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Ready or Not: It's Summer in Venice!

• Ocean Front Walk - Painting by Venice Artist Frank Strasser, www.frankstrasser.com
• Parking Woes Cloud Happy Summer Days - Carol Fondiller
• How To Beat The Summertime Blues - Amy Dewhurst
• Photo: Solomon facing the Sunset

4,303 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 25 this month; 1,331,578 Iraqi Dead;
690 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 11 this month, Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $861 billion

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Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

• Trouble on Ocean Front Walk - Lisa Green
• Dogtown - Ian Dean
• Gale Goldman - Harlan Steinberger

Gale Goldman, Jazz Musician & Street Artist of the Venice Boardwalk, 1980 - 1996; Partner with Sonny Zorro - Regina Barton

• Photo by Margaret Molloy

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In Brief:

• Coastal Commission Meets June 11 on Permit Parking in Venice
• Air Force Buzzes Venice (Photo by Krista Schwimmer)
• Lincoln Blvd. Standars Approved
• Lincoln Place Settlement Nearer?
• Plan to Restore Windward Columns

L.A. Times Distorts Homeless/RV Issues - Again - Peggy Lee Kennedy

• Photo: Hate Crime in Venice - Peggy Lee Kennedy
• Photo: RVs towed on Memorial Day - Peggy Lee Kennedy

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Venice High Students Push For Memorial For Japanese (Removed to camps during World War II)

• Letters: Athena Padilla, Scott Pine, Edwin Santiago, Tara Gruchalski, Mallory Roque, Ashley Roque, Alonso Ordaz, Jimmy Solis, Ulysses Fletes, Ivan Peña-Lelesque, Rodrigo Garcia, David Del Valle, Daniel Lopez, Felix Barron, Felix Barron, William J. Quinteros, Juan Perez

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Venice students walk out in support of teachers - Lydia Poncé

• Photos: Lydia Poncé

More Letters From Students In Support of Memorial Marker at Venice and Lincoln Blvds.

• Letters: Wendy Santiago, Bryan Barrera, Fernando Ayllon, Carla Montes-Carrillo, Adam Schemerhorn, Mike O’Dell, Kathrin Covarrubias, Luz Maria Napoles

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Carnevale - June 6

• Poster - Jeff Verges
• Photo: Carnevale Costume

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Suzy Williams, Venice Songbird

• Photo: Suzy Williams singing at Danny's Venice Deli

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Venice Summer Reading

• Venice in the 60s: A Series of Circles - Lisa Marguerite Mora
• On The Boardwalk: Friday Night With Roger - Ian Lovett

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Poetry:

• Boardwalk #1 - krista schwimmer
• Wage Slaves - Jim Smith
• Sweet freedom - RFWagner, Jr.
• Once Again - Mary Getlein
• Declaring War - Mark Lipman

Parking Woes Cloud Happy Summer Days - continued from page 1

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Peace, Love and Rock & Roll - Mark Lipman

On The Boardwalk: Friday Night With Roger - continued from page 8

L.A. Times Distorts Homeless/RV Issues – Again – continued from page 3

Spinning the U.S. Passport – continued from page 7

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Calendar - Lydia Poncé

Political Cartoon: War - Khalil Bendib

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Poster: Venice Eco-Fest, June 27

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