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Santa Monica Daily Press TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015
Volume 14 Issue 221
WHAT’S THE POINT? SEE PAGE 4
North Beach Playground Project kicks off with user survey BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
THE BEACH Public input is wanted to
help shape the design of a new universally-accessible playground on the beach. The North Beach Playground project is soliciting public feedback at www.santamonicaparks.org with a brief survey focused on playground use and favorite types of equipment. Residents that complete the survey have the option to be entered into a raffle to win a family pool pack to the Annenberg Community Beach House, good for entry for up to two adults and two children. The survey will be online until August 16. According to beach administra-
Non-profit Pure Drift launches Go Fund Me campaign for clean water trip to Ecuador SEAN MCDONALD DAILY PRESS INTERN
CITYWIDE The Santa Monica based
SPECIAL OLYMPICS: TEAM SWEDEN
Jennifer Maas jennifer@smdp.com
Team Sweden held their kick-off party for the 2015 Special Olympics at Expert Dojo in Santa Monica Place. Athletes, celebrities and dignitaries were all in attendance.
tor Judith Meister, all of Santa Monica’s playgrounds are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, but the universally-accessible playgrounds take those ideas a step further. The accessible sites have transfers to enable physically disabled children to access the equipment, they have additional space around interactive elements to facilitate wheelchair access, they have specially designed equipment to accommodate children of all needs and have space for children who need a quiet space or those that learn through tactile sensation. All the features are designed to be welcoming. “It’s important that [equipSEE PLAYGROUND PAGE 6
Local man wins $109K on ‘Jeopardy’ Attorney to put money towards African safari
non-profit Pure Drift has started a fundraising campaign for their upcoming trip to provide clean water across Central and South America. Santa Monica College photography students, Andres Rennella and Corey Eichenberger, founded Pure Drift in June, but the two have been friends since well before that. “Corey and I met at the beach in Santa Monica years ago, we surf at bay street,” Rennella said. “Before we became friends we would see each other at the lineup almost everyday.”
CITYWIDE Growing up, Scott Richard Lord watched “Jeopardy!” over the summer or when he was sick and out of school. He regularly played Trivial Pursuit with his brothers, who made him win the knowledgebased board game twice to be considered the champion. Throughout his adult life, the Santa Monica resident heard a common refrain: “You ought to go
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