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Pointing a finger at local polluters

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No one denies the water in Malibu Lagoon is polluted, and when water levels are high, the sand berm is breached, flushing pollutants onto Surfrider Beach.

That water has been analyzed for everything and by everyone from Heal the Bay to UCLA, and the experts readily acknowledge that swimmers and surfers are getting sick from it.

There is less agreement, however, on the source or sources of high coliform counts, bacteria, viruses and such. Storm runoff, septic seepage, creek bathers, horses, even ducks are blamed, along with the most obvious recycled water discharger, the Tapia Reclamation Facility.

The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District has operated Tapia under terms of an NPDES permit issued in 1984 authorizing the discharge of surplus recycled water, that which is not sold for irrigation. In November 1997, restrictions were added prohibiting direct discharges to Malibu Creek (with exceptions) between May 1 and October 31.

The Regional Water Quality Control Board fined the district for discharges between those dates last year. In an effort to comply with terms of the permit, the district and its joint venture partner Triunfo Sanitation District have undertaken a Creek Discharge Avoidance Study (CDAS) to identify alternative solutions, possibly avoiding discharges year round.

“We certainly support diversion and getting Tapia’s discharge out of Malibu Creek year round,” said City Engineer Rick Morgan.

The RWQCB says it intends to fine the city $5,700 for failure to submit a work plan for a technical investigation of water quality impacts from septic systems in areas adjacent to the creek and lagoon. The City Council met in closed session last week to consider the possibility of contesting that action in court; however, City Attorney Christi Hogin said no “reportable action” was taken.

City officials told the RWQCB last year they wanted to wait until the UCLA Lower Malibu Creek and Barrier Lagoon System Resource Enhancement and Management report was released before proceeding with its own work plan. The UCLA study was released in February, and the city submitted its workplan Feb. 9.

The UCLA study, however, offers more of a menu than any specific recipes for improving water quality. And now the study is being studied — by the Malibu Creek Watershed Executive and Advisory Council, the Malibu Lagoon Task Force, whose mandate is to manage water levels in the lagoon, and a host of other watershed stakeholders.

“We have been actively developing our work plan through the city’s Building and Safety Department,” Morgan said. The city has already begun testing septic systems in the Cross Creek area and is studying numerous onsite wastewater treatment options.

The LVMWD has determined that an Environmental Impact Report associated with the CDAS alternatives will be required to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Copies of the Notice of Preparation are available to the public at the district offices and local libraries. Written comments may be submitted by mail, e-mail or fax through May 24. A public scoping meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 12 in the board of directors meeting room at the LVMWD headquarters, 4232 Las Virgenes Rd., Calabasas.

Mail responses to LVMWD c/o Sandra Bauer, Bauer Environmental Services, 15901 Red Hill Ave., Suite 210, Tustin, CA 92780. Telephone: 714.258.8055. Fax: 714.258.7755 e-mail: bauer7@earthlink.net

Mayor Walt Keller presents Sara Wan with a plaque from the city in recognition of her contributions to environmental causes. The two came together at a city reception last Thursday at Duke’s Malibu in honor of her appointment as chair of the California Coastal Commission.

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The right of rite

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Re: Letter to the editor, “Hanging in the balance,” April 29.

Last week’s letter from “Stevo” complained that too much “occult and Eastern Mysticism” has been “draping the front pages” of The Malibu Times. Steve also says that “the God of this nation … has been ousted by the government in 1962”.

Dear Stevo: There is no “God of this nation.” We have freedom of religion here. We can have any god we want — or no god at all. Stevo quotes from the Bible to bolster his argument, but Bible quotes are often self-destructive. When I read in II Kings 19:35 that God sent an angel to slaughter 185,000 human beings in one night, and in Isaiah 45:7, when God said “I create evil,” I realized that this was not the god for me.

Fortunately, there are over 300 organized religions in the world, so I have many gods to choose from.

George Wood

A Cook’s tour

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Mildred Frances Cook was born in Abilene, Texas, to a father she calls “a great influence” and mother she calls a rural Auntie Mame. “She would take us places. We didn’t have money, but she would load us into the car. She just thought it would open our minds. I got to see the great artists of the day — Helen Hayes, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

“I saw all the lights and the feathers and the glamour. I was 6 years old and I knew that I wanted to be a part of that.” She adds, “The only stipulation my family made was that I had to get an education.” So she attended Baylor University, graduating with a degree in theater and a master’s degree in Greek drama. “But I’ve managed to overcome it.” There, she had the experience of playing range, “from ingenues to crabby, old women.”

She went to New York, performing in summer stock for only a short while. One night, someone told her Lucille Ball was on the phone for her. “I said, ‘Yeah, right.’ It was Lucy. She had formed a little group of young people and they needed a comedienne.”

She flew to California on her one day off. She had no “routine,” but she told Ball stories about her mother and grandmother. “She liked me, luckily, and asked me to come out.” She expected only two months’ work on a live show on the Desilu lot, but she took a screen test and was put under contract — at Ball’s urging signing the name “Carole Cook.”

Cook appears Saturday night in her one-woman show, “Dress Up,” at Smothers Theater. In it, she tells these tales, and many others.

“Hopefully, it’s universal,” she says. “We’re not that different. I hope I strike a remembrance chord in people. Mostly it’s humorous, but hopefully I touch on things that mean something. We get through a lot of bad times with laughter.”

The show is directed by her husband of 35 years, Tom Troupe. She calls him the best actor she knows. Before she met him, she saw him perform in a Harold Pinter play. “He didn’t seem to be doing anything,” she says. “The end result was shattering.”

She soon met him at a cast party for that play. “There was an instant attraction,” she says. They went together for 1-1/2 years, then married. He had 10 groomsmen, she had one attendant — Lucille Ball.

“I was trying to look virginal at my wedding,” Cook recounts. “I tried to look like Grace Kelly, so I wore no makeup. Tom lifted the veil and he had no idea who I was. I was pure as the driven slush.” She says she called in chits for the wedding, coaxing designer Bob Mackey into designing that veil.

Although she waitressed in her early days, she says, “My husband and I consider ourselves very lucky in show business. Since we’ve been married, we’ve managed to make a living.”

Two years ago, the couple appeared in “The Lion in Winter” at Pasadena Playhouse, reprising the first play they had appeared in together, years before. “We love working together,” she says, although she adds, “When he’s my director, he tends to take shortcuts with me. He’s not as polite as he is with the other actors. But Tom knows what I’m capable of, so he will push me to places I’ve never been. I’ve never thought about divorce. But murder, yes.”

She says she’s been lucky, having played roles from Medea to Auntie Mame. She created the role of Maggie Jones in “42nd Street” and has been invited to recreate that role for the millennium revival of the show.

After Desilu, Cook worked under contract to Warner Bros. Her first film for them, “The Incredible Mr. Limpet,” in which she played Don Knotts’ wife, is being remade, which thrills her.

She asked out of the contract to star in the Australian company of “Hello, Dolly!” — the first person to perform the role after Carol Channing.

Good audiences helped keep her two years of “Dolly” fresh, she says. She would also get to the theater two hours before showtime, dress in her costume including corset and wig, and have tea. She also learned from the legendary acting teacher Uta Hagen to refresh her lines before going on stage, starting with Act II. “Then, you go onstage with Act I in mind.”

Also on a long run, she says, “Start doing less. Think of 10 things you do in a scene. An artist will do five, a genius three, and the genius will pick the right three.”

Since her “Dolly” days, she has starred in, among many others, “Auntie Mame” and in “Mame,” toured in the national company of “Steel Magnolias” and been featured in films (“Sixteen Candles,” “American Gigolo”) and recurring television roles (on “Dynasty” and “Cagney and Lacey”).

By way of advice to new actors, she offers the following: “If I can talk them out of it, I think I’ve done them a big favor. If they’re determined, nothing I can say will stop them.” She also says, “Really get down and study and learn to act. We’re born with talent, but we should study to become an artist.”

As a young girl, Cook felt like a misfit. “I wasn’t the May queen,” she says. “I was a sight laugh. That’s why I developed humor.” Her mother made their clothes, but didn’t make them well. She would warn her daughters, “Be careful when you sit down.”

When other girls were wearing pink angora and pearls, Cook begged her mother to make a black crepe dress with a long train — and a turban. “I wanted to be Lynn Fontanne.” She discovered she could be different, an individual, when she began studying theater at Baylor.

In 1995, Baylor University awarded her its Distinguished Alumni Award. She summarizes: “I left under a dark cloud, but with age I became an eccentric.”

Carole Cook appears in her one-woman show, “Dress Up,” at Pepperdine University’s Smothers Theater Saturday at 8 p.m. Telephone 310.456.4522.

Keeping men at work

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Next week the City Council will evaluate all the worthy projects in Malibu to decide which ones will be funded and at what level. It is sad that, because of budget constraints, good projects that do really good things must compete for a relatively small amount of money. And no one likes to beg, especially when they are begging for the opportunity to keep volunteering their time for a program that benefits the entire community. In the case of the Labor Exchange, the funding has diminished from $35,000 to the present level of $9,000 — a slow death spiral for the project.

The city of Malibu initiated the Labor Exchange program in order to alleviate the problems created when men stand on street corners waiting for work. However, I feel it is inherently wrong for a volunteer group to be expected not only to administer but also to fund a program that the city itself originated. The city of Carlsbad spends $86,000 of its general funds to support its Day Worker Center and the city of Brea, $30,000.

Because our funds have been cut so drastically, the Malibu Labor Exchange has cut back from two employees to one, with facilities deteriorating, volunteers exhausted and its donors overtaxed. Each year our volunteers give fund-raising events to keep the project afloat. However, without a consistent level of funding from the city of at least $15,000 per year, there is no possibility that the Labor Exchange will be able to continue its services to both those who seek workers and those seeking work.

Most people think of the MCLE as an organized place where they can hire day workers. However, few in Malibu realize that the Labor Exchange is the city’s only social service for the poor, offering a safe, secure, sanitary site for day workers as well as volunteer tutoring, counseling, and emergency medical care. And fewer still know that the exchange does jobs no one else will do such as working with Wild Life Rescue to dispose of dead sea animals. As volunteer projects, the Labor Exchange workers planted and now care for the beautiful City Hall Rose Garden and have helped clean City drains. Recently, the city sought the exchange’s aid when an indigent man was found dead from exposure. The exchange not only made funeral arrangements but raised private funds to send the decedent’s remains home to his native land.

If you believe that this project merits consistent financial support from the city, please let your feelings known by contacting members of the City Council either by fax, 310.456.3356, or phone city hall to leave a message 310.456.2489 for Harry Barovsky ext. 334, Tom Hasse, ext. 332, Joan House, ext. 333, Walt Keller, ext. 331, Carolyn Van Horn, ext. 330 — or better yet, speak at the May 10 City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Hughes Research.

Mona Loo, president

Malibu Community Labor Exchange, Inc.

California Nonprofit Corporation, 501c3 charity

Steelhead supporters hammer Rindge Dam

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With the aim of restoring the habitat of the southern steelhead trout, officials from the state parks department and local environmentalists are stepping up their efforts to dismantle Rindge Dam, the cause, they say, for the dwindling population of the trout in Malibu Creek.

But as they have all along, proponents of taking the dam down are meeting with the resistance of Ron Rindge, for whose grandmother, May, the dam is named and who is adamantly opposed to its removal. Residents of Serra Retreat are also skeptical about the proposal, and they question whether the dam’s demolition could even aid in the recovery of the trout, listed as an endangered species in 1997.

A number of government agencies and environmental groups, including those participating in a meeting convened by the Sierra Club last week, say the 100-foot-tall dam threatens the restoration of the southern steelhead because, they contend, it blocks the trout’s migration to spawning and rearing areas upstream.

Each winter, the steelhead, a close relative of the Pacific salmon, return to the creek to spawn. The adults lay their eggs on the creek bottom, and the hatched trout mature in the creek and lagoon before entering the ocean.

At last week’s meeting, Suzanne Goode of the state parks department and Sean Manion of the Malibu Steelhead Task Force, along with leaders of the local Sierra Club chapter, sought to build public support for the removal of the dam. Goode also announced plans for a state parks department-sponsored feasibility study for removing the dam.

“Taking it down is an idea whose time has come,” she said.

Goode said the study will cost approximately $1.5 million and will also explore options other than the dam’s dismantling for improving the trout’s migration.

The dam, decertified in the 1960s, does not hold back any water, according to environmentalists. If it were removed, no additional water would flow through the creek. The dam is filled with approximately 1 million cubic yards of sediment that Goode says should have flowed naturally to the ocean. Holding it back may have contributed to the erosion at Las Tunas Beach, she said.

If, as a result of the study, the parks department determines the dam should be removed, the silt would probably first be hauled out by truck. Alternatively, the dam could be notched five feet each year, allowing the sediment to slowly seep out and flow to the ocean.

Those leading the discussion said the dam’s dismantling would not be all that unusual because communities across the nation are working to remove dams from local waterways.

“The whole issue of dam decommissioning has taken off like a virus,” said Owen Landers, head of the Berkeley-based Natural Rivers Network. Landers said people living downstream from the dam face conditions that are more dangerous than would exist if it were removed. He said the dam, the structural integrity of which has not been inspected since the 1960s, could be toppled by an earthquake, and the sediment it is holding back could flood the creek.

But Landers and the others found themselves facing a skeptical audience that had come to learn about the efforts to take the dam down.

Bernie Resnick, longtime resident of Serra Retreat, questioned whether the dam actually caused the reduction in the trout’s population. He said the fish used to wash up on his front yard during heavy winter storms. But on the four occasions when the creek overflowed since 1968, no trout have washed up out of the creek. He guessed that a growing population inland and their use of herbicides are to be blamed for the steelhead’s decline.

“Every time it rains, the herbicide washes into the creek,” he said.

Other residents pointed out that the steelhead are declining up and down the state of California, not just in Malibu. And effluent from the Tapia Sewage Treatment plant was also identified as a potential cause for the habitat’s fragility.

Manion said, “It’s hard to put a degree on what the cause [for the dwindling population] is, but there’s no question that the dam is a major cause.”

Ron Rindge did not attend the meeting, but he prepared a memo that a friend distributed to those in attendance.

In the memo, Rindge asserted, as he has in the past, that no evidence exists that the steelhead migrated much farther from the site of the dam because of a 10-foot waterfall just north of there. He also said the trout thrived in the creek downstream for more than 35 years after the dam was built.

Rindge also suggested in the memo, as he had previously, the dam’s reservoir be emptied of sediment and the dam be reactivated for flood control purposes.

But Goode said heavy rains and flooding are natural, and the mud and nutrients washed down during heavy rainstorms should flow into the ocean.

“It might not be good if you live in a flood zone, but it’s good for the ecosystem,” she said.

Rindge also appealed to history as a reason to keep the dam. Goode had a response for that argument, as well.

“The importance of the steelhead that have been around for millions of years … is a little more important than maintaining an historic structure that is 70 years old.”

The parks department is actively seeking the funding to perform the feasibility study and, with the help of Sierra Club and other environmental groups, is hoping to raise some of the money privately.

Let us now pray

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The spirit of our country is crying out for help. Who will answer the call? All of the scapegoats have been named and blamed — guns, Goth, Bill Clinton, The ’60s, low church attendance, Marilyn Manson, absentee parents, divorce and the list goes on and on. Says one commentary, “It’s not one thing, it’s everything.” Some call it the Culture of Death. Ask yourself:

Do images of and references to death, hate and violence outnumber the images of and references to life and love in our lives and in the lives of our children? I don’t know all the answers, but I know where to find them. Praying together just may help this country stay together.

Patti Mehring

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@normal:MANUAL. for Porsche 924/Turbo. 1976-1982. $8. 829-1568

@normal:BAR STOOL, no arms. Swivels, adjustable 23″ to 32″. $15. 829-1568

@normal:REFRIGERATOR, White. 21.6 cubic ft. w/side-by-side freezer. $150. 456-5507×104

@normal:FREEZER, large white upright. $125. 456-5507 x 104

@normal:SEWING MACHINE TABLE. Folding top & one drawer. $50 obo. 457-1171

@normal:BOOKS, Collection of 1st edition. Wizard of Oz, etc. $100. 457-5284.

@normal:DRYER, Gas. Maytag heavy duty. Cream color. Works well $99. 457-1457

@normal:IRONING BOARD. Good condition, perfect. $5. 829-1568

@normal:VENETIEN BLINDS. 31-1/4″x68-3/4 “w/TVC slats. Never used. $20. 829-1568

@normal:SKIS. Rossignal Strato. 6’6″. Includes binding & boots. (Size 12) $85. Firm. 454-4272

@normal:SWIMMING LAP COUNTER. Like new. $35. Firm. 454-4272

@normal:HAND WEIGHTS & VINYL PADDED WORK OUT BENCH. 12 weights, 2.5 -10 pounds. Everything $35. 457-1784

@normal:WASHER/DRYER. Maytag electronic, stack. White. Excellent condition. $500. 457-1345

@normal:ANIMAL CAGE. Approx. 5’x’5’x3′. 2 shelves. Like new. $500. 310-456-2424

@normal:CHAIRS, 3 oak swivel back, med. size. Excellent conditon. Corduroy seat covers. $60/pair. 457-6000

@normal:DRYER, working, gas Speed Queen. Heavy duty. $60. 457-1100

@normal:FUTON, queen, oak frame, batik print cover. $75. 589-2781

@normal:PLAYGROUND LITLLE TYPES PLAYHOUSE. Bright colors. Good condition. $95. 456-3830

@normal:BED. electric twin. Extra long w/sheets. Good conditon. $99. 457-7748

@normal:DESK, computer. Brand new. White. $20. 317-0560

@normal:BED & MATTRESS, twin w/storage drawers underneath. Brand new. $75. 317-0560

@normal:MIRROR/STORAGE UNIT , white. Tall 6’x2′ mirror rotates in a storage unit for clothes, etc. Brand new. $75. 317-0560

@normal:CRIB. White lacquer. Multiple heights. 2 drawers. Arched ends. Good condition. $100. 457-3111×55

@normal:FAX MACHINE. Panasonic. Integrated speaker phone/answering system. In box. $75. 457-3111×55

@Header:Flooring

@normal:VIKING FLOORS Specializing in Installation & Finishing of all types of flooring. 310-457-7823.

@Header:For Sale

@normal:DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. 1,400 sq. ft., 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Huge living room w/fireplace. Big kitchen w/skylights. Laundry room. Dining room, office. Beautiful design. Must see. Must be moved. $30,000 obo. 323-876-0515

@normal:REMOTE CONTROL HELICOPTER. Top of the line. Everything needed including 6 channel Futaba remote radio. Paid $1200.00. Sacrifice $600.00 obo. 310-782-7349.

@normal:REFRIGERATOR, white, 21.6 cubic feet with side-by-side freezer. $150. FREEZER, large white upright. $125. Call Dick at 310-456-5507 ext. 104

@normal:FOR SALE. 6 piece oak dresser desk set sold complete or separate. $50 each piece or $250 whole set. Small under counter refrigerator $35. Love seat, blue fabric $50. Bay window $50. Call 457-5250

@normal:GRAND PIANO. 1800s Hornung & Moller Ngli Hof Pianofortefabrik. Patent Kiobenhavn. $5,000. 310-456-9475

@NORMAL:WOLFF TANNING BEDS. TAN AT HOME Buy direct and SAVE. Commercial/Home units from $199.00. Low monthly payments. Free color catalog. Call today. 1-800-842-1310 Cal*Scan

@normal:STEEL BULIDINGS SALE: 5,000+ sizes. 40x60x14, $8,614; 50x75x14, $11,266; 60x100x16, $17,556. Mini-storage. 40×160, 32 units, $17,228. Free brochures. www.sentinelbuilding.com Sentinel Buildings, 800-327-0790. Ext 79. Cal*Scan

@normal:18″ DIRECTV Satellite System. Single $69. Two box systems $149. 3 months free programming. www.Integratedsatellite.com Authorized dealer. Open 7 days 1-800-325-7836 #00115 Cal*Scan

@Header:Garage Sales

@normal:WHEN YOU ADVERTISE WITH THE MALIBU TIMES you will receive FREE Garage Sale signs & arrows. Call us at 310-456-5507 Ext. 108 to place your Garage Sale Classified Ad.

@normal:ESTATE SALE: Office furniture, dirt bike, bedroom furniture, clothes from Friends, boy’s clothes, designer women’s clothes, ’30s rattan furniture. Sat. & Sun. May 8 & 9. 10:00am-4:00pm. 28861 SELFRIDGE.

@normal:GARAGE SALE IN MY APARTMENT. Sofa bed/couch w/love seat to match, kitchen table w/4 matching chairs, entertainment center, lamps, end tables & much, much more! Saturday Only Noon to 4pm. 23901 CIVIC CENTER WAY. APARTMENT 131, Malibu.

@Header:Glass

@normal:MALIBU GLASS & Mirror & Screens 3547 Winter Canyon Road. 310-456-1844.

@Header:Handyman

@normal:**NEATNIK CONSTRUCTION**. Carpentry, decks, wood floors, tilework, interior & exteror painting & remodeling. Responsible Malibu property owner. Reasonable. Excellent Malibu references. 310-457-5214

@NORMAL:A to Z HOME IMPROVEMENTS. No job too large or too small. Carpentry, painting, tile, retaining walls, decks, masonry, dog houses, and more. Honest, reasonable, reliable. Local references. Bill 310-317-2221

@normal:MALIBU RESIDENT SINCE CHILDHOOD Handyman with many local references in painting, drywall repair, repair & installation of decks & fences, of plumbing & more. Call Alain at 310-457-4666

@normal:EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN. Tree trimming, hillside cleanups, painting, fences, railroad tie steps, autobody work. Many talents. Honest & reliable. Many local references. Call 310-578-7013 or Beeper 213-288-5812

@Header:Hauling

@normal:TREE TRIMMING, CLEAN UPS, HAULING. Hillsides, yards. Local Referenced. 310-317-1674. Pgr. 310-299-5189

@normal:CLEANUP SERVICE. 20 years experience. Demolition, brush removal, concrete & asphalt removal, gardens trimmed. 310-457-3796

@Header:Health & Fitness

@normal:**20 YEARS EXPERIENCE** Certified acupressurist & Reiki practicitioner. Beneficial for everything from neck & back pain to asthma & severe stress. Appointments in your home. Gentle. Powerful. Deeply peaceful healing. Call Anandamayi at 310-589-2946.

@normal:SYNERGETIC TOUCH MASSAGE blends reflexology, acupressure, Swedish massage to enhance the holistic self to heal, maintain wellness, balance, strength, acuteness & stillness. Welcomes children, elderly, pregnancies, couples, groups. In/Out calls. 1-2 hours session. Louretta Walker 323-934-8996

@Header:Help Wanted

@normal:HELP WANTED FOR busy Malibu answering service. Full-time, part-time, day and evening shifts available. Call 310-317-2195 for more information.

@normal:PHOTOJOURNALISM INTERNSHIP. The Malibu Times is looking for a photojournalist intern to learn all aspects of newspaper photojournalism & darkroom work & earn professional clips. Interns may shoot civic meetings, community activities, sports events, etc., write photo captions, assist in all phases of production. Must have experience on school or community newspaper, or equivalent. Internships qualify for credit at some schools. Includes small stipend. Internship last 4-6 months, 15 hours per week minimum, Tuesday production hours, other hours flexible. Call Dany Margolies, associate editor, at 310-456-5507 ext. 109, or fax resume/samples to 310-456-8986

@normal:WORK FROM HOME – EARN EXTRA INCOME. $800-$3500 PT/FT. Call 1-800-714-5653 for free information or log on to http://www.hbn.com and please use the access code 5819

@normal:**THE MALIBU TIMES** is looking for a part-time Inside Advertising & Telemarketer person to sell special sections. Salary plus commission. Sales experience preferred. Call Rae at 310-456-5507, Ext 108 or fax your resume to 310-456-8986

@normal:ARE YOU A NEWS HOUND! The Malibu Times is looking for experienced reporters with an itch to cover government & fast-breaking stories. Call Arnold York, publisher at 310-456-5507 ext 101 or for immediate consideration fax clips to 310-456-8986

@normal:RECEPTIONISTS/ADMIN. Excellent long & short-term opportunities with high-profile companies. Experience w/multi-line phone system, have MSword. Good organizational skills. Call 310-826-3828

@normal:ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO PSYCHIC. Busy Malibu Psychic seeks intelligent person w/ability to prioritize multiple tasks, sense of humor, willingness to help others, great telephone, communication skills and writing ability. Computer/email/website maintenance experience a must! Minimum 3 years office experience. Long-term, permanent, part-time. M-F, 1-6:30pm. Fax 310-457-0993

@normal:ORTHODONTIC RDA Prestigious orthodonic office offering “prestigious” salary/benefits. Exceptional opportunity. Fax resume: 310-459-3826 or call 310-454-0317

@normal:THE MALIBU TIMES is looking for a full or part-time Advertising Salesperson. Salary plus commission. Some sale experience necessary (will train). Call Arnold York at 310-456-5507 ext. 101 or fax your resume to 310-456-8986

@normal:CAREGIVER FOR ELDERLY LADY in family home. Non-smoker, local driving, clean, honest, reliable, experienced, compassionate. 5 to 6 days per week. Fax resume & references 310-457-5382.

@normal:FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY INTERN. Flexible hours, flexible days. No pay. Call David at 310-457-5254

@normal:COUNSELOR: Experienced substance abuse/dual diagnosis counselors needed for a 6 bed adult residential treatment facility in Malibu. Day, evening & overnight shifts available. Lead recovery groups. Contact Sherri. 818-363-5630

@normal:FRED SANDS REALTORS MALIBU seeks F/T Receptionist (M-F, 9-6) & P/T Receptionist (Sat/Su, 9-6) to answer busy phones, greet visitors & perform office duties. MUST be service oriented team player & work well under pressure. RE experience a +. Call Sally for interview. 310-456-3638

@normal:PART-TIME ASSISTANT NEEDED for busy realtor. Real Estate license required. Computer literate. Experience necessary. Very fast paced office. Available immediately. Ask for Brenda or Irene. 310-456-1747 Ext. 356

@normal:PART-TIME ASSISTANT needed for design firm. Courteous phone skills, light typing & filing. 10 hours/week, flexible schedule. $8.00/hour in Malibu. Call 310-457-5252 for inquiries.

@normal:OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR. Exciting opportunity to manage the office operations of growing religious organization. The successful candidate will have 5 years of verifiable experience (preferably in non profit organization), excellent people & communication skills. S/he will be a self-starter, detail-oriented & capable of handling multiple tasks w/the ability to prioritize & organize. Responsibilities will include interface w/organization members & community leaders; strong computer skills, including maintenance of databases, speadsheets & word processing: Coordination of public information w/local media, coordination of events & programs. Fax resume to 310-456-8517

@normal:CHEF, CASHIER, SERVERS, BARTENDER needed for family dining restaurant. Experience preferred. Come in for an interview. 22969 Pacific Coast Highway. 310-456-6106

@normal:PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE CONSULTING FIRM seeking Account Executives. Attractive financial rewards with a technologically advanced consulting firm. Take control of your life! Email resumes to: mjs@unisourcentc.com or Fax to 310-456-0550 attnMJS.

@normal:ADMIN. OFFICE MANAGER: MacComps, ad layout, can work independently, some marketing exp., good with people. We are a Seminar Company in Santa Monica. Fax resume 818-706-8683.

@normal:NEW BUSINESS seeks intelligent, motivated, nature & health loving people w/excellent communication skills to fill several positions immediately due to rapid expansion. Call 310-990-2256.

@normal:GUIDO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN MALIBU is looking for experienced busboy, server & bartender. Please call Vassil at 310-456-1979

@normal:PART-TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITION available in busy Malibu office. Please fax resume to: 310-456-3742

@normal:DENTAL OFFICE MANAGER/ORTHO R.D.A., Malibu office seeks energetic individual to join our fun-loving practice.

Must love children & be a team player. Fax resume: 310-456-8627 or call 310-456-3306

@normal:AVON PRODUCTS – Start your based business. Work flexible hours. Enjoy unlimited earnings. Call toll free (888)942-4053. Cal*Scan

@normal:DRIVER COVENANT TRANSPORT $1,000 sign-on bonus for Exp. Company Drivers. 1-800-441-4394. Owner Operators – Call toll free 1-888-667-3729. Bud Meyer Truck Lines. Refrigerated hauling call toll free 1-877-283-6393 Solo Drivers & Contractors. Cal*Scan

@normal:AIR FORCE. Great career opportunities available for high school grads, ages 17-27. Plus up to $9,000 enlistment bonus if you qualify! For an information packet, call 1-800-423-USAF or visit www.airforce.com Cal*Scan

@normal:DRIVERS-EARN TO 37 cents/mile! Consistent miles. More hometime. Great benefits. Great equipment. Western/48 states. 3yrs. OTR + 1yr flatbed. Combined Transport 1-800-290-2327. Cal*Scan

@normal:C.D.L. DRIVERS – Now hiring experienced & inexperienced flatbed drivers. Good pay, excellent benefits with retirement. Pete Conventionals. Specialized hauling. Sioux City, Iowa. 1-800-831-0870. Doug – Harry. Cal*Scan

@normal:DRIVER – THE FLORILLI Corporation. dDon’t jump around, plant your feet with our fleet. No NYC, or New England states. Good Hometime. Excellent miles. Call 1-800-240-1703 Cal*Scan

@normal:DRIVERS-WE NEED relief drivers! More hometime! Flexible work schedules *Earn 24-36K/yr + benefits *3 yrs OTR + 1yr flatbed. Combined Transport 1-800-290-2327. Cal*Scan

@normal:$500 SIGN ON BONUS Drive to own – No $ down, no credit check….96-98 Prosleepers/condos – 80 cents all miles. Company drivers – up to 35 cents per mile 2500+ miles per week. 2 yrs. CDL exper. Call today! 800-843-8308 or 800-843-3364 Cal*Scan

@normal:DRIVER – GREAT PAY and high miles! Plus 100 new freightliners, 80% west coast runs, 99% no-touch, 401(k). Qual-Com. in-cab e-mail. Call today! John Christner Trucking. 1-800-528-3675 Cal*Scan

@normal:ACHIEVE FINANCIAL SUCCESS. Selling tested, proven, guaranteed or your money back professional financial products. We close all sales. Commission. Call toll free Sterling 1-800-320-9895 ext. 9063.

@normal:SALES F/T – P/T People needed immediately. $800 week + comm. No experience, work from home as a mortgage refund processor, legal & easy, Govt. approved. 1-800-884-4565 Cal*Scan

@normal:PART-TIME R-U-FUNNY?? Teach fun traffic school classes Sat, Sun & Eves…$10/hr. Bilingual a plus. 800-241-3953 Cal*Scan

@Header:Home Care

@normal:CAREGIVER/CARETAKER, houseman. Local gentleman will drive, shop, cook, clean, maintain, repair, smile & enable. Part or full time. Please call Joe @ 310-317-2082

@Header:Horses

@normal:STALLS FOR LEASE in small, private, luxury barn. Turn-out, fly spray system, stereo, phone, fabulous. Near town & trails. For information, call 310-456-7272

@Header:Housekeeping

@normal:EXPERIENCED HOUSEKEEPER. 20 years experience in Malibu area. Part-time or full-time. Live out. General house cleaning, laundry & ironing. Understands English. Responsible & dependable. Excellent references. 213-387-7227

@normal:I CLEAN HOUSES & APARTMENTS. 10 years of experience working in the city of Malibu. I do a very nice job. I like kids & pets. Very good references. My reference: Mrs. Nancy 310-457-8380. If someone needs my services, please call Sherry 323-735-5372, after 7:00pm.

@normal:HOUSEKEEPING. 2 or 3 days per week. I do a very nice job. I have 10 years working experience in Santa Monica. I like kids & pets. Own transportation. Very good references. (My reference: Mr. Bill at 310-394-7710). If you need my services please call Nora at (323) 734-1228.

@Header:Housesitting

@normal:PROFESSIONAL COUPLE, Irish, nonsmoking, nondrinking, vegetarian, available to house sit during June, July, August, preferable in Malibu/Pacific Palisades/PCH area. Can provide maintenance & gardening, etc. Excellent references. Tel/Fax 011 353 404 61248. e-mail; tomreynolds_98@Yahoo.com

@normal:MATURE COUPLE AVAILABLE FOR HOUSESITTING beginning May 1st. Would consider small rental on property. Excellent references. 310-457-7966

@Header:Landscaping

@Normal:MALIBU PLANTSCAPING. Interior & Exterior plant care design and maintenance. Call 310-457-1625.

@Header:Lost & Found

@normal:FREE LOST & FOUND ADS. Have you lost a pet or found an article? Please call our Classified Dept. at 310-456-5507 Ext 108 and we will be glad to take your classified ad at NO CHARGE.

@normal:LOST GOLD NECKLACE. Saturday, April 17th near Hughes & Sav-On parking lot. Sentimental value. **REWARD** Call 310-589-9152

@normal:***REWARD*** Lost silver necklace w/heart shape diamond pendant. Lost 4/27 in Cross Creek or Malibu Colony shopping centers. Very sentimental. Please call 310-589-8800

@normal:FOUND men’s wedding band at 76 Station at Webb Way. Call Jeff at 310-456-3521

@Header:Massage

@normal:SYNERGETIC TOUCH MASSAGE blends reflexology, acupressure, Swedish massage to enhance the holistic self to heal, maintain wellness, balance, strength, acuteness & stillness. Welcomes children, elderly, pregnancies, couples, groups. In/Out calls. 1-2 hours session. Louretta Walker 323-934-8996

@normal:**20 YEARS EXPERIENCE** Certified acupressurist & Reiki practicitioner. Beneficial for everything from neck & back pain to asthma & severe stress. Appointments in your home. Gentle. Powerful. Deeply peaceful healing. Call Anandamayi at 310-589-2946.

@Header:Mobile Homes

@normal:DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. 1,400 sq. ft. , 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Huge living room w/fireplace. Big kitchen w/skylights. Laundry room. Dining room, office. Beautiful design. Must see. Must be moved. $30,000 obo. 323-876-0515

@normal:YOU’RE INVITED! ANNIVERSARY open house! Largest sales event of year…right now. Unheard of low prices. Save thousands…America’s most popular RVs. Call Saddleback – Free. 1-877-690-8090 Cal*Scan

@Header:Mobile Services

@normal:HAWAIIAN LIGHTS CO. MOBILE SERVICE. Electric garage doors, landscape lighting, car stereos & alarms. Indoor lighting replacement. Assemble audio & computer wall units. Local resident w/references. Paul the Hawaiian 310-457-9611, pager 310-841-9974

@Header:Musical Instruction

@normal:PIANO & VOCAL TRAINING. All ages. Indiana University grad & childhood learning specialist. (Speech, diction, projection – adults) Other tutoring available. Long-time Malibu resident w/refs. Local number, 310-689-1000 Ext. 5560

@normal:DRUM LESSONS From children to professionals. Over 30 years experience. Records, film, concerts & teaching. Now accepting a limited number of students. Will Ornelas. 310-456-9457. References & credits upon request.

@Header:Painting

@normal:**THE FAUX ‘HO** Certified interior designer specializes in decorative paint finishes for every surface of your home or office. Standard painting services also available. Call Patricia at 323-874-0937 or 323-854-0848

@Header:Party Services

@normal:

  • ***BEAR TO BEAR BALLOONS***
  • Balloons & Bouquets for all Occasions. Now carrying BEANIE BABIES 21217 Pacific Coast Highway & Rambla Pacifico, Malibu. Call 310-456-9746.

@Header:Personals

@normal:******ADVERTISE STATEWIDE!****** Place a 25-word classified ad for $450. Your ad will run in 200+ California newspaper. Combined circurlation over 3.3 million. For information, call The Malibu Times at 310-456-5507 and ask for Rae.

@normal:YOUNG? RICH? SINGLE? Well our syndicated call-in dating show caters to millions of people like you & will make its investor/partners extremely wealthy by the new millennium. If you are serious about making money from a real entertainment project, call Michael at 1(800) 921-5525. 9am-5pm PST.

@normal:**ATTENTION: LINDA LOFTUS!** 42ish, went to Chino State for just one year 1975-76. Was married & divorced with one baby who now is 20ish. Please call Greg at (530) 544-6100

@Header:Picture Framing

@normal:MALIBU GALLERY Serving Malibu’s picture framing and art collector needs since 1981. Colony Plaza (near Ralph’s). 310-456-5393.

@Header:Plant Care

@normal:MALIBU PLANTSCAPING. Quality plant care. Interior & exterior plant design & maintenance. Commercial, residential. 310-457-1625

@Header:Plumbing

@normal:McDERMOTT PLUMBING & PUMPING. Residential, commercial. Call on us to handle what ever comes up. 24-hour emergency service. Plumbing 310-456-2286, Pumping 310-456-1173

@normal:**AMERICAN QUALITY PLUMBING** Repair

  • Repipe
  • Remodel. Competitive Rates. Same day service. Lic#636701. Call 818-992-7616

@Header:Private Investigator

@normal:PRIVATE EYE FOR HIRE! Discreet and confidential. Call Paris Stone P.I. Specializing in cheating and divorce. 818-340-ISPY (4779). 24 Hours. e-mail: coolspy@earthlink.net. Web: www.parisindustries.com/pi.html

@normal:SPIES LIKE US INVESTIGATIONS. Specializing in surveillance, domestic, child custody, video photography, counter-surveillance, nanny-cams, criminal, and civil investigations. PI#20786. 310-455-1861 Topanga, or 805-230-5552, Westlake Village.

@Header:Real Estate

@normal:******ADVERTISE STATEWIDE!****** Place a 25-word classified ad for $450. Your ad will run in 200+ California newspaper. Combined circurlation over 3.3 million. For information call The Malibu Times at 310-456-5507 and ask for Rae.

@normal:***JULIAN GETAWAY*** New 5000′ Craftsman style home on 20 view acres. Pristine forest/lake views. Gregarious design with private spaces, 12 seat Dolby Digital THX theater. Fine architectural details & quality technology wiring & features. 1 hour to San Diego or desert. $2.49M. Videos & brochures available. Design/Build lots available. C. Banker, Anita Rich 818-788-5400

@normal:AZ’s BEST BARGAINS. 36 acres – $19,900. Beautiful ranch a perfect 6,100′ climate. Views of San Francisco Peaks & Grand Canyon. Affordable financing. Hurry! Call AZLR 1-877-244-8439. Cal*Scan

@normal:ARIZONA NORTHWEST. 40 acres – $15,900. Great getaway ranch with awesome views. Abundant ground water. E-Z terms. Call AZLR 1-888-244-5263. Cal*Scan

@normal:5 ACRES SOUTHERN California – $60.00 down, $60.00 monthly (10% interest, 1% month, 18 years) or $5,995 cash! Includes oil, mineral, water rights!! Owner!!! 949-361-6420. Cal*Scan

@Header:Real Estate Commercial

@normal:**BASKIN ROBBINS – 31 FLAVORS** Interested in starting one in Malibu? Call Carter ad (949) 240-0418. I have a good location!

@Header:Real Estate Lots

@normal:MALIBU LA COSTA BEACH CLUB. Share for sale. Make offer. Can be reached at 310-456-8914.

@Header:Real Estate Out of State

@normal:250 ACRE N.Y. STATE FARM SALE OR EXCHANGE for Malibu property. 5 bedroom farmhouse, barn, pond, privacy & views. Owner/Agent asking $275,000. 1-800-920-9342 LANDMARK R.E. CO.

@Header:Rentals

@normal:2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH, large sunny condo w/view, balcony, pool/spa at Kanan & PCH. Parking in carport w/2 spaces. Available 5/1. $1,650/month. 310-456-3411 or 310-456-1160

@normal:MONTE NIDO/MALIBU CANYON SPANISH HOME on 1+acre of oak dotted privacy. 3+3. Living room, dining room, family room. “Sun room”. Bonus room. 2 fireplaces. Spa, sport court. Las Virgenes schools. Lease/rent. $3,800/month. 818-591-8946

@normal:OCEAN VIEW CONDO FOR LEASE. 2 bedroom, 2 baths. Balcony. Convenient Malibu Civic Center location. Pool, tennis, sauna. Security building. $1,650/month. 805-724-1157

@normal:SPECTACULAR BEACHFRONT TOWNHOUSE. 2 bedrooms +family room, 3 baths. Close in. Fireplace. Roof windows, light/bright. 2 decks, garage. Beautifully furnished. Short-term or summer rental $4,200/month, or call for a long-term a long-term rate. 415-665-5411

@normal:3,000 SQUARE FOOT BROAD BEACH HOME. 4 bedroom, 3 bath. Double master. Ceramic tile floors, 13 skylights. Perfect for 2 families or roommates. Month to month or lease option available. $5,000/month OR $3,000/month duplex, 3 bedroom, 2 bath. 310-457-7179.

@normal:GREAT OCEAN VIEW AT COUNTY LINE. One bedroom, 1 bath. Newly painted & new carpeting. Balcony. Washer/dryer hookup. No pets. One-lease. $1,200/month. 310-364-8928, or 818-703-7041

@normal:BEACHFRONT APARTMENT- HUGE STUDIO (750 sq. ft.) for rent. Large full-size kitchen, laundry, parking. Close-in location. Includes utilities, cable. New carpet, paint. Long-term $1,750/month. Summer $3,400/month. 310-456-7112. Available now.

@normal: 2 CONDOS -EXQUISITE POOL CARBON BEACH 84. Best beach, building, price, best for children. No pets. Lease/summer. Furnished, one queen bed. $2,700-$3,000 (Lease). Summer $3,000-$3,500/month. 3 bedroom, $5,000. Starting June/July. 310-454-2628

@normal:HOME FOR RENT MALIBU WEST: 3 bedroom, 2 bath home w/large backyard in lovely quiet neighborhood. Laundry facilities, garden, private beach rights, community tennis courts included. $3,200/month. Available 6/1/99. 310-398-6502

@normal:LIVE RIGHT ON THE OCEAN. 2 story, 3 bedroom, 3 bath. Fireplace. 2 decks. Close to town. Newly renovated. Available mid May, summer or yearly. Furnished or unfurnished. Storage. Parking. 310-456-3150 Ext 3

@normal:CORRAL CANYON LEASE. 2+1 single family home with wonderful ocean views. Light & open with hardwood floors & great decks. $2,000/month. Owner/Broker – Sara & Paul Grisanti. 310-456-1925 or 310-317-9327

@normal:ONE BEDROOM, one bath apartment Malibu Road. Beach access across the street. One person, no pets. $1,150/month. 310-456-8612

@normal:TO LEASE: CHARMING, LIGHT AIRY, CONTEMPORARY TOWNHOUSE IN PT. DUME. 2 bedroom, 1.5 baths. Open kitchen. High ceiling w/large windows. Fireplace. Deck. Ocean view. Private beach key. (Also available for Summer Rental) $1,800/month. Call Avery Falkner at 310-457-6851 or 310-456-4155.

@Header:SUMMER COASTAL RENTALS

@normal:SHORT-TERM, POINT DUME. Completely furnished, large, homey 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment w/pool. Available May 15th or June 1, for 2 months or longer. $1,550/month + utilities (or exchange for NYC apartment). 310-457-8098

@normal:VACATION RENTAL AVAILABLE NOW, SERRA ROAD 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Fireplace. 3 ocean view decks. Walk to Surfrider’s Beach & shopping. No pets, smoking, drugs. Sleeps 6. $5,500/month. First/last security. 310-456-8889.

@normal:TO LEASE: CHARMING, LIGHT AIRY, CONTEMPORARY TOWNHOUSE IN PT. DUME. 2 bedroom, 1.5 baths. Open kitchen. High ceiling w/large windows. Fireplace. Deck. Ocean view. Private beach key. (Also available for Summer Rental) $1,800/month. Call Avery Falkner at 310-457-6851 or 310-456-4155.

@normal:SPECTACULAR BEACHFRONT TOWNHOUSE. 2 bedrooms +family room, 3 baths. Close in. Fireplace. Roof windows, light/bright. 2 decks, garage. Beautifully furnished. Short-term or summer rental $4,200/month, or call for a long-term a long-term rate. 415-665-5411

@normal:BEACHFRONT APARTMENT- HUGE STUDIO (750 sq. ft.) for rent. Large full-size kitchen, laundry, parking. Close-in location. Includes utilities, cable. New carpet, paint. Long-term $1,750/month. Summer $3,400/month. 310-456-7112. Available now.

@Header:Rentals To Share

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A little knowledge . . . .

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Every time you walk through the checkout line in Ralphs market and hand them your Ralphs Club Card, a computer records every purchase, every brand, every price, your name, your address, and likely your spouse’s name and address, the names and ages of your children, your telephone number, probably your driver’s license and your social security number, probably your age, your weight, your education, your income, the time, date and day of your purchases, and I’m sure a host of other things.

That computer may link with another bank of computers that does your credit card purchases, your video rentals, your cable channel choices, your “pay for view” choices, every site you visit on the Internet, your bank deposits and withdrawals, your credit card bills, the status of your accounts, and on and on.

That computer then links with another large, data-bearing computer and starts doing some very sophisticated analysis. Are you switching brands? Has your weight changed? Are you divorced? Are you having trouble sleeping? Do you have hemorrhoids? Have you increased your intake of red meat? Cigarettes? Booze? Antacids? What are you reading or watching, and how does that relate to what you buy, what you think, how you vote?

Welcome to the 21st century.

Thirty years ago, maybe a few academics worried about these kinds of things. Today, there are people out there who know more about you than you know about yourself. Whoever you think you are, they probably know better.

Let me give you an example of how this works in practice.

Your life insurance company does a

physical/psychological profile of their policy holders who live to a ripe, old age. They also do one of people who die younger. Now, understand they want you to live longer because they get to use your premium money longer, so they want to insure the former and avoid the latter. They know (and by the way, I’m making this up) that people who live in Southern California, educated, higher income, without certain genetic strains, of certain races or ethnic origins, without family history of cancer or mental illness, who don’t smoke, who drink 1.7 glasses of wine a day, who have 2.2 children, who don’t take drugs, who have no more than 1.3 divorces, and who use certain products that indicate health consciousness and have not had a major illness in seven years are the most likely to live 12 years longer than the average. Conversely, they know that divorce, drinking, loss of a job, emotional upset, and personal or family problems make you more prone to heart disease, cancer, accidents, etc. and make you a worse risk.

The more cynical might believe they may also want to track their policy holders, so as some change from low risk to high risk beyond certain parameters, they can dump them.

Added to that, in a few years we will all be using fingerprint or eye-scan identification scanners, from which they not only will be able to identify you but probably also be able to get a DNA sample from sweat residue or microscopic skin scrapings, which then can be automatically analyzed, coded and compared against previous samples to record changes.

This age of new technology can be wonderful, and it can also be terrible. It will allow us to genetically and biologically profile humans and their behavior and help them live longer, happier and healthier lives.

I must confess it also scares the hell out of me.

There isn’t much most of us can do to stop the coming age. In fact, we’re already there. All we can do is recognize that there are going to be abuses and that we have to do our best to protect against them. It’s a step-by-step battle — protecting medical records, restricting the use of data about yourself, supporting legislation that protects us.

There is currently a bill before the state legislature, SB 417, introduced by Sen. Debra Bowen of Redondo Beach. It’s called the “Supermarket Club Card Discount Disclosure Act of 1999” and according to the senator, “It targets the newly popular marketing programs used by supermarkets in which customers join a club and get a plastic ID card to use at the check stand for instant discounts. The bill forces supermarkets to give customers the right to prevent their purchases from being tracked and tied to their name, as well as the right to prevent supermarkets from selling personal information and individual consumer buying habits to marketers or other businesses.” The bill gives consumers an opt-out option.

Send a letter, fax or e-mail in support of the bill (SB 417) to:

Senator Debra Bowen

State Senate

Sacramento, CA 95814

email> senator.bowen@sen.ca.gov

fax> (916) 323-6056

Voters’ letters, faxes and e-mail help convince wavering senators and assembly members that a vote in support of the bill is a good vote.

The Internet enters Malibu classrooms

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National “Cable in the Classroom” representatives gave Juan Cabrillo Elementary School high marks on its high-tech computer lab during a visit to Malibu last week.

The program is designed by the cable industry to make cable television available in the classroom as part of the education process.

“From what I’ve seen so far the computer lab seems to be very nicely set up,” said Peter Dirr, director of the Professional Development Institute for Cable in the Classroom. “The computers are networked, and there’s a nice projector so that everybody can see what the instructor is doing. It’s very easy to get lost on the Internet without that type of facility.”

Teachers at Cabrillo got a taste of the latest technology to integrate opportunities on the Internet into the school curriculum during the training session. Hosted by Falcon Cable, the session brought programmers with specific information to enhance the computer learning at the Malibu school.

“We know that cable in the classroom has now gone from a magazine that is like a TV Guide for educational programming to now being on the Web,” said Falcon Cable Programming Director Jeanette Scovill, who is particularly excited about ZDTV, the first 24-hour-a-day computer channel. “We will be placing in the schools as part of our partnership with ZDTV video cameras that attach to the computers and allow kids to go on the Web with moving video.” Youngsters will actually go on the air to ask the instructors questions and solve problems, according to Scovill.

“A whole new world of creativity opens up for them,” said Pat Cairn, principal at Cabrillo. By being able to access information on the Internet, Cairns said, the result on the learning process is remarkable. “We have second-graders who have come into our lab, for example, who use the Internet. They downloaded all this information about whales. They have created all kinds of reports. They’re doing power-point presentations. They’re printing up their programs. They create this piece of information that is relevant to them. It’s a very exciting thing. And these are 7-year-olds.”

Cairns said this work is equivalent to what seventh-graders have done formerly, reflecting on the dramatic change in the educational process and the role of the teacher in the midst of the wealth of information that can now be accessed as a result of the new technologies. “Teachers for so many years in the past have been deliverers of information. Most of us were taught that way. Times have changed so dramatically that our job now is to assist children as they become learners and as they really access their own learning. That’s what’s going to make brighter students and students who are more broadly educated. When they know where to go to search for information themselves.”

Dirr said the entire system of academic standards is shifting in sync with the new technologies to accommodate the evidence that children have become more intuitive in the learning process. He adds this comes as a result of the technology not just in the school but outside as well. “It’s an eye opener to see how much kids intuit about the structure of the game without knowing the rules. They learn where different things are hidden, what shortcuts there are, and so on. Their learning is much different than the way I learned. It’s important to understand that.”

In addition to Juan Cabrillo, children at Webster and Point Dume schools will benefit from the new offering by Cable in the Classroom presenters, said Cairns, who added that while the new technologies are opening up exciting learning opportunities, education is not all about high-tech. “One of the things that bothers me about technology is we live in a world of flash and soundbites. I do think there needs to be quiet time when children can read a book. We need to develop all sides of their brain and thinking.”

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