology that allows no spillage, should be operational by early September. ”The lights will enable the PaliHi baseball program and American Legion to schedule night games. ”Under the joint-use agreement, AYSO will have access to the field until 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and until 6 p.m. on weekends in the fall (September- December). ”’Even though this was a long and arduous task, we got the job done,’ Held said. ‘And that’s what matters. This is something the community really needed.’
Jeffrey C. Poe, 49; Pali Grad, Producer
Jeffrey Clark Poe passed away from a stroke on August 5 at the age of 49. Born in Los Angeles on December 23, 1956, he graduated from Palisades High in 1975. He attended Berklee Music School in Boston and became a recording engineer, mixer and producer. In 1999, he was awarded a Grammy for his engineering and mixing work on Santana’s ‘Supernatural’ album. Jeffrey is survived by Karna Hanson, daughters Kestrel Hanson and Mally Hanson Mancilla, grandson Rylan Mancilla, his mother Gloria Poe Short, his sister Lisa Poe Elliott and his brother Gregory Poe.
Robert McMillin, 88; Former Palisades Citizen of the Year
Bob McMillin, a former 17-year Pacific Palisades resident and 1975 Citizen of the Year, died peacefully in his sleep on July 25 at the age of 88. ”He was born on May 21, 1918 in Norfolk, Virginia, and grew up in Big Springs in the hills of West Virginia. He and his wife, Gena, moved to the Palisades in 1968, and it wasn’t long before Bob made his presence felt in a big way. ”Bob was president of the committee that raised more than $70,000 for the purchase, landscaping and maintenance of the Village Green in 1972-1973 and led a campaign to raise another $10,000 in 1975 to landscape the additional 3,000 square feet of land made possible by closing one lane on Antioch. ”A past president of the Civic League and president of the Chamber of Commerce, Bob was also instrumental in forming the Community Council in 1973. ”’At that time a lot of organizations were doing different things, and some of them were pulling against each other,’ he told the Palisadian-Post in 1997. ‘I got together with Bob Abernethy and we agreed that it might be a good idea to bring all the organizations together to form one voice that could talk to the city about our needs.’ ”When he learned that he had been chosen Citizen of the Year, Bob was at a loss for words. ‘I didn’t know what to say,’ he confessed. ‘That was a memorable occasion right there. I knew I’d done a lot, but there were a lot of people ahead of me. The ceremony was also very memorable. There was a large turnout; my wife was there along with our two daughters and their husbands and our six grandchildren. My boss at the telephone company (GTE), and his boss, were also there.’ ”McMillan was also one of 12 Palisadians to receive a Golden Sparkplug Award in the inaugural class of 1974. ”’Bob was extremely community service oriented,’ said his friend Wally Miller, an equally active Palisadian and fellow golfer. ‘He was one of those rare people’a leader who could bring people together. He also had a trait I always admired that I didn’t have: he was a great fundraiser. We fought a lot of good battles together.’ ”In 1985, Bob and Gena relocated to Rancho Bernardo, where Bob quickly got involved in the local community council and forming the Rancho Bernardo Community Foundation (which provides funding for such groups as Neighborhood Watch, the Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol and the Emergency Preparedness Program). He was also a board member of the Rancho Bernardo High School Foundation and an active member of the Kiwanis Club. ”Though the McMillans had moved south with the intention to retire, they became busy residents in their new community. Bob helped save a duck pond at a local park and also helped get stop signs installed up and down a mile-long street, after a serious accident occurred. He also helped get a permanent police substation in the area and organized a senior citizens patrol. ”After Gena passed away six years ago, Bob continued to be involved in the Kiwanis Club. He also enjoyed playing golf, an activity he once referred to as ‘the love of my life other than my wife.’ He was admired, respected and loved by his family, friends and community. ”In addition to Gena, his wife of 60 years, Bob was preceded in death by his daughter Barbara Perreiah 10 years ago. His surviving daughter, Virginia Edwards, lives in Fountain Valley. He has six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
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TRANSPORTATION – TRANSPORTATION A.T.A KIDS SHUTTLE. Need help taking your child from school due to busy work schedule? Please call (818) 768-8088PET SERVICES/PET SITTING 14g
BE HAPPY TO COME HOME! Trusted house/pet care in & around Palisades since 1986. Educated, responsible. (310) 454-8081 PET HEAVEN – TOTAL PET CARE. Training. Walking. Playgroups and hikes. 30 yrs Pali resident. References. Call (310) 454-0058 for a happy dog. HAPPY PET – Dog Walking – Park Outings – Socialization. Connie, (310) 230-3829SCHOOLS, INSTRUCTION 15d
PIANO INSTRUCTION. Give the life-long gift of music! Very patient, creative teacher. Music degree, USC. Qualified, experienced, local. Lisa Lukas, (310) 454-0859. www.palisadesmusicstudio.com HIGHLY GIFTED CHILDREN WANTED. Small school, Santa Monica, Project based, individualized instruction. Ages 9-14. (310) 880-9369 – www.pcclschool.com MUSICAL TRAINING IN YOUR HOME. Piano – Voice – Guitar – Drums – Percussion. “Genius Without Education Is Like Silver In The Mine” -Franklin. Call Cathleen, (310) 390-1969 CUSTOM HOMESCHOOL PLANNING services for homeschooler. No minimum hours or subjects required. Fall 2006. Call local Palisadian, (310) 383-9520TUTORS 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 ages – All levels – Local refs – Flexible hrs. 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, indivdualized tutoring. Math anxiety. Call Jamie, (310) 459-4722 SPANISH TUTOR CERTIFIED TEACHER for all levels. Has finest education, qualifications & experience. Palisades resident. Many good references. Amazing system. Affordable rates. Marietta, (310) 459-8180 STANFORD-EDUCATED Math & Science Tutor-Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1&11, Geometry, Trig, PreCalc/ Analysis, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry. Young(ish) and personable. Experienced. Get along great with all ages. In-home convenience. References. Chris, (323) 309-6687 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TUTOR AVAILABLE. Specialized support from full-time classroom teacher in math and English Language Arts for your 2nd-5th grader. Can reinforce skills and teach new ones while building confidence. Emily at (516) 984-4250SUMMER CAMPS 15f
CAMP HIGHLANDS SUMMER DAY CAMP. 6/26-8/25 Flexible Use, sports, games, swimming, different activities weekly, 17005 Palisades Circle. Call (310) 459-4083CABINET MAKING 16
CUSTOM WOODWORK AND CABINETS. Craftsmanship quality, 20 years experience, local resident. Local references available. General Contractor Calif. License #402923. Ron Dillaway, (310) 455-4462. rondillaway@yahoo.comCONCRETE, 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.comCONSTRUCTION 16d
CASTLE CONSTRUCTION. New homes, remodeling, additions, fine finish carpentry. Serving the Westside for 20 yrs. Lic. #649995. Call James, (310) 450-6237ELECTRICAL 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 (Not lic.). Please Call (310) 454-6849 or (818) 317-8286FENCES 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 16l
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. Senior 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 & refinishing. National Wood Flooring Association member. Lic. #732286 Plenty of local references. (877) 622-2200. www.goldenhardwoodfloors.comHANDYMAN 16n
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) 455-0803 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 THE HANDY GUY. Any job, big or small. Over 16 years experience. Lic #B-858574. We’re proud to donate our services to Habitat for Humanity. (310) 216-9034 PETERPAN – Quality home repair. Serving entire Westside. (Not lic.) Ask for Peter, (310) 663-3633 AVALON ESTATE MAINTENANCE. Specializing in all aspects of home repair. Reasonable rates. Refs available. Prompt service. Non-lic. Call Dustin, (310) 924-2711 LOCAL ENGLISH HANDYMAN serving the Palisades 10 years. You can trust me to do the job right. Hourly rates/bids. Not lic. (310) 454-3838 – (310) 367-6383 MASONRY – BLOCK – BRICK – STONE – Stucco – Walkways – Decks – Fences – Drywall & Paint. Non Lic. Ask for Raul, c (310) 308-1425, h (323) 777-231HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 16o
SANTA MONICA HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING. INSTALLATION: New and old service and repairs. Lic. #324942 (310) 393-5686PAINTING, PAPERHANGING 16q
PAUL HORST – Interior & Exterior – PAINTING – 52 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 ZARKO PRTINA PAINTING. Interior/Exterior. 35 years in service. License #637882. Call (310) 454-6604 “WE SEAL LEAKS” +, carpentry, painting, roofing, masonry, tile, patios, gutters, windows, skylights, landscaping, retaining walls, drainage, stucco, plaster, concrete asphalt, remodels. (310) 457-4652PLUMBING 16s
BOTHAM PLUMBING AND HEATING. Lic. #839118. (310) 827-4040 JLK PLUMBING. Re-pipe and sewer specialist & all plumbing repairs. Mention this ad & receive 10% off. Lic. #722414. Call (310) 678-6634REMODELING 16u
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) 455-0803 BASIX DESIGNS & REMODELING, INC. WE DO IT ALL – Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling Specialist – Room Additions – Interior/Exterior Paint – Windows/Doors – Custom Carpentry – Plumbing – Electrical – Call For Free Estimate – Toll Free: (877) 422-2749 – Lic. #769443 COMPLETE CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION. New homes – Kitchen – Bath – Remodeling – Additions – Quality work at reasonable rates guaranteed. Large and small projects welcomed. Lic. #751137. Call Michael Hoff Construction today: (310) 230-2930HELP WANTED 17
DRIVERS: EARN MORE AT WERNER ENTERPRISES. Western region runs. Also seeking inexperienced and seasonal drivers. (800) 346-2818 ext 123 LADY WANTED FOR LIVE-IN position. Light housekeeping. Help with handicapped daughter. (310) 457-3393 PERSONAL ASSISTANT/CHILDCARE helper needed for afternoons. Monday-Friday. 15 hours per week usually after 3 p.m. $15/hr. Rebeccalobl@earthlink.net RECEPTIONIST/ADMIN ASSIST wanted for busy doctors office. Friendly, sharp, multitasking, motivated with computer and phone skills. P/T M-Th, 2-7 p.m., Fri. 7 a.m.-1 p.m. $12-$13/hr. 16624 Marquez Ave. Fax resume: (310) 230-1646 email resume staff@palichiro.com. HAIRSTYLING ASSISTANT WANTED (must be licensed) for salon owner plus station for rent to operator with clients (some free rent). Sunset West. Call (310) 459-1616 or (310) 454-8413 PROFESSIONAL HOUSEKEEPER TOP PAY, N/S, must have own car, must travel summers. Live-out. (310) 226-6905 BANK OPS/NEW ACCTS/TELLER. P/T pos, (30 hrs./wk.) at Westside financial institution. Floats btw Bank Ops, New Accts, Teller positions as backup. Bank exp req. Xlnt pay/benefits. Inquiries w/ salary history to resumes@1stprivate.com. EOE. F/T RESERVATIONS AGENT/ADMIN ASSIST needed for small travel reservation office specializing in scuba diving. Travel industry experience required. No air ticketing involved. Knowledge of scuba a plus but not necessary. Good phone & computer skills. Office in Topanga Canyon. Call Leslie, M-F, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., (310) 857-6942, or email resume ask@solmarv.com CHILDCARE SERVICES NEEDED for 3- & 1-yr-boys. Mon. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. approx. Tues. & Fri. evenings 6 p.m.-11 p.m. & possibly some week-ends. Neg. salary. Call Cory, (310) 990-2626 HOUSEKEEPER WANTED: To clean, market & prep dinner 2 times a week. Hours 12 p.m.-8 p.m. $90 per day. Excellent local references required. Ask for Rebecca, (310) 454-7490AUTOS 18b
2004 GLS CONVERTIBLE VW BEETLE turbo, low miles, leather interior, tiptronic auto trans. Sacrifice $20,000. (310) 592-2817 1989 CADILLAC EL DORADO super clean, 112K, new alt., new battery, new radiator, new front brakes. $1800 obo. Ask for Roger, mention ad: (310) 450-5644FURNITURE 18c
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WANTED: Old tube guitar amplifiers, ’50s, ’60s, etc. Tommy, (310) 306-7746 – profeti2001@yahoo.comCohen Spikes Silver at AAU Beach Event
Palisadian Jordan Cohen and his partner, Michael Wilder of El Segundo, finished second in the 16-and-under division at the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic beach volleyball championships last Wednesday in Virginia Beach, Virginia. On the first day of competition, Cohen and Wilder beat two teams from Florida before losing to Ian Satterfield (Manhattan Beach) and Alec Mackensen (Laguna Niguel) to earn the No. 3 seed going into the final day. In the first round of the knockout phase they avenged their earlier loss with a 21-11, 21-19 victory over second-seeded Satterfield and Mackensen. In the gold medal match, Cohen and Wilder fell 21-19, 21-11 to Manuel De Jesus and Rafael Melendez of Puerto Rico. Cohen, who will be a sophomore at Palisades High in the fall, made varsity as a freshman for the Dolphins last spring, playing outside hitter, libero and defensive specialist. He attends Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos’ Beach Volleyball Camp and was included in the Volleyball TV Show “DIG” on Fox Sports Net, which profiled the camp earlier this summer.
Paly Swimmers Excel at Summer JOs Meet
Four swimmers from the Palisades-Malibu YMCA traveled north to Santa Clarita for the Southern California Junior Olympics competition last Wednesday-Sunday. The meet started with individual events and ended with relays at Canyon High School. “It’s a fun and exciting meet,” Paly Head Coach Brian Timmerman said. “It is the best age-group swimming meet in California.” Southern California is divided into five sections for swimming. Pacific Palisades and surrounding areas are considered part of the Pacific section. Since there are so many swimmers in Southern California, and more swimmers with fast times, summer JO’s are held in two locations. Mission Viejo had about 200 more swimmers than Santa Clarita this year. “Mission Viejo was a bigger meet which usually leads to faster times,” Timmerman said. “But in this case, Santa Clarita had the faster times.” In the girls’ 13- & 14-year-old 200 Freestyle, for instance, the winning time was 2:06 at Canyon while at Mission Viejo the best time was 2:07.33. In the 100 Free, the winning time at Canyon was 1:00.29 while at Mission Viejo it was 1:01.49. Paly’s Jennifer Tartavull placed 19th at Canyon, but her time would have been good enough for 12th at Mission Viejo. The boys’ 13- & 14-year-old 200 Free Relay team from host Canyon broke a record that had stood since 1981. The following Palisadians swimming for Paly, Westside Aquatics Pasadena and Team Santa Monica all had times fast enough to qualify for JO’s: Samantha Brill, Alexandra Edel, Brian Fishler, Paris Hays, Eric Hamer, Kristen Fujii, Brian Johnson, Jasmine Punch, Danny Fujinaka, Shelby Pascoe, Kimberly and Jennifer Tartavull, Allison Merz, Hannah Kogan and Catherine Wang. Wang placed fifth in the 100 Butterfly, 11th in the 50 Butterfly, and 12th in the 200 Individual Medley. Fujinaka took 11th in the 800 Free, 14th in the 400 Free and 12th in the 200 Free. Edel took 12th in the 200 Breaststroke and 16th in the 100 Breast, Hannah Kogan, who just aged up from the younger group, still showed her speed by placing 15th in the 50 Free and 16th in the 200 Free. Hays’ time in the 50 Free was fast enough to seed him 10th and Merz swam 12th in the 100 Butterfly and 15th in the 50 Free. Brian Johnson placed fifth in the 200 Backstroke. Paly’s relay team of Pascoe, Tartavull, Tartavull and Merz had its best place–ninth–in the 200 Free. The girls took 19 seconds off their seed time in the 200 Medley and 11 seconds off their seed time in the 400 Medley. “They all did well,” Paly assistant coach Caroline Ryan said. “They had five swims in one day, which is a lot, but all of their swims were solid.” Ryan felt they could have done even better had they practiced in a 50 Meter pool. “It’s essential,” she said. “You need to be able to train at least once a week in a 50 meter pool to know how to race it.” Next year, Timmerman wants more of his swimmers to reach JO’s. “I want our team to be better represented,” he said. “We had a lot of kids who just missed the cut this year and hopefully next year they’ll make it.
Sharks Hit Homers at Dreams Park Tourney
Three miles south of Cooperstown, New York, home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, is Dreams Park, the site of one of the largest U-12 baseball tournaments in the country. Dreams park was built because of a remark made by Louis Presuitti to his son and grandson as they stood in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame, “Every kid in America should have the opportunity to play baseball in Cooperstown.” Although Presuitti died in 1992, his grandson, Lou III, was determined to make his grandfather’s dream come true and construction began four years later. The site now consists of 22 baseball fields and barracks to house 96 teams. In its first season only four weeks of baseball were played there. This season there are 10 weeks followed by a “champions” week for the winning team from each week. The Pacific Palisades Baseball Association took its first U-12 team to Cooperstown in 1999 and has continued that tradition every year since. Last Friday through Wednesday, the Palisades Sharks, an All-Star squad made up of 12 players from the PPBA’s Bronco Division, joined 95 other teams nationwide to play in week seven of the invitational tournament. After the opening ceremonies, competitions included “King of Swat,” “Golden Arm” and “Road Runner.” Representing Palisades were Hunter Varnum for home run hitting, Ryan Page for throwing and Ryan Kahn for running. Page finished fifth out of 95 players. The Sharks played an average of two games a day. On the first day they were one-hit in their opening game, a 6-0 loss to Greensboro (North Carolina) Batting Center. The second game was played at night and Palisades lost, 2-1, to MVP Magic from Florida. “We were rusty and jet lagged,” Sharks assistant coach David Kahn said. “There are batting cages on the premises so we started hitting for an hour before each game. Some of the kids had blisters on their hands, but the bats started to come alive.” On Monday afternoon, the Sharks beat the Oakland Sea Dogs 13-5, with Varnum hitting a home run. That evening, Palisades lost 13-1 to the Sterling Virginia Xplosion. Tuesday proved to be the Sharks’ best day as they shut out the Ridgewood (New Jersey) Rebels 9-0 and edged the West University Texas Outlaws 7-6. In the final game to determine tournament seeding the Sharks defeated the Port Washington (New York) Legends 17-5, placing Palisades 39th. In their first game of the single elimination round Wednesday afternoon the Sharks beat the North Carolina Contenders 8-6. At night, they lost 14-2 to Team Fort Worth (Florida) and were eliminated. In nine games, Varnum hit four home runs and Will St. John added two. “It’s a great experience,” Sharks head coach Clark Porter said. “It’s important to play, win and have fun. We’re about growing and getting better.”
