2011
#358
CONTENTS
PAGE ONE
Don't Move - Venice Neighborhood Council Opposes Move Out of Post Office Building
Art: Ocean Front Walk - Diane Butler
New Ordinance: No More Swap Meet on Boardwalk
6,008 Bombing Victims in Libya
1,680 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 38 this month
4,474 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 8 this month;
33,105 U.S. Wounded - 25 this month
Up to 1.4 million Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $1.22+ trillion
PAGE TWO
Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates
Letters:
- Make the Post Office a Bar - Patrick Frank
The 10 Most Ridiculous Anti-Homeless Laws - Peggy Lee Kennedy
Historic Gondola Returned to Former Site of Canal Lagoon - Nikki Gilbert
- Photo: Gondola back on the Lagoon (Circle) - Jim Smith
Ad: Local Computer Support - Clay Claiborne
Ad: Hoagie's
PAGE THREE
Oakwood Barbecue Draws Hundreds - Roger Linnett
Tisha Bedrosian, First President of the Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council - Jim Smith
- Photo: Dan Valenzuela, Helen O'Niell, Tisha Bedrosian, Rick Feibush and Pearl White receive 2003 Spirit of Venice awards - Linda Lucks
Ad: Dale Newman Design
Ad: ATLI Handcrafted Furniture
Ad: Marla's Cafe
PAGE FOUR
Film Review: If A Tree Falls - Mary Getlein
Petition: Save The Venice Post Office
PAGE FIVE
New Ordinance: No More Swap Meet on Boardwalk - continued from page 1
Text of the Draft Ocean Front Walk Ordinance
PAGE SIX
Easing the Automobile Out of Venice
- Photo: Athens Tour Bus
- Photo NYC bike traffic light - Jim Smith
New Ordinance: No More Swap Meet on Boardwalk - continued from page 5
Juan's Hats - Fourth in a series
Ad: Abbot's Habit
PAGE SEVEN
Community Garden Sprouts in Venice - CJ Gronner
- Photos by CJ Gronner
Ad: Book: If The Dead Had Email
Ad: Cairo Cowboy
PAGE EIGHT
Two Venetians Kick Off Poetry Books at Beyond Baroque - Greta Cobar
- Photos: Greta Cobar
Poets Honored by Beyond Baroque - Roger Linnett
- Photo: S.A. Griffin - Pegarty Long
Ad: Good with Wood Contracting
Ad: Wills, Trusts, Estates - Edgar Saenz
PAGE NINE
Poetry
- Franceye, Again - Mary Getlein
- The Rapture That Never Was – Hal Bogotch
- The Last of the Oil - Jim Smith
- No More - Howard Minkin
- The Age of the Jacaranda Trees – Krista Schwimmer
Ad: Douglas Eisenstark - Acupuncture and Herbs
Ad: Poetry Contest at Beyond Baroque
Ad: Philomenian at Beyond Baroque, Aug. 13
PAGE TEN
Draft Ocean Front Walk Ordinance - continued from page 5
PAGE ELEVEN
Calendar - Compiled by Karl Abrams
Ad: Globe Cleaners
Ad: Maureen Cotter at Beyond Baroque, Aug. 27
PAGE TWELVE
Interview with Singer-Songwriter Jacqueline Fuentes
- Photos: Jacqueline Fuentes
Ad: Sleep Out, Aug. 5
Ad: Nutritional Warehouse
Ad: Force 12 at The Electric Lodge