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06.13.16 Volume 15 Issue 172
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Police arrest gunman traveling to Pride Parade BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Santa Monica police arrested a man Sunday morning for explosives and weapons possession, preventing a potential attack at the West Hollywood Gay Pride Parade.
HIPPODROME Matthew Hall editor@smdp.com
The Looff Hippodrome celebrated its 100th Birthday on June 12. Residents of the apartments turned offices returned including Mona Jones (pictured with Jim Harris). Other residents of the building included George Reid whose daughter, Catherine (pictured right) was one of three children born in the building
SMPD officers arrested James Wesley Howell and recovered three assault rifles, high capacity magazines, ammunition and a five-gallon bucket with chemicals capable of forming an improvised explosive device. Officers were called to the scene at about SEE POLICE PAGE 9
A local Ali enterprise in name alone BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
Rhona Attwater could feel his presence immediately. In the early 1980s, she was working for a Santa Monica-based boxing promotion and training company that was named after
Muhammad Ali. And every now and then, the three-time heavyweight champion would pop into the company’s workout area on Main Street near Bicknell Avenue. “He would come into the office periodically and go to the gym,” said Attwater, a Santa Monica native. “He would mingle with SEE ALI PAGE 8
Olympic High graduates score scholarships BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
There were speeches by students and educators, caps flung into the air and flowers cradled against gowns. There was a feeling of joy and a sense of curiosity about what’s ahead. There was even some cash awarded. Olympic High School held its graduation ceremony outdoors on its campus earlier this month, when principal Anthony Fuller and other officials celebrated the accomplishments of the 24 students who finished their work at the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s continuation school. Those students made up less than half of the whole 59-member Olympic graduating Class of 2016, which also included 28 students from the Adult Education Center, four students from the off-campus learning center and three who completed their General Educational Development requirements. Olympic students received a total of more than $21,000 in scholarships,
according to SMMUSD spokeswoman Gail Pinsker. That figure includes $16,500 from the Assistance League of Santa Monica, which raises money primarily through its 15th Street thrift shop to support a variety of community programs, including educational scholarships. The local chapter of the national charity organization has awarded more than $830,000 in scholarships to more than 140 recipients since 2001, according to its website. Other organizations contributing money towards scholarships for Olympic students included the Association of California School Administrators; the California Continuation Education Association; the district PTA and administrator association; Edison Language Academy; and the Rotary Club of Santa Monica. Los Angeles-based artist and educator Karen Koblitz and former Grant Elementary School principal Alan Friedenberg donated as well. The June 1 graduation ceremony wrapped up a year of transition, triumph and tragedy at Olympic.
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It was the first year of principal work for Fuller, who replaced Janie Gates at the helm following her retirement from the district last year. Fuller has been on staff at the continuation school since 2002. He joined the district’s new advisory committee on career technical education to weigh in on employment opportunities for students. Olympic this year was a beneficiary of Gwyneth Paltrow’s donation to Santa Monica schools, which was part of a coordinated effort by entertainers and other celebrities to fund teacher projects. The actress’ donation in March was expected to pay for a 3-D printer at Olympic, where science teacher Christa Hollis has worked with students to design small objects using sophisticated software. “It’s one thing to conceptualize an idea, it’s another to be able to actually hold your own prototype,” Hollis said at the time. The Olympic community in April mourned the loss of Mark Suminski, a
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NEW GRADS: Students at Olympic High School held their graduation celebration last week.
SEE GRADUATION PAGE 9
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