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Vol. 37 No. 19
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Sisters share bond thanks to crew program put,” Caelin said of the track and field event. “Tori figured she had a sport, so she When Long Beach native shouldn’t need to do it.” After school ended in June Caelin Feehan was a ninthgrader in 2022, her mother, Nor- 2023, both sisters joined Coneen Feehan, encouraged her to cept Fitness’s competitive rowing team, for which try out for Long they trained five Beach High days a week, rowSchool’s crew proing for two hours gram, a 10-week and then weight enrichment pro training for two gram that took more. place at Concept The program Fitness, a health was under the club in Oceanside. direction of Lizzy That decision has Carson, Head now come full cirCoach at Concept cle, as Feehan has Fitness, who was signed a letter of impressed by the intent to row at Feehans’ skills and Loyola University, dedication. “They in Maryland, where were the reason I she plans to major woke up early,” in biology. Now 17, Feehan ToRRANce FeeHAN Carson said. “Not only were they said her mother Long Beach amazing athletes to always pushed her coach, but they and her older sister, Torrance, to get involved in really helped us develop the sports to build healthy habits. program.” The sisters became known Caelin, who also runs track and cross-country, said she had to for their similar personalities persuade her sister, who’s and constant jokes. “We had known as Tori, to try out for this habit of saying everything at exactly the same time as crew. “She didn’t want to do it twins from a horror movie,” because she was doing shot Continued on page 8
By AIDAN WARSHAVSKY
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By day’s end last Saturday, six ticket booths had been transformed into freestanding art pieces.
Eye-catching ticket booths are ready for beachgoers By cHRIS colUccI ccolucci@liherald.com
The arts are thriving at the beach this season. Last month, massive murals reinvigorated an abandoned building on the boardwalk. Now, the humble boardwalk ticket booths have been transformed from unremarkable to unmistakable. For the first time in 10 years, six beachfront booths have been given more than just a fresh coat of paint. The city partnered with the Long Beach Arts Council to recruit a squad of six local artists to turn the simple shacks into freestanding art pieces.
Amanda Diller, Michele Dodd, Liza Hertweck, Rob Rothman, Ali Rufrano-Ruffner and Justine Stefanelli answered the call to spend one paint-splattered day, last Saturday, working on ticket booths at Magnolia, National, Edwards, Riverside and Long Beach boulevards. Riverside will feature two booths, with one at each of the remaining locations. Stefanelli, an accomplished photographer, joined the project to paint her first mural with the goal of dedicating it to her late mother, Mary Topps, who was a muralist. Stefanelli also included a small duck in her Continued on page 10
ur bond strengthened through everything we did together, from the doubles races to our inside jokes.