LOCALmotion – Jozelle Smith

So what’s new in Our Town? The Culver City Exchange Club’s Annual Disability Carnival for Children was reported by Bulletin Editor Larry Burns as being “… rewarding and a pleasure last Sunday. Earl Eskridge was fined for dropping the first burger through the grill. We served a lot of Cotton Candy. Lot of volunteers helped make it a big success…” The kids’ enjoyment made it yet another worthwhile project for this busy service club. Members welcomed Dave Ashcraft back into the fold last week – Dave anticipates he’ll be attending regularly, at least until May…
The Culver City Garden Club’s next meeting is set for this Tuesday, November 6 (Election Day!), at 7:30 p.m. at Star Education, 10117 Jefferson Blvd. (between Raintree and Duquesne). The program for the evening is “Pets in the Garden,” with Jane Brackman, author of Raising Dogs in Your Bungalow Garden. Also on the agenda is the election of 2013 Board Officers, voting on changing the meeting start time to 7:00 p.m., and of course the eagerly anticipated Plant Raffle, Show, Tell & Ask Table, and refreshments (provided this month by Carol Evans and Beverly Newton). Visitors are always welcome, and if the meeting time is changed to half an hour earlier, we’ll bet it’ll be even more popular!
Bond. James Bond – or better yet, Craig. Daniel Craig? (Works for us!) Sony Pictures Entertainment is hosting Culver City Chamber of Commerce members, their co-workers, family and friends at a special movie screening of “Skyfall” on Wednesday, November 14 in the Cary Grant Theater, Sony Pictures Studios, 10202 W Washington Blvd, entrance and parking at the Madison Ave Gate. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at 7:45 p.m. Tickets for this event cost $17 each and will allow ticket holders an opportunity to receive substantial discounts for dinner and dessert at local Chamber member restaurants. Tickets must be paid for in advance, and you must show your ticket to be allowed entry on to the Sony Pictures Studios lot. Tickets are available at the Chamber office, located at 6000 Sepulveda Blvd Suite 1260 (Westfield Culver City) or by phone at (310) 287-3850. Payment is due with reservation. The Chamber accepts cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover Card. Your tickets will be mailed to you. Deadline to order tickets is coming up on Friday, November 9th. The Chamber will also be collecting canned or boxed food items that night to be donated to S.A.V.E.S – St. Augustine’s Volunteer Emergency Services (a Culver City non-sectarian non-profit).
Known for its steals, bargains and finds (and of course the accompanying bake sale– the Grace Church Yard Sale is collecting merchandise for the November 9 & 10 (that’s right – Friday and Saturday) event, so stay tuned!
Happy Autumn birthdays this week to Tom Hayes, Elizabeth Moss, Carlos Lemmi, Lonne Hunt, Jane Morton, Salim Ajani, Varun Bamba, Seung Cheol Choi, Erika Metry, Karie Bible, Julia Campbell, Katie Cofield, Taylor Dohm, Joo Eun Lim, Patricia Rose, Kerry Allen, Stephanie Dobbs, Jennifer Kuida, John Kushida, Marissa Spuriell, Paul Taylor, Scott Wyant, Desiree Abad, Rhona Davis, Benson Lee, Kathleen Marasciulo, Jimmy Portillo, Patricia Becton-Cobb, Jamesina Dare, Carolina San Juan and Jack Spitzer.
October is rapidly winding to a close, daylight savings time ending next weekend (don’t forget to “Fall Back” on Saturday night) and with trick or treaters hitting the neighborhoods this Wednesday evening. Be sure to drive carefully!