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May

2012

#367

May Beachhead - pdf file

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

The Fire Next Time - Jim Smith

  • Uprising L.A. - Photo Collage by Christine Burrill

EXTRA! Silicon Discovered in Venice - Jamie Virostko

Venice Japanese-American Memorial Marker - Photo by Matthew Hynes

 

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Thanks for your generous donations

Letters:

  • Venice Skills Center - Rich Mann
  • Big Wheel - Gail Rogers
  • Moved by Open Letter - Diane Loggin

Photo: Wealth and Poverty in Venice.

Ad: Paginator Wanted by Free Venice Beachhead

Ad: Douglas Eisenstark Acupuncture

Ad: Christoph Marquardsen, Contractor - Carpenter

 

PAGE THREE

Tenants Reclaim Lincoln Place - Jim Smith

  • Photo by Gail Weissman

Zip Line on the Beach? - Greta Cobar

To Feed or not to Feed, That is the Question? - Ronald K. McKinley

Cinco de Mayo Pancake Breakfast - Roger Linnett

Ad: Nutritional Warehouse

 

PAGE FOUR

Santa Monica College Students Blind-sided by Campus Police - Roger Linnett

The Fires Next Time - continued from page 1

  • Photo by Chip Gatz, reprinted from the July 1992 Beachhead.

Ad: David L. Moring, Attorney

 

PAGE FIVE

Ocean Front Walk: Vending or Free Speech - Greta Cobar

  • Photos by Greta Cobar

Photo: Edward Brown and his Rolling Piano by Martin Fogal, from the Beachhead Archives.

POed at the PO - Song by Suzy Williams

 

PAGE SIX

How Peter Douglas Saved Venice and the California Coast - Jim Smith

Political Cartoon by Khalil Bendib

Ad: Beyond Baroque - Art for Music's Save, May 6

 

PAGE SEVEN

Venice is for the Birds - Vanessa Cabello

  • Photos by Vanessa Cabello

They're Walkways, not "Side" walks - Fred Owens

  • Photo by Jim Smith

Ad: Marla's Cafe

 

PAGE EIGHT

Scene of the Crime: Marker Unveiled Where Japanese-Americans Where Taken to Camps - Jim Smith

  • Photos by Lisa Aycock, Ron Heinmuller, Pegarty Long

Ad: Abbot's Habit

 

PAGE NINE

No one ever said it would be easy: Saving the Venice Post Office - Jim Smith

  • Photo by Sonjia Gust

Daniel Kaufman - Art at the Speed of Heat - Roger Linnett

 

PAGE TEN

Like Father, Like Daughter - Jack Neworth

  • Photo by Don Dior

Stop Drinking Soda - Marisa Peck

Swami X Speaks

  • Photo by Jim Smith

Ad: Sinners and Saints

 

PAGE ELEVEN

Poetry

  • Andrew’s Alley – Krista Schwimmer
  • In Rhyme - L.E. Mintz
  • What must be said - Günter Grass
  • What We All Must Say -  Jim Smith
  • But Don’t See Me - Ronald K. Mc Kinley
  • Our Lady – Mary Getlein
  • Under the Sole – Hal Bogotch

 

PAGE TWELVE

Oil Strike in Venice Peninsula - Delores Hanney

EXTRA! Silicon Discovered in Venice - continued from page 1

Ad: Great Western Steak and Hoagie

 

PAGE THIRTEEN

Adventures with the Landlord - CJ Gronner

Fundraiser to Repair the Poetry Walls

 

PAGE FOURTEEN

Venice Sills Center Still Fighting for Survival - Charles Thomas

Lottery Ticket Gone Bad - Art by Janice Yudell

Ad: Mission Accomplished

Ad: electric lodge

 

PAGE FIFTEEN

Calendar

 

PAGE SIXTEEN

Daniel Kaufman - Art at the Speed of Heat - continued from page 9

Ad: Venice Spring Fling, May 12

Back by Popular Demand - Auburn-Haired Beauty Parade Poster

Ad: Mystic Journey Bookstore - An Evening with George Noory

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