Peninsula People June 2016

photo by David Fairchild

June 2016 • Peninsula People 3

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Volume XX, Issue 12 

June 2016 

PENINSULA PEOPLE 

P A L O S V E R D E S P E N I N S U L A M O N T H L Y 

ON THE COVER 

Photo by David Fairchild 

Table photo by Brad Jacobson 

‘Born on the Fourth of July” author Ron 

Kovic at his Hollywood Riviera home. 

PROFILES 

34 Portuguese bender 

by Stephanie Cartozian Rolling Hills Country Day 

School owner Gary Stokoe describes building his new home, 

without an architect, as “playing with the house, kind 

of like a pallette on canvas.” 

42 Eye of the hurricane 

by Paul Teetor 

Author Ron Kovic follows 

up on his best selling war memoir with an equally searing post 

war memoir “Hurricane Street.” 

48 

Vet on wheels 

by Esther Kang 

Dr. Paula Aycock brings 

a farm town style veterinarian service to her hometown. 

62 Shakespeare in the park 

by Bondo Wyszpolski Shakespeare by the Sea 

celebrates its 19th season with the familiar “Othello” and the 

long and unfamiliar “Cymbeline” at Hesse Park. 

68 Goat hill 

by Stephanie Cartozian The Palos Verdes Land 

Conservancy brings in 280 “Fire Grazer” goats to both protect 

against fires and nourish the native habitat 

HIGHLIGHTS 

12 Assisteen Recognition Ball 

16 Las Niñas de Las Madrecitas Fashion Show 

20 AAUW-PVP recognition luncheon 

22 Las Candalistas “World of Flavor” 

26 Assistance League Walk the Walk 

32 Classical Underground 

46 PV Art Center Wearable Art 

50 Malaga Cove Art Fair 

65 Temple Beth El’s new home 

DEPARTMENTS 

52 Peninsula calendar 

58 Around and about 

67 Home services 

CONTRIBUTORS 

Stephanie Cartozian is Peninsula People’s associate publisher. 

David Fairchild is a freelance photographer and frequent contributor 

to Peninsula People 

Esther Kang is a frequent contributor to Peninsula People. 

Paul Teetor is a frequent contributor to Peninsula People. 

Bondo Wyszpolski is the Arts & Entertainment editor or Easy 

Reader newspaper and a frequent contributor to Peninsula People. 

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S P O T L I G H T O N T H E H I L L 

The Class of 2016 Assistance League of San Pedro-South Bay Assisteens Recognition Ball Honorees are: Front, L to R: Katie Shewfelt, Serena Tramm, Amanda Lee, Christine 

O'Connell, Cheyenne Newallis and back, L to R: Jessica Hay, Neeki Rizi, Vanja Bantencourt, Stephanie Grant, Ada Day, Emma Tsuneishi and Victoria Marquez. 

51st Annual Assistance League of San Pedro-South Bay 

Assisteens Recognition Ball 

The 51st Annual Assistance League of San Pedro-South Bay Assisteens 

Recognition Ball for the Class of 2016 was held March 5, the night 

all honorees and their families had been looking forward to for 5 years. 

It did not disappoint. In fact, it went far beyond any expectations. How 

could it not. The Ball was held at the magnificent and legendary Millennium 

Biltmore Hotel, which is fitting considering the Assisteens themselves 

are legendary. Twelve senior honorees from a variety of South Bay 

community high schools: Palos Verdes Peninsula High, Palos Verdes 

High, Mary Star, San Pedro High and South High, were honored for their 

incredible contribution of more than 10,095 hours. This number will continue 

to increase as the honorees continue volunteering throughout the 

community. A few of the organizations that so appreciate the Assisteens 

continuous help over the years are, but not limited to: Kaiser Permanente, 

Camp Escapades, Press Friends, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, 

the Assistance League Gift Shop, Operation School Bell, San Pedro 

Boys and Girls Club, Pediatric Therapy Network, Ride to Fly, Norris Theatre 

for the Performing Arts, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, Long Beach 

Aquarium, Los Angeles Museum of Science, and Providence Little Company 

of Mary Medical Center. Assisteens also volunteer for many individual 

needs throughout the South Bay, i.e. horse shows, 10K runs, as 

well as many others. During the Ball each honoree's biography was read 

as she was spotlighted in an individual balcony. An individual rose was 

given to each honoree’s mother, as well as other honored female guests. 

Assistance League Medallions were presented to the honorees by their 

mothers. The Assisteens danced a waltz with their escorts which was followed 

by a traditional waltz performed with their fathers to John Mayer's 

song "Daughters". Assisteens is accepting girls and, new this year, boys 

in grades 7 through 12, for the opportunity to volunteer and learn at one 

of the oldest and most prestigious national organizations. If interested in 

being part of the Assisteens legacy contact Gina Van Boxtel, Membership 

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Las Niñas de Las Madrecitas 

Annual Fashion Show 

Las Madrecitas, an auxiliary of the Charitable 

Children’s Guild of the Orthopædic Institute 

for Children (OIC), hosted its annual fashion show 

on Saturday, April 23 at Terranea Resort in Rancho 

Palos Verdes to benefit OIC and honor its 2016 Las 

Niñas Senior class for their community service. 

With the theme Un Jour aux Champs-Élysées, the 

event featured fashions from Cason Couture, 

Roark, Friar Tux Shop with make-up by Smashbox 

Cosmetics and hair by Hollywood Dolls Beauty 

Salon,as well as a shopping boutique. 

The 2016 Las Niñas honorees included Makena 

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Sophia Khoury, Jade Lactaoen, Bailey Lekavich, 

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Claire Mihm, Rachel Mills, Jordan Munsell, 

Paige Pennington, Shanaya Pudumjee, Hadeel 

Saab, Isabella Sanders, Nicole Shearin, Mariah 

Watts, and Jessica White. 

Las Niñas and Las Madrecitas raise money from 

other fundraising initiatives throughout the year, 

including the annual fall fundraiser, holiday luncheon, 

raffle ticket sales and See’s Candy sales. Las 

Niñas members donate their time throughout the 

local community and have the unique opportunity 

to volunteer at OIC where they can gain experience 

working with orthopaedic patients and health 

care professionals. Each member of the Las Niñas 

senior class has contributed between 320-650 

hours of volunteer service throughout their high 

school careers.Las Niñas and Las Madrecitas membership 

is open to mothers and daughters interested 

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1. Paige Pennington. 

2. From left, Isabella Sanders, Alissa 

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Lisa Navarro, Las Madrecitas President 

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AAUW-PVP 

Recognition Luncheon 

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to honor members who have done outstanding work in forwarding the mission of 

AAUW. Among the honorees were Denise DeVenuto, Eileen Edelson, and Kay Odgers. 

Elayne Nahman, AAUW/PVP Council Chair, led the meeting and Cordelia Hwang, Funds 

Chair presented the awards. 

AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy 

and research. The PVP Branch has branch-funded projects to enhance educational 

opportunities for girls in the fourth grade (Exploring Science); and in the eighth grade 

(Tech Trek) and for university women to attend a national leadership conference. 

For information about AAUW activities and membership, please go to the AAUW/PVP 

website, http://palosverdes-ca.aauw.net 

PHOTOS BY DENISE DEVENUTO 

1. Denise DeVenuto and 

Cordelia Hwang. 

2. Kay Odgers and Leann 

Roque. 

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Cordelia Hwang. 

4. Leann Roque, Kay 

Odgers, Cordelia Hwang and 

Elayne Nahman. 

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Watson. 

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Elayne Nahman. 

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Dicksen, Leann Roque and 

Kay Odgers. 

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McConaughy. 

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Spring Event 

Las Candalistas celebrated their 48th 

Spring Event Fundraiser on April 28th 

at the beautiful Catalina View Garden in 

Rancho Palos Verdes. "A World of Flavor" 

was an epicurean adventure celebrating 

food, spices, and shopping! Chef 

Bernard Ibarra from Terranea lead the 

Culinary Speaker series along with Sous 

Chef, Chef Jonathon De La Cruz, with his 

talk intertwining spices, cultures, and flavor. 

Nepali Chef Pramila Dugel demonstrated 

Nepalese recipes, Rex Ito of Prime 

Time Seafood shared the latest secrets of 

Seafood Preparation. Guests enjoyed Las 

Candalistas catered lunch, Catalina View 

Wines, shopping the Las Candalistas Marketplace, 

Artisan Boutique, an extended 

Silent Auction, and the incredible ocean 

and vineyard view. Guests had a chance 

to win a Costa Rica Trip for Two arranged 

by the Travel Store in Malaga Cove. Proceeds 

benefit Pediatric Therapy Network, 

TrinityKids Care Hospice and Community's 

Child. 

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1. Event Committee 

Karen Stockbridge, 

Irene Almeida, Debbie 

Sampson and Tracey 

Peffer. 

2. Chef Bernard 

Ibarra and Sous Chef, 

Chef Jonathon De La 

Cruz from Terranea 

Resort. 

3. Nanci Browning 

Hodge, Sachie Olson, 

Sue Elliott 

4. Chef and Author 

Pramila Dugel. 

5. Janie Woodburn 

and Janie Hasselman 

set the scene. 

6. Janie 

DiBenedetto, Hollidae 

Brown, and Anne St. 

Cyr. 

7. Longtime Las 

Candalistas, Judy 

Hessick and Monica 

Mortensen. 

8. Members L to R: 

Judy Armstrong, 

Shelley Pogorelsky, 

Donna LaMont, Polly 

Goodman, Susan 

Haas, Nancy Bruce, 

Monica Mortensen. 

9. Marylyn Hoffman, 

Diane Stone, Freddie 

Benson, Elaine Trutanich. 

10. Opportunity 

Drawing Winner Janie 

Woodburn, with 

Nanci Browning 

Hodge. 

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San Pedro-South Bay 

Annual Walk the Walk 

The Assistance League of San Pedro-South 

Bay held their 2nd annual Walk the Walk 

on April 17. It was a beautiful San Pedro sunny 

day at the Harbor for walkers. The walkers 

wearing their “Walk the Walk” T-shirts were 

treated to music by D.J. Teddy Johnson. For 

those that needed a snack the Richeeze Grilled 

Cheese food truck offered great food including 

their popular grilled cheese sandwich with 

bacon. The walk started at the Maritime Museum 

and continued to the Cruise line terminal. 

Walkers stopped to enjoy the dancing 

fountains or rested on benches to take in the 

beautiful harbor and passing ships. The proceeds 

from this event will benefit their service 

programs for the community. The Assistance 

League of San Pedro-South Bay is an all-volunteer 

non-profit organization that serves the 

needs of children and families. The Assistance 

League of San Pedro-South Bay is celebrating 

its 80th year of serving the community. 

1. Mr & Mrs Tom Tobin of San Pedro. 

2. Gayle Merrick and her dog. 

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3. Happy participants. 

4. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Tyler of Rancho Palos Verdes. 

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Classical Underground 

Alexey Steele presents Music and 

Art Series 

Art and music lovers gathered for an invitation 

only event to hear famed Lithuanian 

cellist David Geringas perform along with 

other world renowned cellists and violinists. 

Hosted by Alexey Steele and Olga Vlasova in 

their Carson gallery workshop, they showcase 

esteemed musicians from around the world in 

an intimate, ambient and artful setting. David 

Leffel was the featured painter of the evening. 

On display was his portraiture as a preview to 

his retrospective exhibition currently at the 

Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art through 

August 7, 2016. “Leffel’s powerful realism 

arises from his commitment to understanding 

and capturing the flow of light. He does not 

paint things, but light falling and flowing over 

objects. By treating light as a vital force, he 

gives his paintings the feeling that they are infused 

with life”, said Michael Zakian, Director 

of the Weisman Museum. The music was 

baroque and contemporary and transported 

guests to a Vienna concert hall. 

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PHOTOS BY 

STEPHANIE CARTOZIAN & KEVIN CODY 

1. Tracie England, Bob 

Mennig and Catherine 

Bach. 

2. Adam Coleman, Tim 

and Emily Vaughan. 

3. Olga Vlasova, David 

Geringas, Alexey Steele 

and Tatjana Geringas. 

4. Hosts Alexey Steele 

and Olga Vlasova. 

5. Host Alexey Steele 

and Dr. Robert Hamilton. 

6. Host Alexey Steele, 

City of Carson Mayor Albert 

Robles, Richard 

Rand and Sherry Brooks. 

7. Theme In Art We 

Trust. 

8. Venue Alexey Steele’s 

art gallery and workshop. 

9. Laszlo Mezo, Evgeny 

Tonkha and David 

Geringas. 

10. Evgeny Tonkha and 

David Geringas. 

11. Mia Barcia- 

Colombo. 

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This Burmese temple bell has carved elephants and mahouts in the yolk and hangs above the front door. 

How and why Gary Stokoe created his own home 

by Stephanie Cartozian 

in a world defined by parameters, if you will, and hard 

edges,” says homeowner Gary Stokoe, inspired him to design a 

“Living 

home that eludes restriction and embraces open outdoor space. 

Situated on a lot frequented by hawks, racoons and other wildlife, with 

views that extend to Catalina Island, this home on Portuguese Bend was 

designed with the natural environment in mind. Stokoe designed the house 

without the assistance of an architect, something he likens to “playing with 

the house, kind of like a pallette on canvas.” 

Stokoe, owner of the well-respected Rolling Hills Country Day School, 

purchased what was then a ‘50s style ranch house in 1994. He then set out 

to make it unconventionally his. 

“I did not have a set of plans,” he says. “It was designed day after day 

from living in the house.” 

His ample use of cedar, the exposed beams visible throughout the home’s 

exterior, and the 250 pound Burmese temple bell that hangs over the front 

door harmonize well within the artful Portuguese Bend gated community. 

The home’s ubiquitous accoutrements are essentially unreplicatable due 

to the special circumstances by which it was built. A large, unattached treehouse 

contains the master bedroom featuring expansive hickory floors and 

a slate bathroom that would rival that of any fine spa resort. The treehouse 

is separate from the main house, situated between two aged peppertrees 

with ocean views and verdant landscaping all around. Stokoe said that some 

of the hotels he has visited in Puerto Rico and Hawaii had outdoor showers 

and he created this master bathroom shower to likewise be open to the environment. 

When the glass enclosure is opened, it imparts the feeling of 

being outside. An eclectic bathroom mirror was a find from Santa Monica 

that used copper from old beer vats with a six inch wide frame around it. 

The excess slate from being handcut was utilized as a splash and baseboards 

in other parts of the house including the main bathroom. This home was 

created to be one with the environment and there was little material wasted 

in its construction. 

Outside the treehouse — literally outdoors, by the south side patio — 

sits a clawfoot bathtub sunken inside Palos Verdes stone. Stokoe explains 

matter of factly that it was insulated with a “can of foam, hooked up to a 

water heater and there you go. When it drains, it waters the yard.” 

This little respite embodies the home’s mission to create an island in what 

can sometimes feel like a frenetic sea. A wood piece situated over the top 

of the tub shields it from the outside elements and integrates the structure 


The south side patio has a fireplace, lounge chair and sunken claw 

foot bathtub that drains to water the plants. 

The main house bathroom with warm woods and natural stone. 

with the outdoors. 

With over 3,000 square feet of living space, four bedrooms and four bathrooms, 

Stokoe’s home combines Southwestern influence with Arts and 

Crafts style, the latter being an artistic movement in the late 19th century 

which emphasized a return to skilled craftsmanship and attention to the 

decorative arts as a response to the mass production of the Industrial Revolution. 

Authentic hand-cut 140-year-old oak floors, which came from a retired 

cotton mill, grace the floors. Copious use of stone in the home’s 

interiors are consistent with Southwestern style. Palos Verdes stone is also 

used throughout the home. One of the showers in the main house has a 

custom designed, handcut Palos Verdes stone bench; the shower also doubles 

as a steam room and streams in music. 

“I like adding to the experience of the simple things, like showering,” 

Stokoe says. 

The large chef’s kitchen also follows Stokoe’s practical and fundamental 

design hallmarks. The primary tasks in a home kitchen are carried out between 

the cooktop, the sink and the refrigerator; a “kitchen work triangle” 

is thus comprised of these three points and the imaginary lines between 

them. When these three elements are in close proximity, the concept is that 

the kitchen will be most efficient to use and therefore will cut down considerably 

on wasted steps. Although not invented by Stokoe himself, it is a 

design style dating back to the 1940s that is pleasing to the eye with the 

added benefit of more efficient preparation and cooking times. The 

kitchen’s an open floor plan opens up to an outdoor dining patio with an 

additional outdoor kitchen. The bucolic outdoor surroundings are showcased 

throughout this home’s interior and exterior. 

In 1956, a 260-acre landslide occurred in Rancho Palos Verdes, triggered 

by road work from Los Angeles County road crews who were extending 

Crenshaw Boulevard through Portuguese Bend to Palos Verdes Drive West. 

The landslide consequently caused a water line to break, resulting in significant 

land movement. Due to these events, the city of Rancho Palos 

Verdes had a longstanding moratorium on building in the Portuguese Bend 

area and maintained an arm’s length distance from oversight on remodels 

and renovations, according to Stokoe. 

These unique circumstances permitted Stokoe to have the flexibility to 

build the home that he envisioned for the property. Many homes, he says, 

have to compromise beauty in order to fit city needs. 

“I’m not an artist,” he says. “This was my creative outlet. It was a calming 

piece to my day. I wanted to design a home that everyday I was coming 

home to a retreat that had all the amenities of a hotel.” PEN 

The chef's kitchen triangle layout minimizes steps. 

The treehouse houses the master bedroom and bathroom in a 

spa-like ambience.



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Eye of the HURRICANE 

Ron Kovic left one war to fight another, this time for something he believed in. 

The "Born on the Fourth of July" author’s new book, “Hurricane Street,” 

tells the tale of the Vietnam veterans’ anti-war movement 

by Paul Teetor 

When he can’t sleep late at night or needs 

a caregiver’s help to get out of bed in 

the morning, Ron Kovic has a mantra 

that keeps him going forward: dignity over despair. 

It’s a reminder of how the Hollywood Riviera 

resident wants to live his life. 

It also helped inspire him to write his first 

book, the timeless anti-war classic "Born on the 

Fourth of July." That powerful 1976 memoir told 

the story of his All-American childhood in Long 

Island, New York, where he and his friends 

played war games imitating the heroic battles 

their fathers had fought in World War II. It told 

how they thrilled to the John Wayne war films 

they saw every Saturday at the local movie theatre. 

And it told how the war games, where they 

“killed” hundreds of Japanese and Germans, and 

the war films starring a guy who never served in 

the military all contributed to the patriotic fever 

that led him to enlist in the Marines after graduating 

from high school in 1964. 

But the raw, beating heart of the book was his 

description of the harrowing physical, psychological 

and institutional trauma he suffered in Vietnam 

– and later back in the U.S. — after a North 

Vietnamese bullet severed his spinal cord on January 

20, 1968. It left him, at age 21, a paraplegic 

destined to live the rest of his life in a wheelchair. 

His graphic narrative of the bullet entering his 

body, of being carried off the battlefield by men 

who were strangers to him, and of the appalling 

conditions and under-trained, neglectful staff in 

the string of hospitals he was sent to were equal 

parts shocking, revolting and revelatory to an 

American public that was increasingly turning 

against the war. 

Late in the book he finds a measure of redemption 

as an activist member of the Vietnam Veterans 

Against the War. It gave him a cause and a 

reason to go on living that helped him overcome 

the why-me? feelings that destroyed many other 

severely wounded vets. 

“I saw pictures in the Santa Monica newspaper 

of veterans throwing their medals away,” he recalled. 

“I was very moved by that. We had a small 

group of veterans in the LA area that merged 

with the larger group called Vietnam Veterans 

against the War.” 

Secretary of State John Kerry, who famously 

asked Congress “How do you ask a man to be the 

last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a 

man to be the last man to die for a mistake?” was 

part of that group of veterans throwing their 

PHOTOS BY DAVID FAIRCHILD 

medals away. 

“John Kerry has shown a great deal of moral 

courage,” Kovic said. “He learned from that war. 

He’s not repeating the same mistake over and 

over again.” 

In addition to purging some of his own inner 

demons and calling the public’s attention to a war 

he considered a tragic mistake with tragic consequences, 

Kovic had a more personal motivation 

for writing his first book. 

“I wanted my parents to know that I was more 

than a victim in the war,” he said in a recent interview. 

“I wanted to take what happened to me 

and turn it into something positive. It’s very rewarding 

to know that you can take something 

like that and turn it into art, into a book and ultimately 

into a film.” 

Twelve years after "Born on the Fourth of July" 

hit the best-seller lists, director Oliver Stone and 

actor Tom Cruise turned it into an award-winning 

film that opened America’s eyes — in a way that 

a mere book never could in these times — to the 

brutal consequences of war and the often inadequate 

care that its wounded veterans received. It 

was a case study of the power of film to draw an 


audience in by entertaining them 

and then use the images flickering on 

the screen to educate them about important 

social issues – a subtle, subliminal 

process that is becoming 

rarer and rarer as Hollywood concentrates 

on popcorn films built 

around comic book super heroes. 

Kovic, unlike many people whose 

life story has been adapted to film, 

has nothing but good things to say 

about the film and nothing but great 

memories of making it. He was a cowriter, 

along with his fellow Vietnam 

vet Stone, of the screenplay that won 

a Golden Globe award. It was 

awarded on January 20, 1990, exactly 

22 years after he was shot and 

wounded. 

“Every January 20 I raise it over 

my head to remind myself that something 

good happened on that day as 

well as something very bad,” he said. 

The film was also nominated for 

eight Academy awards and won two, 

including Best Director for Stone. 

“Oliver did a fantastic job of keeping 

the integrity of the story intact,” 

he said. “And Tom Cruise brought 

real depth to the role, something I 

wasn’t sure he could do before we 

started filming.” 

Little known fact: "Born on the 

Fourth of July," with Martin Bregman 

producing and Al Pacino in the 

Ron Kovic role, was only a few days 

away from starting principal photography 

in 1978 when the financing 

fell through. But Stone, who was the 

original screenwriter, promised 

Kovic that if he ever became a real 

player in Hollywood, he would revive 

the project. And after he directed 

the block-busters “Platoon” 

and “Wall Street” in the mid-1980s, 

Stone had enough Hollywood juice 

to find the financing to make "Born 

on the Fourth of July." 

“He kept his promise, without my 

ever reminding him of the promise,” 

Kovic said. “And he made a film that 

has stood the test of time as an important 

document of the Vietnam 

War.” 

Now, 40 years after his first book 

was published, Kovic’s mantra of 

dignity over despair helped him 

write his newest book, "Hurricane 

Street," which will be released on 

his 70th birthday, July 4. Kovic will 

read from "Hurricane Street" 

Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m. at the 

Manhattan Beach Library at 1320 

Highland Avenue. He will also discuss 

"Born on the Fourth of July" and 

how the two books are connected, 

how they are two parts of one man’s 

ongoing, never-ending story of war, 

remembrance and redemption. 

After being so outspoken about the 

Ron Kovic helps Tom Cruise on the set of “Born on the Fourth of July.” Kovic was impressed 

with the actor’s dedication to learning his role by spending hours in a wheelchair. 

Photo courtesy of Ron Kovic 

Ron Kovic (with flag) at a 1972 anti-Vietnam War protest. Photo courtesy of Ron Kovic 

Vietnam War for more than 40 years, 

Kovic knows that he is a controversial 

guy, even among some of his fellow 

Vietnam vets. He is a leader on 

one side of a divisive debate that still 

rages more than four decades after 

the last Americans were air-lifted out 

of Saigon. 

Former Manhattan Beach Mayor 

Bob Holmes is one of those Vietnam 

vets who does not agree with Kovic’s 

strong stand against the war. He says 

he made a conscious choice not to 

read "Born on the Fourth of July" nor 

watch the film when it came out. 

“People like Ron who strongly opposed 

the war draw a mixed reaction 

from those who served in the war, 

and I don’t think it’s a surprise to 

Ron that opinion of him in the veterans’ 

community is very mixed,” 

Holmes said. “Some may feel there’s 

an element of disloyalty in what he 

says. But I know there are plenty of 

others who agree with him that we 

wasted our time there.” 

Regardless of where veterans stand 

on the debate over the righteousness 

of the war, Holmes says, there are 

two things they can all agree on. 

“I think all of us agree that the U.S. 

government has not properly taken 

care of those who served their country,” 

he said. “And second, that regardless 

of how I feel about Ron and 

his activism, I respect his service to 

our country, I respect that he has suffered 

greatly, and God bless him.” 

For his part, Kovic said he feels the 

same about veterans who feel differently 

than he does about the war. 

“We are all brothers, and all one 

family,” he said. “I have great respect 

for all those who traveled 13,000 

miles to serve our country. How 

much more can a citizen give than 

that? I honor my fellow vets.” 

"Hurricane Street" is taken from 

the name of the Marina del Rey 

street Kovic lived on in the mid- 

1970s and tells the riveting, long-forgotten 

tale of how he and several 

other disabled veterans in wheelchairs 

traveled from the Long Beach 

Veterans Administration Hospital to 

Los Angeles, where they occupied 

Senator Alan Cranston’s office in 

1974. They protested the poor treatment 

in the VA Hospitals. They also 

demanded better treatment and a 

face-to-face meeting with the head of 

the VA, Donald Johnson. To show 

they were serious they staged a sit-in 

that turned into a 17-day hunger 

strike and attracted first local and 

then national media attention. 

Johnson came to LA to the building 

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that housed Cranston’s office on 

the 13th floor, but he refused to 

meet with the veterans unless they 

came to the VA office on the seventh 

floor of the same building. 

Kovic, aware that many of the men 

had physical problems that limited 

their movement, problems that 

were getting worse the longer they 

were away from the VA Hospital, 

was just as adamant that Johnson 

should take the 30-second elevator 

ride to Cranston’s office to meet 

with them. Neither side budged, so 

Johnson went back to Washington. 

But the media uproar was so loud 

that President Richard Nixon, already 

dealing with the final, fatal 

months of the Watergate scandal, 

ordered Johnson back to LA, 

where he finally met with the vets 

on their captured turf. 

Johnson resigned several months 

later and the first of many VA reforms 

were begun. Even today, 

however, there are still plenty of 

complaints about VA care and 

Kovic insists the VA still has a long 

way to go. He notes with a mixture 

of sadness and anger that 22 military 

veterans commit suicide every 

day. 

“A whole new generation of veterans 

is coming back from Iraq 

and Afghanistan with the same 

problems we had,” he said. “It’s 

unconscionable, a national outrage, 

that the VA is not prepared to care 

for them properly. These are men 

and women in severe emotional 

crisis.” 

The poignant subtext of the 

"Hurricane Street" story is how this 

small band of brave, desperate 

men, who had fought so hard for 

their country only to feel betrayed 

once their bodies were broken and 

they were no longer useful to the 

war machine, were now so broken 

spiritually that they were unable to 

remain united after their protest 

was successful. The vets’ physical 

and mental problems were so severe 

that the group fractured into 

factions under the growing internal 

and external pressures bearing 

down on them and ultimately disbanded 

just a few months after the 

hunger strike. 

And after it was all over and 

Johnson was gone and the VA had 

pledged to make reforms, most of 

them died within a few years from 

causes directly linked to their traumatic 

injuries or indirectly through 

drug and alcohol abuse and suicide. 

Kovic, unlike so many of his 

wounded comrades who couldn’t 

find a reason to go on living or a 

lifestyle that worked for them, 

went on to a long career of social 

activism embracing multiple 

causes, from the environment to 

human rights to the anti-nuclear 

movement. 

But in "Hurricane Street" he returns 

to his original anti-war cause. 

“I wrote it so that people would 

never forget what happened during 

those two and a half weeks. I 

want people to see the consequences 

of what war does to 

human beings,” he said during a 

long, wide-ranging interview at the 

Yellow Vase Café in Hollywood 

Riviera. “How absurd it was that 

severely wounded veterans who 

had given three quarters of their 

bodies were forced to go on a 

hunger strike in a senator’s office 

because they weren’t being properly 

cared for by the wealthiest 

country in the world.” 

As he approaches his 70th birthday, 

Kovic has mellowed considerably 

from the angry, embittered 

young man he wrote about in 

"Born on the Fourth of July." 

“I now realize that we all need to 

listen to each other, whether we 

agree or not,” he said. “We can’t 

just scream at each other and expect 

to solve our problems.” 

He knows he has been lucky to 

out-live most of his wounded 

brothers who joined him in the sitin 

and hunger strike. Now he has 

the perspective to see the big picture 

of his life story as he enters his 

eighth decade on this earth. 

“I’m grateful just to be alive,” he 

said. “I’m thankful for every day.” 

Part of what makes him so grateful 

to be alive is his girlfriend of 

nine years, TerriAnn Ferren, a Torrance 

resident who handles marketing 

and public relations for the 

Torrance Cultural Arts Center. 

“I dedicated ‘Hurricane Street’ to 

her,” he said quietly. “She is very 

special and has become the anchor 

in my life.” 

Their meeting and courtship is a 

classic case of serendipity. 

After moving to Redondo Beach 

about 12 years ago, Kovic had become 

friendly with Bill Sharman, 

the basketball Hall of Famer – as 

both a Boston Celtics player and a 

Los Angeles Lakers coach — and 

his wife Joyce. They also lived in 

Redondo Beach. She had lost a 

brother in the Vietnam War, a loss 

that affected her deeply. After 

watching "Born on the Fourth of 

July" she reached out to Kovic. 

“She called me, and we got together 

and talked about a lot of 

things,” he said. “I soon became 

close friends with her and Bill.” 


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Tom Cruise, Ron Kovic, and director Oliver Stone celebrate a sweep of the top awards 

at the 1990 Golden Globes. Photo courtesy of Ron Kovic 

A few years later they invited him 

to a dinner party at their home 

where he met Ferren. 

“I had heard about Ron from 

Joyce and Bill but I had never met 

him,” Ferren recalled. “When I saw 

him over by the pool I introduced 

myself. I had never read his book or 

seen the movie, but we just started 

talking and talked and talked and 

talked. Right from the start it was so 

easy to be with him.” 

Even at that first meeting she noticed 

what an evolved man he was, 

so unlike the bitter young man lashing 

out at the world as described in 

his first book. 

“He was sincere and very gracious 

and very interested in others,” 

Ferren said. “Other people would 

come up to him and he would go 

out of his way to make them comfortable. 

He is a kind, generous, bighearted 

man. I feel blessed to know 

him.” 

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The Artist’s Studio spring Signature Fashion Show was held 

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May 7. This alluring event is held twice yearly, in May and in 

November, and includes an elegant champagne luncheon, fashion 

show and boutique. The event put on display original fashions 

and jewelry designed by local artists students students. 

Steve Stein and Wesley Williamson acted as runway escorts and 

the Lindy Hop Stop Dancers provided entertainment throughout 

the afternoon. 

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and artist and curator Gabrielle. 

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Vet on wheels 

Instead of pets arriving at the hospital in crates, 

Paula Aycock brings the hospital to the pets 

by Esther Kang 

The first necropsy Dr. Paula Aycock ever 

witnessed happened when she was a little 

girl. She and her parents had taken her sick 

bunny to the local vet, but it was too late. The 

doctor let her sit in and watch as he dissected the 

bunny’s corpse to determine its cause of death. 

“It didn’t scare me — I was fascinated,” said Aycock, 

who grew up in Lunada Bay and graduated 

from Peninsula High in 1997. “I wanted to see 

what was inside the bunny.” 

As a little girl, she was surrounded by animals: 

bunnies, dogs, cats, chickens, ducks all shared 

space in the backyard under her family’s care. 

She was the de facto family vet, observing her animals 

with her toy orthoscope and practicing surgeries 

on her stuffed animals. 

“My uncle was a neurosurgeon, so holiday dinners 

were all about his surgeries and medicine,” 

she remembered. “And I liked it. I liked the puzzle 

of medicine and the mystery of it all." 

Today, Aycock is the face of Dr. Paula’s Mobile 

Veterinary Service, a mobile house call practice 

that launched at the beginning of this year and 

serves the Peninsula, as well as San Pedro, the 

beach cities, Long Beach, Torrance and surrounding 

areas. 

Her 23-foot truck, which includes equipment 

for X-rays, blood work, dentals and minor surgeries, 

is the hospital that she brings to people’s 

homes. This fills the gap for those pet owners or 

animals who can’t travel because of age or disability 

or time commitments. Plus, treating the 

animal in its own home gives her more information 

about the patient while often putting him or 

her at ease. 

“A patient is not his disease,” Aycock said. “You 

have to understand the whole picture — the nutrition, 

the environment, their lifestyle. You really 

can’t get that in a clinic. But in a house call you 

actually can see their environment. You can see 

what they’re feeling.” 

After high school, Aycock earned her bachelor’s 

degree in Animal Science from University 

of Arizona and, subsequently, her master’s in 

agricultural education. She was part of the charter 

class at Western University of Health Sciences 

in Pomona, where she earned a degree in veterinary 

medicine. 

But even before she received her degree, 

serendipity found her a way to return to Arizona 

to practice animal medicine. She was at the San 

Francisco airport flying back from Los Molinos, 

California, where she was doing her fourth-year 

reproduction rotation, when she and a gentleman 

in cowboy boots began making small talk. When 

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about to graduate, he started elbowing his wife, who turned out to be a 

veterinarian in Sierra Vista, Arizona. As it turned out, her small-town practice 

was looking to hire. 

“Pretty much I came down for the interview, and they said, you’re going 

to fit in great, and we’re going to hook you up with a Realtor to show you 

around Sierra Vista,” Aycock recalled. “This was before I took my nationals.” 

For the following six years, Aycock was part of a three-doctor veterinarian 

practice, the only one in the small desert town to do house calls. The 

closest emergency center was an hour and a half away, so the three doctors 

treated all kinds of emergencies. The local radio station announced her arrival, 

and she made regular appearances in local schools and gave talks to 

community groups. 

“I was a true small town doctor,” she said. “I was on call on the weekends 

and during holidays, late at night treating rattlesnake bites, heartworms… 

.all the Arizona kind of things.” 

In town, she also made a name for herself by being willing to work with 

larger animals. Running blood work on goats, treating pot belly pigs for 

arthritis, neutering a baby goat on the surgical table — anything was fair 

game for Aycock. 

“We didn’t treat them like farm animals. We treated them like they were 

people’s pets, which they were,” she said. "They were backyard pets.” 

In 2013, Aycock and her family returned to her hometown of PV to tend 

to her sick grandfather. She started working at All Pets Vet Hospital, but 

she found herself missing the house calls and the hands-on nature of her 

previous clinic. She preferred the “crazy days” — double booked appointments 

and emergencies, rather than the lull of an institutional practice. 

When she left for maternity leave, she began thinking. 

“I thought about how much I missed the house call aspect of practicing 

in Arizona,” she said. “I liked to be in people’s homes and the one-on-one 

relationships. And how animals are different in their own homes. They’re 

calmer. They don’t have to go into the crate and into the scary car. And 

because I still have this hometown vet feel, I wanted to come back to my 

own hometown to the people who knew me and my children.” 

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dogs and cat. 

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leash is an owner,” she said. “I made it a big part of my job to not only examine 

the animal and fix them but also educate their owners. No matter 

the condition of an animal, if it was neglected or ignored, it’s usually because 

the owner didn’t know any better. I always take that stance. My 

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Malaga Cove Art Fair 

Art in The Plaza 

Saturday April 23rd marked the first weekend edition of this year's Malaga Cove Lawn Art 

Shows, where art lovers, collectors and artists come to meet and mingle every spring in a 

family friendly environment. One weekend a month, from April through September, over 30 

talented artists from the seven art groups affiliated with Palos Verdes Art Center: Artists Open 

Group, Pacific Arts Group, Paletteers, Palos Verdes Painters, Peninsula Artists, Photographic and 

Digital Artists, and Third Dimension, gather on the lawn in Malaga Cove Plaza. Sometimes the 

same artist will work in several different mediums such as Christina Centofante who is pictured 

with both an oil painting and a paper maje piece made from rice paper. 

The Plaza is located at the entrance to the City of Palos Verdes Estates on scenic Palos Verdes 

Drive West between Via Chico and Via Corta. There is plenty of free parking and good food at 

nearby restaurants; the Plaza is known for its elegant marble Neptune Fountain surrounded by 

impressive Renaissance-style architecture. 

PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE CARTOZIAN 

1. Artist Christina 

Centofante and her pet 

portraits. 

2. Val Simon’s Artwork. 

3. Artist and Woodturner 

Richard Gould. 

4. Artist Christina 

Centofante. 

5. Artist Inge Widmann. 

6. Artist David Wolfram. 

7. Meet artist Bernard 

Fallon. 

8. Artist Val Simon. 

9. Artist Lindy Bossler. 

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Friday, July 1 

Movie night at the Garden 

Kick off your 4th of July weekend at the Botanic Garden! Bring your date or 

group of friends as you unwind on the Upper Meadow with some pre-show 

music, drinks from the bar and snacks from the food trucks, and sing-along to 

Pitch Perfect under the stars. (Additional fee for food and drinks.) Additional 

parking will be available at Promenade on the Peninsula (550 Deep Valley 

Dr, Rolling Hills Estates) with complimentary shuttle service running from 5:30 

to 10:30 p.m. No registration required. Gates open at 6 p.m.; event runs 

from 8-10 p.m. Free for Garden members (Please RSVP); Non-members: $5 

per person VIP Pass: Additional $10 (Members & Non-members) includes 

parking, early access to bar and food trucks, movie snacks and VIP seating. 

Ages 21+ only. 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., 

Palos Verdes Peninsula. (310) 544-1948. 

Othello 

Shakespeare by the Sea presents the gripping thriller where gossip turns 

friendships rancid and rumor brutally murders innocence. 8-10 p.m. Point Fermin 

Park, 807 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro. ShakespearebytheSea.org for more 

info. 

Saturday, July 2 

Glass Garden 

Over 30 new glass art installations by Walker & Bowes will be on display 

through October 31 in the South Coast Botanic Garden. Walk the garden, 

and hunt for these magical art displays. A select group of artworks will be 

sold on August 20 and 21 and October 8 and 9. 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., 

Palos Verdes Peninsula. (310) 544-1948. 

Cymbeline 

Shakespeare by the Sea presents the epic romantic tale filled with magical 

potions, dastardly villains, ghosts, gods and lost prince. 8-10 p.m. Point Fermin 

Park, 807 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro. ShakespearebytheSea.org for more 

info. 

Monday, July 4 

Palos Verdes Independance Day Celebration 

The 55th annual Palos Verdes Independence Day Celebration will be held on 

the grounds of the historic Malaga Cove School at 300 Paseo del Mar, Palos 

Verdes estates at 9:30 a.m. Featured speaker and recipient of the 2016 Kenneth 

T. Norris Jr. Heritage of Freedom Award is Nicola Bridges, founder of 

Capability Ranch in Ramona, California. The ranch provides a place where 

children with special needs can enjoy the outdoors and activities not available 

elsewhere in the community. Van Dine Award honoree is PVE resident Mary 

Curtin for her active role in a variety of groups including Special Children’s 

League, LA Phil and PVE Cares. This family-friendly day includes an apple 

pie contest, face-painting, a magic show, patriotic children’s bike parade, 

civic awards and picnics. The event is free and open to the public. 

RPV Independence concert 

The Palos Verdes Symphonic Band performs at Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall 

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 30940 Hawthorne Blvd., RPV. pvsband.org for more info. 

Thursday, July 7 

The Clean House 

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comedy and the true nature of love. Finalist 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. 

Runs tonight, and Fridays and Saturdays through July 17 at 8 p.m.; Sundays 

July 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets $27, seniors $25; prix fixe dinner at Whale 

and Ale and the show $45. 777 Centre St., San Pedro. For reservations call 

310-512-6030 or text 424-226-6030. Or go to LittleFishTheatre.org. 

Sunday, July 10 

Picnic and Pops 

Join the Peninsula Symphonic Winds for their annual Picnic and Pops concert 

5 p.m. in the courtyard at Palos Verdes High School. Bring a picnic and blanket 

or lawn chair, sit under the trees, and enjoy Travelin’ Trumpets, Bohemian 

Rhapsody, An American in Paris, and other pop favorites. Admission is free. 

600 Cloyden Road, Palos Verdes Estates. For more information, see 

www.pswinds.org. 

Shakespeare by the Sea 

Cymbeline, an epic romantic tale filled with magical potions, dastardly villains, 

ghosts, gods and lost prince. 7-9 p.m. Hesse Park, 29301 Hawthorne Blvd., 

RPV. ShakespearebytheSea.org for more info. 

Monday, July 11 

Palos Verdes Gem and Mineral Society 

Meet and Greet at 6:30 p.m., program at 7 p.m. in Community Room of Palos 

Verdes Main Library, 701 Deep Valley Dr., RHE. Park on roof as program 

goes past the closing hours of the library. "Geology of Palos Verdes and the 

Portuguese Bend Landslide" will be presented by Dr. Marge Crandall. Everyone 

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The Palos Verdes Performing Arts Conservatory is taking registration for 

“Space Pirates,” the second of three Camp Curtain Call sessions for children 

ages 6 – 11. The two-week session, July 11-22 offers a fun-filled musical theatre 

experience, introducing singing, acting and dancing in a friendly environment. 

All camps conclude with a performance for family and friends in 

the Norris Theatre. Camp hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with drop-offs beginning 

at 8:30 a.m. After-camp care is available until 5 p.m. for an additional fee. 

Tuition for each session is $550. Camp Curtain Call is held at the 7,000 

square-foot PVPA Conservatory located at 27525 Norris Center Drive in 

Rolling Hills Estates, on the lower level of Peninsula Center. For more information, 

or to register, visit www.PalosVerdesPerformingArts.com/education or 

call 310-544-0403, ext. 303. 

Friday, July 15 

Surfwriters Seminar 

Every four years, Surfwriters, a local writing group on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 

organizes an all-day Writing Seminar. This year's event will be held July 

30 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Malaga Cove Library Gallery. Deadline for 

a reservation is July 15. The focus of the seminar will be Self-Publishing. Speakers 

are: Sean Kenney - of Star Trek renown and now memoir author and photographer; 

Christopher Lynch - One Eyed Jack series author; Mathieu Cailler 

- educator and short story author of Loss Angeles; Beth Whittenbury - lawyer 

and author of a self-publishing guide focused on CreateSpace; Vickey Kall - 

author of well-researched fiction and non-fiction books. Cost is $50 per person 

including a light buffet lunch. Contact Marilyn Litvak, Surfwriters President, at 

310-378-8098, if you are interested. 

Legally Blonde 

The Palos Verdes Performing Arts Conservatory will present the musical comedy 

“Legally Blonde” through July 24 at the Norris Theatre. Based upon the 

hit movie starring Reese Witherspoon, the show follows perky, and seemingly 

not-so-bright, sorority girl Elle Woods to go where no Delta Nu has gone before 

- Harvard Law School. Show times for the student-cast production are 

7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, as well as a 2 p.m. 

show on July 23. Tickets are $15 for youth ages 17 and under and adult tickets 

range from $22 - $28. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 

310-544-0403 or visit www.norriscenter.com. 27570 Norris Center Drive in 

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Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. When his son dies while hiking the Camino de 

Santiago pilgrimage, a grieving father flies to France to claim the remains. 

Looking for insightshe decides to complete the 500-mile trek. Presented by the 

Palos Verdes Land Conservancy. Following the film, Conservancy volunteer 

Peter Shaw will share remarks about his experiences walking the Camino. 

3720 Stephen M White Drive, San Pedro. Tickets $10. Pvplc.org. 

Celebrate Chefs 

The Associates of the Palos Verdes Art Center /Beverly G. Alpay Center for 

Arts Education, announces its annual Celebrate Chefs and Cellars event, from 

4-7 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Palos Verdes Art Center. This event brings together 

the very best food, wine, spirits and craft beer - all in one exceptional 

place with beautiful views of the California coastline and Catalina. Treat yourself 

to an afternoon of tasting and sipping among the 16 restaurants and a 

dozen wines, spirits and beer venues. Tickets are limited so to order tickets by 

phone, or for more information, call Sharon Holman, 310-375-6917 (also 

holmsha@aol.com). The cost is $125 per person. Amex, Visa, Master Card 

or personal checks payable to the Associates of the PVAC will be accepted. 

Neighborhood Church Summer Concert Series 

The Neighborhood Church is pleased to announce the return of its seaside 

summer concert series Summer Sunday Sounds! Join them at 5:30 p.m. as 

Eric Rigler and Dirk Freymuth offer a special program of Celtic music. Drawing 

from haunting Irish melodies, barn-burning jigs and reels, and themes from 

Eric’s film and television work, the duo produce a hearing-is-believing sonic 

experience. BYO Picnic on the seaside terrace begins at 5:30 p.m., show 

from 6:30-8 p.m. All are welcome; no tickets or reservations required! 415 

Paseo del Mar, Palos Verdes Estates. (310) 378-9353. 

Pops Concert 

Presented by the Palos Verdes Symphonic Band. Picnic beginning at 5:30 

p.m., concert 6 -8 p.m. This concert will feature vocalists Lisa Eden, soprano, 

and Jahmaul Bakare, tenor. Bring a blanket and/or beach chairs and a picnic, 

and enjoy the music of the band on the Upper Meadow. No registration required. 

Tickets $10. South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd, 

Palos Verdes Peninsula. Pvsband.org or southcoastbotanicgarden.org for more 

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and the Pop Art of the 1980s. His vibrant colors and bold line work perfectly 

capture his past and influences. Peninsula Center Library, 701 Silver 

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Garden Concert Series 

St Luke's Presbyterian Church's second concert of the 2016 free Garden 

Concert Series features The Tristram Duncan Organ Trio, featuring Tristram 

Duncan (organ), Shane Savala (guitar) and Eric Hagstrom (drums), performing 

jazz from 5 to 7 p.m. On Sunday, August 28 there will be Quarteto Nuevo. 

Come early to picnic in the lovely garden with light dessert and coffee hosted 

by St. Luke's. 26825 Rolling Hills Road, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274. For 

more information call 310-377-2825 M-F, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

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Wednesday, July 27 

Mac Users Group Meeting 

Lomita VFW Hall, 1865 Lomita Blvd, 6:30 PM, Beginners Q & A; 8:00 PM, 

presentation/ demonstration on Backing Up Your Mac. 310-644-3315, email: 

info@sbamug.com Admission is free. All Mac/iPad/iPhone users and potential 

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Othello 

Shakespeare by the Sea presents the gripping thriller where gossip turns friendships 

rancid. 7-9 p.m. Green Hills Memorial Park, 27501 S. Western Ave., 

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Man on Mars 

Have you ever asked “Why do we want to go to Mars?", and perhaps more 

importantly, "Are we ready to go to Mars?". These and other questions will 

be answered by Paul Yun, a NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System 

Ambassador in a program at the Palos Verdes Library at 2 p.m. The Mars 

Mission, a very hot topic in the space world and with the general public, will 

be explained by Paul in an accessible, educational and exciting manner, sure 

to engage young and old alike. Learn how the Pathfinder landed on Mars in 

1997 and how the Curiosity Rover operates on the red planet. This interactive 

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Bank Grand Re-Opening 

n Farmers & Merchants Bank (F&M), one of the strongest commercial and retail 

banks in California for over 100 years, announced the Grand Re-Opening of its 

Rolling Hills Estates Office following a branch transformation project. The completion 

of the Rolling Hills Estates renovation marks the first of a series of ventures F&M 

has planned to expand its presence in the South Bay. The bank has already scheduled 

to break ground on a new Redondo Beach Office later this year and hopes 

to implement the open layout in other offices.“The Rolling Hills Estates location has 

a dedicated staff of on-site decision makers to help provide our clients with a 

trusted brand of handshake service that is consistent from branch-to-branch,” said 

Daniel Walker, Chairman of the Board and CEO of F&M. “South Bay residents 

can expect the same level of expert service, customizable solutions, and strong 

values, that have been in place at Farmers & Merchants Bank for over one hundred 

years.” 

AAUW-PVP Recognition Luncheon 

n The AAUW Palos Verdes Peninsula Branch Recognition Luncheon was held 

recently to honor members who have done outstanding work in forwarding the 

mission of AAUW. Among the honorees were Denise DeVenuto, Eileen Edelson, 

and Kay Odgers. Elayne Nahman, AAUW/PVP Council Chair, led the meeting 

and Cordelia Hwang, Funds Chair presented the awards. 

AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy 

and research. The PVP Branch has branch-funded projects to enhance 

educational opportunities for girls in the fourth grade (Exploring Science); and in 

the eighth grade (Tech Trek) and for university women to attend a national leadership 

conference. 

For information about AAUW activities and membership, please go to the 

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2017 Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance 

n The Board of Directors of the Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance has decided 

not to hold a Concours in 2016. However, planning is underway for a Concours 

that is scheduled to be held in fall 2017. Specific details about the Concours are 

currently being developed. The Board's goal is to provide an event that is sophisticated 

and elegant, with the very best automobiles, making it one of the country's 

premier Concours events. 

Malaga Cove Homeowners Association 

n The Malaga Cove Homeowners Association is proud to announce the completion 

of its neighborhood beautification project in upper Malaga Cove. A 7200 

square foot triangular piece of Palos Verdes Estates parkland at the intersection of 

Via Ramon and Via Pinale has been transformed with the addition of over 250 

drought-tolerant plants that will provide visual interest throughout the seasons. Local 

natural materials such as Palos Verdes stone and wood chips were repurposed 

and used on this site for practical design and aesthetic effects. Neighbors will 

now be able to safely walk through this central piece of community parkland rather 

than being forced to walk along the narrow and busy streets, while enjoying the 

new beautiful plants and existing trees. 

Although the project was initiated and led by the Malaga Cove Homeowners 

Association and its Project Chair Tricia Rapaport, it could have never succeeded 

without the financial and hands-on volunteer efforts of the Young Professionals Network 

of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Association of Realtors. Other essential funding 

was provided by the Palos Verdes Homes Association as well as 21 individual 

Malaga Cove households. Additionally, resident Mark Paullin donated and delivered 

Palos Verdes stone to the site. Critical support also came from the City of 

PVE, who provided rock material and wood chips required by the landscape plan, 

and who will maintain the site going forward. Ric Dykzuel Landscape Designer 

and Bennett Landscaping were hired to design and prepare the site and procure 

and deliver the native and other drought-tolerant plants. Hands-on Volunteers were 

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Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital 

n The 27th annual Seahorse Classic was held Monday, April 25 at Palos Verdes 

Golf Club. This charity golf tournament is hosted by the Peninsula Committee Children’s 

Hospital (PCCH) a nonprofit organization founded in 1957 by a group of 

women from the South Bay. Proceeds from the tournament is directed toward the 

Associates Rehabilitation Center Caregiver Wing and the Associates Sarcoma 

Program Chair at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The day’s activities included 

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The winners for the annual Portuguese Bend National Horse Show poster 

contest were announced at the May PVPUSD school board meeting by 

members of Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital. The contest is open 

to art students at all high schools on the peninsula. This year’s winners are 

students at Palos Verdes High School and Palos Verdes Peninsula High 

School. First through fifth place winners all received cash prizes ranging 

from $100 up to $500 for the winner. In addition, $1500 was donated 

to Children's Hospital Los Angeles in the name of our first place winner, 

Kristyna Lukacova, and $1500 was donated to the 1st place winner's 

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gen),” says Brown, “who is accused 

of cheating on her husband (Posthumus), 

and her husband tries to have 

her murdered. Due to all sorts of 

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some light on the story, with a little 

help from Stacy Snider as King 

Cymbeline’s daughter, Imogen, and 

Bryson (BJ) Allman as Cloten, the 

Queen’s son. 

“It’s a play about a woman (Imowhen 

the play first premiered. 

“It’s kind of a highlight reel of 

Shakespeare’s shows and characters,” 

Snider says. “Like in “‘Romeo and 

Juliet,’ there’s a poison that you think 

kills you,” Brown says, “but it actually 

just makes you fall asleep for a day. 

And just like in ‘As You Like It,” there 

is a girl who dresses up as a boy.” 

The public’s unfamiliarity with the 

play, and the actors’ unfamiliarity with 

it as well, allowed the company to explore 

their roles, and to not feel beholden 

to how they may have been 

played before. 

“In the last century,” Brown says, 

“Imogen was a really hot character 

and all the ingenues wanted to play 

her: Forget Juliet, I gotta be Imogen. 

And it’s interesting because she can go 

a couple of different ways. She can be 

really weepy and sad, (but) something 

that Stacy and I have been working on 

is making her a stronger, more deliberate 

character.” 

“A lot of female characters get 

played as damsels-in-distress and they 

have to be rescued,” Snider adds, “and 

that’s not something Imogen does. 

She’s strong and she’s going to go after 

what she needs to take care of. People 

try to pull the wool over her and she 

can see through it. 

Cymbeline will be performed at 8 

p.m. performances Thursday, Friday, and 

Saturday, June 30, July 2 and 8, in Point 

Fermin Park, 807 Paseo del Mar, San 

Pedro. It’ll continue at Hesse Park in 

Rancho Palos Verdes on July 10, Valley 

Park in Hermosa Beach on July 14, and 

then numerous other locations ranging 

from Woodland Hills to Pasadena and 

Aliso Viejo. The closing performance is 

on August 20, back at Point Fermin. 

Othello will be performed in tandem 

with Cymbeline, often on alternative 

nights. Free; donations appreciated. For 

details and dates, call (310) 217-7596 or 

go to shakespearebythesea.org/locations. 

For a more expanded preview of 

Shakespeare by the Sea’s summer program 

go to EasyReaderNews.com. PEN 


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Temple Beth El 

Celebrates renovation, nine decades in San Pedro 

Over 250 people celebrated the renovation of Temple Beth El on Friday 

evening June 3. Rabbi Charles Briskin, Cantor Ilan Davidson, 

Beth El President Marc Kaiser and building campaign chairperson 

George Mayer led the ceremony. 

The congregation also celebrated its 94 years in San Pedro, 60 of those 

years at the current 7th Street location. Los Angeles City Controller Ron 

Galperin, City Councilman Joe Buscaino, California State Senator 

Isadore Hall III and 44th District Congressional Representative Janice 

Hahn were among the guests. The following evening the community continued 

the celebration in the renovated Beit Midrash, a combination library, 

chapel and adult study space. 

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1. Avery Zinner, Nancy Zinner, Marc 

Victor and David Udewitz. 

2. Andrew Kauffman, Marc Victor, 

Robert Fenton, Cantor Ilan Davidson 

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3. Cantor Ilan Davidson, Reverend 

Nathan Hoff, Rabbi Charles Briskin 

and Reverend Dr. Sunny Kang. 

4. State Senator Isadore Hall, Los 

Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino, 

Los Angeles City Controller 

Ron Galperin, 44th District Representative 

Janice Hahn, Dr. Malin 

Dollinger, George Mayer, Rabbi 

Charles Briskin and Cantor Ilan Davidson. 

Photo by John Antolos 

5. Lori Juarez, Barbara Mayer, 

George Mayer and Sophia Juarez. 

6. Wendy Waterman, Bea Schneider, 

Seymour Waterman, David Udewitz 

and Marla Schwartz. 

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P E N I N S U L A P E O P L E | L I F E S T Y L E 

by Stephanie Cartozian 

Aherd of 280 Fire Grazer goats spent five days in late May 

clearing fennel and other non-native plants from land managed 

by the Palos Verdes Land Conservancy. 

“The goats are our most popular weeders because they make 

very little noise and leave no trash behind,” said Palos Verdes 

Peninsula Land Conservancy executive director Andrea Vona. The 

goats have been helping the Conservancy clear brush from its 

lands since 1992. This was the first year the goats have been 

funded by an “adopt a goat” program. 

The goats grazed in Lunada Canyon on the 59-acre Agua 

Amarga Reserve. Lunada Canyon, once prime land for development, 

was donated to the Conservancy in 1992 by the E. K. Zuckerman 

family, creating the Conservancy’s first protected natural 

area. The reserve was expanded in 2005 when the City of Rancho 

Palos Verdes donated Agua Amarga Canyon to the Conservancy. 

Fire Grazer goats was founded by Mark and Penelope Choi. 

In 2012, the couple moved from Torrance to 80 acres of 

land in Mariposa County, where they created a farmstead 

with almost 300 goats, pigs, geese, ducks, cats 

and orchards. 

“I went from being a city slicker to a farm boy 

Peninsula fire eaters 

Keeping the hill safe 

Photos by Brent Alex 

in less than one year,” son Michael Choi said. Choi now manages 

the farm. “It was a different way of thinking and a different way 

of living. I was spoon fed this whole country living thing. With 

the goats it was a twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week 

job.” 

The Chois soon recognized that their goats could clear in a single 

day what takes a landscaping crew two or three days. The 

goats favorite feed was fennel, star thistle, grass and mustard. 

These pose significant fire hazards for cities, especially during 

droughts. When introduced to sandy or clay soils (which are 

prevalent in Palos Verdes), their droppings provide natural fertilizer 

that replenishes the top soil. 

“There is something humanizing about the goats,” Michael Choi 

said. “You can learn a little something about human nature by 

watching them. Goats have friends that they hang out with. 

They rely on one another. They prefer to be together 

rather than alone.” 

Choi views his goats as part of the environmental 

movement. 

The goats will return to Palos 

Verdes next spring. PEN

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Friar Tux Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 534-4700 

Styles of Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 326-2151 

Tilly’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 534-1642 

BEAUTY 

European Wax Center . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 325-2929 

Fancy Nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 326-7980 

Pia Hair Salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 326-0815 

Rolling Hills Beauty Bar. . . . . . . . . . (310) 530-3844 

Strands Design Lab, LLC . . . . . . . . . (310) 539-8434 

Victor Anthony’s Hair Studio . . . . . . (310) 326-2338 

Vogue Beauty Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 530-5900 

Waterside Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 534-4242 

BOOKS/CARDS/GIFTS/ 

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 

The Gift Korner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 539-5011 

The Tutoring Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 530-5377 

DRY CLEANING 

Beltone Cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 325-2511 

ENTERTAINMENT 

AMC Theater Rolling Hills 20 . . . . . (888) 262-4386 

FINANCIAL/BUSINESS SERVICES 

Chase Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 257-1997 

The Postal Mart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 325-6777 

South Bay Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . (310) 374-3436 

GROCERY/SPECIALTY FOODS 

Baskin Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 530-6812 

BevMo! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 257-0034 

Cups’s Frozen Yogurt . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 534-2625 

Nijiya Japanese Market . . . . . . . . . . (310) 534-3000 

Omaha Steaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 539-3831 

Peet’s Coffee & Tea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 626-8008 

Starbucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 534-4835 

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Dr. M.G. Monzon, D.D.S. . . . . . . . . (310) 891-3303 

Dr. Nolan Ng, Optometrist . . . . . . . (310) 326-2881 

Olive Chiropractic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 539-2285 

South Bay Pain Docs . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 626-8037 

Torrance Family Urgent 

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Pet’s Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 539-5700 

Wild Birds Unlimited . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 326-2473 

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California Pizza Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . (310) 539-5410 

Daphne’s Greek Café. . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 257-1861 

Fanoos Persian Restaurant . . . . . . . . (310) 530-4316 

Fish Bonz Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 325-2669 

Hakata Yamaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 257-1800 

IcCho Japanese Restaurant. . . . . . . . (310) 325-7273 

Ichimi An . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 784-0551 

Islands Restaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 530-5383 

Joey’s Smokin’ B.B.Q . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 257-1324 

Kabab Curry of India . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 539-0171 

Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot . . . . (310) 517-9605 

Mashawi Lebanese Grill . . . . . . . . . . (310) 325-3545 

Mrs. A Vietnamese Pho . . . . . . . . . . (310) 541-1227 

Nice Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 539-0323 

Rubio’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 891-1811 

Ryo Zan Paku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 530-8720 

Sushi Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 534-4013 

Veggie Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (310) 325-6689 

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