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vol. 54, no. 6

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IN THIS ISSUE

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AIA honored Paul Williams, Frank Clementi Area homes, Grand Park among their works

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WILSHIRE Warriors Friday Night Lights. Sec. 1, p 17

FATHER BOYLE honored. Sec. 3, p 4

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By John Welborne The most prestigious individual award of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) is its Gold Medal. Since 1907, the medal has been awarded to individuals whose significant bodies of work have had a lastPaul Williams ing influence on the theory and practice of architecture. This year, the Gold Medal was awarded posthumously to Los Angeles architect Paul Revere Williams, FAIA. Present for the ceremonies held at the annual conference of the AIA, this year in Orlando, Florida, were Williams’ grandchildren, banker Paul C. Hudson of Brookside, and author Karen E. Hudson of Lafayette Square. Hudson is the author of three books about her grandfather and his work. Williams, born in Los Angeles in 1894, died in 1980. During his extraordinary five-decade career, he was responsible for more than 3,000 buildings. Many are in our See Paul Williams, p 6

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GRADUATES at Pilgrim School get ready to toss their caps.

Class of 2017 graduations, Mixed-use project divides speakers Larchmont Village neighbors key Assistant chief of Five-stories, 52 units proposed at Beachwood

By Billy Taylor Several neighbors expressed dissatisfaction during a May 9 Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) semiannual meeting in regards to both a new mixed-use development working its way through the planning process, and the support the neighborhood association gave to the project. The frustrated residents allege the development was “rubber-stamped” by the LVNA board, without the neighborhood association ever notifying, much less discussing the project with, its members. The project is a five-story building planned for the corner of Beachwood Dr. and Melrose Ave., to include 52

apartments and 5,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space (on Melrose). “This development got really far down the pipeline before most of the neighbors knew about it,” said Larchmont Village resident Tracey Clarke. Directing her attention to LVNA president Charles D’Atri, Clarke added: “You say you speak for us, but you’re not giving us a voice because you don’t bring us into the loop.” The LVNA submitted a letter to the Dept. of City Planning on March 15 “to support the proposal of the applicant.” Clarke says she was angered to witness the developer’s See LVNA, p 13

police among speakers By Rachel Olivier This year’s commencement speakers, poised to address and inspire the next generation, include an assistant chief of police, an executive vice president, a social justice advocate and an LAUSD board member. Asst. Chief of Police Beatrice Girmala, 1981 alumna, will address Immaculate Heart’s 107 graduates Tues., June 6. She See Class 2017, Sec. 3, p 2

Lucy Casado influenced musicians, politicians and neighbors El Adobe matriarch, 91

LUCY'S El ADOBE owner Lucy Casado hosted Tibetan monks at her Melrose Ave. restaurant plus artists and a future governor.

Locals, celebrities, musicians and politicians went for more than the able-bodied Margaritas and homemade Mexican food served at Lucy’s El Adobe Café, whose namesake Lucy Casado died last month at the age of 91. Lucy and her husband Frank opened the restaurant in the early 1960s across from Paramount Studios on Melrose Ave., and it drew rave reSee Lucy Casado, p 19

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Community Comment By John Welborne Inspiration The editors of this paper love our annual June special section, “Graduation Salute.” In it, schools showcase their graduates and the schools to which they will be matriculating. But these students are, of course, just moving on. They are “commencing” the next phases of their lives. This time of year, there are many speakers at many schools who talk about achievements and about moving forward. Few commencement speeches could be as moving as the short one given by Father Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., founder of Homeboy Industries here in Los Angeles, last month at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Father Boyle's extraordinary good works are documented in many places. Homeboy Industries and its challenges and successes are described on the website homeboyindustries.org. Fr. Boyle’s acceptance speech for Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal, the most prestigious award given to American Catholics, is discussed briefly in the article on page 4 of the Graduation Salute section of this month’s paper. Fr. Boyle and his message inspired the 24,000 of us gathered at Notre Dame Stadium on May 21. Graduates and everyone else: be inspired. Go forward to improve your lives and the lives of others. Congratulations, Class of 2017!

The City, Finally, Budgets to Repair our Concrete Streets Councilman David Ryu has successfully secured an $800,000 allocation in the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 City Budget for repairing our concrete, with concrete. Thanks go to the Association’s Street Committee: William Newby, Tim Allyn, Jon Vein, Cindy Chvatal and Jim Wolf for tirelessly pushing the City to follow its own regulations. The Hancock Park Preservation Plan explicitly calls out that our concrete streets be maintained. A few years ago, the City had started repaving concrete streets in our area with asphalt. As we all know, the asphalt looks good for about a year and then pot holes start forming, the ground becomes uneven, and the streets are actually in worse shape than they were before being covered with asphalt. Concrete lasts for at least 50 years; Hancock Park’s streets were paved in the 1920s so we’re coming up on a 100-year anniversary, and many of these ancient streets are in better shape than the newly paved asphalt ones. Los Angeles is a big and diverse city, and it is often difficult to get a focus on the specific issues of a small area. This is where your Homeowners Association plays its part. By pushing, demanding, investigating and more pushing, the Streets Committee was successful in challenging the original, highly overinflated numbers estimated by the City. Our committee forced the City engineers to do some real analysis and design work and encouraged our Council Office to support this effort. Remember, don’t give up; dig in! The block captains met at Marlborough School, and one of the biggest items was safety. Crime is up, and the best defense is our block captain network. Do you know your block captain? If not, contact the Association and we’ll let you know. If your block doesn’t have a block captain, please consider becoming one. An alert network of homeowners keeps crime down. If you are the unfortunate victim of a crime, be sure and file a police report by contacting Officer Dave Cordova. Call his cell phone, 213793-0650 or send him an email, 31646@lapd.lacity.org with all the information, including your name and telephone number. The HPOZ Preservation Plan (preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/ la/hancock-park) regulates our HPOZ. Contact our City Planner, Kimberly Henry (kimberly.henry@lacity.org) and use the online form (preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/initial.screening. checklist) if you plan on making changes to the exterior of your house. Report graffiti sightings by calling 311 or at the City’s Anti-Graffiti Request System (anti-graffiti.lacity.org/welcome. cfm?CFID=1007) and by calling Hollywood Beautification, 323463-5180. Adv.

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Calendar Sat., June 3 – Gilmore Auto Show, Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun., June 4 – Race to Erase MS run at The Grove, 189 The Grove Dr., 7 a.m. to noon. Wed., June 14 – Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council board meeting, The Ebell of Los Angeles, 743 S. Lucerne Blvd., 7 p.m. (greaterwilshire. org). Sun., June 18 – Father’s Day. Tues., June 20 – Summer begins. Sun., June 25 – Annual Brookside Block Party, Muirfield Rd., 3 to 7 p.m. Thurs., June 29 – Delivery of the July issue of Larchmont Chronicle (larchmontchronicle.com).

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'What is your idea of the perfect vacation?' That's the question inquir-

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“A beach with a fruity adult beverage, good food, a book and my girlfriend.” Elizabeth Hill, Larchmont

Letter to the Editor Ficus fiasco?

I was very disappointed to pick up a recent issue of the Larchmont Chronicle containing an article [“Windsor Square Association seeks to protect area trees”] about tree removals on our street only to find photographs and commentary on the tree we recently replaced without anyone contacting us to find out why we replaced it. Ficus trees are very destructive and should have never been used near sidewalks in the first place. When we built our building 17 years ago, we replaced the sidewalk and driveway at our expense. It is now broken and in need of repair. In fact most of Larchmont has sidewalks in extremely bad shape due to the ficus trees that line it. This particular tree’s roots had also invaded our parking lot, sewer lines and was starting to compromise the foundation of our

Larchmont Chronicle Founded in 1963 by Jane Gilman and Dawne P. Goodwin Publisher and Editor John H. Welborne Managing Editor Suzan Filipek Associate Editor Billy Taylor Contributing Editor Jane Gilman Advertising Director Pam Rudy Art Director Tom Hofer Classified and Circulation Manager Rachel Olivier Accounting Jill Miyamoto 606 N. Larchmont Blvd., #103

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building. When I contacted the city they agreed it had to be removed. The tree that replaced it was the size and type required by the City of Los Angeles. A larger tree would not thrive in such a small space and the city finds this size is best for replacement trees. We did not make this decision. Building owners will be dealing with bad sidewalks and broken sewer lines as long as there are ficus trees on our street. The city’s plan is to gradually replace them all over time with more appropriate trees. In time, these new trees will also grow and shade our street but in the meantime, we will have to deal with a mix of old ficus and smaller new trees. By the way, the new trees are crape myrtle and produce beautiful pink flowers in the spring. Please consider checking in with business owners before publishing information on them. Antoinette Muto Muto-Little Inc. N. Larchmont Blvd. Editor’s note: The business was not mentioned and the tree in question was a healthy tree in a public parkway.

“Being somewhere with friends and family, probably at an ocean,” and “Somewhere like the ocean that my friends and family can relax and have downtime.” Olivia White and Juliana Crotta-Cox, Hancock Park

“Being with friends and family on a yacht, eating great food,” and “Anything that includes a great view, my kids and my husband, and to live in a bubble of good news, where people say nice things about each other.” Michelle Delgadillo and Ali Bradstreet, Hancock Park

Write us at letters@larchmontchronicle.com. Include your name, contact information and where you live. We reserve the right to edit for space and grammar.

CORRECTION Irene Epstein award Irene Epstein was incorrectly named Iris Epstein in an article last month, “Scholarships go to Fairfax Students.” The program, the Irene Epstein Memorial Scholarship, in its 21st year, awards academically deserving and financially needy seniors at Fairfax High School.

“Somewhere with warm weather in a city that is rich in history and culture,” and “Being someplace where I am completely disconnected and where I can take part in the mindset of the people – exploring their history, culture, art and community – which I can take back with me to better my own life.” Josh Hansen and Shaprece Richardson, Hancock Park

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Vincent Artistry's makes stylish debut in former Haas a makeover, By Suzan Filipek bringing it “It’s a new day” into the 21st at Vincent Hair century with Artistry, says cofreshly painted owner Vincent walls, a draDe Marco, who matic black bought the forceiling and mer Haas salon a reclaimed with his busiwood floor. ness partner JurContemporary gen Sauer April 1. And, while the NEW OWNERS Jurgen Sau- music plays in the backn e i g h b o r h o o d er and Vincent De Marco. ground and fixture was much modern art will be hung on the loved, it was in dire need of walls. Remarkably, the retail some TLC, the pair agree. They have given the space space, at 135 N. Larchmont

ALSO ALONG THE BOULEVARD Larchmont Vintage Clothing is coming to 203 N. Larchmont Blvd., according to a sign posted on the door. The location is the site of the recently closed Pinches Tacos. The 4,000-square foot building at 227 N. Larchmont Blvd., owned by the Mizrahi family, is still for lease in two, 2,000-square

foot spaces. The former bank property has six parking spaces behind the building, built in 1924. Find your lipstick, eyeliner and other beauty needs at M·A·C Cosmetics, which opened at 216 N. Larchmont Blvd. It's the 60th M·A·C store in the Los Angeles area.

Blvd., has been a hair salon since the building opened in 1930, said De Marco. He has worked with world-famous hairdressers Chaz Dean, Jonathan and Umberto. A staff of 10 includes old timers. Chuck Chapman has been at Haas 40 years. “I found Larchmont and I liked it and had children who went to (Please turn to page 4)

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(Continued from page 3) school in the neighborhood, and I stayed,” he said on a recent afternoon while finishing a hairdo. Angela Narinyan has been coloring, cutting and blow drying hair there for 18 years. Manicurist and make-up artist Susan Bereti has clocked 21 years and couldn’t be happier. She will soon have an elegant pedicure station, and as for her new bosses? “I love them,” she whispers, as she brushes a shade of sparkly pink on client Annie Johnson’s fingernails. Johnson, who has seen the clientele age over the years, welcomes the change. “There’s a positive attitude, a fresh attitude,” she said. Even her daughter is a fan. The 18-year old had her tresses dyed blue by stylist Nicholas Moses.

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ent and De Marco had been on staff the previous year and a half. Once earning six figures, the 2008 economic crash nearly cost De Marco his Miracle Mile home. “I didn’t lose everything. But I certainly took a big hit,” said De Marco. These days while hard at work updating the salon, he aims to stay true to tradition; like a fine, vintage wine, the salon embodies history and character. “I do feel this has become, in many ways, a fixture of the community,” said De Marco. “I feel privileged to buy the salon and carry on a tradition. I feel a responsibility in stewardship of the space.”

“It’s nice there’s a place that has a full spectrum of what they can do,” said Johnson, who lives around the corner on Gower St. Jurgen Sauer, the salon’s chief financial officer, suggested purchasing the salon when he heard it was on the market. (Former owner Larry Snyder sold the business after his partner David Haas died in August.) Sauer stands taller of the two new owners, who were both models in their former lives. Sauer wore many hats; among them, he was a manager at H&M and at Target after baking pastries as a chef in his native Germany. The duo were familiar with the salon as Sauer was a cli-

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HANCOCK PARK’S Carolyn and Jamie Bennett are regulars at the annual luncheon.

WINDSOR SQUARE attendees included Elizabeth DeBreu, among the many supporters of the County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

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Not only did a Larchmont Boulevard architectural firm win one of this year’s Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Awards, there were lots of locals attending the luncheon to applaud that project and the seven other award winners. The restoration of CBS Columbia Square, on Sunset Blvd. and Gower St., won a project award for its developer, Kilroy Realty, and that company’s design team that included Rios Clementi Hale Studios, on Larchmont Blvd., as landscape architect. On the ground floor, the project houses the restaurant, Paley. The Royce Neuschatz Award for Historic Landscapes honored the Cultural Landscape Report and Treatment Plan for the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Applauding that recognition were locals Elizabeth DeBreu, Carolyn and Jamie Bennett and Judy Horton. The project lead for the report was Christy McAvoy’s Historic Resources Group, which also was the preservation architect for the CBS Columbia Square project (and two of the other award winners as well). (The Larchmont Chronicle columnist certainly is busy with projects beyond her monthly column!) Windsor Square residents in the audience included Windsor Square Association board member Anthony Gatti and City Planning Director Vince Bertoni, whose table included several members of the city’s Cultural Heritage Commission. The final award went to an (Please turn to page 6)

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PAUL R. WILLIAMS’ grandchildren, banker Paul C. Hudson and author Karen E. Hudson, with her husband Don Freeman, at the College of Fellows dinner at the American Institute of Architects annual convention in Orlando in late April. Photo page 1: Herald Examiner Collection / Los Angeles Public Library

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(Continued from page 1) Mid-Wilshire neighborhoods. He was the first black member of the AIA, the first black Fellow of the AIA, and now he is the first black winner of the AIA’s Gold Medal. The bestowing of the Gold Medal, received by Karen Hudson, who made remarks, was followed by a plenary session speech by former First Lady Michelle Obama. The First Lady, who had been waiting in the wings when Hudson made her acceptance remarks, went

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NEW FELLOW of the American Institute of Architects, Frank Clementi, FAIA (center), is accompanied by Bob Hale, FAIA, and Clementi’s wife, Julie Smith-Clementi, IDSA, all of whom work on Larchmont Blvd. at Rios Clementi Hale Studios.

out of her way to acknowledge Karen, her family, and her grandfather. A few days later, the Hudsons and Karen’s husband, Don Freeman, were honored guests at the annual Fellows Dinner that helps wrap up the annual convention. Also honored that evening was another local — Frank Clementi, FAIA, of the architecture and landscape architecture firm, Rios Clementi Hale Studios, located on Larchmont Blvd., across the street from the Larchmont Chronicle. Attending to honor Clementi, who became a Fellow of the AIA this year, were Bob Hale, FAIA, and Clementi’s wife, Julie Smith-Clementi, IDSA. Also an architect, Smith-Clementi is the person, as president and CEO, behind notNeutral, the internationally known line of coffeeware, dinnerware, and other products. Notable local works from Clementi and his firm include Grand Park, Hollywood & Vine Station Plaza, and the firm’s offices at 639 N. Larchmont Blvd. Clementi is the third member of the firm to receive the honor. Mark Rios was named a Fellow in 1999, and Bob Hale was elevated in 2006.

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N. Van Ness Ave. by unknown means and stole personal property, including a set of keys, on May 21 at 10:20 p.m. GRAND THEFT AUTO: A 2002 GMC Safari was stolen while parked on the 200 block of S. Norton Ave. on May 22 at 3 p.m. 911 is for emergencies only. To report non-emergencies, call 877-275-5273.

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David E. Ryu on May 18 to approve next year’s $9.2 billion budget and to enhance our city’s infrastructure — fix our roads, bolster public safety, increase transportation options, and enhance the commuter experience and quality of life in our neighborhoods. Our roads have been in a perpetual state of neglect and disrepair for far too long and have been an incredible cost to pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, alike. This budget will provide millions for road

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become the largest city in the country to execute such a program — potentially impacting the lives of millions of children. Over the last 50 years, policies that have increased access to higher education, from the GI Bill to student aid, have not only lifted millions out of poverty, but have also boosted

economic growth. Narrowing the gaps in college participation and increasing financial opportunity across income groups is vital to the success of our city. This is an opportunity for all families, no matter their background or socioeconomic status, to turn aspirations for higher education into reality.

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The Center for Wound Management and Hyperbaric Medicine at Olympia Medical Center celebrated its 10-year anniversary last month with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Center's building, 5900 W. Olympic Blvd. The event was organized by the Greater Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce. The facility has received a national clinical destination award and other recognition for outstanding patient satisfaction results 10 years in a row. The facility focuses on healing chronic wounds, typically a result of underlying conditions such as diabetes, circulation problems or previous radiation treatments. The center is most known for helping limit amputations in the diabetic population. “Their hard work and dedication to healing also extends into helping our first responders when they suffer from smoke inhalation with the use of hyperbaric chambers — a true gem in our community,” said Councilman Paul Koretz. A representative from Congressman Ted Lieu presented a Certificate of Congressional Recognition.

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Land Use Committee meetings: Fourth Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. Wilshire United Methodist Church - Assembly Room 4350 Wilshire Blvd., 90005 Outreach Committee meetings: First Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. Bricks & Scones Cafe 403 N. Larchmont Blvd., 90004 Sustainability Committee meeting: Tuesday, June 13, 7:00 p.m. Marlborough School 250 S. Rossmore Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004

Welcome to the neighborhood, Marciano Art Foundation!

The long-awaited opening of the Marciano Art Foundation took place at the end of last month. The beautifully transformed Scottish Rite Temple building, on the corner of Wilshire and Lucerne Boulevards, was the scene of a Saturday night VIP opening party, followed by a thoughtful Sunday barbeque and preview for neighbors. The first regular school tours and public visits, by reservation, commenced the week following. The historic building, designed by the well-known Los Angeles artist, Millard Sheets, was constructed in 1961, but it stood empty and neglected for many years after the Masons and their concert-promoter tenant moved out. Until the Maurice and Paul Marciano Foundation came along, no one had proposed a use for the property that complies with the restrictions of the Park Mile Specific Plan. The previous illegal uses resulted in nuisances regularly experienced by neighbors, often due to the building’s limited off-street parking.

Reservations Required to Visit The Marcianos have succeeded where others failed. They have renovated the structure respectfully, retaining much of its original character while creating generous open spaces and galleries for experiencing their art collection. The free museum will be open Thursdays through Saturdays, with a "reservations only" system that is designed to prevent parking spillover into the surrounding Windsor Square and Windsor Village neighborhoods. We applaud the Marcianos for their creative reuse of a Los Angeles landmark, and we look forward to the new—but quiet! —vitality their Foundation will bring to the community. See marcianoartfoundation.org

Ficus Tree Update The large ficus tree in the 600 North block of Larchmont Boulevard that was slated to be removed has been given a reprieve. While ficus trees are controversial, they have major environmental benefits that often counterbalance their negatives. Arborist Warren Warriner, the retired Chief Forester of Santa Monica, weighed the evidence when that town was considering removing its mature ficus trees. He stated: “I would not recommend removing the ficus trees, because of their environmental value. All one needs to do is look at the dark soot accumulated on the foliage to see how they act like giant filters extracting particulate matter from the air. Their large woody masses hold significant amounts of carbon, and the canopies absorb thousands of gallons of rainfall, which offsets surface runoff of pollutants into the bay. It was those reasons and others relating to their environmental value that ultimately preserved most of the downtown [Santa Monica] ficus trees.” The Windsor Square Association, an all-volunteer group of residents from 1100 households between Beverly and Wilshire and Van Ness and Arden, works to preserve and enhance our beautiful neighborhood. Join with us! Drop us a line at 157 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004, or visit our website at windsorsquare.org. ADV. We built friendships, tackled community challenges, and in the process created many new Rotarian leaders. I look forward to even greater success with President-Elect Patrick MacKellan.

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Transportation Committee meeting: Monday, June 19th, 7:00 p.m. Marlborough School 250 S. Rossmore Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004 Featured presentation: Murakawa Communications for City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, “LA’s Sidewalk Repair Program.” A discussion of LA’s Sidewalk Repair Program and Environmental Impact Report process.

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FROM LEFT to right: Steven Rosenthal, Olympia Medical Center; Meg McComb, Greater Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce; Fire Chief Lance McCloskey; Dr. Babak Dadvand, medical director; Matt Williams, Olympia CEO; Roque Wicker, center director and Mid City West Neighborhood Council board member; Councilman Paul Koretz; Stephen Kramer, Chamber president; Dr. Farshid Nejad, co-medical director; and James Panozzo of LAUNCH LA and Tarfest.

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• There will be an open meeting of the Windsor Village Association Board on Monday, June 12 at the Hungarian Church (751 Crenshaw Blvd.) at 7:30 p.m. – all are welcome.

• Mark your calendars! The bi-annual Windsor Village Block Party is scheduled for Saturday, September 16 from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. on 9th Street between Windsor and Victoria. Admission is free and open to all Windsor Village residents, including our four legged friends! This year’s event promises to be the best ever and will offer a bounce house, wine tasting, decorated bike parade, dog show, barbequed food and much, much more! Please consider sponsoring our great event by contacting windsorvillageassn@gmail.com.

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• There will be a GWNC Sustainability Committee meeting, Tuesday, June 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Marlborough School, 250 S. Rossmore Avenue.

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Purple Line Extension Construction Discoveries Bones belonging to ancient camels and mammoths or mastodons were found during excavation of the future Purple Line Extension Wilshire/La Brea station. All fossils found at the Wilshire/La Brea station excavation will be handed over to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Construction continues in the area; get the latest updates at metro.net/purplelineext.

Construction of the Regional Connector Transit Project tunnel along Flower St is now underway. A full closure of 6th St, between Flower St and Hope St – in addition to the southbound I-110 Freeway 6th St o=-ramp – will be in e=ect starting June 3 in downtown Los Angeles. This closure will be in place for >ve months. Plan ahead and use alternate routes. Learn more at metro.net/regionalconnector.

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By Billy Taylor Before further pursuing an Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ), residents attending the May 18 Brookside Homeowners Association community meeting were asked to consider seeking adoption of one of the city’s new single-family (R1) variation zones. An example cited by city staff was the new R1 Rear-Mass Variation Zone (R1R), at the lowest lot coverage (R1R3), with rear garages only (R1R3RG). That may be appropriate future zoning because it is similar to existing development in the neighborhood. “That is what our office thinks will be the best solution for the community as opposed to going down the route of an HPOZ,” said Julia Duncan, senior planning deputy for Councilmember Ryu. Speaking to neighbors at the Memorial Branch Library, Duncan noted that it had been a “very long” and “exhausting” process to get an HPOZ finally adopted in the Miracle Mile. “It really depends on what Brookside wants. Is it about the preservation of architecture, or is it about scaling and size? That’s something we need to have a discussion about with the community.” The new R1R variation zones, which went into effect earlier this year, govern both the scale and mass of singlefamily homes. However, the zones do not address building style or architectural preservation requirements. An Interim Control Ordinance currently protecting Brookside expires in July 2018, so Duncan says now is a good time for the CD4 office to introduce a motion in sup-

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Senior Lead Officer Joseph Pelayo was among four LAPD Olympic Division officers who participated in the 224-mile Police Unity Tour last month. Senior Lead Officers Eric Mollinedo, Daniel Chavez and Sgt. Sam Arnold also biked from Somerset, New Jersey to Wash., D.C. with hundreds of officers around the country over the course of three days. The event culminated in a Candlelight Vigil held on the National Mall. The yearly bike ride started in 1997 to create awareness about law enforcement officers who had died in the line of duty. As of May 2016, there were almost 2,000 supporters who had raised $2.5 million for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. This year’s ride was in honor of two Palm Springs police officers.

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port of a new variation zone: “If you want to have an R1R3RG zone — or some variation similar to La Brea-Hancock or Larchmont Heights — now is the time to get that in the pipeline.” Principal city planner Ken Bernstein echoed Duncan’s caution about pursuing an HPOZ. “It is not an easy road,” he

said. “The amount of community outreach, education and working through a preservation plan takes longer and is more labor-intensive than choosing a zone that’s already been calibrated.” Bernstein notes that the process of getting a new variation zone, on the other hand, “can probably happen in a matter of months.”

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central location online where they can go to get neighborhood information.” Even before the board members began their official roles in January, they set up a coffee with the neighbors to meet and greet, hear ideas and learn about their neighbors’ top priorities. “Starbucks and SK Donuts sponsored our coffee gathering in December. We are planning to have more of these events so people can talk about whatever they want to talk about, volunteer if they want to chair committees, and speak directly to the board members,” added Dunsworth. The Brookside Homeowners Association was formed in the fall of 1978, with Winifred Smith Rosenbaum serving as the first president. At the time, the city of Los Angeles was entertaining various proposals for zoning the mostly undeveloped property along Wilshire Blvd. from Highland Ave. to Wilton Pl., known as the “Park Mile,” greatly alarming the neighbors north and south of Wilshire. A homeowners association was formed, and it affiliated with the Wilshire Homeowners’ Alliance, which was formed about the same time. The Alliance was composed of homeowners associations including Hancock Park, Windsor Square, Fremont Place, Windsor Village and what is now Wilshire Park. The Wilshire Homeowners' Alliance helped the Planning Dept. create the Park Mile Specific Plan that, through the years, has thwarted proposed community impacts such as would come from changing Eighth and Sixth streets into one-way thoroughfares, cutting Eighth St. through Fremont Place, zoning all property between Eighth and Sixth streets as commercial, and even a proposal to build a high-rise miniature “Rockefeller Center” on the blocks between Rimpau Blvd. and Tremaine Ave. Winifred Rosenbaum was followed as president for many years by Owen Smith. Today’s new Brookside board aims to continue and expand open channels of communication between board members and Brookside

neighbors in all areas of concern, including the discussion of a possible Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ), community events, new development on the former Farmers Insurance and other Wilshire frontage property, public safety

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and student Luke Trester (Tremaine Ave.) focus on neighborhood safety issues. “The neighborhood should be happy to know that they have a great, diverse group of people, of all different ages and backgrounds, serving their needs,” says Dunsworth. “It’s a group that truly cares about the neighborhood, and it’s going to work in everyone’s favor.” One of the first orders of business for the new board was to set up a new website for Brookside, BrooksideLACA.com. Residents can go to the website to learn about the new board members, gather community information, learn about upcoming events and read neighborhood meeting minutes. “We are trying to modernize things,” says Dunsworth. “We already have over 300 people who have signed up for the new website, and we’re happy that they finally have a

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By Sondi Toll Sepenuk In January, the newly elected Brookside Homeowners Association board began serving its community (the area between Wilshire and Olympic, Muirfield to Highland). The new board consists of six fresh faces from the neighborhood, representing a varied and diverse group of residents. Danny Gibson (Keniston Ave.), a school psychologist with LAUSD, and Emily Levin (Rimpau Blvd.), an attorney, are serving as co-presidents after initial president Susan Watanabe stepped down due to health reasons. Levin also serves as treasurer. Loren Dunsworth (Tremaine Ave.), a realtor with John Aaroe Group, acts as the board’s communications director, while Goop Inc. retail operations assistant Ann Hazel Pascual (Mullen Ave.) is secretary. Television industry veteran Dana Peterson (Muirfield Rd.)

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(Continued from page 1) spokesperson testify before the City Planning Commission that they had “met with the neighbors” to plan the project. “The developer didn’t meet with neighbors. They met with six [board members] in someone’s living room. Not one single resident living near this project site was at that meeting, nor were they invited.” Unhappy with the lack of representation from the LVNA, Clarke says some residents are taking the matter into their own hands: “We’re getting a group together to take the next step with the city to try and get concessions from this developer.” Among the complaints about the project — which include parking availability and noise from a pool and rooftop deck — it is the building’s height of 56 feet (five stories) that is most upsetting to neighbors. “To the point that everyone worked so hard to make a conglomerate like Paramount stay at a 45 foot height level on that street [Melrose], why did this project get to go 11 feet higher?” asked a woman from the crowd. “It will set a precedent for future projects.” LVNA board member Vince Cox defended the board’s support of the project by explain-

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ing that the additional 11 foot increase in height is a legal “off-menu bonus” given to the project in exchange for offering below-market rate units (pursuant to a statewide density bonus law, SB 1818). “The problem is that the zoning allows them to do everything that they’re doing. They bought the property with the zoning, and that gives them legal rights,” said Cox. In addition, LVNA president Charles D’Atri explained that the board actually urged the project to move more of the development to the Melrose side to help mitigate impacts for the residential area that is further south on Beachwood. “One of the reasons for the height on Melrose is that it is the commercial stretch of the property,” D’Atri said. Still frustrated, a man in the crowd shouted: “We understand it’s legal what the developer is doing, but we need to know about it. The LVNA has a website, and a list-serve. We should be notified. Communication is not good.” Resolution The Chronicle contacted the LVNA leadership days after the explosive semi-annual meeting to find out if the show of opposition changed anything. “The LVNA position … is to support the project. The vote

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was not unanimous. “We haven’t taken any further formal positions,” said LVNA secretary Karen Gilman. In response, Clarke says she is “horribly disappointed” by the LVNA’s lack of response to its members’ concerns. “We have hired an attorney and will file an appeal, we’re just waiting for the determination letter from the Planning Commission,” says Clarke. “We plan to start a GoFundMe page to raise funds for the legal defense.”

Larchmont Village block party, July 22 The Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA) has announced the return of the neighborhood “Block Party.” The event — scheduled for Sat., July 22 — will be held on Bronson Ave., between Clinton and Rosewood. “It’s a lot of fun,” says event coordinator Bruce Walker of Rodeo Realty. “We are planning to block off the street and have games for kids, live music and a pot-luck with food and desserts. “The block party is a great chance to meet and spend time with your neighbors.” If you would like to get involved with coordinating food or games, contact Adam Rubenstein at arubenstein@ rodeore.com.

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By Billy Taylor Holocaust survivor Ben Lesser shared his story of survival on May 11 with students at Los Angeles High School, encouraging them to “live a life that matters.” Born in Krakow, Poland, in 1928, Lesser told students his harrowing account that spanned five years of suffering in several ghettos, two death marches, two death trains and multiple concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Dachau. Ben and his older sister Lola were the only remaining survivors out of his immediate family (of seven) and extended family (who numbered in the hundreds), he said. Speaking to an assembly of

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more than 150 ninth graders, Lesser said: “I have come to understand that so much of what happens in life is a result of seemingly simple human choices. We can choose not to hate. We can choose not to use hateful speech. Together, we can create a more peaceful and tolerant world.” After being liberated by American troops, Lesser arrived in the United States in 1947 and settled in Los Angeles, where he met his wife Jean in 1950. He went on to become a Realtor, and later served as the president of the Los Angeles Westside Beverly Hills Brokers Association. To learn more about his story of survival, visit zachorfoundation.org.

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As the Turning Point School year draws to a close, many special events are taking place. The After School Players just gave a performance of Tales from Old Japan, a series of myths and fables that used a variety of Japanese theatre styles. Japan isn’t the only country that Turning Point students are studying. In May, they held the school’s annual International Village, a day where students set up decorated booths around the field and gave presentations about different countries. This year, students chose a person from one of the following countries to research who has done something heroic to make change: Guinea, Myanmar, South Africa, Peru, Poland, Australia, Pakistan, Japan or Guatemala. Also in May, our Level 4 students presented a “Living Gallery.” They

Greetings! Summer is almost here, and I am sure everyone is just as excited as I am! The Pilgrim annual secondary dance concert happened. It was awesome. Our dancers here at Pilgrim are amazing at what they do. Ms. Ortega, our excellent dance teacher, hit a home run once again. Thank you. We also had some of our students share some researched a person from history and gave a speech as that person from behind a handmade frame. The end of the year is especially emotional for the Level 8 students who are preparing to graduate. Next week, they bid farewell to the students they have tutored at Weemes Elementary School. The Turning Point mentors will make lunches for their students and then they will go see a movie together. The mentors and students have grown very close; it will be hard to say goodbye.

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of their talents in between dances. I played “St. James Infirmary” by Irving Mills. It was a blast. My grandparents have an incredible garden, and they host a very fun Pilgrim fundraiser, called Afternoon in the Garden. This year money was raised for our visual arts program headed by our talented Katrina Alexy, as well as for scholarships. Our adult Pilgrim community enjoyed wine tastings and cheese boards (thanks to Larchmont Village Wine and Cheese), raffles, an auction, and very complex and beautiful flower arrangements and much more. As we near the end of this school year, all students will have their big final tests and projects due. We need to hang in there, as summer is so close. Thank you to our teachers for all the effort you have put into informing us. We appreciate you for all that you do, and ... Go Patriots!

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Once again, Immaculate Heart seniors will take part in their most anticipated and favorite school tradition — commencement ceremonies at the Hollywood Bowl. On Tues., June 6, members of the Class of 2017 will don white gowns and each will carry a bouquet of red roses across the Hollywood Bowl stage as they receive their diplomas before faculty, family members, and friends. I hope it’s not wishful thinking when I say we will be much missed by all at Immaculate Heart! In other news, May was a busy month at IH. During the first two weeks of May, students sat for Advanced Placement exams, the annual tests that culminate studies in AP classes. The many APs offered at Immaculate Heart include the new two-year AP Capstone program that covers AP Seminar and AP Research, AP Art History, AP Calculus, and AP Government and Politics, and more. This year, many student athletes qualified for CIF-Southern Section competition from Immaculate Heart spring sports teams in both Track and Field and Swim and Diving. Congratulations to all our student athletes on their performances this year! Juniors and seniors spent the night dancing in downtown Los Angeles on May 12. This year’s prom “Under the Stars” was held at the glimmering Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The night was a much needed respite from AP testing and the stress of year-end preparations. While Class Day before graduation will be the last time students gather for this school year, the campus will not be empty for long. Immaculate Heart’s summer school programs at the middle school and high school start June 19!

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These last few weeks of the school year, we reflect on many exciting events, including field trips. The 6th graders visited Greystone Mansion after studying architecture with the Institute of Classical Architecture. They also sent videos about leadership and community service to their student partners in Kenya. The freshmen also received correspondence from their new pen pals in Tanzania. Last month, GALA students went on a field trip to the desert and successfully launched rockets that they built. They went 8,000 ft in the air! The site was a private rocket test center owned by Reaction Research Society. Also last month, two visitors, a doctor and a professor of medicine from UCLA, came to talk to 9th graders about career choices in medicine. Dr. Sanngkhae is from the Center for Iron Disorders, and Dr. Bulut is a Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA. Employees from Paramount Pictures spent a day at GALA renovating the library and beautifying our outdoor space. The library and grounds are beautiful! They built wooden benches, planted and installed couches and pretty lamps in the library. GALA girls have been raising money for all GALA teachers to go to the National Coalition of Girls Schools conference in Washington, D.C. with a walk-a-thon and a bake sale on Earth Day. In other news, GALA leadership organized a breakfast and lunch for teachers on Teacher Appreciation Day, and 9th graders took their first AP exam for AP Biology. Students are looking forward to additional AP courses at GALA next year.

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As we are drawing closer to the end of our 6th grade school year at Hollywood Schoolhouse, we have a few more exciting class projects and class field trips planned. In our science class, we will be making movies about volcanoes. These films will be made in the form of documentaries. We will create the volcanoes out of paper maché, and the videos will depict them erupting, leaving much damage to their surroundings.

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By Avery Gough 5th Grade This month has been exciting for the 5th and 6th grade. First, the 6th grade put on their annual performance of the play called The Canals of Venice, which was about a series of individual acts with a modern twist on them. It was simple, and yet elaborate. I loved it. I am excited to play a character in it next year. The 6th grade went on a trip to the Southwest for 10 days to see

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In our art class, we are studying contemporary artists. We will first write a research report on them with our language arts teacher, then recreate a piece of work in our art class using the artist's primary medium. This will culminate in an indoor art walk. An anticipated class trip that we went on recently was AstroCamp. AstroCamp has been one of my all time favorite trips at HSH. My classmates, chaperoning teachers, and I bonded while having an amazing time. We were able to zipline, rock climb and launch bottle rockets. We also filled balloons with hydrogen and blew them up. Sadly, this was the last overnight field trip for my class. I will miss these hands on learning experiences so much. all the amazing sites such as the Grand Canyon. They had a wonderful time. The 5th grade just returned from five days in Boston. We saw historical sites like the Harvard campus and a Minutemen museum. This trip was a great way to bond as a grade and we all had a new perspective on learning the material we have been studying in school this year. Lastly, it was Sports Nights on May 31. That is when we recognize students in the 4th through 6th grade who participate in school sports. Parents were invited to recognize their child’s accomplishments.

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May is packed with many fun events. On May 12 we had our annual Open House. You could bring your parents and show them all the hard work you had accomplished throughout the year. Then we had Grandparents Day. Many grandparents came and if you were in a capella or choir you performed for them. Both grandparents and parents were welcomed to our Art Fair. Each student chose one of their art pieces that they had worked on throughout the year, and the art teachers hung them in the Multipurpose Room. There was a variety of different types of art like sculptures, Pop Art and still life. Besides all of the hard work students got to show their families, we had our C.E.E Olympics May 25. Each grade was assigned a dance from a different country, and we performed it for the opening ceremonies. After the dancing was over, there were events that each team competed in, like the Dash, Cup Stacking, Basketball Shot and Football Throw. At the very end, two teams won a gold: one from grades 1 to 3, and one from grades 4 to 6.

This year has been great! The 4th grade flew by quickly. We will wrap up our year with one last overnight to Leo Carillo State Park and camp under the stars. This will be my first camping trip! Also, in the next few weeks, every grade will have its own yearend pool party. We will celebrate all

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summer birthdays at the end of the year, too. We will clean out our cubbies, and our classroom, write our thank you cards to the teachers, and sing at graduation June 7, the last day of school! Thanks for reading my school column. I hope everyone has a fun summer. Stay tuned for next year!

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As we approach the end of our year, our activities list skyrockets. St. Brendan began this month celebrating the life and spirit of Nick Fagnano with our annual Nick’s Favorite Lunch fundraiser. We share a meal while raising money for The Thrive in Joy foundation, which serves a school and orphanage in the Dominican Republic. 0ur 8th grade class celebrated the end of their time at St. Brendan with a Baccalaureate Mass and joyful graduation. Shortly thereafter, our kindergarten class rounded out their year with a sweet graduation full of student presentations and music. In our last week, we had our traditional field day with fun activities such as golf ball races and basketball. On our last day, we thank our teachers, clean out our desks and head into summertime.

The last month of the school year is a time of transition for Willows students. We begin to focus on the subjects to explore the following year. In 8th grade we are finishing rehearsals for our play and preparing to graduate. The lower school celebrates the end of the year with a ceremony called “Step Up,” in which each grade from the lower schools performs a song that is symbolic of their studies that year to the grade below them. It is like a welcoming call and transferring of knowledge and experience from one grade to the next. As a graduate this year, I have sincerely enjoyed my 10 years here. I am sad to leave, but I will take with me grounding values, excitement to learn, respect for my peers, and a sense of community.

The last day of senior classes was May 16, and on May 18 they had their final exams. On May 20, seniors had their final prom and enjoyed a chance to relax while waiting for their grades to be posted on May 22. The lower school had its spring concerts May 23. Grades 6 to 8 performed for parents and classmates. The end of the middle / upper school semester was May 25. May 25 was a big day for Buckley. We had both our Seniors Celebration and the Buckley Fair, called “Believe,” at the Santa Monica Pier. Finals started May 31. Buckley Summer Camp begins on June 12, which will have sports, like basketball and soccer. Kids can also learn how to program, make ceramics, and learn to dance. It ends July 1.

By Eliana Estrada 12th Grade

June is finally here, and that means it’s officially the end of the school year! During the last week of school, students take exams and present projects. Seniors have a particularly exciting week consisting of an awards ceremony, senior picnic, and Grad Night at Disneyland. (I’m super excited for this!) Underclassmen also have an award ceremony where students receive recognition for their work. On June 8, seniors culminate their LACHSA experience with a beautiful and memorable graduation ceremony at Walt Disney Concert Hall. At

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By Natalie Bernstein 5th Grade Now that the school year is coming to an end, it is time for us 5th graders to say, “Farewell.” Like most 5th graders, Max says, “I feel sad about leaving my friends, teachers and the school campus, but I’m excited to enter 6th grade.” We all have created many amazing memories during our time together at Third Street, such as the one shared by Emma who remembers accidentally shooting an edamame at her first grade teacher. Before we leave Third Street School and move on to the next part of our lives, we have a Culmination Ceremony, where we will perform and celebrate. Three students have been selected to deliver speeches. Although it feels like just yesterday we entered this school as young kindergarteners, we know that we are prepared to venture off into the next stage of our life thanks to Third Street Elementary School.

graduation, students perform with their respective art departments: the LACHSA symphony orchestra plays Pomp and Circumstance as seniors walk across the stage, dancers perform original compositions, LACHSA student artwork is shown, and the musical theatre department presents an exciting number. Although there is some sadness and reluctance to leave the comforts and familiarity of high school, seniors and their families are extremely proud. As a graduating senior this year, I now understand what an accomplishment it is to graduate high school: the experience has been extremely fun, and I have made memories over the last four years that I will never forget. Overall, LACHSA truly has shaped me into the person I am today, and I couldn’t be more grateful for all the people who have helped me along the way.

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LISTENING TO COACH Michael Mahon, are, left to right, Aiden Gerber, Muze Beale, Tanner Mahon, Luca Basil, Judah Govine, Issac Penn, Luke Johnson and James Nenniger. Front page photo: Reese Frankel is up to bat.

Friday Night baseball at Park The Wilshire Warriors, open to boys and girls ages 4-14, has ramped up the baseball season with its new program, “Friday Night Lights.” “The teams have created a fun atmosphere by offering hot dogs (Warrior Dogs) and other refreshments during the games. It’s been a great way to bring our baseball community together on Friday nights!” said board

member and parent Heather Duffy Boylston. The kids play at 5 and 7:15 p.m. under the lights at Pan Pacific Park. The two teams are raising money for a trip to Cooperstown Dream Park in New York in August to represent the Wilshire Warriors. “They will compete against teams from all over the country,” said Boylston.

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Marlborough’s Robotic Team, the Marlbots, competed at the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship and concluded the tournament with a 5:4 winning record, placing them in the top third of the teams in their division. In addition, the Marlbots won the Motivate Award granted by a panel of judges. We are so proud of them! The symbolic pin ceremony for the 9th graders and ring ceremony for the 11th graders is coming up next week. The decades-old traditional ceremonies are rites of passages for all Marlborough students. As Marlborough’s school year rapidly comes to a close, we wish our seniors goodbye as they embark on their pre-graduation class bonding trip to Hawaii while the rest of the school takes their finals. The seniors’ last day of classes was Wednesday, May 18 where each grade serenaded them at an All-School Meeting and they proceeded to jump in the pool when the final bell rang in true Marlborough-tradition. We will miss them so much!

We come together at Cathedral Chapel School in the month of May to honor Mary at our annual May Procession and to induct special people into our Chapel Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees included Coach John Bailey, the Amah, the Adams, and the Ibarrola families. We hosted over 200 people at the Hall of Fame Dinner May 6. Gabriel Fellin and Abigail Manriquez crowned Mary during the May procession. This month CCS hosted our first ever musical production; the students performed “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Three performances took place May 12 to 13. The proceeds will be used to improve our sound and lighting system. Since Cinco de Mayo and Korean Children’s Day coincided this year on May 5, our parents joined forces, and we celebrated with great games and fantastic food. Spirit week is the most anticipated time of our school year. Students showed off their amazing talent in the annual talent show, and classes competed in fun games and enjoyed In-N’-Out burgers on Spirit Day.

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Summer is coming and it is the end of the school year! On June 2, we are going to have a family picnic with barbecued hamburgers, hot dogs and much more. We are also having a Page Academy Beach Party, organized by Student Council, right after the picnic. There will be fun beach decorations and lots of dance music! The Preschool and Junior Kinder Graduation Ceremony is on June 13, followed by the Elementary Awards Ceremony on June 14. The students will be rewarded with Bronze, Silver, or Gold awards for all their hard work during the year. I hope everyone has a great and awesome summer. See you next school year!

HONOREES OF YWCA of Greater Los Angeles Phenomenal Woman Award included Pat Harvey, CBS2 news anchor, left. Co-chair at the May 10 event at the Omni Hotel Los Angeles was Cheryl Boone Isaacs, right, Windsor Square. Isaacs is president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Awardees are honored for their work to empower underserved girls and young women.

Body Worlds Pulse to 21st century See the effect living in the 21st century has on the many parts of the human anatomy at the Body Worlds: Pulse exhibit at California Science Center, 700 Exposition Park Dr. Bringing together more than 200 plastinated specimens from Dr. Gunther von Hagens’ original Body Worlds exhibit from 2004, it was updated because of recent health and wellness findings. Exhibits include an obese body slice and a smoker’s black lung that show the impact of ill health, as well as dancers and sports figures to

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(Continued from page 1) views for its heart and warmth. A glance at the Adobe’s photograph-laden wall shows its Hollywood and political connections. If there were a guest book, signatures of MidWilshire dads and moms also would be prominent. Jerry Brown dined here when he was candidate for the Los Angeles Community College District. Linda Ronstadt, who reportedly met the future governor at the café, was among a group of singers who frequented the site, including The Eagles’ Don Henley. Jackson Browne visited Lucy in Good Samaritan Hospital May 2, the day she died after battling cancer, according to her daughter Patricia. Born in El Paso as Maria de la Luz, (Mary of the light, shortened to Lucy), Lucy became involved in political

MANY POLITICIANS called the Adobe home. Former Sen. Bob Dole with Lucy and Frank.

fare as well, and community service has always been part of the Casados’ agenda. Fundraisers at the restaurant benefited St. Vincent Meals on Wheels, Griffith Observatory and political issues and candidates. When a reporter was killed by police while covering a protest in East L.A., the Casados became one of the founders of the Mexican American Political Assoc. Frank frequently hosted meetings at the restaurant. Democratic office-seekers from Tom Bradley to Hubert Humphrey dined at the restau-

rant (even a few Republicans). When Frank died of cancer at age 66 in 1990, Jimmy Webb donated a baby grand piano that decorates one of the several rooms added on over the decades. The owners served the writer of “Up, Up and Away,” free meals until he hit it big. “They knew he would,” said Patricia. Patricia started to work at the restaurant when she was 13, and longtime employees like bartender/waiter Ricardo Arias (45 years) contribute to the family atmosphere. Son James has expanded Lucy’s, adding the outdoor bar and more. A second son, Darryl, is disabled and lived with Lucy in her Wilshire Park home. Councilman Tom LaBonge named an area on Melrose “I Love Lucy” square, an honor shared with Lucille Ball, of Desilu Studios across the street. A Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated May 20 at Saint Victor Catholic Church.

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GALA says thanks for its first year To celebrate its inaugural year, the Girls Academic Leadership Academy (GALA) hosted a reception, with the help of Los Angeles First Lady Amy Wakeland, as a way to say “thank you” to its supporters. The first LAUSD all-girls school, GALA opened its doors in August 2016 under the leadership of founding principal Elizabeth Hicks at its Los Angeles High location. Among the supporters recognized at the recent reception were LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King, state Sen. Holly Mitchell and state Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas.

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Traditional tea, scones served at Alexandria House Join Alexandria House, 426 S. Alexandria Ave., for tea and a tour on Sun., June 25 from 11:30 to 1 p.m. “Our tea and tour is a time for interested people to visit Alexandria House, learn about our history and have a tour,” said development director

Michele Richards, S. Van Ness Ave. The traditional tea, complete with scones and clotted cream, will be served, and founding director Sister Judy Vaughan, a Muirfield Rd. native, will answer questions about the transitional home.

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Share memories of Harvey House with Chronicle The Fred Harvey Room at Union Station is set to open within a year as a microbrewery and gastropub. The last Harvey House built in the country, the restaurant was also popular with soldiers and travelers in World War II, but has been mostly empty for half a century. Opened in 1939, it was part of the chain found at railway stations throughout the country. So far, its mezzanine has been restored. It was designed by Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, the architect who also worked in national parks. News of its restoration got us reminiscing and thinking that, perhaps, many of our readers have memories of dining at the historic Harvey House at Union Station. “I used to go there regularly with my parents, and we have plenty of old-timers in the ‘hood who probably did so as well,” said Chronicle publisher John Welborne. We’d love to hear from you. Email us your Union Station Harvey House dining experiences: info@larchmontchronicle.com.

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Science, philanthropy thrive in ‘hood “We have to re-invent the way we energize our lives, such as carbon capture and storage technology,” said Dr. Jane C. Long, former associate director for energy and the environment at the Lawrence Livermore National laboratory and 2017 Muses Woman of the Year. For over 50 years, this auxiliary of the California Science Center has taken on the mission of providing education and opportunity for deserving students in SCIENCE CEN- our comTER champion m u n i t i e s . Margo O’Connell Over 300 at luncheon. guests gathPhoto by Christine Hessler ered at the Jonathan Club April 20 for the group’s 53rd luncheon.

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Patty Hill They enjoyed chilled poached salmon as Dr. Long was interviewed by vice president of news and public affairs at KCET, Val Zavala. Among those front and center were Science Center champion Margo O’Connell, Joyce Maddox Morandi, Gayle Roski, Gloria and Richard Pink, Beverly Schwartz, Patricia Torres, Shell Amega, and Muses Patron chair Delores Shine Kerr with husband Ben and granddaughter Jade James. • • • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles (BBBSLA) hosted its annual “Accesso-

ries for Success” Scholarship Luncheon, presented by City National Bank and TLC Network, April 23 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The afternoon featured a fashion show with a twist. Each “Big” and “Little” brother or sister selected his or her outfit and accessories with a maximum budget of $30 each, purchased from a participating Goodwill store. Among the “Bigs” were KNBC-TV newscaster Kim Baldonado, and “Los Angeles Big Brother of the Year” police officer Ryan Caplette, a member of the LAPD “Bigs in Blue” program introduced in December 2016. The event honored Nancy Daniels, president of TLC and Stephen Galloway, executive editor, Features, of The Hollywood Reporter. • • • The Colleagues presented their annual spring luncheon May 3 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. “Artists are like chil-

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Around the Town (Continued from page 22) The star-studded afternoon was highlighted by actress, writer, producer Amy Poehler introducing the legendary Carol Burnett. Wearing a fuchsia dress with a black crystal yoke and hemline, she, in her signature style, tugged at her earlobe and took questions from the audience. “Tell you about Julie Andrews? Well, both of us, with our husbands, were in Washington, D.C. to perform for the inauguration (in 1964). We arrived late, and Julie called and invited us to join her and her husband for hot cocoa. There we were in our jammies and fuzzy slippers and met in the hallway lounge. Julie says ‘Let’s call Mike Nichols, he’s four floors up and invite him too.’ So we did. ‘Let’s move this seating in front of the elevator; Mike can see us as soon as he steps off the elevator.’ So we did. ‘Let’s pretend like we are kissing, he’ll see us’ (Julie wanted to spoof Mike). The elevator descended, the doors opened. Off stepped some Secret Service agents and Lady Bird Johnson. ‘Aren’t you Carol Burnett?’ she inquired in a deep southern drawl. ‘Uh,

yeah,’ I replied, ‘and this (pointing to Julie Andrews) is Mary Poppins.’” What could top this golden story but a request of her signature “Tarzan Yell” that was graciously delivered with the gusto of someone whose comedy genius is truly ageless. The presentation of The Colleagues’ “Champion of Children” Award to Ms. Burnett was followed by a preview of the Fall Collection of Oscar de la Renta on the runway. Singing “I’m so glad we had this time together” and taking in the designs of Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, co-creative directors of Oscar de la Renta, were Shar Penfold, Suzanne Rheinstein, Amanda Mansour, Karla Ahmanson, Jackie Kruse, Michele McMullin, Amanda Pepe, Donna Econn, Melanie Boettcher, Ginger Lincoln, Laura Main, Sue Cunningham, Stephanie Sourapas, Susan Kneafsey, Isabelle Mayfield, Madeline Murray, Jo Ann Clark, Ame Austin, June Bilgore, Deniz Olgac, Kelley Nelson and Mellisa Maranon. Philanthropy has proven, over and over again, unforgettable. And that’s the chat!

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center focuses include Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Baha’i, Islam, Indigenous Spirituality, Sikhism and Hinduism. Others will be added as the center grows, according to the group’s website. At the celebration dinner, John Welborne sat at a fascinating table that was “quite ecumenical,” he reported. At his right was the evening’s dinner chair, Dr. Lois Sprague. On Welborne’s left were two Buddhist nuns in saffron robes, from the His Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights. To their left, wearing a purple shirt, was the

new Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Bishop Coadjutor John Taylor. The table also included, just arrived from London the day before, Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips of Animal Defenders International. “Diverse indeed,” said Welborne, “and excellent company.” The center places attention on three vital areas: Faith, Women and Violence; Children and Youth; and Transformative Engagement in the World. Events at the center are free. For a schedule of upcoming events visit the website: theguibordcenter.org.

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Archduke, truth or lie at Princeton, musical mystery at Monaco Rajiv Joseph is the recipient of numerous playwriting awards including a Pulitzer finalist prize for “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.” His latest play Archduke is based on a historical event — the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, in June of 1914, an event that is often credited with the start of World War I. The play is told from the point of view of three innocents: Gavrilo (Stephen Stocking) Trifko (Ramiz Monsef) and Nedelijko (Josiah Bania). All are suffering from incurable tuberculosis. They are easy prey and are manipulated by the charismatic, manic Chief of Serbian Military intelligence, Capt. Dragutin “Apis” Dimitrijevic (the wonderful Patrick Page) to carry out the assassination. They rendezvous for their final instructions at the cap-

tain’s home, where a huge map of the area, (scenic design by Tim Mackabee), helps the boys as well the audience follow the party line. The next-to-final scene takes place on an exquisite 19th century train car, credit Mr. Mackabee, where the boys discuss their lives. It makes clear their lack of understanding of the gravity of the event they are about to take part in when the most urgent decision seems to be between a sandwich or a woman. Also in the cast is Todd Weeks credited with playing Dr. Leko (he also plays a few other roles), and the inventive Joanne McGee playing the scene-stealing, cat-hating, servant Sladjana. Directed with deep understanding by Giovanna Sardelli, this is a most enjoyable adventure in theater. Many laughs, the right amount of suspense, and

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Patricia Foster Rye totally entertaining. Certainly it will guarantee Mr. Joseph more awards for his shelf. Through June 4. Mark Taper Forum Center Theatre Group, 135 N. Grand Ave., 213-6282772. 4 Stars ••• The set consists of a threesided box paneled in polished blonde wood with two chairs, scenic design by Tim Mackabee. This is the claustrophobic scenic framework for Actually by Anna Zigler. Tom (Jerry MacKinnon) African American and Amber (Samantha Ressler), are freshmen at Princeton. They have

a story to tell and a game of truth or lie is the catalyst. When Amber accuses Tom of rape, they each tell their sides of their night together to the audience (the investigating panel of the university). Was it rape or was there consent? How much alcohol was involved? What was said? What was reality and what was perception? Ms. Ressler and Mr. Mckinnon are gifted actors who bring the play to life beat by beat. The brilliant lighting design by Lap Chi Chu follows those beats, as well as indicating scenic locations and mood with perfectly keyed theatrical color. And director Tyne Rafaeli has kept the intentions clear and the pace balanced. There are some too-convenient plot points, but for the most part this is a terrific one act and a primer for first-year college students who desperately feel they need

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Thriller served over ‘Dinner,’ meet ‘Chuck,’ the real ‘Rocky’ The Dinner (8/10): Vaguely reminiscent of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” (1966), this is a psychological thriller about two couples who meet for dinner to discuss their serious problem involving a horrific deed done by their children. Surrounding their conversations is the laughable presentation of each course, explained in ostentatiously excruciating detail by their head waiter, Michael Chernus. In addition to “Woolf,” the film also reminded me of last year’s “Eye in the Sky” in the way it handles a controversial problem, attacking it from all sides with each side presenting its case. Even though bolstered by a smart script and a wonderful score, director Oren Moverman chickened out with an unsatisfying ending, unlike the aforementioned “Eye.” Chuck (8/10): Although unaware of it at the time, Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber) was the model for Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” series. Wepner found out about it later and this is his story. Schreiber’s strong appearance is ably abetted by the performance of Elisabeth Moss, who plays his long–suffering wife Phyllis. Another positive is that the fights that are re-created herein do not have the phony audio enhancements that make every blow sound as though an atomic bomb has gone off.

Outdoor design festival visits Los Feliz Village Urban Air Market, an outdoor traveling marketplace for sustainability design, will be at nearby shopping district Los Feliz Village Sun., June 4 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Taking place on Hillhurst Ave., between Finley and Franklin avenues, the outdoor design festival will feature fashion, accessory, furniture, home décor and body product vendors. “We are thrilled to be hosting Urban Air Market,” said Rafik Ghazarian, president of the Los Feliz Village Business Improvement District, the organization hosting the event. The market, founded in 2005, is reportedly the largest outdoor design festival in the country, and the only independent marketplace focused on sustainable design. For more information, go to urbanairmarket. com or visit losfeliz.biz.

A Woman’s Life (7/10): Adapted from the novel “Une Vie” by Guy de Maupassant, this tells the tale of tortured love embedded in the restraining marriage and family codes in 19th century Normandy. The film follows Judith Chemla, in a sensitive performance, through approximately 30 years of her life. It is appropriately slow with lots of shots of people thinking. Not for everyone, the French know how to make films that show life to be enormously depressing and unrewarding, and this is a classic example. In French. The Wizard of Lies (7/10): Robert De Niro gives a good performance as the fiendish Bernie Madoff who ruined the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of people and charities with his Ponzi scheme. But this film, which

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Tony Medley concentrates on the time after he confessed, seems unusually lenient on him by giving only passing mention of the devastating damage this wicked man did to his victims. Michelle Pfeiffer, an amazing lookalike for his wife Ruth, is the one who gives the memorable performance. On HBO. Churchill (2/10): This long, slow, boring, talky film directed by Jonathan Teplizky based on an original screenplay by Alex von Tunzelmann, who is identified as a “British historian,” posits that British Prime Minis-

ter Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) was in a knockdown drag out battle with Gen. Dwight Eisenhower (John Slattery) in opposition to Eisenhower’s plan to invade Europe at Normandy in June 1944. I can find no authority for this. It is chock full of speculations about Churchill that seem to have little or no basis in fact. Consistent therewith, Teplizky and Tunzelmann readily admit that they made things up out of whole cloth. There seems no reason to do this other than to tarnish Churchill with things that did not occur. The film is also burdened by a maudlin score and an ending that seems to go on almost forever. Baywatch (2/10): “Baywatch” without babes with bouncing breasts is an uninteresting bust. The only bouncing breasts visible in

this implausible film belong to Dwayne Johnson. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2/10): Thomas Malory, who first published his “Le morte d’Arthur” in 1485 bringing together the 14th Century French legends comprising the story, would not recognize this tale that more resembles a Marvel Comics action fantasy than the Arthurian legend. From a dismal start, it doesn’t improve. It’s easy to see why this film has taken so long to hit the theaters, as it’s rumored that the original cut of well over 2 1/2 hours has been trimmed 20 percent over the last year. But it’s still so jumbled and incoherent that it’s little more than regurgitated nonsense. Recommended Reading: “My Husband’s Wife” by Jane Corry, a quirky thriller by a first-time author.

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for the privilege, savored dining delights while also hearing from Windsor Square’s Nancy Silverton (of Hancock Park’s Mozza, et al.), Govind Armstrong (who trained with Puck and Silverton as a teenager), food truckmeister Roy Choi, plus Hollywood music agent Shep Gordon (the man most responsible for creating a world of celebrity chefs).

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design sensibility. To enter, one walks over a glass encased pebbled stream embedded in the floor, past a large window waterfall, into a serene, wood-paneled room. Sake in hand, we started with a $24 tangle of crunchy, nicely-seasoned tempura-battered soft shell crabs, served with cactus salsa. We wrapped a daikontopped chunk of miso black cod into a butter lettuce leaf for a jolt of sweet and salty goodness. A $9.50 spicy tuna hand roll was sheathed in a perfectly tucked seaweed rectangle, worthy of an OCD sushi master. The rice-to-tuna ratio was spot on, but it wasn’t very spicy, requiring this heat fiend to liberally dip into the wasabi. A miniscule jidori chicken skewer was slightly dry, and relied too heavily on Peruvian anticucho sauce to impart flavor. A $5 buttery slice of yellowtail sashimi was excellent, but I wish they had a sushi or sashimi sampler option with better pricing. At lunch one can splurge on a $50 fivecourse bento box, with such delicacies as sashimi salad, sushi, and miso black cod. Sake, soju, beer and wine. Umeda, 6623 Melrose, 323965-8010. Contact Helene at onthemenu@larchmontchronicle.com.

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CHEFS Nancy Silverton and Govind Armstrong join “Los Angeles Times” food critic Jonathan Gold and Wolfgang Puck, the inaugural winner of the “Times’” Jonathan Gold Award.

The Spice Table was a Southeast Asian restaurant in Little Tokyo that closed when Metro expanded and claimed its space. Many restaurants come and go in Los Angeles, for all kinds of reasons, but few are remembered as fondly, due to the surprising flavor explosions wrought by Chef Bryant Ng. Cut to 2015. Chef Ng and his wife Kim open Cassia in Santa Monica, where their ChineseSingaporean-Vietnamese palette and French technique flourish in a large, stunning space. White marble co-exists with earthy wood tables; gleaming counter seating rims the seafood and cocktail bars. In partnership with another lauded culinary couple, Rustic Canyon’s Zoe Nathan and Josh Loeb, the Ngs have created a haven for sophisticated, yet casual, dining. Braving the 10 freeway is daunting, but it’s worth it for vibrant mouthfuls of fried cauliflower drizzled with fish sauce or spicy wontons in roasted chili oil, and stuffed with cod, shrimp, cabbage and country ham. The sweet flesh of a whole grilled sea bass is allowed to take center stage under a sprinkling of turmeric, dill and lime. Charcuterie fried rice glistens with oil fragrant from Chinese bacon, Lap Cheong sausage, and salted fish. Grilled eggplant in lemongrass curry, with feta

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Think before discarding 'worthless singleton' when on defense Here’s a hand I played a few years ago that shows a key discarding consideration. East Dealer: NS Vulnerable

North ♠ AK ♥ K943 ♥ AT64 ♣ KJ2

West ♠ Q95 ♥ JT ♦ Q92 ♣ T6543

East ♠ T86432 ♥ 852 ♦3 ♣ Q87

South ♠ J7 ♥ AQ76 ♦ KJ875 ♣ A9

West North East South P 1D P 1H P 3H P 4N P 5S* P 5N P 6D 7N All Pass P Opening Lead: 7C Before getting into a discussion of the bidding and play, put yourself in East’s position. North takes the opening lead with the Jack and immediately attacks hearts. After leading three hearts, she leads the fourth. You have to sluff. What do you discard? Bidding: While South could open 1N with this unbalanced hand, 1D was OK, although it makes a rebid difficult since she doesn’t have enough to reverse. I would open it 1N. South’s jump showed 15 to 18 high card points (HCP). Since north had 18 HCP, slam was a distinct possibility, so immediately went to Roman Key Card Blackwood. Her response of five spades showed two key cards plus the Queen of trump. North’s five no trump rebid promised all five key cards and asked for the number of Kings. When she showed one King, they had all of the aces and Kings plus the Queen of trump. North took a chance on the grand slam and chose no trump, rather than hearts, because north’s hand was balanced and north knew that the rest of the players would be playing in hearts, so making no trump would give a cold top in a duplicate game. Play: First, East should lead the standard lead, 4th from longest and strongest, the spade 4. It makes no difference on this hand, but underleading a Queen when you only hold three cards in the suit is a terrible lead. Now for the answer to the question that begins the column. Look at dummy on your left and what do you see? You

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Grand Slam see a five card diamond suit. But declarer started by running the hearts (your partner discarding the Jack and then the Ten), even though a fourone split could set her. What do you deduce from that? You already know that she has the ace of diamonds from the bidding. The King and Jack are on the board. If she had the ace and the Queen, she would start with diamonds, where she has five certain tricks. Therefore, she must be lacking the Queen of diamonds. You know your partner has it. The one card you cannot discard on the fourth lead of

hearts is your three of diamonds. Why? Because, from the bidding, North has no clue about what either hand holds. She is going to have to guess on the Queen of diamonds. So you have to save a diamond to play when she leads diamonds.

finesse back through West, thereby setting up five diamond tricks, making seven no trump cold. Another thing that made it so easy after the sluff of the three of diamonds was that, when you are missing the Queen in a situation If you have the Queen you like this, the first lead can be deadly. If, for instance, would not be sluffing diamonds because you would you lead the ace first and East shows out, you are be protecting the Queen. doomed to lose the Queen since you can no longer If you show out on her first finesse, having already played lead, she knows where the the ace. Queen is. Further, when you Similarly, if you lead low sluff the diamond, it pretty from the ace to the King Jack much telegraphs to her that on the board and West shows you do not have the Queen. out, you have lost the abilIf you have the Queen you ity to finesse. So discarding would not be sluffing dia- the three of diamonds on the monds because you would be fourth heart lead told North protecting the Queen. that she could safely under When North saw the discard lead the ace to the King on the of the three of diamonds, it board and come back through told her that she could lead West for the finesse. to the King on the board and The singleton might seem

like a good card to discard because it is never going to take a trick, but discarding that singleton made the contract much easier for declarer. If East had saved the diamond trey to play it when North started the diamonds, she still would have no clue as to where the Queen was. She would then have to either guess on the finesse or play the ace and King and hope for the drop in a 2-2 split. So when you’re defending no trump and there is a long running suit on the board that might need a finesse, don’t discard your singleton in that suit because you will need to play it when she leads the suit to keep from telling declarer the shape of the suit. Grand Slam is the nom de plume for an author of a bestselling book on bridge, an ACBL accredited director and a Silver Life Master.

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