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Culver City High School's football coach, Jamal Wright, is understandably excited about the new season that begins later this month after his team sparkled in summer tournaments. "We’re excited about the ’18 team, and we’ve got a good mix of returners who have improved and newcomers who are hungry to improve themselves," Wright said. For the first time in recent history, the Centaurs won two passing tournaments this summer, went to the finals in the prestigious “Bonita Air Assault,” and performed very well in the last and most prestigio...
Five standout football players on the Culver City Centaurs have garnered coveted Division-1 scholarship offers from some of the nation's top universities. Dominick Tatum, who plays both on offense and on defense, received nine D-1 offers. He gave Nevada a verbal commitment but UCLA and Colorado have told him they will be watching his performance in the first three games of the season and may make him offers of their own. Receiver and safety Jamal Glaspie caught 48 balls last season for the Centaurs and also caught the eyes of many scouts. He...
The Culver City High School football team opened their fall camp this week and will train for three days running and conditioning before they "put on the pads" and combat their fellow Centaurs in practice soon. The Centaurs had an amazing summer. some who say that it was the best in two decades. Culver opened the summer "passing league" season with two big tournament championships, and then in the prestigious Bonita passing tournament, they finished second among 30 top-ranked teams. To prove...
Abel Lezcano, a Culver City grad whose outstanding high-school grades earned him a spot at the prestigious Colgate University in New York, has just received the university's "Dean's Award for Academic Excellence." Only students who receive a term grade-point average of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses are eligible for the award. Lezcano, who is majoring in history, is on track to graduate in 2020. Colgate offers 56 majors to a diverse student body of approximately 2,900...
The obvious winners from the Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. AFSCME last month are the hundreds of thousands of teachers and other public workers who will no longer have union “agency fees” involuntarily taken from their paychecks. In the long run, however, the benefits to "Blue State" budgets may prove more consequential. Having promised public workers big pensions without saving the money to pay them, many of these states are fiscal time bombs. Nationwide, state pensions have unf...
Culver High's head football coach, Jamal Wright, decided to place his team into one last passing tournament this summer. And based on the way the team played, the regular season that begins at the end of next month looks like yet another promising one for the Centaurs. This tournament was probably the most prestigious and had the highest level of competition that the Centaurs played in this summer. It included a veritable "who's who" of powerhouse programs in Southern California. For starters,...
By Sandra Coopersmith When it comes to hands-on involvement in helping the poor and homeless, Paul Ehrlich, whom I would definitely rate as one of the good guys, is no slacker. Every Saturday morning his dining room table transforms into a work station where sandwiches are made and bagged along with a bottle of water, piece of fruit and some kind of dessert for distribution to the poor and homeless he encounters along his route that day. Leftover food and any merchandise that has been donated (c...
On Saturday, the Centaurs returned for the tournament portion of the Bonita “Air Assault” passing contest with the officials determining the top seeds and who the Centaurs would play in the first round. The No. 1 seed was the Valencia Vikings and the No. 2 seed was the Hart Indians. Both schools compete in the same league and are bitter rivals but are unquestionably two of the best teams in Southern California. Since there were 30 teams in the tournament, the first two seeds received a bye in the first round. Culver City was undefeated in poo...
The Culver Sister City Committee will welcome high school students and chaperones from Iksan South Korea, one of Culver's international sister cities, for a potluck on July 22 at 4 p.m. in Carlson Park. All Culver residents are invited to meet the visitors and bring either appetizers, a salad, fruit or an entrée to enhance the meal. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. Iksan students will be living and learning in Culver City through July 31. Activities for students and host families include in-depth touring of the community. Host...
After winning their first two passing tournaments, the Culver City Centaurs entered one of the biggest and most prestigious tourneys of the summer--the "Bonita Air Assault" in the San Gabriel Valley. It is such a big tournament that it is played over two days. To win, it takes a combination of talent, luck and depth: Making the finals requires five games one day and five more the next. In the first game, the Cents played Glendora and blew them out, 52-18. The Centaurs were on fire, even though...
Dear Editor, As a lifelong Liberal Democrat and 35-year resident of Culver City, I've seen lots of changes--some good and some bad. But never yet have I witnessed the City losing its moral compass . . . until tonight, June 25, 2018. The City Council convened to discuss and revisit the recent events whereby the four so-called "Progressive" councilmembers banded together to disallow Goran Eriksson, the one remaining moderate member, his rightful turn as vice mayor/mayor and instead handed it over...
Culver City has been very fortunate to have outstanding athletes who have been talented enough to go on to get college football scholarships. This past spring there were three Centaur football players who were able to sign National Letters of Intent to play college football. One was a running back at El Camino College. The other two were defensive standouts at their respective positions: One an extremely hard-hitting linebacker at West LA College and the other a cornerback who played in spring...
By Greg Goodyear and Jerry Weiner Special to the Observer For the first time in recent memory, Culver City won the El Rancho passing tournament for the second year in a row and also won back-to-back tournaments on consecutive weekends. The Centaurs faced a slightly better level of competition this past weekend than they faced in the Western Tournament the weekend before. In addition, two of Culver’s better players were unable to attend last weekend’s tournament as Dominick Tatum was on an official trip to the University of Nevada and Khary Cru...
The Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers are both coming off seasons that neither would call a success. For the first time since 2005, both LA teams missed the playoffs. For the Lakers, this has become a routine. This was the fifth straight season the Lakers have missed the postseason. For the Clippers, this was the first time since 2011 that they had missed the playoffs. The offseason officially starts on June 21st when the 2018 NBA Draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,...
As the Class of 2018 graduates this week, no fewer than six Culver City High School athletic programs are already preparing for the Fall semester. Football, cheer, boys water polo, girls volleyball, cross country and girls tennis have practices and tryouts scheduled, or already have commenced with training. Football: Athletes may try out during Summer Workout which will begin June 11, 2018 to June 28, 2018. Monday - Thursday, 2:30-5:00 p.m. For freshman Summer workouts will begin Tuesday, June 1...
Roses are red, Violets are blue. Let me share my day of poetry With you . . . September 20, 2017 marked 100 years from the day the Culver City city charter was issued. Several special community events occurred during our Centennial year, including poetry readings that culminated in a book launch and reading at the Culver City Senior Center on Saturday, June 9th at 10 a.m., celebrating the publication of "Culver City's Centennial Poetry Collection," a labor of love that was initiated and edited...
Fresh off a solid victory in last week’s statewide primary elections, the assemblywoman who now represents Culver City and surrounding areas in the state Legislature is already preparing several proposals to tackle issues ranging from education to poverty and criminal justice reform. Fewer than 48 hours after the June 5 election that Democrat Sydney Kamlager-Dove won with nearly 55 percent of the vote, she also introduced her very first piece of legislation in Sacramento—a bill to fas...
Special to the Observer By Greg Goodyear and Larry Weiner Over the years, Culver City has been a traditionally strong program in the summer passing tournaments, but they have generally not won many of these events. The Centaurs usually participate in four or five a summer and last summer had some success winning one and going to the finals in another. In the Centaur’s first passing tournament of this summer, they entered into a new tournament they had not participated in before played at Western High School in Anaheim. The biggest question t...
The Brandeis Men’s Group meets the third Wednesday at Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium on Overland and Culver Blvd. Listen to dynamic speakers discussing very interesting topics. We fund scholarships for research projects at Brandeis University in Boston. On April 18: Breakfast 9 a.m., speaker Rich Richman, graduated from Harvard and NYU Law school; practiced for 30 years. Then on May 16 Lunch Meeting 11-2 p.m.: Speaker Thom Mason. He founded the USC Department of Jazz. He was chairman 198...
Mrs. Barbara Garner passed away peacefully in Irvine, California, on Thursday, May 31, after a brief illness. Barbara was born December 22, 1929 in Inglewood, California. After living in Henderson, Nevada for a couple years during World War II, she returned to Southern California where she graduated from Inglewood High School. She went on to complete two years at El Camino College. As a young woman, Barbara worked at Hughes Aircraft in West Los Angeles. Barbara married the love of her life, Jack...
10-18 was a banner school year for Culver City High School athletics. The Centaurs won not one, but two CIF Championships. Additionally, multiple CIF Semifinal finishes and numerous CIF Playoff seeds across the board reconfirmed a steady increase in student athlete participation and continued success for the school’s 21 athletic programs. “I’m so happy with the coaches and the student athletes. We have fine coaches, they work very hard and put in a lot of time and effort,” said Culver High At...
Robert (Bob) C. Plaice, age 79 died in Auburn, Ca on May 5, 2018. Born September 3, 1938 in Salinas, Ca. Bob was one of five boys born to Ralph and Phyllis Plaice. Bob was a member of the Navy serving during the Korean War. He graduated from Culver City High School in 1956, where he lettered in varsity track. A longtime resident of Culver City, Bob relocated to Sacramento, Ca and Sparks, Nevada before settling in Rocklin, Ca. He was a published author and cartoonist and he enjoyed reading and drawing in his later years. He had a great sense of...
Luis Ramirez will be the new Principal of La Ballona Elementary School. The announcement by CCUSD also named Vanessa San Martin as CCUSD'S Director of Child Development. Both appointments were approved unanimously by the CCUSD Board of Education on May 22. Ms. San Martin starts effective June 4; Mr. Ramirez begins effective July 24. "Both Vanessa and Luis bring a wealth of experience and expertise to their positions. We are pleased to welcome them to the CCUSD family and look forward to the...
If you are into Gospel Music than you need to get to the California African American Museum in Exposition Park before August 26th, 2018 to see “How Sweet the Sound”. The museum uses vintage photographs and video recordings to create a global phenomenon. Just a stone’s throw away is the Ray Charles Foundation Museum at 2101 West Washington Blvd in Los Angeles. As I suggested a while ago the tax on marijuana is in the opinion of many so high, users might return to their former “prov...
The best and the brightest senior student athletes from Culver City High were honored at the school’s 2017-18 Athlete of the Year Awards. Hundreds of people participated in the banquet, including students, parents, coaches, teachers and administrators. It was held Wednesday, May 23 in the school cafeteria, which was decorated in Centaur blue and white. Culver High Athletic Director Tom Salter led proceedings, along with Assistant Principal DuBois McMillan. Each of the respective program head c...
