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STATE NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD Hollywood sequel is Budhia Singh, 4, of Bhubaneswar, place to be, not flee India, has been a runner for two years, Right on the money and on May 2 (under the watchful eye BY CHRISTINA ALMEIDA of his coach) ran 40 miles in about EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second installment in a series of articles examining the proposed 2006-07 Santa Monica city budget. seven hours (but doctors quoted in a Associated Press Writer Reuters dispatch severely criticized BY KEVIN HERRERA which pays for core services such as finances remain strong. the coach for setting Singh up for car- LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s Daily Press Staff Writer street repair, police and fire protec- A key contributor, but one often tilage damage and other ailments). And Terry Durham of Fort Lauderdale, best days were behind her. tion, libraries and the salaries of city overlooked, according to city offi- Fla., has been preaching since he was The glamour of the ‘20s had CITY HALL — As the City Council staff. The other half, around $219 cials, is City Hall’s investment port- 4, and now at age 8, in his suit and long ago been replaced by crime considers spending priorities for the million, is dedicated to specific proj- folio. alligator shoes, holds forth at the True Gospel Deliverance Ministry church and grime. Teenage runaways next fiscal year, much attention has ects or programs, such as Big Blue While not the most significant of and elsewhere in the state. Durham, mingled with prostitutes at the been paid to the city’s diverse, but Bus operations, redevelopment, and all sources of revenue, the collection described in a South Florida Sun- city’s most storied intersection, balanced sources of revenue. trash collection and disposal. of federal securities, corporate bonds Sentinel profile, kicks his leg in the air and wails, “The Lord makes you feel Hollywood and Vine. From property and sales taxes to If approved by the council, the and funds held in restricted trusts good. He says, ‘Who am I?’ I am Doctor Yet something curious hap- licenses and permit fees, it is esti- proposed budget will represent the offer a safe and reliable cash flow. Feelgood.’ Yeah!” pened. Hollywood refused to mated the city will generate more largest spending package in the city’s City Hall is prohibited from tak- TODAY IN HISTORY fade away. than $451 million in the next fiscal history, showing that even in times ing significant risks with the public’s The first signs of life surfaced year, a little more than half of which of mild economic growth across the Today is the 150th day of 2006. a decade ago with new night- will help support the general fund, state and the nation, Santa Monica’s See PORTFOLIO, page 5 There are 215 days left in the year. clubs and restaurants. Now, peo- On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc, con- ple are flocking to Hollywood to demned as a heretic, was burned at live in thousands of luxury con- the stake in Rouen, France. Long-term memory In 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando dos and apartments. de Soto landed in Florida. More than $1 billion in resi- In 1854, the territories of Nebraska dential development is slated for and Kansas were established. a few blocks surrounding In 1883, 12 people were trampled to death when a rumor that the recently Hollywood Boulevard and Vine opened Brooklyn Bridge was in immi- Street — an unprecedented nent danger of collapsing triggered a buildup designed to bring the stampede. In 1911, Indianapolis saw its first long- “It” factor back to a place that distance auto race; Ray Harroun was once was the epicenter of cool. the winner. “Five years ago we were des- In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington by Chief perate for any development. Now Justice William Howard Taft. we can pick and choose,” said In 1943, American forces secured the City Council President Eric Aleutian island of Attu from the Japanese during World War II. Garcetti, whose district includes Hollywood. QUOTE OF THE DAY The turnaround began in the “Only the man who finds everything mid-1980s when the city created wrong and expects it to get worse is a redevelopment area in thought to have a clear brain.” Hollywood. Subway stops were JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH later added, and a group of mer- AMERICAN ECONOMIST (1908-2006) chants banded together a decade INDEX ago to form a business improve- Horoscopes ment district and step up securi- ty patrols. New vistas, Scorpio 2 All this prompted developers Snow & Surf Report to invest hundreds of millions of Water temperature: 63° 3 dollars to revitalize the area’s entertainment core, anchored by Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Opinion the Hollywood & Highland Ben Kennedy, 95, visits the grave site of his late wife Myrtle during Santa Monica’s 68th Memorial Day Celebration at How to choose wisely 4 Center, home of the Kodak Woodlawn Cemetery on Monday. Kennedy and his wife were married for 53 years. National Theatre and the Academy Bye-bye, beach bonfires 8 Awards. Now Hollywood is a place to SM Parenting be rather than flee, with more Baby’s first Banana Boat 10 Day laborers wearing out welcome than 3,500 residential units in People in the News the works. BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON the SMPD’s patrol and narcotics different strategies. He declined to Pitt, Jolie spread the wealth 15 “Everywhere we looked we Daily Press Staff Writer units will be in the area to suppress cite specifics of deployment. saw an opportunity,” said Shaul illegal drug activity. The move was prompted by com- Comics Kuba, principal and founder of 11th STREET — Police say they “We don’t want to stop people plaints by business owners and resi- Laugh it up 16 CIM Group, owner of will beef up patrols here as a result of from making a living, but at the dents in the 11th Street and Classifieds Hollywood & Highland and loitering day laborers, but some same time, whenever you have a sit- Colorado Avenue area, who say day Ad space odyssey 17-18 developer of several pending res- business leaders are still waiting to uation where people congregate laborers are using and dealing drugs. idential-retail projects. see an increased presence. there can be illicit activity,” Butts They also are frequently seen drink- Service Directory Santa Monica Police Chief James said, adding his officers will work See HOLLYWOOD, page 6 Pipe dreams 19 T. Butts Jr. recently announced that undercover and in uniform, using See DAY LABORERS, page 5 CONGA DRUM Back by popular demand... 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Santa Monica City Councilmember Richard Bloom has been elected Chair of the Westside Cities Council of Governments for a one-year term ending July 2007. The Westside Cities Council of Governments is a joint powers authority of five cities — Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Culver City, West Hollywood and the western portions of Los Angeles, Council Districts 5 and 11 — partnered in a voluntary cooperative endeavor to forge consensus on policies and programs of regional significance. “Perhaps more than any other issues I’ve been involved with, either as an elected offi- cial or in my professional life, the complicated issues of homelessness and transportation have convinced me of the necessity and power of regional action,” said Bloom. “I believe the COG will advance important issues for the Westside in ways we have not seen in the past, to the benefit of individual cities and the whole, and I’m pleased to have an oppor- tunity to serve in this way.” Bloom, who has been a member of the Santa Monica City Council since 1999, includ- SNOW CONDITIONS DATA PROVIDED BY ONTHESNOW.COM SURF CONDITIONS WATER TEMP: 63° ing one term as mayor, is also the newly elected Vice-Chair of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, an L.A.-based state organization that monitors implementa- BEAR MOUNTAIN SWELL FORECAST ( 3-4 FT ) tion of efforts to ensure the long-term health of the bay and its watersheds, and was TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY A SMALL BURST OF SOUTHERN HEMI CLOSED SW SWELL IS DUE. THIS SHOULD HELP MOST SOUTH FACING Santa Monica’s representative on the countywide Bring L.A. Home blue ribbon panel BREAKS SEE SOME WAIST HIGH + SURF TODAY. that recently unveiled its 10-year plan to end homelessness in the region. JUNE MOUNTAIN The Westside Cities COG’s combined population represents over 710,000 individuals LONG RANGE SYNOPSIS and 50,000 businesses. The Westside Cities’ priority issues are: economic health, trans- CLOSED SIGNIFICANT SOUTHERLY SWELL DUE FRIDAY... portation and improved mobility, homelessness, environmental issues/sustainability and land use. MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN TIDE FORECAST FOR SANTA MONICA NEW SNOW BASE DEPTH LIFT HOURS RUNS OPEN LIFTS OPEN For more information about the COG, visit http://westsidecities.org/. (24 Hrs) 3” 120”-144” 7:30 am - 3:00 pm 50 7/28 SATURDAY CONDITIONS: Machine Groomed, Spring, Corn LOW TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A HIGH TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A It’s all about compost this season MOUNTAIN HIGH SUNDAY By Daily Press staff LOW TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A CLOSED HIGH TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A MONDAY Maybe the grass could be greener on your side. LOW TIDE 12:25AM 1.43FT 12:12PM 0.48FT The City of Santa Monica Solid Waste Management Division and the Los Angeles MT. BALDY HIGH TIDE 6:05AM 4.06FT 6:48PM 5.40FT NEW SNOW BASE DEPTH LIFT HOURS RUNS OPEN LIFTS OPEN County Department of Public Works is offering a free composting workshop on (24 Hrs) 0” 12” - 18" 8:00 am - 4:30 pm 20 3/4 TUESDAY CONDITIONS: Machine Groomed, Spring LOW TIDE 1:23AM 0.56FT 12:54PM 0.83FT Saturday, June 3, at the Patio in Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Avenue. HIGH TIDE 7:16AM 3.97FT 7:20PM 5.91FT Those who attend will be schooled in techniques such as improving their yard and SNOW SUMMIT WEDNESDAY garden, recycling yard waste and kitchen scraps, reducing waste going to landfills, creat- LOW TIDE 2:13AM -0.22FT 1:32PM 1.19FT ing water wise-landscapes and purchasing compost bin. CLOSED HIGH TIDE 8:19AM 3.90FT 7:57PM 6.32FT The rich nutrients from composted yard trimmings and kitchen scraps add to a gar- THURSDAY LOW TIDE 3:00AM -0.82FT 2:11PM 1.54FT den’s health by reducing waste, water consumption and chemical use. Composting SNOW VALLEY HIGH TIDE 9:17AM 3.83FT 8:32PM 6.55FT reduces costs associated with fertilizers, conditioners and mulch. Composting also helps CLOSED FRIDAY residents avoid higher costs for trash disposal and helps the city reduce the burden of LOW TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A HIGH TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A recycling the material, further saving money for the community. The City of Santa Monica will distribute compost bins for the discounted price of $25 to residents ($35 for non-residents). How we design, plant and maintain our gardens impacts our local environment. Fact: More pesticides are applied in urban areas than in agricultural areas. The pesti- cides show up in our waters and impact public health. Fact: Typical urban gardens create more carbon dioxide than oxygen due to the PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY motorized garden tools widely used, tools that are many times more polluting than mod- Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts Jr. ern automobiles. announced that he is stepping down from his post this Fact: The green waste generated from landscaped areas is costly to handle and makes summer, having accepted a position to head up securi- ty for four Los Angeles County airports. While reports up approximately one fifth of all municipal waste generated. continue to show a decline in crime rates during his Gardens can be managed to reduce or eliminate all of these impacts and composting tenure, no city is without its problems. Pico violence. is an important first step. Let this workshop be your guide to creating a healthier land- Petty theft. Street hustles. Recurring homelessness. Drug use. scape and environment. The city is expected to launch a national search For more information or to RSVP, call (310) 458-8546 or e-mail next month in the hopes of having a timely replace- [email protected]. ment to spell Butts. So this week, Q-Line wants to know: What advice would you give the city’s new chief of police? What areas or issues would you like the new chief to focus on initially? CAN’T FIND A DAILY PRESS NEWSTAND IN YOUR AREA? WE’LL TRY TO GET ONE TO YOU! 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PERSONAL • BUSINESS • OFFERS 310-399-7892 SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA Breakfast Deluxe, (310) 395-9922 2732 Main St. Patio Included Santa Monica ! 100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800 Santa Monica 90401 9954831 Opinion 4 TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006 A newspaper with issues LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Virginia Avenue Park needs some love A candidate’s value Editor: I am a local Pico neighborhood resident and my 2-year-old grandson and I were so excited at the opening of the new Virginia Park. We go every Saturday and Sunday to play is worth uncovering in the toddler park and run on the grass. Although the play equipment for both toddlers and older children is severely lacking in its design and enthusiasm, it is beautiful to have, Where was the school board president who firstly, a park we can walk to and, secondly, so much green open space. wants to look like a leader and be elected on Speaking of playground equipment: I was extremely embarrassed for the city of Santa WHAT’S an education platform? I guess she was too Monica when we stopped at Mar Vista Park to play in their newly renovated playground. THE POINT? busy glad-handing with City Councilman The playground equipment is amazing — like Disneyland, with three plastic structures BY DAVID PISARRA Bill Rosendahl. with slides and hiding places and bridges. My little grandson was ecstatic as were the 15 It is that type of “in the trenches”,action- or 20 other children playing there. What happened, Santa Monica? Did you run out of oriented behavior which makes Hayes-Raitt money for playground equipment or is it just because it is the Pico neighborhood and not just a good candidate, but one that is liv- we will do with what we get? Values. It’s a simple word packed with ing her values. Putting a stop to unfunded Three requests for Virginia Park: meaning. Much of that meaning has been mandates is the single best way the local gov- 1. Could we get a trash container in the toddler area so that we don’t have to leave the hijacked by marketers trying to sell “new and ernment has of getting control back from little ones unattended to throw away the trash? Improved” soap and the far-right Christian the fat cat, out of touch East Coast elitists 2. Could you please clean the sand once in a while? It is getting really yucky now. conservatives who think “family values” are who think they can run our schools from 3. The ground under the swings is made of soft plastic so that kids won’t fall and hurt restricted to the mythical ideal paradigm of 3,000 miles away in D.C. themselves, but last Saturday under hazy skies, the surface had heated to scalding level. I mom, dad and two kids living in suburbia We need representation that is concerned cannot imagine what it will be like in the summer. with lawns manicured by their Mexican gar- with doing the right thing, here, today. I am Thank you from the Pico neighborhood. dener and their house cleaned by a tired of the resume-building do-nothings Honduran. who see each political office as merely a step- Charlene Gowers The dictionary defines value as “a person’s ping stone to the next office. I want a candi- Santa Monica principles in life or standards of behavior.” date who is willing to state unequivocally That seems a good way to evaluate the what they believe, and then sign their name candidates for the 41st Assembly. In one to it. City not a protector of cable consumers week, we will go to the polls to choose our I want a candidate who doesn’t use Editor: district representatives for the State deceptive language to make you think they The city’s perspective on cable television is extremely duplicitous (SMDP, May 18, Assembly in November. are qualified environmentalists, when they page 1). The candidates themselves are an eclectic are really in the pocket of the big developers. While they trumpet the cause of the consumer, they have done virtually nothing over mix of individuals, each with strong creden- Levey’s latest piece of mail uses the phrase the years to rein in the increase in cable fees — both explicit and hidden — in a monop- tials. There is the standard “Former D.A.” “heal the bay” and “healing and restoring the olized market. Barry Groveman (www.barrygrove- bay” with the obvious goal of appearing to While cable fees have risen as much as 300 percent over the past decade, the city’s man.com) who runs on a “law and order” have been endorsed by Heal The Bay. oversight has been microscopic. When Adelphia touted several years ago that there would platform, but who himself was the subject of Compare that with Hayes-Raitt, who be no fee increase to consumers, they changed the programming lineup, instead, moving a cease-and-desist letter from the Sierra actually helped found the organization that formerly standard channels to digital. The result was that though consumers were pay- Club for violating his candidate’s pledge not was named in her living room. ing the same they were getting less. And to restore the channels they used to get for a to use their logo in his campaign materials No one is endorsed, however, by Heal The basic rate, they had to upgrade to digital at a higher cost. unless he was endorsed, which he wasn’t. Bay, as they are a non-profit and cannot When I contacted the city, their response was, essentially, “Gee, really? You should Only Kelly Hayes-Raitt achieved the Sierra make endorsements. write to them.” When I asked whether this hidden rate increase wasn’t within the city’s Club’s seal of approval. Republican candidate Dr. Van Hemert is a power to overrule, the answer was “no.” Jonathan Levey (www.levey2006.com) is law and order mouthpiece who is more inter- So though Santa Monica claims that it’s looking out for its citizens’ best interests, it’s the Cal State professor who wants to feather ested in punishing guilty sex offenders than more likely trying to protect its multi-million dollar licensing income. his environmental credentials nest by trying helping the innocent. At least it appears that to take credit for the amount of land that was way on her off-the-shelf stock Republican Peter Altschuler set aside by Cattelus Development, the com- website. Seriously, you could substitute any Santa Monica pany he worked for as vice president report- other California Republican name on this ing directly to the CEO. He’s the “idea” can- website, and there would be almost no other didate. He has ideas for everything, but those changes needed to the content. Ugliness all around are like noses — everyone has one. Hayes-Raitt has actually been a standout Editor: There is the Democratic machine politi- leader on women’s issues, creating the I love this city. I want buildings to be built that will withstand the test of time. Office cian, Julia Brownley (www.juliabrown- Women’s Health Campaign, and she took on buildings and apartment buildings that have some style. Look at Santa Barbara or Santa ley.com), who as President of the Santa the drug companies to make sure that “life- Fe, building codes administered by people who care about aesthetics. Buildings to be Monica School Board, has a strong record of saving” medicines actually save lives. proud of. Building facades are available for reasonable costs that should be mandated by toeing the party line. Grassroots elegance. That’s how I our city, for the developers and architects to adhere to. What is wrong? Look at the Shawn Casey O’Brien (www.citizen- describe Hayes-Raitt. She sees that legisla- Promenade. Check out the flower boxes. Plastic. We should be ashamed. Not in Beverly shawn.net) is the “lone wolf” — the fringe tors have real jobs to do, and that it is not all Hills or Westwood. Antique repros that look great. All the architects in our city, and look Democrat who stands up for what he about raising money like Levey and what we have. I fear for the Santa Monica Civic Center, what will happen. Another lousy believes in — social justice and “plenty for Brownley (both of whom brag about their building. Please help us. all.” The self-styled F.D.R. Democrat is an fundraising on their respective websites), or anachronistic social activist whose in-your- breaking campaign pledges like Groveman Jim Stern face politics are simultaneously engaging did with the Sierra Club. Santa Monica and off-putting. If values are to mean anything in this next The Republicans are putting two immi- election, we should be looking at what the grant candidates in the race — Tony Dolz candidates do to determine their values. How (www.tonydolz.com), an immigrant who have they acted in their campaign and what hates immigration, and Dr. Adriana Van they say in their campaign literature are Hemert, (www.adriana4assembly.com), an demonstrations of what they will be like in off-the-shelf, vanilla candidate who parrots office. Is getting elected more important than the party line without vision or fervor. being brutally honest about who endorses Bitch! Libertarian candidate Conrad you? Is looking like a leader more important Frankowski is an absolute unknown, as in, I than being a leader? For some of these candi- couldn’t find any information on him on the dates, that is excruciatingly clearly the case. Whine! Internet. Literally, none. For Hayes-Raitt, who has been on the Which leaves me with the only viable front lines in the environmental wars, dis- candidate who is living her values — Kelly playing honesty and being true to her self; Hayes-Raitt (www.kellyforassembly.com). getting elected is just the next step in her con- Complain! When it comes to education, Hayes-Raitt tinuing to be true to the woman, leader and is the one candidate who is suing President social architect her mother raised her to be. Check out our Q-Line™ question on Page 3. Bush to provide for our schools and has Now those are real values. taken action to get the Santa Monica-Malibu Visit us online at smdp.com School District the hundreds of thousands (David Pisarra welcomes your questions and com- of dollars it is due, but has not received. ments at [email protected] or 310/664-9969.)

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In February, the interest rates 15 consecutive times over the latest month in which investment data was last three years, from 1 percent to 4.75 per- available, one investment with a value of $7 cent — so does the return. million was sold for a net loss of $161,910. From January to February of this year, However, the city stands to recoup that sum, City Hall’s pooled portfolio, which includes plus an additional $43,837 over the life of new cash-on-hand and investments, increased by bonds purchased due to rising interest rates. $2 million. Interest earnings from the Stark said there may be more opportunities pooled portfolio for the month of February for re-balancing the portfolio in the future, but were $847,009, lifting year to date earnings increases in spending for capital improvement to just over $6.6 million, an increase of 34 projects and a leveling off of interest rates may percent compared to the same period last begin to limit those opportunities. year, said Steve Stark, City Hall’s chief finan- Either way, Stark said the future looks bright cial officer. for Santa Monica, which is expected to earn an In short, the market has been good for estimated $1.7 million more on investments Santa Monica and City Hall, which is sitting this coming fiscal year than last year, and an on more than $25,000 in petty cash, according estimated $1.3 million more in 2007-08. to a financial report released in late February, “The investments do represent a smaller which contained the most recent data. portion of revenues, but they are crucial for “The economy has driven interest rates helping us finance some pretty important up on our allowable investments, and with projects (such as the new Main Library or that, we have been able to shift some things the Civic Center Parking Structure),” Stark around to maximize our return,” Stark said. said. “Sometimes folks will criticize the INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING IN THE ONLY LOCAL DAILY PAPER IN SANTA MONICA? “So far, it’s been a great year for us.” investments we make because they don’t All that means is more money to help pay yield as high as a return … but we are invest- Call us at (310) 458-7737 for services, he explained. As investments ing the people’s money, and with that, we improve, so does cash flow — allowing for have to be cautious with what risks we take. more projects to be funded. “That said, I believe we have made some According to Stark, the pooled portfolio’s good choices, have maintained a stellar bond yield, meaning the rate of return, has rating, and that will only help us provide increased by seven points to 3.99 percent, due more services for the public.” Laborers cause a stir DAY LABORERS, from page 1 tossed onto the sidewalk directly in front of the store. Recently, someone broke into the ing beer at night along 11th Street, from thrift store and stole a 1,000-pound safe Colorado Avenue to Olympic Boulevard. containing $650. The growing number of day laborers who Among the dozens of laborers who look stand along the one-block stretch have been for work in the area, the employee reasons, the source of much controversy in recent 40 percent are decent guys — the other 60 years, as residents and business owners have percent are trouble. grown tired of trash strewn along the street, “I would like to see more bike or foot and feces and urine left in the alleys. Earlier patrols (from police),” the employee said. this year, City Hall attempted to deal with John Bourget, who owns Bourget that issue by placing porta-potties on 11th Brothers Building Materials, agrees that Street. many of the laborers are good men just However, the drug and alcohol use looking to make some money, but there are reportedly continues. Those who work in a few problem people. the area at the Salvation Army Thrift Store “There are a lot of nice guys out there, but and at Bourget Brothers Building Materials it’s the other guys who don’t want to work — where laborers stand in front hoping to and are looking for trouble,” Bourget said. secure construction jobs — say the problems “It’s a party atmosphere. remain. Beer cans are thrown in bushes and “They could patrol it more because there pot smoking occurs among clusters of men is a lot of drinking.” at 11th Street and Colorado, where the Lexus Bourget and some of his employees say car dealership will soon have a service oper- drug usage is easy to spot because the smell ation. of marijuana permeates the air and some of An employee at the thrift store, who did- the dealers aren’t conspicuous in their deals. n’t want to be identified because of safety A few months ago, Bourget decided to trim concerns, said his life has been threatened by the ivy that grows on the fence in front of his some of the laborers. Employees are fearful store. When he started cutting from the bot- of walking to their cars at night when the tom, he found four bags of marijuana that thrift store closes at 9 p.m. because many of had been stuffed in the greenery. the laborers are still on hand. Bourget suggests that City Hall enforce “It gets really bad when they’ve been here the area so that laborers are allowed to be in all day drinking, when they are done with the area from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. After that, the work or didn’t get any work,” the employee chances of finding work for the day are slim. said. “They’ve got to put a limit to the time The thrift store employee said shoplifting they are here,”he said. “If you are not picked occurs frequently, with clothing tags being up by 1 p.m., you are not going to get a job.” State 6 TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006 A newspaper with issues How Hollywood got its groove back HOLLYWOOD, from page 1 transplant, it was an easy decision to buy a loft. Bob Blue, who owns a luggage shop Services Inc. “I like the city feel and the city vibe,” said opened by his father in 1946, has twice sued Rents now run as much as $2,400 a The renaissance is reshaping Hollywood Varano, a voice-over agent who recently sold to stop the project. He lost the first lawsuit month for an 800-square-foot apartment, and Vine, where two major developments his Hollywood Hills home. “It’s kind of like but feels confident he can win on the emi- compared to about $800 a decade ago. are leading the residential makeover. now I’m creating my own little New York, nent domain issue. Despite concerns about residential satu- The KOR Group is renovating the old because of the revitalization that’s happen- “Hollywood is reviving without any gov- ration and lost office space, the pending Broadway department store for a project ing in Hollywood.” ernment help or eminent domain,” Blue projects will bring lasting changes. that includes 96 luxury lofts and cinematic Celebrities are also taking another look at said. “It does seem wrong that things are “There is no going back,” Tronson said. views of the Hollywood sign and the land- Hollywood. Actress Charlize Theron has going good, and you’re getting kicked out.” “There is too much political will, too many mark Capitol Records building. reportedly purchased a penthouse, and star- Other critics had feared the famed serious investors and too much money being The Broadway Hollywood is nearly sold let Lindsay Lohan is looking. Bartolo Capitol Records building might be bought spent for this not to succeed.” out after just two weekend sales events, with declined to comment, citing buyer privacy. and converted to condos. But city leaders Challenges remain, however. Crime has prices from the high $500,000 range to $3 Hollywood’s hip factor will also be boost- said the landmark is off-limits. dropped, but teenage runaways and prosti- million. ed by the arrival of a W Hotel at Hollywood Developers are seeing astonishing returns tutes can still be seen off Hollywood “What you have is people that maybe two and Vine as part of a $500 million retail-res- on their investment in Hollywood, spending Boulevard. years ago would never have thought about idential project with more than 300 apart- about $150 a square foot to convert office “It’s really still a work in progress,” said buying in Hollywood are now literally fight- ments and 150 condos. space into residential units, then selling Kerry Morrison, executive director of the ing amongst themselves for units,” said Kate Not everyone is happy with the plan. 1,000-square-foot condos for somewhere Hollywood Entertainment District, the mer- Bartolo, vice president of development for About 30 local businesses are being forced to between $400,000 and $1 million-plus, chant group. “Hollywood took many The KOR Group. vacate after the city invoked eminent according to Steven Tronson, vice president decades to fall into a state of decline so it’s For Peter Varano, a 48-year-old New York domain. of Ramsey-Shilling Commercial Real Estate not going to be rebuilt in a decade’s time.”

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It could woman in a botched drug robbery. first reported U.S. outbreak this year, a tobacco specialist said. have come in on tobacco plants shipped from the South or The 21-year-old faced a mandatory sentence of life in Blue mold was found on young tobacco plants being could have originated locally, Seebold said. prison for first-degree murder and armed robbery in the raised at two locations in anticipation of spring planting in With planting under way across Kentucky, he urged death of Rene Shannon Abbott, a Fresno City College stu- Magoffin County, about 170 miles east of Louisville, said growers to apply chemicals to tobacco still in greenhouses or dent who was behind the wheel of a car while her boyfriend University of Kentucky tobacco pathologist Kenny Seebold. outdoor float beds. Eastern Kentucky farmers should con- sold marijuana in the seat next to her. It destroyed two farmers’ plants and spread to neighboring sider the same for tobacco that’s already been planted, he Pettis shoved a handgun through the open driver’s win- Morgan County, he said. said. Blue mold can reduce yields if unchecked. dow and demanded the drugs, witnesses said. The gun fired Seebold said Friday the outbreak occurred about a month “We’re alarmed but we’re urging people to be rational,” when Abbott, 18, tried to drive away. earlier than usual in Kentucky, the nation’s top producer of Seebold said. “Don’t panic _ just scout the plants and go Pettis showed no emotion as the verdict was read in burley, an ingredient in cigarettes. It marked the second ahead and begin protective fungicide application and just Fresno County Superior Court and sentencing was set for straight year the nation’s first tobacco blue mold report came assume there’s a level of risk.” July 11. Some of his relatives sobbed. from Kentucky. 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The two affected farmers are hoping to still get duction controls. “This has been rough for everyone,” prosecutor John a tobacco crop planted, he said. University of Kentucky tobacco production specialist Skiles said outside court. “Tragic for anyone remotely “They’re out hustling now trying to find ready-to-set Gary Palmer has predicted a slight increase in burley acreage touched.” transplants because they were ready to set next week,” he this year. Most of the production is in central and western The April 2004 killing capped a series of run-ins Pettis said. Kentucky. had with the law that ended his basketball career. Pettis, who led his Minnesota high school basketball team to three straight state championships, was one of the top DONATE Your Vehicle Western Athletic Conference players his freshman year at Fresno. But his exploits off the court soon started drawing more Tax deductible. The call is free! attention. No DMV hassle. And so is the pick-up! 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Dear Dorie A debate with legs Dorie Meek By Daily Press staff running the washing machine. Also, disposable diapers remain dry for longer periods of time. When your baby is an CITYWIDE — Cloth or disposable? A question for chil- infant, cloth diapers need to be changed more frequently. Baby’s first Banana Boat dren, but hardly a childish question. New parents the world Dear Dorie, over inevitably find themselves pondering it as they prepare COMFORT We’re getting into warm weather and I have a 6-month old for their baby’s homecoming. Disposable diapers are now made with a super-absorbent baby with fair skin. What is your opinion on sunscreen products Back in the day, cloth diapers were the only option. In the powder that traps moisture and converts it to a gel. Even a for infants? early 1970s, however, new technology made disposable dia- very full diaper can feel dry next to baby’s skin. In addition, Sun Scared pers affordable and available to all. Since that time, parents the flexible leg openings allow babies easy range of motion have been arguing over the convenience, cost and comfort of and a diaper that stays with them when they are on the go. Dear Scared, both types of diaper with all the intensity of a Presidential Some babies, however, find the plastic materials in dis- We are lucky to live in a gorgeous, sunny climate and have debate. posable diapers irritating. For them, the soft, natural cotton access to the outdoors on any given day. We take our little For guidance on the issue, we turned to the pediatricians of cloth diapers is preferable. And once parents become chickies to parks and beaches with full sun exposure. You have at Saint John’s Health Center. adept at diapering their baby, a cloth diaper will stay in place every right to be scared and I’m thrilled you’re looking for opin- as securely as a disposable one. ions and information. CONVENIENCE While the research is mixed on use of sunscreen under six For whichever parent is the primary caregiver, disposable ENVIRONMENT months of age (some say it clogs the pores and prevents natu- diapers offer the incentive of convenience. Disposable dia- If the environment is a hot button in your household, ral body cooling), at 6 months of age you are free and clear to pers can be purchased in any supermarket or convenience chances are you’ll prefer using cloth diapers. Disposable dia- choose the product of your choice. I prefer the pump spray store. They are often available in airport gift shops and high- pers take up to 500 years to break down in a landfill. products with color tinting. These allow me to see which areas way rest stops. Disposable diapers can be discarded with Throughout the world, there are hundreds of thousands of I have covered without gumming up my hands or jewelry. There minimal effort and even less lingering odor. Finally, with landfills packed with disposable diapers. are also a number of homeopathic products available that are stretchable leg openings and Velcro-style tab closures, dis- Cloth diapers, on the other hand, can be reused until they worth trying. Watch for skin reactions and sunburn and then posable diapers are easy to put on and take off of even the deteriorate. However, don’t forget that cloth diapers have to stick with application daily. fussiest babies. be rinsed and washed — using energy and water. During warm weather, cover your kids’ entire bodies after Cloth diapers come with benefits as well. They are deliv- they have taken off their pajamas but before they’re dressed. It’s ered directly to your door by the diaper service. And cloth Regardless of whether you choose to use disposable or part of the morning ritual and they don’t even fuss. With a 6- diapers now have convenient Velcro fastenings. Still, they do cloth diapers, the most important thing is keeping your baby month-old you could even incorporate some infant massage have to be rinsed and laundered. safe and comfortable. With a little common sense and the techniques during application just for fun. advice of a good pediatrician, most parents do just fine. The official instructions of the American Academy of COST Remember, the best source of information about caring Pediatrics are: “For older children, test the sunscreen on the Over the length of the two to three years your child will be for your baby is a qualified pediatrician. Dr. Jeffrey Penso, a baby’s back for a reaction before applying it all over. wearing diapers, the cost of purchasing disposable diapers and pediatrician with Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Dorie the cost of using a cloth diaper service even out. The initial Monica, advised this article. To find a pediatrician like him cost is higher for disposables, but cloth diapers require that (or any type of physician), log onto the Saint John’s website (Submit your questions to “Dear Dorie” at [email protected]) you purchase more laundry detergent and use more energy at www.stjohns.org. Santa Monica Parenting Visit us online at smdp.com TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006 11

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Ages newborn – 1 year old. Doors open early course. Continuous enrollment. For Yoga Works, 2215 Montana Ave, 310- 393-5150; Pre/postnatal – 12:30 – @825LA.com or 310-314-8418. 3 – 9. Electric Lodge Theatre, 1416 for socializing and getting comfortable. info call Jayne A. Major, Ph.D., 393-5150 Pre/Postnatal – 12:30 – 1:55 p.m., $15. Mommy and Me – (826LA is a non-profit organization ded- Electric Ave., Venice, 823-0710. $10 Visit HYPERLINK Breakthrough Parenting Services, Inc., 2:00 p.m., $15 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. icated to supporting students with their admission. "http://www.enjoytheshow.com/reel- 310-823-7846, [email protected]. Fitness for Moms – Babies Welcome! Stroller Strides Fitness Class – 9:30 creative and expository writing skills, moms" www.enjoytheshow.com/reel- Step Aerobics, 10:30 a.m. at the YMCA, a.m. Mon. – Fri., Palisades Park, call and to helping teachers inspire their stu- moms for details. Yoga & Exercise 393-2721, ext. 117 for more info. Free 800-795-6708 or visit HYPERLINK dents to write). SUNDAY Yoga Works – 2215 Montana Ave, 310- for members, non-members pay $90 for "http://www.strollerstrides.com" Main Street Farmer’s Market – 9:30 Storytelling 393-5150; Pre/postnatal – 12:30 – 10 classes. www.strollerstrides.com for more info. Classes a.m. – 1:00 p.m., corner of Main St. and Main Library – 601 Santa Monica Blvd. 1:55 p.m., $15. Mommy and Me – Stroller Strides Fitness Class – 9:30 YWCA – Toddler & Me - 9:45 – 10:45 Ocean Park Blvd. Pony rides, live – 458-8621 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. a.m. Mon. – Fri., Palisades Park, call Breastfeeding Groups a.m.; Parent Enrichment once per music, lots of vendors and great family Current session May 2 – June 6 for: Mommy Care – at the Dance Factory, 800-795-6708 or visit HYPERLINK La Leche League of LA/Mar Vista – month , 11:00 a.m. – noon, call Barbara socializing. 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Yoga, Saturdays – 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Prenatal Aqua Aerobics at the Santa Toddler Story Time in Spanish – 10:00 Stroller Strides Fitness Class – 9:30 $10 fee thereafter. Moms/babies 0-4 The Pump Station, 2415 Wilshire Blvd., 1640 Ocean Park Blvd, 396-4040, Monica YMCA a.m., ages 2-3. a.m. Mon. – Fri., Palisades Park, call months, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 310-998-1981 - drop-in, first class www.santamonicayoga.com 9:30 – 10:30 a.m; Free for members, Baby Time – 11:00 a.m., babies to age 800-795-6708 or visit HYPERLINK free, $10 fee thereafter. Moms/babies Mommy Care – at the Dance Factory, non-members $90 for 10 classes. 393- 2. "http://www.strollerstrides.com" Other 4-8 months, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 11606 San Vicente Blvd., Brentwood, 2721for more info. Twilight Story Time -7pm – an ongoing www.strollerstrides.com for more info. Puppetolio – 1:00 p.m., 310-656- 310-394-6711. 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We’ll Be Expecting You! Take a FREE tour of The BirthPlace at Santa Monica–UCLA Medical Center Tours held monthly. Private tours available too. Call today: (310) 319-4947 National 12 TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006 A newspaper with issues Great Salt Lake is living lab for students

BY DEBBIE HUMMEL upon just such a unique creature, one that is biology of Great Salt Lake gives their stu- honors student Eric Barker, a junior, spent Associated Press Writer much more resistant to UV light damage dents a leg up when it comes to getting into part of the morning capturing samples of than E. coli and other bacteria. She said the graduate and professional schools. water and soil from the lake bed near the SALT LAKE CITY — The pink, brackish organism is able to use light, but without Until recent years very little research has decaying pilings of an old oil operation. water of the north arm of Great Salt Lake is experiencing damage to its DNA. The “pho- been done on the microbiology of Great Salt “We know there’s a lot of oil, and we teaming with millions of microscopic organ- toprotective” characteristics appear to come Lake, and Baxter attributes the lack of inter- know what the oil content is in the sand,” isms that could hold the key to better protec- from carotenoid pigments, like those found est to a “historical disgust” of the salty, Harker said while screwing the lids on jelly tion against ultraviolet rays or aid in envi- in carrots or sweet potatoes. Further study smelly landlocked sea. It’s easy to under- jars filled with cloudy pink water and sand. ronmental cleanup. could lead to advancements in sunscreen stand why early settlers were disappointed to Barker will use the samples for research They’re extremophiles — organisms that technology, Baxter said. find a lake saltier than the ocean that con- toward his honors thesis. With the help of live in extreme environments, in this case, a Allred’s sun- and salt-loving find was tained no visible marine life. his professor, he hopes to demonstrate that saturated saline solution — and have gone included in Canadian author Elin Kelsey’s “When I moved here to Utah it just the microbes in that part of the lake are largely unexamined until now. A new gener- book, “Strange New Species: Astonishing seemed natural that someone ought to be using the oil as a source of carbon. ation of college professors and their under- Discoveries of Life on Earth.”Baxter said she studying the lake because it’s such a unique Harker says it’s research that could ulti- graduate students are unlocking their mys- is proposing Halorubrum salsosis as the environment,” said Harker. mately lead to advancements in how to clean teries. organism’s scientific name. For years the lake was viewed as a the waste water from petroleum production, Bonnie Baxter, an assistant biology pro- Baxter said she and her students have cesspool, he said. which also has a high salt content. fessor at Westminster College in Salt Lake found genetic evidence for about 45 differ- A railroad causeway cuts through Great Further north along the shoreline, closer City, set out with her students to find organ- ent organisms and have isolated about 25 of Salt Lake. Most tributaries flow into the to artist Robert Smithson’s piece of Earth isms that were highly resistant to UV radia- them. It will take some time to figure out south end of the lake, but with no outlet. It’s art, “Spiral Jetty,” Weber State professor tion. The initial assumption was the pig- how many others could be unique species. a dead sea and the southern waters have a Craig Oberg and assistant professor Michele ments found in the creatures might have Baxter and her colleagues hope to coordi- salt content of between 14 percent and 18 Zwolinski monitor four students as they get something to do with a greater protection nate their research with that being done by percent. Ocean water is about 3 percent. samples for their planned studies of how from the sun. two of Utah’s other universities, Weber State Thanks to the causeway, the north section of microorganisms in the lake use phospho- “We had no real goal of isolating organ- in Ogden and Brigham Young in Provo. The the lake’s salt content hovers in the high 20s. rous. isms,” Baxter said. “But when we found very three schools have plans to present a com- Not only are the microbes living in the “Phosphates are a big problem,” Oberg little work had been done on the microbiol- bined paper — a rarity in the academic north section of the lake fascinating for their said. “These would have a unique (applica- ogy of Great Salt Lake we realized all of them world where the pressure to publish snuffs ability to live in such a high saline environ- tion) if we can find a protein that scavenges are novel. They haven’t been isolated before.” out such collaboration, they say. ment, they also live among oil seeps and phosphates efficiently.” What excites Baxter the most is that the “We must have between 400 and 500 dif- years of pollution that have left traces of Another colleague of Oberg’s is working work is being done by undergraduate students. ferent DNA isolates,” said Alan Harker, a phosphorus and heavy metals, such as mer- on what the organisms do with some of the “These students have these incredibly biology professor at Brigham Young. He esti- cury and selenium, in the water. lake’s other contaminants. cool experiments because they are working mated less than 10 percent of those matched “All of that feeds into the microbial com- “It’s really not sterile at all,”said Oberg look- on organisms that have never been studied sequences already in national databases. munity and it’s fairly important to know ing out on the lake which is tinted pink, in part, before,” she said. Each of the schools have similar findings what those transformations are,” said by the newly named bacteria the Westminster One of those students is Ashlee Allred. and are working to classify them, he said. All Harker. group researched. “It has this huge biomass in Under Baxter’s supervision, Allred came the professors agree that the unique micro- On an overcast spring day, Harker and it. But the biomass is microscopic.” National Visit us online at smdp.com TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006 13 Mammoth tusks make impression BY JEANNETTE J. LEE “Legally, you can sell these to someone from, say, less frequently than Alaska. Associated Press Writer Germany, but ethically you should warn him he needs a per- The ivory is valuable to researchers, who use the tusks to mit,” said Chris Andrews, wildlife inspector for the Fish and track mammoth growth rates, seasonal eating and drinking ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In the downtown ivory shops, Wildlife Service in Anchorage. patterns and migration trends based on the types of plants alongside whale baleen baskets and walrus tusk statuettes, To the untrained eye, mammoth ivory looks like ivory the animal was eating. tourists finger curios made from the fossils of shaggy Ice Age from its relative, the elephant. Scientists vary in their opinions about the excavation and beasts that died on the tundra thousands of years ago. But cross-hatch markings on the tusks are distinct from sale of mammoth ivory by private, largely untrained individ- Woolly mammoth fossils, abundant on rivers and beach- elephants, and the ivory is creamier than elephant ivory, uals, said Guthrie whose study on mammoth extinction es in Alaska’s Interior, are shaped into jewelry or etched with which is stark white. Unlike elephant tusks, mammoth is fos- appeared recently in the journal Nature. scrimshaw, then sold to collectors and retail shops. silized and tends to be brownish or blueish from centuries of “But most scientists would agree that there’s a risk it Alaska’s borders contain the largest caches of mammoth absorbing minerals in the ground. Lighter shades are found could lead to people grabbing rarer fossils and we could lose remains in the United States, and a consistently cold climate in Siberia, where tusks are preserved in ground that thaws the story of our past,” he said. has kept much of it in carveable condition. “In the rest of the country, it isn’t in very good shape and it’s rather rare. The permafrost and the muck helped pre- serve it better here,” said Dale Guthrie, professor emeritus at the Institute of Arctic Biology in Fairbanks. As the warmer temperatures and round-the-clock day- light of summer draw tourists to the state, ivory shop own- ers anticipate the inevitable questions visitors have about mammoth ivory. “Most people don’t even know about it until they come up here, and see it in the store and go, ‘Hmmm, mammoth ivory?”’ said Barbara Lynd, owner of Alaska Arts and Ivory. Many don’t know that mammoth ivory is legal to carve and, unlike hundreds of other wildlife products, can be taken across nearly any border in the world. A few have asked where they can go to see a live mammoth. “They’re not really clued in to the fact that they’re extinct,” Lynd said. Delicate lines of scrimshaw depict a herd of the elephant- like beasts on a slab of a tusk in front of her cash register. The piece will sell for about $4,500, Lynd said. Necklaces of pol- ished beads cost between $100 and $400. Mammoth fossils, which look like large pieces of drift- wood, are unearthed by shifting rivers and eroding coasts in a swath that stretches from Fairbanks to Bethel, up the west- ern coast and through the great oil fields of the North Slope. For the past 15 years, Charles Foster of Kotzebue has searched for mammoth tusks and bones every summer at a secret location along a river. He sells the ivory to buyers in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau. Leftover bones and tusk fragments he keeps in a bulging cardboard box under a table in his small living room. A dark closet next to the front door is filled with several dusty tusks. Using a shovel and pick, Foster collects about 15 pieces a summer near Kotzebue, just above the Arctic Circle on Alaska’s western coast. A school maintenance worker known for his fossil-finding skills, he sells the teeth for $500 each, while the tusks sell for a higher price he wouldn’t disclose. “I can get a four-wheeler with four of these teeth,”’ Foster said as he picked through the box of mammoth tusks, teeth and leg bones. The remains are somewhat protected by laws that ban their removal from state or federal land. But with an uncountable number of mammoth fossils spread over hun- dreds of thousands of square miles of sparsely populated land, law enforcement can’t keep tabs on them all. Lynd said most of her inventory comes from people she’s known for two decades. “I trust they are getting it from the right places,” she said. Scrimshaw artist George Vukson, who sells pieces to Lynd and other shops and collectors, said most of his ivory supply comes from Alaska Natives who find it while hunting. Vukson, of Knik, pays $35 to $70 a pound for fossilized mammoth ivory, depending on quality. The ivory is sometimes easier to sell to international tourists than carvings and crafts from living species, shop owners said, because laws to prevent wildlife trafficking between countries are less strict for mammoth remains. Since mammoths are extinct, all the animals’ parts, from tusk to bones to teeth, are legal to buy and bring through customs, without fees or permits, in almost every country, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “People from Europe come and they can’t take the whale bone or baleen, and there’s a lot of that up here,” Lynd said. “The thing about mammoth ivory is it can be taken across many borders.” She said international tourists are generally safe buying mammoth ivory, soapstone and usually antler from moose and caribou, while whale, walrus and certain furs are either banned or require permits and fees. Even travelers cutting through Canada to the U.S. by car or cruise ship must forfeit animal parts that are banned or lack the required paperwork at Canadian customs. National 14 TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006 A newspaper with issues What to do if you meet a wolf

BY KEITH RIDLER of animals,” said Ed Bangs, wolf recovery night and you turn a corner and come across Pepper spray — often carried by hikers in Associated Press Writer coordinator with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife a pack of 20 wolves, enjoy them,”said Bangs. grizzly bear country — can be used on wolves. Service. “There are never many of them “Because they’ll be gone in a few seconds.” It’s legal to kill a wolf in self-defense. BOISE, Idaho — Thousands of vacation- because these are big, large carnivores. But But wolves might not vanish so quickly if “Expect an investigation because that is ers in the West will likely see a wolf in the they seem abundant because they travel the a hiker has a dog along. Northern Rockies almost nonexistent,” said Bangs. “The physi- wild for the first time this summer, often same areas people do.” gray wolves have killed at least 83 dogs since cal evidence better back up your story.” from the road but sometimes while camping Bangs said one study found that more 1987, and last year killed 30 of their own The penalty for illegally killing a listed or hiking. than 100,000 people see a wolf in number in territorial disputes. wolf can range up to $100,000 and a year in The federal government and state agen- Yellowstone National Park each year. For “Wolves consider dogs as strange wolves,” jail. Bangs said that about 10 percent of cies that manage wolves have concise rules comparison, few people ever see one of the said Bangs. “A dog may think that a wolf Northern Rockies wolf deaths are the result on what is legal in these encounters, and 31,000 cougars that inhabit the Western U.S. barking or howling is a dog that wants to of illegal kills. experts who study wolf behavior offer advice Gray wolves have also been reintroduced play. Trust me, that is not the case.” Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies met on how to handle what is likely to be an along the Arizona-New Mexico border, Other instances where wolves might act the criteria for delisting in 2002. The Fish unforgettable experience. beginning in 1998, but that population had aggressively is near a den or a kill site. and Wildlife Service has approved plans by “Wolves don’t turn and run away imme- fewer than 50 individuals at the end of 2005. “If you come into an area where you see a Idaho and Montana to manage wolves, but diately like we’re used to with other ani- About 3,000 gray wolves inhabit northern kill, particularly if it’s kind of fresh, back out federal officials rejected Wyoming’s plan say- mals,”said Carolyn Sime, gray wolf program Minnesota, and another 500 in Michigan of there and go someplace else,” said Sime. ing it would eliminate wolves outside coordinator with the Montana Fish, Wildlife and 500 in Wisconsin. Meeting wolves can have legal ramifica- Yellowstone National Park. That has stopped and Parks Department. “The other thing Male wolves average about 100 pounds tions. Under the Endangered Species Act, delisting so far. that kind of makes it unnerving is the inten- and females slightly less. They often travel wolves in Minnesota are listed as threatened, If delisted, wolves would be treated as big sity of their eyes. It’s partly the color, and on roads, trails, creek bottoms and ridge while wolves in Michigan, Wisconsin, north- game animals, possibly with hunting sea- partly the intensity of the way they’re look- tops. When resting, wolves like the same ern Idaho, and northwest Montana are sons, something Bangs said and other feder- ing at you.” types of areas that draw humans. endangered. al and state wolf managers favor. Wolves nearly always blink first, experts “Because meadows are attractive to Wolf populations that resulted from rein- Hunting would not be allowed in say, but yelling will drive off a wolf as will campers, you’re likely to run into wolf activi- troductions are listed as “experimental, Yellowstone National Park, where most wolf pepper spray. ty,” said Steve Nadeau, statewide large carni- nonessential.” They include wolves south of sightings occur. But sightings are becoming About 1,000 wolves in 140 packs live in vore coordinator with the Idaho Department Interstate 90 in Idaho, Montana outside the more common elsewhere. Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, steadily of Fish and Game. “Particularly if the mead- northwest corner, Wyoming, Arizona and “Of all the things you have to worry increasing since being reintroduced in ow has game nearby — elk and deer.” New Mexico. about in life, wolves are probably on the bot- Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho Wolf experts say that centuries of mythol- “Our regulations allow anyone at anytime tom of the list,” said Bangs. “People who in 1995 and 1996. ogy taints present day wolf-human meetings, to scare a wolf away,”said Bangs. “Just run at don’t know any better are nervous about “Even though they’re fairly rare in nature, and that wolves tend to avoid humans. it and yell at it and it will run off. That’s legal wolves, but most people are like, ‘Wow, was wolves are relatively visible compared to a lot “If you’re walking on a dark trail at mid- to do. Just don’t hurt it.” that cool or what.”’ Scientists unearth whopper of a worm near extinction BY JOHN K. WILEY come from before the Palouse region of “Earthworms are considered nature’s surface vegetation where they eat, the scien- Associated Press Writer Eastern Washington was carpeted by wheat tillers. They’re extremely important for soil tists think. and other crops more than a century ago, quality and from the standpoint of manag- Other factors could be changes to their PALOUSE, Wash. — Pity the poor robin Johnson-Maynard said. ing to grow plants better,”said Ann Kennedy, native habitat, or competition from other that latches onto one of these worms. Specimens found in modern times have a Washington State University soil scientist species of earthworms brought West by set- A yard long and as big around as a man’s been 18 inches or less. A giant worm in and veteran of several unsuccessful giant tlers, the Idaho and WSU scientists said. pinkie finger, the giant Palouse earthworm is Australia, by comparison, can reach 10 feet. Palouse earthworm expeditions. Because the giant worms may “hibernate” albino-pale, can burrow 15 feet deep and Sanchez-de Leon thinks the 6-inch-long “It’s one of a whole group of macrofauna deep underground until surface conditions smells like a lily. version she found — a little longer and fat- that burrow and move organic matter from are just right, it is not known how many The recent discovery of one of the scarce ter than a common nightcrawler earthworm the surface down to deeper depths,” there are, Kennedy said. giants has energized entomologists and soil — might be a young adult. Kennedy said. “It’s amazing how far down “The historic records lack enough preci- scientists, who fear it may be near extinction. One reason so little is known about the you can find matter.” sion for us to know how common they were “It was very exciting. Just to find some- giant earthworms is, well, they’re worms. Sanchez-de Leon spent two years digging before the Palouse was tilled. There are early thing we thought, perhaps, was gone is a Unlike the celebration touched off by last in WSU’s Smoot Hill Ecological Reserve oral reports of seeing these giant worms,” great thing,” University of Idaho soils scien- year’s sighting in Arkansas of the ivory- north of Pullman, about 65 miles south of Johnson said. tist Jodi Johnson-Maynard said. billed woodpecker — a bird not seen in 60 Spokane — where the giant earthworm had Unlike the giant sand worms of “Dune,” The native giant earthworms have been years and thought to be extinct — the giant been found previously. the science-fiction work made into a movie found by scientists only four times since the earthworm Sanchez-de Leon found last year The 800-acre reserve is thought to be one in 1984, or the man-eating underground 1970s. None had been seen since the 1980s already has been consigned to a jar of of the last remaining segments of the 2 mil- dwellers of 1990s movie “Tremors,”the giant until Idaho graduate student Yaniria formaldehyde. lion-square-acre Palouse shrub-steppe Palouse worms appear to eat only vegetation Sanchez-de Leon dug one up while studying “Realistically, the giant Palouse earth- prairie of north-central Idaho and south- and an occasional insect. other earthworm species in May 2005. worm is a lot less charismatic than a giant eastern Washington. That lily scent the worms are reported to It wasn’t until last January that worm woodpecker,” said James “Ding” Johnson, The Palouse region was formed from ash- give off is thought to be a defense mecha- experts confirmed she had found Driloleirus head of the University of Idaho’s falls from Cascade Mountain volcanic erup- nism, Johnson and others said. americanus, the giant Palouse earthworm. Department of Plant, Soil and Entomology tions. The wind-blown loess is hundreds of European worms, which were brought “I wasn’t looking specifically for it. I was Sciences. Johnson, himself, found several of feet deep in places and supports a carpet of West by settlers, may have crowded out the hoping it was around,”Sanchez de-Leon said. the giant earthworms during graduate stud- wheat on rolling hillsides. native worms, Johnson said. Little is known about the giant worms: ies in the late 1980s. The Palouse-area scientists think the “We’re not exactly sure why they’re going how many there are, where they live, how There is urgency to find more Palouse earthworm’s length and feeding habits might extinct,” Johnson said. “Apparently, the they behave, or why they are so scarce. giants because earthworms play an impor- contribute to its scarcity. natives did not evolve with tillage, with the Scientists aren’t even sure how big they tant part in the health of soil and plants, the These earthworms don’t regenerate when plants we’ve introduced. We’ve changed their get. Reports of 3-foot-long earthworms scientists said. cut by plows and tillage disturbs the layer of ecosystem and introduced a competitor.”

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Now he will 12:50, 3:00, 5:30, 7:40, 10:10 Twelve and Holding (R) a community center in Swakopmund. are on the album. show off his musical abilities. 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 “We want to contribute to Namibia and the She said she had to overcome shyness to Arroyo and Raquel Aurilia, the wife of Reds Poseidon (PG-13) people who have been so gracious to us at this become a singer. infielder Rich Aurilia, and the local band 11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 time,” a government statement released Monday “I have always had a voice and always known I Screaming Mimes will play June 15 in the Mission: Impossible III (PG-13) 12:30, 1:00, 3:20, 4:10, 6:10, 7:20, quoted the couple as saying. could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out,” Madison Theatre in Covington, Ky. 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