2005
#286
CONTENTS
PAGE ONE
100 Years of Solicitude in Venice - By Marizsa Bravo-Casillas
100 Year Parade - July 4
Casualties in Iraq
PAGE TWO
Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates
Letters
- The Torso - Moe Stavnezer
- Gunfire: What is it good for? - Rich Mann
- “Bootlegged” rental units - Michael Millman
- Nobody Leaves Venice - Pat Hartman
More letters on Page 11
PAGE THREE
Those Wacky Venetians - By Jim Smith
1969 Photo of John Haag at the Venice Jail - Bill Daley
Immigration or Integration - By John Davis
Photo of June 25 Counter-demonstration to SOS at Baldwin Park - Jim Smith
PAGE FOUR
Venice Ocean Front Walk - Rich Mann
Venice Changed my Life - By Moe Stavnezer
100 Years of Solicitude - continued from page one
PAGE FIVE
When Venice stopped a (police) riot by stopping a parade - By Carol Fondiller
Venice and the next 100 years - By Pano Douvos
Photo of Venice Lagoon, 1925
The Fog of Forgetfulness - By Jim Smith
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PAGE SIX
It’s not easy representing Venice,and the Military-Industrial Complex
Photo: Jane Harman and picketers at the Venice Farmers Market, June 3
Beach Heads - First a newspaper, now a toy!
Graduation night at the Venice Skills Center
Carnavale 2005
PAGE SEVEN
From the Beachhead Archives: A TRIP THROUGH OAKWOOD
Carol Tantau: Woman of the Year
PAGE EIGHT
A SEASHORE MEMOIR, celebrating Venice’s 100th Anniversary, 1905-2005, by Maryjane - Reviewed by Emily Winters
High Noon at Lincoln Place - By Sheila Bernard
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In Brief...
- DONE sets GRVNC elections
- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for EIR at Lincoln Center
- 50 appeals of Torso in the Circle
- OFW permits going to court
Venice and the next 100 years - continued from page five
PAGE NINE
Poetry
- On returning to Venice - Stuart Z. Perkoff
- Clan Of Darkness - Validus Veritas
- From my mouth - Anonymous
- Stripes - Hal Bogotch
- HERE (for Venice) - Pat Emerson
- REPLY TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION STAFF REPORT ON # 8 BROOKS, VENICE - Michel Evelyn
PAGE TEN
Cinema with Soul – Helping Human Evolution - By Theresa Hulme
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Stopping a riot by stopping a parade – continued from page 5
PAGE ELEVEN
Good Bye to my favorite Hardware store - C.V. Beck
Photo: Devil with a Briefcase - at the site of the Pavilion
Grunion Party
Letters
- Drowning in trash - Drowning in Trash
- Morrison and the Spirit of Venice - Lynette
- Is the Beachhead Socialist? - Leyla K
PAGE TWELVE
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