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THE TOUGH TIMES ISSUE

Bring on the Ocean Undefeated Samohi opens league play at Morningside High

BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor

INGLEWOOD An unblemished record is the type of thing that can go to the heads of young football players.

Having gone 5-0 in the preseason, Santa Monica High School heads into Ocean League play at Morningside High School tonight with more than just X’s and O’s to worry about. Keeping emotions in check are as much a work in progress as is the game plan.

“We’ve had some conversations about it,” head coach Zach Cuda said. “There is hype and the players are aware that people are more excited. We’re making a conscious effort to bring things back to that mental focus.”

A stern grasp of the game plan and attention to details have led the Vikings to where they are thus far. A punishing running game led by senior running back Christian Ross, who has amassed 685 yards on 91 carries with 8 touchdowns in just four games, has powered the offense. A stingy defense that has given up just 39 points has kept the squad in every game.

But, healthy doses of discipline and humility are what will keep the team on track, Cuda said.

“They are very business-like, which is nice to see,” he said of his team. “They are being mature enough to start thinking about the league schedule. That is the only thing that matters.”

He said that after the 28-14 home victory over Capistrano Valley High School in last week’s preseason finale his team was SEE VIKINGS PAGE 15

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TAKING A GANDER: John Taderosyan (right), sales consultant for Santa Monica Subaru, shows James Mitchell-Clyde the new Outback at the dealership on Santa Monica Boulevard Thursday. Auto sales are down nearly 20 percent compared to this same time last year.

Credit crunch impacts auto sales

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

DOWNTOWN Purchasing a car during the current gloomy economic times is the furthest thing from Laszlo Szucs’ mind.

“Most people are at a loss right now,” the Santa Monica resident said. “There’s no way I would consider buying a car.”

The sentiment is one reflected amongst consumers across the United States where the credit crunch and skyrocketing gas prices have put a dent in the automotive industry.

The impact can be seen in the latest sales estimates by Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com, which just a few weeks ago said that new vehicle sales in September were down nearly 20 percent from the same

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time period last year.

The automotive publishing company estimated that there would be less than one million units sold in September, the lowest since February 1993.

“There’s a lot of concerns with the economy, housing and gas prices,” Jessica Caldwell, the manager of pricing and industry analysis for Edmunds.com, said.

“It’s sluggish right now due to people being a little hesitant.”

The experience has been mixed in Santa Monica where the clientele might not be as impacted by the credit crisis.

“In tough times like this, I probably have the best product with the best fuel mileage, with the most loyal owner base in an area with unbelievable demographics,” Bill Rinker, the general manager of Toyota

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Santa Monica, said. “If I had to be a car dealer, it would at Toyota right at the moment.”

The dealership, which is part of Mike Sullivan’s LAcarGuy.com network, has managed to maintain its sales level, which can be credited to the popularity of hybrid vehicles, Rinker said. Toyota Santa Monica is the second ranking Prius dealer in the country.

“We still have a list of customers still wanting hybrids and we’re selling all the hybrids that we get,” Rinker said. “We’re in a very good area.”

Over at Santa Monica Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Subaru, which is operated under one dealership, there’s been a shift in

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Anti-smoking campaign stalls

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

CITY HALL A five-month-long effort to craft a non-smoking educational campaign hit a City Council-sized wall on Tuesday when officials criticized a pair of proposed marketing materials as unimaginative, demanding more inspiration.

Santa Monica-based Southard Communications, which was hired in May to develop a branding and public outreach program for the local non-smoking ordinances, presented two logo options that

would serve as the face for the marketing campaign in the city, plastering it on business cards, shopping bag stuffers and window stickers.

While consultants with Southard Communications had hoped to get the council’s approval to move forward with instituting the concepts into concrete form, they were met with resistance, receiving instead an order to rework their platform to give it a little bit more pizazz.

The posters and other materials were simplistic in design, using a light color scheme with a simple message citing the

municipal code at the bottom. Other posters, including ones that would be plastered at the beach, featured pictures of residents.

“You have done something that is neither inspiring nor helpful,” Mayor Herb Katz said. “It’s cruel, it’s brutal but I’m sorry, that is the way I read it.”

A handful of ordinances regulating smoking have been adopted in the past several years, including bans at beaches, parks, outdoor dining areas and bars and within 20 feet of any door or window of a building that is publicly accessible. The council most

recently passed a regulation that would hold restaurant owners and managers liable if they knowingly allowed their customers to light up, requiring they post no-smoking signs.

Southard Communications, which received a $150,000 contract to develop the campaign, started its work by surveying more than 800 residents, businesses, visitors and tourists on the phone and on the street, determining their attitude toward the regulations and rating their level of compliance.

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Civic Center plays host to college fair for Samohi students

BY SABA HAMEDY Special to the Daily Press

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CIVIC CENTER Santa Monica High School senior Kate Ajnassian walked into the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on Tuesday extremely stressed. She grabbed a pile of pamphlets, clutched her school ID, and entered the event that could have a dramatic impact on the rest of her life: the 2008 college fair.

Like many Samohi students, Ajnassian is overwhelmed with the whole college process, and attending the fair is a way she can explore her options.

She didn’t know what colleges to apply to or what recruiters are looking for in a prospective student.

“It’s not as easy as I thought,” Ajnassian said of the application process. “There are so many colleges and so many different options. Hopefully, the college fair will help me eliminate or add to my college list.”

Over a hundred Samohi students and their parents filled the civic and began their college hunts. Organizers of the fair, hosted by Samohi College Center and PTSA, hoped to provide students with opportunities to explore their academic options. It is held every fall at the civic, open to only Samohi students and their parents.

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Not buying it Editor:

Council members who defend developers’ donations to their campaigns must think us terribly naive. Are we really to believe that these donations have no effect on the way they vote? I don’t buy that argument when it comes to politicians in Washington, and I don’t buy it in Santa Monica. Developers are businessmen and they would not spend their money if they didn’t believe they would make a profit on it.

Ellen Mark Santa Monica

Thinking it through Editor:

No one likes to sit in traffic.

But this is 2008. Population is expanding regionally and worldwide. Every place that is vibrant, alive and where people want to be has traffic. Desirable places, even those with excellent public transit, have traffic.

Santa Monica is not an island, or a remote walled-off enclave, isolated from today’s world. And if you’ve ever been outside Santa Monica, you will realize that traffic within our city limits is not that bad.

Restricting commercial growth will not change these facts. The reality is that people and businesses will continue to want to be here, for the same reasons that we do. Even if Measure T passes, we will have no less traffic. Measure T does not limit residential construction. And City Hall, under LUCE, will build highdensity subsidized housing. These new residents, including those living in proposed transit corridors, will have or want cars. Commercial development is not evil.

Offices and commercial enterprises bring jobs, prosperity, and potential value to all. An individual or entity wanting commercial space here, if thwarted by Measure T, will merely take the business elsewhere on the Westside, to a more welcoming community, and Santa Monica will lose out on the jobs, vital business environment and potential community benefits that such enterprise would provide.

Please, think it through carefully. Measure T is a 15year restriction. None of us can foresee the changes and opportunities that will present themselves in the next 15 years. Is it wise to foreclose a future opportunity without even knowing what the choices are?

Surely you would not want to be subject to a 15-year restriction limiting your ability to respond to change, or to take advantage of an opportunity. Please don’t be misled — provision in Measure T for voter override of its restrictions for a specific project is merely a roadblock masquerading as a “safety valve,” not a remedy for the unforeseen consequences which may arise over the course of the next 15 years. Requiring a vote to exempt a future project from the Measure T limitations will add considerably to what is already a lengthy and expensive process for anyone seeking to change, update, improve or build new, and will provide a further disincentive to anyone wanting to do business here.

In place for 15 years, Measure T may eliminate something of great potential benefit, a valued contribution to all of Santa Monica. With Measure T, we will not in reality have a choice, and we will all be the losers.

The traffic will still be here, but the benefit will not.

Measure T is not the answer to your frustrations over traffic. It may even contribute to an increase in traffic, as you, your family and your friends have to get into a car and drive to some very desirable addition to someone else’s community, which could have been here, except that Measure T precluded it.

Not all of us want to live in a stagnant, impoverished backwater — with no less traffic.

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Watch your mouth WORDS MATTER. EVEN PRONUNCIATION

matters.

Take a word, any word — “nuclear” — for instance. How much longer do we have to endure people in power mangling that word? Sarah Palin, learning from the same “English for Dummies” playbook that George W. Bush has mastered, now sits with her finger perched precariously close to the “nucular” button, not even knowing how to say the word.

Does sloppy language equal sloppy intellect, which equals sloppy leadership?

Turns out there were no “nuculars” in Iraq and maybe if George Bush had been a little more diligent with the language he’d have been a little more diligent with the policy. And maybe some 4,500 Americans and some million-or-so Iraqis would be a little more alive.

The country that starts with the “I-r-a” and ends with the “q” never had the “nuculars” and gets attacked because they might have had them, while the country that starts with the “I-r-a” and ends with the “n” clearly doesn’t have them but rushes to get them because they have been branded “evil” by the current American president.

Wouldn’t you rush to get them if you were them? Especially when they hear Palin say in no uncertain terms, day after day, that John McCain knows what “evil” is.

Words matter and “evil” is one that must be handled with care. Building an entire foreign policy around the fear of it brings to mind a few other words that may be appropriate — “shallow,” “arrogant,” “stupid” come to mind.

And there’s just plain somethin’ wrong with not puttin’ the “g” on the end of participles when it’s comin’ from someone who might soon be rulin’ the world.

Annoyin’, isn’t it? Gotcha [sic] and do you think we could lose the folksiness for a minute and vice presidential candidates could start calling us “you” instead of “cha?”

Well, some of you will say that’s how common folks talk, and that the writer is employing “elitist” banter, but since when did “elite” morph into such a bad thing?

Could our American leaders, chosen for their wisdom, ever be even the slightest bit of “elite” anymore? We may be all craving a little “elite” right about now.

See, I don’t want to give my buddy over there at our beloved Joker on Pico Boulevard the authority to come up with the solution to the national healthcare crisis just because he’s cool to throw back a couple of Buds with. This nation is staggering out of an eight-year kegger with Bush, who we put in there ostensibly because he’d be easier to have a beer with than the “elitists” — Al Gore (2000) and John Kerry (2004). Well now here we are, hiding the keys from “W” while he staggers home, with all of us bracing for the hangover that will have us rubbing our heads for years.

Words matter.

Like “kill.” Not a word you want bantered about at hate-filled, right-wing campaign rallies directed at young black candidates for the presidency.

At McCain-Palin events, when either of them goes off into their fear-mongering, citing Obama’s “terrorist” ties, shout-outs from the crowd of “kill him” have been heard, and aside from the yahoos who yell it being a prime example of my “stupidityis-the-heart-of-evil” theory, it is a bonechilling reminder of the danger this candidate’s life is in every day out there.

WORDS MATTER AND ‘EVIL’ IS ONE THAT MUST BE HANDLED WITH CARE. BUILDING AN ENTIRE FOREIGN POLICY AROUND THE FEAR OF IT BRINGS TO MIND A FEW OTHER WORDS THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE — ‘SHALLOW,’ ‘ARROGANT,’ ‘STUPID’ COME TO MIND.

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And it is a bone-chilling reminder of America’s most shameful litany of words: John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Robert F. Kennedy.

The New York Times recently quoted McCain-Palin supporters in Alabama.

“Come as one. Don’t create other breeds,” said Ricky Thompson, a pipe-fitter. James Halsey, environmental clean-up worker: “He’s going to tear up the rose bushes and plant a watermelon patch.” And just for good measure, here’s Bud Rowell, retired oil field worker: “I’ve always been against the blacks.” These people live amongst us.

As this election on Nov. 4 closes in on us, a vast majority of white American citizens have the chance to step forward and shout up to that mountaintop that the Rev. King so painstakingly scaled. To Barack Obama and all black brothers and sisters, at long last it can and must be shouted: “We’ve got your back.”

It’s been too long in coming, everybody knows, but right here, right now, as the young Democratic candidate says, this is the time. This is our time.

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He’s no Tom Brokaw ON MONDAY WE HAD A CITY COUNCIL

candidate forum at the Shores. I was asked to be the moderator (obviously, they were desperate). Suffice it to say, I’m no Tom Brokaw.

On the other hand, I doubt Tom set up the chairs at his debate, as I did at ours. Then again, I wasn’t entirely focused as the Dodgers were playing the Phillies in the NLCS. Now, of course, it’s “wait until next year.”

Another problem with the forum was the sheer number of candidates, 13. At one point I feared there would be more candidates than people in the audience. The feeling was eerily familiar.

Many years ago, I tried to persuade City Hall to bring a Famers’ Market to Ocean Park. I collected about 100 signatures supporting the idea. But when the market finally opened, there were more farmers than customers. I would sneak around fearing someone would yell, “Hey, there’s the guy who talked us into this!” Now the Farmers’ Market is so successful it reminds me of the Yogi Berra quote, “It’s so crowded nobody goes there anymore.”

When I opened the forum up to questions, Marcia Stein asked about the proposed smoking ban for common areas in multi-family residential units. Mayor Herb Katz said her “timing couldn’t be better” as the issue was on Tuesday’s council agenda.

But when Marcia went to City Hall at 7:30 p.m., she was informed that the council had voted to pull the item (Bobby Shriver and Kevin McKeown opposed). The next day, Councilmember Richard Bloom kindly e-mailed me, taking responsibility for the delay and explaining that it was due to his concern for renters’ rights — the fear being those who are smokers may be forced out of their rent-controlled apartments for violating a potential ban.

At the council meeting, many residents, some with serious medical conditions made worse by second-hand smoke, waited four hours to speak. On Monday, candidate Michael Kovac observed that at the DMV one could make an appointment and be out in 15 minutes. “Something’s wrong,” he joked, “when the DMV is more efficient than your council.”

Lately I’ve received reader e-mail asking why I’m not commenting on the national election. I’ve been “encouraged” to focus on local subjects. The last time I was “encouraged” like this was when I was sports editor of the Hamilton High school paper, “The Federalist.” How corny is that?

One night I covered our basketball game against Venice wherein Hamilton was called for five technical fouls in the last two minutes. I tried to interview our coach but he yelled that I should ask the refs. The referees yelled that I should leave the locker room.

With everybody yelling, I went home.

I still remember my opening sentence.

“Employing a seven on five fast break (five players and two referees) Venice beat Hamilton, 55-51.” Soon, I was “encouraged” to write apologies to the refs, the Venice High principal, and every member of the league office. I hadn’t written that many letters since my Bar Mitzvah thank you notes (at least there I made a few bucks).

Here at the SMDP, evidently I’ve written too much about national politics. As a result, it’s 17 days until the most important election in my lifetime, and I’m writing about my Bar Mitzvah thank you notes. Who said life was fair?

The other type of reader e-mail I’ve gotten lately, including from fellow dog lover, Gene, contain derisive comments about Obama being a Muslim or Michelle wearing a berka. I know humor and that’s not funny.

It’s low-level. And it’s dangerous. And it comes at a time when the country desperately needs to come together. So knock it off Gene, or I’ll do to you what I did to those referees.

At the forum, the biggest problem was that most of the candidates were so convincing. I left uncertain who to vote for. The same goes for Measure T. The pros sounded reasonable but then again so did the cons.

Just what I need in my life, more ambiguity.

As it turns out, democracy is a lot of work.

In his own, unique way, George Bush stumbled onto this truth. “A dictatorship is a lot easier,” he chuckled, “as long as I’m dictator.”

Case in point, the California Voter Information Guide, which is 165 pages long!

I’m more the “Cliff Notes” kind of guy.

Trying to be good citizens, one election year my friend, Michael, and I sat for hours analyzing every initiative. It was so exhausting (and confusing) that we haven’t done it since.

All in all, the Shores Candidate Forum went fairly well, certainly better than the Dodgers. Sadly, I’m a little disappointed in my Dodgers (other than Manny Ramirez).

I’m also a little disappointed in my City Council (other than Shriver and McKeown).

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Prostitution sting nets arrest Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

TUESDAY, OCT. 7, AT 6:15 P.M., Santa Monica vice officers working a prostitution sting on Lincoln Boulevard drove next to a female pedestrian, who allegedly offered to perform sexual acts in exchange for money. The woman was placed under arrest and later booked for prostitution and violation of probation. She was identified as Rebecca Hall, 20, of Los Angeles. Her bail was set at $10,000.

MONDAY, OCT. 6, AT 4:26 P.M., An officer on routine patrol in the 1800 block of Lincoln Court watched as a man removed recyclables from a City Hall-owned trash can, a violation. The officer approached the suspect and discovered that he was driving without a license and had someone else’s license plate registration tag. The suspect was arrested and booked for theft of recyclables, driving without a license and possession of stolen property. The suspect was identified as Daniel Hernandez Ortiz, 36, of Santa Monica. His bail was set at $20,000.

MONDAY, OCT. 6, AT 10:05 P.M., Officers responded to the 2800 block of 17th Street regarding a report of a robbery that just occurred. When officers arrived, they made contact with the alleged victim who said she was walking down the street when two suspects approached her and tried to pull her backpack off her shoulders. The victim said she screamed loudly and the suspects fled. They were arrested by assisting officers about three blocks away from the scene and positively identified by the victim. The suspects were arrested and booked for attempted robbery. They were identified as Crystal Ranae Nash, 19, of Santa Monica, and Keenan Jackson, 21, from Gardena. Bail was set at $50,000.

TUESDAY, OCT. 7, AT 1:20 A.M., Officers responded to the 1400 block of Wilshire Boulevard — Blockbuster — regarding a report of vandalism. When officers arrived, they spoke with a woman who said she saw a suspect etch graffiti into the glass window at Blockbuster before boarding an MTA bus.

Officers intercepted the bus and detained the suspect, who was positively identified by the witness. The suspect was placed under arrest and booked for felony vandalism. The suspect was identified as Arturo Anthony Perez, 19, of Santa Monica. His bail was set at $20,000.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8 Police took into custody Stephen Kendall Gadd, 24, of Venice for allegedly beating and then robbing a man in order to steal his medical marijuana. Officers said Gadd on Sept.

23 around 3:30 p.m. jumped the victim in the 1200 block of Colorado Avenue. Several weeks later, Gadd was detained for questioning and arrested. He was booked for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. His bail was set at $100,000.

THURSDAY, OCT. 9, AT 7:10 P.M., Officers responded to the 1500 block of Second Street regarding a report of a robbery that just occurred. When officers arrived, they made contact with the alleged victim who said she was walking down the street when a man walked past her and attempted to grab her purse from behind. After a brief tug-of-war, the victim fell to the ground and the suspect ran off with her purse. Officers located the suspect a short time later and he was positively identified by the victim, whose purse was recovered. The suspect was booked for robbery and violation of probation. He was identified as Walter Javier Gutierrez, 21, of Los Angeles. His bail was set at $50,000.

THURSDAY, OCT. 9, AT 1:20 A.M., Officers responded to the 600 block of Wilshire Boulevard regarding a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. When officers arrived, the alleged victim told officers that he was involved in an argument with the suspect, who took a wrench and struck him over the head, creating a gash in his head. The victim declined medical treatment.

Armed with a description of the suspect, officers were able to locate him a short time later. He was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, violation of probation and public intoxication. He was identified as Stanley Jones, 56, a transient. His bail was set at $30,000.

SATURDAY, OCT. 11, AT 3:40 P.M. Officers on routine patrol in the 800 block of Olympic Boulevard conducted a traffic stop after seeing a vehicle with tinted front windows, a violation. During the stop, officers obtained permission to search the vehicle and discovered the driver was in possession of cocaine and Xanax. The driver was arrested and later booked for possession of a controlled substance and having tinted front windows. The suspect was identified as Nick James Brady, 30, of Upland. His bail was set at $10,000.

SUNDAY, OCT. 12, AT 10:30 A.M., Officers responded to the 1400 block of the Third Street Promenade regarding reports of a disturbance. When officers arrived, they spoke with the owner of a vendor cart who said a man was causing a disturbance, knocking over trash cans and fixtures on the promenade. The vendor said the suspect unplugged their cart from an electrical outlet and took their chair and threw it on the ground. Officers placed the suspect under arrest for vandalism and violation of probation. The suspect was identified as Mariko Mary Hall, 49, a transient. Her bail was set at $10,000.

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‘The Complete 15-Minute Gourmet’ Paulette Mitchell • Thomas Nelson Joseph Conrad once said, “The intention of every other piece of prose may be discussed and even mistrusted; but the purpose of a cookery book is one and unmistakable. Its object can conceivably be no other than to increase the happiness of mankind.”

Publisher Thomas Nelson gives us another cookbook to add to our collection in “The Complete 15-Minute Gourmet.”

This one is for those of us who are in a hurry yet still want something that is delicious and satisfying What’s so great about this cook book is that the portions are small, giving four servings per recipe, and easy to make. It is called “15- Minute” because the cooking time is 15 minutes or less.

The fifteen minute recipes are organized by protein source. We have meats; poultry, seafood, beef and pork. For those readers who must have a vegetarian diet, Mitchell includes these also.

“Variety is the key to healthful vegetarian recipes,” she acknowledges. “Most of these recipes can also serve as side dishes for others at the table who want meat, seafood, or chicken as their main course.”

Before each section she has a few paragraphs concerning that item and suggestions as to the best recipe in each section.

She includes helpful tips and observations in the flow of the text. Her tip on olive oil and the grades you find of oils is very helpful.

There is a difference in virgin olive oil and light olive oil. A point she makes is that the deeper the color of the oil the more intense the olive flavor.

“Elaborate equipment is not necessary to prepare speedy meals. When it comes to pans, all you really need is a Dutch oven (which doubles as a pasta cooker), a stovetop grill pan, a medium saucepan, a large skillet, and a large sauté pan.”

For the hash lover in your family we have a recipe using 2 tablespoons olive

oil, 3 cups frozen hash browns, 1 cup finely chopped onions, 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped, 2 cups cooked beef in cubes. 1 teaspoon fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme, 1 teaspoon pepper , or to taste, salt to taste.

For the people who enjoy cooking with wine a tip on the proper vintage to use is mentioned. Always use something you would drink if you weren’t using it in the meal. Cooking sherry is not what you want.

She doesn’t leave out those of us who love desserts. The hot fudge sauce with toasted hazelnuts will be a good addition to any cup of ice cream.

This book is an upgrade of the first “Complete 15-Minute Gourmet series” published in 1987. It has been brought up to date with the new cuisines that have become available because of world travel.

The photography is done by Nancy Bundt.

The book is available at your local book store.

Good books like this are out there for us to read.

Pick one up and read. A whole new world can open up to you. You can reach me at smdp_review@yahoo.com.

Paramount trims six films a year from slate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES Viacom Inc. subsidiary Paramount Pictures said Wednesday it is trimming six movies a year from its annual film slate, days after Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks studio announced its films would be distributed by Universal Pictures, leaving a gap at Paramount.

Paramount will aim to release 20 films a year, including 12 of its own and up to another four from its Paramount Vantage unit. The studio will also distribute two to four films a year produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. and Marvel Entertainment Inc. Last year, Paramount distributed 26 films. DreamWorks broke off from Paramount earlier this month after lining up $1.5 billion in financing in a partnership with Reliance Big Entertainment of India.

It plans to make up to six movies a year.

There had been ongoing friction over the costs of keeping Spielberg and his outfit with Paramount after the studio bought it for $1.6 billion in 2006. The split saves Paramount some $50 million annually in production expenses.

Until Wednesday’s announcement, it was unclear if Paramount would try to replace DreamWorks’ production pace on some 30 projects DreamWorks put in development while at Paramount. The companies will retain the option to cofinance and co-distribute those films.

“We have right-sized our overhead; and we have established a slate volume that balances our financial goals with our creative objectives,” Paramount Chief Executive Brad Grey said in a statement.

Year-to-date box office revenue in the U.S. and Canada was flat through last weekend at $7.38 billion, but the cost of making Hollywood movies has been rising.

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These all-stars don’t play baseball THERE IS AN OLD THEATRICAL MAXIM that advises actors, if they don’t want to have a scene stolen right out from under them, to avoid acting with dogs and children. Or, I might add, Betty Garrett. This legendary actress, at 89, is still so riveting that she can disappear everyone else onstage, even in a play with 14 other actors, many of whom are exceptionally good themselves.

Garrett performs her incomparable magic in a bright new revival of Noel Coward’s classy “Waiting in the Wings” at Theatre West in Hollywood, playing the dotty, demented Sarita Myrtle, who is spending her declining years in a home for retired, impoverished actresses situated in the Thames Valley, northwest of London.

There actually is such a home, “The Wings,” founded in 1925, and still supported by public funds, for actresses over 60 years old. Or, as one of the inhabitants calls them, “a bunch of old has-beens.”

Coward wrote this play in 1959, which is the time in which the play is set, so a few of the actresses ostensibly began their careers early in the century and maintained them through the second World War. Two of them, especially, were celebrated leading ladies: May Davenport (played imperiously by Magda Harout) and her old nemesis Lotta Bainbridge (played

by the impeccable Katherine Henryk).

These two have not spoken for more than 30 years when they find themselves coresidents in The Wings.

Then there is Cora, a disgruntled redhead played by Layla Galloway, Estelle, a weepy worrier (Seemah Wilder), Maudie, a former child star (played by Phyllis Franklin, who, in a short-bobbed wig with bangs looks amazingly like Imogene Coca), Deirdre, the cynical, God-invoking Irish woman (played by Sandra Tucker), and the bright, affirmative Bonita, played by a dazzling Dianne Travis.

There is also an unseen 95-year-old quietly dying in an upstairs bedroom who is visited every Sunday by a devoted admirer (Walter Beery) who brings her violets and conversation, even when he is not sure she actually knows he is there.

This pleasant home, “comfortable, but not luxurious,’” but elaborately detailed by set designer Jeff G. Rack, is presided over by a solicitous Miss Archie (Arden Lewis), her sprightly assistant, Perry (David P. Johnson) and a jittery factotum, Doreen (Erin Moore). All lovingly directed by producer/director Charlie Mount.

The only thing the home lacks, the ladies decide, is a solarium which will allow them to sit in the sunshine without having to brave the ever-present winds.

This manifestly trivial desire serves as the central plot line, but is merely the thread that allows the actresses to reveal their individual personalities and strut their stuff.

They revel in their illustrious former careers, bemoan the fact that they are spending their final years tucked away in a “charity home,” chat cattily about their contemporaries, get together in bursts of song and dance, and sport some of the most elegant outfits seen onstage in quite a while, thanks to costume designer Daniella Cartun. It is, you have to believe, playwright and actor Coward’s touching tribute to the many elegant ladies he worked with — including some that he helped to make immortal.

This production of “Waiting in the Wings,” ironically, coincides with and closely resembles another play written two decades later which is also being presented currently in Los Angeles: the Mel Mandel-Norman Sachs musical “My Old Friends.” While both plays take place in a retirement home, however, the focus is a little different in each. The residents of the home in “My Old Friends” try to make the best of a tedious situation, but in the end are left with the verdict of one of them that they are “just keeping busy, but not really living.” Whereas, the feisty

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AGING WITH GRACE: Betty Garrett (center) stars in Noel Coward’s 'Waiting in the Wings.'

actresses in “Waiting in the Wings” eventually make peace with the circumstances of their lives and come to enjoy a modicum of contentment. And so will you.

Especially with the funny, loopy, and moving performance of Garrett as a particularly effective bonus!

This Los Angeles premiere of “Waiting in the Wings” runs for nearly three hours and three acts, just like plays used to, at Theatre West, 3333 W. Cahuenga Blvd., in Hollywood. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., through Nov. 23. Call (323) 851-7977 for reservations.

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HIDDEN BEAUTY: Pearls come in various shapes — round, off-round, oval, tear-drop, and semi-baroque — and various colors.

Not really a pearly girl ORIGINALLY, I HAD PLANNED TO write about pearls and politics. I had planned to lead with a countdown to the upcoming election, discuss how pearls are the politically correct fashion accessory of women in public office, and make some joke about casting pearls before swine, donkeys, and elephants.

But I changed my mind. I am tired of thinking about this election. No, tired is the wrong word. It makes me sound apathetic, and I am concerned with what is going on, but concerned to a point that it makes me short of breath.

I don’t think that my colleagues notice that when the conversation turns to politics, I try to fade into the background. I’m usually talkative and opinionated, sometimes maybe brash. But when people start talking about which side they’re against, attacking individuals instead of ideas, I just nod, or stare through them and think about something like …

I grew up in the Central Valley, and every fall, my parents took my brother and I to the Big Fresno Fair.

I loved everything about the fair, like the enormous pig roasting on a spit at the barbeque stand. I was simultaneously disgusted by that dead pig, and attracted to the promise of pork ribs.

I loved the lapidary selling iron pyrite and drawstring grab bags of tumbled rocks, the smell of overripe fruit in the agriculture building, trying to grip my flip-flops with

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my toes while sailing over the midway on the swing ride, and the conundrum of how to eat a caramel apple just after my two front baby teeth had fallen out.

One of my favorite booths at the fair sold cultured pearls. It had a tank filled with oysters, and for $7, the woman operating the booth let you stick your hand into the tank and pull out one of the mollusks.

Then, she’d pry open your oyster and dig out a treasure. It was the only game at the fair where you were guaranteed a prize.

My dad argued about shelling out the money for my brother and I to go “pearl diving.” He insisted that we didn’t need pearls. We would lose them — and we did, but at the time, we assured him we wouldn’t. We begged and my mother talked dad into it, and my brother and I got to stick our hands in the tank.

Some pearls were pink, some golden, some green. One of my pearls was blemished with a tiny black dot, a birthmark. The woman at the booth explained that someday when I had the pearl strung on a necklace, the jeweler could drill a hole right through the dot, and no one would ever know that the pearl

had been flawed. Once, my brother’s oyster held two pearls.

(Admittedly, I was jealous.)

Depending on the person you ask, pearls symbolize a multitude of virtues including purity, honesty, charity, wisdom, integrity, and serenity. Some people believe that pearls have healing powers, and that wearing them can aid your digestion and boost your immune system.

A pearl begins as an irritating little grain of sand, or a wayward food particle, or a parasite trapped inside the tissue of a mollusk. The mollusk reacts by secreting nacre, a combination of crystals and protein, which coat the irritant in layers.

Pearls come in various shapes — round, off-round, oval, tear-drop, and semi-baroque — and various colors including silver, purple, and reddish-orange. Nacre’s crystals, called aragonite, are white or clear.

The color of the protein, or conchiolin, differs from mollusk species to mollusk species, and is also affected by a mollusk’s environment.

Even with all of the choices when it comes to shape and color, a strand of pearls isn’t for everyone.

While pearls may go with politics, they most certainly don’t go with pork ribs.

MARIEL HOWSEPIAN digs black coffee, fairy tales and a man in coveralls. She lives in Santa Monica and can be reached at Mariel_Rodriguez@antiochla.edu.

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‘Leatherheads’ George Clooney directs and stars in this comedy set against the backdrop of the origins of professional football. Clooney is Dodge Connelly captain of a struggling team of misfits who recruits a college star (John Krasinski) to help keep his team afloat. A feisty reporter (Rene Zellweger) proceeds to kick off a wild competition beyond the gridiron. Director commentary, deleted scenes, a making-of segment, and exploring the football scenes are included as part of the bonus features. (Universal)

‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ (Blu-ray) In the fourth installment of one of cinema’s great adventure series, Harrison Ford dons the fedora once again. This time he is in a race against a cunning, alluring, and dastardly agent (Cate Blanchett) for the mystical, all-powerful crystal skull of Akatar.

Returning to join Indy in this quest is Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen). Spread over both discs are bonus segments on everything from special effects, make up and props to trailers and assorted galleries. (Paramount)

Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection One of the most influential filmmakers in cinema history is presented in this 8-disc compilation. The eight films are highlighted by his Oscar winner for Best Picture, “Rebecca” starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in a dark tale of love and obsession. Silver screen siren Ingrid Bergman (“Casablanca”) appears in two Hitchcock classics, “Spellbound” with Gregory Peck and “Notorious” with Cary Grant. Rounding out the titles are: “Lifeboat,” “Sabotage,” “Young and Innocent,” “The Paradine Case,” and “The Lodger.” All-new special features include audio commentaries, screen tests, vintage radio interviews and a 32-page notebook with trivia and production notes. (MGM)

‘Fist of Legend’ 2-Disc Ultimate Edition Jet Li stars as a Chinese student who returns to Shanghai to find that his mentor has been murdered and his school has been overtaken by Japanese forces and takes justice into his own hands to restore their honor. Yuen Woo-Ping (“The Matrix,” “Kill Bill”) directed the action sequences on a story loosely based on Bruce Lee’s “Fists of Fury.” A screen fighting seminar and interviews with various film and martial art experts are included. (Genius)

‘Cheers’ The Tenth Season Raise a glass to this long-running series that uncorked laughs year-after-year from a cozy little bar in Boston. In the next-to-last season, all 25 episodes appear over four discs. Storylines include Carla (Rhea Perlman) trying to grasp the thought of her son becoming a priest; Norm (George Wendt) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) wreak havoc on Frasier’s (Kelsey Grammer) therapy group; and Sam (Ted Danson), looking to raise a child, feels he has found his partner in Rebecca (Kirstie Alley). (CBS/Paramount)

‘Brothers & Sisters’ The Complete Second Season Rob Lowe, Sally Field, and Calista Flockhart are among the cast in this series about the five Walker siblings learning to put aside personal differences in striving to both find their own identities and stay close-knit. Sixteen episodes on five discs includes segments about set design, food presentation, deleted scenes and bloopers. (Disney)

‘Joe Louis: America’s Hero … Betrayed’ One of the first black sports stars appealing to both black and white fans, the legendary heavyweight boxing champion also showed the world what a person of color could do if given the opportunity. The grandson of slaves, Louis was an inspiration carrying himself with pride despite numerous public and private setbacks. This documentary includes rare footage of his bouts, including the landmark fights with German Max Schmeling as well as interviews with family, friends, fight experts and celebrities. (HBO)

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Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com President of the Southern California Republican Coalition Austin Dragon (right) advocates for the policies of Sen. John McCain while Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) backs Sen. Barack Obama at a presidential debate during Santa Monica College's U.S. Constitution Day on Thursday. The event was sponsored by the honor society Phi Theta Kappa, Associated Students, Political Science Department and Academic Senate.

Firm ordered to rework AA OLYMPIC anti-smoking campaign Self Storage FROM CAMPAIGN PAGE 3 The results were used to guide the development of the campaign.

“Our goal is to inspire voluntary compliance and engender a feeling of shared responsibility to lead smoke-free lives in the public spaces of Santa Monica,” Roxana Janka, the vice president of Southard, said.

Four preliminary concepts were created and presented to two focus groups, one made up of residents and the other of business owners. The two highest testing logos and designs were selected to move forward.

The concepts both speak to the idea of keeping the air clean. The slogans for the two concepts include “Pureair Santa Monica” and “Care for Our Air.” Janka presented how each concept would look on certain marketing materials, including park signs, posters on the Third Street Promenade and banners on lifeguard stations. The traditional no-smoking logo is also incorporated into some of the posters, universally communicating to tourists.

Councilmember Kevin McKeown said the concepts need to be more engaging, pointing out that City Hall can’t preach to the people.

“My problem with ‘Care for Our Air’ is that is in the imperative voice,” McKeown said. “We’re telling people what to do and I don’t think that will work.”

McKeown suggested that the firm consider working more with the “Fresh Air Santa Monica” logo that City Hall has used since banning smoking in many outdoor areas in 2006.

“I think the original campaign with Fresh Air has promise,” McKeown said.

Don Patterson, the assistant to the city manager, said that he will have to review the budget to make sure there is enough money

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left in the contract for the firm to do more design services.

“At this point we may have to come back and amend their contract but we will try to keep it within the existing budget,” Patterson said.

Mayor Pro Tem Richard Bloom was the lone councilmember in support of moving the concepts forward, arguing that City Hall has delayed enforcement of the ordinance for far too long.

“I think our experience here in Santa Monica and everywhere across the world where these ordinances are adopted is once they are in effect and the word gets out and people know what the program is, people stop smoking and respect each other,” Bloom said. “The most important thing for me is that we start this program.” melodyh@smdp.com

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buyer preference from the larger sport utility vehicle and pick-up trucks to the fuel-efficient models, such as the Ford Escape Hybrid, Mercury Mariner Hybrid and the Ford Focus partial zero emissions vehicle.

“There’s segments of our product that have declined and segments that have grown as a result of what is going on with the price of gasoline and more for concern for the environment on part of the consumer,” Ron Davis, the owner and president of the dealership, said.

Davis added that the economy has impacted the used car division more than new auto sales. He said that credit hasn’t been a problem for his dealership because of the strength of Ford Motor Credit and because of the affluent area in which it is located.

“The credit scores on the Westside tend to be good,” he said. “We haven’t had the problems that some of the other areas in the region have had.”

Car sales nationally are not expected to stabilize in the short term and figures aren’t expected to go back up until the end of 2009 at the earliest, Caldwell said.

Rising gas prices did cause a spike in the market for hybrid and other fuel-efficient vehicles, particularly in the spring and early summer when it cost more than $4 a gallon at the pump. Sales figures for the hybrids have since tapered off, Caldwell said.

The biggest victims has been the SUVs and trucks, which have seen figures go down. The declining popularity caused General Motors to close several plants in the United States earlier this year.

Szucs, who drives a 1991 Volkswagen hatchback model, said he doesn’t believe there is a market for car purchases right now, adding that he wasn’t even able to find a buyer for his Sunset Park home this past summer. He has since taken the home off the market.

The high gas prices this year pushed many drivers to ditch their cars for alternative transportation. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reported record high ridership for all transit lines in July.

Ryan Halpin, a Downtown retail employee, said that though he has a fuel-efficient car that gets 30 miles per gallon, he still considered buying a scooter to save more money on gas, riding it to work and to the beach. He ultimately opted against the idea after seeing that demand for scooters had driven up the price.

His coworker, Matt Kotch, has been suffering with his sport utility vehicle, which can only manage 18 miles per gallon.

Kotch said he did consider downgrading to a more economy-sized vehicle.

“I didn’t want to sacrifice the space,” Kotch said. “I needed the room for snowboarding.” melodyh@smdp.com

Students search for ideal schools FROM COLLEGE PAGE 3 While students waited in line for the fair to begin, parent volunteers passed out packets containing essential information about applying to colleges.

Inside, tables were set up in rows across the entire floor of the auditorium, arranged by numbers corresponding with college names.

Admissions officers and college representatives sat at each table, ready to take on student questions and pass out information sheets.

About 129 colleges came to the event in total, including the University of California and Ivy League schools.

Most colleges search for the “wellrounded student,” which means a good grade point average, high SAT/ACT scores, and tons of extracurricular activities. And though each school differs in their standards, almost every institution puts heavy emphasis on GPAs and rigor of courses taken, said various college reps.

The fair also featured two mini-seminars, “The College Essay” and “The Application Process,” each designed to inform and help with high school students’ college applications.

Samohi English teacher Pete Barraza, one of the seminar’s instructors, emphasized that the college essay is critical to the application because it is essentially an interview on paper.

Whereas college counselors Julie Honda and Frank Gatell pointed out the significance of teacher recommendations and application deadlines.

The majority of seniors went to the

I LEARNED A LOT AND A FEW SCHOOLS DEFINITELY MOVED UP ON MY LIST.” Matteo Fonda-Bonardi Samohi senior

event to alleviate the stress that correlates with applying for college. For some, it didn’t work. For others , the fair was an opportunity to make a good first impression.

“I want to make connections,” said senior Joan Favretto, who hopes to attend Brown University next fall.

And those who didn’t attend, like senior Katy Fitzpatrick, find the college fair not beneficial. To Fitzpatrick, it is a waste of time, “especially since I already know what schools I want to go to.”

Though the event generally focuses on upperclassmen, a handful of freshman and sophomores go to get a head start.

Sophomore Jessie Geoffray tagged along with her older brother, junior Zac, to broaden her knowledge of college admissions, so that in the future she is prepared.

All in all, most students found the night helpful.

“I learned a lot,” senior Matteo FondaBonardi said, “and a few schools definitely moved up on my list.” news@smdp.com

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Vikings take on Morningside chanting, “0-0,” which is the team’s official record in league play. He said he was pleased to see his team understand that the preseason is over and the real fight begins.

“We had a good week of preparation,” he said of the upcoming league schedule. “We’re not getting carried away with one goal achieved.”

While the early success of his team poses problems with keeping egos in check and minds on track, the kudos aren’t all bad.

“In some ways, it’s nice to have people excited about it,” Cuda said. “But, you can’t let the excitement become the focus.”

For Cuda and his players, that focus is the Morningside Monarchs.

Game film reveals that Morningside employs two very different looks. Cuda said that in one game early this season the Monarchs relied on the I-back formation with two ball carriers set behind the quarterback and ran the ball most of the time. In another game, they stuck to a double wing formation, with one ball carrier behind the quarterback and two wing backs lined up near the line of scrimmage, which makes both passing and running a possibility each play.

“It can be a little tricky,” Cuda said.

He plans to stick to his run-first approach, but isn’t afraid to air the ball out against the Monarchs, who enter the game with a 2-3 record.

Cuda is growing increasingly more comfortable with allowing quarterback Garrett Safron to throw the ball. The junior connected on 12 of 19 passes for 101 yards. He did toss his first interception of the year, but also completed a scoring pass to senior wide receiver Terry Wilson.

“It was great to see his role increase as [Capistrano Valley] committed to taking away our run game,” Cuda said.

“We were still run heavy, but we threw the most pass attempts we have all year.”

Despite the pressure, the Vikings were still successful running the ball, with Ross gaining 195 yards with a pair of scores.

Leading the way on defense for the Vikings was junior linebacker Luke Zelon. His 14 tackles and two sacks

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DYNAMIC DUO: Junior quarterback Garrett Safron (right) hands the ball off to senior running back Christian Ross during the Vikings' 28-14 victory over Capistrano Valley High School last week at Corsair Field. Santa Monica High School improved its record to 5-0 and heads into league play tonight against Morningside High School.

gave Capistrano Valley fits all night.

Cuda said that he used his outside linebacker to prevent Capistrano Valley from rolling out on pass plays, an attack that created some problems for the Vikings defense during the first half.

Cuda expects his defense to chal-

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Caretaker recounts saving ‘home’ from wildfire

BY ANDREW DALTON Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES Robert Hiller walked up to the ridge in front of the abandoned hillside missile site where he’s lived for nearly two decades, looking for some small sign of a wildfire he thought was miles away.

He found a raging blaze coming at him from three directions.

“I saw the flames looking at me from the west, the north and the south,” Hiller said by phone from a Los Angeles motel Wednesday night.

He decided to stay and take on the fire.

“There’s only two ways in and out of that area,” he said. “Either you go up

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the mountain or you go down the mountain,” he said. “I could have ended up burned on the road.”

Since 1990, Hiller, a 44-year-old former Ventura County Sheriff ’s deputy, has lived in a six-room military quarters, one of the handful of buildings at the site, as a property manager for the city. The military, which based Nike anti-aircraft missiles there during the Cold War, abandoned the spot in 1973.

It now sits empty but for the occasional film shoot or police exercise.

On Monday morning Hiller was right in the path of the biggest of the wildfires that raged along the edges of the San Fernando Valley this week.

Hiller at least had far more than garden hoses to take on the coming blaze —

the military had left behind a 30,000 gallon water tank, two hydrants and some powerful hoses. And he could always make for the site’s old fallout shelter.

He said he loaded his dog, his guns and his valuable papers in his truck in case he had to flee, then stood in his doorway, dressed in heavy work clothes and goggles, spraying water.

A wave of flame covered his goggles with soot and debris, he said. The wind-borne flames took about 90 seconds to pass over the property.

“It moved that fast,” he said. And he briefly celebrated.

“At this point I feel like I survived that,” he said. “I’m still shocked that I don’t have any help. No fire department, no helicopters, nothing.”

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Best, worst in college football’s first half

BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

SURF CONDITIONS

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Welcome to college football’s new normal, where No. 1 changes hands every few weeks, the preseason rankings become moot by mid-October and Toledo beating Michigan makes headlines only in northwest Ohio and Ann Arbor.

One stat that might best sum up the past season and a half: Since the start of 2007, eight teams have held the No. 1 ranking during the regular season.

In the previous nine years (1998-2006), a total of 15 teams held the top spot at some point during the regular season.

Before we look ahead to another wild finish in the making, let’s look back at the best and worst of the first half of college football 2008: Texas 45, Oklahoma 35. The Red River Rivalry has rarely matched the hype leading up to it in recent years, but Saturday’s edition was a classic. Big plays, gutty comebacks, Heisman implications, the No. 1 ranking in the balance. Luckily, the terrible officiating balanced out and didn’t decide a great game.

Auburn 3, Mississippi State 2. Don’t dare suggest this ugliness was about tough SEC defense.

Ohio State. The Buckeyes 35-3 loss to USC marked the third time in the past three seasons college football fans geared up for a big Ohio State game and wound up flipping channels by the fourth quarter (if not sooner).

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy. His numbers are great, 79 percent completion percentage and leading the team in rushing, and he came up huge in the biggest game of the year (so far).

Missouri wide receiver Jeremy Maclin.

The Chase Daniel hype machine is going full steam, which means the Tigers’ most talented player is relegated to second banana on his own team.

The Rodgers brothers of Oregon State against Southern California. Jacquizz, the freshman running back, ran for 186 yards and two touchdowns and his older brother, James, caught two touchdowns, including that tip-drill, toe-dragger right before halftime, to help the Beavers take down the top-ranked Trojans, 27-21.

Connecticut had three punts blocked by the same player, North Carolina’s Bruce Carter, in a 38-12 loss to the Tar

Heels.

Last week’s near meltdown against Gardner-Webb notwithstanding, Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson is quickly wiping away doubts that his option offense wouldn’t work in a BCS conference. The Yellow Jackets are 5-1 and have the best running game in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Johnson’s replacement at Navy, Ken Niumatalolo has kept the Midshipmen (4-2) playing their usual variety of dependable option football, and they’re on track for a sixth consecutive bowl appearance.

Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman. The Aggies (2-4) lost their opener at home to Arkansas State, barely beat Army and were pounded by Kansas State in College Station. Wonder what R.C. Slocum’s up to these days?

Washington State’s 1-6 record is not all that surprising. New coach Paul Wulff figured to have his work cut out for him. But injuries and suspensions depleted an already thin roster and the Cougars have been beyond awful, outscored 307-63 by major college opponents.

Big 12 offenses vs. Southeastern Conference defense.

Alabama defensive tackle Terrence Cody. The 365-pound mountain has made Crimson Tide impossible to run against (No. 2 in the country at 50 yards allowed per game).

The easy answer is Vanderbilt, but it’s also the wrong answer. The Commodores are a great story, but they’re fortunate to be where they are. Oklahoma State’s the winner. The Cowboys were on no one’s radar before the season and proved they’re to be taken seriously after winning at Missouri.

Clemson. The Tigers started the season in the top 10 and replaced their coach two weeks into October. Disappointing is hardly strong enough to describe Clemson’s sad season.

Washington’s Tyrone Willingham and Syracuse’s Greg Robinson are neck-andneck heading to the finish line of their respective tenures.

Look at the rankings right now — Texas, Alabama and Penn State are on top.

There’s a good chance none of those teams will play for the national championship in Miami on Jan. 8. Figuring out which teams will should be a blast.

MLB

World Series game to be delayed for Obama THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Major League Baseball has agreed to push back the start time of a potential World Series Game 6 by eight minutes to allow Democrat Barack Obama to purchase a half-hour of air time on the Fox network.

Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney said Thursday that the game time would now be set for 8:35 p.m.

The Obama presidential campaign said Oct. 9 that it had bought the 8-8:30 p.m slot on CBS and NBC. “Fox will accommodate Senator Obama’s desire to communicate with voters in this

long-form format,” network spokesman Lou D’Ermilio said in a statement. “We are pleased that Major League Baseball has agreed to delay the first pitch of World Series Game 6 for a few minutes in order for Fox to carry his program on Oct. 29. If requested, the network would be willing to make similar time available to Senator McCain’s campaign.”

The World Series has not gone to a sixth game since 2003. The decision was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

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★★★★ You or someone else easily could go over the top. Understand what is happening here, and you will feel much better. Know when to relax and when not to push. Let others make their own choices. Tonight: Visit over munchies.

★★★★★ Reach out for someone at a distance.

Both of you need to relax together more often.

A chat proves to be more than worthwhile.

Lighten up about a problem, and get a sense of what really is important. Tonight: Take off for the weekend ASAP.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★ Being the cautious and prudent sign, you want to be fiscally sound. Bring your bills together, and give some thought to a change or a different way of paying. You easily could decide to increase the funds you spend on yourself and loved ones. Tonight: Pay bills first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★★ Someone singles you out, or you someone else. You might want to think before you answer a pointed question. You will discover that playing it one on one professionally or personally will work much better right now.

Tonight: Dinner for two.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★★ You are doing your thing and on top of your game. You could be surprised by what comes out if you relax and just talk. Simply respect another’s point of view, and it makes teamwork possible. Tonight: It’s Friday night, so act like it!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★ Others express their high and dynamic energy. Oddly enough, you could feel a bit put out.

Remember, you are a strong and willful sign. Don’t worry about someone else giving you a nudge once in a while. Tonight: Defer to others’ wishes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★ Take your time before you reveal the whole story. Though you might want to be open, you also could choose to not tell everything until you are more sure of whom you are dealing with. Communication flourishes.

Tonight: Vanish. You do not need to explain.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

★★★★★ Zero in on what you want. You might not be comfortable with what is coming down. Be open and forthright when dealing with others, be it in a meeting or generally in conversation. Stay on top of your game. Tonight: Start the weekend right!

★★★★★ When confronted with a problem, you seem to be an endless source of ideas and solutions. Whatever your focus, your charged energy invigorates the situation. A relationship could blossom as a result. Tonight: Flirt the evening away.

★★★ Extremes occur emotionally, professionally and personally. Focus on one matter at a time rather than losing focus and scattering. If feeling unsure, start up a conversation. It is time to clear the air. Tonight: Choose something relaxing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★★ You might want to see a situation in a different light. You are happy with what is happening with a boss or someone you look up to.

Conversations are animated and direct. You get a real sense of where someone is coming from.

Tonight: Out and about.

Happy birthday

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★ Pressure builds when you least expect.

Fighting or talking about what is going on will not help. You need to kick back and just let a situation flow. Your sense of centering comes through for you. Tonight: At home.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: ★★★★★Dynamic ★★ So-So ★★★★ Positive ★ Difficult ★★★ Average

You could be surprised by all the opportunities that come your way this year. Do not overintellectualize, as it will prevent you from acting. Spontaneity will work well. Your ideas will tend to be more solid than in the past. You also will tend to overindulge others as well as yourself. Why not, as long as the damages do not impair your lifestyle and security? If you are single, you might have a better time than you have had in many years. 2009 could bring a very important romantic attachment to your life. If you are attached, the two of you will benefit by walking in each others’ footsteps more often. Rather than judge the other, imagine how he or she might feel. GEMINI always presents a different viewpoint.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SANTA MONICA ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD REGULAR MEETING DATE/TIME: October 20, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

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Plans may be reviewed at City Hall during business hours. Comments are invited at the hearing or in writing (FAX 310-4583380, e-mail planning@santa-monica.org, or mail Santa Monica Planning Division, 1685 Main St., Rm. 212, Santa Monica, CA 90401). Call 310-458-8341 or TTY 310-450-8896 for disability accommodation requests.

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Sudoku

By Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein

Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).

The Meaning of Lila

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GETTING STARTED There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing. Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.

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■ In August two British couples were given sanctions by local councils because their loud, long sex sessions disturbed neighbors.

Steve and Caroline Cartwright were issued a noise abatement order by the Sunderland City Council (Caroline: "I do admit I scream and make lots of noise"), and Kerry Norris was fined by the Brighton and Hove City Council for violating a previous sex-noise order with her boyfriend Adam Hinton (a neighbor said their headboard bangs against the wall until 6 a.m.). (Also in August, a neighbor of a swingers' party house in Des Moines, Wash., told a Seattle Times reporter than cries of ecstasy from the house sometimes sound "like a raccoon dying.")

■ Also, Some Animals Have Good Sex Lives: Officers responding to a neighbor's report of domestic violence in a subdivision near Payson, Ariz., in September decided that the "fight" the neighbor heard was the high-pitched mating scream of a male elk. And an August police search near Linz, Germany, was called off after the "bloodcurdling" screams reported as a woman in distress were actually the mating cries of a badger.

And officials at the Bristol Zoo in England promised neighbors they would temporarily house gibbons inside during the night because of their loud mating duets.

TODAY IN HISTORY Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany. the special “An Evening with Fred Astaire,” the first major TV program produced on color videotape, aired on NBC. Arab oil-producing nations announced they would begin cutting back oil exports to Western nations and Japan; the result was a total embargo that lasted until March 1974.

President Carter signed a bill restoring U.S. citizenship to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck Northern California, killing 63 people and causing $6 billion in damage.

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Ronald J. Knudson, 99, passed away October 9, 2008 in Providence, Utah. He was born in Brigham City, Utah on April 5, 1909. He and his wife lived in Santa Monica, California for over 50 years. He was an active member of the LDS church.

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Employment GEAR, Norma Ellen (2/13/1919 Seattle, WA) passed away September 25, 2008 in Los Angeles at age 89 after a heroic battle to recover from a major stroke she suffered in April, 2008. Survived by daughter Lynne (Carolynne), two grandsons Rudy and Randy Rodriguez; cousins, nieces, and nephews. She moved to the Westside from British Columbia, Canada in 1959. She is predeceased by husband Jack and (former husband) Lynne’s father, Fred; her brother and sister Carl (Bob) and Anna Swanson. Norma has lived in Santa Monica for more than 35 years. She retired from UCLA in the early 1980's. She will be dearly missed. .Memorial Service at Woodlawn Cemetery on October 23, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. For full memorial go to: Everlasting memorial @www.mem.com

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WLA $1750/MO. Large bright 2 bdrm upper, on Barrington near National. Very spacious. Large closets, crown moldings, gas stove, refrigerator. Closed garage with storage, well maintained, charming, older building in good WLA area.near Whole foods and Starbucks Info (310)828-4481 or (310)993-0414 after 6pm.

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Commercial Lease SM PRIVATE office on 7th St near Wilshire includes Internet, electricity, cleaning services $500/mo (310)656-9922

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(310) 245-9436 FOUR FULLY self contained trailers for rent across from Will Rogers state beach 2 miles from Santa Monica Pier $1095/mo and $995/mo (310)454-2515

LAKEFRONT OPPORTUNITY. Nevada's 3rd Largest Lake. Approx. 2 hrs. South of Carson City. 1 acre Dockable $149,900. 1 acre Lake Access $49,900.

38,000 acre Walker Lake, very rare.

Home sites on paved road with city water. Magnificent views, very limited supply. New to market. www.NVLR.com Call 1-877-542-6628. (Cal-SCAN) NEW MEXICO SACRIFICE! 140 acres was $149,900, Now Only $69,900. Amazing 6000 ft. elevation. Incredible mountain views. Mature tree cover. Power & year round roads. Excellent financing. Priced for quick sale. Call NML&R, Inc. 1-888-204-9760. (Cal-SCAN) NEW TO MARKET. New Mexico Ranch Dispersal 140 acres - $89,900. River Access. Northern New Mexico. Cool 6,000' elevation with stunning views.

Great tree cover including Ponderosa, rolling grassland and rock outcroppings. Abundant wildlife, great hunting.

EZ terms. Call NML&R, Inc. 1-866-360-5263. (Cal-SCAN) PRICED TO SELL! Newly Released Colorado Mountain Ranch. 35 acres$39,900. Majestic lake & Mountain views, adjacent to national forest for camping or hiking, close to conveniences. EZ terms. 1-866-353-4807.

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Mar Vista $2300.00 2Bdrms, 2 Baths W / Loft Stove, Refrig, Dshwshr, Wshr/Dryr, Gated Parking, NO PETS 4077 Inglewood Blvd, # 1 Call for Appt. (310)780-3354

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MAR VISTA 12450 Culver Blvd. Unit 208 1bdrm/1bath, gated parking, intercom entry, stove, fridge, utilities included, laundry, parking, no pets. $1150/mo on site manager (888)414-7778 www.jkwproperties.com

1987 TOYOTA Land Cruiser FJ60 4x4 in showroom condition. Perfectly maintained and all factory original.

Great beach, surfing or town car. 4 speed manual, 133,000 easy miles in 21 years! $14,500.00 505-982-5238 x 104 or 505-690-9999 in Santa Fe New Mexico. doug@mcdowellsantafe.com to request images

MAR VISTA 3976 Inglewood Blvd. Unit 1, 2+2 lower $1475/Mo, stove, fridge, blinds, carpet, balcony, laundry, parking, no pets.

(310)578-7512 www.jkwproperties.com MDR adj.$900 large single upper with private balcony,.full kitchen, appliances, laundry, parking, no pets info (310)828-4481 or (310) 993-0414 after 7p.m.

One bedroom apartment West LA $1350 (310)391-8880 PALMS 9804 Regent unit #3. 2+2 $1595/mo, dishwasher stove, fridge, carpet, on-site laundry, parking, no pets, $300 off move-in (310) 578-7512 jkwproperties.com Santa Monica/ West LA $1395.00 & up 1Bdrm, 2Bdrms W/ Lofts . See manager at 2535 Kansas Ave. #101 for list of vacancies SEMI FURNISHED loft, light & bright, quiet, 2 blocks north of Montana location at rear of 433 Euclid call John to view (310)458-2702 $1500/mo plus security

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2005 Chevrolet Astro Van $9995. If you need a work van with bins already in it, here is your chance to pick one up. If you don’t need the bins all of the time, they are removable. This is your portable work space. VIN121431 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CONDITIONS: REGULAR RATE: $5.50 a day. Ads over 15 words add 20¢ per word per day. Ad must run a minimum of twelve consecutive days. PREMIUMS: First two words caps no charge. Bold words, italics, centered lines, etc. cost extra.

Please call for rates. TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we do not issue credit after an ad has run more than once.

DEADLINES: 3:00 p.m. prior the day of publication except for Monday’s paper when the deadline is Friday at 2:30 p.m. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, credit cards, and of course cash. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, (310) 458-7737; send a check or money order with ad copy to The Santa Monica Daily Press, P.O. Box 1380, Santa Monica, CA 90406 or stop in at our office located at 410 Broadway, Suite B, Santa Monica. OTHER RATES: For information about the professional services directory or classified display ads, please call our office at (310) 458-7737.

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A/C CONSTRUCTION 1991 Dodge Van Conversion $5995. Your home away from home.

Perfect for those weekend trips to the mountain or the beaches. Has a built in cooler, and TV. If you don’t want to buy a full motor home, this is a good alternative. VIN404374 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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General Construction Commercial & Residential

Remodel & Add ons Honest. Reliable.

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1999 Mazda Protégé $3995 – This is your basic good transportation car. It’s reliable, great for students or a second car.

If you just need to get form one place to another, this is your car.

VIN131663 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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Autos Wanted DONATE YOUR CAR: Children's Cancer Fund! Help Save A Child's Life Through Research & Support! Free Vacation Package. Fast, Easy & Tax Deductible.

Call 1-800-252-0615. (Cal-SCAN) 1996 Ford Explorer 4WD $3795. Are you an outdoorsy person? Do you go skiing, to the mountains, or have dogs you don’t want to tote around in your nice car? This is your vehicle. Don’t wait because this is priced to move. VINA42842 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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DONATE YOUR VEHICLE! Receive Free Vacation Voucher. United Breast Cancer Foundation. Free Mammograms, Breast Cancer Info www.ubcf.info Free Towing, Tax Deductible, Non-Runners Accepted, 1-888-468-5964. (Cal-SCAN)

Bookkeeping Services QUICKBOOKS BOOKKEEPING service, personal or businesses. Online version available. Call 310 977-7935

Services CAREGIVER OR housekeeper available any day Estella (310)396-2720 Rose (310)396-4914

1992 Dodge 1 Ton Van $2995. This is your Plain Ole Work Van. It was a postal van. It is great for hauling. Perfect for contractors to have a mobile shop or any delivery company. VIN167697 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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TRAINED PROFESSIONAL SINGER Will sing at all parties, churches, women’s clubs, and all occasions.Jolson, Sinatra, Tony Bennett, popular songs, and will have a sing along. Lots of fun. Call Gabe 310-392-6501

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$ 50 5 per day. Up to 15 words, 20 cents each additional word.

COMPUTER REPAIR and WEB DESIGNER cheap price (310)450-5085 or (323)786-6746 www.topwebonline.com

Financial $50,000-$250,000 IN Unsecured Credit Lines Available. 50k Guar. with 720+ FICO, Stated Income, Perfect for Startups, 60Sec Pre-Approval. Business Credit Consulting. www.SeedCapital.com 1-866-988-SEED(7333). (Cal-SCAN)

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2007 Toyota Corolla CE $12,995. This is a great, reliable car. It’s not a car you pull up to the Oscars in, but you’re fine getting around town and to the stores.

Plus, with the money you save on this car, you can go to the stores more. Good MPG. VIN834748 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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03 Toyota Celica GT. $12,995. This sporty 2 door coup is great for a couple with no kids, needs a second sporty car or single person. If you want to zoom around town and look stylish doing so, this is your car. And being a Toyota, you know it’s reliable and gets good MPG. VIN152214 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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SINCE 1967 RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL SPECIALISTS IN ALL DAMAGE REPAIR “EXPERT IN GREEN CONCEPTS” Free estimates, great referrals

FULL SERVICE HANDYMAN FROM A TO Z Call Brian @ (310) 927-5120 (310) 915-7907 LIC# 888736 “HOME SWEET HOME”

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ODDS OF A CHILD BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE: 1 in 16,000 ODDS OF A CHILD BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM: 1 in 166

ARGUING TOO MUCH? Relationship Conflict? One Day Class. Couples learn powerful communication tools that absolutely changes your relationship and renews passionate loving! www.RealHope.com 310-444-1951. (Cal-SCAN)

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Massage BLISSFUL RELAXATION! Heal your body, mind, spirit. Therapeutic bodywork/energy healing. Strictly non-sexual. Introductory specials $68.00. Lynda, L.M.T. (310) 749-0621 EXQUISITE, INTUITIVE, strong and tender relaxing body work by mature European.

Very Professional, Sonja (310) 397-0433.

HEALING 1 hour full body Swedish massage in the privacy of your own home.

Elderly are welcome, out calls only. Call Stella (310) 396-2720

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