Paul Revere Middle School will be staging its annual 5K Fun Run on campus on Saturday, November 2.The organizers are opening up the event to the whole Palisades community this year, rather than just Revere students.It will be a Famil Fun Run with a DJ, T-shirts and prize giveaways.
The entry fee is $25, which includes a raffle ticket.The race will serve as both a fundraising event as well as a community event, as it opens up the Revere campus on Allenford to the community, since many Palisades residents attend the public school, which serves as the feeder school to Palisades High.
Check-in begins at 8 a.m. on the day of the event and the 3.1 mile run starts promptly at 8:30.
Prizes will be awarded to the four fastest runners, the participant with the best individual costume and to the best family costume. Cosutmes are encouraged but are only optional. Runners are encouraged to arrive early.Parking is available onsite or on streets in the surrounding neighborhood. This is not an official timed event.
Revere fields many successful teams, including basketball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, flag football and cross country in addtion to its P.E.P. After School Personal Enrichment Program.
The 10th annual Pacific Palisades Turkey Trot returns to Palisades Charter High School on Thanksgiving Day, November 28. The holiday 5K and 10K event will start promptly at 8 a.m. and is expected to draw 2,200 participants and 2,500 spectators across Pacific Palisades in what has become a fun, family community tradition dating back to 2013.
This year’s race will feature the same course routes participants have come to expect. Each runner will receive a complimentary swag bag containing an event t-shirt, a chip-timed bib and other gift items. Results will be posted shortly after the race at www.paliturkeytrot.com/results
Packet pick-up will be at the Swarthmore Room at Palisades Village in the three days leading up to the event—Monday (Nov. 25), Tuesday (Nov. 26) and Wednesday (Nov.27).
Event organizers strongly urge runners to come to Palisades Village one of those days to pick up their gear early to avoid lines on Thanksgiving morning. Street closures will be in place from from 5:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The race will start and finish at the 50-yard line at Stadium by the Sea.
Ten-year-old black belt Ben Zamel was first in Tradtional Weapons and first in Traditional Forms at the IMAC Open.
By STEVE GALLUZZO | Sports Editor
Karate mom Gracy Llana added more trophies to her growing collection last weekend, but more than the hardware what satisfied her most last Sunday was being able to watch her dojo “kids”compete—and win—at the International Martial Arts Council (IMAC) Open at Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles.
Since she started taking karate lessons at Gerry Blanck’s Martial Arts Center about 17 months ago, Llana has entered numerous competitons and has never left empty-handed.
The 50-something blue belt took first place in Traditional Kata, Muiscal Kata,Weapons and Sparring and received a 9.98 score from one of the judges in a kata that she learned in less than a month thanks to her mentor and friend Tamar Springer, a longtime black belt and instructor at Blanck’s studio.
“I’m usually all by myself at these tournaments so it was great being able to see my fellow students compete this time,” Lllana said. “I’m so grateful for Tamar. I never could’ve learned that fast without her.”
Black belt Ben Zamel, a fifth-grader at Marquez Elementary, has been training at Blanck’s studio for seven years and took home first-place trophies in Traditional Forms and Traditional Weapons. “Sais are my favorite,”the 10-year-old said.
Taking third in Forms was 10-year-old blue belt Eden Savoian at Bay Laurel Elementary in Calabasas. “It was about as hard as I thought it would be,” she said.
Seven-year-old yellow belt Ryder Factor, a first grader at Corpus Christi, was second in Sparring and third in Forms. “It was my first tournament but I wasn’t nervous, said Factor, who has trained with Blanck since he was 3.
Eight-year-old brown belt Grayson Heydenrich, now in third grade at St. Matthew’s, was first in Forms, second in Sparring: “It was easier than I thought. I like Forms best.”
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Gracy Llana at Gerry Blanck’s dojo with the four first-place trophies she won at the IMAC Open in Los Angeles.
Eden Savoian, a 10-year-old blue belt, got third place in Forms.
Eight-year-old brown belt
Grayson Heydenrich was first in Forms and second in Sparring.
Seven-year-old yellow belt Ryder Factor took second place in Sparring and third in Forms.
Palisades High alum Kaitlyn Parcell tallied two assists at left outside back for her Fortuna Hjorring side in a Denmark Women’s Premier League soccer game last week. Courtesy of Fortuna Hjorring Football Club
By STEVE GALLUZZO | Sports Editor
Pro soccer player Kaitlyn Parcell is tearing it up on the pitch for her Fortuna Hjorring team, which sits in second place in the Denmark Women’s Premier League (Gjensidige Kvindeliga Division 1) and has also advanced to the quarterfinals of the Denmark Cup (analogous to England’s FA Cup).
Two weeks ago, Parcell played all 90 minutes in a 6-0 victory in a Cup contest and another full 90 three days later in a league match in which she contributed two assists from her left outside back position. Fortuna last played on Sunday, winning 4-0, and after an International Team break this weekend, will play the first place team in the league (FC Nordsjaelland) in what will likely determine the league championship.
“We’ve only had three goals scored against us so we’ve done a good job defensively and that starts from the front line to the midfield to the back line so I think we’ve worked well together as a team and hopefully we can keep that going,” Parcell said when interviewed last week. “We’re all just excited for an an opportunity to hopefully get another win.”
After two seasons with MSV Duisburg in the German Bundesliga, the Palisades High alum wanted to explore other opportunities and signed with Fortuna Hjorring in the Danish Women’s League (Kvindeliga) last year, playing in all but one game and making 12 starts on defense. She reported back to the squad over the summer for preseason training and league play began in August. Parcell, who turned 27 in September, grew up in the El Medio Bluffs, excelled in cross country and track at Corpus Christi School and is the only player in the history of the Palisades High girls soccer program to tally 50+ goals and 50+ assists in her career. She won the Palisadian-Post Cup Award in 2016 as the school’s outstanding senior athlete.
Sophomore Zoey Morris was second in the varsity girls race in 18:18.7 and led the Dolphins to first in the team standings with 35 points. Photos by Steve Galluzzo
Pali High Cross Country Teams Sweep Varsity Races at El Dorado Park
By STEVE GALLUZZO | Sports Editor
Palisades High’s boys and girls cross country teams have their sights set on the City Section Championships in November and both seem to be hitting their stride at the right time. The Dolphins tuned up for this weekend’s 76th annual Mt. SAC Invitational in Walnut by competing in the 37th edition of the Bell Gardens Invitational last Saturday morning at El Dorado Regional Park in Long Beach and they dominated the two varsity races, winning them by convincing margins.
The boys tested the flat three-mile course in the first race of the day and six Dolphins finished in the top 20, paced by junior Blake Sigworth, who clocked 15:18.9 to take third overall behind Glendora senior Kevin Sandoval (15:08.2) and San Pedro senior Christopher Frelix (15:17.0)in a field of 272 runners. Junior Zachary Cohen was the second Dolphin across the line, taking sixth in 15:27.2. Senior Owen Lewicky was ninth in 15:37.9 and junior Anthony Razo was 11th in 15:39 flat. Sophomore Mako Holt was Palisades’ last scorer, placing 14th in 15:45.0—exactly six seconds behind Razo. Triplets Ethan Funk (16:02.9), Sebastian Funk (16:24.9) and Justin Funk (16:25.4) were 17th, 30th and 31st, respectively, and fellow freshman Theo Mayeda was 28th in 16:20.8. Rounding out the Dolphins contingent was senior Basel Thierry, who was 43rd in16:43.1.
Junior Blake Sigworth took third in the varsity boys race in 15:18.9 and helped the Dolphins capture the team crown with 37 points.
In team scoring, Palisades was first out of 25 schools with 37 points, way ahead of Glendora (96), San Pedro (97), Bonita (166) and Bravo (193).
The varsity girls race went off half an hour after the boys and the Dolphins posted an even lower score—35 points—to outdistance Santa Monica (65), Cleveland (137), Bravo (140) and Glendora (142) in the 17-team field. Santa Monica senior Phoebe Benun was the individual winner in a time of 17:43.1.
In a duel between the last two City individual champions, Palisades sophomore Zoey Morris, last year’s section winner, clocked 18:18.7 to hold off Cleveland senior Meztli Velazquez (18:29.8) for second Saturday. Velasquez won City as a sophomore when she ran for Granada Hills. Junior Louisa Mammen (18:46.3) was the Dolphins’ No. 2 runner, coming in sixth, and their No. 3 placer was her freshman sister Eleanor (ninth in 19:02.2). Junior Daila Harinck (19:43.3) and sophomore Kendal Shaver (19:43.9) were 20th and 21st, respectively, and counted towards the team total. Cecilia Tierney was 34th in 20:34.7, fellow senior Casey Scaduto was 89th in 23:22.1 and Leena Adeli, another 12th-grader, was 99th out of 197 runners in 23:41.4.
Palisades won the junior girls division with 80 points paced by junior Mar Henderson-Maclennan (20:04.1) and took sixth in the junior boys race with 228 points, led by freshman Alex Graham (31st in 16:48.3).
Pacific Palisades Woman's Club Photo by Sarah Shmerling
By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief
Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club will host its annual drive-through flu and COVID vaccine clinic on Saturday, October 19, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
“The vaccines are free for members in the community, and will include infant, regular and senior doses while supplies last,” PPWC wrote in an email. “Stay healthy this season to enjoy the upcoming holidays.”
In collaboration with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the vaccines will be administered by Pharmacy 986 to attendees ages 6 months and older. In case of rain, the event will be canceled.
The clinic will take place at Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, located at 901 Haverford Avenue.
The office of Councilmember Traci Park and city of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks will host a Pacific Palisades Dog Park Community Engagement Meeting on Monday, October 21, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Palisades Branch Library.
“After years of community advocacy, we’ve worked hard to secure funding for this long-time community priority, and we’re excited to see the project move forward,” Park wrote in an email ahead of the meeting. “We hope that you can join us to learn more.”
The idea for an off-leash dog park in Pacific Palisades dates back nearly three decades—with an advocacy group, including Leslie Campbell, Carol Ross and Lynn Miller in 2017 called Pacific Palisades Dog Park Working Group, taking charge in recent years.
Plans include small and large dog areas along Temescal Canyon Road near Pacific Coast Highway, totaling 33,255 square feet, according to a Rec & Parks board report. The project scope, according to the report, is to “create a new off-leash dog park, including new fencing, path of travel (concrete path, entry plaza), synthetic surfacing, landscaping (trees, irrigation, mulch), security lighting, [and] site amenities (shade structure, hydration station, benches, trash receptacles, dog agility equipment).”
“The dog park will be funded by Measure A,” the flyer read.
The meeting will take place in the community room. Interested parties are encouraged to RSVP. For more information, contact Pacific Palisades Field Deputy Michael Amster.
Pali High Partybook will host its inaugural flea market on Sunday, October 20, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
“Thrifty is all the rave right now,” read an event description. “Students and their families can sell almost anything—clean out your closets and garage.”
More than 50 vendors have signed on to sell items like clothes, shoes, ski gear, sports gear, surfboards, furniture, toys and antiques. There will also be vendors selling art, jewelry and other items.
Food trucks, including Oma’s Puffers, Q Bao Dumplings and Sunset Smash, will be on site during the event, and Pali High alum Matty Gottesman will perform live.
The fees paid by vendors to set up a booth will go to Palisades High School Booster Club—a nonprofit that is designed to “raise funds to support and enhance the learning environment for all students at Palisades Charter High School through the support of academics, art, athletics, drama, music and technology.”
The market—which is being hosted by Patricia Chang, Nicole Magnifico and Johanna Minassian—will take place at the Palisades Charter High School campus, located at 15777 Bowdoin Street, in the lower parking lot. Admission is free.
“Our goal is to establish this as an annual tradition, providing an opportunity for members of the community to sell both new and cherished items,” Minassian said. “Notably, many of our vendors are students who are raising funds for their sports teams, charitable causes or for the benefit of Pali High.”
Following its September parking lot sale, Pacific Palisades Library Association has resumed collecting “gently read books” on Saturdays and Wednesdays through November 23.
Volunteers will be inside Palisades Branch Library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on October 19, 23, 26 and 30, as well as November 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20 and 23.
“Please note that we can only accept books in good condition,” PPLA—also known as Friends of the Palisades Library—wrote on a flyer for the collection drive. “Books should not be written in or highlighted, or show signs of excessive wear and tear.”
Magazines, textbooks, CDs, DVDs, encyclopedias and library books will not be accepted. PPLA also requested that book donations are not left at the library at times other than when a volunteer is present.
Books collected will be sold at future parking lot book sales, which support library updates and area programming like the annual summer creative writing contest and speaker series events.
“Our work in the community would not be possible without members and volunteers,” the flyer concluded. “To join us or for more information on how to volunteer, please email us at friends@friendsofpalilibrary.org.”
The Will Rogers Ranch Foundation is bringing back its “Will Rogers for Modern Eyes” film series, beginning with a screening of the 1934 film “Judge Priest” on Thursday, October 17, at 6:30 p.m. at Bay Theater in Palisades Village.
“Of Will’s 20 ‘talkies,’ ‘Judge Priest’ was the second of his two films directed by a young John Ford, and even today ranks as Will’s third-highest on IMDB with 6.2/10 and a 80% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes,” according to event details. “As the hero of Irvin S. Cobb’s classic stories, the title character William ‘Billy’ Priest is a widowed judge … who uses common sense, a laid-back air and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in 1890 Kentucky—and now faces his toughest case yet.”
Prior to the film, attendees are invited to a pre-panel discussion with film scholars to discuss movie making in the 1930s. Guests for the panel include recently retired executive VP archivist/librarian at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Randy Haberkamp, television writer Brianna Brown, and storyteller and award-winning playwright Dylan Brody. President of the Will Rogers Ranch Foundation Larry Nemecek will moderate the panel discussion.
Admission to the October 17 event—which takes place in the Bay Theater Screening Room—is free for students with ID and $10 for non-students.
“Tickets include the panel discussion, followed by [the] screening of ‘Judge Priest,’ and a free popcorn and soft drink,” according to event details. “Cocktails and additional concession items will be available for purchase. [There are] limited seats.”
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