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Buddy, a 6-year-old German shepherd OCEAN PARK LIBRARY Taylor Lane mix, wandered into the emergency room and his friend Cory Micas look up to at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in the guys who helped create the mod- Bellflower, Calif., in October after having just been hit by a car, and he resisted ern version of skateboarding and efforts to remove him, apparently wait- would like to see their history hon- ing until someone attended to his injured ored in a way befitting the Z-Boys. hind leg (which turned out to be broken), according to local animal control offi- Taking an interest in what might cials interviewed by the Whittier Daily become of the rundown building on News. Owner Fabian Ortega was called (by virtue of Buddy’s implanted the corner of Main and Bay streets, microchip), and a vet fixed him up. Lane, 13, and Micas, 16, both of Venice, attended a community meet- TODAY IN HISTORY ing on Thursday night, expressing President Washington their desire to see a new structure 1794 approved a measure that would welcome skaters by adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission incorporating elements like a rail or of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. staircase. (The number of stripes was later reduced “The Z-Boys wouldn’t want a to the original 13.) Robert C. Weaver became museum or a plaque,” Lane said of 1966 the first black Cabinet the site of the former Zephyr skate member as he was appointed Secretary shop. “They would want something of Housing and Urban Development by you could skate on.” President Johnson. During the first community WORD UP! workshop, a dozen or so people threw ideas around on how they incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\, adjective: SIGN LANGUISH would like to see the cultural history SIGN LANGUISH 1. Having a fleshy pink color. 2. Red; blood-red. that occurred at the former Zephyr CoiningCoining aa goodgood phrasephrase equalsequals paydaypayday STORYSTORY PAGE18PAGE 18 shop commemorated. The building INDEX today houses Horizons West Surf Christine Chang [email protected] Inside Scoop Shop and artists studios. RHYME FOR A REASON: Royce Hummer displays a sign on the intersection of Third Street and Santa Monica Blvd. Drinks on us 3 Holding a copy of the Santa ‘The police says that I'm not allowed to ask for money so I decided to offer a poem in return instead.’ Food Monica Daily Press from Jan. 11, Blending prep styles 14 Jerry Rubin quoted a story where Surf Report former Z-Boy Nathan Pratt is quot- Water temperature: 59° 23 ed as saying he would like to see a Horoscopes skate park created to honor the Not your dad’s storage shed Live it up, Cancer 24 memory of the Z-Boys. Both Lane and Micas, sitting a few rows behind BY KEVIN HERRERA comprehensive land-use plan for airport property, instead asking city MOVIETIMES Rubin, nodded their heads in agree- Daily Press Staff Writer the Santa Monica Airport. staff to come back with detailed mit- Feel the reels 25 ment. The Friends of Sunset Park igation plans, including landscape Comics & Stuff The teens are hopeful that a new A plan to build a 21,000 square neighborhood group and the drawings and specification. Strips tease 26-27 proposed building for the site, foot storage shed near homes Airport Commission have rejected They feel the storage shed as it is Classifieds in Sunset Park has renewed calls the current proposal to build the Find your place 28-31 See HORIZONS SURF, page 16 for the City Council to develop a shed south of Fire Station No. 5 on See STORAGE, page 17

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SM BEACH When Caroline Gerstley and her Sierra Club friends were strolling along the beach just south of the Santa Monica Pier ear- lier this week, they spotted a whale pop out of the water and break an otherwise smooth horizon. The Pacific gray whale surfaced several times, to the amazement — and concern — of the beach-goers. Gerstley instinctively thought the whale was in distress, as she had never seen a whale swimming by itself so close to that area of the coastline. The friends approached lifeguards out of concern for the mammal, but were soon reassured that the sighting, though rare, was no cause for stress. Gerstley’s reaction is a common misper- ception of the mammals, which average 40 feet in length and weigh about 40 tons, said John Fabian Lewkowicz [email protected] Nietl, a whale observer for the past decade at BRINGING THEM TO JAMBA: Erick Lopez (right), 24, and Katrina Swietek, 18, hair students from the Vidal Sassoon Academy drink juices from the Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Jamba Juice on Thursday. Swietek drinks a 24-ounce Aloha Pineapple packing 500 calories. Lopez sips a fresh-squeezed 16-ounce orange juice con- Rancho Palos Verdes. taining 220 calories. “People tend to look out in the ocean and see water, so when they see something they aren’t used to seeing all sorts of assumptions come to mind,” Nietl said. Contrary to popular perception, gray You are what you drink whales swim in solitude and navigate coves along the shore, rarely gathering in pods like BY MELODY HANATANI Griffith at the Third Street Promenade on killer whales. Daily Press Staff Writer PEOPLE ARE Thursday. “I am a pretty healthy drinker “We’ll get a barrage of calls when they get when I’m not drinking beer.” really close to shores like that,”said Capt. Terry CITYWIDE Forget carbs and partially hydro- NOT AWARE IN Some studies indicate that teenagers and Harvey of the Los Angeles County lifeguards. genated fats, it’s what we’re sipping on that adults who drink more milk and less artifi- Whales in distress have no reason to head might be making us fat. THE PYRAMID THAT THE cially flavored and sweetened drinks will for the shore, so those spotted near the coast- One of the driving forces behind have an easier time maintaining a healthier line are most likely healthy, according to Nietl. America’s expanding problem with obesity DAIRY GROUP IS VERY lifestyle. Whales that end up beached are pushed in can be found in the sodas and mochas with The daily calorie intake varies from per- with the tide and are physically beyond rescue. whip that so many Santa Monicans carry IMPORTANT IN A DIET.” son to person, but most diets are based on a “If it’s not beached, it’s fine,” Nietl said. around through the day, a new report sug- 2,000-calorie intake, said Valerie Gawin, the Whales, like the one Gerstley spotted on gests. Valerie Gawin owner of Westside MNT Specialist in Tuesday, typically pass by Southern California The report, brought to you by the same Registered Dietitian Malibu, and a registered dietitian and public when they migrate from frigid Alaska to the group behind the “Got Milk” campaign, was health specialist. warm and sheltered waters of Baja California, based on a study by ENVIRON intake for the average American. High calories can be found in some of the where they mate and birth their young, Nietl International Corporation on the drinking In health-conscious areas such as Los most popular drinks in the world — a said. The 14,000-mile round trip lasts from habits of more than 10,000 Americans age 4 Angeles and Santa Monica, nutritionists Peenya Kowlada at Jamba Juice contains 690 December to May. and older who responded to a survey by the steering clear of the demons of bread and calories for a 24-ounce drink, or about 230 “We see them going into coves and National Health and Nutrition pasta on their plates would be wise to take a calories for an 8-ounce drink; a 12-ounce, or exploring on their way down,” he said. Examination. Released this week, “What closer look at what’s in their cups. “tall,” Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha America Drinks” found that beverages “I’m not a big coffee drinker, but I take 2 See GREY WHALES, page 16 accounted for 22 percent of the total calorie percent with mine,” said 28-year-old John See DRINK CARBS, page 20 LostLost whenwhen LOOK TO US... BACK/UNFILED itit comescomes toto Van Duzer & Associates, Inc. Insurance Brokers insurance?insurance? For over 60 years,Van Duzer insurance brokers have TAXES? balanced cutting edge technology with personal service to meet the needs of their clients. Call now for a free quote and benefit from our ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES competitive premiums (310) 476-9831 SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA Auto Home Life Health (310) 395-9922 Business

Insurance Professionals 100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800 for Today and Tomorrow Santa Monica 90401 3130 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 390 Santa Monica OpinionCommentary 4 WEEKEND EDITION, JANUARY 13-14, 2007 A newspaper with issues EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Ross Furukawa Modern Times [email protected] Lloyd Garver Send comments to [email protected] Put a stocking EDITOR Michael Tittinger [email protected] in it already I’ll have a clone burger STAFF WRITERS Kevin Herrera It’s been said that fish and houseguests begin to stink [email protected] after three days’ time. So what then to make of those households and businesses about town that keep firing up with my hybrid fries Melody Hanatani [email protected] the Christmas lights night after night, even as we approach the middle of January? Nothing tarnishes the RECENTLY, THE FOOD AND DRUG food industry on selling cloned food. NIGHT EDITOR memory of a party quite like the guest that stays entirely Administration said that eating food from Despite the FDA’s finding nothing wrong Lori Bartlett too long. cloned animals caused no health risks. They with food from cloned animals, they didn’t [email protected] Even the marketers who keep extending the holiday don’t even anticipate a need to label cloned urge an immediate lifting of the moratori- PARENTING season by preying on consumers earlier and earlier each food as “cloned food.” I understand what um. They said a more definite report would Nina Furukawa autumn have moved on, sensing the well of spirit has pret- they’re saying: These animals will be exact come out in the near future — maybe in a [email protected] ty much run dry. As has, most likely, the collective duplicates of the animals they are cloned few months, maybe in a year. If their scien- patience of those who don’t celebrate Christmas. from, so why should they be any more dan- tific evidence found nothing wrong, why STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Non-Christians who, throughout the holiday build-up, gerous than the original? This makes sense, didn’t they just say, “Farmers, start your Fabian Lewkowicz put on a happy face in the midst of blinking lights, dying but I guess I haven’t been reacting to this cloning?” My theory is because, as with me, [email protected] evergreens and a steady barrage of whimsical music that logically, and emotionally, eating food from it just seems a little weird to them. And it’s PHOTOGRAPHY INTERN couldn’t find airplay 11 other months of the year shouldn’t cloned animals is hard for me to swallow. going to take time for many of us to get used Christine Chang be expected to tolerate the party from which they’re I’m a pro-science guy. When the late to the idea. [email protected] excluded forever. After beginning earlier each year, must Dolly was in the news as the first cloned I think we’ll have that time. With the cur- ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES we keep it running later? sheep, I thought it was exciting. I’m all for rent technology, cloning is very expensive. A Robbie P. Piubeni Even the excuse that the lights are to be kept on until stem cell research. I think it would be great if cloned calf can sell for as much as $82,000, [email protected] the so-called Three Wise Men arrive doesn’t hold water, as animal cloning or genetic research leads to which is about $81,000 more than a typical Christians traditionally mark the arrival of the Magi and curing human diseases. This is perhaps one non-cloned calf. All kinds of genetic science Rob Schwenker their myrrh on Jan. 6. of the few areas in which I don’t feel para- has to come into play to make a cloned calf. [email protected] There’s another expression that stipulates nothing is noid. I’m not worried about the alleged To make a regular calf, all you need is a male, Andrew Swadling ever as great as we remember it to be, meaning that with “slippery slope” that calls up images of sci- a female, maybe some romantic music, and a [email protected] time, the negatives tend to fall by the wayside and we entists in darkened basements eventually little moonlight over the barn. remember the joy and the love and the celebration — leav- grinding out “Xeroxes” of humans. And yet, I assume the price tag of cloning will ADVERTISING ASSISTANT ing us with a desire to return to that Hallmark mindset the eating a burger from a cloned steer seems a come down. Most technological things do. Cynthia Vazquez same time next year. By holding on too tight and not bit weird to me. Look how cheap computers are today com- [email protected] allowing memories to forge, decorating delinquents are I know we’ve been eating vegetables that pared to, well, the day before yesterday. And TRAFFIC MANAGER already putting a tacky tarnish on next year’s festivities. have been “genetically engineered” for once the cloning price comes down, I under- Connie Sommerville Those determined to invoke the holidays throughout decades. There have been hybrids that pro- stand how helpful this scientific advance [email protected] the 2007 calendar would do better to retain the spirit of duce bigger and tastier vegetables. Some may be to the world. selflessness rather than approach the world with such a plants are being bred to resist the effects of A single cow may produce enough cloned PRODUCTION MANAGER Alejandro Cesar Cantarero II literal reminder. herbicides or disease. And I imagine that offspring to give milk to a large needy area or [email protected] Take down the lights and stick Christmas ’06 in a agricultural experts can produce two identi- even to an entire country. A rancher will be stocking. cal rhubarbs if they want to. So, why doesn’t able to keep his Blue Ribbon prize steer, pro- PRODUCTION ARTIST science messing around with nature bother viding the best possible meat for consumers Tessa Vergara me when it comes to plants? --- over and over again. [email protected] For the same reason that it doesn’t both- In fact, consumers will be able to buy pre- CLASSIFIEDS SALES MANAGER er most people -- because we aren’t plants. cisely the cuts of meat that they like best. Annie Kotok Even in this age that has somehow produced Soon, you’ll be telling the butcher things [email protected] people who don’t believe in evolution, most like, “I’d like a pound of ground cloned steer folks feel a closer affinity to animals than to #167 and some #617 chops, please.” And CIRCULATION Keith Wyatt LOL: laughing out loud plants. That’s why an organization like PETA they’ll taste just like the last 167 and 617 you Glenn Bolan exists, but there is no “People for the Ethical bought. [email protected] BRB: be right back Treatment of Plants.” It’s not just because So by the time cloning is practical, I’m PETP makes a bad acronym. It’s because sure I’ll get used to the idea. I guess we all NEWS INTERNS MUSM: miss you so much even though vegetables are living things, eat- will. But we’ll probably also have to get used Irene Manahan Kristin Mayer A/S/L: age, sex, location ing them or experimenting with them does- to kids — and other family members — say- n’t cause the same reaction in even the most ing things like, “Not again. We had the exact SPECIAL PROJECTS radical thinkers. You don’t hear about pro- same thing for dinner last night.”And they’ll Dave Danforth BF: boyfriend vegetable people interrupting the Secretary mean, the exact same thing. 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QLINE HEADLINE This past week, Q-line asked: Is City Hall on the right track by easing the review process for affordable housing projects, or does Santa Monica have more than its share already? Here are your responses: 1920 Santa Monica Blvd. (Corner of 20th & Santa Monica Blvd.) CITY HALL IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE overwhelmed and its a total mess. If I want wrong track. This time, it’s regarding to build a building in Santa Monica, I have (310) 829-9597 Hours: 6:30am - 10:00pm Daily affordable housing projects. Are these for to go through hoops. But these people can people of low income, no income or are come in and put up these buildings that are they for hard-working people who know absolutely atrocious. about birth control? What is affordable, DO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY NEWS? anyway? How does the city choose I AM AGAINST THE CITY COUNCIL Submit news releases to [email protected] or by fax at (310) 576-9913 among millions of people to live in the making a new ordinance that would nice area with new construction. The Pico exempt the affordable housing projects area is full of low-income housing and with 50 or less units. I against that exemp- Visit us online at smdp.com plenty of gang violence, I might add. The tion. I think all buildings should go through buildings on 26th Street and Santa the public. Monica Boulevard and the one at 15th Street and Broadway are all so oversized AS A FORMER APARTMENT HOUSING it’s pitiful. One-story buildings with park- owner, and now a disabled individual, I Are You Ready? ing lots have been replaced with three think Santa Monica is indeed on the right and four stories which take up the entire track. We need more housing projects for property. What happened to open space people who need it like the disabled. management? I saw the article in the Hypnotherapy can help you turn Daily Press which showed a wall in the OUR COMMUNIST NIGHTMARE THAT IS new building at 15th and Broadway. I SMRR is guilty of murder, rape and rob- on the no-smoking sign for good couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what bery by creating rent-controlled and they call art. Aluminum soda and beer building ugly affordable tenements in our cans on the wall — this place is worse than once quiet little town along with codling I suspected when driving by it. I just won- homeless and crooks. It has become dan- John McGrail, C.Ht. (310) 235-2883 www.hypnotherapylosangeles.com der how close to these monsters any of gerous to walk our streets and parks. the council members live or if they have Even our homes are invaded by transients friends and family planning to move in? and affordable housing gang bangers. Who benefits from these buildings Next to three million dollar homes, we besides those who live in them? build these tenements. I wouldn’t be so mad if the so-called poor only came from SANTA MONICA HAS MUCH MORE THAN Santa Monica, but they come from gang its share of low-cost housing. Anything to areas like east LA and Compton. These increase this slum-making process needs ugly tenement buildings will increasingly to be checked before it begins. However, become eyesores and breeding grounds with the city council bound and deter- for crime. mined to keep Santa Monica on its down- ward path of slum-making endeavors it CITY HALL IS TAKING SANTA MONICA would take a miracle to prevent any such onto the track of progressive oblivion. actions. Socialist, lazy income housing is the lead COUPON VALUED UNTIL MARCH 31, 2007 weight drowning Santa Monica into an CITY HALL SHOULD CONTINUE TO HOLD aesthetic, cultural and economic a review process for affordable housing cesspool. projects at all costs. Santa Monica does have more than its share already. So, if THE REVIEW PROCESS SHOULD BE THE they are going to continue having afford- same for all — no matter rich or poor. This able housing, we should continue to be is a democracy. Also, a project of 50-units able to have public input. That’s what a seems far too large for the city. The city democratic government does. should just subsidized the housing cost for some desirable people who are too poor to THE REVIEW PROCESS SHOULD NOT BE pay the rent here. eliminated or eased. The building depart- ment review process is designed to ensure a THIS TOWN IS GOING TO BE OVERRUN quality construction product. The review with flop houses and tenement apart- process enables the city of Santa Monica’s ments. planning and building department the opportunity to examine before and while a AS A 55-YEAR-OLD, THIRD-GENERATION building is under construction. This enables resident who is currently weaving through the inspection department to discuss both fiery hoops to rebuild my house that the the merits of the project and also make crit- city exempts itself from same rules that I SIGN UP TO GET FREE ical comments when necessary to ensure and other private residents have to endure that the building will be safe for occupancy. is outrageous. But the council majority We must keep in mind that California is that has exempted the city are students of earthquake country, and that each new Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. It’s all under AMBER ALERTS earthquake shakes, rattles and rolls with the banner of ‘good for you’ and we’ll see increasing intensity. Anyone who lived how that turns out. through the 1994 earthquake, as I did, ON YOUR CELL PHONE. should understand that the next one will be a doozy. Let us not compromise the safety and quality of these new buildings simply due to the buildings being for the poor folks. wirelessamberalerts.org THERE ARE ALREADY SO MANY buildings going up in Santa Monica. No matter what you do — somebody some- where is going to complain.

THE CITY IS OUT OF CONTROL. THEY ARE a bunch of lefty, social engineers that are trying to push low-income housing into every neighborhood. How would you like to buy a million dollar condo and have a 25- unit low-income building next door with a bunch of people from areas that are not even associated with Santa Monica. You have an increase in crime, the schools are INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING IN THE ONLY LOCAL DAILY PAPER IN SANTA MONICA? A child is calling for help. Call us at (310) 458-7737 State 6 WEEKEND EDITION, JANUARY 13-14, 2007 A newspaper with issues Farmers prepare for freeze that threatens crops BY OLIVIA MUNOZ For citrus farmers, the tried and true ployed and have long-term effects if trees fruit in the next few months, Nelson said. Associated Press Writer method for the past 40 years has been to are damaged. The industry took two years “The citrus season usually lasts until May, water their land to take in sunlight during to recover from a 1990 freeze that lasted a but a big cold snap can cut that down to FRESNO A cold snap predicted in several the day and run 30-foot wind machines to week, said Joel Nelsen, president of ending it in 30 days,” Nelsen said. western states this weekend is expected to pull naturally rising heat back down to the California Citrus Mutual, a 2,000-member The central San Joaquin Valley, with lower temperatures in California to the orchard floor. They run them any time tem- trade organization. 210,000 acres devoted to citrus, is the state’s teens, worrying farmers with a citrus crop top producer of fresh naval oranges, accord- still hanging on trees. ing to California Citrus Mutual. More than In the San Joaquin Valley, growers in the EVEN A FEW DEGREES CAN MEAN THE 70 percent of the region’s crop is still on the middle of the citrus season are firing up trees and workers were scrambling Thursday huge fans to circulate warm air in the fields DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMPLETE DISASTER to pick and store as much as possible. and are planning all-night vigils to monitor Orange varieties usually fare better than the health of nearly $1 billion worth of AND SAVING YOUR CROP.” lemons because the sugar content lowers the oranges, tangerines and lemons. freezing point. “Even a few degrees can mean the differ- Nick Hill Most crops are not in season and will be ence between complete disaster and saving Farmer spared. Olive growers said low temperatures your crop,” said Nick Hill, who grows oranges, could cause damage to newer trees but expect tangerines and lemons on 500 acres in Dinuba. peratures dip below 30 degrees. Hill worries This weekend’s freeze likely won’t last the low temperatures will instead have a pos- Farmers in this mostly agricultural region that this time there might not be enough that long, but meteorologists have said it itive impact by killing olive fruit flies. of California keep a close watch on the heat to pull back down. could be comparable to a freeze that wiped The cold snap was brought on by an arc- weather and try everything to raise temper- A severe cold snap can destroy crops, out the citrus crop in 1998. If that happens tic mass that will move across the region, atures, even by just a few degrees. leave hundreds of farmworkers unem- again, consumers will pay more for citrus according to the National Weather Service. Woman pleads no contest to abusing her four adopted children By The Associated Press convicted by a jury on all counts, authori- Besides the no contest pleas involving she did not offer a plea bargain in this case. ties said. three of the children, Vasquez pleaded no “The judge indicated if she pled at this SANTA BARBARA A former day care opera- Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa contest to a fourth felony count of injecting time that she would not serve any more tor charged with caging two of her four released her until sentencing in March one of the children with a puberty-blocking than one year in the County Jail,” the prose- adopted children and keeping a third in despite prosecution pleas to keep her jailed drug Lupron. cutor said. filthy conditions unexpectedly pleaded no on $1 million bail. A sentencing hearing Defense attorney Robert Sanger said the Vasquez, 50 was accused of abusing her contest for abusing her kids. starts March 12 and could last a week. no contest plea was a “painful decision.” four children at various times over a three- Sylvia Jovanna Vasquez entered the plea Ochoa ruled that Vasquez could have “Ms. Vasquez entered this plea, in part, year period that ended early last year when a Thursday as a jury was about to picked in contact with her children — ages 6, 9, 12, because she is very concerned about her neighbor contacted law enforcement. The her trial. If the felonies are reduced to mis- and 13 — under the supervision of child children,” Sanger said. “She wants to get this day care business in her Foothill Road home demeanors, she faces up to a year in jail welfare officials. Vasquez will also be moni- over with and move onto the next stage.” was shut down when she was arrested on instead of the possible 10 years in prison if tored electronically. 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Kathleen black and white, marched in the thousands Blanco and President Bush, accusing them of on City Hall — unified in their anger and failing act on the city’s crime problem. demanding action be taken to stem violent Some faulted Bush for sending more crime that has claimed nine lives this year troops to secure Iraq while New Orleans — and left many contemplating their future in where the police force is already being aug- this hurricane-ravaged city. mented by the Louisiana National Guard — Mayor Ray Nagin’s response Thursday: “I needs help. heard you loud and clear.” “I want more troops here,” said Eddie Nagin pledged to intensify his focus on Ecker, 38, a musician walking with a snare fighting violent crime during a news confer- drum strapped to his chest. ence after the march. “We will not recover Not all the frustration was aimed at gov- unless our citizens feel safe,” he said. ernment. One by one, speakers declared their love “Seeing a crime, seeing criminal activity for a city, struggling to recover from 2005’s and not saying something is a crime,” said Hurricane Katrina, and their fear that the Amy Brown, 35, who said she is rebuilding a violence will force families to leave or keep home in the Central City neighborhood, others from coming home. home to some of the worst violence. “I don’t like Houston, I love New Orleans. In a black-majority city where most of the I don’t like Atlanta, I love New Orleans. I don’t murder victims have been black, the crowd like Tennessee. I love New Orleans,” Hot 8 was predominantly white, but racially diverse. Brass Band trombonist Glen David Andrews “It’s not about white. It’s not about black. shouted in one fiery speech. His band mate, I think now people are realizing that because drummer Dinerral Shavers, was shot to death everybody’s blood is red,” said Keqante Dec. 28 as Shavers’ family watched. Brown, 30, a black woman who said five “It’s about time the people came out in members of her family have been murdered support for putting a stop to this,” said in the last 12 years. police officer J.W. Jones, a patrolman on Amy Brown said she was disappointed that horseback helping with crowd control. more young black people did not participate. Police estimated 5,000 participated in the Architect Adam Perschall, 36, and his wife, march and rally. Caroline, 35, said crime has affected them and Nagin did not participate, at organizers’ so many of their friends that they are thinking requests, but he listened to the speeches and about leaving the city. took in a scene that included signs reading: “I don’t want to do that,” said Adam “Where’s the Mayor?” and “No Leadership, Perschall. “I love New Orleans.” No Results.” New Orleans had 161 homicides last year, “We want to open a dialogue, but this was the lowest total in 60 years. But the popula- not the time. It would have been too big a tion was way down from its pre-Katrina total shift from listening to the people to sudden- of 455,000, and is still only about 200,000. Tanker breaks from dock By The Associated Press and slacken the lines, according to Coast Guard officials and a spokesman for the ANCHORAGE, Alaska An oil tanker that tanker operator. broke free of its moorings at a Nikiski dock The ship captain quickly decided it was last year got into more trouble at the same safer for the ship to sail south to Kachemak dock this week after ice strained its ropes, Bay at Homer to inspect the ship for damage. forcing it to retreat to safer waters. No oil spilled, there were no injuries and The Coast Guard is investigating the inci- no serious damage to the ship, said Coast dent Tuesday involving the Seabulk Pride. Guard officials and Jim Butler, a Kenai rep- When it broke free last February, the ship resentative for the tanker’s operator, Seabulk spilled some petroleum into the ice-choked Tankers Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. waters and drifted powerless onto a nearby The Coast Guard cleared the ship to beach. Rescuers eventually saved the 600- return to the Nikiski dock Thursday night to foot vessel. resume unloading oil. The latest incident shows continuing Coast Guard Lt. Court Smith, who is gaps in Cook Inlet shipping safety, watch- investigating the incident, said the Seabulk dog groups said Thursday. But Coast Guard Pride crew appeared to be abiding by Coast officials said the Seabulk Pride operator Guard rules for operating in heavy ice, and apparently followed regulations and per- performed appropriately. formed well. A Coast Guard investigation into the Feb. On Tuesday, the ship was unloading 2 incident was seriously critical, citing inad- crude oil at a dock near the Tesoro refinery equate training for deck hands and a lack of at Nikiski. Around 8 a.m. some of the multi- readiness on both the bridge and in the ple ropes and cables securing the vessel to engine room. State environmental regulators the dock were strained by ice 6 inches thick continue to investigate the mishap. and carried by a slow-moving tide pushed Two watchdog groups, the Cook Inlet against the ship. Regional Citizens Advisory Council and the One cable snapped and four other lines at Shipping Safety Partnership, said Thursday the bow were strained, causing winches to this week’s incident underlines the need for pay out a few more feet to relieve the stress further Cook Inlet shipping precautions National 8 WEEKEND EDITION, JANUARY 13-14, 2007 A newspaper with issues Federal officials Not all fun and games open review of victions to stand behind,” he said. Controversy follows a decision to pull The University of Southern California’s Tongass plan Interactive Media Division planned to offer Columbine video game from film fest summer fellowships to the winners but with- BY ANNE SUTTON drew the sponsorship. Associated Press Writer BY DEBBIE HUMMEL Harris and Dylan Klebold and some of their Assistant professor Tracy Fullerton said Associated Press Writer writings. Players take the place of Harris and rejecting the Columbine game was “detri- JUNEAU, Alaska Opposing sides were Klebold, who killed 13 people and then mental to the overall project of supporting already lobbing mudballs as federal officials SALT LAKE CITY An alternative film festival themselves in April 1999. independent game makers.” on Friday opened public review of the latest that also showcases aspiring video-game Ledonne, of Alamosa, Colo., said he was a “To have the game pulled based on either management plan for the nation’s largest developers has caused controversy by sud- sophomore in high school when the shoot- pressure from backers or a fear of liability is national forest. denly rejecting a game depicting the ings took place. to say that independent games do not deserve The plan spells out seven alternatives for Columbine High School massacre. balancing logging, recreation, and other uses A key sponsor from the University of of Tongass National Forest in southeast Southern California withdrew in protest and THEY PICKED UP SOMETHING THAT THEY, IN Alaska. six game makers pulled their creations at the The Sierra Club describes the proposal as Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. THE END, DIDN’T HAVE THE COURAGE OF “fatally flawed” because it places too much A statement on the festival’s Web site said: emphasis on logging to the detriment of the “There are moral obligations to consider THEIR CONVICTIONS TO STAND BEHIND.” environment and other uses. with this particular game and the interests Logging industry officials say the plan and welfare of the Slamdance organization Danny Ledonne leaves little room for a viable timber econo- and its community. Video game developer my to flourish in southeast Alaska. “Ultimately, after much internal conflict The release of the document is the latest and debate, we decided to pull this game and “I had the same kinds of issues in high the same respect and conscientious protec- step in a revision of the 1997 Tongass Land hope a choice like it will never have to be school that the two shooters did and I just tion by artistic venues as independent films,” Management Plan. made again,” the statement said. dealt with it differently, fortunately,” he said Fullerton said on the department’s Web log. That plan allocated 3.9 million acres as It is the first time in the festival’s 13-year Friday. She did not immediately return a phone logging areas, 2.4 million acres of which are run that any media have been removed from He said he wanted to make a game about message seeking comment Friday. Slamdance in roadless parts of the forest. competition. an important event and believed it would president Peter Baxter planned to comment A federal appeals court ordered the forest “In the gaming world this has come to be spark serious discussion about the shootings, Friday, a spokeswoman said. service to revise its plan in August 2005 after known as ‘Slamgate,"’ said Danny Ledonne, which were blamed in part on the teens’ The Slamdance festival, Jan. 18-27, is sepa- six environmental groups challenged the whose “Super Columbine Massacre RPG!” exposure to violent games. rate but runs at the same time as the Sundance timber program. was removed from the festival’s Guerrilla Ledonne said Slamdance contacted him Film Festival, also in Park City. A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Gamemaker competition this week. about entering his game in their competi- Slamdance bills itself as an independent Court of Appeals ruled that mistakes made Ledonne’s game, which can be down- tion. alternative to Sundance. Films come from by the federal agency in projecting timber loaded off the Internet, has cartoon graphics “They picked up something that they, in first-time directors working with budgets demand seriously impaired the plan for the and photos of Columbine shooters Eric the end, didn’t have the courage of their con- under $1 million. Tongass. — ATTENTION — AA OLYMPIC Self Storage ACCENTURE Serving Santa Monica and West L.A. EMPLOYEES Rent

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Here at the CFDA, Council of Fashion Designers of America on we’ve been in the forefront in terms of Friday released a list of recommendations as efforts (like) Fashion Targets Breast Cancer part of a new health initiative. and HIV/AIDS awareness,” he said. “As the The panel that formulated the guidelines issue of underweight models became global, included CFDA president Diane von we, as a group, outside of what other coun- Furstenberg, nutritionist Joy Bauer, model- tries have done, decided to do something. I ing agent Louis Chaban, fitness trainer actually think it was a really responsible David Kirsch and Dr. Susan Ice, vice presi- move.” dent and medical director of Philadelphia’s But Dr. Cynthia Bulik, a professor at the Renfrew Center, which is dedicated to eating University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill disorders. and a former president of the Academy of The guidelines were issued three weeks Eating Disorders, said she’d like to see the before designers start showcasing their fall fashion industry adopt stricter standards in collections during New York’s Fashion Week, an effort to protect two populations: the which starts Feb. 2. models and all the young girls who look up The guidelines, which are only sugges- to them. tions and not binding for the industry, include the following: ■ Keep models under 16 off the runway AS THE ISSUE OF and don’t allow models under 18 to work at fittings or photo shoots past midnight. UNDERWEIGHT ■ Educate those in the industry to iden- tify the early warning signs of eating disor- MODELS BECAME GLOBAL, ders. ■ Require models identified as having an WE, AS A GROUP, OUTSIDE eating disorder to receive professional help and only allow those models to continue OF WHAT OTHER COUN- with approval from that professional. ■ Develop workshops on the causes and TRIES HAVE DONE, DECID- effects of eating disorders, and raise aware- ness of the effects of smoking and tobacco- ED TO DO SOMETHING. related disease. ■ During fashion shows, provide healthy Steven Kolb meals and snacks, while prohibiting smok- Council of Fashion Designeres of America ing and alcohol. executive director What’s missing from these voluntary guidelines — aside from a means of enforce- “I’ve asked patients about what they see ment — is any mention of the Body Mass when they see models. They say, `I look at Index. In September, Madrid Fashion Week their skinny arms, their hip bones and their banned models with a body mass index of flat stomachs and then I look at myself and less than 18. The standard accepted by the say I’m too fat,"’ Bulik says. “It zeros in on World Health Organization is that anyone their self-esteem and their perceived inade- with an index under 18.5 is underweight. quacies, and these are girls who are already Italian government officials also got underweight.” involved in this too-skinny model debate, Michael Vollbracht, the creative director apparently prompted in part by Spain’s at Bill Blass, which will stage its next runway move and by the death in November of show Feb. 6, agrees that the industry has an Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston, who obligation to showcase apparel models who weighted 88 pounds when she died. In a are also role models. But he also expects it December deal with the Italian fashion will take time for industry eyes to adjust to a industry, designers agreed not to hire mod- less-thin thin model. els younger than 16, and to require all mod- “Thin is always in, it’s how you show els to submit medical proof that they do not clothes,” Vollbracht said. But then those size suffer from eating disorders. 0 styles are plucked by stylists for Hollywood “The CFDA Health Initiative is about actresses who then feel fat — and then diet awareness and education, not policing. — when they can’t fit into the tiny garments, Therefore, the committee is not recom- and there are so many girls and women who mending that models get a doctor’s physical then look up to the stars. It’s a perpetual examination to assess their health or body- cycle, he said. mass index to be permitted to work,”accord- Vollbracht pointed out that in the 1980s ing to a statement from the CFDA. “Eating and early ‘90s, top models Claudia Schiffer disorders are emotional disorders that have and Cindy Crawford had more curvaceous psychological, behavioral, social, and physi- figures. “Heroin chic changed a lot of cal manifestations, of which body weight is things,” he said. “It’ll take some time to only one.” change back.” Steven Kolb, executive director for the The Illinois-based Academy of Eating CFDA, told The Associated Press that the Disorders offered its own counter-sugges- designers’ understanding of the issue as tions to the CFDA, using a minimum BMI of explained to them by health specialists is 18.5 for models over 18. That would trans- that BMI is only one factor in a long list of late into a 5-foot-9 female model weighing criteria to identify eating disorders. more than 126 pounds. An alternative for- “A lot of the girls who work the runway mula for models between the ages of 16 and are genetically thin. You go backstage and 18 would call for a 5-foot-9 teen girl to you see a lot of girls eating a lot of food and weight more than 117 pounds. National 10 WEEKEND EDITION, JANUARY 13-14, 2007 A newspaper with issues Two divers killed in training 500 miles north of Alaska. Arctic with about 35 scientists to collect Report: Crew members drinking beer Their deaths were the result of a chain data that would help them map the ocean of mistakes, said Vice Adm. Charles floor. Hill was the ship’s dive officer, as Wurster, the Coast Guard’s Pacific area well as the liaison between the scientists before deadly Coast Guard dive in Arctic commander. and the crew. BY CURT WOODWARD The two divers, from the Seattle-based “Had any link been broken, this acci- Shortly after the deaths, the Healy’s Associated Press Writer icebreaker Healy, also were loaded with dent would not have occurred,” Wurster commander, Capt. Douglas G. Russell, was too much weight before entering the water told a news conference Friday. relieved of duty and reassigned to admin- SEATTLE Crewmembers assisting a train- and plunging to about 200 feet, nearly 10 That included the untrained “tenders,” istrative tasks. His superiors cited “a loss of ing dive that killed two Coast Guard divers times further than intended. who were monitoring the divers from the confidence in Russell’s continued ability to in the Arctic were untrained for the job Coast Guard Lt. Jessica Hill, 31, of St. ice above. Two of the tenders drank three command.” and had been drinking beer during a Augustine, Fla., and Boatswain’s Mate beers or less during an “ice liberty” before Russell and other officers in charge of partylike leave beforehand, an official Steven Duque, 22, of Miami, Fla., were the dive, the Coast Guard’s report said. the ship received official reprimands or investigation said Friday. killed in the Aug. 17, 2006, accident, about The Healy was sailing through the admonitions, Wurster said Friday. Canoe Hokulea sets sail to western Pacific By The Associated Press Hawaiian voyaging renaissance. Eleven people aboard the Hokulea will no motor, the Alingano Maisu has an out- “We need to go, complete what we said make the long trip. board motor to help get in and out of tight WAILUKU, Hawaii After a weeklong delay, we were going to do, honor our teacher, At Kawaihae, Thompson hands over the harbors. the crew of the voyaging canoe Hokulea honor all our teachers, train young people, tiller to fellow navigator Bruce Blankenfeld Each of the vessels also has aboard a has set out on its five-month, 7,000 mile thank Micronesia, the greatest navigators for the next big leg of the canoes’ voyage, to shortwave radio and satellite telephones, in journey spanning the western Pacific. in the world,” said Nainoa Thompson, Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Shorty addition to short-distance radios to com- The 62-foot-long, double-hulled canoe Polynesian Voyaging Society president and Bertelmann will serve as captain and Chad municate with one another. was expected to meet up with the newest Hokulea navigator. Paishon as navigator aboard the Alingano The Hokulea was scheduled to depart Hawaiian voyaging canoe, the Alingano Piailug, 75, taught Hawaiian voyagers Maisu. last week but was delayed by gale force Maisu, at Kawaihae on the Big Island how to use wind, stars, the sea, birds and Once the ships reach Majuro, they will winds across the state. before the two boats embark Saturday on other cues to make accurate landfalls after hop from island to island to reach Satawal. their mission of gratitude to Micronesia. long voyages. 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The Native American Rights Fund filed the BOISE, Idaho Nearly a dozen Indian tribes, lawsuit in hopes of ensuring that tribal govern- slash college costs including the Nez Perce of Idaho, have filed ments that either didn’t have the resources for suit against the federal government, asking it to a legal fight or weren’t aware their right to sue SANTA MONICA account for billions of dollars held in tribal was about the expire, didn’t permanently lose –An extremely popu- at the Santa Monica Main Library trusts. the chance to ask for a complete accounting, lar free workshop is being held for 10:15 a.m. to 12 p.m, and Tuesday, The lawsuit is the latest legal challenge to said NARF attorney Don Wharton. the parents of college bound high January 23rd at the Montana Avenue the government’s handling of American The lawsuit asks the court to rule that a school students during the month of Library The classes on Tuesday and Indian trust money, which tribal representa- government effort in the early 1990s to satisfy Thursday 7:15pm to 8:45pm & tives contend has been shoddy and inadequate. Congress’ orders was unacceptable, Wharton December at various Santa Monica The Native American Rights Fund, a said. The tribes are also asking the court to locations. Saturday Morning 10:15 a.m. to 12 Boulder, Colo.-based nonprofit law firm, is order the Interior Department to perform a p.m. The workshop will be taught seeking to represent about 240 tribal govern- complete accounting. The workshop will focus on little- by Shanee Chavis an affiliate of the ments that have trust accounts with the United Department of Interior spokesman Shane known ways of getting money for College Planning Network, Inc. the States. The firm says the U.S. Department of Wolf said it would be inappropriate to com- the Interior, which manages the accounts, has ment on pending litigation. college, no matter how much nation’s leading expert on paying for failed to provide a complete accounting The law firm estimates that about 70 tribes income you make, or how good of a college. Ron Caruthers the President despite several congressional orders. have already sued the U.S. government on an student you have. The class will of the College Planning Network is a The government holds about 1,600 trust individual basis. include such topics as how to double continuous guest of KUSI TV News, fund accounts for more than 300 tribes. Their The latest lawsuit joins another claim alleg- or triple your eligibility for free Author of “How To Give Your Child total worth is estimated at about $3 billion. ing mismanagement of Indian trust funds. 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Legislators can thank Americans who The head of the state Liquor Dispensary now Associated Press Writer Congressional approval hit a low of 18 describe themselves as Democrats for the is trying to get lawmakers to repeal the 67-year- percent in March 1992, according to the improvement in their report card this old law forbidding his staff from engaging in WASHINGTON Public approval of Congress Gallup organization, and the institution was month: In December, 19 percent of partisan politics, including joining a political has edged up a bit now that Democrats are particularly unpopular from 1992 through Democrats approved of Congress, compared party, making campaign contributions or even back in control, but it’s still nothing to write 1994. Its popularity increased from 1995 to with 33 percent of Republicans. In this sticking candidate bumper stickers on their home about. 2001, peaking after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. month’s poll, 28 percent of Democrats cars. Approval for the way Congress is han- It’s been downhill ever since, and by 2006 approved of Congress; the GOP number was James “Dyke” Nally, dispensary superintend- dling its job rose to 32 percent in the latest congressional approval was back in the 20s, about the same, at 32 percent. ent, says other state agencies aren’t governed by AP-Ipsos poll, up from a meager 27 percent just as in 1993 and 1994. Other groups that showed relatively large similar restrictions, so the law should be a month earlier. That puts Congress on par Jackie Imler, 51, of Versailles, Mo., was increases in their approval ratings for changed to make things uniform for all of with President Bush, whose 32 percent among those polled this week who disap- Congress included adults aged 35 and older, Idaho’s 19,000 state workers. approval rating represents a new low for him proved of Congress’ job performance, but Midwesterners and Westerners, single The statute is another reminder of conserva- in AP-Ipsos polling. she said she’s hopeful that will change. women and white evangelical Christians. tive Idaho’s uneasy relationship with alcohol, a The Democrats, led by House Speaker “I think in the past few years, things have The telephone poll of 1,002 adults was throwback to an era when lawmakers feared Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader gone towards big business and not the mid- conducted Monday through Wednesday and blending boozing and schmoozing in the liquor Harry Reid, took control of Congress when dle class, so I’m hoping things will turn had a margin of sampling error of plus or dispensary could produce a cocktail too volatile the new session began on Jan. 4. around with the new Congress,” she said. minus 3 percentage points. to allow. The softening of attitudes toward Robert Shapiro, a political scientist and Nally says the law likely harkens back to Congress suggests legislators may have an public opinion expert at Columbia Associated Press writer Ann Sanner, AP those post-Prohibition days when polling places opportunity to improve their standing in the University, cautioned that congressional Manager of News Surveys Trevor Tompson and were still located in taverns and voting for can- new year, but there appears to be little open- leaders need to work to keep disagreement AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius con- didates, no matter how distasteful, might be ing for Bush to move up similarly, public over what to do in Iraq from spilling over tributed to this report. washed down with a double on the rocks. opinion experts believe. into broader partisan gridlock. “I think it came from the old days ... when “The question for Nancy Pelosi and Mr. “The danger for everyone, Democrat and people would pile everybody into the back of Reid and the Democrats is whether they Republican, is that this division on the war ON THE NET the truck and head down to the saloon to vote,” show the American public they can govern leads to partisan conflict of the sort ■ Ipsos: www.ap-ipsosresults.com Nally told The Associated Press. 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Thursday released a study that predicts a pre- According to the coalition, the area has cipitous fall of the prized game fish in some three operating phosphate mines and up to 26 streams and an overall decline in populations closed mines. The main operators are Boise- in the region. based J.R. Simplot Co., Monsanto Co. in St. They said contamination comes from sele- Louis and Agrium Inc. of Calgary. All three nium leaching out of waste rock from the supply agricultural products to growers. mines. Fred Zerza, a Simplot spokesman, said the Selenium is a naturally occurring mineral report from ISU was one of several designed that is healthy in small quantities but can to derail the company’s planned expansion of build up to toxic levels. At phosphate mines, it its Smoky Canyon mine. leaches out of waste rock and accumulates in “This would be another in a succession of stream sediments, where it goes through the those,” Zerza said, “to discredit the efforts of food chain from plants to insects to fish. the company to develop the mine.” “The bottom line is there are (selenium) He said the company has made efforts to concentrations in fish that are high — high by control selenium contamination with water anyone’s standards, not just cherry picking and fish monitoring systems as well as rerout- standards — and that indicate a high risk of ing one stream away from waste rock. population declines,”Van Kirk said. Researchers found that fish in the Salt and The Bozeman, Mont.,-based Greater Blackfoot drainages contained an average Yellowstone Association — whose stated mis- 9.81 micrograms of selenium per gram of sion is to protect the lands, waters, and body weight, which they say is more than 2 wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem micrograms above the point where fish pop- — paid the university about $8,600 to pro- ulations start declining. duce the report. Of the 63 fish samples that looked at sele- The organization is trying to collect expert nium levels, Van Kirk said most were taken in data on how phosphate mines are effecting 2005 and 2006. The samples ranged from 1.8 fish and wildlife, spokesman Marv Hoyt said. micrograms up to 52.3 micrograms. The Blackfoot and Salt river drainages in Four streams had concentrations above 20 southeast Idaho contain two of the six largest micrograms, Van Kirk said, including East remaining populations of Yellowstone cut- Mill Creek, a tributary to the Blackfoot River. throat, Van Kirk said. The Idaho Department of Health and The population has already suffered major Welfare has warned parents to limit the num- setbacks in what was its main habitat, ber of fish children eat from the creek because Yellowstone National Park, following illegal of the high selenium concentrations. But Van introduction of lake trout to Yellowstone Kirk said selenium has killed most fish in that Lake. In February, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife stream. Service declined to list the species, though the Three other streams that contained fish selenium threat was considered. with levels above 20 micrograms were Sage, “There were some concerns that were Deer and Crow creeks, all tributaries to the identified,” said Wade Fredenberg, native fish Salt River. Gov. wants to kill all but 100 wolves BY JESSE HARLAN ALDERMAN bused in wolf opponents from as far as Twin Associated Press Writer Falls, 130 miles away, for Thursday’s rally with Otter and several state lawmakers. They BOISE, Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter says urged the government to immediately he’ll support public hunts to kill all but 100 remove wolves from endangered species gray wolves in the state once the federal gov- protection. ernment removes the animal from Otter also signed a proclamation making Endangered Species Act protections. Thursday “Idaho Sportsmen Day.” The governor said he hopes to shoot a The crowd — including one hunter with wolf himself. a stuffed baby fox around his neck and a sign The Idaho Office of Species Conservation declaring “Wolves are illegal immigrants estimates the state’s current wolf population too” — stood for more than an hour in the at about 650, in roughly 60 packs. Otter told midmorning snow. They applauded wildly The Associated Press after a rally of hunters as Otter amplified their position that wolves on the Capitol steps that he wants hunters to are rapidly killing elk and other animals gradually kill about 550 of the animals, leav- essential to Idaho’s multimillion-dollar ing about 100 wolves or 10 packs, the mini- hunting industry. mum the federal government would allow But Suzanne Stone, a spokeswoman for before wolves again would be considered the wolf advocacy group Defenders of endangered. Wildlife in Boise, said most biological stud- “That management includes you,” Otter ies show that wolves do not substantially told the approximately 300 hunters, many damage elk or other big game herds. wearing camouflage clothing and blaze- She said Otter’s proposal to sustain Idaho’s orange caps. “I’m prepared to bid for that wolf population at the “very edge of the min- first ticket to shoot a wolf myself.” imum required for survival” would return the Idaho Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife animals to the verge of eradication. Food 14 WEEKEND EDITION, JANUARY 13-14, 2007 A newspaper with issues Blending fresh and prepared foods Entire meal can be on the table in just 30 minutes DOLMADES FETA WITH PINE NUTS AND HONEY 16 dolmades 1/2-pound block feta cheese, room tem- BY J.M. HIRSCH because it’s easy to find quality prepared 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill perature Associated Press Food Writer foods. It also helps that many of the items Freshly ground black pepper 1/2 cup pine nuts, lightly toasted are best served room temperature. 1 lemon 1/3 cup honey Dinner parties took on an entirely new There is no centerpiece dish in this menu. 1/4 cup fresh oregano leaves, washed meaning after the birth of our son. The idea is to fill the table with lots of Arrange the dolmades on a serving plat- and patted dry With a busy 2-year-old now seemingly in starter-style foods and a few bottles of wine, ter. Sprinkle them with the dill, then sea- charge of the house, even just thinking about then let people nibble and drink. son to taste with pepper. At this point, Place the feta cheese at the center of a pulling together a lavish dinner for friends I usually begin with a bowl of purchased the dolmades can be covered and refrig- large serving plate or platter. Drizzle makes me tired. hummus, which I top with a drizzle of olive erated until ready to serve. Remove from honey over the feta, allowing it to run But slowly my wife and I have discovered oil, a pinch of smoked paprika and a squirt refrigerator 30 minutes before serving. down the sides of the cheese. that parenthood need not mean the end of of lemon juice. This is accompanied by a Use a fine grater to zest the lemon, Sprinkle the ground nuts over the top of adult conversation. And the secret to post- selection of flatbreads and crackers. sprinkling the zest over the dolmades. the cheese, then scatter oregano leaves partum parties is neither takeout nor ship- For something green, I have a bowl of Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the over and around it. Serve with cracker, ping junior off to his grandparents. purchased tabbouleh, a flavorful mix of juice over the dolmades. baguette slices or flatbread. The tricks include using a handful of grains, parsley, onion, garlic and tomatoes. If Makes 4 servings. Makes 4 servings. fresh ingredients to breathe vibrancy into the flavor is a bit dull, I liven it up with salt, (Start to finish: 5 minutes) (Start to finish: 10 minutes) purchased items, keeping cooking to an lemon juice and a bit of olive oil. absolute minimum, and plan for lots of Next is the feta platter, which is decep- small bites instead of one large (and compli- tively simple to assemble but offers wonder- Finally, I arrange a platter full of dolmades, For drinking, I usually put out some my cated) dish. fully complex flavors. Just set a block of feta or stuffed grape leaves. I buy these in a 70- “house” wine, $5 bottles of a South African This entire meal can be on the table in on a platter, drizzle with olive oil, then sprin- count can at a local Greek market for about cab-merlot blend that drinks like something about 30 minutes. And that means we have kle with pine nuts and fresh oregano. $12. Sprinkled with pepper, fresh dill, lemon triple the price. time to tuck our son into bed, set the table, Be sure to let the feta cheese come to zest and lemon juice, they are delicious. Meals such as this are how I assure my prep the food and still not be rushing room temperature before making this; the If you’re so inclined, a platter of cured childless friends that having little ones does- around as our guests arrive. flavors are much better. Serve it with slices of meats and a bowl of mixed, herbed olives n’t mean the end of adult fun, but it does For this party I usually go Mediterranean baguette (toasted, if you have time). would round out the meal nicely. require that you rethink how you have it.

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STORAGE, from page 1 bigger. There are 227 acres at the airport.” There is already an existing storage shed currently designed is too large for the site, at the site, but at 4,743 square feet, it is too insufficiently designed and harms the char- small to house airport maintenance vehicles acter and quality of life of the neighborhood. and the emergency response vehicles, city The call for action highlights a 20-year officials said. battle between residents and City Hall over What to do with the airport has been a how the airport is used. Because the shed contentious issues in the city for decades as would be built at the airport, it does not elected officials have struggled with a legally- need to go through the typical approval binding agreement with the Federal Aviation process, which includes reviews by both the Administration that prevents City Hall from Planning Commission and Architectural closing the airport down and converting it Review Board. into a park or housing, as some have sug- Residents want that changed. gested. “This is about 15 years of discussion on The 1984 agreement will be around for how things should be done at the airport,”said another eight years, at which time there is David Kaplan, an airport commissioner and hope amongst residents and city officials resident of Sunset Park. “When I first moved that the airport could scaled back if not here 20 years ago, there were no metal build- demolished, however, until then, City Hall’s ings at the airport. Now we have several. Prior hands are tied when it comes to zoning, said city managers passed resolutions establishing a Andy Agle, the director of resource manage- proper notifying process for construction ment and a former city planner. process. Now, that seems to have been forgot- “At one point during the land-use review ten. process (currently underway) it was consid- “They really do need something for the fire ered whether or not to include the airport, department,” Kaplan said. “But there are other and based upon some legal constraints, the sites that are not right next to homes.” council instructed staff not to include it,” The storage shed would be used to store the Agle said. “But the planning of the airport is fire department’s reserve and emergency an important issue and we will continue to response vehicles and equipment, disaster sup- take public input on that.” plies and maintenance equipment that is cur- To ensure that the shed is compatible rently sitting outside the various firehouses with the surrounding neighborhood, city throughout the city. In addition, airport maintenance materials, tools and equipment will also be kept there. WITH THIS Storing the fire equipment will eliminate the deteriorating impacts of keeping the FACILITY, THE equipment and materials outside, enhance security, reduce response time during times EMERGENCY VEHICLES of extreme emergencies and reduce blight, city officials said. WOULD BE FULLY “This is not for our need. This is for the community’s need,”said Deputy Fire Chief EQUIPPED AND READY TO Bruce Davis. “The community is very gen- erous and has given the fire department ROLL AT A MOMENTS the best equipment to care for them … This building will allow us to put equip- NOTICE.” ment inside so that we can better take care of the investment made by the city and the Bruce Davis residents.” Deputy Fire Chief Davis said the location of the shed, which many residents would like changed, is ideal staff held a community meeting in because it is next to a a firehouse with the November, at which time they presented proper staffing levels to maintain the vehi- three options that included different roof cles, supplies and other equipment. By being heights and facades. next to the airport, the shed could be used as That meeting was called at the request of a staging area to either transport victims to the Airport Commission, and city staff failed area hospitals or gather food, water and to notify the public as required by previous medical supplies that would be brought in commission action related to construction by plane or dropped from a helicopter hov- projects at the airport, a letter from commis- ering overhead. sioners to the council states. “With everything spread out currently, we “It was also noted that drawings and cannot mobilize quickly in the event of an exhibits were incomplete and deficient for emergency,”Davis said.“With this facility, the public discussion without showing full site, emergency vehicles would be fully equipped accurate use of spaces or scale of adjacent and ready to roll at a moments notice.” properties,” the letter adds. Zena Josephs, a member of Friends, said The shed is expected to cost $77,000 to residents support the fire department, but build. are simply seeking a proper review process “(Zoning at the airport) has certainly that allows for more public input. been a big issue in the Sunset Park neighbor- “This is a symptom of the airport not hood,” said Amanda Schachter, a planning being zoned,” Jospehs said. “Because it does manager at City Hall who has worked in the not go through the regular planning process, city for 20 years. “It is an issue that council the only people who will have control over hasn’t given us direction at this point. Really, the design is the City Council. We have no we have been instructed to just look at very control over what is happening and who’s to broad policy, and any specifics will follow.” say that once they’re finished that they couldn’t go back and build something even [email protected] CAN’T FIND A DAILY PRESS NEWSTAND IN YOUR AREA? 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If you can get something something on white poster board,” Stewart of competition for a advertise. that is novel, unusual, you can shock people said. “That would stand out more than a “Signs are very important,” he said. and grab their attention.” cardboard box.” “People look at them before they look at Case in point, a homeless man on the Despite his lack of artistic ability when it the public’s attention you, but without any money, all I can do is corner of Arizona Avenue and Third Street comes to graphic design, Hummer said a stick with what I have, and I know that’s not who was seen recently holding a stick with man actually gave him $5 for one of BY KEVIN HERRERA enough to make any real money.” fishing line attached to a Styrofoam cup his signs. Daily Press Staff Writer Talk to any advertising executive and they will attest to the power of good marketing. THIRD STREET PROMENADE Standing Whether it’s a billboard promoting beer, an THEY COULD HELP THEMSELVES BY WRITING beside his backpack and sleeping bag, home- ad in a magazine for cosmetics or a homeless less poet Royce Hummer held up a sign he person’s appeal for food or cash — each SOMETHING ON WHITE POSTER BOARD. THAT made out of cardboard and watched as peo- must be able to catch a reader’s eye and a ple passed him by without even glancing in communicate just enough information to WOULD STAND OUT MORE THAN A CARDBOARD BOX.” his direction. keep them interested. Written in black ink was an offer by Those that can achieve that are usually David Stewart Hummer to trade a poem for a small dona- invaluable in business circles, able to make Chair of the marketing department for the USC Marshall School of Business tion. It wasn’t the most eye-catching slogan, someone a loyal consumer for life. One but one in which Hummer takes pride. only has to think of the beer Corona and and a sign underneath reading, “Fishing “He said he collected them, so I sold it to “I won’t do it,”the 56-year-old said, when images of a relaxing, tropical vacation rush for change.” him,” Hummer said. “I used some of the asked why he didn’t just ask for money. “I to mind. “Yeah, I notice things like that,” said money to make a new sign and here I am.” don’t believe in it. I feel like I should be “Colors and images are clearly very shopper Fares Al Salem. “I like the ones that Hummer reports that he typically makes offering something in return ... and since I’m important,” said David Stewart, chair of the say things like ‘I need money for weed or for a few dollars a day panhandling. On a good a poet, that’s what I can give.” marketing department for the USC Marshall beer.’At least they are telling the truth. Other day, he can earn as much as $20, but has to ones, where the people are saying they’re compete with those who are more creative veterans, I’m not so sure. or fake injury to win sympathy. TELL SANTA MONICA WHAT YOU THINK! “I don’t really know if I can believe them “There’s a lady here who is in a wheel- or not.” chair when she doesn’t even need one,” said The problem with many who are down- Hoffman, who migrated to Santa Monica WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR and-out is that they do not have the money from Florida 16 months ago to pursue his to make elaborate signs. If they did, they dream of being a published poet. “She can EMAIL TO: [email protected] OR FAX TO (310) 576-9913 most likely wouldn’t be on the streets beg- rake in as much as $60 or $80 dollars. It’s not ging for change. fair, but that’s how it goes.” Visit us online at smdp.com Stewart said many signs are written illeg- ibly and are usually on cardboard, which sel- [email protected] RENEWAL HAPPENS HERE! 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Frappuccino, sans whipped cream, contains 240 calories; a Some sparkling alternatives bottle of Vitamin Water has 125 calories; and a 12-ounce soft drink contains about 150 calories. BY MELODY HANATANI Patrons along the promenade had mixed reactions to the Daily Press Staff Writer study on Thursday. While some have fallen into the health- conscious mentality of Southern California, others simply CITYWIDE Put down that can of Coke, there are other don’t care about what’s in the drinks they consume. ways to satisfy a sweet tooth. “I drink Diet Coke. OK, actually normal Coke, and a lot Valerie Gawin, a registered dietitian and owner of of it,”said 22-year-old Vanessa Pavan.“I also love fruit juices. the health consulting firm Westside MNT Specialists, in I don’t care about the health thing.” Malibu, said sweet and healthy drinks are within reach. Many contend they try to drink water as much as they It just takes a little imagination. can, and avoid coffee and other high-calorie drinks. There’s no need to indulge in an artificially sweet- Samantha Niseboim, 22, grew up in Chicago, where ened soda with high fructose corn syrup. Follow these healthy eating was never a concern. But in Los Angeles, she healthy drinking tips: tries to maintain the lifestyle by avoiding coffee and soda, ■ Take some sparkling water, which has close to and drinking what seems like 10 bottles of water every day, zero calories, and add a splash orange juice, grapefruit “just because it makes me feel good.” juice or cranberry juice. The combination results in a Milk is perhaps one of the most important drinks to sweet and healthy carbonated drink that has much consume, according to the report, which found that less calories than a soft drink. teenage boys consumed an average of 32 ounces of sweet- ■ There’s nothing wrong with a little Splenda. ened beverages a day — the equivalent of four glasses of Unlike the popular pink and blue packets available at soda, but only 12 ounces of milk. Teenage girls on the other your local coffee shop, Splenda is actually a real sugar hand, drink an average of 7 ounces of milk, which is not molecule that is modified so that it mimics a carbohy- even a full serving. drate sugar molecule, but has no calories, Gawin said. As for milk, Gawin said that Americans should drink “That is what I use when I want to sweeten something,” nonfat and lowfat milk when possible, though whole milk Gawin said. does have its benefits for Americans who are on the opposite ■ Still can’t get away from soda? Then reach for the end of the spectrum and are trying to gain weight. Diet Pepsi than the regular Pepsi. 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