bhcourier 12-20-2013 e-edition

VOLUME XXXXVIII NUMBER 49 $135 PER YEAR - $1.25 PER COPY www.bhcourier.com SINCE 1965 December 20, 2013

The Courier Wishes You A Merry Christmas!

Health & Wellness 14Arts & Entertainment 19Birthdays 22

Jimmy Au introduces newcustom suit line. 5

CLASSIFIEDS 25 Announcements Real Estate Rentals Sales and More

Editorial from Rabbi Pressman

AND MORE

Stars gather for Angels forAnimals at the the BeverlyWilshire Hotel. 4

Shalom Institute honorsBeverly Hills resident. 4

THIS ISSUE

George Christy, Page 6

Goldie Hawn IsHonored At The 4thAmFAR Inspiration

Gala; PeterRainers CollectionOf Film Criticism IsChockablock With

PerceptiveCommentary AboutOscar Candidates

And Past Films

Nick Segal receives WilliamMay Garland Award. 11

Centenarians celebrate thecentennial. 5

A GRANDNIGHT HelenMirren present-ed the 27thA m e r i c a nCinemathequeAward to pro-ducer JerryBruckheimer atThe BeverlyHilton. Jerrys44 movies haveearned billionsworldwide.

For more pho-tos, see GeorgeChristys columnon page 6.

HOLIDAY PERFORMANCEEl Rodeo stidents perform at this years Holiday Concert on Wednesday.

By Victoria TalbotEd Mady need not look too

far to find inspiration at TheBeverly Hills Hotel. The his-toric hotel defines Holly-

wood, playing host to some ofthe most iconic stars in history.Chief among them is MarilynMonroe.

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City OKs MajorFirm To AssessPublic v. PrivatePay, Benefits

Beverly Hills Teachers UnionDemands 13 Percent Raise

BHUSD Board Says CurrentPermit Students Can Stay, Again

SUITE 100Edward Mady, general manager of The Beverly Hills Hoteland Bungalows and regional director for the Dorchester Collection.

POLICE THANK PAULAOfficer Robert Bloore (retired), Sgt. GeorgeDeMarois, Sgt. Todd Withers, Paula Kent Meehan, Sgt. Kurt Haefs andCommunications Dispatcher Chris Bloore. See page 4 for story.

By Victoria TalbotAs City employee contract negoti-

ations continue, Beverly Hills will findout just how much more or less it paysits employees than they would earn inthe private sector. Recent studies havedocumented that government employ-ees receive nearly 75 percent morethan employees performing compara-ble work in the private sector. Ac-cording to data released to The Couri-er, average compensation for the City's1,080 employees in 213 job titles is$173,000 per year with up to 13 weekspaid time off.

Just how "fair" that arrangement iswill now be studied by Mercer Con-sulting, one of the top five compensa-tion consulting firms worldwide thatcounsels many corporate giants.

By Laura ColemanThe Courier has learned exclu-

sively from a district source that theBeverly Hills Education Association

has requested a 13-percent salaryraise increase from the BeverlyHills Unified School District. That

By Laura ColemanThe Board of Education on

Tuesday directed staff to maintaininterdistrict attendance permits ofcurrent students, mirroring its deci-sion last year.

To maintain the status quowould cost this district nothing,boardmember Howard Goldstein

said. It would cost time and mon-ey otherwise.

The district has roughly 105students who attend the school onlegacy and opportunity permits.

Chief Academic Officer Jen-nifer Tedford said that historically

(see PERMITS, page 9)

(see STUDY, page 9)

(see BH HOTEL, page 9)

(see BHEA, page 9)

| December 20, 2013 BEVERLY HILLSBEVERLY HILLS

The Blue Ribbon 45th Anniversary LuncheonPhotos by WireImage/Donato Sardella and Howard Pasamanick

The Hon. Tom La Bonge, Councilman. 4th District, City of Los Angeles; PresidentCarla Sands; The Hon. Zev Yaroslavsky, Suprervisor, 3rd District Los AngelesCounty

Karen L. Heilman, Susan Oman Gross, CelestePinto McLain and Susan Brauneiss

Diane Jenkins and Alice Avery

Betty Leonard and Donna Wolff presenting a scroll of thanks to Dona Kendallfor her donation to fund the publication of The Blue Ribbon Book

Sanda Krause and JackieRosenberg

Lynn Booth, and Alexandra Dwek

Mary Davis and MaggieRussell peruse the archivalscrapbooks of Blue Ribbonhistory

Jody Fink Lippman and EvaStern

Beth Lowe Former President Nancy Livingstonand Andrea Van de Kamp

AnnetteOMalley

Former President ConstanceGavin and Lois Erburu

Ann Ascher

Former presidents Sandy Ausman andJoyce Kresa

Former PresidentJudith Krantz

Lita WarnerHeller

Ginny Mancini

Alyce Williamson andFormer President PhyllisHennigan

Helen Bing and FormerPresident Joan H. Hotchkis

JudithBeckman

Patricia Ann Grey, Dody Waugh and Marna Schnabel

Former Presidents Joni Smith and Joanne Kozberg

Simone Vickar, Margo Armbruster, Suzanne Bonafedeand Lynelle Wagner

An important milestone for the organization in Los Angeles. 15 founding members attended and were presented withspecial proclamations. The Blue Ribbon Book, by author and member Betty Goodwin, was given to all the membersattending.

December 20, 2013 | Page 3BEVERLY HILLSBEVERLY HILLS

HERE! BEVERLY HILLS MAIN NEWSBEVERLY HILLS COURIER | DECEMBER 20, 2013

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By Victoria TalbotIn 2013, the BHPD Police

Unity Tour team received asizeable donation from Beverly

Hills resident Paula Kent Mee-han. To show its appreciation,officers on the team assembled

ANGELS FOR ANI-MALS - Real House-wives Of Beverly Hillsstar Joanna Krupa andSia Barbi of the BarbiTwins embrace a pupat the Angels for Ani-mals event at The Bev-erly Wilshire Hotel.The organization,founded by Krupa, isdedicated to saving thelives of animals whoare in need of rescueand finding themhomes. Visit www.an-gelsforanimals.org.

Photo by David SobelPhotography

S H E L T E RHOPE PETSHOP HON-ORS THEC O U R I E RFOR SAV-ING LIVES -Since theyopened twoyears ago theShelter HopePet Shop hasplaced over657 animalswith foreverhomes. TheCourier hasp a r t n e r e dwith ShelterHope to fea-ture rescuepets eachweek, withgreat suc-cess. Notonly have ourfeatured petsbeen adopt-ed, but manymore. Thebusiness isentirely runon donationsand volunteerw o r k e r s .Only rescueanimals areavailable foradoption.Todonate, vol-unteer oradopt visitwww.shelter-h o p e p e t -shop.org. Forthe full storysee page 13.

Van Gogh Museum Uses New Technology To Reproduce Five Masterpiece Paintings

HOME FOR THE HOLI-DAYSCalvin is a 10-pound, approximately 1-year old, Yorkie/Schnauzer mix pup. Hewas brought into ShelterHope Pet Shop by a cou-ple who found him aban-doned in a crate on the91 freeway. Those calledto give Calvin a secondchance at a happy homethis New Year may con-tact ShelterHopePetShop.org at 805-379-3538 or Kira Lorsch [email protected]

NEW OLD WORLD ARTTom Harriman (left) and Les Mayers withTribune International visit The Courier to provide an in-person look atthe stunning reproduction of Vincent Van Goghs masterpieceWheatfield Under Thunderclouds. The $35,000 touchable reproduc-tion reproduces every element of the painting, from cracks to crevices.

BHPD Police Unity Tour TeamThank Philanthropist Meehan

By Laura ColemanBeverly Hills High alum Les Mayers

(62), the man responsible for first puttingcolor in the BHHS yearbook, is onceagain trying his hand at color-related in-novation - this time selling the U.S. certi-fied reproductions of Van Gogh paintingsto the tune of $35,000 each.

This is the latest, greatest develop-ment, Mayers said of the labor-intensivereplication process that yields a reproduc-tion he claims is virtually indistinguish-able from the original Van Gogh painting.

By Laura ColemanThe Board of Education

voted 3-2 this week to approvean agreement with DLR Group

to move forward on plans torenovate Beverly Hills High

Board Of Education Split OnPlans For BHHS RenovationBy Laura Coleman

On Tuesday, the Board ofEducation unanimously votedto name the Hawthorne

kindergarten playground TheMichael J. Libow Playgroundas a result of the $23,800 giftthat local realtor Libow made

to the Beverly Hills EducationFoundation last December.

Board Approves Libow Playground At Hawthorne

(see MEEHAN, page 13)

(see BHHS, page 13)SHALOM INSTITUTE HONORSTHREEJacob Knobel (left), son of resi-dents Linda and Abe Knobel, was one ofthree honorees at the Shalom InstitutesGala at the Petersen AutomotiveMuseum. Knobel received the EmergingYoung Leaders award. Displaying theircertificates from the L.A. City Council arefellow honorees Barri Worth Girvan(Emerging Young Leaders award) andJennifer D. Rheuban (Trailblazer award)(right). Resident Andrea Spatz is ShalomInstitute president. For more informationabout Shalom Institute Camp andConference Center home to Camp JCAShalom, visit www.shalominstitute.com.

DONT GET SCAMMEDFirst Bank hosted a How to Avoid BeingScammed seminar for residents on holiday safety, presented by Sgt.George DeMarios of the BHPD. Taking part, were from left: BHPD Sgt.Max Subin, Human Relations Commissioner Ilona Sherman, her sonAdam Sherman, First Bank VP Karterina Karagiannides, Councilmem-ber Nancy Kranse and DeMarios.

By Victoria TalbotVantage Oncology, located

at 9229 Wilshire Blvd. in Bever-ly Hills, encourages cancer pa-tients to consider talking to oneof their doctors first. Traditionalsurgeries may not be the opti-mal way to begin your treat-ment program. Many tumors re-spond well to radiation.

Unlike larger hospitals, theCenter for Radiation Therapy

greets you by name and treatsevery patient with dignity anddiscretion. From consultationthrough treatment, their friendlystaff will assist you. Patients whochoose Vantage Oncology board-certified specialists will find a sup-portive, empathetic environmentstaffed with physicians who willguide you through your treatment

Vantage Oncology And TheCenter For Radiation Therapy

(see VANTAGE, page 13)(see VAN GOGH, page 13)

(see PLAYGROUND, page 13)

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By Victoria TalbotAs the City of Beverly Hills cele-

brates 100 years, residents who sharethis auspicious distinction will also be

honored. These special residents sharea rare knowledge of what life was like

Each Celebrating Their CentennialsThe City And Its Honored Centenarians

CITY CELEBRATESC E N T E N A R I A N Walter J. Freedman(left)turned 100 yearsold on April 29 thisyear, pictured with hisson, Gary Freedman,an attorney with ErvinCohen & Jessup. TheCity is planning to in-clude a celebration ofcentenarians for their100th. Walter is a res-ident at Sunrise Se-nior Living.

COLLECTION DEBUTBev-erly Hills retailer Jimmy Au(left), his wife Norma, andson Alan (right), hosted thedebut of the 2013-2014 col-lection at an open house intheir 3,200-square foot store,Jimmy Aus for Men 58 andUnder, 9408 Brighton Way.The new collection featurestailored clothing, casual andsportswear. Founded in 1961as a custom suit business op-erating out of the trunk of hiscar, Jimmy Au's has evolvedinto the nations only design-er clothing store exclusivelyfor short men. Phone: 310-888-8708.

TROJAN GUILDUSCsTrojan Guild of Los Ange-les held its second gen-eral meeting of the yearwith a tour of the photo-graphic exhibit at the LosAngeles County Museumof Arts Resnick Pavillion,followed by a luncheon atnearby Wilshire CountryClub. Three BeverlyHills women (fromleft)Carolee Snyder,TGLA President Chris-tine Ofiesh and 1stVP/Programs NikkiDanawere among thoseon hand.

Photo by Candy Yee

IMPROVING THE LIVES OF UN-DERSERVED YOUTHAt its re-cent Gala for Children at TheBeverly Wilshire, A Place CalledHome honored (from left): Dr.Philip Goglia, founder of Perfor-mance Fitness Concerns; SisterPatricia Connor. RSHM and hercongregation, and Jack Suzar,managing director of Bel Air In-vestment Advisors. The eventraised $1.2 million for the SouthCentral nonprofit, now celebrat-ing its 20th anniversary, that pro-vides a safe haven and provenprograms in education, arts andwellbeing.

THE BEVERLY HILLS CENTENNIALCOOKBOOK IS HERE - The cookbook fea-tures recipes from 39 Beverly Hills Restau-rants, including the historic Brown Derby andRomanoffs. Exquisite images and savoryrecipes from some of the worlds most iconicrestaurants mean this book will be the mostsought-after gift of the season! The book is alimited edition printing, and it is available atselect locations throughout the City, includingthe Beverly Hills Visitor and Conference Bu-reau, the Farmers Market on Sunday, Penin-sula Beverly Hills, The Beverly Hilton, CarrieWhite Hair salon and several of the extraordi-nary restaurants whose chefs contributed tothe book. Full story at www.bhcourier.com.

Congregants from Beverly HillsPresbyterian Church will gather follow-ing the 11 a.m. service on Sunday forthe annual Holidays from the Heart

to wrap donated gifts for delivery laterthat day to patients and their families atChildrens Hospital Los Angeles.

B.H. Presbyterian Congregants To WrapDonated Gifts Sunday

By Laura ColemanThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci-

ences on Tuesday announced the creation of anew logo to augment its revitalized visual identity.According to Christina Kounelias, AMPAS chiefmarketing officer, the new design reflects the orga-nizations creativity.

We set out to build something that accurate-ly reflects our community of artists, their diversetalents, and the creative process they employ tobring disparate ideas together into a single vision,

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts AndSciences Debuts New Logo

(see CENTENARIANS, page 18)

The 19th LA Art Show will kick-offand launch a yearlong cultural ex-change, with an Opening Night Pre-miere Party, from 8-11 p.m., with the

Wednesday, Jan. 15 at the L.A. Conven-tion Center benefiting the Sister Citiesof Los Angeles, and its program

LA Art Show Premiere Party Kicks OffYear-Long Sister City Celebration

John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxil-iary is presenting its 29th annualOdyssey Ball at The Beverly Wilshireon April 5.

Event honors the Mandela family

with the True Grit Humanitarianaward and Anton Bilchik, MD, PhD,chief of medicine at JWCI with the The

JWCI Odyssey Ball Set For Beverly Wilshire

New Academy Logo

(see JWCI, page 18)

(see ART SHOW, page 23)

(see GIFTS, page 18)

(see ACADEMY, page 23)

GEORGE CHRISTY

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Gave me a good feel-ing, looking back at the 60sfolk music scene in Joel andEthan Coens Inside LlewynDavis ... the film captures thattime and place perfectly, saysPeter Rainer, admitting its atthe top of his Oscar-worthychoices. Lately published bythe Santa Monica Press, hisRainer On Film, Thirty Years ofFilm Writing in a Turbulent andTransformative Era is a reward-ing gift for film buffs, a bedsideBaedeker, if you will, chock-ablock with Peters perceptivecommentary.

Peters career spansreviewing for the LA Times, LAHerald-Examiner, both LosAngeles and New YorkMagazines, with his reviewsnow appearing in the ChristianScience Monitor and onNational Public Radio. Hepresides over the NationalSociety of Film Critics, and wasvoted a 1998 finalist for thePulitzer Prize in Criticism.

Two hundred sixty-eightmovies are eligible for Oscar

nominations this year. Peterallows high marks for SpikeJonzes Her, costarring JoaquinPhoenix, Amy Adams andScarlett Johansson. What isit like to fall in love with tech-nology with the intimacy ofa voice. Not quite sci-fi, per-haps the zeitgeist of now, aman falls in love with his com-puter operating system.

Meanwhile, AmericanHustle is overrated ... a bur-lesque, overly long. Everyoneworked up. Con artists in afilm thats a con job. TheNew York Posts Kyle Smithdescribes it as a movie about70s hair. Peter agrees.

Alexander PaynesNebraska pretends to be morethan it is. Not art. Drearinessin black and white.

He praises BeforeMidnight, the third RichardLinklater film about the rela-tionship between Ethan Hawkeand Julie Delpy. Experiencingthe fragility of their affair, veryEuropean in its way notunlike a film by Eric Rohmer.

Twelve Years A Slave?Not a huge fan has searingemotional moments, yet not allthat its cracked up to be.Roots remains the most power-ful emotional film about ourhistory of slavery.

Gravity, he says, is abeautiful experience ofweightlesness, done well,would have preferred it withunknown actors.

Martin Scorseses TheWolf Of Wall Street lacksdimension ... actors yelling ateach other for three hours.While August: Osage Countysa mish-mash with scene-chew-ing roles for Meryl Streep, JuliaRoberts, etc.

He finds Saving Mr.Banks entertaining EmmaThompsons is a nice, one-noteperformance of the MaryPoppins author. And nobody,including Tom Hanks, shouldtake on the role of WaltDisney.

Cate Blanchetts charac-ter in Blue Jasmine needs clari-fying, Captain Phillips is acredible account of a thriller atsea, and The Hobbit: TheDesolation Of Smaug is goodfun.

His book fills 576 pagesthat begin with Peters assess-ment of past movies. Both

overrated andu n d e r s e e n . Would that wehad space to sharelonger quotes thanthese teasers withtheir glimpses ofinsights. We did-nt tally the hun-dreds of Petersreviews howeverno matter whatpages fall open onyour couch orbed, a richness oflanguage andintelligence pre-vails.

The openingchapter of over-

rated nods to SamMendes AmericanBeauty starring

Kevin Spacey and AnnetteBening (1999) a sportier,homegrown version of allthose Antonioni-ish moviesabout the depleted upper-mid-dle classes zombified by regret it flatters its audience byturning burnout and midlifeitch into tragic states, but azero in torment is still a zero.

Gus Van Sants GoodWill Hunting (1997) withMatt Damon, RobinWilliams and Ben Affleck isHokumsville. AboutZero Dark Thirty (2012),starring Jessica Chastain:By showing scenes of tor-ture without taking anykind of moral (as opposedto tactical) stand on whatwe are seeing, KathrynBigelow has made anamoral movie.

Leading Peters list ofthe underseen is WalterHills best film in years.Wild Bill (1995) starring JeffBridges as Wild BillHickok. Peter considers Jeffone of our finest actors.Hickock was a Gentlemanof the West who fought theCivil War and tamed theboom towns of the last fron-tier Jeff never allows us toregard Bill as fable-in-motion not corny or clever theres no actors vanity in any-thing he does Jeffs asupremely naturalistic actor

playing a supernaturalisticrole.

Other underseens areJoe Goulds Secret (2000),directed by Stanley Tucci Babe: Pig In The City (1998)directed by George Miller Fred Schepisis A Cry In TheDark (1998) with Meryl Streepand Sam Neill as religious fun-damentalists ... AkiraKurosawas 30th and last film,Madadayo (2000), a celebra-tion of a professor beloved byhis university students.

Peter includes sectionson The Youngish Turks;Hauteurs; Steven Spielberg;About Acting, Star Actors, AndActing Stars; SomeMasterpieces; Documentaries;Issues (Mostly Hot Button);Comedies (Intentional andUnintentional); Literary andTheatrical Adaptations.

More than your bucksworth for $24.95.

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Goldie Hawn, escorted by son Oliver Hudson andmate Kurt Russell, was honored at the 4th annual

AmFAR Inspiration Gala at Milk Studios.

Peter Rainers Rainer On Film,Thirty Years of Film Writing in

a Turbulent and TransformativeEra has been published by

Santa Monica Press.

CheyenneJackson

SharonStone

Matthew Mosshart withKelly Osbourne

AlessandraAmbrosio

Aileen Getty ChelseaHandler

Devon Aoki Liz Goldwyn VanessaHudgens

Zoe Saldana Paula Abdul

Kevin Parker hosted aspecial holiday recep-tion and book signingat the David Webbboutique on BrightonWay, just in time toview the newest andmost tempting itmesto give ourselves.

TO SEE ANDBE SEEN

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THE FASHION OF BEVERLY HILLS

Beauty Briefs

CHILDRENS BUREAU BENEFITThe 4th annual Celebrity Chefs &Wine Tasting benefit at AT&T Center downtown raised $270,000 forthe Childrens Bureau. Enjoying the treats were (from left): CindyMarquis, Richard Levy, Barbara Levy and Charlie Marquis. See Page22 for full story on the event. Photo by Danielle Klebanow

BRIOGEO has a range ofnewly launched productsto keep our hair lookingnaturally gorgeous----andeach product is createdwith the finest blends ofnatural plant & fruitextracts, oils, antioxidants,and vitamins.Be Gentle, Be KindCleansing Shampoo is $19;Dont Despair, Repair isthe deep conditioning and

repairing mask for $26;Blossom & Bloom is thevolumizing conditioner for$23; and Curl Charisma isthe curl defining conditionerfor $23. All come in ecochic packaging and can beordered at sales @briogeo-hair.com

NOODLE & BOO uses allthe finest ingredients fortheir special line of products

for babies. Noodleand Boo ExtraGentle Shampooand ConditioningHair Polish are bothtearless formulasand available for$12 each. Newproducts introducedthis fall were

Noodle & Boo Newborn 2in 1 Hair and Body Wash($14), Noodle & BooFrench Milled Baby Soap($12), and Noodle & BooBody Wash ($12). All areavailable at Saks FifthAvenue and NeimanMarcus .

PURMINERALS introduceda new CC cream with SPF40 earlier this year in arange of colours for vari-ous skin tones. CC creamsoffer exceptional cover-age,but also nourish theskin for healthy radiancefor a one cream multi task-ing solution to speed upyour morning routine.Available at Walgreens inBeverly Hills.

Francesco Santoro, located at 9604Brighton Way, is closing Dec. 31. Onsale now are crocodile and exoticskin handbags & accessories.


The beautiful star counted thehotel as her second home, livingthere for the better part of sevenyears.

The Norma Jean Experiencepays homage to one of the worldsmost enduring icons, said Mady.This hotel is truly one f the last au-

thentic throwbacks to HollywoodsGolden Age. Our guests tell us howthey are transported back in timewhen they are with us.

Suite 100 is a hospitality expe-rience created to celebrate BeverlyHills Centennial year. Hotel, guestswill travel back to the 1950s whenMarilyn Monroe reigned.

Mady has looked to PaulWilliams, who designed the hotel.

I really cant think of anyone thathas had a more significant influ-ence.He can be credited to him.His stylized designs have becometrademarks of this hotel.

Read thefull story at www.bh-courier.com for availability andrenderings.

the board has not touched permitsgranted to children of City and dis-trict employees.

Board President Noah Margounderscored that the cap for oppor-tunity permits would remain at zero

and the district would maintain itscurrent policy of not enrolling stu-dents who dont live in the district.

The board majority that sup-ported this path is not going to bearound forever, so parents that fallunder these paramenters need tomake plans to secure their chil-drens education by becoming resi-

dents of Beverly Hills, he said.They need to make the sacrificethat so many have before to receivea quality education.

Margo added that he hopedthe beneficiaries of the boards deci-sion would express their gratitudeby donating to their PTAs and theFoundation.

increase, which equates to rough-ly $3.6 million annually, tallies upat $10.9 million over the courseof the next three years, theamount of time the district is re-quired to budget for by the LosAngeles County Office of Educa-tion.

Board VP Brian Goldbergtold The Courier that although hewas unable to comment on ongo-ing negotiations, he found theamount highly coincidental.

This is one of the reasonswhy I think its important for theboard to lock up the $10 millionendowment so that people wouldnot look at it for other purposesthat it could be used, like theseproposed raises, he said.

BHEA president StewartHorowitz said that as part of thisyears interest-based bargainingnegotiations, the union and dis-

trict are discussing a variety of is-sues, in addition to total compen-sation. Other issues on the tableinclude: testing schedules, move-ment on the salary schedule,class size, evaluation process andsafety conditions.

We are supposed to look atthe available resources that thedistrict has available...and ideallyit would be fairly easy to reach anagreement, he told The Courier.

Horowitz, who is not part ofthe bargaining team, said he wasunaware of any salary-specificdiscussion having occurred.

According to a districtsource, BHEAs salary increase re-quest equated to $3,593,086 foryear one, $3,632,894 for yeartwo, and $3,659,909 for yearthree. The total after three years is$10,885,989.

In 2011/12 BHEA received araise just north of 4 percentHorowitz said. That equated toroughly $1 million annually.

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Previously, City compensa-tion studies focused only onother governments, not the pri-vate sector.

Tuesday, the city councilauthorized up to $100,000 forthe Citizens Budget ReviewCommittee to compare privatesector pay and benefits withthat of City staff. The servicesagreement was spearheaded byCity Treasurer Eliot Finkel.

Beverly Hills currently hasa funding shortfall of over $120million dollars for pension andhealth care liabilities which aretied to annual staff compensa-tion.

It makes a lot of sense,said Mayor John Mirisch. Wedo everything compared to oth-er cities. Its like a ponzischeme, city to city. We loseconnection with whats hap-pening in the private sector.

The Citizens Committeefirst tried to compare thenorms of compensation ingovernment employment, butthe data on job descriptionswere generic, said Finkel, anddid not include benefits. Thecommittee determined that thecompensation study Couldnot be done in-house, he said.

The study will identify be-tween 25-30 positions appro-priate and comparable to pri-vate sector positions. Thiswould represent about 10 per-cent of City Staff positions, agood-sized sampling of the to-tal 213 positions. Mercer willthen conduct a detailed jobspecification analysis. They willgather private sector pay andbenefit information for compa-

rable job classifications andperform a thorough apple toapples comparison of privatesector total compensation withCity of Beverly Hills compensa-tion plans.

The staff sent a request fora proposal to four consultingfirms. Mercer was chosen be-cause of their particular ex-pertise in this area of study,their clear grasp of the scope ofthe project at and, and their ex-tensive proprietary database ofprivate sector compensation in-formation that should greatlyassist in this study, said Finkel.Mercer proposes to have the re-sults by April 2014.

Vice Mayor Lili Bosse andcouncilmembers Nancy Krasneand Julian Gold, M.D., joinedin suppor of t the appropria-tion. Councilmember WillieBrien, M.D., opposed the studyarguing that because the pri-vate sector must generate aprofit it will pay employeesless. Brien claimed that the"shareholder's profit" should begiven to employees, not re-turned to taxpayers (or nottaxed from them in the firstplace). Mirisch countered thatthe taxpayers are in the posi-tion of "shareholders" and thatBrien's argument ignored thetaxpayers.

We are looking for a pat-tern, said Mirisch. A goodcomparison, total compensa-tion, vacation, etc., to makesure the taxpayers are gettingthe best value and that the cityis as efficient as possible. Inbusiness the goal is to make aprofit. . . This is a city. Theprofit should be efficient waysto do business.

STUDY(Continued from page 1)

By Victoria TalbotSothebys Interna-

tional Realtys BeverlyHills Western Regionheadquarters has movedto the fourth floor at9665 Wilshire Blvd.(Suite 400).

The new locationfeatures an upgradedsuite and worldwide

connectivity.This flagship office

has state-of-the-arttechnology equipped toprovide Sothebys witha seamless blend ofweb conferencing,global transaction capa-bility and online-basedtransaction manage-ment through which

documents aresigned, stored,reviewed andcompleted on-line. This pa-perless systemallows clientsto execute le-gal documentselectronicallyfrom anywherein the world.

The officealso featuresvideo feeds onlarge monitorsthroughout thelobby to dis-play a galleryof fine proper-ties fromSothebys atmore than 700worldwide af-filiates andfrom Sothebysauction house,showcasing ex-quisite art forsale from NewYork, London,Paris and HongKong.

Gibson Awarded BHGLAAR Realtor Of The Year For 2013By Victoria Talbot

The Beverly Hills GreaterLos Angeles Association of Re-altors (BHGLAAR) has awardedRealtor of the Year for 2013to Scott L. Gibson, president/founder of Gibson Internation-al. He is being recognized forexemplary leadership and con-tributions to the real estate

business, service to the organi-zation and outstanding profes-sionalism.

Gibson currently serves asthe director of BHGLAAR. Nostranger to service, in his 35year real estate career, he hasserved as a board member onmultiple chambers of com-merce, is former president of

the Venice/Marina del ReyBoard of Realtors and is cur-rently serving as a state directorof the California Association ofRealtors.

BHGLAAR, one of thelargest realtor groups in theU.S. with 7,200 members rep-resenting Beverly Hills, CulverCity, Los Angeles, Santa Moni-

ca, West Hollywood and otherparts of Los Angeles County.

Besides Gibsons threeWestside offices, the GibsonInternational Foundation fundslocal charitable initiatives anddirects resources to programsto improve the well-being ofindividuals and familiesthroughout the L.A. area.

SCOTT L. GIBSON - BHGLAARRealtor of the Year for 2013

Sothebys Opens Hi-Tech Office In B.H.

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REAL ESTATE


By Victoria TalbotThe Landmark Nomi-

nation Advisory Committeeis reviewing 1484 CarlaRidge for potential nomina-tion into the Local Registerof Historic Resources. At ameeting Wednesday inwhich the commissionlooked at four homes forpotential inclusion, onlyCarla Ridge will move tothe next level.

The ordinance hascome under scrutiny forpossibly overstepping re-cently, as City Staff works to

adjust the ordinance tomeet City Councils expec-tations. I think a coursecorrection is a very positivething, said the Citys BillCrouch, urban planner.

The Carla Ridge homewas built by Master Archi-tect William Stephenson.The applicant sought a per-mit to demolish and remod-el parts of the building, trig-gering the Citys HistoricPreservation ordinance.City staff will now seek todetermine the historicaland architectural signifi-

cance and integrity of thebuilding to determine if itmeets the criteria for inclu-sion into local register.

1848 Carla Ridge is aMid-Century ModernTemple-Style, saidCrouch, With Mayan in-fluence. It is a good exam-ple, maybe the best in Bev-erly Hills, of Stephensonswork. The City is currentlyconducting an historic sur-vey that is at least sixmonths away to determinewhich homes may have his-toric potential.

Staff Reviews Historic Carla Ridge Home

WINNING REALTOROn Saturday at its111th annual installation gala in BeverlyHills, The Beverly Hills Greater LosAngeles Association of Realtors laudedNick Segal (right) with the William MayGarland award, its highest honor. Thepresident/co-founder of Partners TrustReal Estate Brokerage & Acquisitions,Segal has served on the BeverlyHills/Greater Los Angeles Board ofRealtors as a presiding officer for theProfessional Standards and EthicsCommittee for the past 13 years. Segalalso chairs the boards GrievanceCommittee and the Ethics AdvocacyCommittee.For his achievements in ethicsand leadership, he was named Realtor ofthe Year by the Association in 2012. TheWilliam May Garland award recognizesSegals outstanding devotion to ethics andintegrity, leadership in the profession andhis contribution to the Association commu-nity. He is pictured with last years winnerand 2014 President-Elect Diane Manns.

High Honor To Nick Segal

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This is going to affect the way artistsproduce art.

The Van Gogh Museum inAmsterdam, in partnership with Fu-jifilm Belgium and Tribute Interna-tional, the official distributor in theUnited States, will officially debutthe museum certified editions at theLA Art Show in January.

The current collection in-cludes: Almond Blossoms (1890),Boulevard de Clichy (1887), TheHarvest (1888), Sunflowers (1889)

and Wheatfield under Thunder-clouds (1890). There are 260 repro-ductions of each of the five master-piece, of which the museum retains50 each. Each three-dimensionalreproduction includes imaging ofboth the front and back of the paint-ing, as well as a museum qualityframe.

Fujifilm, which holds thepatent for the innovative new tech-nology originally developed by thepainter Piet Kelderman, known asReliefography, certifies each repro-duction for a century.

School.Board President Noah Margo

and VP Brian Goldberg votedagainst the plan due to concerns re-lated to parking and the schematicdesign.

I wanted to look more underthe field [for parking], Margo said.I thought there was a lost opportu-nity cost for space.

The agreement with DLRGroup includes a fee of $430,200for pre-design services, $180,000for certification of previous projects,and $10,835,000 design servicesthrough project close out, plus ap-proved reimbursables.

On Tuesday, DLR gave a briefpresentation based on conceptualdesigns approved by the board ear-lier this year.

I think this is ready to go, fa-cilities consultant Tim Buresh ad-vised the board.

DLR promised the board thatrenderings depicting the plan to ren-ovate the high school would beavailable by April. The board plansto use those renderings in its effort totake a bond replacement measureto voters in June in order to replacethe current $334 million Measure Ebond voters approved in 2008. ADLR representative further promisedthe board that there would be ashovel in the ground by January2016.

The decision comes on theheels of last weeks approval of anaming opportunities list. On thatlist the cost to name the Kinde-garten Playground at Hawthorne islisted at $150,000.

Board VP Brian Goldberg toldThe Courier that the divide came as

a result of the board approving thelist after Libow had made the giftlast year. Board President NoahMargo clarified the disparity evenfurther: Its actually the play space,he said.

On Tuesday the board also vot-ed 5-0 to approve the second read-ing related to the board policy fornaming facilities.

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a shadowbox as a memento oftheir appreciation for Meehan. Theyarrived at her home Monday andpresented it to her as a special sur-prise.

We appreciate her generosityand love of the community and theBHPD, said Sgt. George DeMarois,community relations, and one of theunity team riders.

The Police Unity Tour was or-ganized in 1997 to bring officersfrom around the countrytogether tocelebrate and bring national atten-

tion to police officers who have losttheir lives in the line of duty.

Together, team members rodeto the National Law EnforcementOfficers Memorial in Washington,D.C.

Since the the Unity Tour hasgrown. Since last May, 1700 mem-bers made the trip, and $1.72 mil-lion was donated to the NationalLaw Enforcement Memorial Fund.

From the BHPD, the Unity Tourteam members include Sgt. ToddWithers, Sgt. Kurt Haefs, Sgt. GeorgeDeMarois, Police K-9 Officer RobertBloore (retired) and Communica-tions Dispatcher Chris Bloore.

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By Victoria TalbotThe Shelter Hope Pet Shop

has been saving livesprobably asmany human lives as animal ones.Every week, The Courier showcas-es animals in need of homes atShelter Hope Pet Shop with thehope that our readers will adoptthese needy animals.

This week, Shelter Hope ac-knowledged The Courier for help-ing them to place 657 dogs foradoption. We would like to extendour gratitude to people like youwho have come forward to give ashelter dog a home.

You guys have made a differ-ence for lots of shelter animals,said Shelter Hope Founder KimSill. Thanks to you, not only the

dogs that appear in The Courier getadopted, but the impact hashelped us to adopt a lot of otherpets.

Shelter Hope opened in Nov.2011 and has placed over 680 an-imals in that short time. Mall own-er Sandy Sigal donated an emptyspace as a temporary home andthe shop is still there. We dontpay rent here, said Sill, gratefullyacknowledging the generosity ofSigal. Paying it forward, the shopwaves adoption fees for veteransand seniors and helps low incomepet owners. The store relies on 12volunteers, community donationsand assistance. There are only twopaid staff members.

Shelter Hopes mission is to

abolish all puppy mill pet shopsand find homes for the countlesspets in shelters that are euthanizedeach year. They rely entirely on do-nations and volunteers. The ani-mals in their pet shop are shelteranimals available for adoption.

The Courier is incrediblyproud of our readers who haveadopted shelter pets through theyears, and Shelter Hope and themany fantastic volunteers! ThisChristmas, consider adopting orfostering a needy animal. Yourheart will thank you. Shelter Hopeis located at the Janss Marketplace,193 N. Moorpark Rd. East, Suite F,Thousand Oaks CA 91360, 310-770-3571; www.shelterhopepet-shop.org

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By Victoria TalbotIn a late-night vote Thurs-

day, a request for zone amend-ments to allow serviced resi-dences and restaurant use foras little as seven days at theAKA has been approved by thePlanning Commission in a 5-0decision.

The AKA, located at 155 N.Crescent Dr. and 9355 WilshireBlvd. provides for stays, cur-rently 30 days or more. Thezone amendment will allow foras little as one week stays witha 6 percent municipal sur-charge for stays of 29 days orless. The commission also ap-proved a 2,500-square footrestaurant space.

Conditions of approval in-clude 22 parking spaces for liv-ery services, terrace use limit-ed to guests only with restrictedhours and deliveries only with-in normal business hours.

Some residents objected tothe approval, saying that AKAwas indeed, a hotel, it in-creased traffic problems and in-truded on their way of life.

The conversion (fromapartments to hybrid) went onwhen the City blinked, saidresident Mitch Waldow. Nowthey want an official blessing.

The matter will be comingup in front of City Council forfinal approval at the Jan. 21meeting.

Planning Commission Approves7-Day Stays for AKA


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Cedars-Sinai, UCLA Health System, Select Medical To Open Acute Rehab Hospital

GOVERNING BOARDBeverly Hills resident Lori Richardson Pellic-cioni, J.D., MPH, Ph.D. has been named to the governing board ofHathaway-Sycamores Child & Family Services one of L.A. Countyslargest private providers of children's mental-health services. She cur-rently helms the Center for Healthcare Compliance, and also is adjunctassistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Manage-ment at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, where she teach-es a course in health law. Prior to joining UCLAs faculty, she held ex-ecutive positions with Simplex Healthcare, Amgen, DaVita, Pricewater-houseCoopers Healthcare Consulting Practice, and was assistant U.S.attorney in the Health Care Fraud Unit. Pelliccioni received a Ph.D. andmasters of public health from UCLA, juris doctor from John MarshallLaw School, and graduated with a B.S. from Moravian College.

CedarsSinai, UCLA HealthSystem and Pennsylvania-basedSelect Medical have announceda partnership to create a 138-bed acute inpatient rehabilita-tion facility at the site of the for-mer Century City Hospital.

With an expected openingin late-2015, the new hospital

will provide inpatient rehabilita-tion and serve as a center fortreating complex rehabilitationcases from around the nation.

The goal of the partnershipis a world-class regional rehabil-itation center providing special-ized care, advanced treatmentand leading-edge technologies

to treat spinal cord and braininjuries, strokes, amputations,neurological disorders, andmusculoskeletal and orthopedicconditions.

Currently, both Cedars-Sinaiand UCLA Health System pro-vide acute inpatient rehabilita-tion services at their respectivefacilities. Both of these are usu-ally full, as capacity is limited(28 beds at CedarsSinai and 11beds at UCLA). When the newhospital opens, CedarsSinaiand UCLA Health System willtransition their respective acuteinpatient rehabilitation servicesto the facility. This will be oper-ated by Select Medical, a lead-ing provider of medical rehabil-itation in 44 states, including therenowned Kessler Institute forRehabilitation in New Jersey.

As one of the most highlyrespected academic medical

centers and health systems inthe world, UCLA is delighted tojoin forces and share expertisewith CedarsSinai and SelectMedical, a preeminent providerof postacute care in the UnitedStates, said Dr. David T.Feinberg, president of UCLAHealth System, CEO of the

UCLA Hospital System andassociate vice chancellor forhealth sciences at UCLA. Theaddition of this rehabilitationfacility will be of extraordinarybenefit to the people of LosAngeles.

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Tips For Making The Holidays Bright With A Mom With AlzheimersQ. Dear Dr. Fran: I am a full-time caregiver for my motherwho has Alzheimers disease. Asshe lives in my home, thismeans visits and calls fromcountless relatives who want tocome by to celebrate the sea-son. I am not sure if they quiteunderstand how difficult it is toget Mom ready for these visits,not to mention keeping myhome ready and presentablefor guests, which means havingfood and snacks on hand, too. Idont want to be a Scrooge, butI also dont want to overwhelmmy mother and turn the houseinto a pit stop for the hungryhoards with their criticisms.Any advice? Ellyn D.

A. Dear Ellyn: There are theneeds of three entities to consid-eryour mother, you, and yourextended relatives. Sounds tome like you have placed yourmom at the top of your prioritylist which is right-on.

Send a note inviting yourcountless relatives to visit and

celebrate the holidays. In largebold print, designate specificvisiting hours for instance,Mom and I will be welcomingguests from 1-3 p.m. Onlyopen your door during thosedesignated hours.

Also, if you dont have acaregiver for your mother, retainone during entertaining hours.You will need to be the hostessand will be pulled in manydirections. You want to be sureyour mom is taken care of. TheAlzheimers Association, Calif-ornia Southland Chapter offersthese tips in their Home for theHolidays Guide.

1. Adjust your expecta-tions:

No one, including yourself,should expect you to maintainevery holiday tradition or event.

Give yourself permissionto do only what you can reason-ably manage.

Choose holiday activitiesand traditions that are mostimportant to you.

Host a small family din

ner instead of a throwing a bigholiday party.

Consider serving acatered or takeout holiday meal.Many grocery stores and restau-rants offer meals to go.

Start a new tradition.Host a potluck dinner wherefamily or friends each bring adish.

2. Involve the affected indi-vidual:

People with memory losscan often share in activities.Here are a few ideas:

Wrap gifts. Bake favorite holiday re-

cipes together. The person canstir batter or decorate cookies.

Set the table. Avoid cen-terpieces with candles and artifi-cial fruits and berries that couldbe mistaken for edible snacks.

Talk about events to in-clude in a holiday letter.

Listen to seasonal musictogether.

Read holiday cards youreceive together.

Look through photoalbums or scrapbooks. Rem-inisce about people in the pic-tures and past events.

Watch a favorite holidaymovie together.

3. Celebrate at the carefacility:

Join your loved one at thefacilitys planned holiday activi-ties.

Bring a favorite holidayfood to share.

Sing holiday songs. Ask ifother residents can join in.

Read a favorite holidaystory or poem out loud.

Dr. Fran WalfishBeverlyHills psychotherapist andauthor of The Self-Aware Parentat www.DrFran-Walfish.com.Send questions to franwal-fish@gmail .com.

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USC Study: Air Pollution, Genetics Combine To Increase Risk For AutismExposure to air pollution

appears to increase the risk forautism among people who carrya genetic disposition for theneurodevelopmental disorder,according to newly publishedresearch led by scientists atUSCs Keck School of Medicine.

Our research shows thatchildren with both the riskgenotype and exposure to highair pollutant levels were atincreased risk of autism spec-trum disorder compared tothose without the risk genotypeand lower air pollution expo-

sure, said the studys firstauthor, Heather E. Volk, Ph.D.,M.P.H., assistant professor ofresearch in preventive medicineand pediatrics at the KeckSchool and principal investiga-tor at The Saban ResearchInstitute of Childrens HospitalLos Angeles (CHLA).

The study, AutismSpectrum Disorder: InteractionOf Air Pollution With The METReceptor Tyrosine KinaseGene, is scheduled to appearin the Jan. 2014 edition ofEpidemiology.

Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) is a lifelong neurodevel-opmental disability character-ized by problems with socialinteraction, communicationand repetitive behaviors. TheCenters for Disease Control andPrevention estimates that one in88 children in the United Stateshas an ASD.

ASD is highly heritable,suggesting that genetics are animportant contributing factor,but many questions about itscauses remain. There currentlyis no cure for the disorder.

Although gene-environ-ment interactions are widelybelieved to contribute to autismrisk, this is the first demonstra-tion of a specific interactionbetween a well-establishedgenetic risk factor and an envi-ronmental factor that independ-ently contribute to autism risk,said Daniel B. Campbell, Ph.D.,assistant professor of psychiatryand the behavioral sciences atthe Keck School and the studyssenior author.

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The St. Lawrence StringQuartet will perform HaydnsString Quartet in C-Major, Op.76, No. 3 (Emperor) KorngoldsString Quartet #3 in D Major,Op. 34 at Beethovens StringQuartet in C-Major, Op. 59, No.3, at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15at the Bram Goldsmith Theater,Wallis Annenberg Center for thePerforming Arts, 9390 N. SantaMonica Blvd.

Tickets range from $49-$89,and are available at the centerbox office, by phone, 310-746-4000 or online at www.thewal-lis.org.

* * * * *Alexis Gershwin, niece of

legendary songwriters Georgeand Ira Gershwin, will celebratethe release of her new album,Long Ago And Far Away, withan 8:30 p.m., concertWednesday, Jan. 15 at theCatalina Bar & Grill, 6725 W.Sunset Blvd.

Delving into her unclescatalog, Gershwin will perform-ing such hits as Ive Got Rhythm,The Man I Love, Lets Call TheWhole Thing Off, EmbraceableYou and many more.

Doors open for dinner at 7p.m. and admission is $30 (andtwo drink minimum or dinner).

For tickets and information,call 323-466-2210 or visitwww.catalinajazzclub.com.

* * * * *As part of the DeCamera

Society's series of ChamberMusic in Historic Sites, theSzymanowski Quartet will per-form a concert at 8 p.m., Friday,Jan. 17 at The Doheny Mansion,8 Chester Place, L.A.

The evening will featureSzamotultys Four Chorales,Haydns Quartet in B Minor, Op33, No. 1, SzymanowskisQuartet No. 2, Op. 56 andDvoraks String Quartet No. 13in G, Op. 106.

A pre-concert talk begins at7:40 p.m.; and a catered recep-tion follows the concert.

Tickets range from $65-$85and are available by calling213-477-2929 or visitingwww.DaCamera.org.

* * * * *The Music Center will wel-

come classically trained hip-hop violin duo, Black Violin toits BP Hall in The Walt DisneyConcert Hall for a one-night-only performance at 8:30 p.m.,Saturday, Jan.18.

The three-time Apollo-win-ning group blends classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B and bluegrass tocreate its own category ofmusic.

Tickets are $25 and avail-able at the Dorothy ChandlerPavilion box office, 135 N.Grand Ave., by calling 213-972-8550 or visiting http://music-center.org/bv.

The weekly update and newsfor Beverly Hills.

in an earlier time. Walter J. Freedman was

born in Chicago on April 29,1914, more than 100 yearsago. He lived in a time beforeair travel, phones, automobiles,cell phones, computers, televi-

sion and talkies. He survivedtwo world wars and the depres-sion. Freedman came to Bever-ly Hills in 2006 and moved into Sunrise Senior Living shortlyafter it opened. He has livedthere the longest of any resi-dent.

The Courier caught up withhim and his son Gary at the

According to Pastor An-drew Eagles, this is thechurchs yearly Christmas giv-ing program aimed at low-in-come who would not receiveany other gifts this season.

Beverly Hills PresbyterianChurch is located at 505 N.Rodeo Dr. Visit: www.bhpc.org.

Duke Special Service award.Tickets priced from $500.

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Montage parkand catchingup with Freedman is not easy.At 100, he is as sharp as a tack.Maybe he doesnt move thatquickly, we concede; but hiswit and charm have not dulledover the century, you can besure.

In 1918, when he was four,Freedman already showed anatural talent for music. Pos-sessed of a profound musicalmemory, he was able to recre-ate what he had heard on pi-ano without a single lesson.That early experience gave hima lifetime of joy making music.

Freedman studied musicthrough grade school and highschool and then, singled out forhis talent at trombone, he wasrecruited by a Gertrude AveryBand to go on the road for twoyears.

Eventually, his natural tal-ent landed him a scholarship atNorthwestern University. At 20,Freedman was a guest conduc-tor for the Chicago Civic Or-chestra.Gary and Leslie. Garyis an attorney at Erwin is Cohen& Jessup, the oldest firm inBeverly Hills. The music manfinally settled down to teach atIllinois Wesleyan Universityuntil 1943, when he was of-fered a position in the Chicagopublic schools. There he alsotaught private lessons, givingthe school district 40 percent ofhis earnings.

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And, I thought at times, my home lifewas dysfunctional. Compared to the West-on family insults, cussing, fighting, jeal-ousy, lack of compassion in August: Os-age County, my family and I have led anexemplary life.

Tracy Letts, who adapted the moviefrom his award-winning play of the sametitle, is a talented writer whose unrelent-ing dialogue is as bombastic as a pneu-matic drill on a crowded New York streetbiting, sarcastic, mean-spirited andmasterful. The two leads, Meryl Streep andJulia Roberts, not only chew up thescenery, but eat it, digest it and go back formore.

Violet (Streep) has cancer and hookedon painkillers. Her soft-spoken husband,Charles (Sam Shepherd), a published poet,has turned to alcohol to stave off the flowof verbal insults from Vi. When he sud-denly disappears, a frightened, desperateViolet reaches out to her adult daughters.

Quiet and reserved Ivy (JulianneNicholson) has been putting up with hermothers erratic behavior and believes shehas finally found happiness with hercousin Charles Jr. (Benedict Cumber-batch), He is a nebbish who has beenbrowbeaten by his mother, Vis sister Mol-

lie Faye (Margo Martindale). Charles Sr.(Chris Cooper), Mollie Fayes husband, isprotective of Charles Jr. and cares for himgreatly. Juliette Lewis (Karen) who portraysbimbos better than any true-life bimbo,drives in from Florida with her fiance(Dermot Mulroney) and Barbara (Roberts)arrives from Colorado with her estrangedhusband (Ewan McGregor) and 14-year-old daughter Jean, (Abigail Breslin), whoenjoys smoking weed every so often. Eachdaughter brings her own psychologicalbaggage; but it is Barbara who challengesthe overbearing venomous and needy Vi.

It is Roberts best performance, ever.Thanks to Meryl, who elicits a great per-formance with her mercurial moods, bril-liant delivery of caustic and funny dia-logue, you have the distinct honor ofwatching two great mesdames of theAmerican cinema bring their art to eu-phoric heights.4 bagels out of 4Jerry Ram Cutler, The Couriers film critic,is rabbi at Creative Arts Temple.

Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts Score Big In Au-gust: Osage Countys Dysfunctional Family

Sanders Hopes Book Celebrating 84Olympics Is Inspiration For Return In 2014

Barry A. Sanders is abig fan of the Olympics andthe Olympic movement.

His new book, The LosAngeles 1984 OlympicGames, part of the Imagesof Sports series, celebratesthe achievements and inno-vations of that XXIIIOlympiad, and serves aswhat he hopes is a warmup to the return of thegames to L.A. in 2024.

Hes just the one to doit. Peter Ueberroth, presi-dent of the Los AngelesOlympic Organizing Com-mittee (LAOOC) was aclient, and when Sanders came onboard in 1979 as outside council for thecommittee, the whole organization wasUeberroth, his colleague Joel Ruben-stein, LAOOC VP, plus secretarial staff.

A partner at the law firm Latham &Watkins, Sanders was responsible fornegotiating the multitude of contracts,from the TV sponsorship deals, to theman who released the pigeons at theopening ceremony, to arranging forpractice fields at area high schools.

And hes stayed involved. A mem-ber of the Southern California Commit-tee for the Olympic Games (SCCOG)since 2003, he now chairs the commit-tee, spearheading efforts to return thegames to Los Angeles.

Sanders book,which took him aboutfour months, is a pho-tographic record of thegames, lavishly illus-trated with more than200 vintage imagesfrom the LA84 Founda-tions Sports Library,documenting 12 worldrecords and 81Olympic records.

I hope the book isa reminder of pastachievements, and animpetus to focus onwhat to do in the futureto make the games

new, innovative and different, saysSanders, an adjunct professor in UCLAsCommunications Studies Department.

Sanders believes L.A. has as gooda chance and anybody else, to host the2024 games. His committee is in ongo-ing talks with the U.S. Olympic commit-tee which, while talking to a number ofcities, hasnt announced which one itwill advance.

We have a tremendous amount tooffer, says Sanders. We can put gameson without a lot of buildingWe didnthave capital costs in 1984and put ongames in an exciting, new and differentway and use an incredible wealth of fa-cilities.Steve Simmons Read thefull story at www.bhcourier.com

Jerry Cutler On Film

FROM RESTORING BROKEN SPIRITS TO RESTORING BROKEN BODIESFocusing their attention to the care and needs of wounded warriors, The Thalians, withmental health as its prime cause for 60 years, is now helping veterans. At its recent galain the Bel Air Country Club, the groups board presented a $100,000 check to UCLAs Dr.Thomas Strouse for Operation Mend services. From left, front are: Ruta Lee (chairemeritus), Strouse, Stephanie Hibler, Barbara Cohen Wolfe, Kira Lorsch and AndrewMcDonald. Back from left are: Frank Sheftel, Brian Theobald and Larry Wolfe.

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Pianist Hai Kyung Suh, Vocalist GoldaBerkman To Open Dream Orchestra Season

The Dream Orchestra, conducted bymaestro Daniel Suk debuts its 2014 sea-son with pianist Hai-Kyung Suhthe firstwoman to record complete Rachman-inoff and Tchaikovsky concertosandGolda Berkman, 14-year-old sopranopresented Most Accomplished YoungOpera Singer by baritone VladimirChernov, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 25,at UC Irvines Barclay Theater, 4242Campus Dr., Irvine.

Sponsored by Urth Caff, the concertwill feature Dvoraks Symphony No. 9From The New World, Suh playingRachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 2,and Berkman with Chi il Bel Sogno, fromPuccinis La Rondine and The Hopes AndDreams medley.

Since Suh is a cancer survivor, hav-ing undergone eight chemotherapy treat-

ments, surgery and 33radio therapies, theconcert is being pre-sented along with theAmerican CancerSociety, and all musi-cians will wear pinkribbons while survivorswill be honored.

Berkman, daughter of Urth Cafffounders Shallom and Jilla Berkman, whoare opening a new Laguna Beach site in2014, will give guests free packages ofwhole-bean organic coffee or fine tea.

The Dream Orchestra is a comingtogether of musicians from LA Opera,LA Phil and other top orchestras fromaround the world. Ticket information:www.thebarclay.org and www.ladream-orchestra.com.

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Robin Gerber Sherry Dodd Jerry Jolton Dr. Prediman Shah Mary Cutler Nooshin Meshkaty Jacqueline Bell Laurie Konheim

BIRTHDAY GREETINGSCeleb-rating are Lionel Furst, LaurieKonheim and Keifer Sutherland(Dec. 20) Nooshin Meshkaty,Sherry Dodd, and Hector Elizondo(Dec. 22); Dr. Prediman K. Shah,Susan Lucci and Eddie Vedder (Dec.23); Ryan Seacrest, Ricky Martinand Mary Cutler (Dec. 24); RobinGerber, Barbara Mandrell, andSissy Spacek (Dec 25); Jerry Jolton(Dec. 26).

AANNOOTTHHEERR BIRTHDAY!?

Childrens Bureaus 4thCelebrity Chefs & Wine Tastingheld at the historic AT&T Center Penthouse downtown stirred upgreat food and raised $270,000for the agencys child abuse pre-vention work. Nearly 400 attend-ed the evening that included cui-sine by Americas top chefs andwines from around the world.

Julia Stewart (chairman /CEOof DineEquity, Inc.) served as theevent chair while KABC-TVs TinaMalave, host of Eye On L.A., wasemcee. Bon Appetit Manage-ment Co. was the presenting spon-sor.

The best part about thisevent is that all of the proceeds gotowards helping Childrens Bureauprevent child abuse, said ChefMary Sue Milliken (Border Grill).

Other celebrity chefs on handincluded Roy Choi, Susan Feniger,Sharlena Fong, Karen Hatfield,Suzanne Goin, Loretta Keller,Daniel Mattern, Joachim Splichaland Michael Voltaggio.

Since 1904, Childrens Bu-

reau (www.all4kids.org) has beena nonprofit leader in the preven-tion and treatment of child abuseand neglect. transform an entireat-risk community through itsMagnolia Community Initiative.

******The L.A. County Museum of

Art hosted its 3rd Art+Film Galahonoring artist David Hockneyand Oscar-winning director Mar-tin Scorsese. Co-chaired by LAC-MA trustee Eva Chow and actorLeonardo DiCaprio, the eveningbrought together more than 600guests from the art, design, enter-tainment, fashion, and music in-dustries.

Also celebrated was the firstcollaboration between The FilmFoundation (founded by Scorsese),LACMA, and the Annenberg Foun-dation to preserve four films bythe acclaimed French filmmakerAgnes Varda.

The Art+Film Gala began atChris Burdens Urban Light onWilshire Boulevard, with red-car-pet arrivals. Guests then moved

to a reception in LACMAs BPGrand Entrance, accompanied bya performance by Dhani Harrison.After that, guests proceeded to theArt+Film Pavilion, overlookingMichael Heizers Levitated Mass,where they were seated for a din-ner by Patinas Joachim Splichal.Champagne for the evening wasprovided by Laurent-Perrier.

Michael Govan and EvaChow welcomed the crowd, whilefurther into the evening, magicianTeller (of Penn and Teller) present-ed the tribute to Hockney accom-panied by a short film directed byLucy Walker.

Leonardo DiCaprio offered atribute to Martin Scorsese accom-panied by a special film by Con-cept Arts. Frida Giannini then in-troduced Sting, who gave a per-formance featuring songs likeMessage In A Bottle, Fields OfGold, Englishman In New York,Desert Rose, and Every BreathYou Take.

The evening, made possiblethrough the support of Gucci,raised a record-breaking $4.1 mil-lion, with proceeds supportingLACMAs film initiatives and futureexhibitions.

Joan MangumTODAYS BIRTHDAY (Dec. 20). Youll challenge your determination andearn a financial bonus before the year is up. Your popularity is at a com-fortable level, though by February you may cut back on social obligationsin favor of developing a project. March sees you building, selling andrepeating. Family is enriched by your efforts. Aries and Gemini peopleadore you.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). As hard as it is to regulate that unpre-dictable force in your life, its even harder to regulate your own predictablenature. But once youve practiced self-control in one area, it will be easierto apply it to the next.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The changes coming tomorrow may haveyour mind whirring even deep into the night. This isnt a good time to makebig fateful decisions. Get some rest instead. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Just when youre wondering whether anendeavor or a relationship is worthwhile, things will shift to show you thatthere is enough value there to warrant your perseverance. PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20). Youll notice that everyone is looking to you fora bit of amusement. If youre going to have a story to tell them, you haveto get out there and experience life. Increase your involvement, even in themessy things.ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19). If you ask, people will tell you a dozen differentways to accomplish the same thing. Today there is no bad advice, onlyadvice that works for you and advice that doesnt. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20). Youll say what you mean and be heard loudand clear by those on your wavelength. As for others, you might be sur-prised whom they are. Were they pretending to understand you before? GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When your aim to entertain people, the worstthing you can be is boring. Focus less on whats appropriate and workedbefore, and figure out how youre going to present things in a new way.CANCER (June 22-July 22). Take social risks. A marvelous perk of this dayis an endless supply of do-overs for fixing minor gaffes. As for major mis-takes, youre too much of a pro for those. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Its a good thing youre living honestly, because

today youllreveal the trutheven when youdon't mean to.Thats how some-one finds out thedepth of yourfeelings. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Becareful in makingyour task list forthe day. The dif-ference betweenchoice A andchoice B mayseem small, butits significant.You will deter-mine what to do,and what you dowill determinewho you are. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Yourguiding planet isabout to change,and you may feelyour heart is onthe verge of anew direction.Your feelings forsomeone wontgo away; theylljust shift. SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov. 21).Youre allowingyourself to be ledby a capriciousspirit who willonly give youmysterious hintsas to her destina-tion. Its all in thename of fun, sodont invest any-thing significantin the relation-ship.

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vacation13 Hawaiian tourist

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band, briefly26 Dollar bill

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of the 1930s-40s60 Counter formations62 Mix in a tank64 Overextend

oneself?68 Classical guitarist

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batter, say72 In a kooky manner73 Buttonholed75 Given a home77 Triumphant song78 This isnt

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championship flag?

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actress Adams92 Sully93 Go on strike95 Film crowd97 CBS spinoff that

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Face (P. D. Jamess first novel)

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108 Cousin of a crumble

109 Begat a soft place to sleep?

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117 Satisfying finale coming to pass?

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spoilsport!123 Savory condiment124 Variety-show

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Miranda warning10 Avoid11 Course listing12 Percussion

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13 Sophisticated14 Automaker that

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co-star23 Would-be singers

liabilities27 Little town30 Site of a 1963 J.F.K.

speech33 Chargers and

coursers34 Forest game35 By that logic 36 Boarders domain38 Director Daniels of

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series48 Youngest of

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never leave!97 Pile on the floor

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she said. With the help of agency

180LA, we developed a visualidentity thats as inspired by theAcademys heritage as it is byour future, including the much-anticipated opening of ourAcademy Museum in 2017.

The new logo, whichKounelias called the highlightof the Academys latest brand-

ing effort, spotlights the Oscarfrom above creating a trian-gular shape and uniting the Aof the Academy with its iconicstatuette.

This design gives theAcademy a presence in its ownlogo for the first time and un-derscores our efforts to supportcreative arts and sciences year-round, she stated.

Bordeaux-Los AngelesA50 Year Partnership.

The event marks the be-ginning of a yearlong col-laboration celebration of theFrench-American friendshipand promoting the citysflourishing arts and culturescene.

The evenings host com-mittee includes: Mayor EricGarcetti, French AmbassadorFranois Delattre, BordeauxMayor Alain Jupp, FrenchConsul General to Los Ange-les Axel Cruau, Jill TavelmanCollins, Lily Collins, JulieDelpy, Tim Street-Porter, TimRobbins, and Michael andTerri Smooke, among others.

The opening will featurean exclusive tasting of GrandCrus wines from Bordeaux,alongside California-Latinoinspired samplers by ChefJohn Sedlar of Rivera Restau-rant. Reception guests willalso have the chance to view

an exhibition of limited edi-tion prints from The ChicanoCollection/La Coleccin Chi-cana, by photographer GilGarcetti, and works by par-ticipating artists in the FranceLos Angeles Residency Ex-change (FLARE) program.

To help raise funds forthe celebration, CheechMarin has donated a limited-edition portfolio, printed byRichard Duardo, from TheChicano Collection/La Colec-cin Chicana to be sold dur-ing the LA Art Show.

Proceeds from the salewill go to Sister Cities of LosAngeles, Inc., a nonprofitsupporting this yearlong cul-tural exchange.

Patron tickets: $250; Van-guard tickets $200; andFriend tickets $125.

To buy tickets and seerelated benefits, visithttp://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-art-show-2014-january-15-19-2014-la-convention-center-south-hal l - t ickets -7511447943 .

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PUBLIC NOPUBLIC NOTICESTICESBEVERLY HILLS

UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

REQUEST OF PRE-QUALIFICATION OF BID-DERSProject: HORACE MANN SCHOOL NEWCLASSROOM BUILDING PRE-QUALIFICATIONPre-Qualification Deadline: January 9, 2014 @2:00pmPlace of Receipt: 255 Lasky Dr. Beverly Hills, CA90212 Facilities and Planning Department

Notice is hereby given by Beverly Hills UnifiedSchool District (District) that general contractors(License B) and mechanical, electrical andplumbing contractors (Licenses C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 and C-46)planning to participate in bidding on the DistrictsHORACE MANN SCHOOL NEW CLASSROOMBUILDING project (Project) will be required toprequalify prior to bidding. Prequalification appli-cation packages are available on the Districts web-site (bhusd.org) or contact the Districts Facilitiesoffice at 310-551-5100 extension 2390.

This prequalification packet includes a question-naire and financial statement, to be verified underoath. The District will use the information and doc-umentation required by the packet to prequalifygeneral contractors and mechanical, electrical andplumbing subcontractors in accordance with appli-cable law.

All questions in the questionnaire must beanswered. If a question is not applicable, then indi-cate a response of N/A. You or Yours as usedherein refers to the prospective bidders firm andany of its owners, officers, principals and qualifyingindividuals. If two or more business entities submita bid on a project as a Joint Venture, or expect tosubmit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entitywithin the Joint Venture must be separately quali-fied to bid.

Each questionnaire must be signed under penaltyof perjury in the manner designated at the end ofthe form, by an individual who has the legal author-ity to bind the contractor on whose behalf that per-son is signing. If any information provided by acontractor becomes inaccurate, the contractormust immediately notify the District and provideupdated accurate information in writing, underpenalty of perjury. Each prospective bidder shallhave a duly authorized owner, officer or principalcomplete the questionnaire and verify the truth ofthe information provided therein and in the finan-cial statement.

In addition to completing the attached question-naire, each prospective bidder must submit itsmost current reviewed or year-end audited finan-cial statement, which must have been prepared bya certified public accountant within twelve (12)months of each prospective bidders submission ofthe prequalification package. Each prospectivebidder must also provide its most current fina

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