FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006
Volume 5, Issue 83
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
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Pigs Fighting for Respect: Pigs’ personalities are distributed much like humans’, according to patiently observant British researcher Niamh O’Connell (interviewed for a November story in London’s Daily Telegraph). Except for the largest ones, pigs are of two types: pushy ones that always fight for food and choice sleeping space, and meek ones that avoid confrontations. According to O’Connell, the aggressive ones have higher stress levels and make poorer parents, and besides, they ultimately lose out when they challenge the alpha pigs.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 48th day of 2006. There are 317 days left in the year. On Feb. 17, 1801, the House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president. In 1933, Newsweek was first published.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We are what we pretend to be so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”
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AMERICAN AUTHOR
INDEX Horoscopes Mosey on home, Cancer
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Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press Schools Superintendent John Deasy helped auction off a surfboard at a fundraising event for the campaign ‘For the Arts’ last spring. Deasy is expected to be moving on to head a school district in Maryland.
SMMUSD HDQTRS. — Schools Superintendent John Deasy has entered into contract negotiations to become the top education official in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The board of education for Prince George’s County Public Schools announced Thursday that Deasy, 45, was chosen as the top candidate for the chief executive officer position, beating out two other finalists from New York and Kansas, respectively. “I am pleased to report that Dr. Deasy is the lead candidate as a result of being the clear consensus choice of the board and our many stakeholders,” said Charles M. Dukes, chair of the board’s personnel committee. “We look forward
BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
WILSHIRE BLVD. — Elected officials are telling residents to put the brakes on before getting too excited about the possibility of extending the subway to Santa Monica. Would-be riders ditch the car keys at their own peril, for there is no guarantee that the Metro Red Line will be extended from the station at
Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue all the way to the coast. That extension would cost an estimated $4.8 billion and may not be completed until 2015, or longer, according to a report released Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA). While new tunneling technology,
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Tourists let their Segways do the walking as they make their way up the Santa Monica Pier.
See RED LINE, page 7
Samohi Symphony to drum up some Disney magic BY JAYA GUPTA
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Special to the Daily Press
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Local They fought the law, the law won 5
State The taking tree
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Entertainment Make it a dog-day afternoon
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People in the News Micro manages
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Comics Strips tease
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Classifieds Ad space odyssey
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See DEASY, page 6
Up pier battle
Opinion Muslim opinion be damned
County will further investigate Deasy and enter into contract negotiations before taking a formal vote to hire him. The position will pay a minimum of $250,000 per year — about $100,000 more than what Deasy is currently earning at SMMUSD. In an e-mail sent early
Token pessimism: Officials say subway may be pipe dream
Snow & Surf Report Water temperature: 59°
to continuing our due diligence by visiting the Santa Monica area before finalizing an offer.” According to a report in the Washington Post, a source close to the negotiations called the decision to hire Deasy a “bold move” and said he impressed the board as an educator with “a young, energetic, creative mind.” The board for Prince George’s
Photo Courtesy The Samohi Symphony Orchestra is set to take the stage at the Disney Hall.
The Santa Monica High School Symphony Orchestra has hit the big time. After being chosen by the LA Philharmonic Association to be the first public high school ensemble ever to perform at the Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA, Samohi students will take the stage for a rare and noteworthy performance on Sunday. Since opening in the fall of 2003, the Walt Disney Concert Hall has already had its share of
magical performances, with patrons experiencing the masterworks of artists from Beethoven to Mozart. Home to the worldrenowned Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Disney stage commands from its performers immense talent, incredible work ethic and, foremost, a passion for their art. Under the guidance of awardwinning director Joni Swenson, the Samohi symphony orchestra will open a four-installment concert series entitled “Sounds About Town.” See SYMPHONY, page 10
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