By Bruce Haight
©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
10/31/18

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

10/31/18

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

Release Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2018

ACROSS
1 Story with many 
chapters
5 Hoops gp. since 
1996
9 Colorado tribe
13 Curved fastener
15 Remote batteries
16 Former Persian 
ruler
17 Actor who’s 
anxious to get the 
Halloween party 
startled?
19 Only
20 Man __: trendy 
hairstyle
21 Neighborhood
22 Sonnet line 
fivesome
23 Communications 
co. with a blue-
and-white globe 
logo
24 Sci-fi character 
trying to creep it 
real?
27 Bends to retie 
laces, say
29 Velvet-voiced 
Tormé
30 Air rifle ammo
31 One might put 
stock in it
32 Small keyboard
35 Comedian who 
says no body’s 
perfect?
39 Zero
40 Composer who 
was a CBS 
reporter
43 Medium ability
46 __ de deux
47 Everycity, USA
49 Pop group whose 
music is in 
en-crypted files?
53 __ shot
54 Pear centers
55 __ B’rith
56 Former Fed chair 
Bernanke
57 Just barely
58 Actor who frights 
for every part?
61 Show impatience, 
in a way
62 Opposite of away
63 Actor Nick
64 Ice cream brand
65 Messy stack
66 Ran, as dye

DOWN
1 Speaker for low 
sounds
2 Momentarily will, 
after “is”
3 Travel with the 
band
4 Greece neighbor: 
Abbr.
5 Gets one’s feet 
wet
6 Bedevil
7 Sweetie, in 
slang
8 Donkey
9 50states.com 
graphic, for 
short
10 Crime film group
11 Dangling 
jewelry
12 Mideast 
chieftains
14 Pooch who 
shared 
spaghetti with 
Lady
18 Crocus kin
22 Florida key, e.g.
25 Novelist Zola
26 Russo who plays 
Frigga in “Thor” 
films
28 Uncork, say

32 Smidge
33 Fenced-in area
34 “Africa” band
36 Chowderheads
37 Dudes-only
38 Spongy toy
41 Matte finish?
42 Like this puzzle’s 
theme?
43 Way out
44 Brief TV plug
45 Kidd stuff
47 Remote button

48 Complete, as a 
PDF contract
50 Gives over (to)
51 Michelle 
Robinson’s 
married name
52 Gen. Assembly 
member
58 “Lower your 
voice!”
59 Country singer 
David Allan __
60 Steal from

It is a cool Saturday in late 

Oct. and as most of Ann Arbor 
sleeps, Kerrytown’s Detroit Filling 
Station wakes up with the intent 
of changing the world. As I arrive 
at the activist brunch event, I 
have little idea of what to expect. 
All I know before arrival is that 
the event is a partnership of sorts 
between the owners of Detroit 
Filling Station and the Restaurant 
Opportunities Center of Michigan, 
who are currently advocating 
for the Michigan One Fair Wage 
Campaign. The One Fair Wage 
Campaign is a national campaign 
advocating for better working 
conditions and higher wages for 
restaurant workers around the 
United States. The server-for-an-
hour event held at the Ann Arbor 
restaurant on Oct. 27 was just one 
stop on a tour of public appearances 
across Mich. this past weekend 
featuring actress and activist Jane 
Fonda, Restaurant Opportunities 
Centers United co-founder Saru 
Jayaraman and Black Lives Matter 
co-founder Patrisse Cullors. Also 
at the event was congresswoman 
Debbie 
Dingell, 
former 
state 

legislator Rashida Talib (who is 
running unopposed in Nov. and 
will become one of the first two 
Muslim-American women elected 
to the U.S. Congress) and state 
representative Yousef Rabhi.

Restaurant 
Opportunities 

Center 
co-president, 
Saru 

Jayaraman, educated me further on 
the cause and the current reasoning 
behind their stop in Mich. when she 
gave some opening remarks as the 
event began.

“The Michigan state legislature 

passed the law for a $12 minimum 
wage for tipped employees in the 
state of Michigan, and now they 
are trying to take it off the ballot,” 
Jayaraman said passionately as 
patrons nodded in agreement. Her 
rousing speech had a common 
thread: urging everyone to call 
their senators and condemn the 
removal of One Fair Wage (OFW) 
off the ballot.

The public appearance of these 

celebrities to advocate for OFW 
was well placed at Detroit Filling 
Station — a restaurant that ensures 
the respectful treatment of their 
employees. They make sure to 
provide fair wages, with everyone 
— from dishwashers to servers to 
cooks — making between $14 and 
$19 an hour. Additionally, all who 
work at least 30 hours per week are 
eligible for Michigan’s top-of-the-
line health & dental plan, ensuring 
that employees can cover all of the 
necessary costs of living.

As the event carried on with 

gusto and charisma, I walked 
around and talked to some of the 
customers and local community 
members about what they thought 
of the event, as well as what brought 
them there.

“It is super exciting to be a part 

of something in this community 

dedicated to a fair wage,” said Ann 
Arbor resident Lynn Dils, who was 
enjoying her coffee and waiting 
for the event to begin. “We have 
waitresses in the family, so it’s great 
to be a part of something locally 
that supports them too.”

Many other patrons who I had 

the chance to speak with shared 
her sentiments exactly. There was 
something stirring in the air as 
the diner bubbled with passionate 
discourse between one another.

“I am so excited to be here with 

national celebrities who are lending 
support to a local issue… and it’s 
also my favorite restaurant,” said 
patron Marian Gonsior when asked 
about how it felt to be at an event 
like this in Ann Arbor.

The event was an amalgamation 

between so many different people 
from the Ann Arbor community, 
all sharing a common love for social 
activism and vegan food. It pushed 
people to want to leave the doors 
of Detroit Street and go out and 
spread the word about One Fair 
Wage. Activist and actress Jane 
Fonda, the biggest name on the 
bill, had a lot to say on the topic of 
paying it forward and marching on 
past the doors of Detroit Street, in 
order to really make a difference.

“My former husband (Tom 

Hayden) came from Royal Oak, 
went to the University of Michigan 
and was the editor of The Michigan 
Daily, and he taught me to really 
love this state,” she began when 
she took the microphone to speak 
in front of anxiously awaiting 

Over vegan food, a fight to 
raise the minimum wage 

ELI RALLO

Daily Arts Writer

EVENT COVERAGE

COURTESY OF DETROIT FILLING STATION

customers.

“This is a midterm election and 

it is the most important election 
that I’ve ever lived through. If we 
don’t at least take back the House, 
we’re in even more trouble, and 
it’s very important that everyone 
understands to vote down the 
ticket,” she said.

“Call your representatives after 

the election and tell them you will 
not stand for them repealing One 
Fair Wage, or for taking it off the 
ballot,” she finished strongly, before 
introducing co-founder of Black 
Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors, who 
agreed with and elaborated on her 
sentiments.

“Black Lives Matter has really 

been on the front lines of changing 
the debate and the conversation 
about racial justice in this country 
and also around the world. And 
I think that this particular bill 
really challenges the idea of who is 
deserving and what they deserve. 
We live in a country that has built 
our foundation on who is inferior 
and who is superior,” Cullors said.

“So in our efforts to challenge 

the state and local governments to 
make sure that this bill isn’t gutted 
— it’s going to take everybody in 
this room. It’s going to take all of 
our work, all of our love and all of 
our commitment,” Cullors said. “I 
hope that after today you go home. 
You talk to your family members, 
you talk to your co-workers, you go 
on your social media and you make 
sure that you say that this One 
Fair Wage bill cannot be gutted in 
Michigan.”

With her conclusion, the crowd 

roared in agreement, picking up 
their forks again to finish piles of 
thick vegan pancakes, layered with 
strawberries, whipped rice cream 
and Mich. maple syrup.

I overheard Congresswoman 

Dingell 
expressing 
her 

commitment to being involved and 
present at the local activist events 
over last weekend — including an 
event for domestic violence and 
a breast cancer awareness event. 
Right away, she asked the manager 
of Detroit Street for an apron, so 
that she was ready to serve.

“I can’t just stand here and not 

remind you that we’re 10 days 
away from an election,” she began, 
which elicited a laugh from the 
audience. Many of the speeches 
by the guest servers surrounded 
voter mobilization. In recognizing 
that, for the Democratic Party 
especially, this election is extremely 
important, they emphasized the 
issues of unfair working conditions 
and low wages to bring to light 
the necessity of voting in the 
coming election. They expressed 
repeatedly that the only way One 
Fair Wage will see light on a Mich. 
ballot in the future, and maybe one 
day become a reality, is if everyone 
in the room and beyond goes out 
and votes.

In addition to the myriad of 

celebrities present, Paul Saginaw, 
co-owner of Zingerman’s Deli, 
took the floor to agree with all of 
the previous sentiments and offer 
opinions of his own. Zingerman’s 
is another restaurant that, like 
Detroit Street, treats its employees 
well and stands in support with 
One Fair Wage.

“It is very easy to not be political,” 

he began. This, to me, spoke 
directly to the eligible University 
students who did not vote in the 
2016 
presidential 
election. 
Of 

eligible 
voters, 
approximately 

44.7 percent voted in the election 
according to the National Study of 
Voting, Learning and Engagement 
2016 campus report.

On 
the 
topic 
of 
voter 

mobilization, I was able to talk 
directly with Rashida Talib. She 
is a passionate speaker, an astute 
woman and a fierce individual. She 
expressed how excited she was to 
have a hands-on job serving people 
in the restaurant that morning.

“So many of us march together 

and won’t vote together,” she said 
when asked why voter mobilization 
is so important in young people.

“You are needed,” Talib said. 

“You and your peers have a really 
important role right now in coming 
out and selecting leadership with 
compassion.”

The air was filled with chatter 

and the mouth-watering scent 
of breakfast food as the morning 
progressed. I overheard young 
girls who couldn’t be out of middle 
school declaring they’d be an 
activist at some point in their lives, 
people at neighboring tables sharing 
moments between one another 
and co-owners Phillis Engelbert 
and Joel Panozzo connecting with 
everyone around them, ensuring 
the event was running smoothly.

I had the privilege of stealing 

Phillis Engelbert away from her 
busy life as a restaurant owner 
and activist for a moment to say a 
few words about the restaurant’s 
mission and the event itself.

When 
I 
asked 
Engelbert 

what she and Panozzo thought 
the 
intersection 
between 
the 

restaurant industry and activism is, 
she had a lot to say.

“For us, they go hand in hand. 

My business partner Joel Panozzo 
and I both have histories of social 
activism. So it makes sense that 
we apply a community organizing 
model 
to 
our 
restaurants,” 

Engelbert 
said.“We 
see 
our 

restaurants as resources, to be 
used for building community and 
making social change. We try to set 
an example for other businesses by 
offering our employees a fair wage, 
health and dental benefits, earned 
time off, retirement benefits and a 
fitness bonus.”

Engelbert and Panozzo have a 

commitment to the food they serve, 
but an even bigger commitment to 

the community they foster through 
their restaurants.

“People eat at our restaurants 

monthly, weekly and sometimes 
even daily. We are told time and 
again that we are their favorite 
restaurants. I believe that, yes, our 
food is good, but that is only one 
thing that keeps people coming 
back,” Engelbert said. “The other 
thing is that people feel welcome 
and a sense of belonging here. I 
have been told by some, that they 
were first attracted to Detroit Street 
Filling Station by the rainbow flag, 
hung near our entrance. Others 
have mentioned being comforted 
by our Black Lives Matter signs.”

Clearly, the team at Detroit Street 

is motivated on so many levels of 
social activism and in so many 
different topics, but when asked 
specifically about One Fair Wage 
and how Engelbert incorporates it 
into her businesses, she was very 
passionate and excited.

“We try to stay ahead of the 

curve. 
When 
activists 
were 

pushing for earned sick time, we 
brought them into our restaurants 
and helped them collect petition 
signatures. And we began offering 
it to our employees,” Englebert said. 
“For us, One Fair Wage is do-able, 
and it’s the right thing to do.”

After attending such a riveting 

event, I was curious when I could 
come back on my own accord to 
taste more of this activism and 
vegan food fusion. I inquired what I 
could expect in the near future, so I 
could mark my calendar, tell all my 
friends and make the trek over to 
Detroit Street for some gluten-free 
Tater Tots and social advocacy.

“You can expect bold new 

directions in vegan cooking, a 
continued lineup of great music, 
expanded 
opportunities 
for 

activism — buses to the women’s 
march in DC anyone? — possibly a 
mural, a vegan Thanksgiving Feast 
on Nov. 20 and a New Orleans-
themed New Year’s Eve Dinner 
Party,” Englebert said. “Everyone 
needs a good party, right? As Emma 
Goldman said: ‘If I can’t dance, 
I don’t want to be part of your 
revolution.’”

That sentiment certainly rang 

true at the event on Saturday. 
Though a lot is at stake in the 
coming elections for many people 
and the issues at hand are severe 
and life-changing for large groups, 
everyone was able to be light-
hearted, silly at times and overall 
just excited to try and make a 
change. Their positive attitudes 
and spirited words mingled with 
the great food, warm environment 
and strong sense of community 
etched in the walls of Detroit Street. 
It may seem unconventional for you 
to enjoy a side of social activism 
with 
your 
Saturday 
morning 

brunch, but I urge you to head over 
to Kerrytown and try it — at Detroit 
Street. It just makes sense.

It’s the ‘Great Pumpkin’

Halloween at 19 and Halloween 

at nine are two very different 
experiences: Costumes tend to be 
a little more revealing and, while 
some of us still go door-to-door, 
we’re looking for a party instead 
of candy from a neighbor. Some of 
us might take on the adult role of 
passing out the candy or even skip 
celebrating altogether to study or 
work. Yet despite these seemingly 
glaring differences, “It’s the Great 
Pumpkin Charlie Brown” serves 
as a reminder of the wholesome 
Halloween fun that accompanies 
the holiday, whether or not you’re in 
the third or 13th grade. 

“The 
Peanuts” 
Halloween 

special, in which Linus spends 
a night in a pumpkin patch and 
Charlie Brown finally gets invited 
to a party, is surprisingly similar to 
the way Halloween plays out here 
at the University. Most obviously, 
the characters are all just a bunch 
of kids who think they know what 
they’re doing but, in actuality, 
have no idea what’s happening. 
Whenever an adult voice of reason 
tries to interfere with their fun — 
looking at you Schlissel — all we 
hear is a muffled garbling that really 
makes no sense. 

But it goes even further than 

that. Take Charlie Brown for 
example: 
His 
consistent 
hope 

that someday, somehow, he is 
finally going to kick that football 
is the same kind of naïve dream 

that all of us carry into game day 
(only to watch Michigan fumble 
somewhere critical or miss a field 
goal). Charlie Brown’s unexpected 
invitation to a Halloween party, and 
his subsequent joy, is the same kind 
of feeling we all got when Michigan 
actually 
beat 
Michigan 
State. 

Unfortunately for Charlie Brown, 
the similarities don’t stop there; his 
night of trick-or-treating is brought 
down by the fact that instead of 
getting all the candy he could ever 
dream of, he gets rocks. Similarly, 
my expectations for going out on 
any night far exceed what actually 
happens and more often than not, 
I end up dead asleep by midnight 
regretting my decision to even go 
out at all. 

Lucy, 
on 
the 
other 
hand, 

encompasses the person bent on 
having a good time and who is 
baffled when anyone seems to 
think there’s anything to do other 
than party on Halloweekend. Her 
criticism of Linus waiting for the 
Great Pumpkin carries the same 
kind of disappointed tone I might 
hear from friends as I say no to the 
frats or when I leave at 11:45 p.m. 
to go hop in bed. She might even 
call me a blockhead on my way 
out. Snoopy is that one person that 
gets so into their costume and their 
character — I have to wonder why 
they aren’t in SMTD; his World War 
II flying ace costume is elaborate 
and detailed, down to his dog house 
as the plane. There are people in 
this world, and on this campus, 
who go to the same extremes. I just 
can’t help but think about the time 
it would take to come up with a 

quality costume and execute it well. 
I can barely do that with homework. 

I will also proudly admit that I 

am Linus and that I have, in fact, 
carried a security blanket around, 
which I will shamelessly take 
to class and lecture. Linus also 
happens to be that person who 
insists on doing something other 
than partying and talks excessively 
about these different plans. In our 
21st century case, I would liken it to 
posting it on Instagram. He writes 
a letter to the Great Pumpkin; I’ll 
post a picture of myself studying 
at Espresso Royale on a Saturday 
night. 
Interestingly 
enough, 

whether someone is waiting for the 
Great Pumpkin or studying for a 
good midterm grade, both rely on a 
healthy level of sincerity that Linus 
and I both don’t have. 

Charlie Brown and Linus always 

also have their little chats on a brick 
wall — in “Great Pumpkin” the two 
recap Halloween night, discussing 
the highs and the lows of trick-or-
treating and the disappointment 
of 
the 
Great 
Pumpkin. 
This 

whole segment of the cartoon is 
reminiscent of the morning after 
brunches we all go to with our 
friends while ignoring whatever 
responsibilities we may or may not 
need to address in the near future. 

This Halloween, make sure you 

watch, or re-watch, “It’s the Great 
Pumpkin Charlie Brown.” Whether 
you do it while pregaming a house 
party or baking a pumpkin pie with 
your mom, just remember to never 
jump into a pile of leaves with a wet 
sucker and always get your signed 
documents notarized. 

EMMA CHANG
Daily Arts Writer

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