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The Friends of the Culver City Youth Health Center will host an exhibit and sale of the work of Culver City resident, artist and author Francia Turner Fate. The event will be on Sunday, July 8 from 2 pm to 5 at 5502 Sawtelle Blvd. Francia will donate 25% of sales to the Friends group to help support the services provided by the Health Center. For the past 10 years Francia has donated a selection of her fine art to the Health Center’s annual fundraiser. The children of Culver City have benefited from her continuing support and generosity. F...
Program Set Nine local high school students have been selected to represent the Culver City Sister City Committee as part of the Trilateral Youth Ambassador Program funded by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in connection with Sister Cities International. Culver City Sister City Committee, Inc. was awarded a grant to participate in the youth exchange program. Sister Cities International, with the help of Donna Thayer, CCSCC – Youth Director have put the local program together. The participating students w...
Council Selects Commission Members The Rotunda Room at Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium was the unusual setting for Monday night’s City Council meeting. According to Assistant City Manager Martin Cole, the location was chosen in order to bring the Council closer to the community. Certainly the community brought itself to this meeting, as the Council heard from community members and selected candidates for vacant seats on a number of City commissions. “This is going to look a lot like sausa...
9% Plan for College, Trade School or Military Career By David W. Myers Contributing Editor Nearly 570 teenagers from Culver City High School and Culver Park High marched across a stage at Helms Field Friday night, respectfully accepted their diplomas, then danced away from the podium and into the next great adventure of their young lives. The students were largely quiet until the end of the two-hour long graduation ceremony, when Culver High Principal Dylan Farris finally instructed them to ceremoniously move the tassel atop their blue caps...
John Sinner, a Los Angeles-based playwright and director, has been selected as the recipient of Center Theatre Group’s 2012 Richard E. Sherwood Award. Created in memory of Richard E. Sherwood, the award identifies and provides financial support in the amount of $10,000 to innovative and adventurous emerging artists living and working in Los Angeles. The Center Theatre Group includes the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. inner’s work -- an innovative mix of surrealism, lyrical-emotive language, provocation, hyper-drama, stylized sets and mov...
One-time Dodger Mickey Hatcher is back in the organization. Hatcher, who was released as the Angels’ hitting coach after the team got off to a slow start this season, was signed by the Dodgers for a different role this week. Hatcher will become Special Assistant to General Manager Ned Colletti, focusing on player development and assisting the major league staff. The Dodgers previously signed outfielder Bobby Abreu this season after he was released by the Angels. Last season they signed outfielder Juan Rivera after he was sent away by the A...
Judging by summer passing league play, newcomer Xan Cuevas is making a strong bid to be Culver City High’s quarterback this season. Cuevas is a senior who has transferred from Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach. in last week’s passing league tournament at USC Cuevas directed Culver’s offense most of the time. The Centaurs won three early games to earn a No. 3 seed for the playoff round, won another game, then were eliminated in the semi-finals by Rancho Verde High of Temecula, a defending CIF ch...
Kerry Kendall, a former star Culver City High football lineman, died on Saturday, June 23 at the age of 60. Kendall, known for his strength, was a premier tackle and linebacker on the 1970 Centaur squad. He was the half brother of former Culver baseball star Deron Jackson, who progressed to the Chicago White Sox and is currently a White Sox announcer....
