May 30, 2019 Page 5
Entertainment
What Do They Do with All That
Poo? by Jane Kurtz
Reviewed by Kristen Morell, Librarian I,
Youth Services
For those who are curious about zoo
animals and their bodily functions, check
out Jane Kurtz’s What Do They Do with All
That Poo? I am always excited when I find
a great nonfiction book to share with young
readers. This factual picture book has it all:
catchy rhyming, interesting facts and a wide
variety of animals to learn about. Not to mention
very bold and colorful illustrations by
Allison Black. For those who want a funny
book to read, or those who are genuinely
curious about animal poo, you will enjoy
this great read. This book will share not
only what the animal’s poo looks like, but
what the zoo does with it all at the end of
the day. You’ll learn about elephant, panda,
giraffe and hippopotamus poo, to name a few!
I think this would make a great read aloud
and I would recommend it for preschool and
elementary-aged children. ‘
To check out What Do They Do with All
That Poo, or browse more fun nonfiction titles
for kids, please visit the library to apply for
your free library card. For more young reader
picks and staff favorites, stop by our Youth
Services Desk. Our friendly Youth Services
librarians would love to help you find your
next great read. •
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Film Review
What Do They Do with All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz. Kristen Morell
Echo in the Canyon:
A Celebration of Folk Rock
By Jane Greenstein for Cinemacy
Echo in the Canyon is as much a hybrid
of a movie as the “California Sound” it pays
tribute to in the film. A love letter to a time
(the mid-1960s) and a place (Laurel Canyon,
nestled off the Sunset Strip in the Hollywood
Hills), Echo in the Canyon, now playing at
ArcLight Hollywood and The Landmark, is
equal parts documentary and concert film.
Although the film is directed by music industry
veteran Andrew Slater, it’s musician Jakob Dylan
who is front and center, dissecting the folk rock
music that emanated from this hilly enclave –
showing how the “echo” of this musical genre
is still going strong some 50 years later.
Dylan entices those who lived the dream to
share some choice anecdotes about the chance
meetings and communal vibe that led to the
creation of some of the greatest pop music
ever made.
What’s largely unspoken is the impact the
narrator’s father had on the musicians who
appear in both archival footage and current
interviews. After all, it was Roger McGuinn’s
band The Byrds, credited as the godfathers of
the jingly jangly sound that emanated from this
area, who famously electrified Bob Dylan’s
“Mr. Tambourine Man.”
So while the elder Dylan is barely mentioned,
his peers -- including McGuinn -- revel in telling
stories of this truly magical time: Michelle
Phillips (of The Mamas and the Papas) reveals
the story behind “California Dreaming” (as
well as some good gossip about her band’s
love triangle) and David Crosby, Stephen Stills
and Graham Nash (interviewed separately)
have plenty to say not just about their union,
but also about their involvement in Buffalo
Springfield and The Byrds. Ringo Starr is on
hand to relate The Beatles’ encounters in the
canyon, and both he and The Beach Boys’ Brian
Wilson speak of the friendly competition that
fueled their bands’ work. Echo is dedicated
to the late great Tom Petty, who reminisces
about how these California bands inspired
his music, a different sound that would take
hold in L.A. about a decade after the Laurel
Canyon scene was no more.
While Wilson, as well as Stills and Eric
Clapton, take their turns in the studio, most of
the singing in the movie is left to Dylan and
his posse of stellar contemporary collaborators
including Beck, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor,
Cat Power, Norah Jones and Jade Castrinos.
Dylan and company record some choice selections
from the Laurel Canyon repertoire (“Go
Where You Wanna Go” is particularly effective)
and also perform them at a 2015 concert.
Whether too much time is spent on the
2015 show is debatable. Clearly, Dylan and
Slater use the concert as a way to introduce
these seminal songs to a younger generation.
One thing we could have used less of are
random scenes from Model Shop, a 1969 film
by French writer-director Jacques Demy that
reportedly inspired Slater and Dylan to make
their own movie capturing a truly unique era
in Hollywood. While the thread between Model
Shop and Echo in the Canyon may be tenuous,
we aren’t let down. Echo does its job, paying
tribute to a truly bohemian movement that will
likely never be replicated. •
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City Council from page 3
full-time employees, the City’s part-time workers
are also seeing a year-over-year increase
in pay. The Police Department in particular
has 23 part-time employees, the most of any
department, to go along with 150 full-time
employees.
“Most of the increases that you will see in
personnel costs are due to increased workers
comp, liability and health care costs,” Lopez
said of the Police Department budget. “The
other reason for the increase is because we
had a minimum wage increase and the Police
Department is one of the departments that
works with quite a few part-time employees.”
The Recreation and Community Services
Department also has a large part-time workforce
and saw a budget increase of nearly $2.5 million.
It will employ 10 part-time workers along
with 13 full-time employees for 2019-2020.
In the Public Works Department, the biggest
increase came from street improvements on El
Segundo Boulevard, Rosecrans and Prairie avenues,
and Imperial Highway. The year-over-year
costs jumped from $9.479 million in 2018-2019
to $17.9 million for 2019-2020. The funding
will be drawn from the City’s restricted funds.
The department also lost funding for CDBG
(Community Development and Building Grant),
which accounts for a $114,000 increase in
personnel costs. The CDBG decrease also hit
the Planning Department, which lost almost
$130,000 for code enforcement, according to
City Manager Arnie Shadbehr.
Monteiro clarified that the City didn’t actually
lose the federal CDBG money from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD). It was just reallocated to other
departments. “They don’t support those programs
anymore,” Shadbehr said of the funding
loss for code enforcement and graffiti removal.
“Just like how they used to support non-profit
service groups, they no longer support activities
like code enforcement.”
Shadbehr did take time to thank the City
Council members for their efforts to grow the
City’s revenues. “If you look at the report in
2015-2016, the City only had $5 million in
cash -- which was not enough for one month
of operating cost,” he said. “Today, you should
be proud of this accomplishment by taking
prudent measures to be where we are today
not only with sufficient money for operating
cash, but also for making investments.”
The Council later voted to approve an authorization
to allow Shadbehr, Lopez and City
Treasurer David Patterson to invest excess
funds into a savings account with Bank of the
West to continue to grow additional revenue. •