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Earl Newman designed 40th Anniversary Masthead

A Beach Head Writes About The Beachhead - Carol Fondiller

Celebrate 40 Years of the Free Venice Beachhead - Saturday, Dec. 13

4,207 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,288,425 Iraqi Dead; 627 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan, Cost of Iraq: $575 billion

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Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

• I've Never Done This Before - Donna Lacey
• You Guys Rock - Pat Hartman
• Congratulations on your 40th Birthday!!!! Keep up the good work of keeping Venice well informed! - Emily Winters
• Vigilantes Don't Like Vintage Cars - Nancy Raffaelli Richards

Beach Head Carol Fondiller - continued from page 1

A letter from the past - S.E. Mendelson

Ad: Venice Town Council Party - Dec. 12

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Welcome to Venice. Now Run! - Karl Abrams

Retirement Income

Negotiations Underway to Buy Lincoln Place

Neighborhood Council's Homeless/RV Committee Holds Secret Meeting - Mark Lipman

Filing Closes for City Elections

Permit Parking: City Hall Says NO to 102 Venice Appeals; Fight Moves to Coastal Commission - Jim Smith

Ad: Joel Isaacs, Ph.D. - Body oriented psychotherapist

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Cop Shoots Self in Leg - News at 11 - Jessica Aden and Mark Lipman

Venice High School Pool Closure? - Lydia Poncé

Murdered on Abbot Kinney Blvd.: Who Was Adam Pacheco? - Jessica Aden

Venice Says No To Prop. 8 - Amy V. Dwhurst

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Can We Keep Venice Livable? YES WE CAN! AND YES WE HAVE! - Jim Smith

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Beachheads Through The Years

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Guadalupe Day - Finding More Than Meets The Eye - Maria Joyouspirit

A Cell Tower in Your Back Yard - Lydia Poncé

Swami Goes To The Movies - Review of What Just Happened? - Swami X

Ad: Mission Accomplished - Cartoons by Khalil Bendib

Ad: Doug Eisenstark

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Color Beachheads

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Do you knowk about the Venice Surf and Skateboard Association? - Edizen Stowell, Venice Paparazzi

• Photo collage by Edizen Stowell

2nd Annual Feed the Beach on Thanksgiving Serves 700 - James and Nina Merced

• Photos by Kirsten Levisen and Edizen Stowell

Ad: The Farmacy

Ad: Eko Zone

Ad: The Talking Stick Coffee Lounge

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Beachhead Archives:

• Canal Bridge - Photo: Roderick Phillip Bradley (March 1981)
• Constitution Void on Venice Beach? - John Haag (Feb. 1971)
• Hog Wild Weekend - Carol Fondiller
• Park a Car, Go to Jail - John Haag (Feb. 83)
• Rick and Marge get married on the beach (Dec. 1969)

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Poetry

• living green - Rex Butters
• At the 99 Cents Store Off Lincoln Boulevard - Krista Swimmer
• Beachhead - rf wagner jr
• Beachhead Loves Venice - Erica Snowlake
• The Heroic Age of Venice - Jim Smith

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Beachhead Archives: Collage of headlines from the Beachhead - Jan. 1973 - Dec. 1976

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Poets as Rebels - Krista Swimmer

Poetry

• Billie Holiday - Majid Naficy
• Spearhead with a new face - Hillary Kaye
• 8 Guys Behind A Bar - Mark Lipman

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Political Cartoon by Khalil Bendib

How Venice Voted - Jim Smith

The Venice Surf and Skateboard Association - continued from page 9

Ad: Poet For Sale

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Calendar - Community Events - day by day

Season's Greetings from the Beachhead

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Original Poster by Earl Newman

Beachhead@freevenice.org