WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2005
Volume 5, Issue 3
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
City Hall looks to outside for leadership
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
SHEPARD
Notorious performance artist Zhang Huan gave a live show of his booksthemed photo installation “My Boston” at the city’s Museum of Fine Arts in September, including burying himself under a pile of volumes, eating pages, and shimmying up a flagpole while weighted down with books. Zhang’s previous notable works include “Seeds of Hamburg,” in which he coated himself with birdseed and honey and sat in a cage with 28 doves. According to a Boston Globe reporter, some people “outside” the performance-art world might call Zhang a “crackpot.”
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 320th day of 2005. There are 45 days left in the year. On Nov. 16, 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their “March to the Sea” during the Civil War. In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution.
Daily Press Staff Writer
CITY HALL — It appears that the new City Manager won’t come from within the local government as the three current city employees who applied have been passed up for the position. Sources said on Tuesday that Gordon Anderson, assistant city manager; James T. Butts Jr., police chief; and Craig Perkins, director of environmental and public works, applied for the position but the City Council has decided to pursue other applicants. Anderson, Butts and Perkins declined to comment on their applications, the contents of which are confidential. Some environmental leaders were disappointed with the City Council’s decision not to further consider Perkins (see page 4). The City Council, which met behind closed doors on Monday, has screened 61 applicants for the See CITY MANAGER, page 5
QUOTE OF THE DAY “No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.”
HELEN KELLER
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press HURRY UP AND WAIT: The lines have been long and steady at the Cove skatepark on Olympic Boulevard ever since it opened in June, when many pro skaters, pictured here, dropped in for some fun on the concrete.
Skaters say new park is in the dark BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
MEMORIAL PARK — Santa Monicans say they are stoked about the city’s new skatepark, if only they could use it more. Some residents are frustrated
By Daily Press staff
Horoscopes 2
Surf Report Water temperature: 63°
3
Opinion The hopeless war
4
State Crabs in waiting
6
National A grizzly comeback
9
Real Estate Market confidence strong
10
International Saddam’s trial in jeopardy
15
Comics Strips tease
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Classifieds Ad space odyssey
See SKATEPARK, page 5
Local children get shopping salvation at Sears
INDEX Gather bills, Taurus
inside. “I’d say the pro is that we have a skatepark in Santa Monica, but the con is definitely the hours,” said Bart Saric, a 30-year Santa Monica resident and skating film-
because the Cove skatepark — which cost more than $550,000 to design and build — is only open for two hours on weekdays. Due to the skatepark’s popularity, users say they often have to wait in a long line only to be told they must leave once they’re
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Derek Goes/Special to the Daily Press Itzel Romero on Tuesday takes a break from her $100 shopping spree at Sears to talk to Santa.
COLORADO AVE. — Local children on Tuesday got a jump start on their holiday shopping, compliments of Sears and a host of service organizations. Not only did the 75 kids beat the rush, they beat the crowds; they were free to wander both floors of Sears on Colorado Avenue and Fourth Street before the store opened its doors to the public. The children, also treated to an early visit from Santa Claus, cruised the aisles with the holiday sounds of the Santa Monica High School Madrigal singers in the background. The Salvation Army Santa Monica Corps Community Center sponsored the holiday shopping spree for 75 pre-selected needy
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children, ages 5 to 7. Each child received $100 to spend on new clothes. Volunteers from the community center’s advisory board, service clubs, businesses and nearby schools assisted the children as they made their selections. The Salvation Army expects to serve more than 350,000 people in the Southern California area this holiday season. Many of them will be families in crisis, homeless women and children, older adults, transients and unemployed individuals. In order to serve the needs of each person, the Salvation Army Southern California will be serving dinner, handing out toys, distributing food baskets and raising money to help support the work of the Army.
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