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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003
Volume 2, Issue 254
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
FANTASY 5 25, 19, 9, 14, 7 DAILY 3
Market crash victim’s fund doles out $90K Individuals, businesses honored for their response to farmers market accident
Afternoon picks: 5, 4, 9 Evening picks: 3, 3, 7
DAILY DERBY
BY JOHN WOOD
1st Place: 9, Winning Spirit 2nd Place: 4, Big Ben 3rd Place: 2, Lucky Star
Race Time: 1:48.95
NEWS OF THE WEIRD by Chuck Shepard
New York City’s new 16-page anti-terrorist preparedness manual, produced by a consortium of 20 government agencies and released in July, contains such advice as: If you encounter radiation, go outside (if you’re inside a building) or go inside (if you’re outside a building); Do not accept packages from strangers; If you find yourself holding a mysterious substance, put it down. Also offered is the familiar advice from a generation ago: If you can’t get out of a building, “(Duck) under a sturdy table or desk.”
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Sometimes I think war is God’s way of teaching us geography.” – Paul Rodriguez
INDEX Horoscopes Get some sleep, Libra . . . . . . . . . . .2
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Above: More than 40 Santa Monica businesses, organizations and individuals are honored by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Tuesday for their response to the July 16 farmers market accident. The chamber set up a fund for victims, which has raised more than $150,000 in donations. Right: A copy of the Aug. 12 letter from Melissa Greenstein, a victim of the July 16 farmers market accident, to the people of Santa Monica. Greenstein, of Vermont, is still in a wheelchair but expects to make a full recovery.The letter continues on page 6.
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Norwegians ready to party . . . . . . .3
Opinion Charge them to camp on streets . .4
Real Estate Status quo in market . . . . . . . . . . . .8
National Best ski areas in North America . .10
International Forest plan rolled out . . . . . . . . . .11
People in the News The tax man finds Michael . . . . . .16
Almost $90,000 will be sent today to victims of the July 16 farmers market accident, officials announced Tuesday. Each of the 10 families that suffered a death will receive $5,000. Another 15 people who were seriously injured when Santa Monica Russell Weller, 86, sped through the crowded market on Arizona Avenue, will be sent $2,500 each. The gifts come from a fund set up by local businesses in the immediate aftermath of the accident. So far, more than $150,000 has been raised by the Victims Assistance Fund, established by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce. Community and business leaders met Tuesday for a luncheon in the penthouse room at the Four Points Sheraton on Pico Boulevard to recognize more than 40 individuals, organizations and businesses that played key roles either on July 16 or in the following weeks, as Santa Monicans struggled to return to their normal lives.
“She reached up and grabbed my shirt sleeve, and pulled me face to face and said, ‘Please don’t leave me alone. Don’t let me die here alone.’” — TINA GOODFRIEND Santa Monica business owner
Many of those volunteers will remain forever nameless because they faded into the background as rescue workers took over. But not all of them. Tina Goodfriend, a Malibu resident who runs an entertainment management firm at 1299 Ocean Ave., was standing on the corner of Arizona Avenue and the Third Street Promenade when Weller’s car sped through the market. She said she walked through the
DA tosses out murder case against SM man Husky hounds and fat BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Daily Press Staff Writer
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Some were local merchants who opened their doors on the day of the accident, and offered free water and the use of their telephones. Others were people who sat with the injured and dying, comforting them until rescue workers could get to them.
Daily Press Staff Writer
The District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday rejected the murder case against a Santa Monica man arrested in connection with last week’s killing of a 19-year-old, saying there’s not enough evidence for a conviction. Arthur Archuletta, 21, was arrested for murder on Friday by Santa Monica Police, who accuse him of fatally shooting Jalonnie Carter on Sept. 2 in an alley east of 20th Street. But police are confident evidence currently being analyzed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff ‘s Department will link Archuletta with the homicide. “There’s insufficient evidence to proceed at this time,” said
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SMPD Lt. Frank Fabrega, adding detectives had enough probable cause to arrest Archuletta. “We are waiting for the evidence to come back from the crime lab.” Fabrega wouldn’t speculate how long it would be before the evidence is released by the lab. Meanwhile, Archuletta remains in custody at a Los Angeles County Jail on a parole violation as a result of the homicide investigation. Fabrega couldn’t confirm what evidence detectives found prior to Archuletta’s arrest that warranted the parole violation. Archuletta is on parole for a narcotics offense and it’s up to a parole officer to decide how long he stays in jail. That will be determined in a hearing with law See HOMICIDE, page 7
See FUND, page 6
felines an epidemic in U.S.
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Even the pets in America are fat. For millions of Americans pets that are part of the family, it now appears that tubby tabbies and portly pooches are also sharing the national propensity to be overweight. As many as 25 percent of pets in the Western world are obese, says the National Research Council, an arm of the National Academies. In its first update of “Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats” since 1986 the Council details the needs of these pets for veterinarians, petfood makers and scientists. In addition, the 447-page
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study provides some useful pointers for people who keep pets. Like people, obese pets have a greater risk of developing such diseases as diabetes, heart disease and other health problems, said Donald C. Beitz, chairman of the committee that prepared the report. Beitz, a professor of animal science at Iowa State University, said the new study adds a chapter on physical activity for pets and pointed out that the council has established a Web site for pet owners to learn more about nutrition for their animals, how to determine if they are overweight and suggestions for helping them lose weight.
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