‘Casino Royale’ fundraiser for T-CEP
Play roulette, craps and blackjack, with winning chips placed against great prizes-and all for a great cause: It’s the Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness (T-CEP) fundraiser “Casino Royale,” which will take place at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Top O’ Topanga Recreation Hall, 3360 Topanga Canyon Blvd. (Participants are advised to park on Viewridge Road for shuttle service.)
The $45 tax-deductible tickets include $50 of play money, entry into the grand prize drawing, gourmet hors d’oeuvres and desserts and an evening of elegant fun. Martinis, beer and wine will be available at a cash bar.
T-CEP is a nonprofit organization that is 100 percent reliant on donations from the community. Since its inception, T-CEP opened an Emergency Operations Center and developed a communications system to provide accurate and up-to-the-minute information to canyon and mountain residents and businesses during emergencies. During the 1996 Malibu fire, the center received 800 calls to its Hotline number (310-455-3000), with more than 30 percent coming from Malibu residents.
Tickets for Casino Royale are available at local businesses or by sending a check payable to T-CEP to P.O. Box 1708, Topanga, CA 90290. For more information, call 310-455-3000 or 455-2280.
$100,000 grant awarded to city; CWC
To assist the California Wildlife Centers’ (CWC) efforts to rescue local marine mammals, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently awarded a John H. Prescott Grant for $100,000 to the City of Malibu and its subgrantee, the CWC.
In their fifth year of collaboration in wildlife rescue, the CWC and Malibu applied for the grant monies jointly. With the Prescott funds, the CWC will hire professional marine mammal responders to augment the volunteer team, purchase new equipment, improve response times, decrease the stress on the marine mammals inherent in rescue and transport and provide an ongoing public education program that includes the natural history of marine mammals indigenous to Southern California.
‘Cabaret’ to send students to N.Y.
Malibu High School’s combined art departments are preparing for a trip to New York this spring. To raise money for the tour, the students are presenting “Cabaret,” a series of three concerts on Nov. 10, 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. in the Malibu High School Theater.
The concert on Nov. 10 will feature the talents of the MHS Jazz Band, The Malibu Jazz Master Funkadelics, the advanced drama students and the fine arts and photography students. In addition, world-class jazz pianist and Hammond organist, Larry Goldings, will be the special guest artist.
Malibu High School’s award-winning choral groups will perform the second and third concerts in the “Cabaret” series. The art students will display their work on these nights as well.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students, and include homemade refreshments. For tickets, call 457-6801, ext. 240 for the jazz concert, ext. 233 for the choral concerts.
Kuehl honored
State Sen. Sheila Kuehl was among those honored by the California Regional Quality Water Control Board. Kuehl was given the Water Quality Excellence Award for her long-standing leadership and legislation protecting the health of people and the environment.
Free senior flu shots
Free flu shots for senior citizens, administered by the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles, will be offered on Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to noon at Methodist Church, 1008 11th St., Santa Monica.
Bear attacks campground visitor
Wildlife authorities have concluded an investigation of a black bear attack last week on an Orange County man visiting a private recreation area in Mono County. Under California’s public safety wildlife policy, the bear was declared a public safety threat and was killed.
According to witnesses, a sow with two cubs entered the vicinity of some rental cabins and lunged at a 43-year-old man who was standing alone next to one of the cabins. The victim sustained several facial lacerations. The sow then passed within inches of three witnesses sitting motionless and completely quiet in lawn chairs next to a fire pit. The bear continued through the resort without further incident.
-Cortney Litwin