Larchmont Chronicle
VOL. 60, NO. 8
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IN THIS ISSUE
‘Taste of Larchmont’ to return
WS-HP Historical Society to meet at Gilmore Adobe n Gathering is July 31
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The historic Gilmore Adobe (built in 1852), tucked behind The Grove, will be the setting for the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society (WSHPHS) annual meeting on Sun., July 31, from 1 to 5 p.m. Enjoy a barbecue luncheon at the event and hear guest speaker Cari Beauchamp. She is an award-winning historian, documentary filmmaker and author of “Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood” and “My First Time in Hollywood.” The Gilmore Adobe is situated behind tall walls and is surrounded by gardens. It is one of the oldest homes in Los See WSHPHS, p 4
Help kids get back to school, be a volunteer
YOUTH SPORTS.
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TRAINS steamroll into new exhibit. 2-11 For Information on Advertising Rates, Please Call Pam Rudy 323-462-2241, x 11 Mailing permit:
By Suzan Filipek Several local groups are working overtime to help students get set up, prepared and ready for their first day of school. And they could use some help. Imagine LA is readying for its annual Back-to-School Bash Sat., Aug. 6, and needs a bunch of volunteers and sponsors to make the event a success. Free backpacks and school supplies will be distributed and kids can get haircuts in time for school. The “bash” also includes a barbecue, live entertainment, a bouncy house, face painting and more. For more information on how to help, visit tinyurl.com/ycymxu8p. Big Sunday aims to stuff backpacks — 3,000 of them — with school supplies for children in need in time for See Help kids, p 5
Get ready for Back to School
Our annual Back to School section in September will highlight students, faculty and schools! Advertising deadline is Mon., Aug. 15. For more information contact Pam Rudy, 323462-2241, ext. 11.
AUGUST 2022
n HopeNet event is Sept. 19
SUMMERTIME’S FAVORITE beverage is being sold on driveways and lawns throughout the neighborhood. Above: Miles Lehrman, Ever Feeney and Theo Lehrman.
Refresh and raise money By Casey Russell It wouldn’t be summer without lemonade, and Larchmont area kids are setting up stands around town. But this year’s crop of curbside kid businesses is raising money for more than pocket cash. On Bronson Avenue, Micah Epstein, 9, and Jack Barringer, 7, set up shop to raise money for Moms Demand Action and gun violence awareness. Even the sanitation workers and
delivery people joined in! Ever Feeney, along with Miles and Theo Lehrman, raised money for victims of the war in Ukraine. (Note the Ukrainian flag in the tip jar!) They raised almost $200. Tria R., 8, was visited by Larchmont Chronicle publisher John Welborne at her “First Day of Summer” lemonade stand. Lemons picked from a neighbor’s tree made See Lemonade, p 5
Imagine LA seeks new CEO n Jill Bauman to oversee new Imagine LA division After 15 years at the helm of Imagine LA, where she grew the nonprofit from serving three families in need to nearly 300 this year, Jill Bauman is looking to change things up at the organization she founded. “Imagine LA’s impact has grown beyond my wildest dreams,” the Windsor Village resident wrote in an announcement last month outlying the “2022-2024 Strategic Plan: Driving Impact, Building Equity, Together.” As part of that plan, Imagine LA is seeking to hire a new CEO to lead and fruther grow the organization. It also is forming a new division, the Social Benefit Navigator (SBN), to be headed by Bauman (a 2016 Larchmont Chronicle Woman of Larchmont). The online navigation tool SBN is for case managers, families and individuals to further the nonprofit’s goal to address the root causes of inequity and end the cycle of poverty. Many families, while holding jobs and homeownership, still struggle
as they navigate a complex public benefits system that keeps people mired in poverty. In contrast, the SBN app will help navigate the local, state See Imagine LA, p 16
By Casey Russell After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the Taste of Larchmont is planning to return to the Boulevard Mon., Sept. 19, from 6 to 9 p.m. The delicious community event — with 15 participating eateries — benefits HopeNet, a locally started nonprofit organization that benefits people in our community facing food insecurity. Steve Tator, an erstwhile board member of HopeNet and a main organizer of the 2022 event, says that sponsors still are being confirmed and the theme has yet to be chosen. But Tator hopes to get invitations out by the beginning of this month, and Larchmontians can hope to start seeing posters around town soon. Tickets are $50, and the organizer says there are usually around 500 sold. Ticket-holding participants are entitled to sample the varied offerings provided by numerous Larchmont eateries. This fundraiser usually raises close to $50,000 which, except for minor expenses, all goes directly to Hope-Net, enabling the nonprofit to stock its 12 local food pantries and provide emergency food to people in Los Angeles County. For more information about HopeNet or the Taste of Larchmont, visit: hope-net.org/.
Summer jobs, part two
n Teens are scooping ice cream, washing dishes By Abigail Kestenbaum An ice cream scooper, a swim coach, a dishwasher and a barista. These are some of the many jobs that teens have undertaken this summer. Elianna Isbell, a junior at Immaculate Heart, is working as a dishwasher at Pizzeria Mozza on North Highland Avenue this summer. Isbell also helps prepare food before it goes in the oven. To work at the restaurant, Isbell applied for the job and obtained a work permit. Through her job, Isbell has learned discipline, as she has to make sure she arrives on See Summer jobs, p 27
PIZZERIA on Highland drew Elianna Isbell.
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