A PALI NOISEMAKER Remembered: from the Pali High Yearbook, 2008
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Palisadian-Post PALIThursday, AugustL 18, 2016 IFE Page 13 A PALI NOISEMAKER Remembered: from the Pali High Yearbook, 2008 By JOHN HARLOW zened caps and T-shirts for fans Editor-in-Chief and dictionaries for the winner, expected maybe 100 people to he terrible grief of loss can an- turn up. ger, destroy and even send you By the end of a jubilant tour- Tinto madness. Look at King Lear. nament, more than 3,000 Africans Or it can reboot, inspire and were celebrating both the game drive you to embrace life as never and the life of a boy they had nev- before—all in the name of love. er met in an event now known as For long-term Palisadians the Copa De Dillon. Harriet Zaretsky and Steve A second tournament in Con- Henry, the shock of losing their go this September, now with four 17-year-old son Dillon Henry in boys teams and four girls teams, a car wreck on Sunset Boulevard will cement the partnership to nine years ago will never fade. create an educational facility for And yet, while still lost in these same children. the miasma of pain, the couple Former Pali High student, Ir- reached out in Dillon’s name to vin Kintaudi, visited Mumosho other young people in need. And, in 2014 and said today Dillon is as a result, they have transformed famous in eastern Congo. hundreds of lives. “I was warned that I could be So far, 83 Palisades Charter snatched away by a militia at any High School students have bene- moment, but I know the attitude fited from their financial aid schol- that I share with Dillon—positive arships for college. and humanitarian—will help me And then there are the paid 16 get through anything. And this is summer interns, or Dillon Henry what I wanted to share there with Fellows, helping the environment my people,” said Kintaudi, whose through Surfrider Foundation. parents come from the Congo. Or the many children in fos- Kintaudi was one of 10 Dillon ter care in Los Angeles, helped scholars at Pali High in 2008. through CASA (Court Appointed It was an award that he said Special Advocates) and the Henry Friends in faraway places —the Copa De Dillon in Congo changed his life. family’s support. Photo courtesy of the Henry Family Archives “It opened up other worlds Because that is what Dillon, to me and has carried me to grad who once helped a stranger strand- “Hail Caesar!” tions and aspirations come true.” agony into action. Dillon Henry Youth Centers, pro- school [at the University of South- ed at a gas station, who rescued a Ehrenreich, who will play the The family, while drowning in Within 12 weeks they had viding activities for children of all ern California], which might oth- young woman meandering in a young Hans Solo in future Star sorrow after the tragedy on July raised $100,000 for a new build- ages, in the dismal refugee camps erwise never happened.” street in a drug haze, who gingered Wars movies, helped create a vid- 6, 2007, shared this sadness at a ing in the Central African Repub- in Darfur. Ten days ago, he was at the up 300 students at Pali High pro- eo supporting World Soccer Day. funeral attended by over 1,000 lic on the border with Darfur, a “I still don’t know how we annual barbeque that Steve and testing curbed summer vacations, It’s a powerful kickstarter to a did it, I don’t know where all the Harriet throw at their Rustic Can- would have liked. $350,000 campaign to build a very money came from, friends and yon home for their scholarship But next month, on Sept. 25, a different school 8,800 miles away relatives, but we knew it had to be kids and families every summer. day that honors what would have in Mumosho, a village near the spent as Dillon would have want- “It is the opportunity where been Dillon’s 27th birthday, Harri- Democratic Republic of Congo’s ed,” recalled Harriet last week. we can all catch up and share et and Steve are raising the stakes border with Rwanda. The family Their focus has moved to the stories—one person who won a at their third annual Copa De Dil- hopes the Congo Peace School Congo, a nation with arguably the scholarship the same year as me, lon Soccer Tournament by launch- and premier soccer field will share most brutal recent history in Afri- just got married, two weeks be- ing World Soccer Day. the same generous spirit that Dil- ca that is still being bloodied by fore—but also stay connected like The event will be held at Pali lon loved at Pali High. never-ending civil war, to work the big family that Harriet and High, with families and friends in So, why Africa? with local leaders in Mumosho. Steve have brought together.” the community invited to attend. “When Dillon was a young They have partnered with a For Steve, Harriet, and (sister) They will be entertained and will teen, he watched [the 2004 film] local Mumosho educator, Ama- Taylor, there will always be a Dil- watch eight teams play soccer on ‘Hotel Rwanda’ with us, and he ni Matabaro Tom, thus avoiding lon-shaped hole in their hearts. the gorgeous sward beloved of was broken hearted and in tears the “nice white people rescue Af- But for the hundreds who Dillon—“a hardworking defender after watching the genocide. Dillon scholars from Pali High: From left, Angelica Gonzalez, ricans” aid trap that all too often will be helped in Dillon’s name who was respected by his team- “He wanted to take action to Isabella Barber, Franscisco Rubio Fernandez, Kiana Billot-Vasquez, ends in corruption and waste. over the coming years, some even mates for playing with heart,” re- aid the people of Africa, as that Biniyam Asnake. Plus Steve Henry and Harriet Zaretsky The Afro-Palisadian partner- thousands of miles away who may called Harriet. was the kind of boy he was. He Photo courtesy of the Henry Family Archives ship got off to a flying start last never know his full story, this is The day will be a meeting of became engaged in a water well September when Amani organized one Palisadian spirit who will con- old and new friends including, project in Dafur. After his acci- mourning friends. center that still boasts the name a soccer tournament between the tinue to shape the world. hopefully, young Palisadian ac- dent, we formed a partnership Yet weeks later, the family, the Dillon Henry Community local Institute Mumosha and three tor Alden Ehrenreich—breakout with Jewish World Watch, as we with deep roots in liberal social Health Clinic. rival teams. The organizers, who For more information, email star from the Coen Brothers latest, felt we could make his ambi- activism, were transmuting their And, another $100,000 for the were providing Dillon-embla- [email protected]. Page 14 Palisadian-Post August 18, 2016 FOOD&STYLE A Review of Pearl Dragon 15229 Sunset Blvd. Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 310-459-9790 thepearldragon.com Price: $$ By MICHAEL AUSHENKER Contributing Writer Photos by RICH SCHMITT Staff Photographer It’s easy to take Pearl Drag- on for granted. Few restaurants in the heart of the Village have stuck around so long as a go-to destina- tion. Plus: that glorious bar with nightly happy hours. 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