Paul Morantz (Page 13) Abank in the Village Last Year, Has We Launched a Major and Aggres- Fire Scares Within a Week of Each Plead Guilty to Four Bank Robberies

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By SARAH SHMERLING is an area “that we know is full of leased, with Amazon Books the Managing Editor readers.” 18th confirmed tenant. Palisadians have not turned At the three Amazon stores he next chapter of Caruso’s the pages at a local store since Vil- currently in California titles are laid Palisades Village has been lage Books closed its doors in June with covers rather than spines out. Twritten: Amazon has signed up to 2011, despite a fierce fight by -lo At the flagship store in Seattle, create a “bricks and mortar” store cals, including Tom Hanks, to save which stocks 6,000 books initially when the project opens on Sept. 22. it. chosen through its “social cata- “We created Amazon Books to Other retailers at the loging” website Goodreads, there be a place where customers discov- 125,000-square-foot complex will has been a list of recommended er books and devices they’ll love,” include SunLife Organics, Vintage volumes by Amazon founder Jeff Cameron Janes, vice president of Grocers and Cinépolis’ Bay The- Bezos. Amazon Books, told the Los Ange- atre. It includes his wife MacKenzie les Times. Caruso reported that 80 percent Tuttle Bezos’ Hollywood thriller He also noted that the Palisades of the 40-plus spaces have been “Traps.” Big, Worried Crowd for Safety Town Hall

Councilmember Mike Bonin takes on questions. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

By CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA cars was a relief, as the impending Pali High, ensured parents that Reporter threat by the California regulators the school is increasing security to eliminate local beach’s mid- measures as the consideration of a oncerned for safety, privacy night-to-5 a.m. curfew has locals physical fence or gate around cam- and peace of mind, Palisadi- worried it will draw rowdy beach pus continue. The issue is how to Cans filled Mercer Hall at Palisades goers onto their front lawns at 2 balance that out with the warmer Charter High School to the brim a.m. atmosphere of an open campus. on Tuesday, March 6, for a com- Bonin informed the audience While such challenges are all munity town hall focused on local that he is working on acquiring a pending long-term solutions, Pali- crime and safety. coastal development permit from sadians can, in the meantime, find After a recent 9 percent uptick the Coastal Commission that will some comfort in being number 175 in crime, concerned citizens took allow the current curfew to remain out of 209 on the property crime action and arranged a community in place. rate in LA County list, and 190 in Double threat: Honorary Co-Mayor Janice Crystal, top left, threw out the first pitch of the season at town hall to pick the brains of lo- Moore once again reiterated most violent. the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 10, followed quickly cal police and officials, including the importance of preventive or de- This is, as one observer said, by her co-mayor and Yankees fastball fan Billy Crystal, right. And then, below, Palisadian-Post Sports LAPD Senior Lead Officer Mi- terrent measures to take to reduce still one of the safest towns in the Editor Steve Galluzzo succeeded in making the funny man laugh. All money raised will be spent on chael Moore, Deputy Fire Chief burglaries. From doorstep cameras United States. maintaining the Field of Dreams. For more details, turn to Page 7. Photos by Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer Armando Hogan, Neighborhood to taking an extra second to lock The issue now is to keep it that Prosecutor Veronica de la Cruz their Tesla, what gets stolen is ul- way. Robles, a Palisadian on the city’s timately up to the victim. legal team and Pacific Palisades This was not enough for some: $19 Million Lottery Winner Pleads Community Council Chair and Alphabet Streets residents—suf- THIS WEEK iN Marquez Knolls resident Maryam fering from a current spike in bur- Guilty to $40,000 Bank Robberies Zar. glaries—are still pushing ahead pali life The town hall gave commu- with their own self-financed plans By CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA nity members an opportunity to to hire extra protection for their Reporter present their concerns directly to neighborhood. The Snake, the Cult officials, including Councilmem- Highlands residents hoped to and the Nasa Rover: former lottery winner, accused ber Mike Bonin. hear of an update on evacuation The Technicolor World of of stealing $3,700 from Union “In last year’s budget process plans for the area after having two Paul Morantz (Page 13) ABank in The Village last year, has we launched a major and aggres- fire scares within a week of each plead guilty to four bank robberies. sive effort to get more able-bodied other, to which they were told a James Allen Hayes, 55, won a The Seasoned Bandit officers off of desk duty and back plan is still in the works by way of SuperLotto jackpot worth $19 mil- Photo courtesy of FBI out onto the streets,” Bonin said, community outreach and planning. lion dollars in 1998, according to assuring Palisadians that LAPD “That way we’re all speaking the Los Angeles Times. according to documents submitted has started re-deploying officers the same language, no one is con- “I’m not going to blow the by the agency to court on March 5, around the city. “We have five ad- fused and our goal is to provide money,” Hayes pledged at the time. admitted to four out of 11 bank rob- ditional officers for the West LA you the best care we can in that “I know I’ll change. But only for the beries—one of which took place on area as of this deployment period time of crisis,” Hogan said, adding better … Mainly what I want to do Sunset Boulevard in the Palisades in and that is a trend that hopefully that canyon and hillside communi- is help out my family and friends in September 2017. continues.” ties are being prioritized first. need.” And, he added, maybe take a Over the course of six months, The promise of more patrol Dr. Pam Magee, principal of Transcendental Beauty at trip to Hawaii. Hayes stole close to $40,000, all of Music Guild Concert Hayes, who was working as a which was insured by the Federal He was reported on multiple The plea agreement Hayes has (Page 22) residential security guard in Ventu- Deposit Insurance Corporation. occasions as fleeing the scene in a signed required his agreement that ra County until his near-record win, He handed over notes to bank golden PT Cruiser: He was captured each violation could, at a future was said to have accepted the prize tellers informing them he had a gun. on camera more than once. sentencing, result in up to 20 years’ money in $684,000 installments “I have a gun. Give me $6,000. Although the remaining seven imprisonment and a $250,000 fine over 20 years. Don’t pull any alarms or don’t call charges of bank robbery against per offense. Two decades later, the money anyone,” said the note from Hayes Hayes were dismissed, the U.S. Hayes returns to district court had gone and Hayes turned to crime. to Union Bank teller on Sunset district court will take them into in downtown Los Angeles on The Camarillo man dubbed the Boulevard, according to court doc- consideration when determining a March 15. “Seasoned Bandit” by the FBI has, uments. sentence. Page 2 Palisadian-Post March 15, 2018 WEB TALK This week’s hottest topics on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram Palisadian-Post

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A Warning To the young man who had been partying next door to me: It was unnecessary to defecate on my lawn, I am discarded. I’ve been asked by multiple friends if I have an “issue.” I may press charges! Jody Briskin We seriously need a deli, too Corpus stars Kathleen Edwards Jensen A shout out to the Corpus Great news! Before anyone bashes this choice, please visit an Amazon Christi academic decathlon Books store. You’ll see why they’ll be solid, long-term tenants, where team. Nice job on 11. Nice tech-savy & traditional paper book lovers can co-exist. job on individual to: Natalia Rosanne Mangio (9), Keira (6), Sydney (5), I am very saddened that Caruso is bringing in Amazon Books instead Brooke (5) and Bill (1)! Great of the book store like the one we had, which was owned by one of our Community.....Amazon is ‘THE COMPANY STORE” , It owns job guys. Whole Foods, and has made it nearly impossible for REAL PEOPLE to stay in business.....Is there no way to make Caruso SEE that and re-think what he is doing....The Palisades was created, and founded by Co-Mayors REAL PEOPLE, not a bunch of conglomerates.....I hope some of the Janice and Billy Crystal are Palisades Community gets this and expresses their disappointment in a big way....This is simply, NOT OK...... Do you know where a person in this photo is today? Contact [email protected]. turning out to be the cool- est co-mayors the town has ever had. OK, also the first co-mayors the town has ever Postcards had, but still—so cool. Prankster Too To the prankster who submitted that “Up Yours” thing: It was such a lie. I say up yours to you. It made me so mad I wanted to spit. Hacked Off I saw a teenager on a Bird scooter, 20 mph on a Hun- tington sidewalk. These are only supposed to run around Santa Monica, but it seems they can be hacked by a smart high schooler. So, watch out—those things are dangerous. Drum Roll Walking past the Village School I heard the unmistak- able drum roll pattern from “The Terminator” movie, only with other piano and voice melodies on top of it created by the kids. I know, as Dottie and Allen Weiss on vacation in Iceland. a musician, that the “Termina- tor” signature sound pattern is a 13/16 beat, very tricky, very sophisticated. Kids are Want to see your photo in the Post? getting so smart these days. Take your Palisadian-Post on your next trip (near or far) If we survive The Rise of the and email a photo to [email protected]. Machines they may even be our future. Palisadian-Post Published weekly since 1928 by the Palisades Post 881 Alma Real Drive, Suite 213, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Tel: (310) 454-1321 • Fax: (310) 454-1078 • www.PaliPost.com John Harlow Gina Kernan Editor-in-Chief Managing Director [email protected] [email protected] EDITORIAL ADVERTISING Steve Galluzzo, Sports Editor [email protected] Nilanti Narain, Account Executive [email protected] Sarah Shmerling, Managing Editor [email protected] Lena Ford, Account Executive [email protected] Gabriella Bock, Reporter [email protected] Lia Asher, Account Executive [email protected] Christian Monterrosa, Reporter [email protected] Michael Aushenker, Contributing Writer Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer [email protected]

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Since the group began its PALISADES Neighborhood News Generous Night at the Woman’s Club homeless encampment cleanup this year, it has reduced the number of encampments in the hills Pacific Palisades from 65 to 20. PPTFH’s plan is to provide Tree Guide Regreening people they found apartments with The 1986 guidebook, “Trees of Pa- basic appliances, which increases cific Palisades,” which catalogued 4,000 the likelihood that the individual key trees in the area, is being updated by ¢ will remain off of the streets. arboreal crusaders Palisades Beautiful and The Palisades Alliance for PaliWorks, Representative At-Large Lou Seniors is an organization geared Kamer told the Pacific Palisades Communi- toward helping older generations ty Council on Thursday, March 8. of Palisadians remain independent It is a first step toward updating the in their homes—a great challenge Palisades/Brentwood Tree Plan that is filed in this community where so many with LA Urban Forestry, a city agency The original are “property rich, cash poor.” tasked with greening the town. Initial Photo courtesy of The Alliance said it will use surveys show stumps, concrete jungles and Palisades Beautiful its grant to provide lunches to inappropriate, haphazardly chosen tree species that lead to a less those who attend its programs and healthy environment and diminish the beauty of our town, said speaker conferences. Kamer of PaliWorks. —JOHN HARLOW Other beneficiaries included the Palisades Americanism PACIFIC PALISADES Parade Association, which orga- nizes the July 4th parade, Will The happy winners Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer Rogers Ranch Foundation, Pal- Land Use Committee Snubs Eldercare Appeal isades Beautiful, Better Angels, Pacific Palisades Land Use Committee held a meeting on Tues- By MARIE TABELA annual Home Tour and Holiday work in the Palisades. Your Palisades Park Improvement day, March 13, in Palisades Branch Library to vote on making a Special to the Palisadian-Post Boutique, and have now dispersed “The amount really depends Corp and the PRIDE Booster Club new recommendation to Pacific Palisades Community Council to much of the proceeds to commu- on what [the organization] is do- for Paul Revere Charter Middle reopen discussions of the recently approved eldercare facility at f you enjoy Movies in the Park, nity needs. ing, how much they ask for and School. 1525 Palisades Drive. The vote was defeated 3-5 and will not ap- depend on Meals on Wheels As Cathi Ruddy, PPWC presi- what the project is,” Grant Chair pear on the agenda of the PPCC meeting on April 12. The formal Ior rest a moment at the Village dent, said: “It is a wonderful night Joanna Curtis explained. SUBSCRIBE TO appeal is slated to be reviewed by the West Los Angeles Planning Green, then you could give thanks for everyone.” Among the array of groups Commission at a hearing on April 18. to the Pacific Palisades Woman’s There were four categories were Pacific Palisades Task Force Palisadian-Post —CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA Club. for the selected nonprofits: Arts for Homelessness and the Pali- As did 26 varied organiza- and Recreation, Community and sades Alliance for Seniors. PACIFIC PALISADES tions, from Cub Scouts Pack 223 Charitable Groups, Education, Representatives for PPTFH, to the Malibu Orchid Society, who and Beautification. who accepted the grant on behalf LAUSD Board Members to Look at Gun Laws all received boosts of up to $1,000 This year, dozens of local of the team, were Co-Chair of the On Tuesday, March 13, Los Angeles United Board Members from PPWC at its annual grants community members excitedly Fundraising Committee Barbara Nick Melvoin, who represents Pacific Palisades, Kelly Gonez and night on Tuesday, March 6. gathered over treats and coffee to Overland, Vice President Sharon www.PaliPost.com Monica Garcia sponsored “a board resolution to call on Congress The club raised $38,000 from honor those receiving grants and Browning and President Doug (310) 454-1321 and the state of California to immediately pass common sense gun ever-popular events, such as the learn about other groups and their McCormick. safety measures and increase funding for student mental health services, and form a collaborative task force with the city, communities and families to review best practices for school safety,” Pali claimed. High reported in a press release. “The biggest problem we Their effort is part of the district’s response to the Parkland in- have is with religious preschool The Mobile Homeless on PCH: cident in Florida. —SARAH SHMERLING parents, who fear the worst. But that has never happened, not one case of vandalism, the police have Brentwood ‘We Can Park Them,’ Doctor Said never been called,” Sale said. He told PPCC he has been Teen With a Knife Arrested Near School By JOHN HARLOW more people are joining the ranks ing themselves and the communi- “scouting out” the Palisades and A 13-year-old male was arrested on Feb. 26 after being found to Editor-in-Chief of the county’s 58,000 homeless ty.” has seen strong contenders who be in possession of a knife on school grounds on Allenford, accord- every day. But the doctor, an immunolo- could offer alternatives to the tiny ing to LAPD Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore. The arrest was he prospect of the city’s ve- For a mess of reasons, the “un- gist by profession, fears that un- yardage of “green streets” current- made near Paul Revere Charter Middle School at around 3:15 p.m. hicle-owning “mobile home- housed” population is 30 percent less radical steps are taken, this ly authorized for overnight park- —CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA Tless” overnighting in parking lots larger than in 2013 and, despite social malaise will spread uncon- ing under a scheme that expires in owned by Palisadian churches the applauded work of organiza- trollably to many other areas on July—when, in theory, sleeping in Brentwood and other religious institutions tions such as the Pacific Palisades the Westside. a car becomes illegal again. may appear improbable. But the Task Force on Homelessness, it is For the past six years, “There are safer, cleaner alter- ‘Legally Blonde JR’ Musical town’s community council dedi- a tsunami of human misery that SafeParkingLA has taken over a natives to parking on Sunset near The Personal Enrichment Program, or PEP, at Paul Revere cated nearly half of its last meet- shows no signs of ebbing. faith-based institution’s parking Ralphs,” he said. Charter Middle School is putting on a series of “Legally Blonde ing to the prospect. Around a quarter of LA’s lot at night, vetted and policed There is one alternative to JR” shows, beginning Friday, March 16. The musical is based on Pacific Palisades Communi- homeless hold down jobs and those who turn up seeking safe church or temple parking lots: the Broadway production of the hit movie “Legally Blonde” star- ty Council representatives were then sleep in their cars—these refuge, offered portable wash fa- Dick Wulliger of the Pacific Pal- ring Reese Witherspoon. The cast will be made of close to 40 actors questioning Dr. Scott Sale, a include the Uber and Lyft driv- cilities, and ushered the Prius out isades Historical Society men- between the ages of 11 and 14. The show is directed by Lara Ganz founder of the nonprofit orga- ers, veterans, and mothers ejected at dawn. tioned the PCH parking lots that and choreographed by Emma Green. nization SafeParkingLA, which from abusive homes who park and Clients are limited to 30 currently remain empty all night. Tickets can be purchased at revere-pep-drama.ticketleap.com. has received $200,000 in county sleep along PCH. Many commute nights, but they say they have But this is complicated by a —CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA funding and is running pilot pro- to work in downtown hotels. never had a troublesome incident current dispute over enforcing a grams at churches in Koreatown, They can be chefs, teachers in 750,000 nights of safe parking. beach curfew. The Village Santa Barbara and San Diego. or nurses, Sale said: “They are the And when the vulnerable sleep “This is all too messy to ever It is a novel response to a so- low-hanging fruit in the homeless safely, they feel safer and inter- happen in the Palisades,” one rep- cial crisis that threatens to over- communities we can most easily act with the world in a calmer resentative said, “and yet we all Oratorical Winners whelm Los Angeles, where 400 help—because they are still help- manner, SafeParkingLA experts know something has to change.” The 80th American Legion Oratorical Contest, where high school- ers compete to speak about constitutional matters, was held at Post 283 on Sunday, Feb. 25. Winners included, at first place, Ella Mi- CRIME REPORT chaels, District 24 North Hollywood High School, second place, An- gelo Thomas, District 18 Claremont High School, third place, Grace Stolen Vehicle 400 Arbramar, between be victim’s sister-in-law, tricked arrested for possession of a knife Chung, District 20 Faith Baptist High School, fourth place, Allan 18000 Sandy Cape Dr, be- March 3 at 1 p.m. and March 4 at victim into sending $5,000. on school grounds. Wasserman, District 16 Righetti High School. Runners up include tween March 2 at 4:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. The suspect entered vic- 17300 Sunset, March 10 be- Palisadian Daniella Wilson and Josh Doland (Palisades Charter High March 3 at 10:30 a.m. The suspect tim’s vehicle and took money and tween 7:30 and 8 a.m. The suspect Lewd Conduct School). Palisadian judges included constitutional law professor Jon- took the victim’s vehicle from the a jacket. (female white, brown hair, 5’6” 700 Wildomar, March 6 at athan Varat and Maryam Zar of the Pacific Palisades Community street. Sunset/Los Liones, March 7 150 lb, 40 years) entered victim’s 4 p.m. The suspect (male white, Council, which will present the winners with certificates. The day’s between 1:45 and 8 p.m. The sus- business and took food and alco- brown hair, 5’10” 160 lb, 20/30 contest was chaired by David Card. —JOHN HARLOW Burglary/Theft from Vehicle pect entered victim’s vehicle and holic beverages without paying. years) followed juvenile victims Los Liones/Sunset, Feb. 27 took a hat, sunglasses and a bag. 700 Latimer, March 8 at 9:30 from a bus stop to their home with Spotted in the Palisadian-Post: between 9:30 and 10 a.m. The 15200 De Pauw St, between a.m. The suspect (identified) took his hand inside his pants. April 6, 1995 suspect smashed a window to en- March 9 at 6 p.m. and March 10 victim’s wallet from a construc- ter victim’s vehicle and took mon- at 10 a.m. The suspect entered tion project. Provided by LAPD Oil Prospecter Says 1 Billion Bonanza Lies Under Temescal ey and medication. victim’s vehicle and took clothing Senior Lead Officer Occidental Petroleum may have lost the big war over oil 15900 Miami Way, Feb. 28 and a bag. Battery drilling in the Pacific Palisades, but it turns out that three of between 5:15 and 5:20 a.m. The Carey/Toyopa, March 7 at Michael Moore. their former employees still dream of getting rich on local suspect took a dolly from the bed Theft 2:30 p.m. A 33-year-old male was In case of emergency, black gold. of victim’s truck. 100 West Channel, March 3 arrested for battery after pushing call 911. A story in the March 2 issue of the Palisadian-Post reported 900 Temescal Canyon, Feb. between 4:30 and 5:15 p.m. The victim to the ground. To report a that Steven Rowlee, an employee of Bakersfield-based Trio Pe- 4 between 8 and 9:20 a.m. The suspect took victim’s wallet from troleum, approached the Santa Monica Mountains Conservan- suspect smashed a window to a hotel room. Possession of a Knife on School Grounds non-emergency, cy about drilling for oil in Temescal Canyon. The Conservancy enter victim’s vehicle and took a 700 Palisades Dr, March 2 at 1400 Allenford, Feb. 26 at call 877-275-5273. owns 160 acres in the canyon. purse, wallet and money. 2 p.m. The suspect, pretending to 3:15 p.m. A 13-year-old male was Page 4 Palisadian-Post March 15, 2018

OBITUARIES In Memoriam THU 10-11 a.m. Tai Chi for all ages with Elliot Barden. Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 15 601 Latimer Road. Alice Mogensen Powers MAR 10-11:30 a.m. Tai Chi for Seniors. Loose, Michael comfortable clothing and shoes are recom- Alice Mogensen Powers left her mended. Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haver- family and friends on Feb. 18. She ford Ave. Vincent passed away peacefully in her home 6-8:30 p.m. Pali High Visual and Performing Art from natural causes. Showcase, featuring dance, choir, jazz band and more. The daughter of proud Danish im- Palisades Charter High School, 15777 Bowdoin Bourke migrants, Christiana and Mogens Mo- Street. gensen, Alice was born in Fresno, Cal- ifornia, on June 26, 1916. She lived a 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Community Chair Yoga 1956 - 2013 FRI fulfilling life of almost 102 years, and with Alison Burmeister. Seated yoga and gave us a scrapbook of history through breathwork. $15 suggested donation. Pacific 16 two world wars, a depression and 18 “The Lake of Innisfree” by WB Yeats Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. MAR presidents. 2-3:30 p.m. Palisades Beautiful hosts its Alice married Robert “Bob” M. I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, monthly public meeting to discuss current and future Powers on Jan. 17, 1941. Bob, a 34-year And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; community-beautifying projects. Palisades Branch captain with Continental Air Lines, and Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, Library, 861 Alma Real Drive. Alice lived in Denver, El Paso and Pa- And live alone in the bee loud glade. 7 p.m. “Legally Blonde The Musical Jr.” Also March cific Palisades while raising their girls. 17 at 2 and 7 p.m. and March 18 at 2:30 p.m. $10-$25. After Bob’s death in 1985, Alice And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, 310-699-3128. Paul Revere Charter Middle School, moved to Newport Beach to be closer Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; 1450 Allenford Ave. to friends and the beach she loved. Over There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, SAT the years she made her house a home to And evening full of linnet’s wings. 2 p.m. Egg Hunt for children 0-11, includes anyone who entered. Those who knew a small craft and prize-filled eggs. Palisades 17 Alice will remember the “Great Dane” prised Alice with a memorable celebra- I will arise and go now, for always night and day Branch Library, 861 Alma Real Drive. MAR for her generosity, her dachshund “boys” tion of her life on her 100th birthday. Af- I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; Fritz and Pretzel, her bargain-hunting fectionately known as “Muttie” by her While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, 9:45 a.m. Community Yoga with Alison Bur- MON expertise, her lovely yard and flowers family, four generations were present at I hear it in the deep heart’s core. meister. 60 minutes of Vinyasa Flow. $15 sug- on Belvue Lane. the party. Attendees came from Califor- gested donation. Pacific Palisades Woman’s 19 From her youthful days as the “Woo nia, Texas, Idaho and Virginia. Club, 901 Haverford Ave. MAR Woo Blonde” trophy girl, Alice loved Bob, her beloved husband of 44 (The obituary for Robert Leroy Sturmer will appear online on Thurs- 7-8:30 p.m. “What is an ‘Enabler’? Why every type of auto racing. Bob and Alice years, sisters Virginia Artman and Elna day, March 15, and in the printed edition of the Palisadian-Post on Should we Care?” Hosted by the Pacific Palisades continued to share their enthusiasm for Mogensen, and a brother Dank Mo- Thursday, March 22.) Task Force on Homelessness. Palisades Branch Li- sports cars and classic cars by support- gensen preceded her death. She is sur- brary, 861 Alma Real Drive. ing and participating in many events un- vived by her daughters Lynda Leslie and til Bob’s death. Sundays were race days husband Craig, and Patty Jo Baxter and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Community Yoga Class with TUES for Alice, who never missed a Grand husband Larry. She leaves grandsons Alison Burmeister. $15. Pacific Palisades a.k.a. Palisades Bakery Prix, Indianapolis or stock car race. and wives Kurt Leslie and Natalie, Jon Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. 15231 La Cruz Dr. 20 In keeping with her generous and Leslie and Christy; granddaughter Laura 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tai Chi for seniors with Elliot Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 MAR helpful spirit, during the ’60s and ’70s Baxter; granddaughter Darlene Pruess- Barden. Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, (310) 459 6160 Alice worked diligently with the wom- mann and husband Mark; great-grand- 601 Latimer Road. en of the Lutheran Church of the Pali- children Jackson and Luke Leslie, Avery 4 p.m. Family Storytime for children ages 3 and up. sades and the Pacific Palisades Woman’s and Hanna Leslie, Jake and Kate Pruess- Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real Drive. Now Serving Club. She was a founding member of the mann. 6-8:30 p.m. NAMI Family-to-Family. Education pro- Women’s Auxiliary of the Golden Ea- She will be missed by her faithful Gluten Free Bread! gram for family, partners, friends and significant others gles, the organization of retired employ- companions, Fritz and Pretzel. Alice’s of adults living with mental illness. St. Aidan’s Episco- Breakfast All Day! ees of Continental Air Lines. For over family is truly grateful for her loyal care- pal Church, 28211 Pacific Coast Hwy. 20 years, she helped organize hospitality givers, Luz Gallegos and Jun Nicolas. rooms and banquets at the annual con- Cremation has taken place. A private WANT TO MAKE An Announcement? ventions and saw to the provision of ta- memorial will be held at a later date. In- Post your events at palipost.com/submit-your-event. ble favors for the women’s luncheon. dividual memorials may be made to a Mon - Fri 6:30 - 7:30 Sat 8:00 - 6:00 Sun 9:00 - 4:00 In 2016, friends and family sur- charity of choice.

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Co-Honorary Mayor Janice Goldfinger tosses the first pitch during Co-chairs Sara Dorband (left) and Natalie Iwanyk display their flower Co-Honorary Mayor Billy Crystal throws the “second” first pitch to PPBA opening ceremonies last Saturday. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer bouquets at the PPBA Pancake Breakfast. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer officially begin the 2018 PPBA season. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer Getting into the Swing Honorary Co-Mayors Throw First Pitches to Open PPBA Season

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hicago Cubs Hall of Fame infielder Ernie Banks used to say “Hey, let’s play two!” The theme for the Pacific Palisades Baseball Asso- Cciation’s annual Pancake Breakfast last Saturday morning was “Let’s pitch two!” Co-honorary mayors Janice Goldfinger and Billy Crystal took turns throwing the first pitches to begin the local Pony league’s 2018 season to continue a proud Palisades tradition that started in 1954 on diamonds now known as the Field of Dreams at the Palisades Recreation Center. “This is amazing... we used to come to pancake breakfasts 30 years ago or so and this building didn’t exist,” said Goldfinger, a producer, actress and Mrs. Billy Crystal since June 1970. “I hope you all understand how special this place is and how fortunate you are to play here, it’s really incredible. We are both Yankees fans, I’m wearing my Yogi Berra shirt for one of the greatest catchers of all time and we’re going to be out here watching some of the games when we can but we’re going to be rooting for all of you—not just the Yankees!” “We’ve been here 39 years and what makes the Palisades great is the fact that you cheered umpires this morning... that never happens anyplace,” Crystal added. “From the time my father rolled the ball to me and I rolled it back I’ve loved this game. I’ve played it since I was a kid and Tuesday, March 13 marks the 10th anniversary of my one at-bat in the major leagues for the Yankees against the Pittsburgh Pirates— and my retirement immediately after I struck out. I pulled a hamstring getting dressed. We talk about the Field of Dreams, well I dreamed that I wanted to be a player my whole life and I got my chance to do it. I look at all these beautiful boys and girls here and my message is to keep dreaming and keep playing.” After that, Janice fired a changeup over the heart of the plate, Billy tossed a sinker that caught the corner and uniformed players took the field to see if they could outwit their opponents and Old Man Rain. Janice and Billy were installed jointly as honorary mayors January 20 at the Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce’s Comedy Night, hosted by the outgoing mayor and comedian Kevin Nealon and friends. The Chautauqua residents have two accomplished daughters (actress Jennifer and producer Lindsay) and four grandchildren. Crystal, a 69-year-old actor and comedian from New York, is perhaps best known for his roles in box office hits like “Throw Momma from the Train,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “City Slickers.” In 2001 he directed the HBO sports drama “61” about Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle Will Monaco of the Dodgers snares a line drive for an out against (Crystal’s boyhood idol) and Roger Maris in their pursuit to break Babe Matty Gottesman of the PPBA’s Pony team gets a standing ovation af- the Phillies in a PPBA Pinto Division opener Saturday at the Field of Ruth’s long-standing home run record. ter becoming the first boy to sing the national anthem at the Pancake Dreams. The Dodgers prevailed 8-0. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer (Continued on Page 12) Breakfast last Saturday morning. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer Page 8 Palisadian-Post March 15, 2018

Opening Day Athlete of the Week (Continued from Page 7) Longtime Commissioner Bob Benton got the festivities started LILY just after 9 o’ clock by recognizing the many coaches, umpires, TOPPUTO maintenance crew and this year’s Pancake Breakfast co-chairs Na- talie Iwanyk and Sara Dorband. Don Camacho of the Pirates, the league fundraiser, said: “I want you to imagine a field that is half the size of the park behind me. No fences, no state-of-the-art lighting and no manicured infields. This is what our beloved field looked like 15 years ago, but thanks to the leadership of many in attendance today and generous dona- tions of community members like you, over one million dollars was raised then to transform your field into what you see today. Now, we have a new dream—one that features stadium-style scoreboards at every field. In this dream, PPBA Yankees runner Thomas Wynperle slides into second base as Cardinals shortstop Roman Hawk attempts offers live streaming and on-de- to tag him out in a PPBA Bronco Division opener Saturday at the Field of Dreams. The Yankees won 6-4. mand broadcasts of your players’ Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer game directly to your desktop or mobile device. And what about A freshman at Palisades High, Lily scored three first-period sitting in shaded bleachers? We’re pins on her way to taking second place in the 132-pound frosh/ dreaming about canopies to keep soph division of the USA Folkstyle State Wrestling Tournament you protected from the sun. This is at Selland Arena in Fresno. She beat her first three opponents by possible, but we need your help!” fall before losing to Danielle Garner of Rosemont in the finals. In Benton then presented plaques February, Lily finished third at the City Section Championships, to Jim Ford and Dan Johnson in pinning her first two opponents and scoring a 9-1 major decision appreciation for their many years victory over Eagle Rock’s Leyla Cortez in the third-place match. of coaching and service to the To nominate your favorite Palisadian for Athlete of the Week, PPBA. He also revealed the pan- email [email protected]. cake breakfast top ticket winners. Third-place seller Owen Camacho Sponsored by got a package of goodies, t-shirts and keychains, second-place seller Conor Stutsman will serve as a bat boy at an upcoming Pepper- dine baseball game and top-selling brothers Ian and Finn Sullivan will get to attend UCLA and Pep- perdine baseball camps. Matty Gottesman, who lives Santa Monica DOWNTOWN L.A. across the street from Benton and Renee and Meyer Luskin Children’s Clinic Center for Sports Medicine plays on Palisades’ Pony team, at UCLA Medical Center 403 W. Adams Blvd. sang the national anthem. 1250 16th St., Suite 2100B Los Angeles, CA 90007 In the Pinto Division the Cubs Santa Monica, CA 90404 213-741-8334 and Dodgers got wins as did the Wesley Neumann of the Phillies legs out a single in Nathan Turk of the Tigers warms up for a PPBA 310-395-4814 ortho-institute.org Red Sox, Yankees and Cardinals a PPBA Pinto Division game against the Dodgers on Mustang Division game with the Yankees that was in the Bronco Division. Opening Day. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer called due to rain. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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atching Charley and Sammy Wadler spot up for jumpers during warmups it’s easy to see they share the same shoot- Wing motion. Fast, efficient and, most importantly, the ball almost always swishes in. Yet the siblings have something else in common—a knack for delivering when the game is on the line. Only hours after Sammy sank a tying three-pointer, then made the game-winning layup to lead the Brentwood School girls basketball team to a 55-53 victory over Foothill Tech in the Southern Section Division 4AA championship game, Charley made it all in the family with a three-pointer that clinched the Brentwood boys’ 48-41 triumph over Crossroads in the 2AA title game—the Eagles’ second straight CIF crown. The Huntington Palisades residents and former Village School students were back at it Saturday night in the Southern California Regional playoffs, leading their squads to wins with clutch baskets in the final minutes. Not that it came as a big shock to anyone who knows them because they’ve been doing it their whole lives. Charley, a senior captain and point guard, knocked down four long-range shots, the last putting Brentwood’s 72-61 victory over Muir on ice. He added three steals, two assists and two rebounds, but his biggest contribution was his communication on the court. “Charley is a foundational piece to our growth,” Brentwood boys coach Ryan Bailey said. “His jersey and shorts swallow him up but the moment never does. He’s stepped up to every challenge. I remember early in his freshman year against Palisades when he hit three straight three-pointers to break it open. He’s the first to the gym, the last to leave and it’s been an honor coaching him.” Earlier, Sammy showed that while she’s only a freshman, she has the charisma and poise of a four-year starter. She made a driving layup with 1:27 left, hit a three-pointer from the corner to give the Eagles a 61-54 lead and added three free throws in the final 20 seconds to salt away a 64-58 triumph over Cathedral City. “I started when I was 4 years old and watching my brother I’ve definitely learned to keep my composure and try not to freak out,” said Sammy, who made first team All-League playing No. 2 singles for the Eagles’ tennis team in the fall and loves her Golden- doodles, Buddy and Billy. “It’s nice to be up 20 points but games like this really test our toughness more.” Brentwood girls coach Charles Solomon most appreciates his rising star’s calm demeanor: “Sammy has a high IQ and is a deadly Senior point guard Charley Wadler has led the Brentwood School three-point shooter. She’s very cerebral and never gets too high or Freshman point guard Sammy Wadler leads the Brentwood School boys basketball team to back-to-back CIF championships. too low. Like her brother, she does whatever you ask her to do.” girls basketball team in three-pointers made this season. Photo: Steve Galluzzo (Continued on Page 10) Photo: Steve Galluzzo

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Sammy and Charley Wadler have reason to smile after leading their Eagles squads to regional playoff victories Saturday. Photo: Steve Galluzzo Sophomore Sarah Bentley Photo: Steve Galluzzo Shooting Stars Although he hasn’t decided (Continued from Page 9) on where to continue his edu- For Charley it’s about attitude. cation, he wants to walk on at a Dolphins on Track “I have the most experience major school and get a taste of the for Nike Festival on the team and I’m pretty good NCAA’s “March Madness.” at keeping everyone composed,” While Charley’s high school nowing that the long season he said. “I love hitting big shots in career is ending, Sammy’s has just is a marathon not a sprint, the big games. Winning CIF last year begun—and the arrow is pointing Kathletes from Palisades High were was special, but doing it again this up. She may have big sneakers to eager to test themselves against year against our biggest rivals, it fill, but she’s well on her way. Southern Caifornia’s best last Fri- was a blessing.” “We play the same position day and Saturday at the Nike Re- Charley knows several players so I learn a lot from him,” Sammy dondo Track Festival. on the Pali High team, including said. “Especially when it comes to The Dolphins’ best finishes guard Anthony Spencer, who he being a leader, being unselfish and came in the frosh/soph girls 3200 played with in Certified Shooters always making smart plays. I want meters, where freshman Miranda and who was at Saturday’s game. to spend as much time with him as Schriver (the City Section cross Like his sister, Charley grew I can before he goes to college.” country champion in the fall) took up playing soccer and tennis and “If there’s one piece of advice third in 11:20.92 and in the frosh/ he also played in the PPBA, even I can give my sister it’s simply to girls triple jump, where sopho- winning the World Series as a cherish these moments,” Charley more Jane Nwaba (the top scorer shortstop with the Red Sox. said. “It’s truly an honor to be part on Pali High’s varsity girls basket- “We grew up competing with of this program and this school ball team in the winter) leaped 30 each other,” Charley said. “That’s and you never know what’s next, feet, four inches. nothing new.” so enjoy this while it lasts.” Palisades’ varsity girls 4x400 relay was sixth in 4:26.13 anf the varsity girls 4x800 was seventh in Pali Golf Team Is a Work in Progress 10:02.72. Erica Bagby was 13th t may be the reigning champion, Palisades lost its first league in the varsity girls pole vault at but the Palisades High boys golf match to Granada Hills but has nine feet, nine inches and Schriv- Iteam isn’t the favorite to win the won its last two against Cleve- er also placed 26th in the varsity City Section title this spring. land and Taft. Freshmen Charlie girls 1600 in 5:26.62. City two- The Dolphins lost most of Lovett (+3) and Noah Mirza (+5) mile champion Sarah Bentley was their team to graduation and their were the medalists. “It’s a far cry 42nd and Jessica Bierschenk was Razorbacks point guard Vivian Jones (right) drives around Aggies defender Siena Massey in the Girls Minor Division roster features one senior (Spen- from last year’s scores of 185-200 45th in the varsity girls 3200. Brit- championship basketball game last Saturday at the Palisades Recreation Center. The game was tied until the final min- cer Dewesse-Rawnsley) and two but we’re still competitive in our tany Darrow (2:22.39) was 12th in utes but the Aggies ultimately prevailed 15-12. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer juniors (Ali Zafar-Khan and Bev- league,” Coach James Paleno said. the varsity girls 800. an Chiu). The other 11 players are Palisades takes on Chatsworth Mason Cadden (4:45.82) was freshmen and sophomores. at 2:30 today at Woodley Lakes. 22nd in the frosh/soph boys 1600. Gerry Blanck’s Dojo to Host Rock Steady Boxing Classes Lucas Schriver (10:10.81) and Alec Stewart (10:13.48) were 23rd ock Steady Boxing (RSB), Alma Real Drive). The program stretching, jump-roping, balancing On Target and 27th in the frosh/soph boys a unique exercise program helps those with Parkinson’s re- and agility exercises. To register, 3200. Nnamdi Onwaoze (53.82) Rthat adapts pro boxing techniques gain strength, mobility and quality visit www.rocksteadyboxingla. was fourth in the frosh/soph boys for people with Parkinson’s dis- of life through non-contact boxing, com or call (805) 991-2970. 400. Rayne Camden (51.62) was ease, launches March 20 at Gerry 10th in the varsity boys 400 race. Blanck’s Martial Arts Center (881 AMAZING MUSIC STORE.COM We Love to Teach! Guitar, Ukulele, Bass, Piano, Drums 310.230.0202 ALL AGES, ALL STYLES! BONDED INSURED Group & Private Lessons • Instrument Rentals & Sales Lic #715099 Est. 1980 • (310) 454-4669 • 867 Swarthmore Ave. TiloMartinPainting.com GOT MOLD? NOT SURE? Call LAʼs leading mold inspection and consulting company.

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Lincoln’s Tabitha Sanchez steals second base before Palisades shortstop Alyssa Wallin catches the ball during last week’s nonleague game at Stadium by the Sea. The Tigers rallied to win 9-7. Photo: Steve Galluzzo Pali High Softball Mercies Yankees in League Opener By STEVE GALLUZZO Sports Editor

he Palisades High softball team sure picked the right time to pick up its first win of the season. TAfter three tough losses to start the year the Dolphins bounced back in a big way, routing Hamilton 11-1 in five innings Monday in their Western League opener at Stadium by the Sea. First baseman Cienna Henry Milton set the tone in the first inning with a three-run home run over the right field fence. Pitcher Jasmine Pelayo Nejar threw a five-hitter wih two strikeouts and Palisades was on its way to a much-needed victory. “I made great contact but I thought it might be a pop up,” said Hen- ry Milton, who lives in South Los Angeles and played first base at Paul Revere Middle School. “We came into this game really hungry and we needed a statement like this. We learned a lot about each other and how to play together the first few games. It’s about knowing how to dust off mistakes.” Sam Stern of the Celtics (right) shoots a layup over Nets defender Dylan Sloane in the Co-Ed Major Division basketball Palisades led 6-3 heading to the last inning of last Thursday’s game Senior Jasmine Pelayo Nejar championship game last Saturday at the Palisades Recreation Center. Aidan Petoyan finished with double digit points against Lincoln, but lost 9-7. On Saturday the Dolphins lost to Sylmar throws a strike against Hamilton. and rebounds to lead the Nets to a 45-33 triumph. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer 6-1 in the Lincoln Classic. They resume league Monday against Fairfax. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

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Photos by Rich Schmitt/ Staff Photographer The Technicolor World of Paul Morantz By MARIE TABELA Forty years later, sitting in his shad- Special to the Palisadian-Post owy living room, Morantz does not like to dwell on his long recovery. But he still n display in a home tucked away in feels it was a worthwhile victory over one Rustic Canyon is an unusual wall of many such groups who believed they Odecoration: a nearly five-foot-long replica were waging a holy war. of a rattlesnake that was once deployed Surrounded by mementos of an ex- as a murder weapon. It was handmade by traordinary life, walls covered with one of the members of the very cult who Disney film cells and Golden Age Hol- concocted the plan. lywood beauties, as well as an amazing The real thing nearly killed its host, array of tributes to his personal hero Davy civil rights attorney Paul Morantz. Crockett, Morantz spoke in hushed tones And today, sadly, that injury may be about evil men. catching up with him, proving to be a A West Los Angeles native, he served mortal wound. in the U.S. Army as a reservist in 1963. All along Morantz knew that, as a He attended USC where he became fierce critic of the more dangerous cults sports editor for the school newspaper that followed the Age of Aquarius, he had The Daily Trojan and earned his law de- made enemies. But, as a self-described gree at USC Law. This was where his life- “wise ass who got in over his head,” he long love of journalism began, although, did not expect them to retaliate so brutal- to eat, he turned to law. ly. He joined the public defender’s office He told the Palisadian-Post how, on a where he became fascinated by criminal bright October afternoon in 1978, he had conspiracies. arrived at his home in Pacific Palisades His first big win came in 1974 when and, without thinking, plunged his hand he exposed the plight of T. B. Renfroe, a into his mailbox … only to be attacked Skid Row alcoholic who had been held by a venomous pit viper rising up to sink captive in a Burbank nursing home called its fangs into his flesh. Its rattle had been Golden State Manor. removed to silence the deadly reptile. It was the heart of a nasty racket “It was like having my hand trapped where homeless people convicted of pub- in a vice and it kept on tightening,” he lic drunkenness would be informed they said after firefighters decapitated the rep- had to check into the Manor and similar tile. institutions to avoid further jail time. The 33-year-old attorney had just won They would be subdued with massive a $300,000 judgment against Synanon, a doses of Thorazine while the “dog catch- former drug rehab program that had me- ers” and the homes would share fraudu- tastasized into a “church” whose mem- lent bounty from the state. bers were kept in line with “truth-telling “The [homeless] were the best vic- games” and the paramilitary Imperial tims and the [nursing homes] never in Marines. He had accused them of kidnap- their wildest dreams thought it could be ping a young woman who later thanked a nightmare. But I was going to be that him for saving her life and preventing her nightmare,” Morantz said, his voice lift- from “becoming one of them.” ing. “I was going to bring them down.” The snake had been unleashed by a After freeing Renfroe, Morantz found pair of so-called “Marines,” including the seven more patients held against their son of band leader Stan Kenton, whose will. distinctive green Plymouth spotted in the And so, began his career of champi- Palisades lead to their arrest—and the oning those who had no way of saving cult’s implosion. (Continued on Page 16) A deadly symbol Page 14 Palisadian-Post March 15, 2018

Here is the most recent installment of the Palisadian-Post’s photo series, Our Town. Have you or your neighbor done something interesting in or around town? Submit a photo and caption for consideration via email to [email protected].

Pictured here is an example of what you can see at the Palisades Charter High School Visual and Performing Arts Showcase on Thursday, March 15, from 6-8:30 p.m. The show will feature a visual showcase, jazz band, dance, choir and more. Photo courtesy of Rick Steil

Palisadian Pamela Mass (left) attended the 48th Annual Children’s Festival, hosted by The Blue Ribbon, last month at DTLA’s Music Center. This year’s event was attended by nearly 18,000 fifth graders from 234 schools in Los Angeles County. Mass is pictured here with Betsy Applebaum, Cathy Stone and Jill Reilly. Photo courtesy The Blue Ribbon/Larry Ho

The Corpus Christi girls basketball team won the CYO championship in February, beating 93 school teams—the top di- Palisades Charter High School juniors and twins vision honor. Many of the teammates have played together since Vance and Mason Mallory in Troop 713 Pacifica Dis- John Iino, a resident of Marquez Knolls and a partner at Reed they were as young as 4 or 5 years old. trict earned their Eagle Scout ranking for completing two Smith, has been named USC Gould School of Law’s new Board Photo courtesy of Jennifer Stephens Acree separate projects for the Richstone Family Center. The of Councilors chair. He is the first Asian American USC Gould center is dedicated to treating child abuse and trauma. alumnus to hold the position, a press release reported. Photo courtesy of Yvette Lubinksy Photo courtesy of USC Gould School of Law

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he first work in the eighth Spielberg Does It All, At Once annual Palisades Playwrights TFestival is a Stoppardian mixture By CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA of comedy, romance and quantum Reporter mechanics by lauded writer Karen Howes. f you haven’t For one night only, on Tues- Inoticed, Ste- day, April 10, Howes’ play, “Star- ven Spielberg has Jane and Alex Photo courtesy of Lucy Pollack ry Night,” will be read on stage at made every genre Theatre Palisades. of film known to The blurb promises a rom- cinephiles. Wheth- ‘Unemployed Elephants’ Opens com with science following a er it be prehistoric bride to be as she prepares to mar- monsters in “Juras- ry the mythical “perfect man” but sic Park” or a pla- at Victory Theatre Center as Howes has won many prizes in toon of inseparable particular recognizing her gift of soldiers in “Saving By SARAH SHMERLING two years prior to the flight of translating big ideas and bringing Private Ryan,” he Managing Editor more than 400,000 Rohingya peo- in the human cost, it could be so has done it all. ple to Bangladesh to escape a mil- much more. But the king of alisades Charter High School itary counter-insurgency. Like many Angeleno writers, The writer creating a cinemat- alum Wendy Graf is a local But at the time of her trip, Howes erases the line between Photo courtesy of Theatre Palisades ic escape doesn’t Pplaywright whose works include Graf said people still had great writing for theater, magazines, seem anywhere “Please Don’t Ask About Becket,” hope that things might change for documentary and stage because performing arts from the Univer- close to being done All American Girl” and “No Word the country—similar to the hope she has done it all. sity of California. as “Ready Player In Guyanese for Me”—all serious that she felt back in America in Several of her plays have been She is a member of The Dra- One,” a film about a plays, some of which have earned February 2016. selected for festivals, and she has matists Guild, The Alliance of virtual reality game her awards. “Unemployed Elephants” fol- received commissions to write Los Angeles Playwrights, the Los in a dystopic 2045, Graf’s newest play, “Unem- lows the story of two strangers, original works for specific theat- Angeles Female Playwrights Ini- is set to hit theaters Photo courtesy of Coming Soon ployed Elephants – A Love Sto- Jane (Brea Bee) and Alex (Mar- rical use. tiative, Theater Communications on March 29. ry,” is something new: a romantic shall McCabe), who are both on Howes received a degree in Group and PEN Center USA. The Riviera film mogul is no stranger to futurism as his previ- comedy. the run from loneliness and the philosophy from The College of All of this sounds rather serious works like “War of the Worlds” and “Artificial Intelligence” The play was inspired by a truth. William and Mary and an MFA ously grand but, be assured, it will were both a success. If you question those as accomplishments, trip Graf took to Myanmar in “I think that people will see a in creative writing and writing for be a starry night to remember. ask the person next to you if they have ever heard of “Minority 2015, which she said was “noth- lot of themselves in these people, Report.” ing like the brochures.” which is really what I hope for,” But the biggest appeal to viewers is probably what drove “We couldn’t help but have she explained. “I have two people Spielberg to take on the project in the first place: a mesh of char- this feeling, there was some unrest … who are lost and looking for acters from other films. Because of a virtual reality world, the going on beneath the surface,” love.” boundaries of such a film become infinite allowing characters like Graf told the Palisadian-Post. She “Unemployed Elephants” MOBILE King Kong, Chucky, Batman and the T-Rex from “Jurassic Park” tried speaking with her guides, opened at the Victory Theatre to be a part of the story. who were all very reluctant to Center on March 9 and will con- Just when we thought Spielberg had done every kind of mov- speak out against the government. tinue through April 15. ie, he reminds us that he still has some tricks up his sleeve and “By the end of the trip, we got plays to our nostalgia with a cornucopia of characters in one. this feeling that something really To purchase tickets to an up- While we wrap our heads around that one, let’s have a mo- kind of ominous was going on becoming performance, visit thevic- Knives, Scissors, Garden & Surgical Tools ment of silence for the zero Oscars awarded to “The Post.” neath the surface.” torytheatrecenter.org or call 818- Graf wrote the play almost 841-5422.

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Paul Morantz against negativity you could get (Continued from Page 13) attacked. “The way children are brought themselves. up in Russia and North Korea is Three years later he was deep- what makes them so much more ly entrenched in the war of his life dangerous than other [threats].” with Synanon. He draws a parallel between There were many victims North Korea and the cults he has of brutal violence at the hands investigated—they all are rooted of Synanon and the cult’s meg- in fear of a charismatic leader. alomaniacal founder Charles “When you see that fanatical Dederich, who may have started cheering, what they are really say- with the best intentions but ending is, ‘I love you, don’t kill me.’” ed up running a “training camp” Portrait of a young fighter He has lived his life follow- in which beatings were a regular ing Crocket’s mantra: “Be always attraction. He would die a broken pist is prohibited from engaging sure you are right, then go ahead.” man in 1997, his original good in- in a sexual relationship with a It is a message carried through his tentions long spent. client when that patient is in their page-turner chronicle of his legal One of the snake handlers, a care and for two years afterward. career “Escape: My Lifelong War Vietnam vet who boasted of his It is because of his investi- Against Cults.” necklace made of severed ears, gations that “brainwashing” is But, as he backs into his 70s, was murdered by a rival drug accepted as a legitimate legal de- he may be about to reach a wider dealer. fense. audience. His accomplice, Lance Ken- He is the reason why Califor- He has agreed to a multi-part ton, who was sentenced to a year nians have the right to sue church- television series on his life to be in jail, has since worked for Char- es for punitive damages. made by Robert Port, who in 2003 lie Sheen who loved his stories of He is one reason why there won the Best Documentary Short cult life. are laws keeping sexual abusers Subject Oscar for directing “Twin Synanon did not take kindly away from private schools. Towers.” to Morantz, and for more reasons That came from his case That doco followed firefighter than him once throwing a water against Dr. John Gottuso, a ther- and police officer brothers during balloon at a Californian Congress- apist who sexually manipulated 9/11. man and Synanon supporter who five students and six adults from It will also be produced by was riding proudly in the Pacific a privileged post within a private Jerry Offsay, Port’s neighbor and Palisades Fourth of July Parade. grade school in Arcadia. The cult former programming chief execu- Perhaps, for Morantz, the was called The Fellowship. tive at Showtime. worst loss from this turbulent era He has taken on an amazing He would like to be played was his relationship with Trudy, a array of powerful spiritual and by Emile Hirsch, the lead in Sean woman he called the love of his self-help movements with equally Penn’s remarkable true-life movie life. Technicolor names, including The “Into the Wild.” She had two daughters and, Holy Spirit Association for the Over the years Morantz has like most of us, could not cope Unification of World Christian- battled many monsters, not al- with such stress and violence. ity, the People’s Temple, est, the ways winning but always striking Would he have changed any Moonies, Rajneeshpuram and the a blow for the vulnerable over the of this? Church of Scientology. predatory. But it has taken its toll. He smiles: “No, otherwise So, who is the biggest enemy He suspects that some of his Curiosity might have crashed.” today? Who is still brainwashing current ill health, which leaves He is speaking proudly of kids? him with a hushed voice, may the accomplishments of his only He said it’s political. date back to that snake attack. child, Chaz, an engineer at the Jet “Some time ago I would have But, in the end it was Morantz Propulsion Laboratory in Pasa- said ISIS, but today I would say and not the snake, nor Synanon dena who helped build Curiosity, Russia and North Korea,” Mo- and its malicious ilk, who has which, even now, explores the rantz explained. “In North Korea survived and who has carried the rugged surface of Mars. you have kids being brought up torch of free thought and human Morantz is not short of his on video games where the goal is dignity into the future. own style of accomplishments. to shoot Americans, and you have We all owe Paul Morantz a He is the reason that a thera- a society that you know if you go massive debt. At home with his beauties

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Tasting Palisadian History: Cosimo Pizzulli’s Home Vineyard Sangiovese ne recent Wednesday, a few the most important piece of Moraga Estate in Bel Air. only half as much production. select wine experts attended knowledge: how to make The 12 vintages that Pizzulli Some funky notes along with Oone of the most unique tastings wine from his new grapes. poured that day came from his earth tones. ever staged in Pacific Palisades So, he began visiting other win- home production that has hereto- 2010: This wine had the most The home cellar Photo courtesy of Cosimo Pizzulli where the professional palates eries and winemakers in Malibu, fore been shared only with friends potential for further development, would learn a great deal about the which was very much an upstart and family: one bottle each of his as it was still somewhat closed- Palisadian microclimate and what region in 2002. They shared wines from 2005 through 2016. in. Cherries, herbs, peaches and makes this town and its terroir so knowledge and experiences, They were carefully decanted a firm texture augur well for the special. while he helped with harvest and off of their sediments and poured future. Longtime Palisadian Cosimo cellar work. liberally. As befits a professional 2011: In fine shape and mark- Pizzulli was pouring 12 vintages Many Malibu winemakers tasting, no one swallowed any- ing a jump in quality, this vintage of wine he made from grapes he at that time had their cellars in a thing; all was spat back out into showed black cherry and bright grew in his backyard. collective garage in an industri- cups and buckets. herbs in a plummy texture. Architect and designer Pizzu- al park near Highway 101 in the Pizzulli makes his home- 2012: One of Pizzulli’s best, lli moved to the Palisades in 1989, Valley. Pizzulli made them an ir- ranch Sangiovese nearly organ- it brought cherries and spices buying an all-but-abandoned lot resistible bargain: He designed a ically. This means that in the ahead of a tannic finish. The most on Marquette Street overlooking new facility nearby, to be called vineyard he uses only organic abundant production at 30 cases. Las Pulgas Canyon. After spend- Camarillo Custom Crush, cleared techniques, though the land is not 2013: A solid wine, with good ing years restoring the house as all the permits and utilities, and officially certified as such. In the fruit, though a touch of funky an architectural project for his negotiated a lease, in exchange cellar, he uses only spontaneous acidity weakened it somewhat. Home crushing facilities Photo courtesy of Cosimo Pizzulli fledgling firm, he looked down for five years’ worth of free cel- fermentations with ambient yeast, 2014: Another top year, this the hill in his backyard toward lar space and continued coaching. rather than inoculating with a was the darkest in red-garnet in Bienveneda Avenue in 2002 and That made him a winemaker. commercial strain. color. It was both ripe and fairly imagined a field of grape vines. The location in Camaril- “If you start playing chemist tannic, showing some power. No, he was not hallucinating. lo also provided enough space with wine, you ruin it,” he said. 2015: A disaster. The His father and grandfather had for him to make wine for retail, He ages the wine in mostly used drought-affected vines were made wine for home consump- which he has done with some suc- oak barrels to minimize woody socked in with fog that year, tion, and he wanted to follow in cess. Buying Italian grape variet- flavors, and he bottles without which brought mold and limited their footsteps. ies from the Los Alamos region of filtering. Until the tasting, all the production to just one case. Vol- So he terraced the hillside as Santa Barbara County, his com- bottles had slumbered in a tem- atile acidity (vinegar) notes dom- much as he could and then en- mercial wines have won several perature-controlled cellar. inated. gaged a scientist from UCLA to medals and awards. As the vintages were swirled 2016: Recovery! Yields were assess the dirt and suggest im- In 2012, for example, his and sniffed, notes were made still low at only seven cases, and provements. Following the spe- 2008 Nebbiolo won a gold medal and many discussions ensued. the wine is purple with youth, cialist’s prescription, he dug up and best of class award at the Los The vineyard manager wanted stemmy and minerally, with good the soil and remixed it, adding Angeles International Wine Com- to know about the exposure and black cherry. Will improve. Pizzulli home vineyard Photo courtesy of Cosimo Pizzulli zinc, iron and calcium before petition. His 2015 Santa Barbara the soil amendments. The maga- planting the slope with 200 vines Sangiovese is available to retail zine editor clarified exactly which of the Sangiovese Grosso variety. shoppers at Wine Expo in Santa clone of Sangiovese was in play. This is one of Tuscany’s most Monica. The managers and media people prized varieties, which goes into However, none of those traded adjectives to describe what Brunello di Montalcino, chosen wines were what drew the august they were sniffing. because the climate of the Pali- group of tasters to the offices of And what did the tasters find? sades is similar to that region of the Palisadian-Post that cool day In a word, history. Here are some Italy. at 10:30 a.m.—the hour when consensus tasting notes, in the or- But Pizzulli still lacked professional palates are at their der of uncorking: most acute. 2005, 2006, 2007: These were The group consisted of Pali- the senior citizens of the bunch. 60 Years of Service to the Westside sadian Anthony Dias Blue, pub- Old but still lively, red-brown in JOHNSON lisher and editor of Sommelier color, they showed herbal notes, Journal magazine; Philip Cavana- orange peel and dried flowers, FOSTER gh, retail manager for Rosenthal their fruits and tannins smoothed FITZGERALD & Winery in Malibu; Paul Warson, out by bottle age. The 2006 was DARLING, LLP vineyard manager for Rosenthal in the best shape of the three; a u CPAs u and several other Malibu winer- wondrous wine. ies; local connoisseur and wine- 2008: This wine had a young- “Your Full Service Accounting Firm in the Palisades” maker Joseph Shields; and Rox- er bouquet, with cherries showing 15200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 203 • Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 anne Langer, retail manager for along with some bramble. • 310-454-6545 • media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s 2009: A weaker year, with

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and shallow as a press conference would have done. ‘Icarus’ Soars—Thanks to a Palisadian Crisis-Buster We needed the perfect Lead Steer (a blue-chip media brand By JOHN HARLOW Fogel dope himself for the next (Rodchenkov) told Fogel that of- that other journalists would trust Editor-in-Chief race. ficers with FSB (the former KGB) and follow), one with internation- Meeting with Fogel over were watching every move. He al influence but also with the heft Last week, the Palisadian-Post Skype, Rodchenkov showed him, told Fogel he needed to escape to of ink. introduced you to Michael Sitrick, on screen, how to inject (ste- the United States. We suggested The New York a Palisadian you really only get roids)—not into his leg, where the Fogel arranged for Rodchen- Times. to know if you are deep-pocketed bruising would be detected, but in kov’s passage, picked him up at We advised Fogel and Rod- and in deep trouble. In his latest the buttocks. LAX and drove him to a nonde- chenkov to unspool their story “how to survive trouble” guide, Fogel entered a second race, script apartment that would be his to the Times pretty much as they “The Fixer,” the peerless PR spin- and although he did not finish (ac- home for the next months. told it to us but with more detail— ner lays out the background to the cident), he felt much stronger un- Rodchenkov told Fogel that what the room looked like where documentary “Icarus,” about the der the effects of the steroids. while he never took bribes, he did the swapping of the samples took Russian athlete doping scandal. During all of this, German follow orders to provide drugs to place, exactly how tainted sam- On Sunday, Feb. 28, filmmaker television aired a documentary on those on “the list” given to him by ples were swapped for cleans ones Dan Fogel won the Oscar for Best Olympic doping (which) fingered Russian officials. through a small hole in the wall Documentary Feature. This is an one main character as responsible Fogel now realized he had a separating the official lab from a exclusive, edited-for-length ex- for the entire (Russian) operation: much bigger story to tell but my secret lab next door, and how they tract from “The Fixer.” Rodchenkov. clients feared some government covered up the hole during day- With its reputation in ques- officials might try to discredit time hours. ooking back over a rather tion, the World Anti-Doping Rodchenkov as a rogue lab op- That night the reporters (Re- eventful career, it seems the Agency (WADA) recommend- erator and that U.S. investigators becca Ruiz and Michael Schwirtz) Ltougher the situation, the more ed that Rodchenkov be removed might turn against him. flewto Los Angeles for three days ferocious the criticism, the more from his position for aiding the We decided to strike pre-emp- of interviewing. The next morn- likely it is that our firm (Sitrick widespread cheating and destroy- tively, having Fogel and Rod- ing Fogel arrived at 8:30 a.m. at And Associates) will get involved. ing lab samples to obstruct fol- chenkov go public in a very big our offices with his dog, Max, a A case from 2016 unleashed low-up tests. way, and fast—yet by going nar- big beautiful Vizsla with high one of the biggest controversies of Whispering over Skype, row and deep, rather than wide (Continued on Page 21) my career, as our firm helped ex- pose the biggest Olympic doping scandals of all time, weeks before the start of the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. My partner Sallie Hofmeister (a former reporter and editor for The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times) and I gave the worldwide scoop as an exclusive to The New York Times, which Oscar-winner Photo courtesy of Neflix published a stunning page-one exposé on Friday, May 13, 2016, scheme and they were concerned filmmaker, Bryan Fogel. and ran a front-page follow-up the that the film’s credibility would The (Lance) Armstrong scan- next day. be attacked. By giving the Times dal had given Fogel an idea. The story told how some gov- months to corroborate the film’s What if (Fogel) entered a ernment officials in Russia had or- allegations, we pre-empted the sanctioned bicycle race, doped chestrated a doping program that attacks while promoting the film himself in a way so as not to get served dozens of Russian athletes, before it had even been sold. caught and then showed in a doc- including 14 members of the The case begins, as many of umentary film how he did it? cross-country ski team and two my cases do, with a phone call The filmmaker then talked to bobsledders who had won two from someone’s lawyer. doping experts, but no one dared Olympian gold medals. Ed Stier, who represents an- get involved. Eventually a scien- Our timing was intention- other Sitrick client, the private tist told him to contact a man in al. Our clients were the direc- equity investor Ray Chambers, Moscow, one of the leading an- tor and producer-financier of a wanted me to help his client, the ti-doping experts in the world, Dr. documentary film on the doping documentary company, and its Grigory Rodchenkov, who helped Filmmakers Dan Cogan, left, and Bryan Fogel Photo courtesy of AFI

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Icarus calling the Sochi (Winter Olym- ported first. (Continued from Page 20) pics held in Russia) “a milestone The Russian government dis- in the evolution of the Olympic missed the Times story as a po- anxiety. The reporters spent hours Games anti-doping program.” litical attack. “Those allegations interviewing Rodchenkov and Yes, it was—but not in the look absolutely groundless,” a Fogel and examining documents, way WADA had intended. spokesman for President Putin spreadsheets, emails and photo- That same morning as the told reporters. “All this simply graphs showing how the elaborate Times published its first story I looks like slander by a turncoat.” doping lab worked. Max spent explained my strategy to Dennis The Russian sports minister much of the time snoozing. Kneale (Sitrick’s co-writer on bylined a piece in The Times of The next day, at noon, a sud- “The Fixer”): We would line up London, apologizing for previous den glitch: Ed Stier told us “60 follow-on interview at a few oth- doping by his track and field ath- Minutes” was airing a doping er outlets, “and then we are done. letes but pleading for their ban to story immediately and wanted to Bet you we get a thousand articles be lifted for Rio. speak to Rodchenkov. Fogel ve- worldwide.” “Serious mistakes have been toed the idea. Sure enough, more than a made by the federation manage- We informed the reporters. thousand articles would follow in ment, along with athletes and Not to do so might make them the ensuring eight weeks. coaches wo have broken anti-dop- think we had been double-dealing The response and fallout were ing rules and neglected the princi- with a second outlet. swift and sweeping. ple of fair play … Let us be clear. The thoroughness and so- A flood of media calls came We are ashamed of them,” he wrote. phistication of the (Times) report- into Sitrick And Company, thanks We were working on encouraging Take a deep breath ... Photo courtesy of Sundance ing was worthy of the “paper of in part to Fogel setting up a tem- a second wave of coverage to en- record” and delivered riveting porary website and listing his con- sure that WADA vetted what Rod- WADA did the testing, pro- search for in the samples as a way jeans competing under the ban- details. (Such as: Banned drugs tact details and those of the firm. chenkov had said. viding the reporters with some- to prove he was telling the truth. ner OAR—Olympic Athletes from were code-named “Duchess.”) But we held off providing We suggested Fogel write thing new beyond the original The very next day the an- Russia, an internationally sanc- The operation had been so Rodchenkov or Fogel to other (WADA) a letter calling for an story. ti-doping agency took the unprec- tified public humiliation inflicted well disguised that Rodchenkov media for interviews, figuring immediate investigation and slat- Someone at the anti-doping edented step of recommending on the Putin government.) received a commendation from the rest of the press already was ed it for delivery on the day the agency leaked the Fogel letter that the IOC ban the entire Rus- And our client’s doping doc- WADA, which issued a report reporting what the Times had re- (next Times) story ran. to his rival—the producer of the sian Olympic delegation from the umentary? German documentary featuring 2016 games—every athlete in ev- Fogel’s film, titled “Icarus,” the doping confession of the Rus- ery sport. An appeals court upheld debuted at the Sundance Film sian runner Yuliya Stepanova. the ban on Russia’s track team. Festival in January 2017 (where The producer posted Fogel’s let- Russia’s President Putin re- it won the Orwell prize for best ter on Twitter, along with video sponded by suspending the sports documentary) and was purchased of Skype calls with Rodchenkov, officials criticized in the report by Netflix for one of the highest which had been recorded un- and asking for “fuller more objec- prices ever paid for a non-fiction knowingly and surreptitiously, ac- tive information that is based on film at Sundance. cording to Rodchenkov. facts” and warning “today we see Variety reported: “The $5 mil- In June the global governing a dangerous relapse of politics in- lion pact is one of the biggest ever body for track and field barred the truding into sports.” for a non-fiction film.” entire Russian track team from At the 2016 Summer Games As this book went to press, Rio. On July 18 WADA released a in Rio, the Russians garnered 27 Rodchenkov was in the U.S. Wit- 100-page report confirming all of percent fewer medals than they ness Protection Program. Rodchenkov’s claims. had won in the 2012 Summer Without him and Fogel and The investigators got access Games in London when the dop- (producer) Dan Cogan, their law- to 95 urine samples from Rus- ing was underway. In Rio they yers—including Stier, and the sian athletes in Sochi stored in the grabbed 19 golds (down three), 18 help of the Sitrick team, this stun- International Olympic Commit- silvers (down five) and 19 bronzes ning Olympic scandal might still tee (IOC) vault in Lausanne and (down 13) be buried in the darkness of the chose 11 at random for inspection. (Editor’s note: The damage International Olympic Commit- All 11 showed signs of tampering carried on to the Winter Olym- tee vault in Lausanne rather than with scratches on the inner ring of pic Games in South Korea where sparking international outrage. the bottle caps and abnormal lev- Russian-born athletes were only els of table salt in the urine—that able to join the opening ceremo- From “The Fixer” by Mi- last detail a clue that Rodchen- ny not as state-sponsored athletes chael Sitrick with Dennis Kneale, A moment of rest: Grigory Rodchenkov Photo courtesy of The New York Times kov had advised investigators to but in drab gray coats and blue published by Regnery.

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ABouT FATher G Father Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder and director of Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries started in 1988 and is the largest gang intervention, rehab and re-entry program in the United States. Father Boyle is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.” Father Boyle has received the Civic Medal of Honor, California Peace Prize, Humanitarian of the Year from Bon Appétit Magazine and was inducted into the California Hall of Fame.

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By PABLO CORÁ Special to the Palisadian-Post

n our polarized, politicized society, it seems the younger gener- Iation is, once again, illuminating a path forward. We’ve seen it recently in a movement that has re-energized our political landscape to enact change when it comes to common sense gun laws and safety in our schools. We also experienced this youthful solidarity March 2 at night at St. Matthew’s Church as a group of 18- to 24-year-old students came together in perfect harmony. Mesmerizing sounds rever- berated with powerful and deeply emotional music sung by members of two choral ensembles from USC in a program entitled “Sound- scapes.” As Music Guild President Tom Neenan noted in pre-concert remarks, recent studies have defin- itively proven that choral singing is among the best ways to exercise the brain, reduce stress, increase productivity, and, perhaps most importantly, promote a feeling of well-being and belonging. Re- searchers now believe that being part of a good social network can have more health benefits than giving up smoking. There is no better test tube for Singing from the USC choir Photo courtesy of Lawrence Ho/USC this than a choir, where people of widely different backgrounds, so- cert Choir and USC Chamber al choral conferences, and have by Claude Debussy. Although ed works by Polish, Estonian and be not only commanded by his cio-economic status and political Singers, their best was, at times, been featured at Walt Disney and not known for his choral music, Latvian composers, primarily of concise gestures but allowed tre- outlook come together, learn to- astounding. Segerstrom concert halls. Debussy beautifully captures the the 20th century. Of special note mendous flexibility of tempo and gether, breathe together and resolve The 75-member Concert Choir, Their program featured music mood of a lovely summer evening was a setting of a poem, “Fruit of dynamics. conflicts together with a common under the direction of Christian ranging from the English renais- with his delicate impressionistic Silence,” written by Mother Tere- “Soundscapes” offered a vast goal no more complicated than Grases, is made up of mostly un- sance composer Thomas Tomkins’ harmonies and serene textures. The sa, with music by Pēteris Vasks, a range of emotions and colors, singing beautiful music as best dergraduates—music majors and setting of “When David Heard that choral sound was radiant. Latvian born in 1946 whose fa- sung expertly by the USC stu- they can. non-majors. They have performed Absalom was Slain” (Book of Sam- The 36-member Chamber ther was a Baptist pastor. dents. Those in attendance could In the hands of the USC Con at local, regional and nation- uel), to contemporary folksongs Singers, directed by Chair of the Mother Teresa’s poem extols hardly have missed being remind- written in the last few years. Choral and Sacred Music depart- the power of silence—silence ed that, given the opportunity, The Concert Choir included ment at USC Jo-Michael Scheibe, that bears prayer, which, in turn, people with diverse backgrounds in their set a new work by USC’s has toured throughout the world is followed by faith and service. and deep political differences can distinguished professor of compo- and is featured on multiple record- Vasks’ music is slow moving work together toward a common sition Morten Lauridsen, who was ings as well as in film and televi- and meditative, with a simple goal and produce something of not only in attendance but also ac- sion. harmonic palette and beautifully transcendent beauty. companied on piano. This May they will travel to the arcing vocal lines. “Ya eres mía” on a text by Chil- Baltic region where, among other Another work of Lauridsen’s Corá is a performer, educator ean poet Pablo Neruda, is dreamy things, they will participate in fes- was also presented—excerpts and former board member of Early and passionate. Lauridsen’s mu- tivities celebrating the 100th anni- from his popular “Midwinter Music America. He is a graduate sic evokes the beauty both of the versary of Polish independence. Songs.” Throughout, the choir of Indiana University’s prestigious Spanish words and the moving sen- Appropriately, their set includ- displayed laser focus that Schei- Jacobs School of Music. timents expressed in such lines as “Already you are mine. Resting in your dream with my dream. 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By GAVIN ALEXANDER to slow down traffic. Junior Reporter I also learned that there will be a lot of security on and around the went to the Palisades Village update property. at the Jonathan Club. The event was As a thank you for attending the Ireally cool. There was a 3-D model of event, the guests received a coupon to the village and it looks incredible. try McConnell’s ice cream. In addition to the stores and Last weekend I went to Gelson’s restaurants, there are apartments with to pick out my McConnell’s (they a private elevator and gym. They look have a lot of flavors to choose from) very nice. and got a pint of the Cookies and I asked Rick Caruso about the Cream. It was delicious. added traffic and how he and his team I am so excited for the village were going to make sure people walk- to open. Rick has invited me to walk ing would remain safe. Rick told me the site to see how much it has pro- that there will be an elevated cross- gressed. Stay tuned for that story in walk that will serve as a speed bump the coming weeks.

Gavin and Michael Gazzano of Caruso Photos courtesy of the Alexander family Gavin and Rick Caruso

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