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Articles from
October 2007
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Dr. Anton Ambrose P’88 ’92 and Cezhan Ambrose ’92 invite you to the American premiere of the film
Blood and Wate
r (the story of the Ambrose family, in the aftermath of the 2004 South Asian Tsunami), on Saturday evening, Nov. 17.
The film is directed by Rohan Fernando for the National Film Board of Canada. The screening is in memory of Beulah P’88 ’92 and Orlantha Ambrose ’88, and celebrates Orlantha's remarkable philanthropic legacy: 'The Strings by the Sea.'
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The Max Haymer Trio, featuring Max Haymer '03 on piano, will be playing two shows in the Los Angeles area in November.
The trio wll be playing at Upstairs at Vitello's (
www.vitellosrestaurant.com
) in Studio City on Tuesday, November 6, with sets at 7:30 and 9:00 p.m. Their second show will be at the Jazz Bakery (
www.jazzbakery.org
) in Culver City on Sunday, November 11, with sets at 8:00 and 9:30 p.m.
For more information on Max, visit his
MySpace profile
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Barbara Welsh, a physical education teacher and coach here for nearly 40 years, is going to be inducted in the Harvard-Westlake Athletic Hall of Fame.
Welsh, who passed away in December 2006, will be honored during the varsity football game half-time ceremony, at Ted Slavin Field, on homecoming Saturday (Oct. 27).
All are invited to attend this celebration of a great teacher and coach. The game, against Serra, starts at 7 p.m., and the induction ceremony begins around. 8 p.m.
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After five games, including four wins, the
Daily News
places Harvard-Westlake at 14 in the region's top 20 prep football teams. Click
here
for the full story.
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Mike Brownstein '99 is an alumnus of Harvard-Westlake who passed away suddenly this past June. His endless energy and innate desire to work hard, yet still make time for helping others and having fun (he was an avid surfer), resulted in a tremendous legacy that his numerous friends are continuing.
This Friday, Oct. 5, friends and family of Mike (also known online as the Mike Brownstein Fan Club) are hosting a beach clean-up and surf lesson event with View Park Preparatory School in honor of Mike. They are delighted to have the help of almost 80 students from View Park Prep, which is a charter school founded by former Harvard-Westlake teacher Mike Piscal.
In return for their efforts, the group intends to get the 80 kids up and surfing! Read More
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Alumna Gretchen Glick has turned a neuromuscular disorder into her full-time "job." At age 10, she was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) syndrome, which is the most common inherited neuromuscular disorder. It affects more than six million people worldwide, and doesn't discriminate based on age.
On Sept. 22, the Santa Ynez Valley Journal, a local Southern California newspaper, wrote a story about Gretchen and her work with CMT. Click here to read that story.
CMT is also known as Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy, and is often misdiagnosed as Muscular Dystrophy, Lyme disease or Multiple Sclerosis. Symptoms can include pain, fatigue, lack of balance, tremors, nerve burning and sometimes other crippling effects. Read More
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