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2 | December 2, 2020 | MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS EDITORIAL
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Scott Steepleton
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FROM THE EDITOR
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SCOTT STEEPLETON
scott@malibusurfsidenews.com
to malibusurfsidenews.
“Posted
com.”
It’s a phrase you’ll see
throughout this special edition.
It means subscribers to
the Malibu Surfside News
website were first to see a
particular story.
Sometimes it’s above a report
that had an initial sense
of urgency. Take the sinkhole
the other day on Pacific
Coast Highway. We reported
it first on our website, adding
a video of crews making
repairs not long after.
Sometimes it’s with a
story of great magnitude.
For example, on Monday,
Malibu Surfside News
in response to a COVID-19
surge, including an uptick
in cases in Malibu, Los
Angeles County implemented
new restrictions on
where and with whom you
can congregate, at home
and in public.
This followed a temporary
rollback of in-person
dining in the county.
We wrote about these
sweeping changes first
on our website, with an
updated story elsewhere in
these pages.
Sometimes you’ll
find the phrase above a
story that’s lighthearted
in nature. Exhibit A: Our
interview with a star of
the Malibu High School
Theatre Department’s
production of “She Kills
Monsters,” the first Zoom
play for the school.
Our website is where
Surfside News readers get
their Malibu news first —
and get it now. Subscribers
also get alerts about breaking
news and other stories
of local interest by email.
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We’re committed to a
return to our weekly paper
as soon as possible. But it’s
been a tough year for our
advertisers and for local
newspapers. We suspect restrictions
like the ones now
in effect won’t make the
coming weeks or months
any easier.
Rest assured, we’re not
going anywhere; we’re
simply adapting to the
world amidst a pandemic.
For now, we’re mailing
out a printed monthly special
edition. We’re grateful
to the businesses who are
able to advertise in our
monthly editions, and we
thank you for supporting
our wonderful advertisers.
However, part of adjusting
to this pandemic has also
meant asking our readers
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Happy Holidays!
POET’S CORNER
Editor’s Note: Malibu Surfside News asked students to interpret
the world around them in prose. Here we present two of the
submissions.
“A DISTANT BOND”
Communities all over the
world sit,
isolated,
eyes glazing over screens.
“Alone together”, they
hear as they await the
moment that their arms
surround another
Or their hand stings from
high-fiving someone
else’s.
Like prisoners we sit,
In our cells,
Quivering under the
relentless wrath of this
infection.
Not just the virus,
but our mandatory sequestration
from society.
For now we must stand
alone in body,
But in spirit we hold each
other up.
We must hold each other
up under the constant
emotional pain,
Through the constant
onset of worry.
So hold on.
Grip onto those you care
for.
No,
Not through touch,
But through your screens,
Your devices,
Your literature,
Your art.
Yes,
pressure of our dilemma
pushes down on our relationships,
But we must persist.
Persist to fortify these
bonds and not let them
turn to ruins.
Though our eyes may
sting from the countless
hours staring into blue
light,
We must remember that
the dark glasses will be
removed,
Revealing the gorgeous
world we once knew.
— Chloe Loquet, eighth
grade, Malibu Middle School
“A PANDEMIC POEM”
A virus came and cancelled
school
Distance orders were in
rule
friendships were altered
instead we went on walks
and had long talks
we picnicked on the lawn
— Caidyn Ovsiowitz, eighth
grade, Malibu Middle School
If you want to be
featured in Poet’s Corner,
send your poem to scott@
malibusurfsidenews.com.
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