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July 21, 2005

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1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO TERA'S 2005/2006 OFFICERS

2.  EAGLE ROCK VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ICE CREAM SOCIAL -- JULY 24

3.  MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA PRESENTS A DAY OF SERVICE -- AUGUST 6

4.  CITY CONTROLLER LAURA CHICK TO SPEAK AT TERA PUBLIC MEETING -- AUGUST 9

5.  HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OVERLAY SURVEY -- SHARE YOUR VIEWS NOW THROUGH JULY 31

6.  CHECK OUT THIS FOODIE WEBSITE FOR DAVE'S CHILLIN-N-GRILLIN

7.  EAGLE ROCK RECEIVES BEAUTIFICATION GRANT

8.  CD14 DOG PARK NOW OPEN!

9.  NATIONAL NIGHT OUT -- AUGUST 2

10.  NOT A CORNFIELD -- A LIVING SCULPTURE GROWING IN LA THIS SUMMER

11.  BUDDY COLLETTE'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION -- MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW! -- AUGUST 7

12.  LETTERS AND E.MAILS

13.  QUOTE OF THE WEEK -- WOODY ALLEN

1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO TERA'S 2005/2006 OFFICERS

Michael Tharp, President
Kathleen Long, Vice President
Joanne Turner, Secretary
Pauline Mauro, Treasurer
2.  EAGLE ROCK VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ICE CREAM SOCIAL -- JULY 24

Summer is quickly approaching!  Letıs beat the heat together at the Historical Societyıs 5th Annual Ice Cream Social Fundraiser on Sunday, July24, from 2 - 5pm at the Center for the Arts Building.  FREE admission, dollar-a-scoop ice cream, and "endless" toppings are back and sure to be a hit again!

While spooning down your ice cream, enjoy the entertainment of Peter Breede and his organ street music (back by popular demand!), screenings of historic animation by Mark Kausler, and delightful piano playing provided by "Musikers."  And donıt forget to stop by the Historical Societyıs membership, volunteer, and merchandise tables!

Itıs going to be a full afternoon of sweet treats, raffles, and entertainment, so be sure to bring all the kids, family, and friends!  By attending you are helping support the Historical Societyıs goal of continuing to build and sustain a rich archive members of our community can access and be darn proud of!
Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society Ice Cream Social
Sunday, July 24
2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Boulevard
Eagle Rock
(323) 226-1617

We hope to see you there!
3.  MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA PRESENTS A DAY OF SERVICE -- AUGUST 6

Make a Difference in Your Home Town  August 6!

Our Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa presents a Day of Service for Northeast LA, Saturday, August 6th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

Meeting Location:
Westfield Eagle Rock
2700 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA  90041
(to the left side of Target)

Join us with art mosaic activities, planting trees, community beautification projects, murals and much more!

FREE LUNCH!  FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!

Put your Day-of-Service efforts into the Eagle Rockdale Community Garden and Art Park!

Among the 10 opportunities for service that morning will be the Eagle Rockdale Community Garden and Art Park, where volunteers will work to finish as much of the project as possible, creating beautiful open space, a community nursery and a place for people to grow their own organic food.  Join us and count the Garden as one of your accomplishments.

Be an agent for positive change in Eagle Rock!  Youıll feel great - meet new friends and enjoy great food!  (Our mayor ALWAYS gives great nosh.)  Watch for more details in upcoming e.letters.

For more information on the Garden, call (323) 259-TERA or communitygarden@TERA90041.org

For questions and RSVP, please contact (323) 254-5295

Please RSVP by August 4.  Thanks!
4.  CITY CONTROLLER LAURA CHICK TO SPEAK AT TERA PUBLIC MEETING -- AUGUST 9

Be sure to hold the evening of August 9  and plan to attend TERAıs public meeting.  Laura Chick, Los Angeles City Controller, will be in attendance and will speak at the meeting.

Laura Chick is the 17th Controller of the City of Los Angeles, having been re-elected on March 8, 2005, with 82% of the vote.  Laura has lived in Los Angeles since 1952 and is the first and only woman in the history of Los Angeles to hold citywide office.

As Controller, she is the chief auditor and accountant for the City of Los Angeles.  Her responsibilities include conducting financial and performance audits of all aspects of City operations, supervising expenditures, including payroll and accounts payable, and issuing various financial reports.  A recent Los Angeles Business Journal feature said, "Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick has emerged as a central voice in the ongoing debate over how the city handles its contracts."  As the May 2004 Los Angeles Magazine states, "Where others couch and evade, she is Ms. Blunt."  It should be an entertaining and informative evening.*

Ms. Chick will speak for about 20 minutes and then will take questions from the audience.  

*Information taken from City of Los Angeles Office of the City Controller web site.
5.  HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OVERLAY SURVEY -- SHARE YOUR VIEWS NOW THROUGH JULY 31

The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council's Land Use and Planning Committee is interested in learning your views on historic preservation and Historical Preservation Overlay Zones and has designed a survey about this issue.  The survey should take approximately 5 to 10 minutes to complete.  The survey will be available through July 31, 2005 and can be accessed by clicking on the following link:   

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=173241187090

Your input and feedback will be very valuable when the committee considers future land use and planning issues that involve historical preservation.   Please take a few minutes to make your voice heard on this important issue.
6.  CHECK OUT THIS FOODIE WEB SITE FOR DAVE'S CHILLIN-N-GRILLIN

Loyal Eagle Rocker and TERA member Rebecca Niederlander saw this on one of her favorite LA foodie Web sites, LA.FOOD BLOGGING.  This review and the two comments made her want to try Dave's ASAP!   Below is the write-up:
On Colorado Blvd. in Eagle Rock, somewhere between (that awesome wireless coffeehouse w/kids area) Swork* and the approachable, wonderful, cheap-chic Colorado Wine Company sits a storefront sandwich shop so small and unobtrusive, it's easy to blow past.  Dave's Chilin-N-Grillin is making outstanding sandwiches at giveaway prices. Don't believe me?  Just ask Dave.  He preaches like a man afire about the importance of using only the best ingredients available.  "If it's not a word you heard in 1st grade, it's not in my food."  His smoothies have fruit, sherbet, juice.  No ice, and that's a source of pride.  He doesn't want to sell anything watered down, he wants to give you all the good stuff (that's practically a quote).

He's got several specialties: I didn't try the meatball, but he makes a sandwich with what by all accounts is an outstanding ball of pork, veal, beef, and just a pinch of breadcrumbs made only from day-old baguette. I did try his crabmeat, which he makes into melt (I think), and it was fine, subtly sweet, delicate crabmeat which he gets from the east coast.  His tuna?  Fugedaboutid. He takes something as simple as a tuna melt and makes it into an art project. He uses the most expensive canned tuna you can get (ask him to show you if you think I'm exaggerating), grills it on some incredible fresh bread; which he has delivered daily, uses fresh provolone cheese, and delivers a tuna melt that is so perfect, light-tasting, and well-textured, it should have a French-sounding name to do it justice.  Thon Fondue?

He makes an Italian sub that reminded me of Marino's Italian Deli in Glendale' except I liked Dave's more.  It wasn't as generous in size, but it was just so doggone fresh, and didn't feel like it was giving me a heart attack. The not too salty or sour pickle and pepper relish is what does it.

He's got some meatless sandwiches, a vegetarian wrap of home made humus, lettuce, tomato, cheese' again almost too simple to be this good; and a Greek wrap featuring French Feta cheese,
"because it's a little creamier."

He serves a very lean pastrami, which I will try soon, but today I went with the French Dip sandwich. The thick slices of roast beef were incredibly tender and low-fat, the result is completely incongruous with the "neighborhood bar" atmosphere, and the video games in back.  The "Raspberry Lime Ricki" I ordered was a full pint of raspberry sherbet, lime sherbet and club soda, blended and poured thick, $2.75.

Though his menu is simple, Dave's commitment and passion are formidable.  I feel about Dave's like I did the new Batman movie, it's something I've sat through a million times before, but but if it's done well enough, I'll happily line up again and again.
Dave's Chllin-N-Grillin
2152 Colorado Boulevard
Eagle Rock, CA 90041

http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/29/daves-chillin-n-grillin/

"They've also been big supporters of Swork, Colorado Wine Company, our TJ's, and more . . .," says Rebecca.
7.  EAGLE ROCK RECEIVES BEAUTIFICATION GRANT

Eagle Rock has been awarded a Neighborhood Matching Fund Grant from the City of Los Angeles to do a beautification planting at the cul-de-sac where Wiota Street dead-ends at the north side of Colorado Boulevard, adjacent to the 134 freeway ramp.  The project is being led by long-time TERA member Dave Gustavson.

Visit the Web site at http://www.geocities.com/wiotaplanting to see the plans, sketches, and plant choices.  Your feedback is welcome by e.mail at wiotaplanting@yahoo.com.
8.  CD14 DOG PARK NOW OPEN!

Fido Finds a Place to Play in Council District 14 --

You are invited to strut your mutt at the brand-new dog park in the Arroyo Seco.  Bring your best friend "fido" on a leash to the dog park site, located at 5568 Via Marisol, Los Angeles, 90042.   Come meet your neighbors and their dogs, see if they look alike?

Come and be seen with your dog.   It's your time to wag your tail on the trails of Arroyo Seco and celebrate our long awaited dog park.

See you at the dog park!  

Sincerely,

Irene Ponce
9.  NATIONAL NIGHT OUT -- AUGUST 2

Come join Council District 14, Council District 1, LAPD's Northeast and Hollenbeck Areas with special guest Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa and local community residents for National Night Out!
National Night Out
Annual Celebration and Acknowledgment of Our Nation's Law Enforcement Officers
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Luther Burbank Middle School
6460 N. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90042

Come join your neighbors to take back our community!
10.  NOT A CORNFIELD -- A LIVING SCULPTURE GROWING IN LA THIS SUMMER

Summary of Public Programs

A 32-acre living sculpture in the form of a field of corn is being created this summer by artist Lauren Bon, a trustee of the Annenberg Foundation and president of Not a Cornfield, LLC. The "Not a Cornfield" temporary art installation is located on property just north of Chinatown and south of Lincoln Heights on the site of the future Los Angeles State Historic Park.

Community Involvement

The goal of the community involvement program is to engage local residents as well as visitors from beyond in a series of fun, expressive and educational activities.  With a special focus on serving the communities of downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown, William Mead, Lincoln Heights, Solano Canyon, and Cypress Park, Cornfield activities will tap a wide range of artists, writers, poets, musicians, and storytellers who help define these neighborhoods.  An active schedule of programs serving school-age children will be available.

Not a Cornfield Operating Hours

Access to open space located at the northern boundaries of the site aswell as the perimeter walking trail will be open daily from dawn to dusk.  Public programs will be conducted 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.  Evening programs will be conducted Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.  Please check with site staff or the Not a Cornfield website at http://www.notacornfield.info for specific program information and event times.

Public Programming:

1. WALKING TRAIL AND PASSIVE RECREATION AREAS (Open Daily, Dusk to Dawn)
The Not a Cornfield project encompasses approximately 32 acres. Approximately 8.2 acres of the site has been designed as open space for passive recreation and public programs.  Open space areas are located near the northern end of the site and on the pedestrian walkway that encircles the site.

2. COMMUNITY GARDEN (Open By Reservation and Sunday Afternoons)
A "Community Garden" within the Cornfield will be the focus of celebration.  Dancers, drummers and other performers invite visitors to rejoice and participate in the transformation of the former brown field by planting and caring for the garden.  Known as the "Three Sisters" of Native American agriculture, corn, beans and squash have a special historical relationship in the corn planting process.  The corn grows tall, the beans climb the corn for support and feed the soil, and the squash keeps the soil moist, inhibits weeds and deters pests.  A spiral path encircles an earthen mound covered with fragrant native sage quieting the center.  Access to the garden will be available on a pre-scheduled basis for schools and other facilitated groups and open for community tending every Sunday afternoon from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m.

3. INTERPRETIVE FACILITY (Open Thursday through Sunday, 12:00 noon to 6:00 PM)
The Cornfields property includes a small, historic building near the Southern boundary of the site.  The building was last used in the1980's as a hamburger stand called "Millies."  The structure will be re-purposed during the limited term of the Cornfield project as an interpretive center and gateway to the site.  Here visitors can receive printed materials and other information about the project as well as seek the assistance of young people from the community serving as docents.  Docents will be available to orient and facilitate visitors as they explore the Not a Cornfield site.

4. ART & LITERARY SALONS (Three Events: Several Sundays)
Three literary/spoken word events will be conducted featuring storytelling and other literary mediums to facilitate the oral history of the Cornfields site during the past 100 years and beyond.  The events will take place on several Sundays. Tentative dates and programs include::August 20: "River Stories," fictional and real life accounts of life in and around the Los Angeles River with Master of Ceremonies, Hillary Kaplan. September 17: Ansel Krut and Felicity Powell will facilitate a conversation about art in European Paintings.October8: Program in development.

5. OPEN SCREEN/OPEN MICROPHONE (Six Events: Selected Thursdays)
In cooperation with The Echo Park Film Center and other community partners, an Open Screen program will be held every third Wednesday during of the months of July, August and September from 7:30-10:00 p.m. A selection of short films will be shown.  Participants are welcome to suggest their favorite film(s) or present their own work for viewing. Personal entries must be limited to ten minutes or less in length and available in one of the following formats: DVD, Mini-DVD, Super 8, or VHS.  Submissions must be family appropriate and not all films submitted will be shown.  Contact the Not a Cornfield, LLC staff for additional details.

Open Microphone: In concurrence with the Open Screen program the Radio Sonideros Collective will host "Open Mic Nights."  Participants are invited to record thoughts, reflections, poetry, music or simply random musings about the Cornfields, past, present and future.

Tentative dates and programs include:

July 27: Noches de Palomitas: Short subjects from Tijuana.  The event will explore the burgeoning film production trend in Tijuana and cultural relationships between the United States and Mexico.  Produced in cooperation with Consejo Fronterizo de Arte y Cultura (COFAC).

August 10: City Of Angels: Short films that feature Los Angeles as a backdrop.

August 24: Chinese films in conjunction with the Chinatown Food Festival.

September 07: To be developed.

September 21: To be developed.

October 26: Lutz Becker, filmmaker, has a life work which is the completion of Serge Eisenstein's Que Viva Mexico -- as part of a "Day of the Dead" celebration.

6. CULTURAL CEREMONIES PROGRAM (Six to Eight Events: Select FRIDAYS)
Native American and Indigenous communities as well as other sacred religions and folkways will lead ritual programs that bless and celebrate the land and people.

7. Festivals (Selected Saturdays)
Community festivals related to the process of planting corn will be conducted during different phases of the project.  Community artists will perform and participate in planting and harvesting activities.

Tentative dates and programs:

July 23: "Germination Festival" featuring percussion performers.

September 23: "Pollination Festival" featuring movement and dance
performers.

October 21-22: "Harvest Festival" celebrating the culmination of the Not a Cornfield project.

8. OPEN STUDIOS (Four events: Selected Thursdays)
Lauren Bon, Not a Cornfield artist and trustee of the Annenberg Foundation and president of Not a Cornfield, LLC, invites community residents and visitors to participate in conversations about the project and to discuss art, the humanities and related topics of interest.

Tentative dates and programs include:

June 16: Not A Cornfield project overview.

July 14: Neighborhood Urban Planning.

August 17: Chinatown and adjacent communities

September 14: To be developed.

9. RADIO PROGRAM (Web radio at http://www.notacornfield.info)
The Radio Sonideros Collective will be mapping and sharing through sound, the layers of influence and confluence surrounding the Cornfields as both conceptual and physical site.  Live and recorded sounds and voices from the Not a Cornfield project and documentary and archival audio about the site will be periodically posted to the website. Radio Sonideros is collecting personal stories, oral histories and other archival sounds for the "Roots of the Park" audio documentary project.  Anyone who has a story to tell about their personal connection or relationship to the land that lies between North Spring and North Broadway in Los Angeles is encouraged to contact radiosonideros@yahoo.com. This program will be streamed on the web at http://www.notacornfield.info.

10. POTENTIAL VENUE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS
The Not a Cornfield site may be made available on a limited basis to host special community events or activities, over and above those organized by the project leaders.  For example, the site is under consideration by the Chinatown Moon Festival for production of their summer festival.  Similarly, the Chinatown Food Festival is exploring the possibility of coordinating a "public dinner" catered by Chinatown restaurants.

The Not a Cornfield management team appreciates and embraces the active participation of the community.  Please bring your ideas, comments and questions to the Not a Cornfield staff located in the temporary facilities at the north end of the property.

11. SPECIAL HISTORY PROGRAM (Friday, September 2)
Historians and other experts will assist in identifying and telling the notable cultural and historic events of the Not a Cornfield site. Interpretive elements will be made available through a variety of methods, including a special symposium on Friday September 2.  The Not a Cornfield leaders welcome and look forward to the opportunity to consider additional approaches for presenting historical content.

12. JOBS PROGRAMS
In addition to providing community access and public programming opportunities, the Not a Cornfield leaders have initiated several employment and volunteer opportunities: Approximately 30 individuals will be temporarily employed or mentored in a variety of positions including Tour and Information Guides, Conservationists, and Landscape Tenders.  Student workers will be trained and mentored as docents and tour guides and to assist in the broader community-based cultural tourism effort.
11.  BUDDY COLLETTE'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION -- MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW! -- AUGUST 7

Join us at Buddy Collette's Birthday Celebration on August 7 at the classy, infamous Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood.  It's a performance to benefit the JazzAmerica program, a nonprofit corporation (EIN #95-447-5965), which was co-founded by Mr. Collette in 1994 to offer jazz education and professional instruction tuition-free to music students.  Mr. Collette will be there.

JazzAmerica currently relies on donations and grants (from LA's Cultural Affairs Department, for example).  There are many more interested students throughout the City of Los Angeles, and the program needs to expand to serve as many kids as possible.

General Admission is only $20, and preferred seating ("Buddy's Buddies," close to the stage, including gift) is $75.  All admission sales benefit the JazzAmerica program.  Tickets for sale at the door, but reservations are suggested.

Performances by the JazzAmerica Big Band, the Hour Trio, and special guests, including the following jazz greats:  Jeff Hamilton, Rickey Woodard, Jennifer Leitham, Ann Patterson, Shelly Berg, Jack Sheldon, Llew Matthews, Ross Tompkins, and more.

Parking is $6.00, and there is a two-drink minimum.  Dinner (great food!) is available for purchase.

For reservations, please e.mail amrominre@hotmail.com.  Or, send your check to JazzAmerica Benefit Celebration, 10457-4 Larwin Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311.

For more information about JazzAmerica, please log onto http://www.jazzamerica.org.
Buddy Collette's Birthday Celebration
Sunday, August 7, 2005
6:00 p.m.
Catalina Bar & Grill (an establishment Mr. Collette helped found)
6725 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood CA
$20 General Admission
$75 Preferred Seating (be "Buddy's Buddie" -- close to the stage and a special gift)
Reservations strongly suggested.  E.mail:  amrominre@hotmail.com or call (818) 718-0835

SEATING IS LIMITED, SO RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED.  Make your reservations now!
12.  LETTERS AND E.MAILS

"My sympathy to Hilary Orozco in the loss of her sister-in law Patricia.  What a sad event.

Thanks to her, too, for being the TERA leader for two years.  She has done a great job keeping us all informed and for her ongoing work transforming Eagle Rock into a town of comfort and beauty."

-- Nancy Shannon-Sinclair, Eagle Rock homeowner for 26 years, resident of Torrance, California

"Hi TERA --

My wife and I will be attending our third Eagle Rock Music Festival . . . but when is it this year?  Thanks --"

-- Robin and Ann Matthews, Austin, Texas, residents
13.  QUOTE OF THE WEEK -- WOODY ALLEN

"There is one thing about intellectuals.  They prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what is going on."  [as said by Mr. Allen's character Alvy Singer in "Annie Hall"]
Got graffiti? Contact the City of LAıs Operation Clean Sweep Graffiti Removal Hotline:  3 - 1 - 1.
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İ2005 The Eagle Rock Association

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A publication of The Eagle Rock Association (TERA)
Joanne Turner, Editor
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Joanne Turner <artburn@earthlink.net>
President Emeritus, The Eagle Rock Association (TERA)