August
2007

#310

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Art on a Leaf - Art by Jesus Leal

The Art of Ocean Front Walk - Della Franco

3,640 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 655,000+ Iraqi Dead

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Where Art Meets Crime - CJ Gronner

Letters:

  • To Fred Dewey On The Occasion of His 50th Birthday - Michael Simmons
  • Who's A Venetian? - Abbot
  • Lincoln Place Lives - Spike Marlin

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PAGE THREE

The Senate's Blank Check for War on Iran - Chris Floyd

The Resistible Rise of Antonio V - Jim Smith

PAGE FOUR

Neighborhood Councils: White, Rich, Homeowners - Jim Smith

Report on the July Venice Neighborhood Council Meeting - C.V. Beck

Lincoln Place: Tent City Report - C.V. Beck

PAGE FIVE

Elinor Aurthur, community activist, urban planner, writer and former Venice councilmember, 1942-2007

  • Elinor's involvement in the Venice Community Coalition - Laura Silagi, David Ewing, Jerry Jaffe, Mindy Taylor-Ross
  • Elinor Aurthur - obituary
  • Poem: Paper Birch for Elinor - Regina O'Melveny

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PAGE SIX

Bye Bye Beyond Baroque

Photo: Fred Dewey and Beyond Baroque - Rex Butters

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PAGE SEVEN

Bye Bye Beyond Baroque - continued

Photo: Fred Dewey and 300 poets - Mark Savage

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PAGE EIGHT

Bye Bye Beyond Baroque - continued

Photos: Fred Dewey; Poets at Venice poet wall - St. Teresa Stone

PAGE NINE

Poetry:

  • Hunker Down - Hal Bogotch
  • I Remember - C.V. Beck
  • The Thief on the Water - Charles C. Purin
  • Untitled - Hillary Kaye
  • The Words of the Poets - Jim Smith
  • To The Vanishing Bees - Sherman Pearl
  • Exstacey - John O'Kane

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PAGE TEN

Philomene Long's Contest for Beachhead Readers

The Resistible Rise of Antonio V - continued from page 3

The Senate's Blank Check for War on Iran - continued from page 3

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PAGE ELEVEN

Sicko, The Movie - Karl Abrams

Asking abused kids to speak up

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PAGE TWELVE

CommUnity Events - by the numbers

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