2011
#357
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
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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