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Larchmont Chronicle
JANUARY 2022
SECTION ONE
Cookies
(Continued from page 1) fuel the organization’s principles of goal setting, making decisions, money management, people skills and business ethics. Girl Scouts started selling cookies door-to-door in 1928, and the tradition has been going strong ever since. This program is the largest girl-run business in the world. It’s an amazing opportunity for youngsters to learn entrepreneurial skills, work with a team and make a plan.
Tar Pits
(Continued from page 3) The iconic mammoth sculptures currently in the lake will be included in the new design, she added. Inside, visitors will be able to peek inside a glass-enclosed Fossil Lab to see ongoing discoveries and the extensive col-
ADVENTUREFULS is the newest cookie in the Girl Scout line.
A portion of the money raised from each box goes back to the seller’s chapter. The chapter collectively makes decisions on how to spend the money. Some of the lections. There, animal images will be projected at night. Fossil remains of sabertooth cats, giant sloths, dire wolves and other Ice Age animals who walked the grounds here 10,000 to 50,000 years ago — before being pulled into the sticky tar below — will be featured in the new Exhibition Building.
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Happy New Year!
As our calendars turn, so do our thoughts — to all kinds of fresh beginnings. Before we embark upon our own personal resolutions, we would like to note a few new things that the year 2022 is ushering in to our Windsor Square neighborhood. First, Windsor Square welcomes a new councilmember, Mitch O’Farrell. Due to recent redistricting, our neighborhood (formerly in Council District 4) has been merged into Hollywood’s Council District 13. We are now part of one of the most diverse districts in Los Angeles. Currently in his second term, Mr. O’Farrell has focused on environmental issues, public safety, historic preservation, combating homelessness and providing vaccines to underserved communities. To seek assistance with any local concerns, such as sidewalk repairs, traffic issues, or tree trimming, reach out to Windsor Square’s contact person in the councilmember’s office, Field Deputy George Hakopiants, at george.hakopiants@lacity.org. For further information on our new district and councilmember, go to cd13.lacity.org. Larchmont Village has new faces working in a few new retail spaces on the block. Recent months have seen the opening of Great White, a casual café with another location in Venice. Rothy’s Shoes and Corridor NYC also have opened for business. A Hawaiian donut shop called Holey Grail, as well as Skin Laundry, a skin care salon, have been announced as the first tenants to be signed for the “Larchmont Mercantile” project (former Lipson Building) on the east side of the street. Opening dates and other new merchants for that redeveloped space have not yet been announced. Here’s one resolution we can all support: Let’s keep Larchmont vital by shopping and dining locally. Recently, neighborhood residential real estate sales have set records. As houses change hands these days, construction sites dot our blocks. We’d like to remind any new owners that they are responsible for protecting and watering their street trees, even during lengthy remodeling projects. Water by hand, if the sprinkler systems are not operating, but do not neglect protecting the valuable resource of our tree canopy. We’d like to extend a welcome to any new neighbors and urge them to join the Windsor Square Association. The WSA is also happy to provide a free street tree where there is a space that is empty on the parkway in front of your home. Contact us at: windsorsquare.org/contact-us. We wish all Windsor Square residents a happy and healthy 2022!
money goes to service projects that help the community, some goes to outdoor advenShade will be offered at the existing outdoor classroom and fossil dig at Pit 91, where visitors will be able to see sticky asphalt oozing up from the ground below, while watching scientists work in real time. More shade is planned to welcome visitors at the entry plaza at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Curson Avenue, which also will feature an Ice Age-era Pleistocene Garden. A second entryway will be on Sixth Street for school groups. Native plantings that support local wildlife and birdwatching areas will be in the park. The rooftop café and Tar Bar will offer refreshments and views. Gateway to the Ice Age “The site is a gateway to the Ice Age, and it is right on our doorstep,” said Lori BettisonVarga, president and director of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County (NHM). “It gives us a very good glimpse into the last global climate change episode. Understanding what happened back then — 10,000 to 50,000 years ago — is key to finding solutions in our own time,” she added. Dr. Luis Chiappe, NHM senior vice president of research and collections and architecture, said the site “is one of the best places in the world to study big questions in conservation science. Questions such as: ‘How will different plants and animals respond to climate change?’ … The answers … lie in the fossils from the tar pits. …
tures for the troop, and some goes to enhancing weekly meetings.
TAR BAR will be a feature of the renovated museum’s rooftop terrace, as designed by architecture firm Weiss / Manfredi.
“We want the tar pits to be a place of discovery … for people of all ages. We also want it to be a premiere training ground for graduate students … and others developing a degree in paleontology. But our
ambitions are limited by the physical reality of the existing museum,” he added. Public comment on the master plan to Reimagine La Brea Tar Pits is set to start later this month.
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TROOP 4475 displays cookies for sale. From left to right: Evelyn Berger, Coco Scott, Olivia Lippman, Addison ChristiansenAdams, Rosie Davisson, Alice Killoran, Amelia Rodriguez, Sienna Light and Kalia McCarthy. Photo by Mako Scott
Coco Scott, 12, of Hancock Park and Troop 4475, has been a Girl Scout and Thin Mint fan for six years. She is very excited to sell cookies this year because the money her troop raises goes toward a trip. Coco hopes to sell 100 boxes. Over the years, she’s learned different ways of selling cookies and good ways to advertise her product. Whatever your favorite flavor is, buy some this season knowing you are supporting girls, community and entrepreneurship for the next generation.
VISITORS will see ongoing discoveries and the extensive fossil collection in the glassenclosed Fossil Lab.
