Cleaning Up ACE’s Surf ‘Shack’

Neighbors and friends came on Saturday, August 10, to help friends and neighbors. A lot of people showed up to help Albert and Mindy Elliott with the remains of the fire that demolished their garage and Albert’s surf “shack”.

It reminded one of how great people are and how great OB makes people.

The damage. All photos by Frank Gormlie unless otherwise noted.

The line-up to throw stuff into the one of the trucks. The “Jetty Crew” donated money for the dump.
ACE took this.
Albert C Elliott – ‘We’ve got this!’
Photo by ACE
The boards that were “saved”. Photo by ACE
ACE took this.

ACE wrote: “These girls brought the proceeds from their lemonade stand to help pay for our fire damage. Had a hard time holding it together. Best lemonade I ever had. ” Photo by ACE .

Photo by Isaac Darby
The aftermath: Albert and Mindy and friend ponder what’s next. Photo by Isaac Darby.
The end. Photo by Isaac Darby
A former lawyer and current grassroots activist, I have been editing the Rag since Patty Jones and I launched it in Oct 2007. Way back during the Dinosaurs in 1970, I founded the original Ocean Beach People’s Rag - OB’s famous underground newspaper -, and then later during the early Eighties, published The Whole Damn Pie Shop, a progressive alternative to the Reader.

1 thought on “Cleaning Up ACE’s Surf ‘Shack’

  1. Talking to Albert he stated, “Yeah Doug, I got a bunch of people coming over on Saturday to clean up: we’re too old for that!” The cleanup looks awesome. Its so cool to see OB in action: great pic’s! It may be time for a t-shirt: “ACE; UP FROM THE ASHES!

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