Palisades-News-March-18-2015

March 18, 2015 Palisades News Page 15
90404 Changing
Film Hosted by
Conservancy
The historically culturally diverse Pico
neighborhood of Santa Monica is the subject
of the film, 90404 Changing, to be presented
by the Santa Monica Conservancy
on Thursday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium at the
Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Admission is free but seating is limited.
Producer/director Michael Barnard will
introduce the film, and after the screening
he and leading cast member and co-producer
Paulina Sahagun will conduct a Q&A.
The film captures the once historically
rich and culturally diverse neighborhood in
the 90404 zip code. It follows a local Latina
teacher and an African-American poet in
their quest to piece together the history of
this area.
Blending narrative and documentary storytelling,
90404 Changing includes a wide
range of personal stories of former and current
residents, clergy and business owners.
Founded in 2002, the Santa Monica
Conservancy is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to promoting understanding
and appreciation of the cultural, social,
economic and environmental benefits of
preserving the historic resources of Santa
Monica’s unique urban landscape.
Visit: www.smconservancy.org.
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Coco Kennedy sang the National Anthem.
PPBA Kicks Off Season at Park
Record heat did not stop players,
coaches, former coaches and even
former fans from attending the Pacific
Palisades Baseball Association’s 63rd
annual pancake breakfast on Saturday
morning at the Palisades Recreation Center.
Alice Wroblicky may be the event’s big -
gest fan: this was her 54th pancake breakfast.
Her husband Emil, now deceased,
coached teams in the 1960s, when their
three boys played. She had attended every
breakfast since then until last year, when
Emil was sick.
On Saturday, Alice was wearing a jacket
and explained, “I know it’s supposed to be
hot, but I remember when the wind came
up the canyon, I’d freeze, sitting in the
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Tim McCaffrey, a member of the PPBA Board,
with wife Natasha and daughter Carly. Son Jake is
a second-year Tiger Pinto.
bleachers.”
A group of 11 Palisades men, all former
Troop 223 dads who walk together every
Saturday and coached AYSO, basketball and
baseball when their boys were younger,
stopped by for the breakfast. They included
Andy Breech, who coached the Phillies
from 1991-2001; former Unocal station
owner Frank Jakel, who sponsored a team
for 35 years and coached the Indians from
1985 to 1990; and Bud Kling, the longtime
Palisades High tennis coach, who helmed
the Dodgers in 1995.
Rich Wilken, who once coached the Phil -
lies, said: “I had a perfect record, we went
0-17—totally unblemished by a single victory.”
He remembered how actor David
Matt Moore’s brother Asher is a Pinto
Yankee.
Photos: Sue Pascoe
Niven, who had a son on the team, would
show up with his silver case and then mix
martinis. James Arness would join Niven
in the bleachers.
Susan Samama, her son Shane and
grandson Mason (5) were in attendance.
Shane recalled playing with Peter Wallin
and Bill Bruns as his coaches. “We won
every year,” he said, noting that his brother
Mark also played in the PPBA. “We’ll have
Mason in the line-up soon.”
Coco Kennedy, a fifth grader at Corpus
Christi School, sang the National Anthem.
Baseball commissioner Bob Benton afterwards
told Coco, “You hit a homerun.”
Eon Sullivan was recognized for selling
the most pancake tickets and will be a batboy
for one UCLA game. The PPBA board
was recognized, as well as Oscar Gonzales,
who works nonstop on field maintenance.
Then it was time for Pacific Palisades
actor/comedian Bill Hader to throw the
first pitch to the waiting glove of Pinto
Cub Jett Teegardin, and the 2015 PPBA
season was underway.
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