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MORE ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES ON THE 4TH !!!
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VCA Announces 4th July Festivities
CJ, June 23rd 2010 |
Venice Library Book Sale March 13th
Maxine, March 9th 2010 |The Friends of the Venice Library will hold their March Book Sale
this Saturday, March 13th, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Used Book Sale * Books Galore * Great Bargains * Hardback and Paperback Books
Stock up on paperback and hardback books … Thousands of BOOKS to choose from !!!
VENICE – ABBOT KINNEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY, Jon David Waldron Community Room, 501 South Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291. For more info call … 310-821-1769
VCA Annual Meeting Well Attended
CJ, January 28th 2010 |
- Councilman Bill Rosendahl speaks to VCA members and guests at their annual meeting January 25th held at SPARC.
- Councilman Rosendahl
- Left to right … our LAPD Senior Lead Officers Peggy Thusing, LAPD Captai Jon Peters, Councilman Rosendahl’s Deputy Director for Venice/Marina Penensula Arturo Pina, Senior Lead Officer Theresa Skinner
- This year’s Citizen Appreciation Award was given to Greg Parkos posthumously for his many contributions to the Venice Canals Community. VCA Vice President Rene Kaplan (left) presents plaques to January Parkos Arnall and Nadine Parkos.
Captain Geardl Brown, Station 63 of the LA Fire Department
All photos by Gisele Rebeiro.
Canal Tidal Gates Dedicated
Debra Blocker, January 28th 2010 |
Before the ribon is cut ... City officials and Canal neighbors gather to celebrate the completion of the new tidal gates at Washington Boulevard and Grand Canal.
Councilman Bill Rosendahl (center) poses for a photo op with (left to right) VCA President, Nadine Parkos, and Committee Chair, Maxine Leral.
And the ribbon is oficially cut !!!
New Migratory Bird Display at Linnie Park
CJ, January 18th 2010 |
"MIGRATORY BIRDS OF THE VENICE CANALS" DISPLAY INSTALLED AT LINNIE PARK ...
The Venice Canals Association just completed and installed a beautiful educational display board depicting our regular visiting migratory birds. Installed on the back of the Linnie Canal Park bulletin board, it is designed for both kids and adults to use in helping to identify our various species.
Thanks goes to Nadine Parkos for spearheading the idea and installing it (with the help of Irv Puskin) last weekend. CJ Cole did the design and artwork. We hope you will all take the opportunity to stop by the park and take a look.
Holiday Boat Parade Winners
CJ Cole, January 7th 2010 |
Photos by Victor Hammer & CJ Cole
- “Santa Clause” by Albert Mass
- “Venice Viking” by Liz Seyfora and Dickie Powell
- “Bing Crosby’s Living Room” by Tom Hok and friends
- “Angels We Have Heard on High” by Suzanne Wrede
- “Red Cable Car ” by Nadine Parkos and Todd Van Hoffman
- “The Flakes” by Emmet O’Reilly
- “Hanukkah” by Adam and Merkin Stienmerkin
- “Starlight Express” by Dillon
- “2 Boys” by Lucas and Chaney Berens
- “Kayak Viking ” by Aia and Sabrina Golbaz
And some of the winning homes & bridges …
VCF Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for Beach Access Project
Rhonda deVictor, December 9th 2009 |Saturday, December 5th, 2009, the Venice Canals Foundation held their annual raffle and the Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the Venice Beach-Venice Canals Coastal Access Path. Designed by landscape designer Zack Freedman and spear-headed by committee chair persons Maxine Leral and Rhonda deVictor, the VCF project has been in planning/permitting for a couple of years. The project will landscape the empty dirt lot (owned by the City of LA) between 2500 Pacific and Strongs Drive.
And the raffle winners were … 1st prize of $750 went to Canals resident and VCF boardmember Marianne Wisner who graciously donated the money to VCF; 2nd prize of $500 went to Kathleen Widen of Chino Hills and 3rd prize of $100 went to Grant Riley of Century City.
Over 75 people attended the function including Michael Espinosa of City of LA, Kara Kemmler of Coastal Conservancy and Councilman Bill Rosendahl.
Approved landscaping design for the Coastal Access Project.
Co-chairs Maxine Leral and Rhonda deVictor.
Breaking ground ... (from left to right) Zack Freeman, Kara Kemmler of the Coastal Conservancy, Rhonda deVictor, Councilman Bill Rosendahl, Maxine Leral, Mark Grant from Rosendahl's office, and Michael Espinosa of City of LA. Onlooking are Mark Galanty and Nadine Parkos.
Rhonda, Maxine and Mark receive a comendation from Bill Rosendahl.
Tidal Gate Ribbon-Cutting Set for January 14th
Maxine, December 8th 2009 |The Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Renovation of the Tidal Gates at Grand Canal & Washington that was originally scheduled for October 22, 2009 has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 14th, 2010, at 10:30 AM.
Place: On Grand Canal at Washington Boulevard – just look for the balloons !!!
Guest of Honor: Councilman Bill Rosendahl, CD 11
Light refreshments will be provided by the Venice Canals Association.
