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By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter In a seemingly sudden move, Dylan Farris has resigned as principal of Culver City High, effective as of October 24. Farris announced last week he had been appointed to the position of Executive Director of Human Resources for the El Segundo Unified School District, a post which he will assume on October 27. According to a letter he sent to the district, assistant principal Lisa Cooper will succeed Farris as interim principal. In the resignation letter Farris...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The unofficial changing of the guard for Ocean League football took place in Jerry Chabola Stadium at Culver City High on Friday, October 17 as the undefeated and new-league upstart El Segundo High Eagles shut out the current league title-holding Centaurs, 41-0. The Mercy Rule was in effect for the fourth quarter, meaning the game continued on running time. That happens when there's a difference of 35 points with one quarter remaining. For Culver City the game...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Suicide Hill and Agony Hill are not fictitious flash points, downloads of the latest recording artists, reality show entrees or sub-portal links to popular online video games. They are physical land features that impose themselves upon the local runners who test their paths. The slew of SoCal high school cross country athletes that challenge these dominant peaks and their respective courses do not suffer lightly. The Culver City High cross country team competed...
Did you know that more than 45% of CCUSD students receive free or reduced price lunches at their schools every day? For many students, this vital resource includes free breakfast. In some circumstances, healthy, reliable meals on the weekends are not a guarantee. Since 2013, the CCUSD Backpacks for Kids program has been serving students at all CCUSD school sites, serving more than 10,000 meals to students throughout the year. "Once the word got out about CCUSD students needing food for the...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Theo and I just returned from a great and interesting vacation to Georgia, South Carolina and Florida lasting almost four months. In Nahunta, Georgia we were invited to a high school ROTC flight program where we addressed three classes for an hour each from my perspective as an Army NCO in an Armored Cavalry Regiment. We also spoke at a city commendation award presentation to Angela Lee for spearheading a group to beautify Waycross, Georgia. Theo and I...
By Sandra Coopersmith Features Writer A huge deterrent to accomplishing the goals on one's bucket list would be falling and breaking a hip, an experience which, for those in their golden years, could well accelerate kicking that container. Studies have shown that 90% of hip fractures are caused by a fall, one in three adults over age 65 fall each year, half of the seniors who fall will do so repeatedly, and fear of falling increases that risk. Fortunately, participants in Phyllis Farrell's...
Farragut Elementary School’s eagerly anticipated 9th annual Fall Festival is on Saturday, October 18th from 11am to 4pm on the athletic field just off the main parking lot behind the school. Parking is free. All families are invited to come and enjoy a day of Halloween fun. Take advantage of discounted pre-sales ticket pricing before and after school by the front main doors starting October 13-17th – 25 tickets for $20 and an all-day pass for inflatables is $10. Tickets can also be bought on the day of the Festival for $1 each and the all...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The 2014 Ocean League football season cannot start soon enough for Culver City High as they are still searching for their first victory of the season. Their last preseason contest against the Channel Islands High Raiders in Jerry Chabola Stadium on a rare Thursday night game, October 2 resulted in a 21-14 loss. Again the Centaurs rallied for a touchdown in the fourth quarter only to come up on the short end of the final score. Culver lost all five non-league...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist I just know there are many, many of you out there who are in deep shock over the passing of Alexander Shulgin. He was born in Berkeley, CA on June 17, 1925 and is the scientist who created over 200 compounds used in psychotherapy, including Ecstasy. Back on Jan. 28, 2014 an Artesia woman’s home was broken into by a man breaking a kitchen window. He was covered in blood as he wrestled her in the living room. The victim broke away, ran to a neighbor’s hom...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The school of hard knocks is alive and well and still in session for Culver City High football in 2014. As the fading twilight sky revealed a sliver of an autumn moon dipping toward the Pacific Ocean beyond the western hometown bleachers the Centaurs were playing host to the Paramount High Pirates on September 26 at Jerry Chabola Stadium. This particular test was going to become another rough but purposeful one. Ultimately, Paramount imposed themselves with...
Donald Ormand "Don" Chandler was born in Oregon City, Oregon, on September 19, 1924. He grew up on a small beef ranch owned by his parents, Harry and Frieda Chandler, and had his primary and high school education in Oregon City schools. After completing high school, Don enrolled at a local junior college, where he studied engineering until he was drafted into the United States Army. Don served with the U.S. First Army and after basic training was shipped to England. He entered Occupied Europe...
Here is a way for all of us to obtain some great bargains and help the Friends of the Culver City Youth Health Center in their fundraising efforts for this year. Bidding For Good is an online auction site where nonprofit groups can run auctions to assist in their projects. The Friends group is the fundraising arm of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center which is located on the campus of Culver City High and Culver City Middle School. The proceeds of this auction will support the free ongoing physical and mental health programs at the Center....
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist It was one hundred years ago the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was started. Sixty years ago the Supreme Court ruled public school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, and the country moved ahead with such laws as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Fair Housing Act signed into law in 1968 and affirmative action policies in education and in the workplace. But today all is not we...
Lowell Rose, a 2008 Culver City High graduate, has signed a contract to play cornerback for the Miami Dolphins. Rose has taken a circuitous route to the NFL, but his dream of playing in the NFL has finally come true. He was deflated when he was recently cut by the San Diego Chargers on August 25 but His agent, Jason Chinn, called and said, "You did a good job during the time you were in (with the Chargers), and you should be hearing from some teams." On the nest Tuesday when he cleared waivers...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Who wouldn't want to run in The Great Cow Run, one of the best-named athletic events in Southern California? And that's exactly how the Culver City High 2014 cross country team began its season at Cerritos Regional County Park to compete against 29 other high schools on Saturday, September 6. According to the race's website: "The invitational has grown in order to incorporate the theme of the cow due to the history of Cerritos formerly known as Dairy Valley." Th...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Game, set, match. The 2014 Culver City High girls tennis team won its season home-opener, 11-7 on Tuesday, September 9, against Windward School, an emerging local private school athletic rival. The win didn’t come as easily as expected but the Centaurs evened their season won-lost record after falling in the season opener at Torrance High last Thursday. Leading the way for the Centaurs was Danielle Garrido, who demonstrated why she is one of the elite junior t...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The first line in this story easily could have read: 'On any given Friday night...' Ultimately it was a game that evoked an element often missing from high school football now as the focus frequently evolves around big-time recruiting football programs: the thrill of the unknown until the final seconds tick away. The fans at Friday night's 2014 Centaur home-opener in Jerry Chabola Stadium were fortunate to have experienced such as the Peninsula High Panthers...
By John Nachbar City Manager City Clerk’s Office • Vacancies to be filled on Culver City's Commissions and Committees - The City Clerk’s Office is pleased to announce the application period for the following two vacancies: 1) Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission – Seat #1 (for an unexpired term ending on June 30, 2016) and 2) Disability Advisory Committee – Seat #9 (for an unexpired term ending on June 30, 2015). Applications will be accepted by the City Clerk’s Office until 5 p....
October 13, 1930 - August 30, 2014 Husband of Alma . . . Father of Ronald Dean, James Albert, and Tony Patrick . . . Grandfather of Ron Ryan, Matthew, Nathan, and Ariella. Ronald's father Jim was born in Culver City in 1909 before the city was even established. He attended Culver Grammar School in 1916 and worked at MGM Studios as a light man from 1929 to 1959. Ronald's mother, Kathy, was a waitress at Petrelli's in the 1930's. Ronald attended Culver Grammar School in 1937 and was a Hamilton...
“I don’t think we’ve ever had a ‘double whammy’ before,” said Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells, as she took to the “well” in the Mike Balkman City Council Chambers on September 8, to swear in both the new police and fire chiefs of Culver City. Lines of police officers and fire fighters stood in the back and on the sides of the auditorium as a full house lauded the new Police Chief, Scott Bixby and the new Fire Chief David Lawrence White. Sahli-Wells, before administering the oaths of office, describ...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The Culver City High 2014 varsity football team customarily began another year with a very tough pre-league season schedule. Last year was a prime example of this forging process that has served the Centaurs well during the past five years culminating with a 5-0 record and the 2013 Ocean League Championship. Last Friday the Centaurs took a short excursion south to the ‘friendly’ confines of West High School in Torrance to take on the CIF Southern Section div...
The Culver City Sister City Committee invites the public to attend its annual quarterly membership meeting and picnic, honoring the students and families who participated in this summer's youth exchange programs. It will be at Lindberg Park on Sunday, Sept. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 pm. The picnic will feature an El Pollo Loco Lunch & beverages for $10 a person, $5 for 16 and under (no charge for the program participants). Students and adults will share their experiences related to visiting Kaizuka,...
Dale Jones, born Harry Dowe Jones, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2014 at the age of 82 at his home in Maricopa, Arizona. Born on September 7, 1931 in Litchfield, Arizona to Charles and Audrey Jones, Dale's father died before he was born and his mother when he was just two years old. He and his brother Charles were sent by train to Los Angeles where they lived in several foster homes, sometimes together and others times separately. During this time Dale took refuge with the Cox Family, whe...
Special to the Observer Part 2 of 2 Last week the offense was featured in our Culver City High football preview. Now we’ll focus on the defense Defensive line: Since the Tom Salter era began in 1999, Culver City switched from an even (40) defense to a 3-4 defensive odd front. This has been the basis of their front three which contains several reads. Coaches are excited about the leaders on the defensive line. “Although not big in stature, they make up for it in quickness and ferocity. “The first one is Fred Wadibia (6’-0”, 215 lbs.) who is a...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Can anyone help me understand what is going on with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the deputies who man the central jail? I know some deputies who are truly good people with ethics and a caring personality, and yet we hear of alleged violent beatings, “gladiator” type fights – and sometimes the deputies film them. Six deputies and a sergeant went on trial at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. I have been told the first job dep...
