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TIMELY TOUR

CIDER

GARDENS

Meet some former locals on tours at the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery.

Grizzly bear is the mascot of a new brew.

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Troilus roses were in bloom at Descanso in August.

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Real Estate Libraries, Museums Home & Garden

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hancock park • windsor square • fremont place • Greater Wilshire • Miracle Mile • park la brea • Larchmont

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One of Windsor Square’s grandes-12,500 sf on a nearly 27,000 lot, 11 bedrooms, 8.5 baths.

Elegant Country English. 5 beds & 3.5 baths. Pool & guest house. 357NorthMcCadden.com

Luxury California indoor/outdoor retreat replete w/pool & lrge deck. 5+5. 639NorthJune.com

This 4+4.5 Spanish was gutted & remodeled w/new 2nd story + garage & salt water pool & spa

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Dramatic Spanish. 3beds + tandem room up. 1bed + 1bath down w/ pool. 543NorthMcCadden.com.

Gorgeous 4 bed, 3 updated bath Spanish on prime tree lined street! (4th used as family rm)

Sold! 4+3, fam rm; Cntr hall. Fpl, stained glass wndws; coved ceiling, hdwd flrs. Pool.

Lovely Spanish remodeled with quality & attention to detail.

3+2+converted garage+backyard

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Located across from the Raliegh Studios 698 Sq Ft. bungalow 2+1 bath on 1,550 sq ft lot.

Duplex plus a Studio. W Adams District. Will deliver Vacant.

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Investors or First time buyers delight! Centrally located California bungalow w/ 2+1+den.

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LEASED! 3Beds + den/ or possible 4th bedroom for lease.

Conveniently located close to all.

Bright, spacious rooms w/ hwd floors & crown moldings. Full service building+gym+spa. 2+1

Fantastic lower Spanish duplex on prime block. 3 + 2 Gorgeously updated. 3rd Street School

Elegant 1925 Country English home on a tree-lined block..

Bonus studio space. 3bds+2bas.

$7,350,000

Lisa Hutchins (323) 460-7626

$2,695,000

Loveland Carr Properties (323) 460-7606

$1,200,000

Bob Day (323) 860-4221

$6,000/ MO

Cecille Cohen (213) 810-9949

HANCOCK PARK NORTH (323) 464-9272 251 North Larchmont Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90004

$3,695,000

Loveland Carr Properties (323) 460-7606

$1,875,000

Lisa Hutchins (323) 460-7626

$769,000

Maria C. Gomez Gri Crs Cips (213) 705-1603

$5,000/ MO

Loveland Carr Properties (323) 460-7606

$3,250,000

Loveland Carr Properties (323) 460-7606

$1,699,000

Cecille Cohen (213) 810-9949

$525,000

Maria C. Gomez Gri Crs Cips (213) 705-1603

$4,900/ MO

Lisa Hutchins (323) 460-7626

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Lisa Hutchins (323) 460-7626

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$7,800/ MO

Rick Llanos (323) 460-7617

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James R Hutchison (310) 562-5907

HANCOCK PARK SOUTH (323) 462-0867 119 North Larchmont Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90004

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OBITUARIES

Alex Pantages, Coldwell Banker

Alex Pantages died July 28 at the age of 78. The longtime Coldwell Banker real estate agent in Hancock Park passed away peacefully after braving a medical condition.

He joined Coldwell Banker in

1985 and lived in the Hancock Park/Windsor Square area.

He attended Black-Foxe Military Institute and the University of Colorado, and he received a degree in computer science at UCLA. He served in the National Guard during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A champion diver in his youth, he later enjoyed deep sea diving and was a

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professional photographer.

He is survived by his wife, Carol Thomas Pantages, son Lee and daughter Mary Salvador, step children Julianne Jeffries and William T. Jeffries and six grandchildren.

Donations can be made to the Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary at 1225 Wilshire Blvd., LA, CA 90017.

David Haas, Village mainstay Pioneer Larchmont Village hairdresser David Haas died unexpectedly Aug. 11, 2016.

Haas, 69, suffered a heart attack at his Los Feliz home. Born in Idaho, he and his husband, Michael Snyder, frequently returned to that state to visit.

Haas founded Haas & Co, at 136 N. Larchmont Blvd., more than 39 years ago, according to Pam Rudy, who began as a customer then. The shop has served many prominent local people, including Haas’s land-

lady, Charlotte LaBonte Lipson, daughter of the developer of much of Larchmont Blvd.

Haas was a stalwart supporter of the Larchmont Boulevard Association and its annual Larchmont Family Fair, as well as Hope-Net’s Taste of Larchmont and other local causes.

“He was interested in everyone he met and was beloved by many in our community. He was a good and happy man,” said Rudy.

A private memorial service will be held on Sept. 18.

Bernard Cohen, 1929-2016

Bernard Cohen died on Aug. 14 at the age of 87. He was the father and father-in-law of Hancock Park’s Marc Cohen and Lyn MacEwen Cohen, both of whom are leaders of the First-In Fire Foundation and many other local causes.

Bernie Cohen died suddenly of a heart attack. In addition to the Marc Cohens, he is survived by Ruth, his wife of 68 years, and three other sons and their families.

A native of New York, Cohen was a Teamster truck driver in his early years, delivering

fruits and vegetables to supermarkets. He moved to Los Angeles in 1985, and he managed supermarket produce sections in his later years.

His son, Marc, says of his father: “Family was everything to him. … He never left the United States, didn’t own a passport. His joy wasn’t, like for many of us, in traveling or explorations. His joy was being with his family.”

Donations in his memory may be made to Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles or Hatzolah of Los Angeles.

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LADY IN WAITING SOLD: This house at 510 S. Lucerne Blvd. for $4.3 million.

Single family homes

Originally built for the Van De Kamp family, this home was constructed in 1921. This home has been in the same family since 1941. The current owner is the wife of renowned architect Edward H. Fickett. The house consists of 3 floors, 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths plus family room. There was a new roof installed in 2011, some copper plumbing upgrades, original woodwork, hardwood floors and a nice floor plan flow from the living room to the family room which leads out to a covered patio and a nice grassy yard. Other features include: a separate breakfast room, maids room, formal dining room and large en-suite master. Located in prime “Windsor Square.”

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368 S. Rimpau Blvd.

510 S. Lucerne Blvd.

254 S. Windsor Blvd.

122 S. Norton Ave. 333 N. Las Palmas Ave. 419 S. McCadden Pl. 527 S. Arden Blvd.

451 N. Mansfield Ave. 590 N. Cahuenga Blvd.

630 N. Cherokee Ave. 146 N. Highland Ave. 1000 S. Highland Ave. 902 S. Victoria Ave. 958 Keniston Ave. 465 S. Mansfield Ave. 960 4th Ave. 533 N. Arden Blvd.

4847 Oakwood Ave. 852 S. Mullen Ave. 403 N. Irving Blvd.

809 3rd Ave. 505 N. St. Andrews Pl. 334 N. Hobart Blvd.

1045 S. Manhattan Pl. 1201 S. Windsor Blvd.

1128 S. St. Andrews Pl. *Selling prices for July 2016.

$8,000,000 4,300,000 4,000,000 3,900,000 3,675,000 3,100,000 2,950,000 2,100,000 1,850,000 1,810,000 1,575,000 1,500,000 1,450,000 1,302,000 1,272,000 1,230,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,047,000 1,025,000 1,022,500 960,000 949,000 920,000 855,000 820,000

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Top 100 in Southern California Homes for an Era - Agents for a Lifetime

Luxury and Sophisticated Elegance

WILSHIRE CURSON rendering above.

434 N. MANSFIELD AVE.

Jerde Partnership

7 BR / 8.5 BA, 7,481 SF $4,900,000

JH Snyder moves forward with 12-story building

JH Snyder Company released its latest rendering for the Wilshire Curson, a 12-story, $170 million office building to be added to Museum Square at Wilshire Blvd. and Curson Ave. Wilshire Curson will join the 10-story SAG-AFTRA Plaza and will replace an existing surface parking lot. With its entrance on Curson, the building will sit behind the SAG-AFTRA Plaza restaurants and shops along Wilshire.

Designed by Jerde Partnership, Wilshire Curson will have 250,000 square feet of creative office space with a two-story lobby opening onto a public garden. It will have a faceted goemetric facade of glass and will book-end its neighbors, the La Brea Tar Pits and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Landscaping will echo the plant palette of the adjacent museum, and the site will get new water-saving landscaping.

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by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property provided by seller or obtained from public records or other sources, and the buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information through personal inspection and with appropriate professionals.

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At the cemetery: West Adams Living History Tour has timely feel “Making a Difference: The Bumpy Road toward Civil Rights, Social Justice and Equality,” West Adams Heritage Assoc. (WAHA) 2016 Liv-

ing History Tour, is Sat., Sept.

24 at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, 1831 W. Washington Blvd. On the two- to threehour tour, visitors will “meet”

historic residents whose life stories reflect the fight for a variety of civil rights — “the right to live wherever one wishes, the right to vote, and

the right to equal treatment under law,” said tour co-chair Laura Meyers.

“This year’s tour has an especially timely theme, as

we explore the tumultuous journey in this nation toward equal rights for all, regardless of race, gender or religion,” she added.

Actors in costume and at graveside-set vignettes will

SUFFRAGIST Josefa Tolhurst.

give first-person portrayals of some of those buried here, including “Gone With the Wind’s” Hattie McDaniel, who became a civil rights advocate in the 1940s when she was being denied the right to live in her own home, based on her race.

Meet influential suffragist Josefa Tolhurst and attorney Hugh MacBeth, a staunch advocate for the JapaneseAmericans who were sent to relocation camps in 1942, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.

Visitors on the 26th annual tour will also meet George K. Matsuura, an all-star player in the Nisei League and one of the 120,000 Japanese-Americans who were sent to the camps. Others are Pearl Ng Kim Louie, whose Chineseborn mother was brought to San Francisco as a child slave in the 1860s, and John Ballard, a former slave who helped build First African Methodist Episcopal’s first church.

“Ironically, we have been working on this year’s tour theme for almost two years — well before the current presidential election cycle,” said Meyers.

Rosedale Cemetery (now Angelus Rosedale) was founded in 1884, when Los Angeles was a small town and its location at what is now the corner of Washington Blvd. and Normandie Ave. was in the countryside, outside the city limits.

It was the first cemetery in Los Angeles open to all races, faiths and creeds, and it was the first to use a new approach in design called “lawn cemeteries…where nature and art conspire to surround the burial places of the dead with beautiful trees and flowers, natural scenery and works of monumental art.”

Tours will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Tickets through Sept.

12 are $30, $25 for WAHA members. Visit tours@westadamsheritage.org.

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Quiet crisis: Saving trees in Los Angeles, and city's livability Guest Column

by Andy Lipkis Throughout Los Angeles, trees are in decline. It is a quiet crisis, and it’s accelerating. Losing trees begins a vicious cycle of creating an ever-hotter and drier urban climate that threatens public health and the very livability of our city.

Last year, I attended a pre-

sentation by the Urban Forester of Santa Monica, who said that — after four years of drought — our trees’ ability to take up water has atrophied, especially in trees not native to our region.

Whereas, in past years, many trees have been struggling but surviving, it’s now reached the point where they’re dying. This is a critical time for saving Los

Angeles’ trees.

Many of our declining trees need emergency watering. Over the decades, taxpayer dollars have paid for millions of trees to be planted in our region, trees that have been repaying us many times over by providing a precious tree canopy. Many of these trees may be lost. This not only means a loss of this invest-

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ment. It also means a loss of incentives to install rainwater beauty, wildlife habitat, oxygen, tanks (also known as cisterns) air cleaning and water cleaning, at homes and businesses. These carbon-absorbing health-provid- tanks led people to conserve ing services to Angelenos. But even more because they became even more is at stake: this loss active managers of their visiof trees could threaten our very ble water “bank account.” The result was a steep lives. drop in per-perLessons from Home Ground son water use.

Australia is by One of the I learned Andy Lipkis, painful lessons this vividly on Paula Panich's guest from the Austraa recent tour columnist this month lian experience of Austrawas the loss of lia, a country millions of trees that has seen record-breaking heat in recent and public green space, together years due to climate change. making their cities hotter and From 1997 to 2010, Australia triggering significant public endured a devastating drought. health impacts. There, in neighTheir powerful successes, as well borhoods that were lacking in as some of their painful mis- trees, people were exceptionally takes, provide a valuable guide vulnerable to the heat. Accordto us in Los Angeles and Califor- ing to the Centers for Disease nia as we face similar conditions Control, excessive heat is a leading cause of preventable, weathtoday.

Like California, Australia er-related deaths, particularly responded with progressively among the elderly. deeper conservation measures The Australians found that a as their drought worsened. In dense tree canopy can save lives addition to imposing water use and, even in the midst of their restrictions, government agen- own drought, they prioritized cies educated the public and the planting and care of trees. engaged communities in tak- So, in the current Los Angeles ing action. To rapidly increase drought emergency, what does local water supply, they assisted this mean for us? It means that people in capturing and mak- while we reduce water for noning use of every drop of rainwa- essential uses, we must use it to ter that fell. Agencies provided (Please turn to page 7)

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a week. Create a small watering basin with a berm of dirt.

3. Shower with a bucket and use that water for your trees as long as it is free of non-biodegradable soaps or shampoos.

4. Do not trim trees during drought, if possible. Pruning and drought both stress your trees.

5. Mulch, Mulch, MULCH! Three-to-four inches of mulch help to retain moisture, reduc-

ing water needs and protecting your trees. Do not pile the mulch against the trunk Call the city!

Also be sure to call your city councilmember and register your concern about dying public trees, and ask for funds to be prioritized to protect and save our city’s tree canopy. We all must work together to address this quiet crisis.

This guest column by Tree-

People’s founder, Andy Lipkis, originally appeared in “Pacific Horticulture,” journal of the Pacific Horticulture Society: pacifichorticculture.org.

TreePeople works on all fronts to bolster Los Angeles’ ability to respond to this tree emergency.

TreePeople inspires and supports people coming together to plant and care for trees, harvest the rain and renew depleted landscapes. Visit: treepeople.org.

SAVING TREES is on local agendas; it’s also a concern citywide.

Above, a 90-year-old parkway sycamore in Citrus Square that fell recently.

Photo by Kathy Seid

keep our city’s trees alive.

Water the trees!

A healthy tree canopy and available soil moisture is essential for keeping neighborhoods cool. You can make a difference by learning to water trees properly during the drought. Here are some basic steps to help trees survive: 1. Deeply and slowly water

mature trees one to two times a month with a simple soaker hose or drip system toward the edge of the tree canopy to within one foot of the trunk — not at the base of the tree. Use a Hose Faucet Timer (found at hardware stores) to prevent overwatering.

2. Young trees need 15 gallons of water two to four times

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Play day raises funds for CicLAvia CicLAvia is throwing its first fundraising event with a picnic, raffle, games, live music and more Sat., Sept.17 in the Downtown Arts District, at Lot 613, 613 Imperial St. Besides a picnic-style lunch by a local Los Angeles chef, the family-friendly event will also include beer, wine, a raffle,

helmet decorating, games and live music.

This will also be the launch of CicLAvia’s own brand of bike and helmet.

Tickets start at $100 for adults and $15 for kids aged 15 years old and younger.

For information visit ciclavia.org or call 213-355-8500.

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Libraries: practice SATs, study, write, read, learn

twicethe is drop nice.wishes they Water your yard twice a week max.

could all be California - friendly landscapes. trade in your lawn

for a beautiful

california-friendly garden

FAIRFAX LIBRARY 161 S. Gardner St. 323-936-6191 Children Toddler storytime: For kids ages 18 mos. to 3 years.

Wednesdays, 10:15 and 11 a.m.

Adults Art of Meditation: Sat., Sept.

24 from 2 to 3 p.m.

Book sale: Wednesdays from noon to 4 p.m.

English conversation: Practice English-speaking skills Wednesdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

MEMORIAL LIBRARY 4625 W. Olympic Blvd.

323-938-2732 Teens College prep workshop: Take the practice SAT test Sat., Sept. 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Adults Tuesday @ the movies: Free film Sept. 6 and 20 at 5 p.m.

Book sale: Tuesdays, 12:30 to 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Fun & games for adults: Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m.

Writers workshop: Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

FREMONT LIBRARY 6121 Melrose Ave. 323-962-3521 Children Stuffed animal sleepover:

Drop off animal at storytime, Thurs., Sept. 15 at 4 p.m. Pick up and hear more stories, Sat., Sept. 17 at 3 p.m.

Adults Book sale: Fri., Sept. 2 from noon to 4 p.m., and Sat., Sept.

3, noon to 5 p.m.

WILSHIRE LIBRARY 149 N. St. Andrews Place 323-957-4550 Children Baby sleepy storytime: For infants up to 2 years old, Mondays, 6 to 6:15 p.m.

Toddler storytime: For kids ages 3 to 5 years, Thursdays from 3 to 4 p.m.

Science Saturday: Kids ages 8 to 11 make geodesic shapes, Sat., Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. Sign up required.

Teens Student zone: Students in grades one to 12 may sign in to use resources for school activities, Mondays and Wednesdays, 3 to 5 p.m., and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Library Hours

Mon., Weds.: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Tues., Thurs.: 12 - 8 p.m.

Fri., Sat.: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Closed Mon., Sept. 5

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On Museum Row: exhibits, workshops KOREAN CULTURAL CEN- Grove Dr., 323-651-3704; TER—"Ko-Am Calligraphy," lamoth.org. Always free. featuring traditional paint- CRAFT AND FOLK ART ings and calligraphy, ends Fri., MUSEUM— Opening reception for "Key SekiSept. 9. machi: Simple 5505 Wilshire Complexity/Works Blvd., 323-936from the Forrest L. 7141; kccla.org.

Merrill Collection" LOS ANGELES and "Work over COUNTY MUSESchool: Art from UM OF ART— the Margins of the "The Serial Impulse Inside" is Sat., Sept. at Gemini G.E.L." 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. opens Sun., Sept.

5814 Wilshire 11. Ends Jan. 2.

Blvd., 323-937• "Toba Khedoori" 4230; cafam.org; opens Sun., Sept. free on Sundays.

25. Ends Jan. 2.

PETERSEN 5905 Wilshire Blvd., 323-857- TRADITIONAL works A U T O M O T I V E 6000; lacma.org. and more at KCCLA. MUSEUM—Breakfast Club Cruise-In LA BREA TAR PITS & MUSEUM—"Titans of is last Sunday of every month. the Ice Age: The La Brea Story 6060 Wilshire Blvd., 323in 3D" screens every half hour 903-2277; petersen.org.

ZIMMER CHILDREN'S 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. candles 5801 Wilshire Blvd., 323- MUSEUM—Make in honor of National Day of 934-PAGE; tarpits.org.

JAPAN FOUNDATION— Remembrance, Sun., Sept. 11, Photographer Mark Edward 2 to 4 p.m.

Harris signs copies of his book, Pirates juggling cannon balls "The Way of the Japanese and trapeze tricks are part of Bath," Wed., Sept. 7 at 7:30 the fun of Franklin Haynes Marionettes: The Princess and p.m. Exhibit ends Oct. 8.

5700 Wilshire Blvd., 323- the Pirates, Sun., Sept. 18 at 3 p.m.

761-7510; jflalc.org.

LOS ANGELES MUSEUM 6505 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100; 323-761-8984; zimmerOF THE HOLO­CAUST— Pan Pacific Park, 100 S. museum.org.

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417 S. norton aVe. $1,980,000

335 S. Van neSS aVe. $1,599,000

421 S. Van neSS aVe #24 $770,000

Remodeled, traditional style home with a contemporary architectural design. Very centrally located in the 3rd Street School District and close to Larchmont Blvd. with its European restaurants, cafes, boutique stores & Sunday Farmer’s market.

5 BR + 4 BA: living room with fireplace, bright and light, French windows in the front of the house, hardwood floors throughout, gourmet open kitchen with brand new Jenn-Air stainless kitchen appliances. Downstairs: one bedroom and one bath, powder room, laundry room, basement and wet bar, hardwood floors throughout the house. Upstairs: three bedrooms and two baths. Two car garage with attached guest unit. Two zoned central heating and air-conditioning. Easy to show. Total approximate size 3,284 SF ( 2,324 SF + 487 SF permitted and extended + 473 (guest unit). 6,608 Lot size.

Traditional home located in 3rd Street School District.

Gourmet kitchen with brand new stainless steel kitchen appliances, all new bathrooms and hardwood floors throughout. 4 bedrooms + 3 baths, laundry inside, two car garage and studio at the back unit, central heating and air.

Close to the Larchmont Village with its European style, popular restaurants, cafes, boutique stores and Sunday Farmer’s market. Easy to show. 6,013 lot size, 2,862 SF living.

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Invitational or competitive? Here’s a simple way to choose Your foursome is ready for bidding, and here’s the auction.

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West North East South 1C 1S 2C 2S 3C ?

Here are two hands:

Hand 1 ♠ QT9832 ♥ QJT ♦ AJ42 ♣ Void

In Hand 2, you have a full opening hand and are interested in game. So what do you call?

Most people would probably call 3S on both hands. But in Hand 1 you want your partner to pass, regardless of whether or not your Left Hand Opponent (LHO) raises to 4C, since she has just given you a simple raise, promising 3 trump and

Hand 2 ♠ AQT983 ♥ QJT ♦ AJ42 ♣ Void

In Hand 1, you have a simple overcall. You don’t want to sell out to 3C with six spades, even though you are missing 3 of the top 4 honors.

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There is a simple way to do this. It is called a "game try bid," and it says nothing about the suit called. If you play this, in Hand 1 you may freely raise to 3S without worrying about partner going forward with minimum support. This is what is called a “competitive raise.” It says, “partner, I don’t think we have game, but we have at least an 8-card trump fit” (your partner doesn’t know you have 6 spades) “and I don’t want to sell out to 3 clubs. If they compete to 4C, let them have it, but if they don’t compete, don’t raise me to 4 spades.”

In Hand 2, however, because you are interested in a possible game bid, you make a "game try" by asking her about her hand. You do this by bidding a new, unbid suit. In this instance, you would bid 3D. This says to partner, “Partner, I know we have a spade fit. How is the rest of your hand? If you are at the top of your bid, bid game, 4 spades. If not, just close out in 3 spades, or, if my LHO has bid 4 clubs, pass."

Please note that this bid says nothing about diamonds (some higher level players play something called a “help suit game try,” but that’s beyond the scope of what I’m writing here). In this case, the hand actually does have a good 4-card diamond suit. But all my hands in my columns are based on actual hands I’ve played, so this is the

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hand I used. But you would still make this bid with absolutely nothing in diamonds because its only purpose is to show that you have a game-going hand if partner is at the top of her bid.

If you have this understanding, then you may freely overcall 3C with 3S in Hand 1 without worrying about partner bidding 4S, regardless of what your LHO does.

In fact, the actual hand held by partner was:

♠ J654 ♥ A94 ♦ T95 ♣ K86

So in response to the 3D invitational bid for Hand 2, she would probably try for game with 9 good points, 1 1/2 quick tricks and four trump. But with a 3S competitive bid in Hand 1, she would pass, regardless of what her Right Hand Opponent (RHO) did. In fact, in the actual hand, Hand 1 made 3 spades, losing 2 spades, a heart and a diamond. I think that Hand 2 has an excellent chance to make 4 spades.

Here’s the four-hand layout:

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♣ 7432 West East ♠ QT9832 ♠ J654 ♥ QJT ♥ A94 ♦ AJ62 ♦ T95 ♣ Void ♣ K86

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Eat, drink at St. Sophia diverse Greek Fest — Opa! is a regular at the event, where, like the surrounding community, “everybody is from a different culture,” said Kopatsis.

Built in 1952 in the thenGreek section of the city, the cathedral is in the heart of what has grown to be known as the Byzantine-Latino Quarter.

Greek, Spanish and Korean are among languages that can be heard at the festival, Father John Bakas says on the group’s website.

was named head of Fox West Coast, the Byzantine/Renaissance Revival cathedral was built. It has been named a city Historic-Cultural Monument.

The October event will take place on Friday from 5 to 11 p.m., Saturday from noon to 11 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 10 p.m.

Free parking will be at Loyola High School parking lots. Shuttles will run continuously throughout the event.

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Taste authentic Olympian foods and savor its wines at the L.A. Greek Fest, Fri., Sat., and Sun., Oct. 7, 8 and 9 at Saint Sophia Cathedral at the corner of Pico Blvd. and Normandie Ave. Korean barbecue and Latin specialties and margaritas will also be on the menu at what promises to be the most diverse L.A. Greek Fest yet, said John Kopatsis, executive director of the Cathedral’s Huffington Center.

A combination epicurean pop-up and block party, some 30 restaurants and guest chefs will participate in the 18th annual event.

Music and dance from the Mediterranean isle as well as a Latin band and carnival rides and games are on the schedule.

It’s the first time some of the countries, such as Korea, will be represented at the festival. “We’re certainly glad to have them,” said Kopatsis.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson return as honorary hosts, and Mayor Eric Garcetti is expected to sing a duet with Father John Bakas, who sang arias prior to becoming dean of the Cathedral.

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Brooks puts a Californian twist on a British brew

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Ojai, Bennett became aware of drinking cider, available in pubs (where the drinking age for cider is 16). The influence of a British drink alongside a “desire to create something reminiscent of living abroad” led to his current career of making this fermented apple

brew.

Bennett learned about the cider industry while working at a cidery in northern Michigan after graduating from college in Washington D.C. Cider, although it has a similar appearance to beer, is more akin to wine in its production.

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Apples have to be harvested and pressed, leaving the juice to be fermented to create the final product. Working the production process in Michigan gave Bennett a foundation upon which to build his own cider business.

Bennett is now based in San Francisco. Since his first fermentation of Brooks Dry Cider in 2014, he says he has experienced the many challenges and successes that come with owning a business.

The biggest challenge so far has been working without a team. However, Bennett states that the positive side of this challenge is that it has “made me work harder.”

Recent success has come in the areas of design and distribution. After searching for the right graphic designer for a few years, Bennett was happy to see the design for his cider branding come to fruition — and even more pleased to receive several awards for the packaging design. The packaging and label feature

the grizzly mascot, Brooks the bear, enjoying California by skydiving, cycling, riding a motorcycle or driving a convertible. The four-pack design forms a continuous banner with the grizzly bear image when placed side by side. The cider placed second in the Dieline Packaging Awards in 2015 and won gold in the Beverage category at the prestigious Pentawards in 2015.

Brooks Dry Cider distinguishes itself from other ciders with its light, crisp taste in contrast to an overly sweet flavor typical of most ciders, but still has a six percent alcohol content. His cider is made from pure apple juice without any concentrate or sweetener, he notes. It is a Californian adaptation of a traditionally British drink; fermented in Napa and made with fuji, granny and other apple varieties from the West Coast.

Selling the cider to the public began in spring of 2015 via local distributors in the San (Please turn to page 13)

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Garden Club enters 85th year The Los Angeles Garden Club enters its 85th year at its opening meeting, Mon., Sept. 12 at the Visitor’s Center Auditorium in Griffith Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Dr. The meeting begins at 9:15 a.m. with coffee and refreshments; a presentation by Lisa Novick of the Theodore Payne Foundation starts at 10 a.m.

First-time visitors and members attend for free; non-members pay $5.

For more information, go to losangelesgardenclub.org.

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(Continued from page 12) Francisco area. The cider is particularly popular there and in Santa Barbara, but distribution is growing throughout the state. Bennett hopes that the cider will develop a following in Southern California as it has in San Francisco since the cider is now available at select grocery stores, including local ones on La Brea Ave., Fairfax Ave. and Vine St. For more information, visit brooksdrycider.com

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Italian food, wine and fun at San Gennaro street fest Celebrate Italian food and culture at the 15th annual Galbani Cheese Italian Feast of San Gennaro Fri., Sept.

23 to Sun., Sept. 25 in Hollywood.

The event celebrates Italian culture, food and entertainment, and features live music, street performers, strolling

musicians, a kid’s corner, and many rides and games.

In addition to sampling wine from local wineries and food from some of Los Angeles’ Italian restaurants, guests are invited to learn recipes from the cooking stage and play bocce ball and bingo with some of Hollywood’s Italian

American celebrities.

Pizza, meatballs in homemade sauce, sangria and sugary zeppole, an Italian pastry, will be served.

A Mass and procession of St. Gennaro begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Festival sponsors include Christ the King Church, Rossmore Ave., and

proceeds will support several charities.

Enter the feast at Highland Ave. and Sunset Blvd. Cost is $5. Free for children under 12. Hours are Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight; Saturday, 11 a.m. to midnight, and Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, visit feastofla.org.

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Learn how to use a camera phone to capture nature shots Sat., Sept. 17 at 9 a.m.

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I was once told that the Catholic practice of “excommunication” actually has its origin in the Jewish faith. True or false? asks Jody March.

True, as are many doctrines and rituals derived from both Jewish and/or pagan traditions. This ecclesiastic censure, which excludes a person from the communion of the Church and is sometimes accompanied by other deprivations, derives from the ancient Jewish practice of banning heretics from all religious and social intercourse.

It was a common punishment in medieval times and

was on occasion applied to whole countries. Pope Adrian IV used it against Rome in 1155, and Pope Innocent III employed it against England and King John (Robin Hood’s evil Prince John) in 1208.

Excommunication was also adopted by Protestant Churches, and in the Anglican “Book of Common Prayer” is an article titled: “Of Excommunicate Persons, How They Are To Be Avoided.”

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Larchmont Village Fixer, 3 Bedrooms and 2 Bathrooms.

Unit over garage has 3/4 bath. 2101 square feet/ 7007 lot per tax Co-listed with Angela Bond

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BRE: 00513357, 00811870, 01128275

5 Generations in Hancock Park

(323) 762- 2570

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