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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2004
Volume 3, Issue 110
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
FANTASY 5 1, 9, 13, 25, 38 DAILY 3 Afternoon picks: 3, 2, 8 Evening picks: 2, 3, 4
DAILY DERBY 1st Place: 1, Gold Rush 2nd Place: 7, Eureka 3rd Place: 4, Big Ben Race Time: 1:45.77
NEWS OF THE WEIRD by Chuck Shepard
■ The owners of FM 106.7 in York, Pa.,
having ended the station’s countrymusic format but not yet having introduced a new one, played “Pop Goes the Weasel” 24 hours a day during the interim (February). ■ A recently active methamphetamine lab (fuel, tubing, foil, coffee filters and a liquid compound) was discovered in a search of cells in the Pikeville, Tenn., county jail (December). ■ A Pacifica, Calif., father filed a $15,000 claim against the school district, saying officials have not stopped students from taunting his 12-year-old son, who is an internationally acclaimed ballroom dancer (September).
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Neighbors, friends recall couple who perished in crash BY JAMIE WETHERBE AND JOHN WOOD Daily Press Staff Writers
NORTH OF MONTANA — The pilot of the private plane that crashed into a house in Mar Vista this week was a veteran psychologist who worked out of a Santa Monica office at 26th Street and Georgina Avenue. Colleagues described Paul Tobias, as a vibrant man in his early 70s who was devoted to his practice, and loved fly fishing, collecting photography equipment and driving his Porsche Boxer. Paula Tobias, his 60-year-old wife, was described as a former dress designer and artist who exhibited her work at area shows. The Malibu couple had no children. “He was a man of many interests — music, the arts, cameras
A month-long series that examines the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce.
– Marsha Warfield
Horoscopes Take a chill pill, Sag . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Local
Chamber board members must earn their stripes BY MICHAEL TITTINGER
Wanted: Tree huggers . . . . . . . . . . .3
State Cheney disses Kerry . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Opinion ‘Me’ the people? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Entertainment ‘Spotless’ is flawless . . . . . . . . . . . .8
International Baghdad under fire . . . . . . . . . . . .10
See PILOT, page 4
INSIDE THE CHAMBER
“I used to be a virgin, but I gave it up because there was no money in it.”
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and people,” said Bruce Gordon, a psychologist who for the past 15 months shared an office with Paul Tobias at 270 26th St. “And flying was also a passion.” The couple, who lived for more than 15 years near Coastline Drive behind the old Getty Villa, both perished in the 5 p.m. Tuesday crash. The Mooney Mark 20 plane they co-owned smashed into a house in Mar Vista a few blocks southeast of the Santa Monica Airport, where they were headed from Mammoth. Authorities are investigating whether encroaching fog played a role in the fatal crash. The plane circled overhead before plunging into the kitchen of a home on Mountain View Avenue that neighbors said belongs to James and Pat
Daily Press Staff Writer
DOWNTOWN — Each Thursday morning they gather in their Colorado Avenue office and discuss the business at hand, but it’s anything but usual. Nat Trives, the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce’s chairman-elect, likens the weekly confabs between president and CEO Kathy Dodson and the triumvirate of board leaders — chairman-elect, chairman and past chairman — to a cross-country trek across a wide-sweeping and
unknown landscape. “With three drivers at the ready, you can cross the country with ease,” said Trives, due to be installed as chairman June 10. “But with just one driver, then you’re asking for trouble. If any hot spots come up, as they tend to do here in Santa Monica, we’re ready for them.” According to Trives, who served on the Santa Monica City Council from 1971 to 1979 and as mayor from 1975 to 1976, the annual rotation of board chairs and
John Wood/Daily Press
(Top) War protesters join hands Thursday morning around a pile of thousands of shoes, meant to represent the 8,000-plus civilians killed since the war in Iraq began last year. (Right) Combat boots line the lawn of the Federal Building in Westwood, representing the 560 soldiers who have died in combat during the Iraqi conflict.
War, remembrance: Tribute paid to fallen BY JOHN WOOD Daily Press Staff Writer
WESTWOOD — One year after President George W. Bush declared war on Iraq, dozens of protesters gathered on the lawn of the Federal Building here Thursday afternoon to honor more than 9,000 fallen soldiers and civilians. “Bush lied and who died?” asked Fernando Suarez del Solar, father of Lance Corp. Jesus Suarez del Solar, 20, killed just one week into the war. “My son — my Aztec warrior — and 560 beautiful American boys died because Bush lied.”
See CHAMBER, page 4
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