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Parks & Rec Liaisons Meet, Discuss Roxbury Renovations By Marla Schevker The Beverly Hills Recreation and Parks Liaison Committee met Monday to discuss the multi-use sports field, playground area and field restrooms for the Roxbury Park modernization. Parks and Urban Forest
Manager Ken Pfalzgraf said for the sports fields their main concerns are user safety, field recover and maintenance efficiency/cost savings. The baseball field area, which is also used for soccer and picnics, is approximately 77,000-square (see ‘ROXBURY’ page 12)
BALLROOM CHAMPIONS—El Rodeo ballroom dancing students in Paige Lucas’ fifth-grade class won “gold” in their ballroom dancing tournament last week in Los Angeles. Pictured (from left) are the ballroom dancers after their big win. Back row: Nicholas Andrews, Nolan Dzubak, Joey Austin, Paige Lucas, Daniel Khalili, Ryan Fernandez and Ben Lifshitz. Front Row: Olivia Ferris, Yasmin Sobhanian, Cori Dyner, Isabella Raspi, Bella Ravaei and Lina Chen.
BHUSD Finance Committee Shifts Leadership By Laura Coleman After two years at the helm of the Beverly Hills Unified School District Finance Committee, outgoing chair Herb Young passed that responsiblity to Vice Chair Mel Spitz this month, with Bob Sternshein taking up Spitz’s former role. “Just our being here, dealing with staff, bouncing ideas off staff, making recommendations to the board, reviewing what the board is doing, that’s important,” Young told The
Courier. Formed in Oct. 2010 to help the district address systematic problems in the wake of misappropriated funds, the Finance Committee has championed for internal audits and has demonstrated its commitment to providing the school board with constructive criticism and recommendations that at times run counter to board actions. Spitz said he anticipated the committee’s role would be-
Beverly Vista Cuts Ribbon On New Michael J. Libow Atrium Bob Sternshein & Herb Young
come increasingly valuable to the community and the district in the wake of the need to slice over $3 million in programs (see ‘FINANCE’ page 7)
City Council Considers Dog Park At Roxbury By Matt Lopez Councilmembers Lili Bosse and Barry Brucker did some back-and-forth barking Tuesday afternoon during discussion of a possible off-leash
dog park at Roxbury Park. The item was brought up for discussion at the request of Vice Mayor John Mirisch, who wanted an update on the City's search for an off-leash dog park
LIBOW ATRIUM—Beverly Vista School officially cut the ribbon Monday on the Michael Libow Atrium at Beverly Vista. Pictured (from left): Gary Woods, Noah Margo, Brian Goldberg, Lewis Hall, Lisa Korbatov, Michael Libow, Rich Waters, Lili Bosse and Marty Powers.
location in the city. Staff's recommendation is to place it at Roxbury Park, taking over the little-used Croquet (see ‘DOG PARK’ page 11)
By Laura Coleman On Monday, Michael J. Libow demonstrated his commitment to giving back to the community that shaped him when he cut the ribbon on the newly named Michael J. Libow
Atrium at Beverly Vista. “My fondness for [BV] goes back to the fact that it’s where I started my schooling,” he told The Courier. “My heart really is back at Beverly Vista.” (see ‘RIBBON CUTTING’ page 15)
BUDDY—Buddy is an eightmonth-old, purebred Beagle who recently moved to California from the East Coast. Unfortunately, his family was not able to find dog-friendly housing and they are looking to rehome him with the help of ShelterHopePetShop.org . Those interested in adopting Buddy this holiday weekend may contact Shelter Hope Pet Shop at 818-453-5798.
LIVING HISTORY—Horace Mann sixth graders got the opportunity to enliven their social studies lesson with a visit inside LACMA’s 48-foot “ancient world mobile.” Students worked with the museum educators to create symbolic ceramic tiles representing symbols from the By Laura Coleman The Board of Education ancient world. Pictured (from left): Isabel Pahed, Alexis Bell voted 4-1 last week to formalize an agreement with Keygent and Dylan Georgiou.
School District Votes To Formalize Agreement With Financial Advisor
to advise the district on its capCourier Photo by ital improvement program with Laura Coleman respect to Measure E bond
funds. Boardmember Lewis Hall voted against the decision, citing concern that Keygent would be compensated on a percentage basis from bond sales, as is industry practice. (see ‘KEYGENT’ page 15)
Subin Takes The Lead On BHPD Social Media By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills Police Department is quickly growing its social media presence and at the helm of it all is new Community Relations Sgt. Max Subin. Subin, a 13-year veteran of the BHPD, has been tapped to help connect with the Beverly Hills community beyond just the average face-to-face interaction. He's at the helm of
Max Subin
BHPD's rapidly expanding social media presence, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Nixle. That social media reach
was most recently on display two weeks ago when a mysterious package was left in front of Chanel on Rodeo Drive. Subin, who was working that day, immediately sent out a press release via e-mail and Nixle, a social media service that allows releases and other messages to be sent directly to a reader's mobile device. Subin said no updates are available on that case as of press time (see ‘SUBIN’ page 12)
THANKSGIVING CHEER—Students from the Beverly Vista Choir sang to seniors at Roxbury Park this week as part of the seniors thanksgiving luncheon sponsored by the Fire Department. Pictured (front row, from left): Camille Feigler, Gal Fayerman, Daniel Im, Santiago Sanchez, Eric Cherdak. Second row: Brandon Wolfe. Third row (from left): Aubriana Schwarz, Zoe Bertet. Back row: Nicole Hong.