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EMOTIONAL MEMORIAL
CARVING UP OCEAN BEACH
First steps set Movement for expansion cleaner offor OB Library
OB streets
By Dave Schwab | The Beacon
Y DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON Years Bin the making and spearheaded by Friends of the esidents arealong being Ocean Beach Library asked to sign a petiwith the support of District tion on Ocean 2 Councilmember Dr. Jen Beach’s Neighborhood Watch Campbell, plans and fundFacebook page to take action raising are finally underway to “help to keep our sidewalks for Ocean Beach Library’s clean ensuring a healthier expansion. environment for everyone.” “We feel that concrete prog“One complaint that is often ress is being made,” said Friends’ heard about the downtown Expansion Committee in a joint area “The of Ocean Beachwill is how release. expansion be dirty, stained, and smelly the from the existing historical part sidewalks are,” the online petiof the library onto the adjacent tion reads. property next door at 4817 OB Ave.” Clean & Safe ProSanta“The Monica gram, a project the Ocean The expansionofcommitBeach MainStreet Association, tee noted a feasibility study looking to project change deterthat by for isthe library applying for funding to provide mined that the existing buildbi-monthly cleanings of Newing to be moved into at 4817 port Avenue sidewalks, Santa Monica is substandard.in additionthe to installing additionTherefore, least expensive Melinda White (left) embraces an emotional Eva King during the memorial at Sunset Cliffs for Mike White, a well-known angler and surfboard al trash bins along the street. alternative was to demolish it shaper who grew up on Ladera Street. Melinda, Mike’s sister, helped organize the memorial and paddle out where dozens of friends and famexisting liily, including King, who was a life-long friend and former girlfriend, came out to celebrate Mike’s life on Sunday, Aug. 11. ‘Sunset Cliffs was and to expand theSEE CLEAN, Page 7 THOMAS MELVILLE / PENINSULA BEACON brary onto the adjoining prophis world and his playground,’ said Melinda. ‘He loved it here.’ See page 10 for the story. erty, while preserving the existing library’s historic core built in 1928.
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Longtime Ocean Beach surfboard shaper trying to rebuild after fire
Kale Cadam carves a wave at the OB Pier Surf Classic on Feb. 1. For more photos and results, see sdnews.com. THOMAS MELVILLE / PENINSULA BEACON
BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
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extinguisher, pulled the plug, hit the fire — and it exploded. It just blew up in my face, like little shotgun shells going off.” “It was a nightmare,” added Elliott of his loss. “It was my little go-back-in-time sanctuary. It’s not a dollar thing.” Fortunately, the OB fire station was just around the corner and they came and put it out sparing damage to the main residence. “[The fire] took all my boards and tools, got my truck and Dr. Eli Ben-Moshe helps an Ocean Beach camper,” noted Elliott. Elementary School student select a frame.
Ocean Beach optometrist provides free exams, glasses for OBES students
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B surfboard maker Albert “Ace” Elliott lost much| The ofBeacon what he’s place in his heart for children. By Scott Hopkins that often manifests itself in beacquired, including 50-year-old Visual health is critical to success For more than a decade, Ben- havioral issues that require interirreplaceable when Moshe has been working with vention from teachers and counselfor students of allmemorabilia, ages in today's his shaping shedElion Froude Street classrooms and Dr. Ben-Moshe is staff members at the school, locat- ors. Parents may admonish their near Saratoga fire ed across Sunset Cliffs Boulevard youngsters, not understanding determined that noAvenue needy caught students on Aug. 6. Elementary School from his office, giving the gift of what difficulties are caused by their at Ocean Beach workspace was full of excellent vision to children who child's uncorrected vision. will beElliott’s hampered by vision issues. old boards and photos Avenue of friends would otherwise struggle in Ben-Moshe's Newport "We're trying to help the kids he’d made for. Optometry hascustom been aboards communiclassrooms. who would otherwise fall through “I saw wasand on fire in my Children who see blurry images the cracks," Ben-Moshe said ty fixture formy 50bike years serves backyard and Iresidents. tried to put it out,” hundreds of area But, as are often frustrated and fall behind said Elliott, who’s been riding e- their classmates, a combination a father himself, he has a special SEE OBES, Page 9 The charred remains of Albert ‘Ace’ Elliott’s shaping shed in OB. SCOTT HOPKINS / PENINSULA BEACON bikes for years. “I picked up a fire
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