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State Supreme Court Deals Double Whammy to Developers

Photo: Lincoln Place Apartments - Saved!

When Jack Kerouac Came to Venice - John Thomas

Photo: The Match Box bar at Brooks and OFW

100 for the Beachhead - Become a Sustainer today

3,878 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,118,846 Iraqi Dead

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Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

• 5 Rose Avenue Apartments - Shirley M. Anderson
• Beach Access for All - C.V. Beck

Photo: 5 Rose Apartments in 1974

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PAGE THREE

It's 2008 - Run for Your Lives! - Jim Smith

Lakota Nation Declares Independence. Can Venice Be Far Behind?

Graphic: What would Sitting Bull do?

PAGE FOUR

Swami Speaks - X Swami X

Impeaching the Vice President - A Congressional View

Resolution for Impeachment by Cong. Dennis Kucinich

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Interview with Venice Poet Frank Rios - Hillary Kaye

Photo: Frank Rios - Jim Smith

Drawings by Frank Rios

Beachhead Readings bring back the Venice West

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Here Come the Venice Paparazzi - Karl Abrams

Phots by Venice Paparazzi; Collage by J. Grant Buckerfield

Venetians in the Street - Della Franco

An RV Fairytale - Erica Snowlake

Photo: Big pink RV - Della Franco

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PAGE EIGHT

Martin Luther King in his own words

The Martin Luther King Kingdom Day Parade

California Presidential Primary is Feb. 5

Ocean Front Walk Ordinance Still Being Debated

And Still They Come

• My Dear lady Night (for Philomene Long) - S.A. Griffin
• poem for philomene long - John Dorsey

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this paper is a poem

• Rise Venice Rise - Jim Smith
• Auction - Sherman Pearl
• Just Once - Lynne Bronstein
• The Sky - hillary kaye
• reflection - D.T. Jenkins

The Venice Beat Poets (Frank T. Rios) - The Great River Outside the Mainstream - Hillary Kaye

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Interview with Venice Poet Frank Rios - continued from page 5

An RV Fairytale - continued from page 7

PAGE ELEVEN

CommUnity Calendar Events - by the numbers

ART: Venice: Center of the Universe? - Bob Farrington

100 for the Beachhead

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Venice Swimmers Brave 70 Degree Temperatures to Take a Dip on New Year's Day

Photos by Alexandria

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