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ON THE COVER: Marina del Rey singer and guitarist Ron Morrissey performs for isolated seniors across Los Angeles and the Westside. Photo by Luis Chavez. Design by Arman Olivares.
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How Will Varsity Blues End?
Jury reaches verdict in first college admissions scandal trial By Aron Solomon here’s nothing to see here, folks. Just rich people getting their kids into great colleges.” While admittedly paraphrasing the defense position in the Varsity Blues trial, in which the jury handed down a guilty verdict on Friday afternoon. While this was part of the foundation defense lawyers hoped will lead jurors to a not guilty verdict, that was a failed strategy. Part of the reason that didn’t happen here is because the jury wasn’t comprised solely of peers of the elite school families these defense lawyers are representing. Rather, the jury is closer to the everyperson than any person with the means to bribe their child’s way into an elite school - whether a tony nursery school, K-12, or, as is the case here, a college. The defense case relied in part on this being a fairly unsubstantial fraud. After all, who cares if
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this trial has seemed like less of a trial of families who bribed schools and more of an indictment of the college admissions process anyone paying attention already knew was broken beyond repair. So for every student admitted under the Varsity Blues fraud, there is a good chance that a student who had need and for whom admission to their great and historic institution of higher education would have transformed their lives, simply didn’t get it. And that is going to absolutely infuriate a jury, as it certainly did here. The thinking was that more days the Varsity Blues jury deliberated, the better it was going to be for the defense. For those who saw this case as a slam dunk, with each hour that passed, it would have become a layup, then a foul shot, and perhaps eventually a threepointer. Basketball analogies aside, very few hours passed and this turned out to be what it should have been - an open and closed case for this jury. The most important thing that
will come from the jury is messaging. Will the punishment given to defendants be a wrist slap, a gut punch, or being run over with their massive G-Wagon? That remains to be seen, as the defendants are sure to appeal. Ultimately, what will change from this verdict if it is upheld? The best guess of the smart money (not the money that pays up to $1 million to get your kid into the USCs of the world) is nothing. Aron Solomon, JD, is the chief legal analyst for Esquire Digital and the editor of Today’s Esquire. He has taught entrepreneurship at McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania, and was elected to Fastcase 50, recognizing the top 50 legal innovators in the world. Aron has been featured in CBS News, USA Today, ESPN, TechCrunch, The Hill, BuzzFeed, Fortune, Venture Beat, The Independent, Fortune China, Yahoo!, ABA Journal, Law.com, The Boston Globe, and many other publications.
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Juliana Antonia Sciarrino of Manhattan Beach; Heather Catherine Lane Hennigh of Alameda; Nicole Rose Martinez of Los Angeles; Elizabeth Renee Jacobsen of Pacific Palisades; and Miranda Kathryn Elizabeth Bindschadler of Venice. By Kamala Kirk oung women participating in the upcoming 69th Coronet Ball discussed their excitement about it during a motherdaughter announcement luncheon held by the National Charity League Coronet Debutante Ball, which is a separate but affiliated entity of National Charity League, Los
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I developed my people skills,” said Miranda Kathryn Elizabeth Bindschadler. “And this helped me with my new parttime job at the Promenade.” Since 1949, the Coronet Ball has served as a charitable and social event honoring the culmination of years of service of young women who have distinguished themselves
through their dedication and commitment to volunteerism in the community. Participants were presented with the gold Coronet lavalier, which they will wear for the first time on a white velvet ribbon at the Coronet Ball on Saturday, November 27, at the California Club in Downtown Los Angeles. The gold Coronet medallion is
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Raising Awareness and Support
Flair Cleaners announces third Annual Cancer Fundraiser By Kamala Kirk lair Cleaners recently announced its third annual Cancer Fundraiser, Flair Cares this month. Open since 1958, the familyowned business is an ecofriendly dry cleaners in Southern California and includes locations in Santa Monica, Studio City, Redondo Beach and Valencia. Customers can make donations to Flair Cleaners in Santa Monica and choose from three nonprofits to support: the National Breast Cancer Foundation, ZERO – The End of
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by breast cancer through early detection, education and support services. ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer works to end prostate
cancer, advance research, and improve the lives of men and their families. CURE Childhood Cancer raises funds to advance research, lobby important legislation, and provides support to thousands of childhood cancer patients and their families. “Every year these diseases impact thousands in our communities, including our family, friends and customers,” said Gary Futterman, owner of Flair Cleaners. “That’s why we are dedicating October to building awareness, raising funds and supporting efforts to
find cures for breast, prostate and childhood cancers.” 100 percent of customer donations will go directly to one of the nonprofits. Flair pickup and delivery customers can call or email (flaircares@flaircleaners.com) for information on ways to donate. Flair will match the total donations collection up to $5,000 for the campaign. Flair Cleaners 720 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica 310-395-9354 flaircleaners.com
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Stefanie Huber created Tucked + Covered to help parents and kids sleep better PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ
Playa Vista resident Stefanie Huber is the founder of Tucked + Covered, a patented bed sheet system that keeps kids covered at night to promote better sleep. PAGE 8 THE ARGONAUT OCTOBER 14, 2021
By Kamala Kirk ired of being sleep-deprived when her 4-yearold son was waking up in the middle of every night, Stefanie Huber came to the realization that his kicked-off sheets were the reason behind his frequent awakenings. When Huber tested the theory by fasting the bed covers together so that the sheets were steady, her son began sleeping through the night with no issue. Ultimately, this sparked a business idea that would help other parents and their children experiencing the same issue. “My son had just transitioned to his big boy bed and he was waking up every night,” Huber says. “I didn’t understand why he was waking up at first, but then I saw that he was kicking off his sheets and couldn’t cover himself, so he was coming to me because he didn’t know what else to do. When I tried fastening the covers together he slept through the night, and I realized that a lot of other families could benefit from this solution as well.” Huber eventually founded Tucked + Covered, a patented bed sheet system that keeps kids covered at night to promote better sleep for the entire family. “Having an idea with no business experience has taken me several years to manifest my product for the market,” Huber says. “But I am happy to say it’s here to share with other families suffering from nighttime wake-up calls. Or even families who would like their child’s best to stay neat night and day without the laborious chore of bedmaking.” The sheet set is made from 100% cotton that is extremely comfortable, easy-to-secure elastic and oversized durable buttons to keep everything in place and eliminate the need for bed making. “What’s really great about the design are the buttons,” Huber points out. “They’re not locked to the bed, they stretch and the sheet moves with them so they don’t have to adapt to the sheet. Kids can smooth and straighten their beds since the buttons keep the sheets on the mattress where they belong and that’s one less
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thing for Mom to do. I think we tend to get caught up in how the bedroom looks but what’s more important to me is knowing that my child is covered at night.” Each three-piece set includes a fitted sheet, flat sheet and pillow case. The buttons and elastic allow for adjustable sizing and are available in twin and full sizes, in addition to fun stars and moonlight prints. They are designed for kids ages 2 to 12, but Huber is working a new concept for adults and teens as well. “I’m planning to offer more designs in the future and I’m also working on compatible blanket designs that I tailored,” Huber says. “All the layers will be able to attach to one another and you can leave a button open, in case you get hot. It’s adaptable for each person.” Other features that parents and kids love about the sets are that kids can stick their legs out and play under the sheets like a tent, and parents can also hide things in the pillow case like tooth fairy presents and they won’t fall out. In addition to being washer and dryer-safe, the easy care fabric makes for wrinkle-
Huber came up with the solution out of necessity because her son was waking up in the middle of the night. free sheets. Huber says that the response to her product has been incredible and she’s received great feedback from happy parents. “Once parents try it, they love it,” Huber says. “They love that
their kids stay covered, sleep through the night and they don’t have to keep making the bed. For the kids it’s a self-esteem builder as well because they don’t have to have Mommy around to keep them covered.
One mom told me that her child dancers around the bed because she’s so excited about her sheets. I’m just thrilled that I can help parents and kids sleep through the night.” As a result of creating Tucked
+ Covered, Huber has connected with many moms and formed friendships as well. “It feels really good to be able to help other moms,” Huber says. “There’s this unspoken bond and we just want to help each other. If I can help someone’s kids get the sleep the need, I’m really excited that I’ve been able to touch their lives in a positive way.” Huber has lived in Playa Vista for the past seven years and loves the family-friendly community there. “We absolutely love living here,” Huber says. “We lived in Venice before and I was always concerned for my kids’ safety. Living in Playa Vista is such a breath of fresh air. It’s safe, everyone is nice and we all share the same agenda. We just want the best for our kids and ourselves. I find peace every day raising my two joy-filled children in this community. It’s reassuring knowing hundreds of families with like-mindedness surround us to give our families a beautiful life.” tuckedcovered.com
Supporting Small Businesses
$390,000 distributed in Santa Monica to assist ongoing recovery efforts By Kamala Kirk ecently, 78 small businesses in Santa Monica received $5,000 grants (totaling $390,000) from community members, business leaders and nonprofits that donated to the City of Santa Monica’s We Are Santa Monica Fund and the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Foundation. “This has been such an unprecedented and challenging 18 months for our businesses,” said Jennifer Taylor, the city of Santa Monica’s economic development manager. “We know many business owners are still struggling with outstanding bills and expenses, and we hope these grants can provide extra support to our small business community.” She said 475 local businesses applied and 78 grantees were chosen through an online, randomized application system. The SaMo Small Business Recovery Grant Program was
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created to support brick-andmortar businesses based in Santa Monica with annual revenues below $2 million. Applicants and grantees were
located across the city, and program funds were distributed and managed by Local Initiatives Support Corporation Los Angeles (LISC LA on the city’s
behalf). “As cities plan and begin to implement their COVID-19 economic recovery strategies, it is imperative that they do it equitable to ensure that small businesses owned and led by women and people of color aren’t left behind – and the city of Santa Monica is doing just that,” said Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, executive director of LISC LA. “LISA LA is proud to be able to partner with the city of Santa Monica on these recovery efforts, and we hope that with additional funding, we can continue to help the city rebuild and distribute this economic relief across the city.” A variety of businesses received a SaMo Small Business Recovery Grant with funding distributed across all neighborhoods to a range of industries. Of the 78 businesses that received a grant, 50% are minority-owned or led by people of color; 51% are from low- or moderate-income (LMI) census
tracts; 50% are women-owned or led; 44% of grantees reported annual revenues below $250,000; 76% of funding went to services or retail industries; and 36% of grantees are located in the 90405 ZIP code. “We are proud to support our small business community and thank our generous donors to the Santa Monica Chamber Foundation and We Are Santa Monica Fund for their contribution to such a tangible relief effort,” said Laurel Rosen, president/ CEO of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce.” We Are Santa Monica Fund calfund.org/wearesantamonica
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The Importance of Flu Shots
Immunization offers best defense against getting or spreading the flu By Kamala Kirk etting the flu shot is especially important this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts. Every year, physicians recommend getting vaccinated as a way to protect against contracting or spreading influenza. But this year, the current global health crisis has made this single act of preventative care especially critical when it comes to protecting one’s self from a disease that plagues millions. “The flu virus will weaken your immune system, making you more vulnerable to catching other respiratory infections, including COVID-19, and that’s why getting vaccinated this year is so important,” said Dr. Alejandro Sanchez, an infectious disease physician and physician flu champion at Kaiser Permanente West Los
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Experts advise that getting flu shots this year is important because of the coronavirus pandemic. Angeles. Sanchez noted, however, that having the flu and COVID-19 at the same time can be devastating to one’s health. “The influenza vaccine remains the most effective prevention
against contracting the flu and its complications,” Sanchez said. “In most years, millions of people get the flu, and hundreds of thousands of individuals end up in the emergency room or hospitalized with severe
complications. We’re preparing for a worse influenza season this year. Last year, we didn’t see many flu cases, possibly due to the COVID-19 associated precautions we all took.” According to Sanchez, getting the flu vaccine is very important, especially for the most vulnerable populations. They include the elderly, pregnant women, children younger than 5 years of age, along with those with chronic health conditions. When it comes to children who have never received the flu vaccine before, those under age 8 will need to receive two flu shots, with a booster vaccine given 28 days after the first inoculation. Parents are strongly encouraged to vaccinate their children this year, as many have resumed in-person learning at their schools and will be more susceptible to being infected with the flu virus as they interact with other students and
teachers. “A common misconception is that a flu shot will give you the flu,” Sanchez said. “That’s simply not true. You cannot contract the flu from getting a flu shot. Side effects, when they do occur, are typically very mild. However, by not getting vaccinated, you put yourself and your loved ones at a greater risk of getting the flu, which causes serious illness, hospitalizations and thousands of deaths each year.” Kaiser Permanente members are encouraged to call Kaiser’s flu hotline number or visit Kaiser’s website for information on how to safely get their free flu vaccine at Kaiser Permanente facilities across Southern California. Kaiser Permanente Flu Hotline: 1-866-706-6358 kp.org/flu
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By Kamala Kirk edars-Sinai has selected Rudolph and Sletten Inc. as the contractor to build the new Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital with construction of the technologically advanced community hospital scheduled to begin in October. The new nine-story building will augment and expand the hospital’s historical strength in surgery and emergency services, which have been critical to the community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The contractor will build the new facility along Lincoln Boulevard, allowing the existing hospital to remain fully operational during construction. Once the new building is completed, the old building will be demolished. To make space for construction activity, a new lobby and main entrance opened on the north side of the hospital on October 4. Patients and visitors are now able to access the new North Lobby Entrance by entering the hospital
The new nine-story building will augment and expand the hospital’s historical strength in surgery and emergency services, and a new lobby and main entrance opened on the north side of the hospital on October 4. handle complex cases such as treatments for strokes and other image-guided interventions. The new Emergency Department will feature expanded diagnostic and treatment facilities. The new hospital will feature sustainable design, including outdoor space for patients, visitors and staff. The building will provide an ideal level of daylight while minimizing solar heat gain
and glare, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. The landscaping will include native plants to help minimize water needed for irrigation. “Building this replacement hospital and creating a new campus form scratch is a dream come true for an architect,” said Zeke Triana, AIA vice president of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction at Cedars-Sinai. “By
the time we’re done, the community will have the beautiful, world-class hospital that it deserves.” Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey 310-823-8911 marinahospital.com
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Ron Morrissey says the pandemic-dictated break from performing allowed him to add songs to his set.
By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski usician Ron Morrissey could not make a living out of performing, but playing for seniors has enriched his life. The Marina del Rey singer/ guitarist performs 100 shows a year for isolated seniors in Santa Monica, West Los Angeles, Beverly Hills , Culver City, Playa Vista, Hermosa Beach, West Palm Beach Florida and Tuscany, Italy. The project started merely as a way to entertain his mother-inlaw after he retired in 2014. “It had a wraparound porch, and I brought my guitar,” the 71-year-old says about her retirement home. “She suffers from Alzheimer’s, and I was playing for her. I looked up and there were 30 clients in the audience. They came in from everywhere, sitting around this wraparound porch. “They were so happy I was playing music. I looked at my wife (Joan F. Morrissey) and said, ‘Look at this.’ That was about 11 years ago. I did it first during the summers off from teaching. Now I do it all year round.” He specializes in pop music — “sunshine pop” as it’s been called — from the 1940s to 1960s. Morrissey presents an upbeat show with songs that have sold 1 million copies or more by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Fats Domino, and the Moody Blues. He wants to ensure everyone knows the tunes he’s playing. Morrissey has been a musician since he was about 6. Believing he could not pay the bills playing music, he pursued
economics and banking careers. Toward the end of his career, he taught high school economics in LA. “I started with keyboards and accordion, but they’re difficult to lug around,” he says with a laugh. “The guitar is the main instrument I play for seniors. You have to be very mobile. I can’t expect them to set up a piano for me. They might not have it. I bring my guitar and take it from there.” Morrissey does not charge for his performances, nor does he accept free parking or lunches. He brings his own iced tea. Morrissey and his wife have lived in Marina del Rey since 1976 and live there seven months of the year. For three months, they relocate to West Palm Beach, Florida, and then spend time in Tuscany, Italy, as well. “The people there are very knowledgeable of the songs over there,” Morrissey says. “Every once in a while, I play an Italian song by Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra.” The pandemic has slowed down his efforts. In 2019, he played 100 shows. COVID-19 knocked it down to 20. This year, he’s scheduled for 60 gigs. “The pandemic gave me a chance to expand my sets,” he says. “I had 12 sets going into the pandemic that I used to play. Now I have 24 sets that I can play for the seniors. I was able to stay home and practice and learn new material. I’m eager to share it.” Ron Morrissey 310-391-5475 ronmorrissey101@yahoo.com
Ron Morrissey and his wife, Joan F. Morrissey. He performs on the Westside as well as Florida and Italy. OCTOBER 14, 2021 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 11
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LA in film format For this project, Buchanan made the poem into a film, one that travels through LA and
spotlights the many communities that make the city what it is. The film begins with two musical pieces, the first a Native American Grass Song, something typically sung and danced by male Native Americans who perform it in the spring as part of a celebration. They dance down the high plain grasses so everyone else could follow them to hold their ceremonies. Buchanan received permission to perform it. The second song preceding the poem is one that Buchanan wrote. It addresses what it is like to be a Black person in America and a Black Indian, specifically. “I am an African American who honors and researches my indigenous past,” Buchanan said. “I know who my nations are. Unless you are looking into the history, unless you are intentional about creating diversity in all of our spaces, then you don’t know my true name.” The song’s lyrics echo that: “If you knew my true name, would you take me there?” Buchanan then recites her poem that expresses a love of LA the way she’s experienced it, widely embracing the multiplicity of communities. She is convinced that if people really knew what makes LA, they would want to be here. “It’s not just sunshine. It’s not just gangs,” Buchanan said. “There is such a mixture of communities here and I love all of them.” Rodriguez, who is also including works by Chiwan Choi and Luivette Resto in his project, said all of their works swim in language and imagery — that they are passionate and vital voices with important stories to tell. “LA is one of the most literary and poetic cities anywhere,” Rodriguez said. “Poetry, as a beacon in the dark, can help illuminate our way. The poets featured here are the far-seeing and deep-feeling writers and activists I’ve had the privilege to know and work with.”
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By Bridgette M. Redman os Angeles has always had more to it than meets the eye. Beyond Tinseltown, beyond the celebrities, beyond the traffic gridlock, is a place that is home to people from all heritages, from all walks of life. That’s what Shonda Buchanan fell in love with and to which she plays tribute in her latest poem and the film it spawned — part of LA Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez’ digital series “For The Love of LA” that is three literary projects. Buchanan is an award-winning poet, author, lecturer at Loyola Marymount University (her alma mater) and trustee of Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice. PBS NewsHour named her memoir, “Black Indian,” one of the “top 20 books to read” to learn about institutional racism and it won the 2020 Indie New Generation Book Award. Rodriguez’s project resonated with Buchanan on many levels. “I feel as if I am the quintessential LA artist,” Buchanan said. “I have such a deep love of everything LA, but not the glossy, celebrity Beverly Hills. That’s not my focus, though it is nice to go to Rodeo Drive.” Instead, it is the diverse LA that calls to her, the communities ranging from Native Americans to Latino to Ethiopians. Buchanan has immersed herself in as much culture as she possible, drawing upon Southern California’s diversity of people, landscapes and culture. Those are the things she captures in her poem, “We Are All Angels.” “I wanted to represent LA in the way I know it and the way I have experienced it as an artist,” Buchanan said. “My first real poetic family came out of the world stage in LA — the Anansi writer’s workshop was my shaping ground, that was the place where I learned to be a good poet. Then I had all these other communities of people who encouraged me.”
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own community within the community and so that’s why I stayed.” She acknowledged that there are many people in LA who never leave their communities. They hunker down in Los Central, the Westside or Pasadena. “I have had the privilege and honor of being in all these communities from Watts to Beverly Hills, from Pomona to San Fernando Valley,” Buchanan said. “I think it is because I’m a traveler as well. I travel in my poetry for sure, but I’m someone who goes up to the national forest to do ceremony
up there. I drive the coast and I camp on the coast. I go horseback riding at different places. I go to wine country.” Buchanan never grows tired of the places to explore and visit, the ways that she can immerse herself in all the cultures that make up her adopted city. It’s what she hopes resonates in “We Are All Angels” and invites others to look at their city through a new lens. What: “We Are All Angels,” a poem and short film Who: Shonda Buchanan How: https://bit.ly/ ShondaBuchananVirtual
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Buchanan pays tribute to Los Angeles in her latest poem and the film made from that poem as part of LA Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez’ digital series “For The Love of LA.” Angels,” is what she calls a COVID-19 poem. It came from a feeling of isolation that was challenging for her. She describes herself as an artist who thrives on being in spaces with other artists and was suddenly forced into a solitary place. She spent that time writing and exercising and doing everything she could to maintain her life, but at the same time, she missed being in line, bumping up against other people, experiencing the clamor of what makes up LA. During isolation, Buchanan wrote poems of hope for her grandson and for herself, exploring the questions of where the world was going to go after the pandemic, were people going to be able to again breathe each other’s air? “I believe language can change things,” Buchanan said. “I believe language is transformative, language is healing. I, like everyone else, was grieving the multiple deaths in the African American community and on the reservations… we lost multiple elders. In Montana, the people I do ceremony with lost many elders, they’re still losing people.” Buchanan’s poem, “We Are All Angels,” became her anthem. It’s one where in the end, she comes back with hope,
that she is still here and after this long night, she’ll greet her city again. She said it was important to her to represent diverse communities of LA. When she prepared for its first public reading at The Broad, she realized that she had forgotten to put in some of the communities that were important to her. So, the poem grew. She made sure she mentioned Ethiopian food, that she had a prayer rug for the Muslim communities and that the ocean made an appearance. “It came to represent the fabric of LA in the way that I experience it,” Buchanan said. “I wanted to show that with language. All of the experiences in this poem are things I have encountered or written about or love about LA.” Buchanan was inspired by a film she saw at the Sundance Film Festival to turn the poem into a short film. She started listing all the places that made LA home to her and figured out how to include them in the film. “I wanted the film to show the beauty and the ugly, the rich and the impoverished, the unsheltered,” Buchanan said. “I wanted to show the beauty and the grittiness that makes up this amazing community. I wanted that sense of permanent impermanence. In the film, there is a sense of change and the sense of transformation, and
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Slowly falling in love It was a fluke that Buchanan first came to LA and she confesses that at first, she didn’t like it. She’d grown up as a country girl from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and had been working as a nanny for a journalist. She followed the family first to Arlington, Virginia, and then to LA. “I got to LA and it was sprawling, and literally you can take one street and drive for miles and the community just changes,” Buchanan said. “I thought, ‘This isn’t me. It’s too big.’ Then I started as an artist feeling the temperature of places. I started writing more, making friends. When I went to college in west LA, I met a group of Caribbean people who opened my eyes as to what life looked like in other countries.” She stayed a little longer and then, after the birth of her daughter, she put down roots. She said that could be her title, “She Stayed.” She joined a cadre of African American writers, musicians, singers and dancers. She joined communities of young mothers who raised their children together. “It really felt like I existed in an African village in LA,” Buchanan said. “We had our
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Arcana Books hosts monthly Instagram show moderated by Jason E.C. Wright By Nicole Borgenicht very month, Arcana: Books on the Arts hosts “Show & Tell,” an Instagram show moderated by Jason E.C. Wright, founder and director of Burntsienna Research Society, a critical-thinking research consultancy for design histories, intangible culture and reference materials. Prior to the pandemic, Wright and his associates met at various locations. During COVID-19, Wright shifted to Instagram Live, and frequently broadcasts from Arcana in the Helms Bakery District in Culver City. “‘Show & Tell’ came out of a traveling reading room program from 2019-2020, where we would bring art/design books into public spaces and private member clubs to encourage deeper engagement,” Wright said. “Arcana has always been a favorite art/design bookstore of mine and hosting ‘Show & Tell’ at Arcana as a venue just made sense. “My connection to Arcana is a personal feeling. The space reminds me of the libraries I would get lost in as a child visiting my Granny on campus who was a professor at Purdue University. It also felt very personal in the way the books were organized and presented; less a bookstore, more an invitation to explore someone’s very personal collection.” An accomplished designer, researcher and writer with more than 20 years of experience as a retail and fashion professional, Wright takes his love of books serious, also serving as librarian-in-residence at home in Treehouse Hollywood. “I was a high school substitute teacher for about four years in Indianapolis, which was an absolute joy, along with numerous mentoring and speaking engagements,” Wright said. “These experiences showed me how much I truly enjoy the light bulb ‘a-ha’ moments that happen when people make a connection to new information, watching their gears start to turn in new ways as they internalize this new knowledge. It’s one of my favorite things in this world to
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Every month, Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City hosts “Show & Tell” on Instagram moderated by Jason E.C. Wright. be part of. My previous life in radio and the music industry serves me well. I’ve been a performing artist, spoken word poet, and host for numerous broadcasts, podcasts, or live moderation. This ability combines with my enjoyment of
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teaching as a way of connecting people to information in a way that is casual yet informative. I try to strike a good balance between James Lipton and Krista Tippet, with a healthy dose of Neil de Grasse Tyson’s penchant for humor.”
Wright’s angles of storytelling engage his audience on “Show & Tell,” where he shares his favorite books from Arcana on the show and discusses books setting up fast historical comparisons, cultural influences, design, and artistic
genres, while reflecting upon artist or designer purpose. The next “Show & Tell” will take place October 20 from 5 to 6 p.m. on Instagram (@burntsiennaresearchsociety)
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Born out of anxiety The story follows the journey of Pariah, a woman cast out of her community for daring to speak truth to power. In a dreamlike and theatrical manner, the album follows her exile from her home city Cloture to her encounters with apparitions, love and her eventual acceptance of
herself. “I call my work stage poems,” Cellista said. “They are resistance art, they are politically concerned, observant and revealing. Their intention is to break down barriers between audience and performers in a collective act of witnessing.” “Pariah” was born in the depths of the pandemic, an event that disrupted a lot of things for Cellista. She had been on a national tour and was supposed to go to the EU in March, but the pandemic cut short that tour very abruptly. It was an event that she said hit her hard, but she attempted to keep creating. She put together an EP with her friends, connecting remotely. During this time, Pariah was born. “I started writing,” Cellista said. “’Pariah’ was born out of my anxiety. I was doing free writes.” The work falls into the realm of fairy tale because of iconic elements of journey, mystical characters and magical transformations. Cellista explained that she takes pillars of reality and places them in a surreal environment. It gives her a chance to talk about truth, to talk about otherness. “Parian’s gift is that when she gazes at others, they see a truthful reflection of themselves,” Cellista said. “That gives her quite a bit of power.” Her work is always politically rooted, though she explains that “Pariah” is not overtly political. It does, though, examine border crossings, the idea of otherness and the idea of seeing truth and being unable to really speak truth to power without fear. “It is about being gazed at,” Cellista said. “It is a continuation of all my work, but more of a fairy tale format. I really try in my work to break down borders between audience and the performer. The act of performance is an act of collective witnessing. Both audience and performers are equal.” She said that for the past nine months, she’s been talking about Pariah as if she were a real person, especially when the process gets disrupted. “Whenever something goes wrong, I say ‘Dammit, Pariah, why do you have to be like that.’ She feels really real,” Cellista said. “She is someone who is
unafraid. She is unafraid to exist in the cracks. She belongs everywhere.” There were a series of mishaps, including such things as one of her sopranos being attacked by a dog that bit her hand and sent her to the hospital. Another time Cellista was on her way to mix the album at Skywalker sound. She stepped out of the door with her soprano and a car ran over her foot. “It was always on the way to a studio to record that something would happen,” Cellista said. “We were starting to wonder if Pariah is a witch. Maybe that Delta variant is Pariah. Every time something happens, we’re like, ‘gosh darnit, Pariah.’” Cellista said this has been one of the hardest projects she’s ever worked on. “It’s only 25 minutes long and I feel like I’ve had 10 babies,” she said. Pariah—the titular character of the project—exists in a city, Cloture, where she is literally a pariah because of her super power, her gift of seeing truth and daring to speak it to power. Upon being exiled, she is cast down the mountaintop and she awakes in an enchanted forest. There she encounters several apparitions and through their gaze, she finds herself and achieves acceptance. She eventually realizes that everywhere she goes is home. At the end, after encountering her lover, she realizes she wants to walk alone and rather than being Pariah—someone who is unwanted—she is now Wanderer—someone who by choice wanders the world.
Mixing genres Cellista is a new resident of Santa Monica, having just moved there in February. She is eager for her neighbors and fellow Santa Monicans to see her work. “I really strive for my work to create reflections of a place I call home,” Cellista said. “Pariah is my artistic statement and my way of saying hello, I’m here, this is my home.” Her artistic hello is steeped in different genres, political commentary and beautiful imagery. Genres include classical music, opera, hip-hop and rock.
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By Bridgette M. Redman ometimes an artist’s most fanciful flights of imagination are also the ones that hit closest to home. Performance artist and composer Cellista said her latest album — which is a creation part-opera, part-theater, partpoetry, part-beat box — is a piece that is ultimately her story. The title character, Pariah, represents the artist. “Pariah — she’s me,” Cellista said. “It’s my imaginary autobiography.” The album dropped on October 1, the same day that she debuted a live staging of the story at the Santa Monica Playhouse. That show opened with Kristen Lynn and the Fox Gloves, whom Cellista said would play a set of very moody Leonard Cohen covers. Composer Sean Renner provided the overture performance and buoh dancer Ibuki Kuramochi performed to the accompaniment of Cellista on cello. Other collaborators on the recording include composers Mazz Swift, Joshua Icban and Peter Colclasure. Performers include work from actress Dawn L. Troupe, soprano Carla Canales, soprano Hilary Whitmore, rapper Demone Carter, beatboxer Track IX, and poet and journalist Gary Singh. Cellista intentionally hired a production crew that was led by 65% women, including Heidi Trefethen, SF Jazz and Symphony Orchestra Musician, as the lead engineer and Anna Frick as astering engineer. Cellista wrote the original treatment and the overall story arc and then handed it over to her father who is a former professor of philosophy. “I had him fill out the rest,” Cellista said. “He got it back to me and I edited it and after setting everything to music, it dawned on me I’d like to record it in immersive audio.”
Performance artist/composer Cellista recently debuted a live staging of her album“Pariah” at Santa Monica Playhouse. Because her foundation is that of a classical cellist, the forms are classical even as they are spiced with non-classical pieces. Cellista plays a Luis and Clark carbon fiber cello and an 1885 Czech cello. All the genres, she said, create a platform from which she can examine themes of othering, exile and banishment. It also allows her to break down barriers between audience and performers. The work includes many media from music, book, film and dance. Because it was being created during the pandemic, it made project management very difficult. Cellista said that sometimes when she looks at the logistics alone, she is amazed that it was ever born. “The work could be unbearable at times because of the amount of collaborators,” Cellista said.
“I had performers who rightfully pulled out at the last minute because of COVID. We could only have one or two people in the chamber at a time.” Despite the challenges, the final work is something the creators take pride in. They’ve even submitted the work for a Grammy in the category of immersive sound. Cellista chose immersive sound and composed music allows audiences to hear the sound approaching them, moving around them. “It’s like when you are in the forest,” Cellista said. “You hear something scary and don’t know where it is coming from.” Along with the release of the album, there is a companion book co-written by Cellista’s father, Dr. Frank Seeburger, with a preface by the composer Daniel Felsenfeld and illustrations by Jaclyn Alderete.
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Mr. Bones Howl-O-Ween 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch will host Howl-O-Ween, featuring postcard-perfect photo ops for Angelenos and their pooches, as well as a pet costume contest. Founded in 1987, Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch is a family-owned and -operated business that focuses on bringing the farm to the city and celebrating the magic of Halloween. All dogs must be registered by 6:30 p.m. to participate. There is a $10 suggested donation fee to enter the contest and all proceeds go to local shelters. For more information and tickets, visit mrbonespumpkinpatch.com. West LA College, 10100 Jefferson Boulevard, Culver City Movies By The Sea: “The Big Lebowski” 7 p.m. Enjoy movies by the sea every Thursday night at the end of the Venice Pier through October 28. Grab a blanket and chair and head to the beach for an evening of ocean breezes and movies under the stars presented by Washington Square Business Improvement Group, city of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, and Venice Beach Recreation Center. Food and drink will be available from various restaurants as well. Admission is free, movie starts at 7 p.m. Park in the lot by the Venice Pier at 3100 Washington Boulevard, Venice
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market is dedicated to cultivating a sustainable food system through its operation and educational programs. The market consistently provides a wonderful opportunity to create synergy between local businesses and residents while promoting a healthy city and a vibrant community. Open every Sunday, rain or shine. For more information, visit motoravenuemarket.com. 10418 National Boulevard, Los Angeles
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On Thursday, October 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch will host a Howl-OWeen event at West LA College in Culver City for Angelenos and their pooches. It features a pet costume contest. Westside Magic 8 p.m. Jackson Ridd hosts Westside Magic, a series of shows at Citizen Public Market in Culver City. It’s the only full-length magic and mystery show that offers food vendors. The first show will feature guest performer Tyler Rabbit. For more information and tickets, visit westsidemagic.com. Citizen Public Market, 9355 Culver Boulevard., Culver City
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available for purchase. Masks are required and only 40 people are allowed to shop at any one time. Held in parking lot 11 at 14101 Panay Way. More information is available at beaches.lacounty.gov/ mdrfarmersmarket RUNWAY x Creative Communal Makers Market 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. RUNWAY’s fun makers market is back for the fall. The petfriendly event will showcase 30 vendors, live music, kids crafts and cute photo-ops. Costumes are encouraged. There will also be trick-or-treat stations. RUNWAY Playa Vista, 12775 Millennium Drive, Playa Vista LAX Dunes Restoration Event 8 p.m. The LAX Dunes are home to an incredible variety of plants and animals. Come volunteer to help remove non-native and invasive vegetation and learn more about this historic site. Capping at 20 participants, the event requires face masks and social distancing will be required. Sign up at santamonicabay.org/events St. Mark Food Pantry 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a drive-thru and walk-thru food pantry offered by St. Mark Catholic Church in Venice. All food is distributed to the back of the car for COVID-19 safety. About 250 bags are distributed weekly. Recipients receive produce, bread, dry goods, eggs and ground chicken
or beef. Distribution to cars is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with most vehicle traffic from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Please enter the parking lot from Garfield Avenue. For more information, visit stmarkvenice. com. 940 Coeur D’Alene Avenue, Venice
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Santa Monica Main Street Farmers Market 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Shop for local fresh produce and prepared foods from local restaurants starting at 2640 Main Street. Guests can also enjoy musical entertainment, face painting, balloon designs and occasional cooking demonstrations with local produce. 2640 Main Street, Santa Monica Mar Vista Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This vibrant, year-round market offers local produce, prepared foods, kids crafts and live events. Located at 12198 Venice Boulevard, Grand View at Venice Boulevard. For more information, visit marvistafarmersmarket.org Motor Avenue Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Motor Avenue Farmers Market enhances the farm-totable connection and availability of fresh, local produce to residents of the Palms, Cheviot Hills, Beverlywood and surrounding communities. The
Interactive Online Writing Classes 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Join interesting men and women who offer talent, camaraderie and support for the ultimate writing experience. Learn to paint a picture with words, write engaging dialogue, organize your content, develop a clear authentic voice, and hook readers from the start. Six-week classes start October 20 and October 21. Classes will be taught on Zoom by author, writing coach and editor Jasmyne Boswell. Tuition costs $215 (early registration by October 18) or $235 for regular registration. For more information and to register, call 808-268-5807.
Thursday, October 21
Movies By The Sea: “Grease” 7 p.m. Enjoy movies by the sea every Thursday night at the end of the Venice Pier through October 28. Grab a blanket and chair and head to the beach for an evening of ocean breezes and movies under the stars presented by Washington Square Business Improvement Group, city of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, and Venice Beach Recreation Center. Food and drink will be available from various restaurants as well. Admission is free, movie starts at 7 p.m. Park in the lot by the Venice Pier at 3100 Washington Boulevard, Venice
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7 Signs It’s Time to Downsize Downsizing a home is almost inevitable for many older people. Once your children are out of the house, you don’t need and probably don’t want as much space as you once had. Downsizing can be smart financially and give you a new lease on life. The following are seven signs that it might be time to consider downsizing, even if you’re a bit hesitant. 1.) Your Neighborhood No Longer Suits Your Lifestyle The location of your home can be as important to your lifestyle as the features of the house itself. You might feel a bit out of place in your neighborhood, and maybe you’d like to move somewhere with more people your age so there are more accessible opportunities for socializing. 2.) You Have Multiple Unused Rooms If you have many rooms in your home that are regularly unused, it could be a good time to downsize. There was probably a time when toys took over every room, and it seemed like you were bursting at the seams. Now, maybe you only use a few rooms in your home, in which case you could make do with a little less space.
3.) You’re Struggling to Maintain Your Home Homes involve a lot of work and upkeep. Perhaps you’d rather be traveling or spending time on hobbies. You might also have some physical limitations that make it harder for you to do certain chores. A smaller, more manageable home will free up your time so you can do things you love instead of keeping up your home all the time. 4.) The Features of Your Home Aren’t Well-Suited to Aging in Place Someone who’s in their 70s today seems a lot different than they might have a few decades ago. We’re living longer and staying more active, and with that, rather than moving in with relatives or into retirement communities, more people are opting to age in place.
areas, these aren’t well-suited to aging in place, in which case you might think about downsizing. 5.) You’d Like a Change of Scenery If you’re dreaming of moving to the beach or the mountains, the homes might be more expensive than where you are currently. If you downsize and accept less space, however, you can make those dreams a reality. You can wake up in a beautiful, vacation-like dream every day. If you’re not tied to a physical location and you can live anywhere you want in the country or the world, why not take advantage of that fantastic opportunity? 6.) Your Housing Expenses Are Greater Than 30% Sometimes downsizing isn’t just about a lifestyle change—you may need to make a financial change.
When you age in place, you maintain your independence and freedom, but your home has to have certain features to make that possible.
When you’re deciding how much of your budget to spend on housing costs each month, financial experts recommend no more than 30%.
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considered financially burdened. If you’re still working, then this might not be an issue, but if you were to retire, you could quickly enter the financially burdened bracket. The cost of housing burdens goes up as expenses rise, and then your income tends to go down in retirement. 7.) You Want to Put Your Home Equity to Use Finally, another good reason to think about downsizing is to put your home equity to use as income. You can use the equity in your home once you retire, and coverage of everyday costs is the number one reason retirees often give for wanting to utilize their equity. It’s understandable why—equity may be your most valuable asset.
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I love my boyfriend. We’ve been together two years. Recently, however, we’ve been experiencing conflict over the issue of children. He wants kids; I don’t. I’ve always felt strongly about this, and he said he was fine with this when we started dating. But he’s been bringing up the subject of kids a lot lately (I suspect because he’s thinking about popping the question). The discussions have grown fraught -- to the point where he was in tears at the end of an argument. I eventually said I could be open to kids because I love him and don’t want to lose him. But can this be healthy for us long-term? — Conflicted
Though many things in life come with the opportunity to push the “back” button, once you have a kid, you have a kid. You can’t just drop ‘em off at the fire station if they turn out to be precociously criminal – already hot-wiring cars at age seven. Deciding whether to have kids is a very recent state of affairs, coinciding with the development and availability of reliable birth control (starting in the late 1950s with the Lippes Loop IUD). For most of human history, unless a woman spent her fertile years all alone on one of those New Yorker cartoon desert islands, there was a good chance she’d have not just a child but the beginnings of a litter. There’s a widespread (and mistaken!) assumption that a woman who gives birth will immediately and unconditionally bond with her baby, explains anthropologist and primatologist Sarah Hrdy. Probably because of this, many people seem to believe the only thing stopping any woman from wanting a child is having yet to bring one into existence. In fact, neither humans nor other mammals “automatically nurture each baby born,” Hrdy observes. Clinical psychologist Idun Roseth and her colleagues, reviewing research on mother-infant bonding issues, report: “Most mothers find that feelings of affection come within a week from birth. However, some mothers are still struggling with this after many months. ... A small percentage may even have hostile feelings towards their infant.” In other words, the public has an overly rosy, sentimental – and scientifically incorrect – view of what’s often referred to as the “maternal instinct.” There is no such thing – and the term “instinct” is the problem. The actual scientific definition of an instinct is an innate behavior (“factory-installed” – present at birth rather
than learned afterward) that members of a species perform automatically. An example is a baby’s crying – alerting everybody in earshot, “YO! I HAVE UNMET NEEDS!” (Nobody has to send their baby to crying school. It automatically wails its little head off when it’s wet, scared, cold, or wants a sip o’ nippy.) In contrast with automatic instinctual behavior, there’s behavior that’s learned as well as behavior that is only sometimes triggered in some members of a species. Accordingly, the misnamed “maternal instinct” would be better termed a maternal impulse or motivation. The impulse to nurture one’s infant is just one motivation that may arise in a woman. Hrdy has long emphasized that ambivalence and even rejection of an infant are other impulses a new mother may feel. (Unfortunately, the myth of instantly falling in love with one’s infant is so pervasive and strong that women who don’t experience this tend to feel there’s something wrong with them.) In reality, “maternal commitment” tends to emerge “piecemeal,” Hrdy explains, and is “chronically sensitive to external cues.” By “external cues,” she means a woman’s current context – such as whether she’s unable to adequately feed and protect her infant. War, famine, postpartum depression or even a new partner who doesn’t want another man’s child are contexts that may even trigger infanticide: a horrifying maternal impulse but a maternal impulse just the same. Thankfully, this impulse is relatively rare in our society, and many women (and men!) report “falling in love” with a child they never planned to have. Maybe...possibly...you’d become one of those “in-love” women and be wildly happy you’d had children. However, in your email, you repeatedly made it clear that you don’t want kids. You are only considering it because you love this man and don’t want to lose him – which is quite different from wanting children. You might ask friends who are parents to an infant and other young kids to let you spend a long weekend with them. Admittedly, this isn’t the same as parenting your own kids, but it might give you a sense of whether you’re actually up for the job – or whether you’re like me. Personally, though I have great respect for devoted, loving parents, if I were in charge of a thing that screams like it’s being eaten alive by a zombie, it would take about 20 minutes before there was grain alcohol in my coffee – and in someone’s sippy cup.
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■ CALIFORNIA AREA RESIDENTS CASH IN: Pictured above are protected Priority Packages containing the unsearched Vault Bags that everyone will be trying to get. It’s hard to tell how much these unsearched bags loaded with rarely seen Gov’t issued coins could be worth someday. That’s because each Vault Bag is known to contain nearly 3 pounds of Gov’t issued coins some dating back to the 1800’s including all those shown in today’s publication. In addition, after each bag is loaded with over 200 rarely seen coins, each verified to meet a minimum collector grade of very good or above, the dates and mint marks are never searched to determine collector values. So you better believe at just $980 these unsearched Vault Bags are a real steal.
Rarely seen United States coins up for grabs in California -zip codes determine who gets them Unsearched Vault Bags loaded with rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued coins some dating back to the 1800’s and worth up to 50 times their face value are actually being handed over to residents who find their zip code below and beat the 48 hour order deadline
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“The vaults at Federated Mint are going empty,” said Laura A. Lynne, U.S. Coin and Currency Director for Federated Mint. T hat’s b ecause a decision by Federated Mint to release rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued coins, some worth up to 50 times their face value, means unsearched Vault Bags loaded with U. S. Gov’t issued coins dating back to the 1800’s are now b ei n g h a nded over t o U.S. residents who find their PAGE 22 THE ARGONAUT OCTOBER 14, 2021
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z ip co de l i s t e d i n t o d ay ’s publication. “But don’t thank the G over n ment . A s U. S . Coi n a nd Cu r renc y D i rect or for Federated Mint, I get pa id to i n for m a nd educate the general public regarding U.S. coins. Ever since the decision by Federated Mint to release rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued coins to the general public — I’m being asked how much are the u nsea rched Vau lt Ba gs
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worth? The answer is, there’s no way to tell. Coin va lues always fluctuate and there are never any guarantees, but we do know this. Each unsearched bag weighs nearly 3 pounds and is known to contain rarely seen Morga n Silver Dolla rs and these coins alone could be worth $40 - $325 in collector value each according to The Off icia l Red Book, a Guide Book of United States Coins. So there’s no telling what you’ll
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find until you search through all the coins. But you better b el ieve at ju st $ 980 the s e unsearched Vault Bags are a steal, “said Lynne. “These are not ordinary coins you find in your pocket change. These are rarely seen silver, scarce, collectible and noncirculating U.S. coins dating back to the 1800’s so we won’t be surprised if thousands of U.S. residents claim as many R1054R-1
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ISSUED COINS SEALED IN EACH BAG:
Silver Morgan Dollar 1878-1921
Silver Liberty Head 1892-1915
■ UNSEARCHED: Pictured above are the unsearched Vault Bags being handed over to California residents who call the National Toll-Free Hotline before the 48-hour deadline ends. And here’s the best part. Each Vault Bag is loaded with over 200 U.S. Gov’t issued coins, including all the coins pictured in today’s publication, some dating back to the 1800’s and worth up to 50 times their face value. Each coin is verified to meet a minimum collector grade of very good or above before the bags are securely sealed and the dates and mint marks are never searched by Federated Mint to determine collector value. If you find your zip code listed, call 1-800-869-3164 EXT.UV31427 immediately. (Continued from previous page)
Silver Walking Liberty 1916-1947
Silver Peace Dollar 1921-1935
Silver Ben Franklin 1948-1963
as they can get their hands on. That’s because after the bags were loaded with nearly 3 pounds of U.S. Gov’t issued coins, each verif ied to meet a m inimum collector g rade quality of very good or above, the dates and mint marks were never searched to determine collector values and the bags were secu rely sea led. That means there’s no telling what you’ll find until you search all the coins,” said Lynne. The only thing U.S. residents who find their zip code printed in today’s publication need to do is call the National TollFree Hotline before the 48-hour deadline ends. This is very important. After the Vault Bags were loaded with over 200 of U.S. Gov’t issued coins, each verif ied to meet a m inimum collector g rade quality of very good or above, the dates and mint marks were never searched to determine collector va lues. The Vau lt Bag fee has been set for $1,500 for residents who miss the 48hour deadline, but for those
U.S. residents who beat the 48hour deadline the Vault Bag fee is just $980 as long as they call the National Toll-Free Hotline before the deadline ends. “Remember this, we cannot stop collectors from buying up all the unsearched bags of coins they can get in this special advertising announcement. And you better believe with each bag being loaded with nearly 3 pounds of U.S. Gov’t issued coins we’re guessing they’re going to go quick,” said Lynne. The phone lines w ill be ringing off the hook beginning at precisely 8:30 a .m . th is m o r n i n g . T h a t ’s b e c a u s e each unsea rched Vault Bag is loaded with the rarely seen coins pictured left and highly sought after collector coins dating clear back to the 1800’s including iconic Morgan Silver Dollars, a historic Peace Silver Dollar, stunning Silver Walking Liber ty Half Dollars, the collectible Silver Eisenhower Dol la r s , sp ec t acu la r Si lver Liberty Head Half and Quarter Dol la rs , ra rely seen Si lver Fra nklin Ha lf Dolla rs, high
dema nd P resident Ken nedy Silver Half Dollars, beautiful Silver Standing Liberty Q u a r t er Dol la r s , A mer ica n Bicentennia l Qua r ters, ra re Liber ty V Nickels, one cent Historic Wheat Coins including 1943 “Steel Cents”, one of the beautiful Winged Liberty Head Dimes, scarce Indian Head one cent U.S. coins and the last ever minted Buffalo Nickels. “ With a ll these collectible U.S. Gov’t Issued coins up for grabs we’re going to do our best to answer all the calls,” said Lynne. Thousands of U.S. residents sta nd to m iss the dead line t o c l a i m t h e U. S . G o v ’ t i s s u e d c o i n s . T h at m e a n s U.S. residents who find their z ip co de l i s t e d i n t o d ay ’s p u b l i c at i on c a n c l a i m t h e unsearched bags of money for themselves and keep all the U.S. Gov’t issued coins found inside. If you f ind your zip code listed, call 1-800-869-3164 EXT. UV31427 immediately. Just be sure to call before the deadline ends 48 hours from today’s publication date. ■
FEDERATED MINT, LLC IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE U.S. MINT, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, A BANK OR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. IF FOR ANY REASON WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM SHIPMENT YOU ARE DISSATISFIED, RETURN THE PRODUCT FOR A REFUND LESS SHIPPING AND RETURN POSTAGE. THIS SAME OFFER MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE AT A LATER DATE OR IN A DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. OH RESIDENTS ADD 6.5% SALES TAX. FEDERATED MINT, PO BOX 1200, MASSILLON, OH 44648 ©2021 FEDERATED MINT R1054R-1
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