Thirty-six hours after Wednesday evening’s entertainingly unique Ask 2 Know Kid Forum for the three School Board candidates, Ask founder Michelle Mayans this morning announced a final score after polling students: The team, the double entry of Anne Burke and Scott McVarish. All of the candidates, including Prof. Kelly Kent, were eager to enlist the support of the students – … Read More
Struggling Volleyballers Are Confident
Del Goodyear Gym on campus
For the first time in years the Culver City High School girls’ volleyball team is struggling in the Ocean League. Two-time defending champions, the Lady Centaurs are trying to navigate unfamiliar territory. At 2-2 in the league and 8-7-1 overall, they hosted Beverly Hills this afternoon in the Del Goodyear Gym. If they beat the Normans, they will tie Beverly … Read More
When Company Comes, Where Do You Go?
Dateline Dayton — Our daughter Darlene arrived with her two girls and a boyfriend last Friday for a wedding the next day. First move, as usual, was a trip to Marion’s for pizza. Normally we don’t do pizza on Friday because we can’t use our 25 percent discount coupon. Although it was almost 8 o’clock, Marion’s was so busy. I … Read More
Hate and Lies, Hot Commodities at the Times
Laura King
The presumption is the Los Angeles Times, which would have prospered in Hitler’s Germany, dipped into the smelliest corner of a garbage can and plucked Jew-hating Laura King from beneath a rotted, discarded banana to cover the Middle East. She despises Jews and adores Muslim/Arab terrorists, the Times’ succeed job description for boys and girls assigned to the Middle East. … Read More
‘I’m Voting for Team – How About You?’
Anne Burke and Scott McVarish flank Leslie Gardner
I am avidly and proudly supporting both Anne Burke and Scott McVarish for the School Board in the Nov. 3 election because of my many years of working with both of them and my high regard for what they have accomplished for our schools in past years. Ms. Burke, received the Volunteer of the Year award from the Culver City … Read More
When 40 Points Is Not Enough
Coach Wright
With additional reporting by George Laase. The .500 Culver City High School football team will take their high scoring show on the road Friday night to El Segundo to battle the undefeated Eagles at 7 o’clock in their second Ocean League game. The Centaurs (3-3) will be trying to shake off last Friday’s 48-40 loss to Lawndale when they challenge … Read More
Board Candidates Feel Heat from Students
From left, Ms. Burke, Mr. McVarish, Dr. Kent. File photo.
The School Board candidates were looser than any of them ever have been. Vivacious high school and Middle School students were their typical sky-energy selves. And the tasty blend was baked into an appealing showcase of entertainment last evening on the West Los Angeles College campus, providing a peek at what lies immediately ahead for Culver City schools and the … Read More
Winner and Still Champion, Meet the Wife
Photo: Lee Wag / publicdomaintpictures.net
Dateline Boston — One of my favorite things to do is watch home buying and decorating shows. They’re addicting and annoying at the same time. All over the United States, couples search for a home where they can entertain, take baths, and have granite countertops. The couples often want different things, be it budget, space, or a man cave. Call … Read More
School District’s Perfect-Storm Summer
Dave LaRose
Third in a series. Re: “LaRose Is Figuring Out Where to Start” In the midst of Supt. Dave LaRose’s necessarily lengthy, wending explanation of why projects from the $106 million schools improvement bond remain invisible across Culver City, he was asked: How many of the complex, meandering, bureaucracy-laden steps behind the delays were foreseen? “The whole identification of the architects, … Read More
At El Rincon, Families Will Walk Into Space
Steve Levin
In quest of a unique, imaginative, stimulating family experience? On Monday evening at 7, imaginative El Rincon Elementary will host Family Astronomy Night, a Celebration of Science, Technology and Space – for all community families. The strongest, most accomplished minds have been invited. The headliner is Steve Levin of the School Board and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, billed by El … Read More