SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2003
Volume 2, Issue 269
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Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
Murder victim’s legacy provides healing waters
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD by Chuck Shepard
In August, Tom Jennings filed an appeal to his earlier dismissal as public affairs manager for Mobile (Ala.) Area Water and Sewer System, which was caused by his having had pornography on his office computer. In the appeal, Jennings blamed most of the downloading on other people, but took responsibility for a file labeled “buttshot” (an image of his own buttocks), claiming that it was photographed accidentally when he was changing clothes and that the only reason he loaded it onto his computer was “because I wanted to talk to some of my friends about deleting it.”
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Dying is easy. Comedy is difficult.” — Edmund Gwenn
INDEX Horoscopes Go towards the light, Libra . . . . . . .2
Local Star search at SMC . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Opinion Bondage at dinnertime . . . . . . . . . .4
State Davis as dust settles? . . . . . . . . . . . .6
National Sleeping tight? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
People in the News 50 Cent thuggin’ it up . . . . . . . . . .12
St. Augustine-By-The-Sea to erect Fountain of Joy
Church on Fourth Street for support and guidance. The church, according to Wark, offered the distraught mother reassurance, provided support and gave her strength durBY CAROLYN SACKARIASON ing the stressful days of the search. Daily Press Staff Writer Now, Wark wants to give back to the community she so heavily relied upon. A local church will erect a monument “The community was so supportive of in memory of a Santa Monica woman me when I was down there for those two who was murdered in February. weeks,” she said. “They carKristi Johnson, 21, was ried me through. It made it so found on March 3 at the botmuch easier for me with the tom of a ravine in a remote pain I was going through.” neighborhood in the HollyWark came back to Santa wood Hills — her wrist Monica earlier this month to bound, her body partially work with the church in clothed and covered with a designing the Kristine Johnsleeping bag. son Fountain of Joy, which Johnson’s mother, Terry will be built in St. Augustine’s Wark, who lives in Los courtyard. Gatos, Calif., came to Santa The church had for years Monica to help local police planned to build a fountain, find her daughter, who disapKristi Johnson but it never came to fruition, peared on Feb. 15. The search for Johnson and the Santa Monica Police said parishioner Ann Mohr. “It had fallen off the radar,” she said. Department’s subsequent investigation “It was beyond our financial capabilities.” into finding her alleged killer, Victor When Johnson’s body was ultimately Paleologus, gained national media attention. Paleologus is currently in custody, found, Wark said she felt she had to do something for the church and the Santa awaiting trial on capital murder charges. When Wark first learned that her only Monica community. So she began thinkdaughter was missing, she immediately ing about ways to channel money into the called St. Augustine-By-The-Sea Episcopal See JOHNSON, page 5
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Contestants of the chili cook-off prepare to have their recipes judged at St. Monica’s Octoberfair early Friday evening. Octoberfair, which runs through the weekend, benefits victims of the July 16 Farmers Market accident. In addition to carnival rides and games, on tap today are a 5K run/walk and “Diaper Dash.”
Former homeless found shelter from the storm Group honors those who got off streets
and Hunger Coalition “Celebrating Success” breakfast. The coalition is made up of 30 area groups dedicated to helpBY JOHN WOOD ing homeless people Daily Press Staff Writer rebuild their lives. “We experience After her dying homeless people,” sister shot herself in said Mayor Richard the head six years Bloom, who added ago, Lynda Ross was that City Hall probriefly taken into custody as a suspect and Lynda Ross vides an array of social services to the released. But Ross, homeless and pointwho suffers from ed to a new shelter severe depression and recently approved by had just moved to Los the City Council. Angeles six weeks “We experience the earlier, had nowhere difficult circumto go and wound up stances under which on the streets. Winston Reid people have to live. Today, things are different for Ross. She was And we’ve decided we want Rob Shanahan/Special to the Daily Press to do something about it.” Twenty-three former homeless people light candles Friday morning one of 23 former homeless Nearly 500 people gathpeople honored Friday at the during the eighth annual Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition’s “Celebrating Success” breakfast. Nearly 500 people attended the event. eighth annual Westside Shelter See BREAKFAST, page 5
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