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Betty NJcho has knovm bad sd
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to mcJver during this year's
negotiaons.
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em avid skier better known as presi-
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steadfast refused to guarantee
I=e than one year, insisting such a
,ure heal of the dstt
€lragged on for a year and a half
distrust between the board and
reached last month.
g a 2% pay hike for both the just
years (they had sought a 3%
got the right to rescind the 2%
Year if its budget reserve falls below a
came as a welcome relief from
and the thanidess roe of
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Beverly Hills Education Association President Betty Nichols.
being reluctan casta tough union boss in the eyes of some
scho officmls and part of the pubic.
It was a role made even tougher fo her because of the
teachers' union's active rote in last year's bittedy waged Board of
E campaign. The Beverly Hills E refused to
back either of the two incumbents up for reelection or a third can.
didate being supported by the majority of the board.
Some board members, in turn, ques'doned the propriety of
the teachers' union making endorsements in the race. One of
the union's two endorsees (Jo Ann Koplin) was narrowty elected
to the board. The tw° incum berds passed °ver bY the uni°n (UI"
lian Raffel and AJ Willmer) also were reelected.
"It may have affected the negotiaOons," Nichols said of the
union's election involvemem. "Previously when I had negotiated
P/ease see Nicho/s, Page 26
July 21 - 27, 1994
Eight named to
five city panels
Among appointments are Gary Gilbar to
replace Rose Norton on planning commission.
rChitect and developer Gary Gilbar was appointed Tues-
to the Beverly Hills architecal commission -- one
eight new appointments made by the city council to
five city panels. Others appointed Tuesday:
• John Cope/and, executive director of the Virginia Robinson
Estate, to the architectural commission.
• Former School Board President Betty Wilson to the public
works commission.
• Kathy Reims to the traffic and parking commission.
• Joan S, Michelle Isenberg, Gene Carman and
Dorothy Sherwood to the fine ads commission.
Gilbar, who had been a member of the city's architectural
commission, replaces Rose Norton on the influentJ planning
board. Gilbar is the second architectural commissioner to move
up to the planning commission. In April, Julie Kahn was named
to succeed retiring plarming commissioner Paul Selwyn, hus-
band of new Fine Arts Commissioner Joan Selwyn.
In other business, the city council:
• held off on It threat to slap Century Cable with damages,
but voiced increased frustration over the company's operations.
"It's rising to the level of, "we're mad as hell and we won't
take it anymore'," said Mayor Vicki Reynolds.
Beverly Hills city officials have been at odds with Century
P/ease see Council, Page 26
kept secret in B. H.'
few appreciate full scope of Maple Center's efforts.
of a Beverly Hills mental health facility -- no Freudian anaJy-
of "couch Cahon" trappings -- but €t's never what The Maple
,e committed to the prac0cai," said Mariko Laniado, executive direc-
center. "We see people here with real-life problems."
but when a o/lent comes into The Maple Center depressed about
ckl ask, "did your mother toilet train you a certain way" Laniado
,=*munity institution, The Maple Center remains something of an enig-
• center often don't fully appreciate the scope of its efforts. In addi-
;, The Maple Center also serves as one of the largest psy-
secret in Beverly Hills," Laniado said.
.elegantly-decorated office quarters along Wilshire Boulevard, The
• rag center" to between 70 and 80 students each year who are pur-
and psycho:jy.
Counseling sessions provided at the center are conducted by those
P/ease see Center, Page 26
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FALL FASHION NEWS
The mainslay of the St..John Collection for
Fall '94 is, of course, knits along with
sequins and print mattosses,
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