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CONTENTS

Special 40th Anniversary Issue

PAGE ONE

Earl Newman designed 40th Anniversary Masthead

    A Beach Head Writes About The Beachhead - Carol Fondiller

    Celebrate 40 Years of the Free Venice Beachhead - Saturday, Dec. 13

    4,207 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,288,425 Iraqi Dead; 627 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan, Cost of Iraq: $575 billion

    PAGE TWO

    Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

    Letters:

    • I've Never Done This Before - Donna Lacey
    • You Guys Rock - Pat Hartman
    • Congratulations on your 40th Birthday!!!! Keep up the good work of keeping Venice well informed! - Emily Winters
    • Vigilantes Don't Like Vintage Cars - Nancy Raffaelli Richards

    Beach Head Carol Fondiller - continued from page 1

    A letter from the past - S.E. Mendelson

    Ad: Venice Town Council Party - Dec. 12

    PAGE THREE

    Welcome to Venice. Now Run! - Karl Abrams

    Retirement Income

    Negotiations Underway to Buy Lincoln Place

    Neighborhood Council's Homeless/RV Committee Holds Secret Meeting - Mark Lipman

    Filing Closes for City Elections

    Permit Parking: City Hall Says NO to 102 Venice Appeals; Fight Moves to Coastal Commission - Jim Smith

    Ad: Joel Isaacs, Ph.D. - Body oriented psychotherapist

    PAGE FOUR

    Cop Shoots Self in Leg - News at 11 - Jessica Aden and Mark Lipman

    Venice High School Pool Closure? - Lydia Poncé

    Murdered on Abbot Kinney Blvd.: Who Was Adam Pacheco? - Jessica Aden

    Venice Says No To Prop. 8 - Amy V. Dwhurst

    PAGE FIVE

    Can We Keep Venice Livable? YES WE CAN! AND YES WE HAVE! - Jim Smith

    PAGE SIX

    Beachheads Through The Years

    PAGE SEVEN

    Guadalupe Day - Finding More Than Meets The Eye - Maria Joyouspirit

    A Cell Tower in Your Back Yard - Lydia Poncé

    Swami Goes To The Movies - Review of What Just Happened? - Swami X

    Ad: Mission Accomplished - Cartoons by Khalil Bendib

    Ad: Doug Eisenstark

    PAGE EIGHT

    Color Beachheads

    PAGE NINE

    Do you knowk about the Venice Surf and Skateboard Association? - Edizen Stowell, Venice Paparazzi

    • Photo collage by Edizen Stowell

    2nd Annual Feed the Beach on Thanksgiving Serves 700 - James and Nina Merced

    • Photos by Kirsten Levisen and Edizen Stowell

    Ad: The Farmacy

    Ad: Eko Zone

    Ad: The Talking Stick Coffee Lounge

    PAGE TEN

    Beachhead Archives:

    • Canal Bridge - Photo: Roderick Phillip Bradley (March 1981)
    • Constitution Void on Venice Beach? - John Haag (Feb. 1971)
    • Hog Wild Weekend - Carol Fondiller
    • Park a Car, Go to Jail - John Haag (Feb. 83)
    • Rick and Marge get married on the beach (Dec. 1969)

    PAGE ELEVEN

    Poetry

    • living green - Rex Butters
    • At the 99 Cents Store Off Lincoln Boulevard - Krista Swimmer
    • Beachhead - rf wagner jr
    • Beachhead Loves Venice - Erica Snowlake
    • The Heroic Age of Venice - Jim Smith

    PAGE TWELVE

    Beachhead Archives: Collage of headlines from the Beachhead - Jan. 1973 - Dec. 1976

    PAGE THIRTEEN

    Poets as Rebels - Krista Swimmer

    Poetry

    • Billie Holiday - Majid Naficy
    • Spearhead with a new face - Hillary Kaye
    • 8 Guys Behind A Bar - Mark Lipman

    PAGE FOURTEEN

    Political Cartoon by Khalil Bendib

    How Venice Voted - Jim Smith

    The Venice Surf and Skateboard Association - continued from page 9

    Ad: Poet For Sale

    PAGE FIFTHTEEN

    Calendar - Community Events - day by day

    Season's Greetings from the Beachhead

    PAGE SIXTEEN

    Original Poster by Earl Newman

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