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Photo: Japanese removal from Venice, April 25, 1942 - Emerson Gaze

Village of the Damned - John Davis

Growing Up in Oakwood - Lisa Marguerite Mora

It Did Happen Here: When our Japanese neighbors were sent to concentration camps - Scott Yuda, Jr.

4,263 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 12 this month; 1,320,110 Iraqi Dead;
673 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 13 this month, Cost of Iraq: $609 billion

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Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

• Sponto - Gina Graham
• Heroic Story - maryjanie

In Brief:

Venice Affordable Housing Fight Goes to Washington - Mark Lipman

Residents fight back against S.M. Airport

Photo: Plane comes down on Rose Avenue in the 80s.

Beachhead Women Writers Rock Out at Beyond Baroque

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New Music Venue in Venice – The Stronghold - Carol Gronner

3 Super-Simple Social Speedways To Save The Earth! - Amy Dewhurst

• Graphic: Earthday

Mulitation Nation - Art by Janice Yudell

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When our Japanese neighbors were sent to concentration camps - continued from page 1

Lest We Forget

New Music Venue in Venice – continued from page 3

Photo: Tom Freund Band - Frances Wong

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President Obama and Mr. Abajo - Jim Smith

Political cartoon by Khalil Bendib

Photo: Jump! You Fuckers!

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Photos: Vigilante NIMBYs target homeless

Three Things You Can Do Right Now To Help Homeless People - Peggy Lee Kennedy

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There's a Poster Contest! - Venice Carnevale is Coming!

• Graphics: Past Posters of Carnevale

Ad: Mission Accomplished - Cartoon Book by Khalil Bendib

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The Fool - How Splendid Is The Adventure! - Krista Schwimmer

• Graphic: Tarot Card: The Fool

Swami X Speaks - Film Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons & Other Musings

• Swami on the Ocean Front Walk, circa 1977

Poetry:

traffic - Rex Butters

Earth - Denise Roman

Abbot's Habit - David Busch

Venice Canals - Samuel Oliver Kuhr

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Poetry:

• Letting Bluebird Out (In Memory of Charles Bukowski) - Krista Schwimmer
• Impressions of Cuba - Jim Smith
• Temescal Canyon Road and the PCH - RF Wagner
• Imposing Democracy - Mark Lipman
• Santa Monica's homeless population dropped from 999 to 915 - an almost 8 percent decrease! - Peggy Lee Kennedy

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How Venice Voted in the City Election

• Chart - How Venice Voted

Village of the Damned - continued from page 1

Ad: Alan Goldberg - Electrical, Plumbing

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Beachhead/Earl Newman Poster Offer - Venice West Cafe - In Memory of Sponto and John Haag

Growing Up in Oakwood - continued from page 1

Ad: Tarot & Palmistry - Krista & Michael

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Book Review by Gwendolyn Lee: Looking for the Real Thing: A Young Adult Novel Written by Alan Gorg

• Graphic: Book Cover

Oakwood Park - Fun for the Entire Family! - Lydia Poncé

• Photo: Donovin Moore at the keyboard - Lydia Poncé
• Photo: Senior Aerobics: Jeanette Kohane, Irene Gomez, Francisca Medina, Stella Peotrowski, Maria Arellano, Jeanne Rajlich, Michelle Schuman, and Janice Santos - Photo by Lydia Poncé

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