ANNE LEE
EMAIL: AnneWLee@aol.com
LARRY LEVINE
WEBSITE: www.tabletalkatlarrys.com
Larry Levine is a political consultant, editor and publisher of an online food magazine and restaurant recommendation web site, and a freelance contributor to newspaper op-ed sections.
Levine lives in Van Nuys CA with his wife, Jennifer. They have two sons, three grand daughters and a grand son.
“I don’t know for how many key strokes I’ve been responsible,” Levine says. “But it started when I was 13-years-old and took my first journalism class in junior high school. It’s 62 years later, now, and he’s still at it.”
Levine has been a political consultant since 1970, having overseen election campaigns for candidates and ballot measures in California and six other states. His firm, Larry Levine & Associates, is headquartered in Sherman Oaks CA.
In 2009 Levine turned his passion for all things food into the restaurant web site atLarrys.com – http://www.atlarrys.com. The site does not do restaurant reviews, just recommendations of places at which great food and unique dining experiences can be found. atLarrys.com now lists more than 200 restaurants in California and hundreds more throughout the rest of the world.
In 2010 Levine took his love of food to another level when he founded the online magazine Table Talk atLarrys.com – http://www.tabletalkatlarrys.com. The magazine has published nearly 300 articles and essays and has been read in some 145 countries.
Before turning to politics, Levine was a political reporter and editor for Copley News Service, with an office in Los Angeles and Sacramento. His 14 years in the news business also included stints as a sports writer and editor, a city editor, a special assignment reporter and an investigative reporter.
While working fulltime as a reporter, he wrote lyrics for three published songs and turned out story lines for several Warner Bros. TV dramatic series. He currently is working on several book-length projects.
(Text last updated: September 5, 2014 — 10:45 am)
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GAGIK MELIKYAN
EMAIL: gmelikyan@socal.rr.com
WEBSITE: http://imaginethetruth.com/
PUBLISHED WORKS: “Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Antioxidants, Foods, Supplements, and Cosmetics” (2010, 368pp)
Gagik Melikyan is a Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at California State University Northridge (CSUN) in Northridge, California. Being a highly cited author, his research has culminated in 85 papers, reviews, and book chapters on organic, organometallic, and hormone chemistry, as well as 130 presentations at scientific conferences, academic institutions, and public forums. For the last decade, on behalf of the consumer groups, Dr. Melikyan has been protecting the American public against harmful chemicals present in foods, supplements, beverages, cosmetics, and household items.
Gagik Melikyan is the author of “Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Antioxidants, Foods, Supplements, and Cosmetics,” (2010, 368pp), a book that has received awards from The USA “Best Books 2011” and the 2012 International Book competitions, both in the “Science” category. The book criticizes the public’s obsession with supplements, antioxidants, and natural extracts. In laymen terms, the author explains why – despite public beliefs – green tea, red wine, coffee, sunscreen lotions, hair colors, and women’s cosmetics can cause irreparable damage to vital body systems. Melikyan’s book is available for purchase at URL imaginethetruth.com, and also from the Matador bookstore on the CSUN campus ($29.99).
Health-related youtube videos, radio and TV interviews can also be found at URL imaginethetruth.com
(Text last updated: March 3, 2017 2:00 P.M.)
NORMAN MOLESKO
WEBSITE:
www.lapoetsociety.org/#!sradvocacy/cbro
Normie is a a poet, a psychologist and an elder. He was presented with a SPIRIT OF LIFE AWARD by the Los Angeles Poet Society.
Normie is called “An Ambassador For Seniors”. He is the founder and partner of the “Senior Advocacy Through Poetry Program”‘with the Los Angeles Poet Society.
This octogenarian was trained as a psychologist at the New School for Social Research. He was listed in American Men of Science. He has been a licensed psychologist and licensed nursing home administrator and a human factors specialist. He has served on the Los Angeles Dept.of Aging Council on Aging.
Normie was designated as Poet Laureate by the California San Fernando Valley Retired Teachers Association and Resident Poet by the San Fernando Valley Voice Newspaper. During the month of July 2009, he was named Featured Writer by the L. A. Dept. of Recreation & Parks (Senior Citizens Section). On public media, he was interviewed and aired on the Poets Corner on L.A. Radio Station KPFK and presented a recitation for an “Aging in L.A.” program on the City Television Channel 35. Normie contributed to the Home Bound Resources website.
His books are titled “Retiring And Senior Living, Experiencing The Second Half Of Life” and “Heart Attack! Then What?”. These books were accepted for the Braille Institute California Collection. They can be found on the shelves of the Columbia University Med School Narrative Medicine library (of teaching and learning resources).
Normie has been a featured poet at many venues in Los Angeles. He was featured at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 “100 Thousand Poets For Change” event at Beyond Baroque. He was featured in 2012 and 2013 at a Daniel Pearl World Music Days event.
In 2014, Normie was featured at a San Fernando Valley Arts Council event and a special guest feature at the Tia Chucha’s Cultural Center. In 2015, Normie was featured at a National Active & Retired Federal Employees event and at the Third Annual Lit Crawl Los Angeles event. In 2016, he was honored to participate in the Sixth Annual Poets & Writers Connecting Cultures event at Beyond Baroque.
(Text last updated: July 4, 2016 — 1:24 pm)
SYLVIA MOLESKO
A former primary school teacher, I have served on the California Retired Teachers Assn (CalRTA) Board, as newsletter editor for Voice of the Valley for the past five years. I am also a member of the board of the Valley Federation of Senior Citizen Clubs.
I was in the the Journalism class in high school and helped publish the senior album, then took Honorable Mention for a story published in ELAJC’s Milestone. After I was married and had two daughters I wrote poetry whenever the Muse struck. A late bloomer, I returned to CSUN for my teaching credential when both girls were in junior high and graduated the year that my oldest girl graduated high school.
I have since self-published five copies of my life writing book, “Memories Revisited”, which are in the hands of my two daughters’ families, my brother, myself and the Library of Congress.
On my desktop are 2 folders with various writings for use in Memories Revisited Volume Two – You and Volume Three – Me, works in progress.
My hobbies are oil painting and Mah Jongg. I am also ‘sekkaterry’ to my cat, Pit2nya, who posts and has adventures in the newsgroup rec.cats.pets.community, actually a very clever collaboration of folks with great humor and imagination.
(Text last updated: June 7, 2014 — 6:53 am)
SHEILA MOSS
I’m a Midwestern by birth but a Californian by adoption. Truth be told, growing up in a small town, Sun Prairie, WI, had its advantages—knowing everyone and its disadvantage—everyone knowing you and your business.
Since my parents Hazel and Jim Sullivan were the editor and publisher of THE STAR COUNTRYMAN, I learned at an early age to love words and to respect their power.
My dad gave me my first reporting job at l2 doing The Winnowing Column during summer vacation. I wrote up births, birthdays, anniversaries, and out of town visitors—even if they were from only ten miles away.
It wasn’t surprising when I selected to major in journalism at the University of Wisconsin. My parents both warned. “We know you like seeing your byline in the paper, but reporters don’t make a lot of money and jobs are sometimes scarce, so make sure you get your teaching certificate.”
With degree in hand, I found what they said was true. But sometimes they didn’t need teachers, but they did need writers.
It wasn’t long after taking a PR job at the State Historical Society that I met my husband to be. He had a sure way with words. “Marry me and I’ll take you away from this snow and cold and buy you a home with a pool.”
We ended in the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. (Yes, we did have a pool.) Los Angeles Unified School District didn’t need any teachers, but Los Angeles Community College needed a PR Officer. I worked in the downtown office for the highly respected Dr. Esther Davis. Besides doing a monthly magazine, I ghosted speeches for Michael Antonovitch and Marian La Follett.
On the personal front my husband and I were expecting our first baby. I switched to part time work doing the PKU Newsletter for Dr. Koch at Children’s’ Hospital Aaron was born that October and David was born two years and nine months later
Fast forward to going back to teaching and finally getting into a high school, John f. Kennedy, in Granada Hills where I again did school PR.
When I retired in l999, I vowed I would join CWCSFV. The rest is history. I served as program chairman for over two years as well as being head of the hospitality committee for the first writer’s conference. Thanks to a terrific critique group, three of my short stories took third place in the annual anthology contest. I also sold an article to Dialogue Magazine. Interviews with Max Schwartz and Betty Freeman provided by-lines in Senior Plus.
Now that we have three adorable granddaughters and one mischievous 17 month old grandson, I’m thinking of changing venues.
(Text last updated: June 7, 2014 — 6:53 am)
BRIAN MULDOON
EMAIL: brianmuldoon2002@gmail.com
ELAINE MURA
BOB OKOWITZ
EMAIL: apthealth@gmail.com
I was born in NYC with an older brother, Joe, and younger sister, Nance. We are now spread across the country, my sister in Vermont, my brother in Florida. Bummer.
Studied English at Lemoyne College in Syracuse, New York, a Jesuit school. Got inspired by Father Dan Berrigan, an anti war activist, and ended mental health work to make the world a better place. Fifty years later, I am getting back to my English roots and writing a novel, just like a million other people here in LA.
I enjoy swimming, working out, going to the beach, movies and traveling. Also, going to CWC meetings to learn more about writing is cool. My favorite travelling buddy is my wife, Rita. Tied for second are my kids Joey and Heidi.
My novel was inspired by a trip to Ireland, a country filled with beautiful people, landscape and tragic history. A young couple moves to New York in 1916 to escape persecution by the English. Of course, you will have to read it to find out the details.
(Text last updated: July 26, 2017 — 10:10 pm)