B2 The Malibu Times February 13, 2014

MALIBU SEEN

By Kim DevoreEntertainment Editor

P e o p l e

Photo by Save VeniceTMT Entertainment Editor Kim Devore and attorney Barry Glaser in Venice, Italy, after tying the knot at the Malibu Courthouse.

ALL MY LOVINGthe beatles and a malibu match made in heaven.

After 17 years at The Malibu Times, I am not in the habit of put-ting myself in the paper (and certainly not two weeks in a row).

I usually write news and feature stories about local residents, their talents and good deeds, but this was special.

Fifty years ago this week, Beatlemania swept the nation. The legendary group made its debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and went on to take the country by storm. I ended up in a chic box seat as a goofy six-year-old with my parents at the Fab Four’s his-toric Hollywood Bowl concert.

Forty years later, I learned that my future husband was also at that same concert, working his first summer job as usher.

We met by accident at Abuelita’s Restaurant in Topanga at a New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox playoff party.

I was working for the Travel Channel as well as The Malibu Times, and always went over the canyon from Malibu to the valley.

On the way home, I stopped to check the score. In 2003, the Red Sox still had the curse. It was the last game of the playoffs and they were getting killed.

My future husband was very chatty and couldn’t believe he bumped into a girl who was so interested in baseball. (Like the Chicago Cubbies, I wanted to see them break the curse.) Think Cinderella.

In the seventh inning, with no hope in sight, I said something like, “You seem like a very nice guy, but I have to go home. I can’t take it.”

I did mention where I worked and the next day I received a dozen red roses. (Oh, what a nice touch; flowers get me every time!)

We got married by Judge Larry Mira at the Malibu Courthouse three months later. Before you could say “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,” I had a “Ticket to Ride” and we were sailing “Across the Universe” (to Venice, Rome and Positano). After admiring my husband’s driving skills in Napoli, I said “Baby You Can Drive My Car” and we have been driving together ever since.

Last Sunday, we watched “The Night That Changed America” on CBS. It was a tribute to The Beatles and their first U.S. television appearance 50 years ago. LL Cool J called it “a loving salute.”

Famous music makers like Stevie Wonder, Joe Walsh, John Mayer and Adam Levine gave it their all with classics like “We Can Work it Out” and “Here Comes the Sun.”

After paying homage to everyone in the band including George Harrison and John Lennon, Paul and Ringo took the stage and brought down the house.

Needless to say, those four lads from Liverpool launched a “Revolution.” It seems like “Yesterday,” but music to marriage, The Beatles created precious memories and “In My Life,” I love them all.

Water talk

100 days celebration

Photo courtesy Pamela RoseFifth-grade students at Juan Cabrillo Elementary School learned about the importance of conserving water during the current drought at a visit to the West Basin Water District’s Recycling facility in El Segundo.

Photo courtesy Juan Cabrillo ElementaryMrs. Nancy Jordan’s Juan Cabrillo Elementary kindergarten students celebrate the 100th day of school.

Malibu resident Lisa Brady won a $50 gift

certificate to Zin Bistro Americana at the Football Target Toss Competition at the Westlake Athletic Club’s Super Bowl Sunday Tennis Tournament. Brady

was the only entrant, male or female, to hit the tar-get.

Brady volleyed for the Broncos tennis team in four quarters of doubles match-es. The Broncos beat the Seahawks by 53 points.

Getting his wings

Photo courtesy USAF UPT graduationColonel James Sears Jr. hands Malibu native Lieutenant John Ottusch V his fixed wing pilot’s certificate.

Malibu na t i ve , 2d L i e u t e n a n t J o h n

Ottusch V, was awarded his wings as an officer in the United States Air Force in January. After graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2012, Lt. Ottusch passed Initial Flight School, and then underwent a year of undergraduate pilot

training in military flying pro-grams. He will learn to fly his top jet of choice, the KC-135 Stratotanker, in Okla., with his permanent assignment base at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Fla.

Lt. Ottusch is the son of Malibu residents Dr. John and Sonia Ottusch. He attended Malibu public schools and graduated from Malibu High School.

Targets and tennis

Photo courtesy Lisa BradyLocal Lisa Brady wins a gift certificate at the Football Target Toss Competition on Super Bowl Sunday.

Amy Fisher (leader)

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