About Town
New and Improved Aquarium
Leadership Manhattan Beach class members Michelle Sexton and David Kouchnerkavich (center) present a fundraising check to Roundhouse Aquarium personnel Eric Martin, Paul Blieden, Valerie Hill, Dawn Martin, and Lauren Holman. Photo courtesy of Leadership Manhattan Beach
The signs are here.
Leadership Manhattan Beach (LMB) completed its 2010 “Signs of the Sea” capstone project, where members designed and created educational signs for display at the pier’s Roundhouse Aquarium. In addition to installing the new signs and two flat-screen televisions at the aquarium, Leadership Manhattan Beach also donated $5,000 to the aquarium for future projects.
Students in LMB courses develop leadership skills through community-based projects. “Signs of the Sea” was the capstone project for the 2009 class.
The Roundhouse Marine Lab and Aquarium is located at the end of the Manhattan Pier and is open 3 p.m. to sunset Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to sunset on the weekends.
For more information on Leadership Manhattan Beach’s upcoming class this fall, visit www.leadershipmb.org.
Heart Tattoos
Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homebody Industries and author of Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion speaks Sunday, June 6 at American Martyrs Church in Manhattan Beach. This organization’s mission for more than 20 years has been “to turn jobs into a recipe for saving the lives of gang members.”
Copies of Tattoos on the Heart will be available for sale at the discussion, provided by downtown bookstore Pages. The talk will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the American Martyrs Church O’Donnell Hall, 624 15th St. A KABC television segment of Father Boyle that ran Monday night can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-cuaTAxshQ. For information, call (310) 545-5651.
Budget Talks
The Manhattan Beach City Council will do a final review of its 2010-11 budget during its regularly scheduled 6:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday. A public hearing and final adoption of the budget and capital improvement plan is scheduled during the June 15 City Council meeting. For more information, visit www.citymb.info. ER