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On The Waterfront
PEER
TO THE FUTURE CONTEST: From the ocean, the end of Hermosa's pier has something
of that Lost City of Atlantis look. But Hermosa's City council wants something
a bit more contemporary. It just can't decide what that something is. To give
the council some help readers are invited to submit their suggestions for what
to put on the end of the pier. Three winners will be selected: 1. Best idea
that will never happen. 2. Best idea that could happen. 3. Most imaginative
idea. The winning suggestions will be printed in October, when the pier is scheduled
to reopen. Illustrations are encouraged. Send your proposals to Peer to the
Future, c/o Easy Reader, P.O. Box 427, Hermosa Beach, CA. 90254. Fax: (310)
318-6292. E-mail: easyreader@hermosawave.net
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STRIKING ABSENCE: Hermosa runner John Hales noticed something this week on the Hermosa Strand that the 81-year-old hasn't seen in decades. "I saw local mothers pushing their babies in strollers," he said. He attributed the strange sight to the MTA strike, which has prevented many nannies from getting to work in the beach cities.
CHUMMING FOR SATAN: Among the items recovered from King Harbor during Saturday's Annual Heal The Bay Beach Clean-up was a decapitated cat with a crucifix around its neck, according to a Heal the Bay press release.
SOUL POLICE: We were hanging around the HB police station when a young woman strolled in from a nearby yoga studio, handing out fliers for classes. An officer asked, "Do you think I need yoga?" to which the young woman answered, "A lot of cops need yoga." Hey, what are we, Ramparts?
SPORT FISHERMAN: Ken Johnson is going fishing when he retires next month after nearly three decades as the Community Services Director for the County Department of Beaches and Harbor. But it won't be the "bus driver's holiday" that it sounds like. He's not going ocean fishing. He hasn't been in the ocean in over 20 years. He's selling his Redondo Beach home and moving to the San Bernardino Mountains because, he told well wishers at a dinner in his honor last week, "I enjoy fly fishing."
THEY STOOP TO SCOOP: A couple of Torrance guys are hoping South Bay homeowners are. Doodie Dudes Dog Waste Removal Service claims to be #1 in the #2 business, and since no one else is claiming the title, it appears to be theirs. For as little as $7 a week, they'll clean a yard of dog poop. Wonder what they'd charge to clean up the green belt. Call (310) 373-5453 to find out.
PRESS RELEASE OF THE WEEK comes from the good folks at the California Podiatric Medical Association, who warn of the dangers of going barefoot -- around the house. "Sandals and slippers, bare-footedness and stocking footedness are not healthy," says the group's public education officer. "They are the least healthy thing you can do." Why? You might get "frozen chicken syndrome" from dropping something out of the freezer onto your foot, or "bedroom fracture" from stubbing your toe on the nightstand...
WHAT
LIGHT BEYOND YON WINDOW BREAKS? When a neon window sign exploded at Paisano's
Pizza in HB Wednesday morning, it cost the business its big front window - for
a second time. On another occasion a "renegade customer" got eighty-sixed from
the place and threw a patio table through the glass...