Now you can’t even buy a Christmas...
Now you can’t even buy a Christmas tree without feeling guilty. Or, possibly, un-American.
“Ever wonder what happens to Christmas trees once the ornaments are taken down, the lights are unplugged and the branches have turned brown and brittle?” asks the Air Quality Management District. “Many are put into smoky open bonfires, which cause air pollution.”
The agency, in fact, recommends an artificial tree over a cut tree.
This logic stumps the National Christmas Tree Assn., which points out that not only are artificial trees mostly manufactured in Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, but they “consist of non-biodegradable plastics and metals.”
Maybe Scrooge was just an environmentalist before his time.
Long live the King, etc.
The Elvis Head is the object of a bidding frenzy that includes two local sculptors as well as radio station KLOS-FM, which towed the 1,400-pound floral bust across the nation earlier this year.
Graceland, which owns the right to the singer’s name, said it also wants the former Rose Parade float, now on display in the Cash for Cans scrap yard in Jackson, Miss.
No dollar figures have been mentioned yet, but sculptors Ralph Eaton and Brett Waller said they’re willing to go as high as $75 for the bust. They want to place it in a shed lined with Elvis wallpaper and filled with original Elvis-inspired art works. They call it their Voodoo Elvis Barn.
Incidentally, we previously reported that the Mississippi Tournament of Roses Assn. had sold the King’s skull to Cash for Cans for $13.75. The actual price was $13.80.
Students at Raymond Avenue Elementary School near downtown L.A. formed ranks recently to provide a striking demonstration of their attitude toward drug use (see photo).
Bill Hamilton of Long Beach, traveling on the San Diego Freeway, noticed a dozen military trucks sporting such chalk-written messages as “Saudi Arabia Bound” and “I’m Having a Raq Attack.” Which reminds us, the latest hit on KPWR-FM radio is “Saddam Got Run Over by the Reindeer,” sure to become a holiday classic.
Browsing through her phone book, Saundra Sheffer of San Dimas discovered that West Covina Nursery is in La Verne, the La Verne Nursery is in San Dimas, the Monrovia Nursery is in Azusa and Glendora Tree Surgery is in West Covina.
You can only read stuff like that here at Only in Culver City.
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The longest street in Los Angeles County is Sepulveda Boulevard, which runs 29 1/2 miles and was immortalized in the Oingo Boingo song, “Pico and Sepulveda.” Figueroa is next at 28 miles, followed by Mulholland Drive (23), Sunset (20) and Western (19).