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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Special Summer in Venice Issue

Art: Independence Day ~ Venice Style - Frank Strasser

Summer in Venice, in 2062 - Jim Smith

• Lifeguard Station

Everything is Normal in Venice - CJ Gronner

• Photo: Solar Eclipse - Jim Smith

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Thanks for your generous donations

Letters:

• Surf & Skate Fest - Brady Walker
• PO'd at the P.O. - Suzy Williams
• Even More PO'd at the P.O. - Patrick Frank
• Venice Entertainer Framed in Santa Monica? - Greta Cobar

About the Cover

PAGE THREE

Post Office Picket Planned For June 22 - Greta Cobar

• Photos by Jim Smith

Defaced Mural to be Restored - Roger Linnett

Voting Like It Mattered - Jim Smith

PAGE FOUR

Students, Teachers Work To Save The Venice Skills Center And Adult Education - Charles Thomas

Summer in Venice, in 2062 - continued from page 1

Ad: Hoagies

Ad: Douglas Eisenstark Accupunture and Herbs

PAGE FIVE

Two Views of the Zip Line

• Zipped, Not Taxed - Dean Henderson
• Zipped or unzipped? - Katy Crenshaw

Photo: Venice City Hall in 1969

Money Available for Venice Nonprofits

Ad: P.O.V. - Pilates On Venice

PAGE SIX

Get To Know Vibul - Anne Alvarez

• Photos by Anne Alvarez

Ad: Abbot's Habit

PAGE SEVEN

What The Frack Is Under My Bed? - Suzy Williams

Political Cartoon, "Suspicious Character" - FJ Matson

Book Review: "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindness," by Michelle Alexander - Reviewed by Mary Getlein

PAGE EIGHT

Novel Explores Early Day Venice: "Lions & Gondolas" by Laura Shepard Townsend - Reviewed by Delores Hanney

• Book Cover Art by M.T.

The Alleys of Venice - Fred Owens

• Photos by Fred Owens and Jim Smith

PAGE NINE

Poetry

• Every - francEYE
• I Love My Homies - Mary Getlein
• Breaking Through - Jim Smith
• Untitled - Hillary Kaye
• Bummer ? Summer - paul tanck
• Venice Fog - Frank T. Rios
• Living Life Amused - Cameron Prior

City of Venice logo

Ad: Sinners & Saints

Ad: electric lodge

PAGE TEN

Day of Remembrance to Honor Oakwood Deceased

• Flyer

Venice Entertainer Framed in Santa Monica? - continued from page 2

• Photo by Greta Cobar

Theater Review: Astral Dick

Ad: Nutritional Warehouse

PAGE ELEVEN

Calendar

PAGE TWELVE

Another Perfect Day in Venice: Photo by Ray Rae

Ad: Cairo Cowboy

Wrong Way on a Walk Street? - Photo by Jim Smith

Ad: 4th Annual Summer Fest, July 28-29