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<strong>Nov</strong>ember 9, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Volume 48, Issue 14<br />
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<strong>Nov</strong>ember 9, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Volume 48, Issue 14<br />
BEACH PEOPLE<br />
12 Court on track by Randy Angel<br />
Mira Costa senior Xavier Court may be the best cross country runner from<br />
the South Bay, ever.<br />
16 Biden time by Kevin Cody<br />
Former Vice President Joseph Biden calls out Donald Trump.<br />
28 Walking with the pack by Kevin Cody<br />
Michael Loring walks 17 dogs at a time. But what’s more impressive is<br />
how he gets them to pose for a group photo.<br />
32 One Cadillac, two near divorces by Randy Angel<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> resident Amando Martos wanted to buy his neighbor’s<br />
1939 Cadillac Series 6127 Opera Coupe. And the neighbor wanted to sell<br />
it. But a promise the seller made to his wife would delay the sale.<br />
38 Schoeben’s students by Robb Fulcher<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> resident Liz Shoeben utilizes her entrepreneurial and<br />
therapist skills to establish a high school mental health program.<br />
42 El Viejo by Richard Foss<br />
Four decades ago, Ab Lawrence took over a restaurant called Pancho’s<br />
that served Chinese food. After converting the menu and decor to match<br />
the name, a local institution was born.<br />
8 Calendar<br />
10 Skechers Friendship Walk<br />
14 Cops who skate<br />
20 Vice President Biden at Shade<br />
22 Best of Manhattan<br />
BEACH LIFE<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
Joseph Biden at the Shade Hotel,<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>, prior to his Distinguished<br />
Speaker Series talk in<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
Photo by Deidre Davidson<br />
24 <strong>Beach</strong> Holiday Gift Guide<br />
36 Scare N’ Tear surf contest<br />
40 Pumpkins in the Park<br />
44 Riviera Village Trick or Treaters<br />
45 Home services<br />
STAFF<br />
PUBLISHER Kevin Cody, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Richard Budman, EDITORS Mark McDermott, Randy Angel, David<br />
Mendez, and Ryan McDonald, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Bondo Wyszpolski, DINING EDITOR Richard Foss,<br />
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Ray Vidal and Brad Jacobson, CALENDAR Judy Rae, DISPLAY SALES Tamar Gillotti,<br />
Amy Berg and Shelley Crawford, CLASSIFIEDS Teri Marin, DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL MEDIA Hermosawave.net,<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Tim Teebken, DESIGN CONSULTANT Bob Staake, BobStaake.com, FRONT DESK Judy Rae<br />
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S O U T H B AY<br />
CAL ENDAR<br />
Thursday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 9<br />
Barnhart’s “Battle<br />
Comics”<br />
Former Comedy and Magic<br />
Club emcee Don Barnhart returns<br />
home to Hermosa for a<br />
screening of “I am Battle<br />
Comic.” Barnhart and fellow<br />
South Bay comedian Jeff Capri<br />
are both featured in the documentary,<br />
along with other<br />
“Battle Comics” who perform<br />
for troops overseas. 5:30 p.m.<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Community<br />
Theater, 710 Pier Ave., Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. Pre-sale tickets<br />
are $25 or $30 at the door (includes<br />
pre-show happy hour).<br />
For tickets and to view a trailer<br />
visit SeatEngine.com.<br />
Friday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 10<br />
Radiation Options in<br />
Breast Cancer<br />
Cancer Support Community<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> (CSCRB) hosts<br />
Mitchell Kamrava, MD, director<br />
of brachytherapy at the<br />
Samuel Oschin Comprehensive<br />
Cancer Institute at<br />
Cedars-Sinai. Kamrava will<br />
discuss various radiation treatments.<br />
Lunch by “The Spot”<br />
vegetarian restaurant. 12:30<br />
p.m. Advance registration required.<br />
109 West Torrance<br />
Blvd., Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>. Call<br />
(310) 376-3550 or visit the<br />
website at cancersupportredondobeach.org.<br />
Teen College and<br />
Career Readiness<br />
Workshop<br />
Youth and teens, ages 12-18<br />
years old, are encouraged to<br />
join this hands-on workshop<br />
focused on increasing college<br />
and career opportunities. In<br />
just a short two-hour class, students<br />
will dive into the basics<br />
of public speaking, how to<br />
write cover letters and resumes,<br />
and finding one’s leadership<br />
potential. $5 and open<br />
to the community. 4 - 6 p.m.<br />
Torrance-South Bay YMCA,<br />
2900 W. Sepulveda Blvd., Torrance.<br />
For more information<br />
and to register, contact Lisa<br />
Daddario; LisaDaddario@ymcaLA.org,<br />
(310) 325-5885 x<br />
2771, or ymcaLA.org/tsb.<br />
Water tours<br />
Free tours of the Edward C.<br />
Little Water Recycling Facility<br />
on the second Saturday of each<br />
month. You must RSVP by<br />
calling (310) 660-6200. 9:30<br />
a.m. - 12 p.m. 1935 S. Hughes<br />
Way, El Segundo. All participants<br />
must wear closed-toe<br />
shoes (no sandals, high heels<br />
or flip flops) and be prepared<br />
to walk up and down stairs.<br />
For more information visit<br />
westbasin.org.<br />
Saturday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 11<br />
Veterans tribute<br />
The Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Veterans<br />
Day Ceremony and Elks<br />
BBQ features Lieutenant<br />
Colonel Mark D. Ripley as the<br />
keynote speaker. 1 p.m. Veterans<br />
Park, 309 Esplanade, Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. BBQ is free for<br />
all Veterans and members of<br />
the military, police officers and<br />
firefighters. $5 donation from<br />
all others. (208) 473-6626 to<br />
RSVP for the BBQ. For additional<br />
information contact<br />
Herb Masi at (310) 993-4637,<br />
Hcmasi@yahoo.com or visit<br />
RBVeteransmemorial.com.<br />
Free namaste<br />
Yoga on the Redondo <strong>Beach</strong><br />
pier Octagon 2nd Saturdays of<br />
the month. Free. Bring yoga<br />
mat, towel and water. All levels<br />
welcome. 10 - 11 a.m. 500<br />
Fisherman’s Wharf, Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. The Octagon, where<br />
the Pier meets the International<br />
Boardwalk below Kincaid’s.<br />
Sunday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 12<br />
Rockin’ 4 Reason!<br />
TV personality Vera Jimenez<br />
of KTLA 5 News and co-owner<br />
of the Fish Shop in Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, will be Rockin’ 4 Reason’s<br />
celebrity host and MC.<br />
Live performance by The<br />
Mothers of Pearl. 4 - 8 p.m.<br />
Saint Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast<br />
Highway, Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
Proceeds will support affordable<br />
housing projects in the<br />
Los Angeles area, and will provide<br />
attendees the opportunity<br />
to volunteer with Habitat for<br />
Humanity and Giveback<br />
Homes. $20. Visit<br />
Donate.GiveBackHomes.com<br />
or call (424) 634-8492.<br />
Food Swap<br />
South Bay Food Swap is a<br />
gathering of artisan food<br />
lovers, who exchange handmade<br />
and homegrown food<br />
creations. Your homemade creations<br />
become your own personal<br />
currency that you can<br />
use to swap with other participants.<br />
No cash is exchanged.<br />
The animal-free Circus Vargas’ new <strong>2017</strong> Spectacular SteamCirque returns to the Battleship<br />
Iowa in San Pedro. Children of all ages will marvel at the wacky and wonderful cast of characters<br />
that come alive in this exciting steampunk, science fiction fantasy inspired circus. <strong>Nov</strong>.<br />
16th - 20th. 250 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro. For tickets and showtimes visit circusvargas.com<br />
“Light Gate,” by artists Mags Harries and Lajos Héder will<br />
be aligned with the setting sun on Tuesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 14, at<br />
4:51, creating an aurora borealis effect. The sculpture is<br />
in front of the Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> City Hall, at Highland<br />
Avenue and 14th Street. For more information about Light<br />
Gate visit citymb.info.<br />
Anyone can participate, including<br />
home bakers/cooks,<br />
canners, gardeners, food<br />
bloggers, professional chefs<br />
and, students. Register to reserve<br />
a space. 11 a.m. - 2<br />
p.m. The Honest Abe Cidery,<br />
17800 South Main Street,<br />
#105, Gardena. For additional<br />
information and registration,<br />
visit the Facebook<br />
event page at facebook.com.<br />
Salt Marsh Open<br />
House<br />
Discover the hidden world<br />
of the Salinas de San Pedro<br />
Salt Marsh with Cabrillo Marine<br />
Aquarium educators and<br />
Coastal Park naturalists. The<br />
salt marsh will be open from<br />
1 - 3 p.m. Bring binoculars,<br />
camera, sketch pad, journal<br />
or just your curiosity. 3720<br />
Stephen M. White Drive, San<br />
Pedro. For reservations call<br />
(310) 548-7562 or visit CabrilloMarineAquarium.org.<br />
Monday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 13<br />
South Coast<br />
Fuchsia Meeting<br />
The South Coast Fuchsia<br />
Society meets on the second<br />
Monday of the month. 9:30<br />
a.m. - 12 p.m. South coast<br />
Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw<br />
Blvd., Palos Verdes<br />
Peninsula. For more information<br />
call Marsha Hopwood at<br />
(310) 374-3255.<br />
Flu defense<br />
The City of Torrance Community<br />
Services Department<br />
will offer free flu shots. Get<br />
ready for cold season. You<br />
should see your physician<br />
prior to getting any flu shot if<br />
you have a serious illness or<br />
are hypersensitive to eggs. 10<br />
a.m. - 12 p.m. The Ken Miller<br />
Recreation Center, 3341 Torrance<br />
Blvd., Torrance. For additional<br />
information, visit<br />
a r t s. t o r r a n c e c a . g ov / o u r -<br />
city/general-services/culturalarts/miller.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 14<br />
Sunset not to miss<br />
Light Gate, at 14th Street<br />
and Highland Avenue, in Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, is made of glass,<br />
laminated with prismatic lighting<br />
film. Tonight at 4:51 it’s<br />
keyhole aligns with the sun.<br />
For more information about<br />
Calendar cont. on page 30<br />
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each charity<br />
LASORDA MISSES FRIENDSHIP WALK,<br />
and third World Series ring<br />
S<br />
kechers President Michael Greenberg expressed just one regret at<br />
the the Ninth Annual Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk.<br />
Tommy Lasorda, the Friendship Walk’s most popular supporter<br />
was absent for the first time in the Walks nine year history. But Greenberg<br />
wasn’t nearly as disappointed as Lasorda would be that day. He<br />
was attending the World Series in Houston, with hopes of winning his<br />
third World Series ring. The former Dodger general manager led his<br />
teams to championships in 1981 and 1988. That night the Dodgers lost<br />
a heartbreaking, and ultimately decisive, 10 inning game, 13 to 12. But<br />
even with Lasorda absent, it wasn’t a bad day for the Friendship Walk.<br />
Over 12,000 walkers helped raise over $1.8 million for local education<br />
foundations and the Friendship Foundation, which provides peer group<br />
mentoring for disadvantaged children. Since the Friendship Walk was<br />
founded in 2009, it has raised nearly $10 million. For more information<br />
about the Friendship Foundation visit FriendshipFoundation.com.<br />
PHOTOS BY BRAD JACOBSON<br />
1. Team Born Legend.<br />
2. Rabbi Yossi Mintz of the<br />
Friendship Foundation with<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Council Members<br />
Amy Howorth, Richard<br />
Montgomery and Nancy Campbell.<br />
3. Sugar Ray Leonard, “Dancing<br />
with Stars” host Brooke<br />
Burke-Charvet, Skechers President<br />
Michael Greenberg and<br />
trainer Denise Austin support<br />
the walk every year.<br />
4. Skechers founder Robert<br />
Greenberg and Sugar Ray<br />
Leonard.<br />
5. The Abbot family.<br />
6. The Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Ed<br />
Foundation turned out in force.<br />
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Staying<br />
Angel<br />
the courseby Randy<br />
Mira Costa’s ‘down under’ senior Xavier Court has risen to become one of the<br />
top cross country runners in the state<br />
As a young boy in Australia, Xavier Court envisioned himself becoming<br />
a soccer player. He played club soccer, tennis, basketball and<br />
baseball in his youth. But beginning in kindergartner in the Australian<br />
public school system, he also ran.<br />
“We had what were called Carnivals that were basically meets between<br />
schools,” Court recalled. “That ignited my interested in running and I joined<br />
a running club when I was 8 years old.”<br />
As he grew, Court realized his proficiency in running and, with the urging<br />
from his father Damian, turned his focus to running. His father ran track<br />
in high school and continues to run 10K races.<br />
In January 2011, after Damian left his position as director of Hoover<br />
Floorcare Asia Pacific to become president of Breville USA, the family<br />
moved to Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>. Xavier began running cross country with Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Middle School team. At Mira Costa, he has run track and<br />
cross country. This year, the senior, has emerged as one of the top cross<br />
country runners in the state.<br />
Court began this season winning the 2-mile Palos Verdes Mini Meet in<br />
August and proceeded to claim the title at the 3-mile Laguna Hills Invitational<br />
in early September. One week later, he ran a personal best in the 3-<br />
mile placing 2nd at the 37th Annual Woodbridge Classic with a time of 14<br />
minutes, 25.9 seconds.<br />
On Oct. 21, Court placed 4th at the 70th Annual Mt. SAC Cross Country<br />
Invitational, with another personal-best of 14:44 on a 2.93-mile course. The<br />
mark is the 9th-fastest in the state this season and broke the Mira Costa<br />
record by more than 20 seconds.<br />
In a field of 122 runners, Court led Mira Costa’s boys team to an 8thplace<br />
finish in the Division 1 and 2 Sweepstakes race. Combined, the team<br />
set a new school record by more than one minute with a team time of 78:23<br />
minutes.<br />
"It was definitely an exciting race, with tons of competition at the D1 level<br />
for myself and the team,” Court said. “I felt confident and strong during<br />
the race and I have loved running on this course ever since my freshman<br />
year. I was a little sad as we walked out of Mt SAC at the end of the day,<br />
knowing it was likely my last race on the course.'<br />
Former Mira Costa distance runner Jeff Atkinson (Class of 1981) coaches<br />
the boys cross country and track teams. Atkinson knows what it takes to<br />
be a successful runner, having participated in the 1500-meters in the 1988<br />
Seoul Olympics. He was ranked the fastest American in 1989 and still holds<br />
the mile record at Stanford University.<br />
Prior to returning to Mira Costa in 2015, Atkinson coached the highly<br />
successful Palos Verdes High School cross country program.<br />
“Xavier is the most gifted guy I’ve ever coached,” Atkinson said. “Competition<br />
is the key for him and he just does not want to lose. He is the fastest<br />
kid in the South Bay ever. He has posted times faster than former Palos<br />
Verdes High School star Jonah Diaz, the area’s most successful cross country<br />
runner in the last 20 years, who ran Division 1 at UCLA. To excel at the<br />
next level is rare. There have only been a handful of runners from the South<br />
Bay who have become Division 1 standouts.”<br />
Atkinson has been as impressed with Court’s work ethic, which has made<br />
him a team leader for the Mustangs.<br />
“He’s not real vocal but leads by example,” Atkinson said. “He brings it<br />
on game day, which is what you want from a team leader. From a physiological<br />
perspective, he has massive aerobic capacity. Emotionally, he’s more<br />
comfortable at huge meets and his tenacity makes him a winner.”<br />
Court, who runs at least seven times a week, admits he has become more<br />
serious about the sport and has improved his nutrition regimen with a highcalorie<br />
diet.<br />
“Running every day will make one better than running only four times a<br />
week,” Court explained. “It also helps to have a goal in mind, whether it be<br />
a personal time or weight loss.”<br />
In the spring, Court competes in the 1600 and 3200 events for Mira<br />
Costa’s track team. He has personal bests of 4:20.66 in the 1600 (7th place<br />
at CIF-SS Division 2 finals ) and 9:35.17 in the 3200 (1st at Bay League meet<br />
against Redondo). But he prefers running cross country.<br />
“It’s more of a team sport where track is individualized. In cross country,<br />
you have five guys who score and sometimes an additional tiebreaker. The<br />
bond between teammates is something you don’t have in track. You also<br />
have more time to improvise during the race. I have more endurance than<br />
speed.”<br />
Although Court’s finish at Mt. SAC was impressive, it was not his most<br />
memorable moment as a runner.<br />
“The CIF State cross country race my junior year and running with (teammate)<br />
Caleb Lloren was the highlight of my career so far,” Court said. ”It<br />
was a breakthrough year for both of us. It was the epitome of me putting<br />
together what I had worked so hard on. I was proud to have been a part of<br />
that team.<br />
“My most memorable moments were our training trip in Mammoth my<br />
sophomore year because it was my first time, and also our trip to Seattle in<br />
September 2015. It wasn’t so much the race, but the moments that composed<br />
the trip. I’ll never forget the fun and the bonding experience we enjoyed.”<br />
Court has his sights set on winning the State Division 1 championship<br />
and helping his team win a CIF title and qualify for the Nike Cross Nationals<br />
(NXN), to be held in Portland, Oregon, on December 2.<br />
“I’d like to break 15 minutes on the 5K course at State and walk away<br />
with that ring,” Court said. “Going to the NXN as a team is a dream goal.<br />
We have the potential to qualify but everyone has to have their best races<br />
with personal records.”<br />
Another goal for Court to leave his legacy at Mira Costa by breaking<br />
school records in the 1600 and 3200 during the track season.<br />
Court believes his dedication to running carries over into the classroom.<br />
Colleges having shown interest in Court include Cornell, USC, Cal Poly San<br />
Luis Obispo, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, UC Santa Barbara<br />
and UC Berkeley.<br />
The senior realizes time is running out to make a selection.<br />
“Mutual relationships have formed. Having so many options is not a bad<br />
problem to have. I’m really looking for a college that has strong academic<br />
and running programs and social activities.”<br />
Court plans to major in business with a possible minor in psychology.<br />
“I plan to run in college and maybe go pro. I’ll decide after two or three<br />
years in college to see if the pieces fit together and I’m willing to make the<br />
serious commitment.”<br />
When he’s not training, Court enjoys surfing, longboard skateboarding<br />
and reading about running.<br />
“I do a lot of research on other athletes,” Court said. “I also love playing<br />
fantasy football. All my friends discuss it during the week.” B<br />
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each sports<br />
WEE MAN OFFICIATES<br />
RBPD Skater contest<br />
About 100 skaters turned out for the inaugural King of the Harbor Skateboard<br />
Championships on Oct. 14, presented by the Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Police<br />
Department. Local “Jackass” star and pro skater Jason “Wee Man” Acuña<br />
signed autographs, judged the contest and provide food from his Chronic<br />
Tacos. Kinecta Credit Union, ET Surf, Spyder Surf, Stance Socks, Sector Nine,<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Sports and the <strong>Beach</strong> Cities Health District all helped sponsor the<br />
event. Cooper Burrows was named the Best Overall skater, and also won the<br />
Age 13-15 Division. Vianez Morales was crowned Top Girl skater. Logan<br />
Kirkshaw won the Age 8-12 Division, and Jack Witherspoon won the Age<br />
16-18 Division.<br />
1. Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Police Chief Keith<br />
Kauffman establishes his street cred with a<br />
kickturn on the quarter-pipe. Photo courtesy<br />
Ryan Harrison<br />
2. Jackass star and pro skater Jason ‘Wee<br />
Man’ Acuña was the guest of honor.<br />
3. Vianez Morales, of Gardena, was<br />
crowned Top Girl skater.<br />
4. Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> firefighters Alek<br />
Friedrichsen, Michael Manente, Cpt. Dustin<br />
Conard and Bradley Boster.<br />
PHOTOS BY BRAD JACOBSON<br />
5. Hermosa Parks and Rec commissioner<br />
Jani Lange.<br />
6. Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Police Officer Ryan<br />
Harrison carves up the course. Photo<br />
courtesy Ryan Harrison<br />
7. <strong>Beach</strong> Cities Health District communications<br />
specialist Catherine Bustamante<br />
(center) with BCHD volunteers Isabel and<br />
Lisa Green.<br />
8. Jack Witherspoon, of Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>,<br />
won the 16 to 18 division.<br />
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Former President Joseph Biden during a reception hosted by<br />
Torrance Memorial Medical Center at the Shade Hotel in<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>, prior to his Distinguished Speaker Series<br />
speech at the Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Performing Arts Center.<br />
Photo by Deidre Davidson
THE MAN WHO<br />
WOULD HAVE BEEN<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Former Vice President Joseph Biden looks to Watergate for answers in the<br />
“battle for the soul of the nation”<br />
by Kevin Cody<br />
Shortly after being elected to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate in<br />
1972, Joe Biden watched Senator Jesse Helms excoriate fellow Republican<br />
Senator Bob Dole and Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy on the<br />
Senate floor for their support of equal rights for the disabled. Helms contended<br />
it was “confiscatory” to require small businesses to accommodate<br />
handicapped people with ramps and special bathrooms.<br />
“How can Helms be so heartless?” the 30-year-old Biden asked fellow Democrat<br />
Mike Mansfield when the two met in the Senate Leader’s office<br />
later that day.<br />
Mansfield told Biden that in 1963 Helms and his wife Dot saw a photograph<br />
in the Raleigh News of a 14-year-old boy with leg braces. He needed<br />
a home, so the Helms adopted him.<br />
“Do you still think Helms is heartless?” Mansfield asked Biden.<br />
“It’s always appropriate to question another man’s judgment, but it’s<br />
never appropriate to question his motives,” Mansfield advised the young<br />
Senator.<br />
“I felt like a fool,” Biden said, after relating the story during his October<br />
24 Distinguished Speaker talk at the Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> Performing Arts Center.<br />
“Because when you question a man’s motive,” Biden explained, “when<br />
you say they’re acting out of greed, that they’re in the pocket of an interest<br />
group, it’s awfully hard to reach consensus. It’s awfully hard reaching<br />
across the table to shake that person’s hands.”<br />
The former vice-president used the story to illustrate why he believes the<br />
national political system is broken and how to fix it.<br />
Without once blaming President Donald Trump by name during his hour,<br />
20 minute talk, Biden relentlessly pointed to the President as both cause<br />
and consequence for what he alternately referred to as “phony nationalism”<br />
or “phony populism.”<br />
“The nature of work has ‘all changed, changed utterly,’” he said, quoting<br />
from William Butler Yeats’ poem about the 1916 Irish Uprising against their<br />
British overlords.<br />
He traced the change to globalization and computerization.<br />
“It makes a fertile field for demagogues to fish in,” he said.<br />
“There used to be a basic bargain that if you contribute to an enterprise<br />
you share in the profits. Between 1948 and 1978, productivity increased 92<br />
percent and wages increased 92 percent. Since then productivity has increased<br />
another 69 percent, but wages have increased just eight percent.<br />
“Why?<br />
“The immigrants took our jobs. We spend too much money coddling the<br />
Blacks. It’s always ‘the other.’”<br />
“I never thought I’d see Neo-Nazis marching in our historical cities, carrying<br />
swastikas and chanting the same anti-Semitic bile we saw in Germany<br />
in the 1930s. Then to hear some elected leaders drawing moral equivalences<br />
between these people and other protesters…” he said, not finishing the sentence.<br />
He trusted his audience to remember Trump’s statements, following<br />
the Unite the Right Charlottesville protests in August, that "there is blame<br />
on both sides."<br />
Biden proposed a three pronged attack for winning what he called “a battle<br />
for the soul of the nation.”<br />
First, “We need to talk to each other again and drop the idea that the opposition<br />
is the enemy.” The suggestion elicited the strongest applause of the<br />
evening.<br />
“When I got to the Senate, the Vietnam War was tearing the country apart.<br />
The women’s movement was viewed as radical and environmentalism was<br />
an attack on corporate America. We had segregationist senators like Strom<br />
Thurmond and Sam Irwin.<br />
“But as divided as we were, we got things done because we knew one<br />
another.<br />
“Senator Helms and I had profound political differences. He was constantly<br />
saying, ‘We’ve never lost a war and we’ve never won a treaty.’ But<br />
as Chairman and Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee, we<br />
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“How many senators and congressmen today have a friendship with a<br />
member of the opposite party?”<br />
“I’m still in contact with Republican leaders. But I never let anyone know<br />
who they are because it would hurt them if it was known they were consulting<br />
with me.<br />
“I went up to the Hill during my vice presidency and looked in on the<br />
senate dining room, where guests are allowed. It was full. I looked in on<br />
the dining room across the hall, where only senators are allowed. It used<br />
to have tables where opposing senators sat across from one another and<br />
worked out their differences over lunch, one on one. The room was empty.<br />
The tables have been replaced by lounges,” he said.<br />
“We need to deal with nationalism,” Biden said in introducing his second<br />
strategy. “We’ve seen it before in our country and in other countries we<br />
thought were sound democracies.”<br />
He recalled the 1968 presidential bid of American Independent Party candidate<br />
George Wallace. The Alabama governor’s rallying cry was, “Segregation<br />
now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever.” Wallace won five<br />
southern states.<br />
Biden is board chair of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.<br />
Two weeks prior to his Distinguished Speakers talk, he presented Arizona<br />
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the president of South Korea an appeaser? Threatening China with a trade<br />
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Returning to a measured tone, he argued, “Every problem we face requires<br />
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closed off and clannish, as us versus them.”<br />
Biden again quoted from Brooks’ Sunday column.<br />
“The moral fabric of society is invisible but essential. Some use their<br />
public position to dissolve it so they can have an open space for their selfishness.”<br />
“We can’t let that happen,” Biden said. “We have an obligation to reweave<br />
our values -- honesty, dignity, giving hate no safe harbor, leaving no one<br />
behind -- back into the fabric of our political system.”<br />
Finally, Biden exhorted, “It’s time to stand up for the American story.<br />
We are energy independent. We have the world’s most powerful military.<br />
Our workers are three times more productive than Asia’s. Name a worldchanging<br />
product invented in the last 20 years that was not invented in<br />
the United States.”<br />
“Thanks to our underappreciated President Dwight D. Eisenhower, we<br />
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“After Sputnik, Eisenhower convened a panel to discuss how to reclaim<br />
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“I spent 25 hours in one-on-one conversations with Chinese President<br />
Xi Jinping, with just our translators present,” Biden said, returning to the<br />
theme of international alliances.<br />
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our products, I told him.”<br />
During a visit to China shortly after the 2008 recession, Biden was pres-<br />
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2020, China will have more retirees than workers. If we can help, let us<br />
know.’”<br />
Biden said Hillary Clinton and the Democrats share in the blame for the<br />
current political breakdown.<br />
“It’s the responsibility of the opposition to offer rational alternatives. We<br />
hear about the angry, uneducated, prejudiced white guys in Pennsylvania,<br />
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It’s the only age group in America with a declining life expectancy.”<br />
“Can anyone tell me from the last election, Hillary’s plan for tax reform,<br />
or college affordability?’<br />
“I know I sound like a conspiracy nut,” he acknowledged, “but I think<br />
there was a method to the [Trump’s] madness. I spoke at 83 events for<br />
Hillary. On my way to Wisconsin, three and a half weeks before the election,<br />
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about his treatment of women. I prayed to God that when Hillary was asked<br />
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is. Let me tell you what I’ll do to keep the economy going.’”<br />
Instead, after Trump dismissed the tape as “locker room talk,” Clinton,<br />
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not fit to be president and commander in chief.”<br />
Trump quickly counter punched. He accused Clinton of enabling her husband’s<br />
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never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation that has been so<br />
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“Harvard did a study of the debates,” Biden said. “Just four percent of the<br />
words related to significant issues.”<br />
“When we engage in gutter language, this demeaning conduct by our<br />
leaders, we pull it all down,” Biden said.<br />
At the end of his talk, Biden turned to history for hope.<br />
“I was there during Watergate. The people who saved the country were<br />
Republicans. Senators Howard Baker, Bill Cohen. Enough Republicans<br />
found their voices.”<br />
In 1974, Nixon resigned after Republican leaders, including Arizona Senator<br />
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What to get the perfect girl?<br />
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Offering blowouts, braids, makeup application,<br />
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Primp Lounge<br />
1148 Highland Ave., Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
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Pacific Coast Gallery offers beautiful<br />
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205 Pier Avenue<br />
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DECK THE WALLS WITH ART 2 GO!<br />
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‘Pack walkin’<br />
Dog walker Michael Loring with (left to right) German shepherd Mia, black lab Jadie, ridgeback Mister, white and tan pit bull Sophie, brown terrier Harry,<br />
golden retriever Hudson, white lab Duke (in front), white lab (in back) Don Vito,tan Shepherd mix Nash, Labradoodle Lucy, German shepard Pepper, husky<br />
Lilu, ridgeback Bizmarkie, blue nose pitbull Stella, Bassett Gilbert and American Eskimo Daisy. Photos by Kevin Cody<br />
Michael Loring‘s advice for dog owners is take them everywhere<br />
by Kevin Cody<br />
Michael Loring, 26, was walking 17 dog along the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Greenbelt, last month, when a passing photographer asked if he<br />
minded having his picture taken. Loring agreed, but asked for time<br />
to pose the dogs.<br />
He dropped the leashes, lined the dogs up and told them to sit. Some sat.<br />
Some didn’t. Jadie, a black jab was particularly stubborn. When finally she<br />
sat, Labradoodle Lucy popped up, prompting Pepper the German Shepherd<br />
next to her to pop up. When they sat, Jadie got up again, joined by the two<br />
dogs next to her, Mia the Shepherd and Mister the Ridgeback. For nearly<br />
20 minutes, and without a hint of frustration, Loring played Whack-A-Mole<br />
with the dogs, until finally all were seated.<br />
Then he calmly walked around behind them, held his arms wide and told<br />
the photographer to tell the dogs to say cheese.<br />
Immediately, all of the dogs, except the two mischievous Ridgebacks<br />
Miser and Bizmarkie, looked directly at the camera and smiled.<br />
Loring is an American Kennel Club certified dog behaviorist. Most of the<br />
17 dogs he was walking that day were his “graduates.”<br />
“I call it ‘pack walking.’ It teaches them socialization,” he said.<br />
“The primary problems I see with local dogs are lack of leadership and<br />
lack of exercise. The result is the dogs become aggressive or fearful. When<br />
people spoil their dogs they become like spoiled children.<br />
Loring recommends new dog owners take their dogs everywhere.<br />
“Let them socialize with people and other dogs. You can’t leave them in<br />
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The Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Green Belt is one of Loring’s favorite places to<br />
“pack walk,” his dogs.<br />
a crate all day and then expect them to be good social citizens,” he said.<br />
Owners should pick a breed that fits their lifestyle,” he said.<br />
“If you’re sedentary, get a bulldog or pug. If you’re active and like to run<br />
a lot, get a shepherd or pitbull.”<br />
Pitbulls, he said have gotten a bad rap.<br />
“Dogs only know what you teach them. Pitbulls are among the best dogs<br />
I’ve worked with. Like all dogs, they just need to be taught to socialize.”<br />
The Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> native began working with dogs his mother rescued<br />
when he was a child and continues to work regularly with rescue dogs.<br />
He has owned Spectrum Dogs in Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> for five years. He may<br />
be contacted at SpectrumDogs.com.B<br />
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S O U T H B AY<br />
CAL ENDAR<br />
public art within Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>,<br />
visit the Public Art webpage or contact<br />
the Park and Recreation Department<br />
at (310) 802-5448.<br />
Alzheimer’s<br />
Caregiver Support<br />
Group<br />
Attendees learn ways to better cope<br />
with and manage the challenges of dementia.<br />
Call (323) 930-6256 to RSVP.<br />
3 - 5 p.m. Miller Children’s &<br />
Women’s Hospital Long <strong>Beach</strong>, Conference<br />
Room A1/A2, 2801 Atlantic<br />
Ave., Long <strong>Beach</strong>. For more Senior<br />
Plus events, visit<br />
MemorialCare.org/SeniorPlusEvents.<br />
Wine at 5<br />
Join Blue Zones Project for its<br />
monthly "Social Hour."Enjoy conversation<br />
with others who share a desire<br />
for healthy behaviors. Unwind with<br />
new and old friends. The first glass of<br />
wine is $5, plus discounted appetizers<br />
from 5 to 6 p.m. Discounted appetizers<br />
will be offered. 5 - 6 p.m. Playa<br />
Hermosa, 19 Pier Ave., Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. For a upcoming monthly hour<br />
events visit bchd.org/socialhour.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>. 15<br />
Annual Pier Lighting<br />
& Open House<br />
Celebrate the annual Holiday Open<br />
House together with the City of Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Pier Lighting Ceremony.<br />
Downtown merchants will be open<br />
until 9 p.m. Restaurants will offer<br />
samplings to get your palette started<br />
for an evening of wonderful food. 7<br />
p.m. Downtown Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Pier. For questions call (310) 379-9901<br />
or downtownmanhattanbeach.com.<br />
Chamber salute to<br />
El Segundo<br />
One of the year’s most anticipated<br />
events, recognizing El Segundo leaders<br />
Mayor Suzanne Fuentes and El Segundo’s<br />
former mayors, and<br />
congratulating this year’s honorees for<br />
Citizen of the Year. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.<br />
333 Continental Blvd., El Segundo.<br />
Tickets are $25 for Chamber Members<br />
and $35 for non-Members. Tickets<br />
will be sold at the event. For<br />
additional information, call (310) 322-<br />
1220 or contact via email at<br />
info@elsegundochamber.org.<br />
Health Fair<br />
Lung cancer awareness program<br />
sponsored by Torrance Memorial<br />
Medical Center to provide information<br />
about lung cancer risk, screening,<br />
diagnosis, treatment options, and supportive<br />
resources. Information about<br />
smoking cessation will be provided.<br />
Free. No reservations required. 5:30 -<br />
8 p.m. Torrance Memorial Medical<br />
Center, 3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance.<br />
Call (310) 517-4711 for more information<br />
or to purchase a copy of the lecture.<br />
Native American<br />
Heritage<br />
Celebrate Native American Heritage<br />
month at the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Library.<br />
Learn how to make a<br />
Dreamcatcher. All supplies provided.<br />
Suitable for adults. Free. 5:30 - 6:30<br />
Blvd., Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>. 10 a.m. - 12:30<br />
p.m. For more information call (310)<br />
318-0650 or visit redondo.org.<br />
Mommy & Me & Daddy<br />
too<br />
The Point offers a free, monthly<br />
Kid’s Club for preschool age children<br />
and their parents. Arts and crafts, live<br />
entertainment, face painting, stilt<br />
The Absolutely Free Mama Liz Thanksgiving is a four decade old Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> tradition. Everyone is invited to enjoy a sit down dinner while listening<br />
to local musicians at the Kiwanis Hall, 2515 Valley Drive, Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
p.m. Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Library, 550 Pier<br />
Ave., Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>. Questions? Call<br />
Katie Sullivan (310) 379-8475. Colapublib.org.<br />
Thursday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 16<br />
Steam Cirque!<br />
Circus Vargas embarks on a brand<br />
new epic adventure under the big top.<br />
Goggles, gears, and gadgets set the<br />
stage for Circus Vargas’ <strong>2017</strong>’s retrofuturistic<br />
production, Steam Cirque!<br />
Children of all ages will marvel at the<br />
wacky and wonderful cast of characters<br />
that come alive in this exciting<br />
steampunk, science-fiction fantasy inspired<br />
circus odyssey. Ongoing until<br />
<strong>Nov</strong>. 20. Tickets are $25 to $62. Battleship<br />
USS Iowa, 250 S. Harbor Blvd.,<br />
San Pedro. For ticket information,<br />
times and performance dates, visit circusvargas.com<br />
or call (877) 468-3861<br />
or visit the box office.<br />
Friday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 17<br />
Its shot time<br />
Free flu vaccine at Redondo <strong>Beach</strong><br />
North Branch Library, 2000 Artesia<br />
walker, Smitten Ice Cream tastings<br />
and more. Stop by the registration<br />
table to pick-up your activity schedule<br />
and exclusive member discounts. 10<br />
a.m. - 12 p.m. 850 S. Sepulveda Blvd.,<br />
El Segundo. For more information call<br />
(310) 414-5280.<br />
Saturday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 18<br />
Protect what you love<br />
Join Heal the Bay for the Nothin’<br />
But Sand <strong>Beach</strong> Cleanup.All you need<br />
to do is show up...and bring a bucket.<br />
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Pier,<br />
1201 The Strand, Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
Free. Sign up at eventbrite.com. Volunteers<br />
12 and younger must be accompanied<br />
by an adult. Volunteers<br />
under 18 must have a waiver signed<br />
by parent or guardian. For more information<br />
call (800) 432-5229 x148.<br />
Waitin’ on you!<br />
GI Joe presents the Fall Pier 2 Pier<br />
run/walk. From the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Pier to Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> Pier and<br />
back in the sand. Sign up at MBbootcamp.com.<br />
Win $100 for the fastest<br />
time. 8 a.m. Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Pier, 1<br />
Pier Ave.<br />
Torrance Arts & Crafts<br />
The Arts & Crafts Faire at the Torrance<br />
Cultural Arts Center features<br />
everything from candles and quilts to<br />
sculpture, clothing and jewelry. Door<br />
prize and opportunity drawing, music<br />
by DJ Ozzie and food and beverages<br />
available for purchase. Sat. and Sun. 9<br />
a.m. - 4 p.m. 3341 Torrance Blvd., Torrance.<br />
For additional information visit<br />
torrancecraftsmensguild.org.<br />
Used book sale<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Friends of the Library<br />
book sale. Most hardcover<br />
books are $1, paperbacks are .50, and<br />
children books are half-price. 9 a.m. -<br />
12 p.m. 1309 Bard Street, Hermosa<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, block west of the Library. For<br />
questions and information call (310)<br />
379-8475 or visit hbfol.org.<br />
Art 2 Go 2<br />
Destination: Art’s special art sale<br />
event. All paintings are unsigned, then<br />
have the artist sign it. Framers with<br />
specially priced frames will be on<br />
hand. Last year, over 90 pieces were<br />
sold. Reception 3 - 7 p.m. 1815 213th<br />
Street, #135, Torrance. For questions<br />
and information call (310) 742-3192.<br />
Sunday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 19<br />
Bounty of the Sea<br />
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Autumn<br />
Sea Fair celebrating the Bounty of the<br />
Sea. Live music, arts and crafts,<br />
games, sand sculpture contest, treasure<br />
hunt, and beach olympics. Free<br />
admission. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 3720<br />
Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro. For<br />
questions and information vist Cabrillomarineaquarium.org<br />
or call (310)<br />
548-7562.<br />
Beauty of Nature<br />
The Central Park Effect presented<br />
by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land<br />
Conservancy. The documentary transports<br />
the viewer to the dazzling, hidden<br />
world of America’s most famous<br />
city park. $10 online at pvplc.org.<br />
Youth 18 and under are free. 4:30<br />
p.m. Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W.<br />
6th Street, San Pedro.<br />
Thursday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 23<br />
Mama Liz Free<br />
Thanksgiving Dinner<br />
Everyone is invited to a free turkey<br />
dinner, with all the fixings, and pumpkin<br />
pie from noon to 4 p.m. at the<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Kiwanis Hall. The<br />
four decade old community tradition<br />
was founded by Easy Reader and is<br />
supported by the Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> Rotary<br />
and Kiwanis Club, Sandpipers<br />
and Berkshire Hathaway Realtors.<br />
2515 Valley Dr., Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>. For<br />
more information call (310) 372-4611.<br />
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South Bay Farmers Markets<br />
Farmers markets featuring farm fresh fruits and vegetables,<br />
meats and eggs, a wide range of ready made<br />
foods and even handcrafted gifts, can be found somewhere<br />
in the South Bay every day, except Mondays.<br />
A Farmers Market can be found somewhere in the South Bay every day except<br />
Monday. Manhattan’s farmers market (above) is Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 5<br />
p.m., behind City Hall.<br />
Tuesdays<br />
Torrance<br />
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wilson Park, 2200<br />
Crenshaw Blvd.<br />
www.torranceca.gov/6620.htm<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong><br />
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 13th St. and<br />
Morningside Dr., behind City Hall.<br />
downtownmanhattanbeach.com/<br />
manhattan-beach-farmers-market/<br />
Wednesdays<br />
El Segundo<br />
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the<br />
Whole Foods at 760 Sepulveda<br />
Blvd.<br />
www.elsegundo.org/depts/recreation/<br />
farmers_market.asp<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Pier Plaza.<br />
www.hbchamber.net<br />
Thursdays<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong><br />
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Veteran’s<br />
Park, just south of the pier.<br />
www.redondo.org/depts/recreation/facilities/farmers_market.asp<br />
El Segundo<br />
3 to 7 p.m. downtown, at Main St.<br />
and Grand. Ave.<br />
www.elsegundo.org/depts/recreation/<br />
farmers_market.asp<br />
Fridays<br />
Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Noon to 4 p.m. at 11 St., and Valley<br />
Dr., next to Clark Field.<br />
Hermosa<strong>Beach</strong>FarmersMarket.org.<br />
Saturdays<br />
Torrance<br />
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wilson Park, 2200<br />
Crenshaw Blvd.<br />
www.torranceca.gov/6620.htm<br />
Sundays<br />
Palos Verdes<br />
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 27118 Silver Spur<br />
Rd., Rolling Hills Estates.<br />
www.facebook.com/palosverdes<br />
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Cadillac,<br />
One<br />
two<br />
near<br />
divorces<br />
by Randy Angel<br />
Armando Martos, of Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>, won first place at the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance in the Pre-War American Elegance 1925-1942 class with his 1939<br />
Cadillac Series 6127 Opera Coupe. Photo courtesy of Armando Martos<br />
<strong>Beach</strong> cars shine at <strong>2017</strong> Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong> resident Amando Martos’ 1939 Cadillac Series 6127<br />
Opera Coupe won the Pre-War American Elegance, 1925-1942 class<br />
at last month’s Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. But not before<br />
the car almost caused the previous owner and his wife to divorce, twice.<br />
The first time was when the previous owner bought the car, the second<br />
time when he sold it.<br />
Martos met his Cadillac’s previous owner in 2001. Martos was living in<br />
Missouri. His neighbor Jack Compton had purchased the unrestored Cadillac<br />
20 years earlier. “I would drool just looking at what a beauty it was,”<br />
Martos recalled. “Jack, a US Air Force retiree, took daily walks to a nearby<br />
coffee shop. During one of those walks I happened to be on my driveway<br />
cleaning up my two Harleys, when Jack walked over and started a conversation.”<br />
Martos mentioned how much he admired the Cadillac and how he had<br />
begun restoring and reselling cars after his family moved from his native<br />
Argentina to the U.S and his dad opened a truck repair garage.<br />
Compton said he bought the Cadillac because the build tag (the date it<br />
came off the factory line and delivered to its original owner) was Compton’s<br />
birthday and the paint was called Antoinette Blue and his mother’s name<br />
was Antoinette. But Compton had neglected to consult with his wife before<br />
buying the car. He told Martos his wife got so mad she threatened to divorce<br />
him.<br />
“Then he offered to sell me the car. But only with my wife’s approval.<br />
But when I came back to his house with my wife and my checkbook, Jack<br />
came out of the garage looking white.<br />
“He said ‘Armando, you know how I told you how my wife almost divorced<br />
me when I bought this car. Well, I’m sure she’ll divorce me if I sell<br />
it. I promised her when I bought it that I’d restore it. She said I can’t sell it<br />
until I keep my promise.”<br />
Fourteen years would pass before Compton would keep his promise to<br />
his wife to restore the Cadillac and keep his promise to Martos to sell it to<br />
him.<br />
By then, Martos has moved to Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
“When he delivered the car to me in 2015, he said, ‘Armando, we don’t<br />
really own classics such as this one. We are simply their caretakers, preserving<br />
them for the next generation to appreciate.’”<br />
After the car took a first place at last month’s Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance,<br />
Martos called the former owner, before he even left the show.<br />
“I’m honestly not sure which moment I enjoyed more – driving our 1939<br />
Cadillac up to the Concours’ podium and receiving the beautiful first place<br />
trophy, or the joy of hearing Jack’s reaction on the phone when I called<br />
him,” Martos said.<br />
A second <strong>Beach</strong> City car with a podium finish at last month’s Palos Verdes<br />
Concours d’Elegance was Pete and Cathy Hoffman’s 1956 Continental<br />
Mark II. The rare car placed second in the Post-War American Elegance<br />
through 1976 division.<br />
“We are always pleased when the judges appreciate the efforts we've<br />
made to restore this car,” said Pete Hoffman, a Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong> resident.<br />
“But our real reward for participating in a show like this is sharing our car<br />
with the attendees and spending the day with the other exhibitors and ‘car<br />
people.’”<br />
The Continental Mark II is a milestone car; Ford's somewhat unsuccessful<br />
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The Eric P. Allen Memorial award for Most Elegant was presented to Earl<br />
Rubenstein, of El Segundo for his 1935 Packard 1204, Dual Cowl Phaeton.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance.<br />
attempt to bring an understated,<br />
Europe-style, ultra luxury car to the<br />
U.S. market when other U.S. automakers<br />
were enamored with<br />
giant tail fins.<br />
At $10,000 in 1956 ($90,000 in<br />
today’s dollars), the Mark II was<br />
roughly the price of a Rolls Royce<br />
and double that of a Cadillac. It had<br />
limited sales; only 3,000 were made<br />
between 1956 and 1957. Nevertheless,<br />
it is widely regarded as one of<br />
the most beautiful American cars<br />
ever. The Mark II was popular with<br />
the Hollywood crowd of the 1950s.<br />
Owners included Elizabeth Taylor,<br />
Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra and<br />
Elvis.<br />
At the 2013 Palos Verdes Concours,<br />
the Hoffmans’ Mark II won<br />
the "Best Design" award.<br />
Tom’s parents purchased their<br />
Mark II in October 1955. It was the<br />
first one sold in San Diego and has<br />
been in the family ever since.<br />
“We have a couple other collector<br />
cars, including a VW Safari and a<br />
Model A Ford. But they're more<br />
special interest or ‘cult cars’, rather<br />
than concours-quality cars like the<br />
Mark II,” Hoffman said.<br />
Tom and Deb Kazamek, of Manhattan<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, were awarded An Excellence<br />
in Class Ribbon in the Race<br />
Cars of Special Interest class for<br />
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The couple has been attending the<br />
PV Concours d’Elegance since<br />
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“Winning the Excellence award<br />
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Cathy Hoffman (pictured) and husband Pete, of Hermosa <strong>Beach</strong>, won second place at the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance<br />
in the Post-War American Elegance through 1976 class with their 1956 Continental Mark II. Photo courtesy of Pete<br />
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twice.<br />
“I have been a drag racing fan all<br />
my life, and I watched this car race<br />
many times at the Indy Nationals<br />
when I was in my teens,” Kazamek<br />
said. “I bought the car at the Barrett-Jackson<br />
auction in January<br />
2007.”<br />
Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> residents also<br />
took 1st and 2nd place in the<br />
Porsche 356 class. Kent Neumann<br />
took top honors with his 1956<br />
Porsche 356 A Speedster while Jay<br />
Patrick was runner-up with his<br />
1958 Porsche 356 A Speedster.<br />
Taking home 2nd place awards<br />
were Torrance residents David<br />
Guelff and George and Pauline<br />
Renshaw; Guelff in the Under 3-<br />
Litre European Sports Cars class<br />
with his 1965 Volvo 1800 S and the<br />
Renshaws with their 1971 Jaguar<br />
Series II E-Type Roadster in the<br />
Jaguar E-Type, 1961-1974 class.<br />
The Eric P. Allen Memorial<br />
award for Most Elegant was presented<br />
to Earl Rubenstein, of El Segundo<br />
for his 1935 Packard 1204,<br />
Dual Cowl Phaeton. Best of Show<br />
honors went to Aaron and Valerie<br />
Weiss, of San Marino, for their<br />
1936 Mercedes-Benz 290 Cabriolet<br />
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Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> residents Tom and Deb Kazamek earned an Excellence in<br />
Class Ribbon in the Race Cars of Special Interest category with their 1970<br />
Plymouth Hemi Cuda. Photo courtesy of Tom Kazamek<br />
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Liz Schoeben’s therapists help school students deal with increasing pressures<br />
by Robb Fulcher<br />
Liz Schoeben is using a rare<br />
combination of therapeutic<br />
and entrepreneurial acumen<br />
to help students on the Peninsula<br />
avoid, or overcome, the increasing<br />
pressures of school life.<br />
Through her nonprofit organization<br />
CASSY (Counseling and Support<br />
Services for Youth) Southern<br />
California, Schoeben is making<br />
trained therapists available to Palos<br />
Verdes Peninsula school students.<br />
She established a similar program<br />
in Northern California.<br />
Through the year, one in five of<br />
the district’s 11,500 students will<br />
visit a CASSY therapist, and the<br />
bulk of the student body will receive<br />
classroom presentations from<br />
CASSY.<br />
The Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> resident<br />
said the school partnership is a<br />
welcome reality in a nation where<br />
80 percent of young people with<br />
mental health concerns are not getting<br />
help.<br />
Business beginnings<br />
Schoeben began her professional<br />
career with Wells Fargo, selling<br />
services to small businesses, when<br />
she discovered that she “loved hearing<br />
people’s stories.” She began tutoring<br />
kids in difficult straits – kids<br />
who might have a father behind<br />
bars and an overworked mother.<br />
In her late 20s, she left Wells<br />
Fargo and returned to school for a<br />
master’s degree in marriage, family<br />
and child therapy. Then, for the<br />
next dozen years she worked as a<br />
school-based therapist in Northern<br />
California.<br />
A systematized approach<br />
Along the way, she realized that<br />
she could make a greater difference<br />
for a greater number of kids by<br />
forming an agency to direct counseling<br />
efforts in the schools.<br />
She and colleague Liz Llamas cofounded<br />
CASSY Bay Area in 2009.<br />
They hired trained therapists,<br />
marking an immediate upgrade<br />
from school-based systems that use<br />
graduate students who are unpaid<br />
and less trained.<br />
CASSY became a thriving concern,<br />
thanks to Schoeben’s gifts as<br />
a counselor, coupled with her flair<br />
as an entrepreneur who can conceive,<br />
develop and administer a<br />
nonprofit organization.<br />
“People usually have one brain or<br />
the other,” she said. “It’s hard to<br />
find a therapist who wants to run<br />
an agency.”<br />
Schoeben worked to build CASSY<br />
from the ground up, reading a “For<br />
Dummies” book about starting a<br />
nonprofit.<br />
She said her husband Rob<br />
Schoeben, then a marketing vice<br />
president at Apple, provided expertise<br />
and connections that helped<br />
CASSY start its life with a professional<br />
website and logo design, pro<br />
bono legal help, and a “polished<br />
look” right out of the gate.<br />
In six years CASSY grew into a $3<br />
million-a-year operation, serving<br />
more than 40 schools. Its success<br />
with students was confirmed with<br />
state-of-the-industry metrics. Last<br />
year, Schoeben left to seek a new<br />
horizon.<br />
“I’m an entrepreneur,” she said.<br />
“At that point it was a really well<br />
run agency.”<br />
To the Hill<br />
Schoeben was speaking on a<br />
panel at a mental health symposium<br />
in Sacramento when she met<br />
officials from the Palos Verdes<br />
Peninsula Unified School District.<br />
“They wanted me to do CASSY<br />
down here,” she said.<br />
Her experience up north spared<br />
her some growing pains with the<br />
new CASSY. In the Bay Area, she<br />
juggled the administrative and clinical<br />
functions, and worked in the<br />
schools.<br />
“That was way too much. I<br />
learned I can’t do everything.”<br />
This time, Schoeben hired a parttime<br />
clinical director to manage the<br />
counselors, and partnered with<br />
The Giving Back Fund, a nationwide<br />
organization that takes care of<br />
accounting, payroll taxes and other<br />
similar functions for nonprofits.<br />
And once again, Schoeben’s husband<br />
helped out.<br />
“All this allowed us to start up<br />
the agency in less than a month,”<br />
she said.<br />
Student issues<br />
In the high schools, a CASSY<br />
counselor occupies an office in the<br />
administration building, and is<br />
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seen as “just another support” for<br />
the students.<br />
“What we’ve found over the<br />
years is that [other students] have<br />
no problem with it. It’s like, ‘Oh,<br />
you’re seeing her too, cool!’<br />
They’re referring their friends,”<br />
Schoeben said.<br />
“There’s a lot of social work kind<br />
of stuff,” she said. “It’s not a long,<br />
year-after-year, lie-on-the-couchand-talk<br />
kind of thing. We help<br />
them function happily in school.”<br />
Crisis intervention and treatment<br />
is also an important part of the<br />
work.<br />
“A crisis is in the eye of the student,”<br />
said Schoeben. For instance,<br />
a student might say, “I broke up<br />
with my boyfriend, and he’s in my<br />
second period class,” prompting<br />
the counselor to talk the student<br />
through the situation, sort out her<br />
concerns, and return to functioning<br />
comfortably in the classroom.<br />
“This could also be a kid, or another<br />
student or staff member, saying<br />
he plans to kill himself, and he<br />
has the means, and he has a plan,<br />
and he’s getting ready to carry it<br />
out,” Schoeben said.<br />
In such a case, an eminently suicidal<br />
student might be hospitalized<br />
for evaluation, with the cooperation<br />
of parents, and stabilized before<br />
returning home. Then CASSY<br />
counselors help the student transition<br />
back to school.<br />
CASSY counselors also help students<br />
cope if death strikes a student<br />
or teacher, and help with<br />
issues of drug and alcohol abuse,<br />
or inappropriate sexual behavior.<br />
They refer students for more intensive<br />
therapy for issues such as eating<br />
disorders or suicidal planning.<br />
Nationally, one in eight young<br />
people is clinically depressed, 26<br />
percent of high school girls have<br />
been victimized by physical or sexual<br />
abuse, including date rape. A<br />
host of other issues, less serious<br />
and less chronic, still can interfere<br />
with a student’s happy adjustment<br />
to their environment.<br />
Although crisis counseling is<br />
sometimes needed for younger<br />
children, much of the work with<br />
them is done in classroom presentations<br />
on social skills and friendmaking.<br />
“We’re exposing almost every<br />
student to some level of emotional<br />
learning,” Schoeben said.<br />
Universal forces<br />
Data collected on the issues<br />
raised by students show a universality<br />
of experience, from affluent<br />
school districts to economically<br />
disadvantaged ones, such as the<br />
East Palo Alto schools served by<br />
CASSY Bay Area.<br />
“Every high school has the same<br />
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since she attended high school<br />
in the ‘80s, but some things have<br />
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texting and social media.<br />
“We don’t turn off as well now,”<br />
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phone and go to sleep, or if my sister<br />
was on the phone, I couldn’t talk<br />
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Now they can text all night, and are<br />
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Police Public Service Officer Dio<br />
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Mexican,<br />
the way it used to be<br />
by Richard Foss<br />
Martin Lorenzana with a burrito de mar. Photos by Brad Jacobson (CivicCouch.com)<br />
They didn’t actually have restaurants when Spain and Mexico ruled<br />
California, but decorating an eatery to look like a hacienda still has a<br />
pretty long history. The first one on record was Casa Verdugo, a mansion<br />
in Glendale that opened in 1905. It became so popular that it had its<br />
own stop on the Red Car line. Visitors strolled the lush gardens and were<br />
entertained by singing guitarists and dancing children, followed by dinners<br />
of albondigas soup, chile rellenos, enchiladas, and other delights. The<br />
restaurant spawned an offshoot that lasted over 50 years, proof that romanticized<br />
Mexican dining had staying power.<br />
The current incarnation of Pancho’s in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong> has been around<br />
for 40 years, following the same strategy of a beautiful Mexican fantasy.<br />
In 1987, Ab Lawrence took over a dilapidated restaurant that had been<br />
closed for three years and had previously served steaks and Chinese food.<br />
That restaurant had been founded as a barbecue joint in the 1930s and<br />
called Pancho’s, after a horse. Though the architecture resembled mission<br />
style it had never focused on Mexican food. Lawrence’s decision to align<br />
the food with the décor was evidently a winning strategy, because Pancho’s<br />
has stayed in business while almost everything around it has changed.<br />
The illusion here is still as potent as the margaritas, and has put Pancho’s<br />
on the short list of places that are a must for out of town visitors. You enter<br />
on the second floor next to a bustling and cluttered cantina, check in at the<br />
desk, and are ushered down a staircase to a cavernous room with wall murals,<br />
trees festooned with lights, and the inevitable bullfight posters. (There<br />
is a smaller and less spectacular room upstairs, but downstairs is where<br />
most of the tables are.) It’s an experience straight out of Olvera Street or<br />
San Diego’s Old Town, and an example of the restaurant as theatrical set.<br />
Servers are at your elbow almost immediately bringing chips and salsa<br />
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The illusion here is as potent as the margaritas<br />
and offering drinks and starters. But it’s best to take time to study the menu<br />
before ordering. As you consider appetizers, keep in mind that the portions<br />
here are large even by the standard of Mexican restaurants. Unless there’s<br />
something you always wanted to try on the appetizer list, you probably<br />
don’t really need it.<br />
The menu includes the standard taco and enchilada combinations and<br />
burritos, but also their version of some Mexican regional dishes and a few<br />
items created by longtime chef Ramon Hurtado. Some of these like tinga<br />
Poblana and birria are rare in the South Bay, and it’s a credit to the owner<br />
and chef that they’re offered.<br />
On a recent evening, we decided to order three of the more interesting<br />
items: a burrito del mar, chicken mole poblano, and chicken with salsa pipian<br />
made from pumpkin seeds. Knowing the portions are hefty, we started<br />
by sharing a bowl of albondigas soup, which we consumed alongside mezcal<br />
and “Naughty Maggie” margaritas. There are apparently at least two<br />
drinks called the Naughty Maggie, one a strawberry margarita and the other<br />
this standard but strong version with a Grand Marnier float. It’s about two<br />
bucks more than the standard margarita and worth the upcharge, because<br />
the liqueur adds a dimension of flavor as well as a little extra kick.<br />
As for the soup, it hit all the marks for albondigas with a flavorful broth,<br />
chunks of potato, celery, and carrot, and meatballs that had a very light texture,<br />
thanks to being boiled. The broth was a bit less concentrated than you<br />
might get in East LA, but that could be a stylistic choice. If you’re deciding<br />
between soup and a salad I recommend the soup.<br />
As we snacked on chips and a surprisingly zingy salsa we watched the<br />
first of three birthday celebrations of the evening. A server came out with<br />
a piece of cake whose lit candle was concealed by a sombrero and plopped
Pancho’s main dining room evokes a festive Mexican courtyard.<br />
the hat on the birthday person’s head and served the cake as other servers<br />
sang melodiously. Hilarity and many cellphone photos ensued. It’s a measure<br />
of the popularity of this place with families that a similar ritual will<br />
happen multiple times any evening you’re there. I don’t know whether<br />
servers are tested on their singing voices when they apply, but they<br />
sounded pretty good.<br />
The mains arrived fairly quickly and were as bountiful as expected, the<br />
proteins in a lake of sauce and accompanied by plenty of rice and either<br />
refried or black beans. The only odd thing was that on both plates that involved<br />
beans the cotija cheese was dusted very sparingly, and since I like<br />
cheese with my beans I noticed this.<br />
Thankfully the burrito del mar, which was filled with crab, shrimp,<br />
onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, and rice, didn’t skimp on the seafood. There<br />
was plenty of it and the crab had flavor rather than just adding texture.<br />
The green tomatillo sauce that topped the burrito was on the mild side but<br />
had enough heat to be interesting, and it was a successful item overall.<br />
I was interested in trying the chicken pipian because it’s one of the most<br />
interesting Mexican sauces, based on a mix of peanut and pumpkin seeds<br />
with cumin, garlic, and other herbs. A friend of mine who was born in<br />
India said that mole sauce and pipian were what happened when Mexicans<br />
tried to invent curry, and he’s on target, since it has a similar thick, rich<br />
flavor. The version here is timid with the chillies and cumin compared to<br />
the ones I’ve tried in Mexican neighborhoods, but the formula of nuttiness,<br />
green herbs, and spice is intact.<br />
The mole poblano was slightly less effective than the pipian because<br />
poblano sauce is usually very thick and has a smoldering heat balanced<br />
with chocolate, and they had backed off on the chillies and garlic that balance<br />
the richness. The traditional topping of toasted sesame seeds was<br />
missing too, and those are more than a garnish because they add little<br />
bursts of flavor. It wasn’t bad, but wasn’t as impressive as other items.<br />
One thing to note is that the chicken dishes here are made with skinless<br />
and boneless breast, which means the meat is less rich than in traditional<br />
preparations. Many people probably prefer it that way for health or aesthetic<br />
reasons, but in some recipes the fat from the meat melts in and becomes<br />
a component of the sauce. This was evident in the the mole poblano,<br />
in which I found the chicken to be a bit dry. The nuts in the pipian sauce<br />
added a certain amount of richness to make up for the lack of fat as did<br />
the chocolate in the poblano, but the change is noticeable to those who<br />
are used to the traditional version. South Bay diners probably prefer the<br />
lower calorie count and are happy to enjoy the dishes the way they’re made<br />
here.<br />
We considered sharing an order of the tres leches cake that we had seen<br />
served to the birthday boys and girls but decided against it because, as I<br />
mentioned, the portions here are massive.<br />
Dinner for three with three cocktail ran $119, and yes, that does make<br />
this by far the most expensive Mexican restaurant in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>.<br />
To this I can only say that you are paying for the beach-adjacent rents, high<br />
server to diner ratio, and the upkeep on a beautiful old building. This won’t<br />
be the place you come to grab a quick taco on your way somewhere, but<br />
will consider when you want a relaxed meal in stylish surroundings. If<br />
you’re coming here for your birthday and the servers find out then you’ll<br />
spend part of the evening wearing a hat and posing for pictures, but that’s<br />
a risk you may be willing to take.<br />
Pancho’s is at 3615 Highland in Manhattan <strong>Beach</strong>, corner of Rosecrans.<br />
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each treats<br />
PHOTOS BY DAVID MENDEZ<br />
REDONDO RIVIERA VILLAGE<br />
Hosts annual Trick or Treat<br />
H<br />
undreds of people filled Catalina Avenue for<br />
Riviera Village’s annual Halloween Trick or<br />
Treat.The street was closed to cars and retailers<br />
and restaurants provide the treats for one of<br />
Redondo <strong>Beach</strong>’s most popular traditions..<br />
1. Azareel Arzate ( pictured) and<br />
her mother Norma Gonzales spent<br />
three weeks creating this Dia de<br />
los Muertos-inspired dress.<br />
2. Mick Mohuchy, as Jon Snow,<br />
and Gretchen Mohuchy, as Daenerys<br />
Targaryen, the Mother of<br />
Dragons, lead their brood down<br />
Catalina Avenue.<br />
3. Dodgers fans Jennifer Embler<br />
and Stevie Ruiz as Justin Turner<br />
and Jackie Robinson. The Dodgers<br />
would go on to win Game Six of<br />
the World Series against the<br />
Houston Astros later that night.<br />
4. The Strutzenberg family.<br />
5. Julian Sarmiento and family<br />
training to be Pokemon masters.<br />
6. Ken Thompson, of Redondo<br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, joked that the candy he<br />
handed out in his Colonel Sanders<br />
costume “tasted like chicken.”<br />
7. The Richard family is no<br />
stranger to annual group<br />
costumes, dressing this year as<br />
the Scooby Doo gang.<br />
8. The Maryn, Melanie, Braxton<br />
and Bryan Purcell family interpret<br />
Star Wars across the generations,<br />
alongside Oscar, their family dog.<br />
9. Lennon and Evan Miller as<br />
Belle and the Beast.<br />
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Schoeben cont. from page 39<br />
– have difficulty interpreting the tone of online comments, and can be<br />
tempted into too-impulsive online communication.<br />
“Their brains are still growing, until they’re about 25, and so they’re<br />
more impulsive, it’s harder to slow down and make good decisions.”<br />
Money matters<br />
The school district covers 80 percent of CASSY’s funding, and Schoeben,<br />
the former business banking salesperson, must fundraise the rest, which<br />
totals about $45,000.<br />
CASSY’s effectiveness is measured through feedback from kids, parents<br />
and school staff, and by the Children’s Global Assessment Scale, commonly<br />
called C-GAS, which evaluates the level of functioning, and severity<br />
of mental illness, in children and adolescents.<br />
CASSY Southern California’s first round of evaluative data will be compiled<br />
at the end of the school year.<br />
“We assume it will parallel [CASSY Bay Area], where 90 percent of the<br />
students we see get better, based on the C-GAS scale,” Schoeben said.<br />
The school district had been seeking ways to better address students’ social<br />
and emotional needs for a couple of years, said Kimberly Fricker, assistant<br />
superintendent for educational services.<br />
Conversations with students and parent groups had underscored the<br />
need to help high school kids cope with the pressures of complex academic<br />
schedules and the increasingly competitive effort to get into desirable colleges<br />
and universities, she said.<br />
The district hopes that addressing the social and emotional needs of<br />
younger students will help give them the resiliency they can call upon later,<br />
to handle the greater stresses that high school can bring.<br />
“I’m very excited and enthusiastic about this partnership with CASSY,”<br />
Fricker said.<br />
Looking ahead, Schoeben wants to expand CASSY.<br />
“It’s important to have the district buy-in. We would like to grow district<br />
by district.” Growing would help costs low and allow for better employee<br />
training, Schoeben said.<br />
Funding can be secured for counseling in financially disadvantaged<br />
school districts through grants, and through Title IX of the federal civil<br />
rights law.<br />
“East Palo Alto is a very underserved community. Ninety percent of students<br />
get free and reduced-cost lunch. But sometimes these districts are<br />
easier to fund. It’s hard to write a grant for a community that has a lot of<br />
wealth,” Schoeben said.<br />
In her limited spare time, Schoeben relaxes by kickboxing, and she volunteers<br />
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