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Showing pictures and stories for Sep 22 2016 - V40N19
Rep. Ted Lieu Receives Courage Award at Annual PDSMM Birthday Party
From left, Rep. Ted Lieu and Dorothy Reik, President of the Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains.
Sages Honor Key Volunteers; Sages BBQ October 7!
From left, Karen Dannenbaum, Lisa Villaseñor and Karla Morrison received their Sages awards on September 2.
The Oaks are Dying
The beetles have arrived; native trees are threatened. Around September 3, two new problems for our oaks, sycamores and willows were confirmed in Topanga: the polyphagus shot hole borer (PSHB) that infests many species of native and non-native trees, and the foamy bark canker disease caused by the western oak bark beetle (WOBB) that prefers oaks only. While each has a unique life history, they both involve a beetle infecting the tree with a fu… [Read More...]
Rep. Ted Lieu Receives Courage Award at Annual PDSMM Birthday Party
As they celebrated their eleventh birthday on September 10, the Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains (PDSMM) honored three recipients with the Tim Carpenter Courage Award—Congressman Ted W. Lieu with the “Inside Party” award; single-payer health care advocate, Dr. Paul Y. Song, received the “Outside Party” award; and Leah Herzberg, 93, was presented with the “Lifetime Achievement” award by Eric Bauman, Chair of … [Read More...]
Sages Honor Key Volunteers; Sages BBQ, October 7!
The Canyon Sages, Topanga’s organization for seniors of all ages, honored the creators and leaders of the Sages Suppers, Lisa Villaseñor, Karla Morrison and Karen Dannenbaum, by presenting them with Outstanding Service Awards at the first dinner of the season on September 2. Lisa Villaseñor, once president of the Topanga Community Club (TCC), was the original founder of the senior dinners years ago, when they were run by th… [Read More...]
What Is Rosh Hashanah?
The festival of Rosh Hashanah—the name means “Head of the Year”—is observed for two days beginning on 1 Tishrei (October 3-4) the first day of the Jewish year. It is the anniversary of the creation ofAdam and Eve, the first man and woman, and their first actions toward the realization ofmankind’s role in G-d’s world. Rosh Hashanah thus emphasizes the special relationship between G-d and humanity: our dependence upon G… [Read More...]
Third Annual Topanga Symphony Fundraiser, October 9
Three times a year the Topanga Symphony performs free concerts at the Topanga Community House to the Santa Monica Mountains community where talented musicians perform a classical repertoire with technical perfection and emotion. In order to keep producing these amazing free concerts, the Topanga Symphony solicits donations and applies for grants. Another way funds are generated is with the Annual Topanga Symphony Fun… [Read More...]
The Buddha on the Boulevard Gets a Makeover
Three artists, Clare Brown, Ibraheem Jamel and Katrina Leigh Carter, took it upon themselves to give Kedric Wolfe’s iconic Buddha mural a facelift during the week of September 12. Wolfe and fellow artists, David Totheroh and Liz Shepherd originally created the Buddha in September 1982. “I wondered for years about renovating the Buddha and called Kedric months ago, who gave me the go-ahead,” said Brown.… [Read More...]
Passages: Doug Kirby—1930-2016
With the passing of Doug Kirby, Topanga loses an original. A memorial is planned for Sunday, October 9, 2-5 p.m., at the Mountain Mermaid. “It was a real love affair,” said Ami Kirby, curled gracefully on her sofa as she spoke of her husband of 56 years. Doug Kirby had passed away suddenly on September 2 at the age of 86. Doug and Ami have lived in the canyon since 1963 and have been in the middle of it all—the hip… [Read More...]
Maurice “Moe” Crenshaw—1941-2016
In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Moe Crenshaw worked behind the meat counter at Topanga Creek General Store, aka Joe’s Market. During that time he went to Radio Shack, bought his first computer and learned everything he could about them. In 1984, he left the market and went to work for Topanga Underground, managing the company’s computer system and running the Auto CAD program for about 25 years until his eyesight began to fail… [Read More...]
Rude Interruptions—On the Road Again
Well, the kid’s got his first set of real wheels now and the open road beckons. He’s home from college, having graduated in June from UC Santa Cruz, where cars for first-year students and sophomores were not just discouraged on the gorgeous forest-like campus, they were forbidden. Students were urged to take the bus, carpool, car share and ride-share, habits he brought back home to Southern California. Until now, he’s been… [Read More...]
