2009
#338
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CONTENTS
PAGE ONE
Hundreds enjoy a communal dinner on Westminster Avenue thanks to the giving spirit of our community
- Photo by Greta Cobar
Monday Nights Working With The Beachhead Collective - Krista Schwimmer
Medical Marijuana Debated in Venice – and L.A. - Maureen Cotter
928 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 20 this month
4,367 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 14 this month; 1,339.771 Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $937+ billion
PAGE TWO
Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates
Letters
- Was it murder?
1. Isabel Moritz
2. Name withheld
3. Jim Smith
- Correction to “Murder on Venice Blvd.” – Christopher Medak
- A Voice from the 70s – Joanne Zazzi (formerly Joanne Curtis)
- Medical Marijuana – Lisa Green
Ad: Just Tantau
PAGE THREE
Hundred Eat At "Feed the Beach" - Roger Linnett
- Photo by Greta Cobar
Medical Marijuana Debated in Venice - continued from page 1
- Photo: Town Hall on Medical Marijuana by Jim Smith
Swami X Speaks
- Photo by Lance Diskan
PAGE FOUR
Monday Nights With the Beachhead Collective - continued from page 1
Graphic: Free Venice storming the beach head - Bill Olive
Ad: Beachhead Anniversary Event, Dec. 6
PAGE FIVE
Made for Each Other: The Story of a Town and a Newspaper - Jim Smith
1971 Beachhead Graphic: Vietnamization of Ocean Front Walk
Ad: Surfing Cowboys
PAGE SIX
Swine Flu: Nothing to Sneeze At - Greta Cobar
- Political Graphic on Swine Flu by Khalil Bendib
PAGE SEVEN
Venice Quiz
PAGE EIGHT AND NINE
Meet the New Boss - Same As The Old Boss? - Charlie Beck appointed police chief
- Photos by Jim Smith
Victim Blamed for Fatal Crash!
- Photos by Jim Smith
Ad: 100 for the Beachhead
Ad: Beachhead Anniversary Event, Dec. 6
PAGE TEN
Thank You Venetians - All of You Who Have Served On The Beachhead Collective Through The Years!
Ad: Beachhead Anniversary Event, Dec. 6
Ad: Mission Accomplished
PAGE ELEVEN
The Beats in 1959 Venice - Bill Fleeman
- Photo: Venice West by Charles Brittin
PAGE TWELVE
Letter on Medical Marijuana - cointinued from page 2
Photo: Abbot Kinney Mural on Venice Blvd. by Jim Smith
Ad: Venice Originals
Venice Quiz - continued from page 7
Poetry:
• Even Steven – –Hal Bogotch
• left is always right – Patrick Vince
PAGE THIRTEEN
Poetry
• Eat Your Fill of Gold - Mark Lipman
• Old Friends – – Mary Getlein
• at the tree at Glyndon and Venice – R.F.Wagner, Jr.
• Cast Iron - hillary kaye
• Big Lots – Krista Schwimmer
• Come Home With Us – Jim Smith
PAGE FOURTEEN
Made for Each Other: The Story of a Town and a Newspaper - continued from page 5
- Photo: Sea Gulls
Ad: Chihuahua for Sale
Ad: Beachhead Anniversary Event, Dec. 6
PAGE FIFTEEN
Calendar
Ad: LA Surf and Swim
Ad: SecretXmas.com
PAGE SIXTEEN
Happy Holidays from the Beachhead Collective
- Photo by Pegarty Long
Ad: Mystic Journey Bookstore
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