Santa Monica, a Lifelong Learning Community

Rally to Save the Public Beach Club
Monday, July 3rd at 3:30 PM SHARP!
on the Sand in Front of the Marion Davies Estate
415 Pacific Coast Highway, one mile north of the Pier

• The community dreamed it up....
• A foundation donated the $28 million to build it....
• The Santa Monica City Council approved it....
• Construction is set to begin in less than a year....

And now four wealthy beachfront neighbors are suing to take it all away!

The Santa Monica Conservancy and Friends of 415 PCH are organizing this BEACH PARTY RALLY. The regional media is expected to cover the event and residents are encouraged to turn out in large numbers. This event is part of a strategy to pressure the neighbors with unfavorable media coverage and to reassure the Annenberg Foundation of strong community support. Free hot dogs, popsicles, music, volleyball, bubbles, kites, kids games, face-painting will be provided but most important is a strong showing of community support for public access to this public amenity. Please come and bring your friends and family! For more information, please go to www.friendsof415.org.

Here's more music to benefit a wonderful community organization:

Saturday, July 15, 7:30pm
Center for Healthy Aging Benefit Performance
An evening of music from Broadway and the Silver Screen performed by The Concert Singers and also featuring music by Monika White & Friends
First United Methodist Church, Simkins Hall
1008 Eleventh Street
Free parking underground across from the church
Tickets $25. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information, please call 576-2550, ext. 363

Since 1948, The Concert Singers have been entertainint audiences with universally loved usic – from Cole Porter to Geroge Gershwin, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Lerner and Lowe. Enjoy this music and at the same time support the programs at Center for Healthy Aging. For more information on the Center for Healthy Aging and to download a ticket form for the Concert, please go to http://www.centerforhealthyaging.org/index.php

Santa Monica High School Project Echo team places 1st in the nation!!
Funds are needed to send the team to Shanghai for the international competition.

Samohi's nine-member Project Echo team placed 1st in the national Students for Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) competition and are headed to Shanghai on July 31st, provided they can raise the $25,000 they need to get there (and back).

To make a contribution, please send your tax deductible donation of any amount to:
Rebel Harrison
Samohi ROP*
601 Pico Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Please make checks payable to Los Angeles County Ed Foundation/ROP.

For more information on the team and the competition, please go to http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2006/June-2006/06_22_06_SAMOHI_Champs_Earn_Berths.htm

• In the June 6th election, both Proposition 81, a bond measure to increase funding for public libraries, and Prop 82, an income tax to fund voluntary universal preschool for all four year olds, were defeated.
• School Board President Julia Brownley won the Democratic primary and will be the Democratic candidate on the November ballot when a successor to State Assembly Member Fran Pavley will be voted in.
• Santa Monica and Malibu residents will also be electing candidates for the Santa Monica Malibu School Board, the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees, the Rent Control Board (Santa Monica only) and the City of Santa Monica City Council. The filing period opens on Monday, July 17th when the City Clerk will hold a workshop for prospective candidates.