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By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Defying the odds, the Culver City High boys basketball team has made the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Despite losing their final six Ocean League contests, most of them in the last agonizing minutes of each game, the playoff committee felt the Centaurs earned an invitation. And for added respect, the committee rewarded the team a favorable matchup against a 14th seeded team. Head coach Adam Eskridge gave a rundown on what he learned this past Sunday...
On January 28 the Culver City School Board awarded certificates to students who created art based on the theme Believe, Dream, Inspire. The art competition is sponsored by the National PTA. Students were judged at each school then the first place winners in each category were judged again at the Culver City Council level and the first place winners at Council were judged at the 33rd District PTA level. Winners in each category are as follows: Culver City Council Winners Primary Visual Arts – Min...
Those of you who attended, or have children who attended Culver schools will recognize the name Sandy Segal. Sandy was the school nurse at the secondary sites in the District from 1974 until her retirement in 2005. For more than 40 years she cared for the physical and emotional needs of students. The Culver City Youth Health Center located on the grounds of the Middle School and High School would not exist without Sandy. In recognition of her dedication to the well-being of our children, her...
Four City Council candidates spoke about their positions on a number of issues at a candidates' forum held at the Culver City Senior Center on February 5. The candidates included incumbents Jim Clarke and Jeff Cooper, newcomer Christopher Patrick King, and frequent City Council and School Board candidate Gary Abrams. Sharon Hyland-Elstein, new president of the Culver City Senior Center Association, introduced the candidates to an audience of seniors during the lunchtime hour at the Center, and...
City Manager’s Office • 2014 General Municipal Election (April 8, 2014): The City Clerk’s Office maintains a website with up-to-the-minute information about the upcoming election. That webpage can be accessed here: https://www.culvercity.org/en/Government/CityClerk/ElectionInformation.aspx Transportation Department • Tokyo Gas Visits Culver City Transportation: On January 9 the Equipment Maintenance & Fleet Services Division hosted a Japanese delegation at the Transportation Department. The del...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. recently brought charges against 72 police officers, eight firemen and five corrections officers among others who filed disability claims as a direct result of 9/11, for allegedly claiming mental health disorders. The investigation is ongoing and many others could be prosecuted. Perhaps you recall a recent article where the IRS sent hundreds of phony tax refunds to one address in Europe and one in China. Not to be fooled...
By Paul Walsleben Special to the Observer When you think of youth sports, many people only think of AYSO soccer and Little League baseball. Local sport parents are discovering that besides the two favorites, Culver City has a growing reputation as a center for Lacrosse. Lacrosse is played with netted sticks, and a solid rubber ball on a soccer-sized field. As a youth game, lacrosse has the appeal of a contact sport such as football, but with the agility and running elements from soccer. Players...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor It's official. Culver City High football star Stanley Norman has transferred to Serra High in Gardena. Serra football coach Scott Altenberg confirmed the speculation that began last week that Norman had taken out transfer papers. Norman then enrolled in classes at his new school in Gardena. Altenberg also said the player's family has moved into the Serra area. The Observer was among the media outlets that had gathered information leading to the likelihood Norman...
One of Culver City Unified School's District's brightest ideas will begin to shine on Tuesday, when the switch is flipped on the new photovoltaic panels at Farragut Elementary School. The District's new solar power system, which includes similar installations at Culver City Middle School and Culver City High, will provide as much as 750kW of energy. The system will officially be turned on in a special ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. on February 4 and will feature elected officials, students and...
Jean Louise Montgomery Frick passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 4 at her assisted living home in McLean, VA. She lived in Culver City for 20 years until moving to an assisted living home in 2006. Jean was born in Atchison, Kansas on March 27, 1926, daughter of Russell James Montgomery (WWI Army Veteran, Packard Electric/GM;1896 - 1980) and Eunice Katherine Lake (D.A.R., Warren Women's Book Club; 1898 -1989). Her parents moved to Warren in her youth, Jean graduated from Warren G. Harding...
Sandra, a Culver City resident since 1983, moved from Canada to Los Angeles when she was 12 and became a U.S. citizen at 18. Her lengthy career in real estate finance commenced with residential loan closing and soon segued into commercial loan closing and servicing. At the time of her retirement from Keystone Mortgage Corporation in 2001, she was Senior Vice President and held California Escrow Association's professional designation of Certified Senior Loan Escrow Officer. She is a past...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter A self-imposed wakeup call was made as a sense of urgency fell upon the Culver City High boys basketball team late in the fourth quarter of Friday night's game at Hawthorne High. Looming in the background was the Centaurs previous two losses, also due to not securing the fourth quarter. And a sigh of relief went up after the Centaurs withstood a valiant comeback attempt by the host Cougars, 77-66. Culver had a 65-47 lead with seven minutes remaining in the...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporteri The Culver City High girls basketball team put an exclamation point on its week after Saturday's non-league victory against Ridgeview High, 53-32, in the MLK Extravaganza tournament hosted by Narbonne High. The win followed two more Ocean League successes days earlier on the road at Inglewood and Hawthorne. Coach Julian Anderson was succinct in describing the game, "We played Ridgeview from Bakersfield and we won. Right now we're doing a good job at staying...
William L. Schulze, Jr., of Playa del Rey died in an accident on Monday, November 25, 2013, in Lancaster, California. Bill was born on August 5, 1957 to William Louis Schulze, Sr. and Barbara Ann Thornton Schulze in Covington, Kentucky, the middle of three children. He attended San Mateo High School, and graduated (1975) from Avon High School in Avon, Ct. He later attended University of Southern Colorado. An ad regional sales manager, he was a robust outdoorsman. He knew no stranger – he was e...
Christopher Patrick "CPK" King's campaign team (CPK4CC) rocked the Helms District in Culver City this on January 25. More precisely, they rocked it with the help of four local bands ranging from a community jazz band, Captain Dan and the Del Rey Community Jazz Band; Samantha Ahdoot with special guests Garry Corman and Paul McCarty, hip hop artist Spliff Hemmingway, and headliner rock sensation, Satellite Sky. Many young Culver City voters filled the Bar Nine Collective on Helms Avenue in Culver...
Community Development Department • Building Safety Division – Revenues have exceeded $2.3 million during the first six months of the 2013/14 fiscal year with technology surcharge fees totaling nearly $120,000. • East Borough – Next week, East Borough, a new Vietnamese-French restaurant, will open at 9810 Washington Boulevard. The menu will include flame-grilled Lemongrass Pork and Pork Belly, a Pho Baguette, pork and shrimp spring rolls, and Bánh Xèo (a crêpe with shrimp fried in a turmeric-c...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor A bombshell announcement may be heading to the Culver City High football program. If Stanley Norman transfers to Serra High in Gardena, as is being speculated, the Centaurs would be without perhaps their best player next season. The Los Angeles Times' Eric Sondheimer, the premier high school sports reporter in Southern California, writes that Norman has taken out application papers to transfer to perennial powerhouse Serra. Norman is considered one of the top...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Since 2010 homelessness among veterans has fallen by 24% across the country according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. A recent assessment by HUD disclosed that 57,849 veterans were homeless nationwide -- very tragic, to say the least. From the file labeled "South of the Border," Brazilian police are among the world's deadliest by the rate of people killed in custody. Was it only two years ago that John Pike, as a police officer in the...
The Culver City High boys basketball fans were treated to an early Ocean League showdown between the Centaurs and visiting Santa Monica High last Friday night in Del Goodyear Gymnasium. But to their dismay the Centaurs fell to their arch rival, 62-53, as the Vikings' consistent pressure and execution earned them a comeback victory. The loss dropped Culver into a third place tie with Inglewood at 1-1 each in early Ocean League standings. Santa Monica's victory kept them in a first place tie with...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Home cookin' was all the Culver City High girls basketball team needed to get back on the winning track as they matter-of-factly took down their first two opponents to kick-off the 2014 Ocean League season at Del Goodyear Gymnasium. The Centaurs easily finished off Morningside High in their league opener, 53-19, on Wednesday. Two nights later they summarily dismissed rival Santa Monica, 58-29 in likewise fashion. It was a welcome relief after the girls had...
Culver City will host a day-long celebration to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Saturday, January 18, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Culver City Senior Center, 4095 Overland Avenue. The event is free and will feature a special public service announcement developed by Culver City youth entitled, "64 Ways to Practice nonviolence." Common Peace, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of nonviolence, and veteran filmmaker and animator Bruce Heller worked...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Culver City High's 2013 championship football season was officially honored when 15 members including the head coach were named to the 2013 Ocean League all-league team. The basic procedure for determining the all-league team is that the six league coaches are not allowed to vote for players from their own team. Each coach ranks all the players that are nominated from the other teams in the league. The Centaurs also brought home three of the league's four most c...
City Clerk’s Office • Want to receive information about the City’s 2014 Election? The City Clerk’s Office has established a webpage with important items related to the April 8, 2014 Election where the voters will select two members of the City Council. The webpage can be accessed at: https://www.culvercity.org/en/Government/CityClerk/ElectionInformation.aspx. Also, sign up for e-mail updates at: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/CACULVER/subscriber/new?pop=t and add Timely Topics - 2014...
Culver City's children's musical theatre group, dee-Lightful Productions, announces its upcoming production of Disney's High School Musical, Jr., on January 18 and 19. Under the direction of Founder and Artistic Director Dolores Aguanno, dee-Lightful Productions has partnered with the Culver City Department of Parks & Recreation since 1999, and has been the recipient of several "Best of Culver City" awards in the last few years. Families and kids of all ages love the shows, which run about 90...
Our dear husband, father, brother, mentor, teacher, and friend passed away peacefully on Christmas Day with family by his side. Glen Edward Adair was born in Santa Monica, on January 6, 1944. He graduated from Culver City High received a B.S. from California State University, Northridge; and an M.A. from the University of Nevada, Reno. From 1963-1966, Glen served in the US Army Air Corps and assisted in the development of the Harrier Aircraft during the Vietnam War. He subsequently worked as a...
