TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006
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Volume 5 Issue 309
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
ELECTION2006
DAILY LOTTERY 8 10 22 25 55 Meganumber: 22 Jackpot: $52M 13 26 29 31 33 Meganumber: 9 Jackpot: $15M 4 5 6 10 38 MIDDAY: 7 6 8 EVENING: 7 6 1 1st: 06 Whirl Win 2nd: 02 Lucky Star 3rd: 01 Gold Rush
COUNT ON IT
Daily Press Staff Writer
Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site at http://www.calottery.com
NEWS OF THE WEIRD CHUCK
DECISION TIME: Campaigns come to a close; voters to have final word BY KEVIN HERRERA
RACE TIME: 1.44.45
BY
Hey! Voters can be choosers
SHEPARD
In September, police in the Georgia towns of Perry and Americus were investigating incidents probably involving the same unnamed man, who provided an additional dimension to the typical footfetishist: religion. An 80-year-old WalMart shopper in Perry reported that the man was sitting on the floor of an aisle and asked her for help with his “religious” ritual. The lady accommodated him by stepping on his hands and then spitting on him, but when he began to lick her feet, she called for help.
CITYWIDE — Today, voters will be faced with several important, and possibly life-changing decisions, from who will represent them at the national, state and local levels to whether or not they wish to tax themselves by the billions to help pay for new roads, schools and levees. For those who haven’t already voted by via absentee ballot, polls across the city will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Registered voters are being asked to cast ballots for California gover-
To find your polling place, or to receive up-to-the-minute election results, go to www.lavote.net. Polls will be open today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
nor and the other six statewide offices, one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats and candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, the state legislature, the state board of equalization and various judicial posts. Also on the ballot are 13 state propositions and bond measures.
Fabian Lewkowicz fabianl@smdp.com
POLL POSITIONS: Pat Robles (left) and Betsy Van Ditto assemble a voting table See ELECTION, page 14
at City Hall on Monday in preparation for today’s vote-casting. Polls open at 7 a.m.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Orphaned acrobats learn on fly
Today is the 311th day of 2006. There are 54 days left in the year. This is Election Day. Russia’s Bolshevik Revolu1917 tion took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. John Glenn returned to Earth aboard the space shuttle Discovery, visibly weak but elated after a nine-day mission. President Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey. Richard M. Nixon, having lost California’s gubernatorial race, held what he called his “last press conference,” telling reporters, “You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
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BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer
1944 1962
into its general fund. Since 2002, the program has continued thanks to a collaborative effort between the non-profit Easter Seals, which operates the preschools;
CENTINELA AVENUE — It was noise that was both startling and strange enough to draw three children out of a house in curiosity. Whispering in their native Swahili tongue, the kids found the source of the ruckus. They pointed excitedly, amazed at what was unfolding before their eyes — a garbage truck going about its normal Monday afternoon pick-up routine. Such has been the experience for a group of Tanzanian children during their first two days in the Los Angeles area, with every moment being an exciting new experience. They are the first in their village to ever visit the United States. Nine orphaned children between the ages of 10 and 16 are in the midst of an acrobatic tour of Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco, where they plan to perform and learn new skills at each stop.
See PRESCHOOL, page 16
See TUNAHAKI, page 15
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s not the voting that’s democracy — it’s the counting.”
TOM STOPPARD
CZECHOSLOVAK-BORN BRITISH AUTHOR
INDEX Horoscopes Do it together, Scorpio
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Plenty of frills to go around
Fabian Lewkowicz fabianl@smdp.com David Hartwell (at left) Gabrielle Tieu and Adam Said, of the Sculpture Conservatory Studio, perform their annual maintenance of the "Dinosaurs of Santa Monica’ sculptures on the Third Street Promenade on Monday.
Inside Scoop A day in the life at AFM
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SM Parenting Breakfast nook
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District wants to control preschool again
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BY MELODY HANATANI
Surf Report Water temperature: 64°
MOVIETIMES
Daily Press Staff Writer
The reel stuff
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Comics & Stuff Strips tease
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Classifieds Ad space odyssey
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SMMUSD HDQTRS — The school district is considering resuming financial control over a $1 million preschool program in Santa Monica
Izzy says,
“If you think our sandwiches are too large, bring a friend.”
after a four-year absence from its general budget. The school district dropped the full day and full year preschool program in 2001 after calculating that it could not continue the statefinanced program without dipping
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