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The whistle just blew this week, so there’s still time to join “Itty Bitty Sports” at the Culver-Palms Family YMCA. Session 1 is Mondays & Wednesdays February 7 to March 2 (8 classes) 4 p.m. to 4:45. for boys and girls ages 3-5 years. This program is designed to ensure children have lots of fun while learning the basic skills used in a variety of sports such as soccer, football, with the right amount of hand and foot-to-eye coordination, teamwork, and sportsmanship. For more details call Eric Lane, Director of Sports and Recreation at the C...
Maybe not “The Real Housewives,” but how about “The Real Businesses of Culver City?” A casting company and a major cable network are looking for real-life business offices for a new series, and the Culver City Chamber of Commerce has put the word out to their members. They’re looking for an office with a” staff of characters” (10 or more) who could use a business expert’s help to give their business a boost. Stay tuned! Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Oscars – February has gotten to be one of the busiest party opportu...
Let’s do the “Time Warp” again...it was sharp-eyed dinner companion Debbie Rich who spotted Barry Bostwick and companion dining on the patio at Waterloo & City last week. Seeing him was a great way to finish a wonderful meal – kind of like dessert but without any calories! Barreling into 2011 with birthday celebrations are Mary Ruebsamen, Janey Campbell, Michelle Baher, Bram Skelley, Paul Skelley, Brenda Langdon, Jane Corey, Jonell MacGregor, Alek Stenshoel, Katie Priebe, Jane Corey, Charlotte Gilbert, Ashok Parikh, Cathy Biggs, Jane Young,...
Birthday wishes go out to John Swenson, Jim Gross, Kyle Johnson, James Mullen, Gary Mitchell, Alfreida Ferrell, Charlene Aspray, Ruth Walter, Jessie Benjamin, Lu Stillman, Dorris Woods, Steven Harris, Freda Dolores Cain, Franklin Monzon, Jessica McCullagh, Amy Brubaker, Andrew Lehman, and Talal Barakat Amazed by the progress on the Expo Light Rail? Find out even more tonight (if you receive this newspaper today, Thursday, that is) at a Project Status Update Open House for the West End Corridor of the Expo Light Rail Line. You’ll be updated o...
Non-Member - $2195 (Cash/Check Price), $2245 (Standard Price). Prices are based on double occupancy. For more information, attend the Culver City Chamber of Commerce Spain Orientation get together next Monday, November 15, 2010 – 6:00 p.m. in the Iksan Room of the Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Ave. or email your questions to jaylon@culvercitychamber.comjaylon@culvercitychamber.com. Aargh! Something new for harried parents and bored kids! Shiver me timbers – the pirates are invading! LAUSD has three furlough days coming up prior to T...
During the day this Saturday (9 a.m.to 3 p.m.) enjoy browsing a great Yard Sale on the front lawn of the Culver City Scout House, 10866 Culver Blvd. There’ll be a vast array of goodies, including holiday decorations, toys and games, camping equipment and more. The sale is sponsored by the Friends of Culver City Scout House (FOCCSH) a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation. For more information on the Friends visit their website at www.culvercityscouthouse.org. More this Saturday: the Culver City Emblem Club #254 in conjunction with the Gardena C...
Shake it Out! Beginning this year Culver City will combine its former December 7 City-Wide Disaster Drill with California’s Great Shake Out, set for October 21. Now we will join millions of other Californians at 10:21 a.m. to Drop, Cover and Hold On, plus display our “OK” signs prominently in a window or on the front door by 7 p.m. when first responders will travel the neighborhoods counting them. (In a real disaster if your family was not all right, you’d of course eliminate the sign and call 911.) Get more info by going to www.cul...
On the right track: This Monday the Culver City Public Works Department, Linwood E. Howe Elementary School staff and the Culver City Police Department will be participating in the “International Walk to School Week,” with CCPD officers providing extra information on bicycle safety. It’s getting perilously close to October (egad, it’s tomorrow) and it’s “Happy Birthday” time for Cathy Lugo, Kathleen Tepley, Elaine Hente, Agnes McClain, Marina Tidwell, Eric Seeburger, Buddy Carranza, Ken Leung, and Natalie Meyers. Lots more will be listed next w...
A just reward for all of her hard work: Culver City Rock & Mineral club member Sue Acosta won the raffle grand prize of $100 at the club’s recent “Fiesta of Gems,” and the consensus is that if anyone deserves it, Sue does! The upcoming Fiesta LaBallona weekend marks a busy time for these rockhounds – they’ll be sharing a booth with the Culver City Scout House (where they’re Workshop is based) and the club BBQ will take place on Saturday, August 28 at Carlson Park. The BBQ runs from 10 a,.m. to 4 p.m., so members, friends and families ca...
Here’s an opportunity to enjoy a great local trio: Next Tuesday, August 3rd from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. the popular "Mystic Knights Trio" will perform for one evening only at Ugo Wine Bar,3865 Cardiff Ave., Culver City. You may have previously enjoyed their tunes at the Culver Hotel and Rush Street, so now you can grab some tasty Italian food and/or wine and hear Culver City's own Martin (Sonny "B") Bennett on percussion, Dave Melton on guitar, and Roger Handy on harmonica and vocals perform a wide variety of American Roots Music. Wasn’t that Marth...
A new non-profit “Friends of the Culver City Scout House” organization has been launched designed to preserve, maintain and operate the Culver City Scout House for the benefit of youth groups and other community organizations. The well-used building has served as a meeting place for numerous scouting organizations since the early 1940s and was moved to its current location, 10866 Culver Blvd., around 1950. The Culver City Scout House, currently home to Boy Scout Troop 113, along with an annex used as the Culver City Rock & Mineral Club’s works...
Warming up summer with birthday candles are Karen Fowler, Linda Thieben, Hayden O’Brien, William Sick, David Olson, Colin Tidwell, Doris MacGregor, Eleanor Brown, Elisa Adeff, Cynthia Leavitt, Joan Steever, Ana Maria Kowalski, Rosa Idalia Giron, Gary Bethel, Alfred Reyes, Lorette Herman, Shannon Gaulding, Joseph Beachy, Lindy Smith, Robert Chancellor, Tina Kaufman, Cherylann Grasso, Cottalango Leon, Kristin Giannantonio, Wrennie Laundau, Ruth McKnight, Stephanie Taylor, Jacqueline Aispiro, Norma Lazcano, Erik Matsubayashi, Jenny Garcia, M...
Culver City Exchange Club members “old” (just a figure of speech) and new really enjoyed their Annual Lame Duck Meeting in June. There were Past Presidents in attendance who covered the history of the Club from 1954-2008, and all openly shared their feelings. They included Bill Fecho, Earl Eskridge, Ken Owens, Dick Brundo, Mike Fate, Mike Snell, Larry Burns, Jeff Cooper, Dr. Jay Shery, Don Chandler and Scott Malsin. Needless to say the remainder of the meeting was dedicated to the Annual 4th of July Fireworks Show this Sunday evening at Cul...
Lots of (well-deserved) recognition for Lions International and the great work that local Lions Clubs do in the media lately. The Culver City Lions, active in Fiesta LaBallona, Flag Day, Peace Poster contest and White Cane Day as well as performing free annual eyesight screenings at each of our elementary schools, meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Sizzler Restaurant across from the Westfield Culver City Mall. Folks interested in meeting with energetic, community-minded others are welcome to visit and hear more! Mark...
Happy Holiday Birthdays to Syd Kronenthal, Sarah Danner, Inga Harris, Patti Millett, Katie Shery, Lorraine Allman, Ted Humphrey, Jessica Ruacho, Erin Popkin, Barbara Bryndle, Marion Feingold, Maxine Stenstrom, Linda Brady, Christine Hernandez, Joe Bryant, Ginger Lugliani, Brian Gray, Sr., Diana Aceves, Harold Jill, Lilla Mares, Rick Lewis, Jr., Rhonda Granadox, Lila Lynn, Sandy Detweiler, Carole Cahlk, Pete Schneider, Lynn Bates, Jo Baxter-Miguel, Lisa Cage,Merrill Barr, Rowena Pratap, Daniel Salguero, Raquel Villalta, The Culver City Senior...
Art lovers will enjoy this weekend’s show at the Teale Street Sculpture Studio, 11847 Teale Street in Culver City. Hours are from 2 p.m. to 5 both Saturday and Sunday. For more information call the Studio at (310) 307-2697. Here’s a great membership incentive -- This fall, all new and renewing Culver City Education Foundation members’ names were entered into a raffle. Five winners were randomly chosen and received Trader Joe's or Raintree Cleaners gift certificates. Congratulations to Joyce Wagner (Lin Howe), Nomi Roth (Middle School), Luis Mar...
Tonight at 7 p.m. Culver City CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) meets in the Rotunda Room at the Veterans’ Memorial Building.. On the agenda will be CERT business and announcements, update on the December 7 and the Sony drills, and guest speaker Jee Kim, MPH, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program. For additional information contact Perry Waldow, President, Culver City CERT Coordinator, Disaster Awareness Training at (310) 349-6575. Happy (but it doesn’t feel like) winter bir...
Through the efforts of the Culver City Education Foundation, the El Rincon Science Discovery Lab was the setting for the first of six science professional development sessions organized by UCLA graduate students and Dr. Jeroen Molemaker. Third and fifth grade teachers from all five Culver City elementary schools attended the initial session in September that provided an opportunity to learn Earth Science topics such as using weather maps, waves and sunlight and convection of air. This science enrichment opportunity is funded through a grant tha...
A world series of birthdays are being celebrated by Ken Owens, Joanne Scheding, Kevin Richardson, Clint Ehlers, Setsuko Tsuji (Cohn), Michael Riban, Belinda Blom, Susan Porter, Kent Seeberger, Angeles Hernandez, Carol Auslander, Inez Bush, Marjorie Joy, Holly du Rivage, Rosalie Odell-Rummelsburg, David Rodriguez, Juan Sosa, Robert Lund, Michelle Weiner, John Giba, James Gikas, John Rosenfeld, Greg Wood, Judith Torres, Janis Nathan, Anthony Farrari, Gloria Sanchez, Rick Shaffer, Jane Morton, Steven Dover, Janet Hoult, Richard Edley, and Percy...
At the risk of having an even harder time finding a parking space, we’d like to talk about the great Sunday morning services held at Agape International Spiritual Center under the leadership of Reverend Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith. Services begin at 6:25 a.m. for Early Bird Meditation followed by the 6:55 a.m.Early Bird Service; Second Service begins with 8:30 a.m.Meditation followed by the 9 a.m.Service; and the Third Service commences at 11with Meditation followed by the 11:30 a.m.Service. From our 10-year perspective, the message, music and...
Enjoying a fun second career as a Director’s Assistant is Lynn Miller, who has been working on a new musical called "Children of the Night". The show opens this Saturday at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, 254 S. Robertson Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Call (310) 855 - 1556 for reservations (or check out Goldstar’s website for half price ($12.50) tickets on certain dates. Thoughts and prayers go out to Agnes Agzarian, seriously ill and hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center. Wife of the late Dr. George Agzarian and mother to Drs. Alice and Anita Agz...
Coming up fast is the Culver City Chamber of Commerce’ “Heart of Screenland Golf Tournament 2009.” This annual event will take place on Tuesday, October 13 at Malibu Country Club, 901 Encinal Road, Malibu. The fun-filled day includes putting, hole-in-one, longest drive, and closest to the pin contests. Lunch will be served on the course and dinner in the club house. Individual golfers and foursomes (all skill levels) are welcome. Sponsorships are also available, where you or your company can include a promotional item in the gift bag or donat...
Déjà vu all over again – Culver City Lion Jack Barton showed up at last week’s luncheon meeting with yet “… another body part encased in surgical wrap, setting off another health and welfare program. This time it was his left hand which he stabbed trying to put away a knife.” (There’s a lesson here: don’t get too close to Jack when he has any kind of utensil in his hand…) The Culver City Lions Club meets weekly at 12:15p.m. @ Sizzler restaurant across from the shiny new Westfield mall on Sepulveda. If you’re an active voter, expect a kno...
Outdoorsy? Interested in participating in some kind volunteer project in Our Town? Volunteers in Parks (V.I.P.) and the Park Enhancement Program (P.E.P.) are for community groups, individuals, and businesses. Help is always needed to repair park facilities, remove trash, paint, landscape, etc and creative project ideas are especially welcome ($500 grants for park improvement projects can be made available through the Parks Division).V.I.P. and P.E.P. applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and are available online at w...
