July
2011

#357

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Venice Incorporated 100 Years Ago

  • Photo: Jim Smith

Community Pressure Saves Vera Davis Center - Roger Linnett

Save the Venice Post Office

718 Bombing Victims in Libya
1,642 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 44 this month
4,466 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 12 this month;
33,080 U.S. Wounded
Up to 1.4 million Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $1.2+ trillion

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

  • Urges Letter Writing Campaign Opposing Blue Bus Cutback – Carolyn Rios
  • Commission of Errors – John Davis
  • Clarification from Boston Dawna 

Neighbors in an Uproar Over Condo Development - Roger Linnett

Correction

Ad: Edgar Saenz - Wills, Trusts, Estates

Ad: Hoagie's

PAGE THREE

Venice's Lizard King 40 Years On - Lynne Bronstein

The Venice Oceanarium: The Grunion Are Running - Tim Rudnick

Vera Davis Center Saved - continued from page 1

Ad: Abbot's Pizza Company

PAGE FOUR

Hal's On Abbot Kinney - CJ Gronner

  • Photo: Alan Shaffer

Coping with Shootings and Complexities in Modern Life - DeDe Audet

Ad: Marla's Cafe

    Ad: ATLI Handcrafted Furniture

PAGE FIVE

100 Years Ago: 1911 Was A Banner Year in Venice – City of Venice and Venice Union High School Both Created - Jim Smith

  • Reproductions of Venice Vanguard Newspaper, 1911
  • The Once and Future City of Venice (city limits of Venice)
  • Sidebar: How Can Venice Be Preserved?

PAGE SIX

Photo: The Venice Post Office Mural

Save The Venice Post Office

Interview with Edward Biberman, Painter of the Post Office Mural - Betty Hoag

Juan's Hats - Third in a series

Ad: Abbot's Habit

PAGE SEVEN

King Neptune Returns - CJ Gronner

  • Photos by CJ Gronner
  • Ad: Cairo Cowboy

    Political Cartoon: Shh! The Patriot Act has been renewed... - Dave Granlund

PAGE EIGHT

Book Review: Charles Brittin – West and South - Jim Smith

  • Photos: Charles Brittin

PAGE NINE

Poetry

  • On Returning to Venice - Stuart Z. Perkoff
  • On the Boulevard – Malcolm H. Ball
  • Venice West – Don Johns
  • Make me your lover – Jasper Schubert
  • A solstice has occurred – Roger Houston
  • Venice you bleed – Philip Chamberlin
  • Two Lives Lost – Mary Getlein
  • Photo by Iliana Winston
  • Somewhere – Jim Smith
  • Cool, Smooth, Nocturnal & Universal – Hal Bogotch

Swami X Announcement

Ad: Venice West Publications and the Free Venice Beachhead Present; Book launchings by Jim Smith and Hillary Kaye, July 1

Ad: Force 12 - electric lodge

PAGE TEN

Interview with Edward Biberman, Post Office Muralist - continued from page 6

  • Art: Self-Portrait - Edward Biberman

Ad: Douglas Eisenstark - Acupuncture and Herbs

Ad: Local Computer Support - Clay Claiborne

PAGE ELEVEN

Calendar - Compiled by Karl Abrams

Ad: Nutritional Warehouse

Ad: Dale Newman Design

PAGE TWELVE

The Venice High Centennial Parade

  • Photos: Barbara Lonsdale and Rayraepix.com

Ad: 3rd Annual Summer Fest, July 23-24

Ad: Get the News Before It Happens in the Free Venice Beachhead

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