Sadly, I have not yet read the book. I plan to attend the memorial service for Teddi Winograd on Sunday at 1 oclock at Hillside Memorial Park (6001 Centinela Ave.). I have included part of a message from Teddis daughter, Marcy Winograd:
Dear Friends,
During her final hours, my mother took great pleasure in seeing me in my Impeach Bush and Cheney t-shirt. When I changed clothes, she said, Where’s the Impeach t-shirt? I like to look at it.
Wanting to please my mother, I wore the shirt and read to her about Karl Rove’s resignation. Rove’s exit made her feel good when her health failed.
For more on my fabulous mother, please read on …
Warm regards,
Marcy
Teddi Winograd (Nov. 24, 1919 August 21, 2007)
Born in Philadelphia, Teddi was a frail child who triumphed over diphtheria to become a powerful woman committed to social justice and international dialogue. She died peacefully in her home on Tuesday morning, with her family at her bedside.
An activist with Progressive Democrats of America, Teddi hosted the Great Minds Series at her home in Beverly Hills, where she welcomed authors and speakers Gore Vidal, John Dean, Elizabeth de la Vega, John Nichols, Cynthia McKinney, Sid Blumenthal, Cindy Sheehan, Tim Carpenter, Mimi Kennedy, Lila Garrett, Danny Schector, Harvey Wasserman, Joy Horowitz, Joe Mealey, Michael Shoob and others.
A week before she died of cancer, she enjoyed an anti-war serenade (thank you Tom English, Larry Dilg, and Blase Dillingham) in her peach bedroom, then courageously went to the window to wave to Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich addressing a fundraiser in her backyard garden.
During the tumultuous 60s, Teddi joined her son Barry Winograd, a Berkeley activist, in opposing the U.S. war on Vietnam. Together with her beloved husband, Sam, Teddi established a headquarters for the World Federalists in Washington, befriended Norman Cousins, and traveled to Russia for people-to-people diplomacy.
Spending summers at the Aspen Institute in Colorado, Teddi and Sam explored Plato and Socrates with philosopher Mortimer Adler. When Sam was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease the last decade of his life, Teddi and Sam established a full-service center for Parksinson’s patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
When Teddis daughter, Marcy Winograd, ran for Congress (36th District) as a peace candidate last year, Teddi ran, too campaigning non-stop for her daughter. It was during the campaign that she launched the Great Minds Series, bringing Gore Vidal, Robert Greenwald and Robert Dreyfuss to Manhattan Beach to address the urgent need to redirect U.S. economic might to peaceful, rather than militaristic ends.
Prior to that, Teddi and Marcy established the Peace and Conflict Studies Center at the Palisades Public Library and campaigned against California special election ballot measures, with Teddi and assistant Yvette Gil standing at 7:30 a.m. on Election Day, on the busy intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica, holding a giant placard.
Until recently, when her health failed her, Teddi hosted monthly living room meetings of Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles.
Though Teddi enjoyed prosperity in her adult life, her youth saw tough financial times with an inventor father who sold his inventions (bracketless shelving) outright, with no royalties. To help her family survive, Teddi went to work at 13, selling hats for 20 cents an hour during the Great Depression. She and her beloved twin sister Rhoda were close throughout their lives, sharing interests in fashion and politics.
The highlight of Teddis life was meeting husband Sam, a CCNY basketball star, athletic coach and hygiene professor. He proposed within an hour of their first date, asking, “Do you think you can live on a school teacher’s salary?” Teddi and Sam enjoyed 55 years of marriage. In the early 60s, after leaving the cold winters in New York, Teddi and Sam launched Teddi of California, a successful California womens apparel company known for bright floral prints and solid pants, the perfect outfit for the modern woman.
“Always find the voids in a market,” advised Teddi, adding, “fill the voids and you’ll be successful.”
Teddi is survived by her children Marcy and Barry, her grandchild Ben, Gina, and Rachel, her brother Ron, and her son-in-law Buddy Gottlieb. During her final days, Teddi looked forward to joining her husband Sam, her sister Rhoda, her mother, Marie, and her daughter, Danielle.
Office of the Americas peace activist and KPFK radio host Blase Bonpane will lead the services at Hillside Memorial Park on Sunday. Friends are invited to attend.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the USC Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock, Room 110, Los Angeles, 90089; Progressive Democrats of America, 4045 East Palm Ln., Suite 4, Phoenix, AZ 85008; Palisadians for Peace, 934 Las Pulgas, Pacific Palisades, 90272.
Correcting the Record
Written by Loni Anderson
Re Answers, Answers Anyone Here Heard from the MTA? Aug. 21.
I have a slight correction on the story this week in which I was interviewed. You wrote:
When you ask the MTA, How are you going to accommodate the parking, they answer cheerfully, Oh, the parking will be on the Expo line right-of-way. (They point on the map to where The Jungle sits.) And I said, You mean the one where we are going to build the station later? And they say, Yeah.
So I said, Meanwhile, what do you do with the parking before you build (the elevated station) in 5 years?
The point I am making here is that if the parking for the temporary station will be on the right of-way (where the future station will later be built. Currently, The Jungle sits in this location).
Where will the parking be when the permanent station is being built? Surely MTA does not plan to continue to allow parking on the right of way where the new station is being built simultaneously. This last comment I would not have said because their answer was the temporary station parking will go on the ROW. It’s redundant.
Each time I get this response, and I have asked it more than once “Where are you going to put the parking while the station is being built?” There is no good answer to this question.
One could conclude that parking will be in front of our homes. Their proposed parking during that time of construction would be behind the Ross store next to the freeway off-ramp. Yes, the very same off ramp that CalTrans will be working to re-route soon, too.
Loni Anderson L.Ac., is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, and she may be reached at www.trimaru.com
Defending Veterans
Written by Henry A. Waxman
Re With Snarl of a Bulldog, Veterans Are Chasing Waxman, Aug. 10.
I am writing to respond to a recent story about legislation I introduced (H.R. 2225) regarding the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration.
The story unfortunately misstates my position on commercial development of the West L.A. Veterans Administration campus, which I strongly oppose and which H.R. 2225 would prevent.
H.R. 2225 is patterned after legislation Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA) authored almost two decades ago that has successfully protected 109 acres of the campus from commercial use.
It would extend the Cranston protections to the entire 388-acre campus and assure its permanent preservation for the direct benefit of veterans. H.R. 2225 has the support of the County of Los Angeles, the city of Los Angeles, and most elected officials representing the area. To review this legislation, please visit www.henrywaxman.house.gov.
Our veterans should not be returning from Iraq and Afghanistan facing shortages in services. H.R. 2225 is our guarantee that their needs are our priority.
Thank you for the opportunity to clarify the record on this matter.
U.S. Rep. Henry A. Waxman has represented the Westside in the Congress for 33 years.
Standing for Our Soldiers
Written by Mark A. Smith
Re: MoveOn Tells Why Its Time for Us to Move on, Aug. 16.
Once the blood of one brave American soldier has been shed in pursuit of victory over evil, any discussion of how much a war costs in dollars is no longer up for discussion.
For the debt incurred by the nation to that single American soldier can only be paid with victory.
To call what he died to achieve not worth the cost in dollars is to dishonor his name.
No elected/appointed official or aspirant, nor even his own mother, has the right to make his sacrifice worthless by quitting the fight.
Only victory can repay that single American warrior for the sacrifice he has made. He did not quit. He did not run, and no other American honorably can advocate either.
When you speak of cost, think of how much he willingly paid for you.
God bless America and her brave.
Maj. Mark A. Smith, U.S. Army (ret.), served in Vietnam and Cambodia. He also was a Prisoner of War.
How About a donation?
Written by Walter
Re Privatizing the High School Tennis Courts, Aug. 22.
I believe the high school tennis courts are part of the high school and not a public park. I would like to know since Mr. (Darryl) Cherness has not paid for a permit over the last 30 years, has he ever made a donation to the school to help replace the nets, wind screens, or repainting or repaving of those courts?
If the tennis courts should be available to the public where does the school district draw the line? Can the public use the gym, classrooms, auditorium, fields and playgrounds without a permit?
You can contact Walter at walter643dp@yahoo.com
Why Were the Courts Locked?
Written by Craig Tomita
I recently went to the high school with my son to play some tennis. I was shocked to see locks welded onto the doors.
I’ve lived in Culver City over 40 years, and they’ve never been locked.
Our alternative was the 2 courts at Vets Park. What is the rationale behind locking up the courts to public play?
Editors Note: Our information is that the original decision was made by the Culver City High School administration to prevent students from entering the area at lunchtime and gaining what was regarded as an unhealthy amount of privacy. School security liked the idea so much that it decided to keep the locks in place.
