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Jack Friedenthal, 74; Engineer, Fisherman

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Longtime Palisadian Jack Friedenthal died of complications resulting from a bone marrow disorder on June 3. Born in 1932 in Denver, Colorado the son a of career military officer, Jack graduated from MIT in 1953 with a master’s degree in aeronautical and systems engineering. Upon graduation he served with the United States Air Force working on the early ballistic missile program. He worked at TRW as a systems engineer and project manager from 1956 to 1992. Jack was an avid sports fisherman and golfer. After his retirement he was a volunteer at aviation museums in the Los Angeles area, the WISE Senior Services, the Los Angeles Police Department, and UCLA Law School. He is survived by his wife of almost 50 years, Jane, and two sons; Robert (wife Andrea), grandson Devon of Lakewood and son Mark (wife Gabrielle) grandsons Adam and Matt of Culver City. Services will be private. A memorial gathering is pending.

George Chalmers, 88; Engineer, Youth Coach

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A third generation native Californian, George Chalmers passed away peacefully from complications of Alzheimer’s at home in Pacific Palisades on May 28 with his family at his side. George attended Galileo High School in San Francisco before heading off to Stanford University, where he completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees. He loved sports and lettered in soccer, but was more famous for his richly deserved moniker of “Beta George” (denoting his fiercely proud membership in the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity). George loved Stanford and was an ardent, loyal alum and supporter of the Buck Club Athletic Fund. After graduating from Stanford, George worked for North American Aviation, served a brief stint as an ensign in the United States Navy and worked for the Stanford Research Institute. He went on to work at Northrop Corporation where he enjoyed a very successful allegiance for more than 40 years, retiring 24 years ago as vice president of finance, Electronics Division. He and his family lived in the same house in the Huntington Palisades for 52 years and his three children all graduated from local public schools. George was a fixture at the Palisades Recreation Center for many years as a little league baseball coach. A couple of locals who were on his teams, in addition to his sons, were Pat Harrington (Harrington’s camera shop) and Leonard Logue (nursery). George is survived by his loving wife, Virginia Martin, with whom he shared 61 happy years of family, friends, golf and travel. His children, Scott (Elizabeth St. Clair) of Manhattan Beach, Janet (Phil Painter) of Corona del Mar and Doug, of Stockton, along with his granddaughters Alison, Julia, Annie, Emily, Brooke and Katie will forever cherish their memories of him as their incredible role model. George is also survived by his sister, Alice Schmidt, of San Rafael. The entire family agrees: “He lived a happy, wonderful life and we should all be so lucky!” A private family memorial service will take place at a later date. Remembrances may be made to a favorite charity or The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 6th Floor, NY, NY 10001.

Ingo Preminger, Producer

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Ingo Preminger, who produced the film “MASH” and prior to that was a literary agent for many years, died at his home in Huntington Palisades on June 7. He was 95. Ingo represented several top blacklisted writers during and after the McCarthy era including Dalton Trumbo, Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Wilson, Hugo Butler, Hal Smith and Ned Young. During his career as an agent he frequently worked with his brother, producer/director Otto Preminger, supplying writing and other talent for his older brother’s films, including Walter Newman, who wrote the screenplay for “The Man with the Golden Arm” and Trumbo, whose credit on “Exodus” was critical in ending the blacklist in Hollywood. Ingo’s role in assisting blacklisted writers has been written about in numerous books including Mr. Trumbo’s “Additional Dialogue, Victor Nevasky’s “Naming Names” and Jean Rouverol Butler’s “Refugees from Hollywood.” Ingo also guided the careers of several directors, cinematographers, composers and actors. Born in Romania on February 25, 1911, Ingo was the son of Markus Preminger, an internationally prominent lawyer and prosecutor, and Josefa Frankl Preminger. He was raised in Vienna, where he received his law degree from the University of Vienna and began a career as an attorney, which ended prematurely due to the Nazis’ invasion of Austria. Ingo emigrated to the United States in 1938 with his wife, Kate, and three-year-old daughter, Eve. He initially settled in New York, where he owned a paint supply business and where he and Kate had two more children, Kathy and Jim. In 1947, Ingo moved his family to Los Angeles, got a job with the Nat Goldstone Agency, and, one year later, opened the Ingo Preminger Agency. In 1961 he sold his agency to General Artists Corporation, one of the three top talent agencies of the time. He headed GAC’s west coast literary department until 1966, when he left the agency business to become a producer. Ingo was sent the manuscript to the novel “MASH” by his former client Ring Lardner, Jr. Ingo read it and, as recounted in a May 21, 2006 Los Angeles Times article on Richard Zanuck, “gave Zanuck the book “MASH” to read on the condition that if he liked it, Preminger could produce it. Zanuck called the next day. “I told Ingo, ‘sell the agency,'” Zanuck said. ‘”You’ve got an office on the third floor. We’re making the picture.'” Among the many recognitions the film and Ingo as producer received were an Academy Award nomination for best picture, the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and a Golden Globe for best picture musical or comedy. In addition, Lardner won the academy award for best adapted screenplay. Ingo is survived by his wife of 70 years, Kate, his daughter former Manhattan Surrogate Judge Eve Preminger, his daughter Kathy Kauff, a former attorney living in New York, and his son Jim, a literary agent in Los Angeles. He is also survived by eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren, the youngest named Ingo Abraham Solomon. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Ingo can be made to the UCLA Division of Geriatrics, c/o Wendi Morner, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite #3132, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1784.

Dr. Marvin and Marion Mandel

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Golden Couples of the Palisades – 1946

Marion Hartman was lucky she had a pushy cousin, Monte Korn. He kept badgering his Tulane medical school classmate, Marvin Mandel, to call Marion and ask her out. Marvin finally did when he was home in Brooklyn over Thanksgiving in 1944. He didn’t worry about calling a girl he had never seen, since Korn had shown him her photo. Their date went well, and when Marvin returned for spring break in 1945, they dated every night. “I knew I was going to marry her,” he says. She agrees. “The two of us knew.” Marvin explains that the time was different then. World War II was nearly over and the sense of life was partnerships. Cousin Monte had not only showed a photo to Marvin, he had also sent one to the New York Transit authorities for their Miss Subway contest. They were so impressed with Marion’s beauty that they chose her as their winner for August 1945. Perhaps realizing that all of New York would soon be asking Marion out, Marvin asked her to marry him that same month. Both grew up in Brooklyn. Marion lived a block from the water and every Saturday rode her bike on the boardwalk beyond Coney Island to Seagate. Marvin lived in Borough Park and took a long subway ride to attend Boys’ High, which was considered one of the best high schools in New York. After being married on February 2, 1946, at the Eastern Parkway Jewish Center, they had a one-day honeymoon in New York City, before Marvin reported to Portsmith Naval Institute in Virginia for his medical internship. He was with the Navy for three years, after which the couple moved to Buffalo, where he started a two-year residency. Marion’s father bought an RV trailer and he and his wife started traveling around the country. When they were in the Canadian Rockies in the summer of 1949, they invited the Mandels out for a visit. The couple drove out, but didn’t take enough money along. By the time they reached Billings, in that age before credit cards and ATMs, “we didn’t have a dime in our pockets,” Marion recalls, “and we had a young child in the back of the car.” Marvin called their banker in Buffalo, who wired them money, but in Billings, the man in the Western Union office didn’t want to give it to them, because he said he didn’t know them. They finally prevailed and continued their trip. “Many young people miss out on the spirit of adventure by focusing on how much money they think they need to make,” Marvin says. “The only question you have to answer is: ‘How many hours do you have to work to buy shoes?'” After Marvin’s third year of residency in Detroit in psychiatry, the Mandels moved to California in 1952 and Marvin opened an office in Westwood, where they looked for a home. “We couldn’t afford those places,” Marion says, “so we came to the Palisades. People thought we were crazy coming way out here.” They were one of the first 10 owners on Las Pulgas Road; no one was living in that area in 1952. “My father thought we were crazy to spend $24,500,” Marion says. “We moved in before the road bed was laid on Las Pulgas, so we used to walk down to Bienveneda through what became backyards of later homes,” Marvin said. “”Our house was at 1019 and I remember crying when I looked up the hillside to the north and east of the road and saw a bulldozer simply knock over a cluster of beautiful trees to make way for yet more homes.” “The Palisades was a very small town and everyone knew everyone,” Marion recalls. “When our third child was born, Mayfair Market sent flowers. When the kids had their tonsils out, the market delivered ice cream.” Marvin: “It was small-town living and it was wonderful. The community fought off developers and the oil companies. We had big meetings at the church and school.” In 1958, the Mandels purchased property in Rivas Canyon and built a new home. Over the years, Marvin kept moving his office closer to home, first at Barrington and Olympic, then San Vicente before creating a home office in 1990. At age 83 he claims he’s now “almost” fully retired. He remains an emeritus clinical professor at UCLA, where he has been a faculty member since 1953, a member of the board, and founding president of the psychiatric clinical faculty association. He has held all the major offices of the Psychiatric Society Institute. Meanwhile, Marion was busy with their three children: Michael, who is now a psychiatrist in Seattle; Francine, who lives in Boulder, Colorado, and has two girls; and Carol, who lives in Washington, D.C. Active in Palisades schools, Marion helped start a foreign student exchange program at Palisades High. She also worked with Shirley Windward, a teacher at Paul Revere (and a founder of the Windward School), to further the cause of integration before it became court-ordered. They raised money to take children from the inner-city who had never flown or been to the beach to do both of those things. Marion also studied life drawing with noted artist Arnold Meshes. “I was determined to become Picasso,” she says. Now, she’s studying Japanese water color painting, at which she displays true talent. Her paintings are detailed, and the depth of color makes her more than a hobbyist. The Mandels, who celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1996 by traveling around Europe, marked their 60th by having dinner with family and friends. How did they make their marriage work? “Tolerance, patience and love,” they both answer. “Understanding each other, thinking the best of each other’all of the things that seem to be in short supply in our narcissistic society,” Marvin says. “Clich’s,” says Marion, explaining that “too many people use the words but they don’t practice them.” “I think it’s a cultural change that’s happened,” Marvin says, “Searching for love makes marriage difficult; it’s harder to commit.”

Palisadian Activist Kaitlyn Olson Represents ‘Spirit of Community’

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By DIVYA SUBRAHMANYAM Palisadian-Post Intern Kaitlyn Olson, an 11th grader at New Roads High School, was recently honored with the Prudential “Spirit of Community” Award for her involvement in numerous community service organizations, including One Global Tribe, the Name Campaign, and Global Awareness in Action. On March 4 and 5, the Palisades resident co-produced a charity benefit at the Knitting Factory, called “Share the Love,” to raise money for One Global Tribe, a network of youth around the world, united in their joint effort to raise awareness and funds towards issues such as AIDS prevention, war-affected children, and the lack of clean water worldwide. The concert featured six bands from Westside schools, as well as free-speech poets from South Central. It raised over $6,000 and was covered by Fox and Teen Vogue. Currently, as founder and youth director of One Global Tribe, she is focusing on AIDS prevention, and is joining with PEP LA to organize an event to raise awareness. During this event, a photographer will take an aerial image of students lying down in a park, their bodies either shaping the AIDS symbol or spelling out the word “hope.” Then, says Kaitlyn, “several students will make speeches of encouragement to kids who were directly affected, saying ‘We care, we’re helping.'” She is also involved with the Name Campaign, which sells dog tags with the names of Ugandan children. The profits go towards rehabilitation in Uganda, a country torn by rebellion. Kaitlyn became involved with Global Tribe after the head of the organization came to speak at her school. “I had no idea that this was going on,” she said. “It was tantamount to the situation in Darfur. Since we don’t really learn about this in history, I decided to independently research the situation in Uganda.” She realized that very few people knew about or understood the extent of the violence, so decided to become part of the effort to raise money and awareness towards this cause. Kaitlyn’s efforts, however, do not stop at Los Angeles fundraisers. Last summer, she attended Global Awareness in Action, a youth panel on world issues, sponsored by Putney Student Travel. Kaitlyn met with the other participants for about four days before traveling to El Salvador with a small student group to learn more about the poverty-stricken country. She then returned to the U.S. and gave a presentation (one of several by different students) on her new knowledge at a panel at Yale University. In August, she will go to Kenya to the YES Youth Employment Summit, where she will speak to more than 2,000 youth about sustainable business, also discussing how kids in the U.S. are doing their part to help with global issues. She will hold two internships this summer, in Washington, D.C.: for Hillary Clinton and for Media Matters, an organization she describes as “one of the few reliable media sources.” After her senior year in high school, Kaitlyn hopes to attend Barnard College or Columbia University in New York.

First Steps, First Splash, First Exam

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This sea lion pup, the first of its species to be born at the Aquarium of the Pacific, spent two weeks in a holding area with his mother, Kona (pictured here, barking), where they could be closely monitored by the husbandry staff. The pup had its first physical exam three days after its birth.
This sea lion pup, the first of its species to be born at the Aquarium of the Pacific, spent two weeks in a holding area with his mother, Kona (pictured here, barking), where they could be closely monitored by the husbandry staff. The pup had its first physical exam three days after its birth.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer

The birth of a California sea lion pup has everyone at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach talking and watching. The male pup, born on Memorial Day, weighs about 17 pounds and is about 2-1/2 feet long with a fuzzy brown coat. His mother Kona, started nursing him, and the two bonded almost immediately. The aquarium’s husbandry (animal health care) staff will closely monitor and care for mom and pup in a behind-the-scenes nursery where the pup can mature over the next six months or longer. If this treatment sounds similar to the way humans care for their own children in the months after birth, that’s because it is. In fact, aquatic medicine, including the equipment and techniques used to treat ocean animals, is strikingly the same. Dr. Lance Adams, the veterinarian at the Aquarium of the Pacific, performs skin scrapes and gill biopsies on his patients. He can take X-rays tank-side, do an ultrasound and use anesthesia to put an animal to sleep before a procedure. Marine mammals are similar to humans in that they are warm-blooded and breathe air through their lungs. However, their lung capacity is different and they have a blubber layer or thermal insulation for food storage or fat. Adams explains that they are also “hydrodynamic,” with features that allow them to move easily and quickly in the water. Unlike humans, however, marine mammals don’t outwardly display injury or sickness, as this would make them appear vulnerable to predators in the wild. The husbandry staff, about 40 animal caretakers, spends a good amount of time observing the appearance, behavior and eating habits of the aquarium’s 12,500 inhabitants’fish, birds and mammals. Some of the animals in the larger exhibits are not looked at on an individual basis, such as the 1,500 to 2,000 specimens in the large Tropical Reef Habitat. “It’s not practical to look at individuals [in the larger exhibits],” says Perry Hampton, director of animal husbandry. He adds that the aquarium has scuba-certified volunteers who dive inside these exhibits to hand-feed in every corner, and those volunteers are often the “eyes and ears” in the tanks, reporting potential problems to the staff. The sea lions, however, are evaluated on an individual basis. They are given thorough exams more than once a year and checked on multiple times a day by the mammalogists. Sea lions “don’t normally show signs of being pregnant,” Adams says. Kona’s pup was “not something we were planning on or had a conception date for.” The husbandry staff, however, had its suspicions. David Place, a mammalogist (marine mammal caretaker) who works at the aquarium’s Seal and Sea Lion Habitat, says he had noticed that Kona had a large abdomen. “It’s almost like I’m a proud father,” Place says with a proud smile, explaining that he was the one who originally brought Kona to the aquarium from her home at Orlando Sea World’s Rocky Point Preserve in 2003. He rode on a Fed-Ex plane with Kona and a male sea lion, Parker, both in containers, when they were about a year old. Now 4, Kona is a young mother. Sea lions usually begin breeding between ages 5 and 7. The gestation period for females is about seven months, but there is often a “delayed implantation” period in which the fertilized egg delays its implantation for several months. Most sea lion pups are born in June or July. “I was a little unsure of how [Kona] would be as a mother, but her instincts kicked in,” says Place, who is rotating shifts with other mammal experts while they’re on 24-hour watch of the pup. Adams explains that when the staff found Kona with her pup on Memorial Day morning, they purposely left them alone to give them a chance to bond and so as not to upset Kona. But when Kona got nervous and tried to move her pup into the water, the staff had to intervene and move them both into a holding area adjacent to the Seal and Sea Lion Habitat in order to have more control over the environment. Sea lion pups aren’t old enough to swim until they’re 6 months to a year old. The mammalogists are “gaining knowledge” of the pup, constantly taking notes and gathering data. They know it’s a male because it has a genital slit that is farther up, away from the anus, than female genitalia. The pup is “walking on all four flippers, a little awkwardly, mimicking its mother,” Place says. The staff placed a baby pool in its holding area so that it could splash around in the water. On Monday, they transferred Kona and the pup to the behind-the-scenes nursery, where they will remain until the pup is weaned. At that point, Kona will rejoin the other sea lions, and the staff will continue to train the pup so that he will be prepared to interact with the others in the exhibit. The staff does not know whether the pup’s father is Parker, the younger, 220-lb. male, or Miller, who is 25 and weighs more than 700 lbs. “Miller is like the alpha male,” Place says, explaining the animal’s loud barking when it bursts out of the water and flops up onto the rock surface. “He vocalizes at this time [mid-afternoon] for the others to take a nap. “With California sea lions, a large bull (male) will claim territory and females within that territory for himself,” Place says. “He will defend that territory for as long as he can, mating with as many females as possible. Most altercations between animals come down to vocalization and puffed-up chests, but very few ever lead to actual battle wounds. Smaller animals will not challenge larger animals, as they know they are far interior in strength.” Though Miller is head of his species at the aquarium, he was originally a wild sea lion that ended up at the aquarium many years ago after being treated at a rehabilitation center and deemed not releasable to the wild. The California sea lion has been a protected species since the passing of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972, which makes it illegal to hunt or harass marine mammals in U.S. waters. While the aquarium does not take any animals from the wild, it does accept them through its “stranding program,” if the animals can no longer hunt or survive in their natural environment. Others, like the new pup, are born in captivity. The aquarium’s Seal and Sea Lion Habitat, which now has five sea lions and two seals, is “a nice, protective environment,” Place says, adding that there is not a lot of injury or illness. Place trains the animals for physical exercise, mental stimulation and health care. He also weighs them and checks them for bite wounds, the most common form of injury, which they get from interacting with other sea lions or seals. When treated, the animals are often given medications similar to those that dogs and human take, such as antibiotics or Cosequin, which people take for joint problems having to do with arthritis. The mammalogists report any problems to Dr. Adams, who can perform a variety of procedures in the aquarium’s small treatment room, which is equipped with an EKG machine, ultrasound machine and monitoring equipment, a portable radiograph machine and a diagnostic lab. “We try and network [with other doctors and clinics] when necessary,” Adams says, explaining that they do not have a CT scanner or a laser machine. When one of the sea lions had a nasal blockage, they had a specialist come in to perform a laser treatment to open the blockage. In general, indicators of healthy animals include clear skin and eyes, smooth, not ragged, fins, normal eating patterns and healthy size’not too fat or too thin. If an animal has a problem that needs to be treated medically, it is removed from the exhibit and cared for behind the scenes. Adams recently operated on an eel that had a mass on its head, which he speculated “was secondary to a bite wound that had healed abnormally.” Adams used new veterinary technology to control or coagulate the blood and remove the large mass, a procedure that took three and a half hours. The eel then had to be isolated for about two months in order to give it follow-up medications, which were distributed in the water. Adams says it can be difficult to work with some of the larger fish, such as the sharks, groupers and the 200-lb. giant sea bass, because the staff has to catch the fish, corral it into a separate holding and anesthetize it. Then, they put it on a stretcher made of vinyl and PVC, and attach the fish to a machine to breathe water while they work on it. Because water quality is an important part of the animals’ health, the water in each exhibit and holding area is analyzed daily and measured for salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, ammonia and nitrite, among other parameters. “They know me as a stranger who comes in and bugs them once in a while,” Adams jokes, modestly. “We have great confidence in Dr. Adams,” Hampton says. “There are very few vets out there who have the experience he has with aquatics.” Place explains that “there’s always an inherent danger” in working with the animals. Even Miller, who has been out of the wild since 1981, is still considered wild. “When we step into the exhibit we are immersing ourselves into their world. On rare occasion we are challenged for our place in the pecking order by one of the animals’Standing up to this kind of intimidation helps in keeping our place at the top but, most importantly for us, it’s the bond that we create with all of our animals that keeps everything running smoothly. We have a healthy respect for our animals and they have developed a respect for us.” For more information, call (562) 590-3100 or visit www.aquariumofpacific.org.

What’s With the Black Rock?

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This spring, the Palisadian-Post published a letter from Dennis Richardson asking if we could find out who was responsible for using heavy equipment at the beach to lay down “tons and tons of black rock where water runs off at Santa Monica Canyon at Chautauqua. Last summer it was very difficult swimming and tough for kids to play in the water because all of the black sharp rocks washed out of the channel and spread down the beach along the water line. If they do this year after year, the build-up of rocks will be so great that it will completely ruin our sandy beaches along the waterfront.” Richardson insisted that the county has “again put tons and tons of these rocks at the mouth of the runoff, I imagine to stem the erosion of sand. But for years and years this was never an issue. Sand runs out into the bay and the tides bring it back up. I think there are simply men who like to play on the heavy equipment, moving around the sand and rocks, not giving a care to the millions and millions of beachgoers who frequent the beach during the summer. Even if it were round rocks, they should not fill up the bay and beaches with rocks.” According to Joe Chesler, division chief, County Beaches and Harbors, the black rock which straddles both sides of the trench at the base of the channel which leads directly into the ocean at Will Rogers State Beach is simply “natural runoff that comes down from the canyon and flows through the channel and accumulates there.” However, to stop the accumulation of black rock from blocking the channel it apparently was dredged out sometime in February and then dumped on both sides of the trench to “to keep the sand from filling up the channel,” added Chesler. Mark Gold, head of Heal the Bay, said he would “prefer to see the trench filled with sand during the summer months instead of the filthy runoff that usually accumulates there due to the faulty low-flow diversion system at the base of the canyon.” Because of the faulty system, water and debris “routinely” escape from both the berm and the drain, earning the water at that beach an F, “making it the second most polluted beach in California,” explained Gold. “We met with the county recently and again suggested filling in the channel with sand, thereby eliminating the nuisance flows during the dry season. They will look into this.” Efforts have been stepped up in recent weeks to divert the flow of polluted water and debris coming down the channel as both the city and the county are under the gun to meet water-quality standards by July 15, after which both will be susceptible to fines’up to $32,500 a day’under the Clean Water Act. “When the diversion works like it is supposed to, this beach should get an A,” said Gold, who told the Palisadian-Post in an e-mail that “The County Department of Public Works swears that it [black rock] is from upstream in the watershed and it washed down.”

PaliHi Names New Executive Director

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When Amy Dresser Held begins her new job as executive director at Palisades High School on August 1, she will take over a district. Although she’s familiar with the monolithic Los Angeles School District which administers over 700 schools, Held’s district will be the sum of one, but the tasks are in many ways identical. Palisades High School is an independent charter school, which has been detached from its parent LAUSD for the past three years. While the school is exempt from the centralized governance and its one-size-fits-all policies, PaliHi remains tied to the state for educational guidelines and funding, but is on its own for all the back-office operations the district used to control. The job, as Held sees it, is a good fit for her, with her background not only in instruction, but also budget, Internet technology, contracts and communications. “I see seven areas that are involved in this job,” Held says. “These include IT, budget and finance, communications (including marketing), fundraising, personnel and legal issues.” The executive director’s position was created by the board of directors when Pali became fiscally independent in 2003. At the apex of the administrative triumvirate, the executive director works with the management team, including the principal and chief financial officer in running the school, which currently has an enrollment of 2,700 students and a $20-million budget. The former executive director, Jack Sutton, saw the school through its first year of fiscal independence, and shepherded it through charter renewal last year. But Sutton was only part-time and had no office on the PaliHi campus. Held will have a presence on campus, where she plans to be when not attending meetings downtown and elsewhere. At 30 years old, Held has followed a professional path that has wound in and around education, offering experiences from both private and public, and from day-to-day operations to overseeing policy. A K-12 public school student from Gloucester, Massachusetts, Held attended Georgetown, where she received her B.A. in the humanities in international affairs in 1997. Her stirrings of altruism strengthened during college; she volunteered in the Catholic student ministry and tutored, but in her senior year her focus settled on Teach for America, a national teacher corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools. Held spent her two years teaching a 5th grade bilingual class in a mixed-race 4th-8th grade school in south Phoenix. Following her move to Arizona, she decided to come all the way West, partially to be closer to her boyfriend (now husband of four years) Brian, who teaches AP history and economics at Loyola High School. Her first job in Los Angeles was with Score Educational Centers, a computer-based math and reading program for ages 4 to 14. As assistant director, she worked on opening the center in Ladera Heights, doing initial sales and marketing, building a base of students and hiring and training tutors (mostly high school and college students). “I found the work inspiring because I could see how the resources of the private sector, training and good management could be brought to the public schools,” she says. An intense training year followed as Held completed her fellowship with CORO, which offered her hands-on training in public affairs. Her CORO “rotation” serendipitously turned out to be with LAUSD, under the mentorship of then school board president Caprice Young. The relationship turned out to be key, for Young offered Held a position working as her field deputy and policy advisor. “At that time, in 2002, Caprice’s central city district was redrawn, to include most of the West San Fernando Valley,” Held says. “There were 100 schools in her new region, including continuation schools and early education centers, and it was my job to build a relationship with those new schools.” Held jumped to the superintendent’s side for a year, working as special assistant for Maria Ott, senior deputy superintendent. “I was her lead on policy, including the student information tracking system, which keeps tabs on students’ attendance, grades and discipline online.” This system is currently scheduled to be implemented at PaliHi. For the past year, she went over to the governance side, working with Marlene Cantor, who assumed her position as LAUSD president in 2004. It was almost inevitable that with all her experience and professional relationships Held would be drawn to the PaliHi position. “I heard about the position several months ago, while I was attending a charter schools association conference. I saw a lot of different charter leaders there, and later my father-in-law, who is on the PaliHi board, encouraged me. I talked to him about the school, and could see that the school has a lot of latitude to act freely on many issues. He suggested that I might apply for the job, and the more I learned, the more I was convinced to apply.” Held joins another young professional, Gloria Martinez, PaliHi’s principal, who has guided the school in its first chapter as an independent high school, and Greg Wood, chief financial officer. While her experience and energy are important in navigating the currents of her new job, equally valuable will be her intelligence in seeking out information, insight and experience from her colleagues in education. “I know how to access information, and I feel that I’ve got a great network here with the charter school association, with Caprice Young, who is now CEO of California Charter Schools, Brian Bower (executive director at Granada Hills Charter, the only other fiscally independent charter in LAUSD), Merle Price, former deputy superintendent and former PaliHi principal, and Maria Ott. “It’s exciting to see how engaged the parent community is, their high expectations and expertise.”

Beglaris Again Ordered to Vacate Home

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The Department of Building and Safety has revoked the building permits and certificate of occupancy at the principal residence of Mehr and Vickey Beglari.
The Department of Building and Safety has revoked the building permits and certificate of occupancy at the principal residence of Mehr and Vickey Beglari.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer

Within 24 hours of an Orange County judge’s finding that there is “probable cause” that the City of Los Angeles is “in contempt” regarding its handling of a controversial case in Rustic Canyon, the Department of Building and Safety revoked the building permits and certificate of occupancy at 909 Greentree and ordered all work stopped at 921 Greentree, two doors down the street. Both properties are owned by Mehr and Vickey Beglari, who have been embroiled in a five-year battle with several neighbors who filed suit in Superior Court in May against both the couple, the City of L. A. and its Department of Building and Safety for failure to comply with a Court of Appeal order issued in April 2005. At that time, the court called for the building permits and certificate of occupancy to be revoked, as well as a portion of the Beglaris’ principal residence at 909 Greentree Rd. to be demolished. However, it took the City nine months to issue the order to comply. Finally on January 5, Building and Safety ordered the Beglaris to vacate their residence at 909 by February 20. The Beglaris were also ordered to either demolish the house or “submit plans and obtain approvals to remodel the home to comply with the required front yard setbacks, height and all other requirements of the Los Angeles building code.” Building and Safety then rescinded the order on February 7, to the surprise of the neighbors. According to public records, a request was submitted to the department by the Beglaris asking the department to “reinstate building permits to document correct prevailing setbacks, ” which the department did. Exactly what that entailed was unknown at the time. What was known is that the existing house was 14 feet closer to the street (Greentree) than permitted by the governing sections of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. The Beglaris had obtained a building permit in January 2001 to build a 6,550-sq.-ft., two-story addition to their existing 2,000-sq.-ft. ranch-style house at 909 Greentree Rd. Their problem began in April of that year when they started excavating the front of their 10,000-sq.-ft. lot to build an underground garage. The neighbors thought the Beglaris were digging too close to the curb and suspected that the setback was not in accordance with the municipal code. In October 2002, Associate Zoning Administrator Lourdes Green concluded that not only did the setback violate code but that Building and Safety had erred in calculating the “prevailing” front-yard setback for the Beglari house’which was measured from the Beglaris’ next-door neighbor’s detached garage to the curb, instead of from the neighbor’s house to the curb, as required by law. However, the City Planning Commission overruled Green in February 2003. The legal wrangling on both sides finally ended last spring, with the Court of Appeal ordering Building and Safety to revoke all permits issued to the Beglaris, as well as their 2002 certificate of occupancy. The neighbors were elated until they discovered in early February that Building and Safety had not only rescinded the order but reinstated the Beglaris’ building permits “to reflect the revised front-yard prevailing setback based on the current circumstances.” Even more startling was the revelation that the “revised” setback that allowed for the reinstatement had nothing to do with the Beglaris’ residence at 909 Greentree’the subject of the protracted dispute’but from a property the couple owns at 921 Greentree, two doors down the street. There, the couple built a 5-foot addition to the front of the three-bedroom, two-bath ranch-style house they purchased in 2004. The addition’which was attached to the chimney and consisted of a sloped composite roof supported by two wood pillars (four-by-fours)’not only served the purpose of decreasing the house’s setback from the street, but, in doing so, altered the “prevailing” setback for the entire block’which consists of four residences. “The addition at 921 Greentree is built to code, and even though it extends out five feet beyond the house, there is still enough distance between the addition and the curb to comply with the required front-yard setback for this property,” Building and Safety spokesman Bob Steinbach told the Palisadian-Post in February. What surprised neighbor John Rosenfeld about the February ruling was how the city now appeared to have” inappropriately altered one setback to try and justify what is their obvious blunder on another.” Then in May, the Beglaris demolished the canopy and the house at 921 Greentree and had started construction on a 7,000 sq-ft. house on the lot before Friday’s stop work order was issued. Charging all three parties with engaging in a “subterfuge,” the neighbors, who have to date spent close to $500,000, are questioning in their latest suit why it took Building and Safety nine months to finally order the Beglaris to comply. “It is impossible to review these facts without coming to the conclusion that respondents [the City] and Beglari engaged in a willful scheme… to violate a binding decision by the Court of Appeal,” the neighbors stipulate in the May filing. The Beglaris’ response was that they had, in their view, acted both “legally and properly” in submitting new permit applications “based on new circumstances,” an argument which was rejected by Judge David C. Velasquez, who in an unusual move ordered Andrew A. Adelman, head of Building and Safety since 1997, to answer to the contempt charges at a hearing set for July 13. “Everything is on hold until we hear what the court has to say,” Steinbach told the Post on Tuesday.

CLASSIFIED ADS FROM THE JUNE 15, 2006 ISSUE OF THE PALISADIAN-POST

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HOMES FOR SALE 1

LEXINGTON REAL ESTATE PRESENTS AN UNUSUAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY: 17,000 + sq. ft. view lot in the Huntington Palisades with plans for 10,000 sq. ft. estate home and 2,000 sq. ft. guest house. For more details contact Dennis Martin or Jeff Gunn, (323) 936-9449 ACROSS FROM THE BEACH in sought-after Tahitian Terrace. Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath manufactured home. Each bdrm has its own bath with open floor plan including fireplace in livingroom. Private backyard. Low space rent of $630/mo. Rent control, pets ok. Offered at $325,000. SC Realty, cell (818) 577-7116, office (818) 346-6601, ask for Franklin

HOMES WANTED 1b

WE BUY HOUSES, APTS & LAND! ALL CASH, AS-IS, FAST CLOSE. David, (310) 308-7887

HOME EVALUATION 1d

COMPLIMENTARY EVALUATION OF YOUR HOME. It’s fast, easy and it’s free! Visit www.WhatsmyHomeWorth.com

FURNISHED HOMES 2

FURNISHED CHARMING HOUSE near bluffs. 3 bdrms, fireplace, garden, hardwood floors. Available short term. $5,500/mo.+security. Call (310) 459-0765

UNFURNISHED HOMES 2a

PACIFIC PALISADES WONDERFULLY UPDATED ’60s style house on the Castellammare bluffs. 3 bdrms, 2 ba, newly refinished hdwd floors, all white modern kitchen w/ all appliances, central heating and a/c. 2 car garage, pvt yd with lap pool and bonus rooftop jacuzzi with sunset views of the Pacific. $7,500/mo. 17929 Castellammare Pacific Palisades, 90272. Call Gary C. at the Beaumont Co., (323) 466-9761 (M-F, 8:30-5), (323) 314-7143 (evenings and weekends) LOVELY OCEAN VIEW 4 bdrm, 3 ba, 2 fireplaces, jacuzzi tub, yard, patio, coastline view. Available now. (310) 459-4441 or (310) 393-1165 PACIFIC PALISADES. BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED home on mountain edge of alphabet streets, within walking distance to village, 3 bdrms, 2 ba in main house, modern kitchen, Subzero, Viking, granite countertops, hardwood floors, extensive mouldings, updated bathrooms, separate guesthouse with bathroom and kitchen area, 2-car garage, big flat tastefully landscaped yard. Can come partially furnished. $8,000/mo. Call Lisa at (310) 203-7952 or (310) 454-9274 SUNSET MESA. BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED 4 bdrm, 3 ba, ocean views throughout, outdoor kitchen, private yard with jacuzzi, decks. $9,500/mo., short or long term lease. Call (310) 592-2817 EL MEDIO BLUFFS AREA 3 bdrm, 2 ba plus bonus rm, lrg mstr bdrm. All appliances. Corner home w/ mtn view. Priv bkyrd. Gardener incl. Avail 8/1/06-4/30/07. $4,300/mo. Call (310) 454-1669

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 2c

EDGEWATER TOWERS 1 BDRM, large patio, ocean view. Pools, gated security, covered parking, tennis gym and more. Available May. $2,300/mo. Telephone and fax: (310) 454-5652 PACIFIC PALISADES. S.M. BAY OCEAN VIEWS on private drive, gdn style. Pool, private garage, huge patio, 2 bdrm, 2 ba. $2,900/mo. 2 lease until Feb 07. No extension. (310) 459-6369 ONE ROOM, 1 BA APT, kitchenette, carpet, close to village, secluded, bus at corner, 1 car garage, W/D. Available early July. $950/mo. Call (310) 454-9894 NEAR OCEAN: 1 BDRM, 1 BA, Like new, patio, 2 parking, st. level. Walk to shops & rest. $1,300/mo. MUST BE OVER 62. Tel: (310) 454-0846 $1,600/MO. ALL UTIL INCL. CHARMING, self contained 1 bdrm, private entrance, deck and garden. Great ocean view. No pets, N/S. Call (310) 454-5444

RENTALS TO SHARE 3a

QUALITY LIFE, HEART OF PAC PAL village, mtn view, Sunday market, restaurants, shops, activities. Beautiful 3 bdrm, 2 ba condo w/ vaulted ceilings, hdwd flr, balcony, W/D, parking space. Seek considerate, responsible, active, professional like myself. Female preferred. No drugs, smokers, pets, negative thinkers. Ideal for someone on a project here and goes home weekends. $900 + 1/2 util. Call (310) 890-6687 SEEKING ELDERLY WOMAN roommate to share expenses. Beautiful ocean view apartment in the Palisades. Call Martha, (310) 459-8072

WANTED TO RENT 3b

PEDIATRIC L.V.N. A 53-yr widow w/o children/pets. R.N. student seeking 1 bdrm, 1 ba, 1-car garage on the westside in exchange for healthy baby/child care weekends/nights N/S. Miss R., (310) 621-7781 LOOKING TO RENT A ROOM in an apartment or house. Will not be used 95% of the time. Call Sheldon, (310) 721-9090

OFFICE/STORE RENTALS 3c

$950/mo. 15115 1/2 Sunset Blvd. #B. LITE & BRITE 2 room office suite. 2nd floor. Call agent, (310) 459-3493

RENTAL SPACE, STORAGE 3d

ENCLOSED STORAGE GARAGE in village. Available 1 July. $300/mo., $750 security deposit. (310) 454-4668

VACATION RENTALS 3e

PRIVATE FURN APARTMENT IN PARIS. Services available. 24-hour hotline. Starting at $75 a night for 2 persons (studios to 4 bedrooms). Privacy, economy, convenience as you live like a Parisian. 5 day minimum. Established in 1985. PSR 90, Ave Champs-Elysees. PSR, Inc. (312) 587-7707. Fax (800) 582-7274. Web address: www.psrparis.com. Email: Reservations@psrparis.com DO YOU HAVE FAMILY or friends coming in town? Our beautiful 2 bdrm apt will be available 8/10-9/5. Pool, yard. Call (310) 279-8968

BOOKKEEPING/ACCOUNTING 7b

BOOKKEEPER BY THE DAY. Need help with getting your books in order? Help is near! Call Joanie, (310) 486-1055 BOOKKEEPER/EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. QuickBooks, Ouicken, Word processing, Excel spreadsheets, Business Management. Professional, detail-oriented Palisades resident. Exlnt refs upon request. Victoria, (310) 454-2705

COMPUTER SERVICES 7c

PUT YOUR COMPUTER TO WORK – PC BASED CAMERA SURVEILLANCE-Featuring: Live Viewing via Internet & Record to Hard Drive. Easy to Use Low Cost Solutions-4 to 16 Cameras – FRANKEL CONSULTING – 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. End Run-around. Pop-up Expert! Satisfying Clients since 1992. If I Can’t Help, NO CHARGE! COMPUTER WORKS! Alan Perla, (310) 455-2000 COMPUTER CONSULTANT, MAC SPECIALIST. Very Patient, Friendly and Affordable. Tutoring Beginners to Advanced Users. Wireless DSL internet. MAC/PC SET UP – Repair – Upgrade – OS X. Senior discounts! Home/Office. William Moorefield, (310) 838-2254. macitwork.com

GARAGE, ESTATE SALES 7f

PLANNING A GARAGE SALE? a moving sale? a yard sale? a rummage sale? an estate 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 – Furniture – Antiques – Collectibles – Junque – Reliable professionals Local References

ORGANIZING SERVICES 7h

PERSONAL ASSISTANCE, ORGANIZATION & BOOKKEEPING. Superior services provided with discretion & understanding Palisadian resident. Local references. Call Sarah, (310) 573-9263 HOME & HOME OFFICE MANAGEMENT. Do you need regular assistance, but not full time help? 15 yrs exper, exclnt refs. Website: www.paulapopins.com. (310) 455-4281

WORDPROCESSING/EDITING 7i

TRANSCRIPTION & WORD PROCESSING * General transcription * Medical * Psychology * Psychiatry * Academic * Manuscripts * Mailing Lists * Labels. Quality & Accuracy. Hedy Wolf, (310) 451-7548

NANNIES/BABYSITTERS 8a

BABYSITTER AVAILABLE Mon.-Sat. References, own transportation. Loves kids! Call Rocio, (310) 703-2591 HOUSEHOLD ORGANIZER! Cook, kids, after school, pets, plants, office, light cleaning, errands, laundry, ironing. 20 years experience. Local references. Ruth, (310) 429-2459 EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER available M-F. Very good references. Own transportation. Call Sheila, (310) 270-6761

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 AVAILABLE, Local references, own transportation. Available Thursday & Saturday. Call Marta, (213) 365-6609, or leave message, PLEASE. HOUSECLEANING/OR BABYSITTING Available Mon. thru Fri., 7 a.m.-4 p.m. L/I or L/O References, experienced with children. Own transportation. Please call Imelda, (323) 752-5244 HOUSEKEEPER WITH WONDERFUL references. Avail Mon.-Fri. Call Nydia, cell, (323) 346-7003 HOUSEKEEPER READY TO WORK now. Mon-Fri. Great references. Many years experience. Please call Camilla, (323) 296-4410 or (310) 955-7471 HOUSEKEEPER WANTS TO WORK 3 days, Sun, Mon, Tues. Excellent references. Call Marcelina, (310) 902-1976 or (310) 398-4952 HOUSEKEEPER/EXCELLENT references, own transportation. Available Monday-Friday. Please call Virginia, (310) 287-0186, (310) 384-3418 HOUSEKEEPER/BABYSITTER I am available Friday and Saturday. Day/Night. Excellent references. Call Irma, (213) 383-7675 HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE MON.-FRI. Good references. Own transportation, honest & reliable. Over 15 yrs experience, good prices, responsible. Please call Jazmina, (213) 381-5924 or (323) 839-599

ELDER CARE/COMPANIONS 10a

CAREGIVERS/COMPANIONS Live in/out. Minimum 2 years experience. 3 work related references required. CNA’S/CHH’S welcomed. Bondable. Call (323) 692-3692

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 TREE AND LANDSCAPE EXPERT. Horticulturist, arborist, landscape manager/designer. Tree diagnosis, trimming, removal, appraisal/donation for tax deduction. Lawn diagnosis, repair. Sprinklers, drip systems. Expert maintenance. Greenhouse/veggie/herb gardens Comprehensive plant & landscape consulting. Darren Butler, (818) 271-0963 POND CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN: Water gardening. Japanese Koi fish. Filtration pond service, repair & maintence. Free estimates. Cell, (310) 498-5380, (310) 390-1276. Visit us at www.TheKingKoi.com GARCIA GARDENING SERVICE – Maintenance – Sprinkler Systems – Planting – Clean-up – Landscape – (310) 733-7414

MOVING & HAULING 11b

HONEST MAN SERVICES. 14″ van & dollies. Small jobs to 2 bedrooms. Hauls it all. California/Nevada. Over 12 years. Westside experience. (310) 285-8688

HEALTH & BEAUTY CARE 12a

NEED A PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINER? I can customize a workout program just for you! Please call Karen, (818) 368-1205

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 20 years Westside. Clean and detailed. Free estimates, sills and screens included. Up to two stories only. Brian, (310) 289-5279

MISCELLANEOUS 13i

PRESSURE WASHING. Superior cleaning, driveways, walkways, patios. Craig, (310) 459-9000

HOUSESITTING 14b

HOUSE/PETSITTER AVAILABLE: Currently sitting for Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. Looking for next job. Has house/pet sat $2M home in BH. References: well known actor, exec producer. (917) 754-6735

PARTY ENTERTAINMENT 14e

LA’S PREMIER EXOTIC PARTY & event staffing firm. Theme parties available. Bartenders, servers, etc. domesticdesires.com. (323) 969-0840

PET 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) 230-3829

SCHOOLS, 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 APPLYING TO COLLEGE? Need help? A. Bartle, experienced college counselor. (310) 594-1833 PRIVATE PIANO INSTRUCTION IN YOUR HOME: Customized learning made FUN! Classical – Modern – Jazz – See results. KIDS & ADULTS. Palisades Chamber member. Sandra, (310) 666-4149 PALISADES LEARN AND PLAY creative & nurturing Pre-K program. Crafts, music and educational curriculum. All staff CPR certified. Openings for summer/fall. Full or P/T. (310) 459-0920

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 grade levels, conversational & all ages. Local refs, flexible hours. Please call Noelle at (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 & AP). In-home tutoring at great rates. Call Jonathan, (310) 560-9134 PIANO TEACHER IN PACIFIC PALISADES! 20 years experience. I teach in your home. Great with children and adults returning to the piano. Call Karen Rae, (310) 383-0200 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 PROFESSIONAL PRIVATE TUTOR (Mathematics, Science, SATs, ACTS) 9+ years experience, UCLA graduate w/ degree in Mathematics. First lesson half off! Janice, (949) 351-5717; www.TheLATutor.com TOP TUTOR. Harvard-Westlake “A” Student: History, Algebra I & Latin I, for enrichment or getting ahead, summer is a great time to become the student you want to be. $25 per hour. Ryan, (310) 663-2317

CABINET MAKING 16

CUSTOM CARPENTRY – Entertainment Units – Cabinets – Libraries – Bars – Wall Units – Custom Kitchens – Remodeling – Designed to your Specifications – Free Estimates – CA Lic. #564263 – (310) 823-8523 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.com

CARPENTRY 16a

QUALITY CRAFTMANSHIP. Skylights, windows, doors, fencing, decks, kitchens, bath, etc. (310) 428-3822

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

CASTLE CONSTRUCTION. New homes, remodeling, additions, fine finish carpentry. Serving the Westside for 20 yrs. Lic. #649995. Call James, (310) 450-6237

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 (Not lic.). 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

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.com

HANDYMAN 16n

HANDYMAN, Since 1975. Call for your free est. Local ref. Lic. #560299. Member, Chamber of Commerce. 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 HANDYMAN SERVICES. No job too small. 10 years experience in the Palisades. Please call (310) 454-3838 for prompt, friendly service. Not licensed. 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

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 16o

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

PAINTING, 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

PLUMBING 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) 678-6634 WHITTLE’S PLUMBING – Drain & sewer problems – Garbage disposal & H2O heaters – Copper repiping & gas lines – Fixtures remodels – General construction. #1 PLUMBING. Mobile, (310) 429-7187. Lic. #668743

REMODELING 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

HELP WANTED 17

DRIVERS: EARN MORE AT WERNER ENTERPRISES. Western region runs. Also seeking inexperienced and seasonal drivers. (800) 346-2818 ext 123 FURNITURE SHOWROOM on Abbot Kinney is hiring full time sales associate. Retail experience, 1 year minimum. Must be self-motivated, ambitious, work well with others, customer service oriented and have PC skills. One weekend day a must. Fax resume & salary history, (310) 450-7687 RECEPTIONIST/ADMIN. Fast-paced, upscale office in Pacific Palisades. Will train & reward. PT/FT. Call (310) 454-0317 BACK OFFICE. Fast-paced, upscale office in Pacific Palisades. Will train & reward. Call (310) 454-0317 RECEPTIONIST FOR CONST. CO. Exp. required. $10 to start. Avail. immed. Fax Res.: (310) 573-1686 MEDICAL OFFICE, Santa Monica. Part-time position. Front and back office. Experienced, or we will train the right motivated person. (310) 829-3303 or fax resume to (310) 829-3301 LOOKING FOR BRIGHT, energetic, dependable receptionist w/ excellent communication skills. Responsibilities: Answering phones, greeting clients, data entry, filing & mail distribution. Great working environment & benefits package. Email resume to: Robert.chapman@leoindus.com or fax: (310) 573-9507 RECEPTIONIST/OFFICE assistant full time for Pacific Palisades travel agency. Excellent phone skills required and general office experience. Call Pat or Geri at (310) 459-9891

AUTOS 18b

2004 GLS CONVERTIBLE Volkswagen Beetle Turbo. 15,000 miles, leather heated seats, tiptronic xmission. Please call (310) 592-2817

FURNITURE 18c

ALL ITEMS UNUSED. Queen mattress set, cost $595, sacrifice $195. Dinette set, cost $495, sacrifice $195. Sofa sectional, cost $1295, sacrifice $695. Chest of drawers, cost $595, sacrifice $295. (310) 451-2319 BDRM SET, DINING, MIRRORS, lawn furniture and much, much more. Moving in 2 weeks. Call (310) 573-9622 or (310) 993-0670

GARAGE, ESTATE SALES 18d

YARD SALE: SATURDAY, 6/17, 9 a.m.-12 noon. 958 Hartzell St. (corner of Hartzell & Bashford). Furniture, plants, office and mailing supplies, kitchen appliances, gardening tools, electronics (including satellite TV boxes), sporting equipment. Good prices, everything must go! SANTA MONICA CANYON Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Vintage 1920s-’80s, art, antiques, beads, Christmas, frames, quilts, china, glass, linens, books. 694 San Lorenzo St. in backyard. W. H’WOOD-LA BREA. INCREDIBLE MOVING SALE! High-end contemp furn/furnishings/Swed. Pine DR table (c. 1800s) Cabinets/ent.cent/glass chrome coffee table/2teak tables/Uphols’d beds/TV’s/stereos/new fridge/office/comput equip/Baccarat, Limoges/books/lots more. Don’t miss it! 355 La Brea (bet. Bev Blvd./Oakwood [TG 593 D-7]). FRI.-SAT., June 16-17, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

WANTED TO BUY 19

WANTED: Old tube guitar amplifiers, ’50s, ’60s, etc. Tommy, (310) 306-7746 – profeti2001@yahoo.com

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