San Pedro Today - June 2017

JUNE 2017

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If you have the opportunity this summer (or any time, really), get out of town. I mean it, leave. Put San Pedro in the rearview mirror and go somewhere far away. Go somewhere you’ve never been before. Take yourself (and your family, if it applies) out of your comfort zone. It doesn’t matter where. It doesn’t matter when. Just do it. It’ll only be temporary, you’ll be back; but go out and find… wait for it… wait for it… perspective.

I’m inspired by a piece this month by our columnist, Jennifer Marquez, titled, “Take the Trip.” It’s a funny read about her recent jaunt to Mexico City with her family, and it touches upon a topic I’ve written about before that we, as San Pedrans, need to be occasionally reminded of, which is: get the heck out of this bubble we call home.

Friends and family give me a lot of flak for never being able to stay in one place for very long. Five years ago, after my first trip to Europe, I got bit by the travel bug and I haven’t been able to shake it. I’ve developed a wanderlust that constantly needs to be satiated. It’s a fun thirst to have, really. It’s tough to explain in words how being outside this town for short bursts of time, and outside my own comfort zone, have helped me as a world citizen, as a San Pedran, and as the editor of this publication.

Social media has been a blessing and a curse for San Pedro. Yes, we all are more connected. Yes, information about breaking news, crime, and events can spread fast and reach a large audience. But with that, in my opinion, we’ve also become a much less

trusting community than years past.

Our smartphones have slowly morphed from instruments of information to instruments of paranoia, and at some point, the levee is going to break.

If you’re someone who is constantly getting notifications from any of our 80,000 San Pedro Facebook Groups (or worse, posting and/or commenting in them), and if you're continually monitoring your Nextdoor app, you’re my target audience this month.

Instead of adding to the paranoia, close those apps and open an airline app, or a car rental app, or a hotel app, or just the Maps app, and start planning a trip out of town. It doesn’t have to be expensive (you can travel on the cheap if you plan it right), and it doesn’t have to be long. It just has to happen. Because we’re quickly becoming a community of paranoid androids thinking every homeless person is a criminal (not true), every stranger is an enemy (again, not true), and every person that knocks on our front door is a thief (also, not true).

In his recent Netflix comedy special, The Daily Show host, Trevor Noah, drops this gem: “Traveling is the antidote to ignorance.” He’s right. By getting out of our comfort zone and meeting new people, visiting new places, and having new experiences, we free our mind from the narrowness of living in constant fear. This paranoia is unhealthy and is doing more harm than good to our community. We are in dire need of a broader perspective on life. Please, seek that perspective for yourself. Take the trip. spt Joshua Stecker is publisher/editorin-chief of San Pedro Today. Letters to the Editor can be emailed to contact@sanpedrotoday.com.

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ON THE COVER: Skateboarder Riley Stevens tackles the half-pipe at the 2016 San Pedro Shred (photo: Chris Valle / @chrisvallephoto)

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JUNE EVERY WEEK – STRONG PEDRO PROJECT at Plaza Park (10th St. & Beacon St.) Tues 5p - Run Club; Wed at 6:45a - TRX circuit; Fri 4:30p - Taught

by Councilman Joe Buscaino; Sat 9a - Glute Camp; Sat 11:30a - Yoga.

Open to the public. For more info, visit facebook.com/StrongPedroProject.

EVERY SATURDAY – LAFD HARBOR MUSEUM at San Pedro City Hall, Old Fire Station 36 (639 Harbor Blvd.), 10a – 3p. Experience San Pedro and Wilmington's Fire and Rescue service history with vintage fire apparatuses and various displays. FREE Admission.

Donations are accepted and appreciated.

1 (Thurs) – FIRST THURSDAY ARTWALK in Downtown San Pedro, 6 – 10p.

Live music, food trucks, art gallery displays, and food and drink specials from local bars and restaurants. Experience the most anticipated monthly event in San Pedro!

1 (Thurs) – PHILIPPINE ART GALLERY OPENING at PINTA*DOS (479 W. 6th St., Ste. 107), 6 – 9p. The art gallery honors the Pintados, the painted people and early inhabitants of the Philippines.

For more info, call (310) 514-9139.

3-4 (Sat-Sun) – 1ST ANNUAL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGE at Port of Los Angeles, Berth 46 (3011 Miner St.), 8a. Students from Banning, Carson, Lennox Academy, POLA, and San Pedro High Schools will be presenting their innovative and inventive car projects, featuring electric vehicles on display, food trucks, and awards presentation. For more info, contact Jim Braslow of Lennox Academy at jbraslow@lennoxacademy.org.

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3 (Sat) – BOOK SALE at the San Pedro Regional Branch Library, Phil Scott Meeting Room (931 S. Gaffey St.), 11a – 4p. The Friends of San Pedro Library is hosting its monthly book sale. All proceeds

benefit the library. Can't make it? Visit The Friends' bookstore inside the library, open Monday through Saturday, 1 – 5p.

3 (Sat) – SOUNDPEDRO at Angels Gate Cultural Center (3601 S. Gaffey St.), 5 – 10p. This unique event highlights sound art, where single and multi-media artworks will investigate the way we use our senses to perceive and experience.

Produced by FLOOD. FREE Admission.

For more info, visit soundpedro.org.

4 (Sun) – 5TH ANNUAL SAN PEDRO SHRED FESTIVAL OF SKATE in Downtown San Pedro, 10a – 4p. Switching locations to 5th St. and Centre St. For more info, visit sanpedroshredfest.com. See story pg. 22.

8 (Thurs) – NEEDLE ARTISTS BY THE SEA MEETING at Ports O’Call Restaurant (1220 Nagoya Wy.), 10a. The local chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild will hold its monthly meeting, featuring the second part of their year-long project, designer Sue Reed’s “It’s Not the Usual.”

For more info, call (424) 224-9254.

9 (Fri) – NATURE & ME STORYTIME at the George F. Canyon Nature Center (27305 Palos Verdes Dr. E.), 9:30 – 10a.

Share the joy of reading with your children. Geared for kids 2-5 years.

For reservations, visit pvplc.org.

9 (Fri) – MOMS CLUB OF SAN PEDRO MEETING at Eastview Park (1700 Westmont Dr.), 3:30p. This non-profit supports all mothers, plans weekly play dates, family days, fundraising and community service events. For more info, email sanpedromomsclub@ yahoo.com or visit sites.google.com/ site/sanpedromomsclub/home.

10 (Sat) – PORT OF CRAFTS BOUTIQUE at the Croatian Cultural Center (510 W. 7th St.), 10a – 6p. This indoor craft fair featuring over 30

artists of handmade items and vintageinspired vendors. For more info, visit their event on Facebook, and follow @PortOfCraftsBoutique on Instagram.

10 – (Sat) – “ART WAVES” FINE ART EXHIBITION at the Los Angeles Yacht Club (285 Whalers Wk.), Noon – 6p.

This fine art exhibition focuses on ocean life. The loosely themed show featuring abstract, conceptual, realism, sculptural works, photography and painting. Proceeds benefit the community sailing program.

For more info, email reservations@ layc.org or call (310) 831-1203.

10 (Sat) – LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY’S “LAST REMAINING SEATS” CLASSIC FILM SERIES at the Warner Grand Theatre (478 W. 6th St.), 2 – 10:30p. Featuring two films: Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and On the Waterfront, (1954). For more info and tickets, visit laconservancy.org. Want to win a pair of VIP tickets? Check out @sanpedrotoday on Instagram for details!

17 (Sat) – ST. ANTHONY CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH’S 68TH ANNUAL PICNIC & FESTIVAL at St. Anthony Parish Center (714 Alpine St.), 11a – Midnight. This annual event celebrates Croatian culture with a day filled with activities and fun for the whole family, including mass with tamburica orchestra and choir, kolo dancing, games for kids, music, bocce tournament, and of course, delicious food! For more info, contact the Parish at (213) 628-2938.

17 (Sat) – POINT FERMIN LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY ANNUAL BEER & WINE TASTING FUNDRAISER at The Corner Store (1118 W. 37th St.), 2 – 3:30p and 4 – 5:30p. See ad page 7.

17 (Sat) – FROM THE DESERT TO THE SEA: THE DESOLATION CENTER EXPERIENCE at Cornelius Projects (1417 S. Pacific Ave.), 6 – 9p. Cornelius

Projects pays tribute to Desolation Center’s pioneering vision with an exhibition featuring painting, photography, sculpture, video, and ephemera. Participating in the show are Desolation Center alumni Mike Watt, Curt and Cris Kirkwood, and more.

For more info, visit corneliusprojects.org.

25 (Sun) – SEAL DAY FESTIVAL at Marine Mammal Care Center (3601 S. Gaffey St.), 11a – 4p. Join Sea Shepherd Los Angeles in celebrating 25 years of marine mammal rehabilitation at the MMCC. This annual educational open house welcomes supporters, donors, and first time visitors to get acquainted with their diligent work - and having fun at the same time! Event is free.

28 (Wed) – PALOS VERDES NATURE PRESERVE QUARTERLY PUBLIC FORUM at the RPV Civic Center, Community Room (30940 Hawthorne Blvd.), 6 – 9p. This forum is open to the public. For more info, contact Administrative Analyst Katie Lozano in the Recreation & Parks Department at (310) 544-5267 or katiel@rpvca.gov.

30 (Fri) – 9TH ANNUAL PORT OF LA CARS AND STRIPES FOREVER at the Port of LA Waterfront (600 N. Harbor Blvd.), 5 – 10p. Cruise on down!

This annual event, hosted by the Port of Los Angeles, is a free community celebration to kick off Independence Day weekend, featuring more than 100 cars built before 1971, an exotic car display, live bands, food trucks, a beer garden, and grand fireworks finale.

Please email event info to events@sanpedrotoday.com.

Deadline for the July issue is Friday, June 16. All locations in San Pedro unless otherwise noted. Find more events at facebook.com/sanpedrotoday.

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by Steve Marconi It’s time to channel my inner sportswriter and salute the 2017 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees for San Pedro High and Harbor College. I’ll start with Harbor College because it is a comparatively small group, and the Seahawks’ 11th annual ceremony at Ports O’ Call Restaurant is first on the calendar on Sept. 15.

First off are four baseball players from the `80s and `90s: catcher Jorge Pedre from Culver City High (`87); outfielder Ryan Karp from Beverly Hills High (`89-90); teammate and infielder Jonathan Lopez from Davis High (`89-90); and first baseman Mike Stembridge from Lakewood

(`93-94). Joining them will be two football players from Banning, offensive lineman Ken Bridges (196667) and linebacker Bob Behan (1968); soccer’s Afwafei Aleakwa (201011) from Gardena High; and San Pedro High’s volleyball/basketball star Janet Bezmalinovich (1974-76), who will be doubling up in Halls of Fame this year (see below).

Filling out this year’s class are two San Pedro High legends, Joe Marino (1949-51), being honored for Meritorious Service, and Lefty Olguin (1976) for Lifetime Achievement.

Olguin already has two Seahawk HOF medals as a member of the 1976 (pitcher) and 1978 (assistant coach) baseball teams. Tickets for the banquet can be obtained by calling the Harbor athletic office at (310) 233-4122 or (310) 233-4359.

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Black and Gold The Pirates’ fourth annual event will again be at the DalmatianAmerican Club on Nov. 4.

Thirty-seven individuals in four categories, three families, and two teams will be honored, so once again those planning to attend are encouraged to reserve tickets well in advance.

The eight athletes being inducted for individual achievement are Bob Benedetti (S’58), All-City basketball; Kevin Bodlovich (1996), City golf champion; Victoria Brucker (1989), first girl to play in the Little League World Series; Anna (Ray) DeLozie (1981), only girl on three straight league champion swim teams; Sheryl Fitt (1987), three-time City champion gymnast; Arnie Madrid (1989), AllCity football, All-League baseball; Kara Olsen (1987), three-sport star, set five school distance records in track; and Ronnie Quick (1976), All-City baseball, All-League basketball.

Lifetime honors are going to Janet Bezmalinovich (1973), basketball/ volleyball; Jack Bogdanovich (W`59), coached Cerritos College to three state basketball championships; Bob Burt (S`58), two-sport athlete, multiple coach-of-year winner in high school football; Dick Harris (W`55), football, starred for San Diego Chargers; Bob Kersee (1972), track, coached women Olympians; Jack Kordich (S`63), three-sport athlete, led SPHS to City titles in tennis and soccer; Bob Petrich (W’59), football, starred for San Diego Chargers; and Bobby Ramirez (W`69), baseball/football, multiple coach-of-year honors in baseball, led Pirates to 2010 City title game.

Siblings being honored are Marion (S`51) and Hendi (S’55) Ancich; Pete (W`46) and Bob (W’48) Bentovoya; Leonard (1986), Joey (1989) and Mark (1992) Miller; and Nick (W`47) and Anthony (S’52) Mosich. Marion is the second-winningest football coach in state history; Hendi, a foursport athlete, was a longtime NFL official. The Bentovoyas were sports cartoonists for major Los Angeles newspapers; all three Millers were football/baseball standouts; the Mosich brothers starred in football.

The families being recognized are the

Castanedas (father Ernie, W`65; and sons Ernie Jr., 1989; Steven, 1992; and Bryan, 1993); Dudleys (parents Darrell, W`41, and Mary, S`41, and sons Cliff, S’59; Darrell Jr., S`60; and Dave, S`62); and Tams (parents Robert, 1971, and Nora, 1976, and children Natalie, 2001; Nick, 2004; and Stephanie, 2005).

The Castanedas made their mark in football, the Dudleys in football, baseball and basketball, and the Tams in track, baseball and softball.

The posthumous inductees are J.C. Agajanian (S`32); Van Barbieri (S`58); Vince Carrese (W`26); Leon Cigar (S`60); Steve Morris; Roy Provence (W`40); Bob Rados (S`41); Steve Roak (1974); Jimmy Robertson (S`41); Bob Tabing; Jimmy Zar (W`59); and Jerry Zuvela (W`47).

The 1981 girls gymnastics team and 2001 softball team, both City champions, also will be inducted.

The committee still needs contact information for the following inductees: DeLozie, Zuvela, Provence and Cigar, plus gymnastics team members Stephanie Anderson, Jean Watts, Teri Broeland, Colleen Miller, Lisa Inlow, Brenna Price, Sylvia Stefanic, Jonnie Ann Burich and Laura Kurtz. Call Steve Schiazzano at (310) 748-5544 or email steveschiazzano@gmail.com.

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Another HOF In April, Cardte Hicks (basketball), Frank Endo (gymnastics) and Louise Figlewicz Quick (softball), three San Pedro High Hall of Famers, were inducted into the Los Angeles City Section Hall of Fame.

Beginning in 2011, the City has inducted 44 members into its HOF every two years. This year’s group, which also included Harbor College Hall of Famer Bob Watson (baseball) from Fremont High, was honored at a ceremony at the Double Tree Hilton in Culver City. San Pedro High Hall of Famer Willie Naulls was among the inaugural class and is the only other Pirate honored so far. spt Steve Marconi can be reached at spmarconi@yahoo.com.

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FROM PIRATE TO TITAN

by Anthony Pirozzi Periodically, I think back to the memories of attending elementary, junior high and high school in San Pedro. In elementary school, I remember the competitive spirit playing school yard games, such as sockball, kickball and dodgeball. The yard gym-set was made of all metal, from the climbing apparatus to the gymnastic rings, surrounded by black pads that came together like a puzzle to soften a fall, although they weren’t that soft. There were no plastic jungle gyms or soft landing pads like today, let alone grass school yards, but rather good old fashion black top. There was no middle school back then, but rather junior high schools.

At Dana Junior High, the main building was being renovated until it reopened while in 9th grade, so there were four levels of bungalows. Today, the fourth level is the Pirate baseball field. So when I look toward centerfield, I see my homeroom, room 441, with electronics teacher, Mr. Gascoigne, and in right field, Mrs. Richardson’s English classroom.

As a San Pedro Pirate, I was proud to represent my hometown on the soccer and track team. I enjoyed many extracurricular activities and was honored to be on Homecoming and Prom court, but the biggest honor was being elected as Student Body President my last semester. Through it all, I made life-long memories and friends.

So, when my wife Carolyn (SPHS Class of ’87) and I were married and had our boys Antonio, Vincent and Luca, there was no doubt that they would attend the schools that we did.

While many local parents were finding ways to get their kids into the Palos Verdes school district, there was no doubt that our boys would become San Pedro High School Pirates. It was not for lack of resources to attend a PV school, but more about our San Pedro pride, commitment to our hometown, and a belief that a good education begins in the home. Today,

our oldest son, Antonio, is a sophomore at UC Irvine, our youngest, Luca, is a freshman at SPHS, and middle son, Vincent, will graduate this month from SPHS and go from being a Pirate to a Titan this fall when he attends California State University Fullerton to study business finance.

Vincent has always been the kid easiest to coach, loves sports, and one we never had to worry about getting his homework done. As a parent, you learn how to balance the traits of each child, which is a learning process in itself. I learned early on that Vincent was a logical thinker.

At three-years-old, he would line his shoes up in a straight line heal-to-toe, which indicated to me that he must think in a logical order. This became more apparent one afternoon when he was doing math homework while in elementary school. One day, I arrived home from work and found him struggling with his math homework.

Although Carolyn showed him how to do the problem, he was not able to process how she solved it and was practically in tears. I asked her if she showed him the order to solve the problem. She looked at me a little funny until I reminded her about the shoes. I then setup an example for him in the logical order to solve the math problems. It clicked for him and he finished his homework in minutes.

Today, this is still the case when we discuss life’s challenges.

The beauty of raising children is learning what drives each of them as individuals. For Vincent, it has always been doing well in school and in sports.

While at SPHS, he found his love once again for baseball and would play all four years, three of them on varsity.

This year, he ended his high school baseball career as one of the varsity team captains and the team recently became the 2017 Marine League Champions. It seems as if it was only yesterday that we were rocking our boys to sleep and now we are seeing two of them off to college this fall.

Man, how time flies. Congrats to the SPHS Class of 2017! spt Anthony Pirozzi is a L.A. Harbor Commissioner. Contact him at apirozzi@yahoo.com.

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I love to travel.

However, trying to schedule a trip between our two work schedules and children’s activities is challenging. Then there is the money, saving for college and retirement and keeping up on our 100-year-old house (aka the shack), and the braces. It’s always something.

Despite all of these obstacles and a spouse who likes to stay home, I have managed to somehow drag my family out the door onto planes and into different countries. Sometimes it is like pulling a mull with its hooves cemented into the ground (testing if husband reads this column), but the trips have always been worth it.

My main objective for travel is to fulfill my natural love for exploring (aka me, me, me), instead of the normal mom and work stuff, which is about everybody else. The best part of travel is avoiding cooking and cleaning. What is not to love? None of my family, which consists of boys and a husband, likes to plan trips, so I make all the decisions. Because there is always a ball being thrown around in the shack or a game blaring on TV, they are very distracted. No matter how many times I say we are leaving on a plane in a few days, they seem shocked when the day arrives and we are driving to the airport. The teen wants to know how fast we can get the torturous vacation over with so he can get back home. I wonder how long we can stay.

Our latest adventure was to Mexico City on Spring Break. I watched airfare prices for weeks like a Vegas shark and 10 days before my kids got out of school, I bought four roundtrip direct tickets for $940 out the door to Mexico City, selecting the location based on price. Since I like to travel so much, I

try to stretch the money. I like to use a Hilton American Express with no annual points on all my purchases, paying it off monthly. With those points, we stayed for free for a week in Mexico City. We have stayed at many hotels this way for free, even two trips to Hawaii in fancy pants hotels with amazing pools. I also have a Chase Sapphire Visa that I use for points for free airfare on other trips we have taken. The shack is getting a new roof (finally), and if I can charge it on my American Express for the points, I will be happy. I need more points for my, I mean “our,” next adventure.

Mexico City exceeded my expectations, the hotels were top notch, imagine door men in top hats and a view that looked like we were on top of the world. There was a chef at the breakfast buffet that I managed to haggle into our deal for free as well.

It is hard to go home to the shack where I flip pancakes at dawn after being served by a chef for days in a glamorous hotel. We also got upgraded into a much larger room by the bellman; never doubt the power of the man with your bags.

We loved hiking the pyramids with a private guide, eating at a restaurant inside a cave and visiting beautiful churches. Nothing will replace these memories, or the one of my husband dining on sautéed ant eggs as I tried not to gag in horror.

While the museums and canals were unforgettable, I tend to remember things like the Uber driver who wants to tell us about his ex-wife who cheated on him while practicing his English as we sped down the street. I always say, take the trip, even if it’s in a tent on a beach. You will always have those memories. spt Jennifer Marquez can be reached at jennifertmarquez@yahoo.com

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Walking into McKenna’s Pendleton, your eye instantly notices the perfectly folded shirts, the impeccably organized inventory, and most importantly, the friendly atmosphere. There is a reason why this store has maintained its popularity and continued to thrive for more than thirty years.

In addition to their wide selection of clothing and home items, it is the heart of the store that brings loyal and new customers alike through their doors. Rather than just solely help customers make a purchase, owner Kate McKenna’s main objective is to provide them with an experience.

“We sell customer service,” McKenna proudly explains.

Independently owned and operated, McKenna’s Pendleton, formerly South Bay Pendleton, has been in the South Bay area since opening their doors in 1986. Recently moving to their latest location on Pacific Coast Highway, directly next door from their previous storefront, McKenna’s Pendleton is a local mainstay. “I think people appreciate that we’re a small, familyowned business. We’re here everyday, and try to take care of our customers the best we can,” says McKenna. As the owner of a local, small business, McKenna takes pride in her store’s quality of service, saying, “We are your traditional mom and pop, and we treat people like we would like to be treated.”

The historic brand’s origin dates

to the early 1900s, where combined inspiration from Native American designs and the legacy of British weaver Thomas Kay, created the foundation for Pendleton Woolen Mills. Since then, the tradition of the Pendleton brand has continued to be a chosen favorite for customers, young and old.

Chances are, if you grew up within the San Pedro area, you or someone in your family has a Pendleton item in their closet. Their designs are timeless, classic, and have become a treasured staple in clothing and outerwear.

They are multi-generational. Items like Pendleton’s best-selling board shirt have been passed down from grandfathers, to fathers, to sons. “The shirt has a story,” McKenna says. Not only is this a testament to the quality of the brand’s clothing, but also it’s importance within local culture. Did you know that before The Beach Boys, who hail from Hawthorne, achieved fame, they were such big fans of the woolen shirts that they originally gave themselves the moniker, “The Pendletones?” Though the name of the famous musical group may have changed, Pendleton eventually returned the favor, and in 2002 created a replica of the group’s favorite blue and plaid shirt called the “Blue Original Surf Plaid” board shirt, which became one of the brand’s hottest items to date.

Pendleton also is a major favorite

among the ILWU community. The woolen fabric and thick outerwear options are why the brand’s clothing is both fashionable and functional, making it a go-to for long, chilly workdays and nights at our port.

However, as McKenna thoughtfully mentions, freshly purchased Pendleton shirts are often kept for days off, while older shirts typically are worn on the job. Keeping those collars pressed and shirts looking neat is definitely part of Pendleton’s classic image. McKenna enjoys being able to get to know so many longshoremen who have become regular customers, as well as friends.

In July, the store will be offering a gift certificate program geared toward avid Pendleton-wearers working on the docks.

As many local women can attest, “borrowing” your boyfriend’s Pendleton does happen, and being given one of your grandfather’s old shirts is also pretty special. However, in addition to men’s clothing, McKenna’s Pendleton also carries a selection of women’s styles, and is excited to announce that women’s versions of items, including board shirts and western snap front shirts, will be available in July. The store also carries Pendleton’s home items, including the product that started it all – the wool blanket. These blankets are as beautiful as they are

cozy, and display designs that honor and commemorate Native American culture.

“We try diligently to know our customers needs and fulfill them, try to build relationships with them, and promote their loyalty.” McKenna says, “We’re really big on personalized service.” The store routinely updates a list of what customers have purchased before, what styles they’ve liked, and makes sure to keep them in mind when new styles and items become available.

Though relatively new to digital marketing and advertising though social media, McKenna’s Pendleton often holds special events and sales, which welcomes lines around the block. Sure, the additional bonus of free coffee and donuts is a draw, but it’s the store and its reputation that has customers telling their friends and family. From personal touches like gift-wrapping and special orders, to their honest and fair approach to retail, McKenna’s Pendleton is more than just a store – it’s a community. McKenna hilariously, yet accurately, describes her store, saying, “We’re like the Cheers of Pendleton stores!” Everybody knows your name… and shirt size. spt McKenna’s Pendleton is located at 2304 Pacific Coast Highway in Lomita. For more info, call (310) 539-2725.

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working in marketing for Red Bull at the time, called Harris and expressed similar concerns and ideas. “At the time, I couldn’t exit my garage without possibly hitting a skateboarder,” recalls Rizzi. “I didn’t know Andy at all but he was the guy everyone said to call about skateboarding. So, I called him and it

by Joshua Stecker turned out we both had the same idea.”

That’s when the San Pedro Shred Festival of Skate was born.

The idea was simple. Create a It was an event born out of tragedy. community, and people, including Councilman Joe Buscaino, were family-friendly event where everyone Six years ago, San Pedro became frantically searching for ways to curtail from kids to adults could come out the epicenter for the resurgence of a this now deadly trend. and skateboard and “bomb” a hill in a popular skateboarding trend called “I was cringing watching kids bomb controlled environment. “bombing.” The trend took place Western,” says Andy Harris, founder of “We started looking for a place on various steep hills around town the San Pedro Skatepark Association. where we could shut down a street for where skateboarders could gain quick “People were calling me asking what a few hours,” remembers Harris. “Then momentum and “bomb” hills, hitting to do. I started thinking about different we found the lookout point on Gaffey speeds of up to 40-50 mph. ideas, including a big skate event that St., and we liked it. Then it morphed The trend turned tragic in late would bring awareness but also had a into, ‘Hey, we have a lot of space here, 2011 and early 2012, when two San controlled environment. That’s when what if we put a half-pipe here, and Pedro teenagers lost their lives in Gianine Rizzi called me.” what about bands over there, and food separate skateboarding accidents due Rizzi, a San Pedro resident who was booths over there,’ and then it suddenly to “bombing.” The deaths shook the

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turned into a full-on festival.”

Harris and Rizzi immediately went to Councilman Buscaino’s office with the concept and a funding request.

Buscaino’s office loved the idea and started putting things into action.

“It was definitely a reaction to the ‘bombing’ that was occurring in town,” remembers Buscaino, who led a L.A. City Council vote to enact new safety regulations on skateboarders that went into effect in 2012. “We wanted to shut down the street to give the kids an opportunity to skate in a safe environment. It’s incredible how it’s evolved into a regional event now.”

For the past four years, the San Pedro Shred Festival of Skate, the first-ever sanctioned skateboarding festival in the greater Los Angeles area, has become one of the town’s largest family-friendly events. Since 2013, the event at the Gaffey St. lookout point has played host to nearly 2,500 people every year, who’ve enjoyed the

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street courses, the free-ride hill, halfpipes and other skateboarding-related activities, as well as food, vendors and live entertainment. But this year’s event on June 4 will be a bit different.

For the festival’s 5th anniversary, the event has moved to Downtown San Pedro at 5th and Centre St., and the downhill portion - the reason the event was founded - is gone. “‘Bombing’ isn’t hip anymore,” says Buscaino. “It gives us an opportunity to shift the event to Downtown and help our local businesses, and shift focus to providing a better and more exciting street course.”

The budget each year has hovered near $20,000, most of it funded by Councilman Buscaino’s office. This year, due to the nature of 5th Street, money that used to go to expensive barricade infrastructure has now been allocated to building a bigger, better street course for the skaters to enjoy.

Another new addition is a beer garden, hosted by San Pedro Brewing Company. The beer garden addition is a way to curb illegal public drinking, which was a problem in past festivals.

“Since we were on park land [at Gaffey St.], we couldn’t do a beer garden there,”says Rizzi. “Now that we’re in Downtown, we have a controlled space for one.”

Entertainment will include local favorites Mike Watt and Toys That Kill, as well as a kids’ street course, kids’ activity areas, and food and vendor booths.

“This event would not have been possible without the San Pedro Skatepark Association and the Councilman’s office,” says Rizzi. “Our budget comes from the Councilman’s office, as well as booth prices, sponsorships, and in kind donations, but even with all that support, we always barely break even.”

Left: A skateboarder hits the half-pipe at last year’s Shred (photo: Chris Valle / @chrisvallephoto); right: The fenced up and vacant Channel Street Skatepark (photo: John Mattera)

But What About Channel Street?

We can’t write about the San Pedro Shred without addressing the ongoing drama surrounding the Channel Street Skatepark.

Closed since late 2015 due to construction on the 110 freeway, Channel Street Skatepark, located under the freeway near the intersection of Channel St. and John S. Gibson Blvd., was originally slated to reopen mid-2016. Currently, the skatepark, which was built illegally in 2002 but has since gained favor from the community and politicians, remains vacant and fenced off, even though construction has finished. The area surrounding the skatepark has also become a magnet for vagrants and illegal RV dumping, among other seedy activities, causing unnecessary stress for local business owners in the area.

“What we’re mired in is a permitting process, that, I guess, I naively thought would be easier than what it’s become,” admits Harris. “When you’re dealing directly with the Councilman’s office, it’s easier to get things done. But when it gets pushed up to Downtown L.A.,

that’s when things get messy.”

“I signed a motion [in May] to cover $10,000 in permit costs for the skatepark,” says Buscaino. “We’re all in, we just have to make sure it’s done right. Our office is working hand in hand with SPSA to make sure that happens.”

The frustration level remains high.

When Harris was originally told they needed to shut down the skatepark for freeway construction, he did so in good faith, being told by the Port of Los Angeles, who co-owns the land with the Port of Long Beach, that the skatepark would reopen within a year if the SPSA acquired the necessary permits and liability insurance to make the skatepark “legit” in the eyes of the City of Los Angeles.

“What I didn’t expect were the little intangible things needed to get the permitting,” says Harris. “We’re dealing with issues that weren’t on our radar, such as drainage, parking, exits and entrances, guardrail height, concrete tests. You name it, we’re dealing with it. These are a lot of the little intangible things you discover

when you’re sitting with officials in Downtown L.A., and it just takes a long time to get anything done.”

“We’re literally reverse engineering the skatepark,” says Branimir Kvartuc, communication director for Councilman Buscaino. “We have to provide plans and documents as if we were building the skatepark for the first time.”

Even though all parties displayed frustration when talking about this subject, everyone is hopeful the skatepark will eventually open and things will get back to normal.

“The funny thing is, we had this skatepark for more than a decade with no real issues,” says Harris. “To go through all of this is frustrating, but I’m confident we’ll get it open in the near future.” spt The 5th annual San Pedro Shred Festival of Skate is Sunday, June 4.

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Softball has been a popular sport in Southern California, especially here in San Pedro. But did you know it’s also gained popularity around the world?

The sport has been a huge part of one San Pedro family’s life for nearly three years. The sister tandem of Marina and Amanda Vitalich competed last year in the European Women’s Softball Championships in Barcelona, playing for the Croatian National Softball Team for the second time.

The sisters will return this summer, this time to Bollate, Italy, from June 25 thru July 1, to again represent their Croatian roots on the softball field.

“I love the fact we are able to go to Croatia and Europe and learn about our heritage,” Marina says. “Our parents tell us it’s important to know where our roots are from and this experience gave us the opportunity to do that.”

Amanda adds: “The experience of playing with the Croatian National Team helped us gain more knowledge and appreciation of where our family comes from.”

The Vitalich family originates from the former Yugoslavia, which is now

Croatia. The Vitalich’s are from the city of Komiza on the Island of Vis. Joseph and Lucille Vitalich immigrated to the United States in 1903 and settled in Tacoma, Wash., before moving to San Pedro a few years later. Marina and Amanda have been learning about their genealogy and national history while on their softball adventures.

Marina and Amanda obtained dual citizenship and are helping to promote the sport in a country where very little softball is played. They will be facing the best softball teams from all over Europe.

Many of the teams that are preparing for the return of softball to the Olympics in 2020 are very powerful. Major countries like Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Russia have large Olympic budgets and have built major softball complex venues and provide training programs much like the United States.

This will be the third year the sisters have traveled to Europe to compete with the Croatian National Softball Team. The girls played in Croatia, Italy and The Netherlands in 2015 against elite Italian club teams and other European nations. In 2016, the

Amanda and Marina Vitalich

girls played in Spain for the European Junior Softball Championships, and this year they return for the Women’s division, which is held every other year.

Since the Vitalich sisters joined the Croatian National Team, things quickly began to change from a competitive standpoint.

“We were more competitive in the pitching circle and hitting, which is critical,” says Marina. “Croatia is low on the amount of women playing softball, so adding a pitcher and shortstop really helped. We are definitely more competitive now.”

Marina is currently a sophomore at George Mason University and helped lead the Patriots to the Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament. While at Mary Star High School, she shattered all pitching records from 2012-2015, finishing with 1,154 career strikeouts (8th all-time in the CIF Southern Section) and even guided the Stars to a CIF title game in 2013.

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Star on May 26 and will attend Loyola Marymount University after hitting 17 career home runs and making allleague four straight years.

Marina and Amanda were both AllCIF their first year playing together at Mary Star in 2014.

They play for the experience of helping out a team in need of elite players and have a strong desire to help promote the sport of softball in a country where girls are not exposed to softball like in the U.S. Their goal is to help promote the sport and maybe someday see it become a major sport for young girls to play around the world.

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As I slid into a booth at San Pedro Cafe, I realized that my pursuit of San Pedro history was once again nudging me outside my comfort zone. I wasn’t there for breakfast, I was camping out in hopes of meeting the man whose identity has been one of the most nagging mysteries of my San Pedro history career. I was waiting for Yancy.

I first discovered Yancy during one of my dizzying searches through the News-Pilot microfilm reels five or six years ago. I spotted a caricature of a San Pedro High School athlete signed on the bottom by “Yancy.” Was this a special cartoon? Was it a series?

The rest of the sports page gave no other clue, just “Yancy” with loopy Disney-like “y’s.” I’m always picking up mysteries during other research, so I scanned a copy and added it to my pile of questions that needed answers.

I casually asked the archivist, the late Anne Hansford, if she’d ever heard of a Yancy before and she hadn’t.

Over the course of the following year, I would run into a different caricature here and there. So, it was indeed a series, but still, no other clues. Then, I came across a drawing of a handsome young Ray Deeter (of Ray Deeter’s Tire Town fame) in a basketball jersey. I immediately recognized it as a “Yancy,” but this time there was more: “PORT SPORTRAITS,

by Pete.” OH HAPPY DAY! Now that I have his first name, I can look for the artist: Peter Yancy.

I searched for Peter, Pete and even P Yancy, but he was nowhere to be found in San Pedro, Long Beach or Ancestry. com. Anne still hadn’t heard of him. I found a Selwyn Yancy who coached for San Pedro High and eventually became the athletic director at Harbor College, but he wasn’t the Yancy I was looking for.

I’d been down this road before with my other San Pedro cold cases and if there’s one thing I learned, it’s that persistence and patience are key. I had complete faith that one day I would ask the right person who would lead me to Yancy. In the meantime, I had to move on. Every so often, as I researched, a Yancy would pop up, almost like a reminder to keep looking. The searches never went anywhere. It was like Pete Yancy didn’t exist.

Last year, about a month or two before Anne died, I asked her one last time if she knew who Pete Yancy was and I reminded her about the sports caricatures. This time her answer wasn’t no. She said, “You know who would know, Joe Marino.”

Joe Marino is a longtime San Pedro resident and, as luck would have it, I saw him every Tuesday morning at the YMCA for water aerobics. So the next Tuesday I saw him, I stopped Joe on his way to the small pool and asked him if he’d ever heard of Pete Yancy. He shook his head.

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I could have drowned.

There’s no way I could’ve guessed Bentovoja, but now that I knew his real name, I was finding Pete everywhere.

He was a longtime sports artist for both The Examiner and the L.A. Times, he drew that famous Crest Cafe poster with all the San Pedro people on it, and the funny thing is, I was already a huge fan of his without even knowing it. My favorite piece of San Pedro art is hanging in the archives. It’s a painting of all the members of the 1947 San Pedro Athletic Club and underneath it says, “by Pete Bentovoja.” Talk about hiding in plain sight.

As small-town as San Pedro is, I didn’t know anyone who knew Pete Bentovoja. So, another year passes.

Two months ago, I’m at an estate sale, I’m holding a Dana yearbook I’m about to buy when this guy approaches me and asks if he could see the book because he’s in it. I oblige him and he shows his wife for a good laugh. Then he shows me. Again, I oblige him.

Next to his picture it says, Randall Bentovoja.

“You’re a Bentovoja?! Do you know Pete?”

“Pete’s my Dad!” I tell Randy the whole story and he tells me that his dad has coffee every morning at San Pedro Cafe and that I should introduce myself.

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by Ricky Magana I surveyed a few hundred people recently about their number one fitness challenge. I combed clients, strangers, and subscribers of my newsletter to tell me what they struggle with by asking: When it comes to getting fitness results, what is your single biggest challenge?

I got many responses, but the reasons people fail in their pursuit for a better body were few: Being too busy.

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Of all the answers, there was one obstacle that was far and away the most common issue people continually struggle with: Losing Motivation.

Yes, people from vastly different backgrounds and age groups, when it really boils down to it, find that their single biggest roadblock is not being able to maintain the motivation to workout and eat healthy long enough to get the results they want.

I am a big fan of history. And one of the most valuable lessons you can glean from learning a little about our past is discovering that nothing in the human experience is new.

Your trials, tribulations, and hardships that you feel only plague you, have already happened to generations of people over millennia and one need only look to them for advice for how to endure by seeing how they overcame (likely much harder) adversity.

On the issue of staying motivated to workout, we need only look to a man named Jim Stockdale for advice on staying motivated. After all, he endured eight years in a prison camp where he was tortured, beaten, and held in solitary confinement during the Vietnam War. If we can discover how Jim Stockdale made it through hell, I think we can learn how to apply it to making it to the gym.

The Stockdale Paradox: When someone says, “I need someone to motivate me,” it reveals a misconception. Motivation isn’t given to you, it’s intrinsic. It’s not an

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The idea that people who workout are always hyped about it is absolutely false. Every fit person I know has moments and spells where training is the last thing they want to do.

They aren’t into it. They don’t enjoy it. And yet, off to the gym they go.

When Admiral James Stockdale made it home after going through the traumatic experience of being tortured and imprisoned, there were many people who wanted to know how he could make it out alive when so many others didn’t. His answer gives insight into your quest to get fit: The optimists died first.

The phenomenon known as the Stockdale Paradox was Stockdale’s surprising revelation that the people who didn’t make it were the optimists: “They were the ones who said, ‘We’re going to be out by Christmas.’ And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they’d say, ‘We’re going to be out by Easter.’ And Easter would come, and Easter would go. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. And they died of a broken heart.”

The people who placed their expectations on events they didn’t control and continually set themselves up to be let down were the ones that failed. Many scholars studied Stockdale and his account of his prison experience. What they found is that Stockdale, too, was an optimist, he had an unwavering belief that he would make it out alive. But his optimism was tempered with one critical difference, he confronted the harsh reality of his situation.

He knew if he was going to make it, he couldn’t stick his head in the sand and “hope” his problems would go away. Instead he faced them head on. This reveals not a recipe for always being “hyped to workout,” but rather something much more valuable: a mindset that will carry you through the hard times to whatever it is you're chasing. spt Get a free guide “3 simple tweaks anyone can make for dramatic Fatloss,” visit sanpedrofatloss.com.

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ZIP-A-DEEDOO-DAH! DAVID & CHANTHELL KOEPER SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

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David and Chanthell (Nelson) Koeper have known each other for 23 years, but it wasn’t until their twelfth year of friendship that their feelings for one another changed.

“I started working at Cabrillo Beach for the City of L.A. as my first job and Dave was working there, too,” recalls Chanthell. “We instantly became friends, but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever date him.”

From 1994 to 2006, the two remained good friends. Such good friends, in fact, that they would even double date with each other. For Chanthell, however, her feelings grew for Dave in 2006 when she saw his belt. Yes, that’s right – his belt.

“I don’t know what it was – and I can’t even begin to explain it, but one day I saw his belt, and something just clicked,” she explains. “That belt sparked an interest I didn’t realize was there!”

Because of their friendship, the two were always very close with the others’ family and in 2012, Chanthell went with Dave’s family to Hawaii.

Up to this point, Dave and Chanthell’s friendship had blossomed and they even toyed with the idea of dating, but, as Chanthell put it, Dave didn’t take

her very seriously. Soon after the trip, though, they became a couple and even started talking about marriage.

Three years later, on Christmas Eve, Dave was down on one knee and asked Chanthell to marry him. Her response: “My answer has always been ‘yes’!”

As Dave and Chanthell were getting engaged, Chanthell’s father, Eddy, was battling two spinal cord tumors. He received his diagnosis in August 2015 and his health was declining. Before his passing in January 2016, he was able to share in the joy of Dave and Chanthell’s engagement, knowing that his daughter was going to be well taken care of and happy.

“Because we got engaged in December 2015 and his health was declining, we hadn’t made any wedding arrangements,” recalls Chanthell. “So, we had come up with a solution so that my dad could see us get married – we would get married at the courthouse on January 21, which is Dave’s birthday. Unfortunately, my dad passed away on January 20.”

On September 23, 2016, Dave and Chanthell became husband and wife in a fairytale wedding at Disneyland.

The ceremony, which took place in the Rose Court Garden at the Disneyland

Hotel, hosted 100 guests and featured Chanthell being brought to the ceremony in Cinderella’s horse-drawn carriage, a Disney guitarist that played various Disney songs, and a royal footman brought the wedding rings to the altar.

Chanthell was walked down the aisle by her brother Eric and mother Socorro. She joined Dave at the altar, where they were accompanied by their wedding party: Maids of Honor Gina Adamo and Kathy Kielbasa London; bridesmaids Deanne Inman and Melinda Nelson; junior bridesmaids Kendall Nelson and Paige Nelson; Best Man Danny Landers; and groomsmen Kevin Koeper and Eric Nelson.

The ceremony featured various religious aspects and was conducted by a Disney officiant, who included Disney phrases throughout. The ceremony also featured frames and flowers representing Chanthell’s father and Dave’s mother, who passed away seven years ago.

Chanthell’s cousin, Jeff Nelson, read a Biblical excerpt during the ceremony as well.

When the ceremony was done, the newly married couple walked out to “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” accompanied by

bubbles.

The reception was held in the hotel’s Sleeping Beauty Pavilion, and featured Disney touches such as a huge white chocolate Sleeping Beauty castle as the cake topper; Mickey-shaped Rice Krispie treats as wedding favors; Disney Fast Passes that indicated the table a guest sat at, as well as their meal choice (Star Tours, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion); and a special visit from Mickey and Minnie Mouse, who danced with the bride and groom and took pictures with them and their guests.

The newlyweds shared their first dance to No Doubt’s “Gravity,” which followed their grand entrance to No Doubt’s “Hella Good.”

The couple will be honeymooning this June in Costa Rica. They currently reside in San Pedro and both work for the City of Los Angeles’ Department of Recreation and Parks – he supervises various revenue generating facilities, and she serves as Senior Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. They are hoping to start a family in the future. spt

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