EL SEGUNDO HERALD January 25, 2018 Page 3
William “Bill” Albert Froelich
Diamond Doctor Brenda Newman answers life’s big
questions. Her passion for her work and her customers
continues to change lives daily. Brenda has been a
Practicing Diamond Physician since 1974.
Dear Brenda,
I’m a vegetarian. I only shop with
vegetarians. Are you a vegetarian?
The Jewelry Source
337 Main St. El Segundo. 310-322-7110
www.jewelrysourceUSA.com
©2007
I’ve been advising carats for my friends
and customers for many years.
Davis & DeRosa Physical Therapy, Inc.
Davis & DeRosa Physical Therapy, established in 2003,
provides a quaint boutique practice located in El Segundo,
California. The 4,000 square foot facility is a well known
practice offering its patients private, personal treatment by
a licensed therapist at every visit. Patients are guaranteed
one-on-one attention for their 45-minute treatment.
THE PRACTICE SPECIALIZES IN
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR:
Chronic Neck and Back Pain
Pre and Post Surgical Rehabilitation
Sports Injuries
Work Injuries
Neurological Disorders
Foot and Ankle Disorders (including orthotics)
Osteoporosis and other Age Related Disorders
Balance and Vestibular Disorders
Injury Prevention
Troy Davis Owner, PT, DPT • Chris DeRosa Owner, PT, OCS
Leo Valenzuela, PT, DPT • Lianne Nakazaki, PT, DPT
Garret Wong, PT, DPT, OCS • Tami Chang, PT • Kim Klein, PT
William Quibell, PT, DPT • Richelle Mae Milina, PT, DPT, OCS
325 Main Street El Segundo, CA 90245 310.648.3167
www.davisandderosa.com
Letters
Aviation Parking Mess
The effect of the coming Green Line closure
on Aviation Station’s parking lot may be informative.
Signs, recently posted there, announced the
parking lot restricted to those transitioning on
to public transportation. Also, the free “G” bus
to the airport is supposed to be reserved for those
arriving at the station by public bus or the Green
Line. Not surprisingly and characteristic of LA
transit, both regulations are routinely ignored by
LAX employees, who jam the parking lot and then
saunter onto the G bus for a free ride. With the
same sort of attitude, uniformed TSA workers
casually barge onto the Green Line without
payment. The situation may become obvious,
as re-routing of the airport bus to Hawthorne,
transfers the hordes to that new location.
– Edward Ryan
Former Officer’s
Family Reaches Out
Hello to the El Segundo community. I am
Anne Rose, mother of Alissa Rose (ESHS
Class of 2012). I wanted to reach out to our
family, friends, and the extended El Segundo
community regarding my daughter Alissa. As
some of you may know, 23-year-old Alissa
is suffering from Systemic Lupus. Alissa’s
health is continuing to deteriorate, and she
now needs a stem cell transplant. The goal
is to put her disease into remission. If anyone
remembers Alissa’s father Officer Rose,
he served with the ESPD for many years.
Unfortunately, due to family circumstances,
we had to move to more affordable housing,
and now live in Santa Clarita, CA.
With heavy hearts, we are asking for the
community to rally around Alissa, and to
please support her fight. For more information,
please email the family at LoveForAlissa@
gmail.com.
Thank you for the love, support, and prayers.
We miss El Segundo dearly.
– Anne Rose and family •
Obituaries
William “Bill” Albert Froelich of El
Segundo, CA passed away peacefully on
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the age of 91.
Bill was born December 4, 1926 in Long
Beach, CA to Herman and Mabel Froelich.
He was a graduate of the California Maritime
Academy, class of 1947. Bill sold automobiles
for over 50 years. In 2000, he retired and
sold his Los Angeles dealership, Crenshaw
Motors Ford so that he could spend more
time with his family and doing those things
he loved most. Bill was an avid hunter and
fisherman. He was actively involved in the
Al Malaikah Shrine and the Masons, and
was a member of the Jonathan Club for
over 50 years.
Bill was a loving husband and was
married to his wife, Juanita for over 64
years. He is survived by his wife Juanita,
their children, Judith Froelich Brown and
husband Roger of Kingwood, Texas, Jennifer
Froelich Davies and husband Edd of El
Segundo, CA, and William Albert Froelich
Jr. and wife Lee of Rosharon, Texas and
grandchildren, Tracy Davies Gius, Matthew
Brown Sunderman, Daniel Brown, Tyler
Davies, Taylor Davies, William Froelich III,
Kristen Froelich, Winston Froelich and great
grandson Jordon Moore.
Memorial Services will be held at 11:00
AM. On Sunday, February 4 at the Al Malaikah
Shrine Auditorium located at 665 W.
Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles. Ample parking
is available at the auditorium. In Lieu of
flowers, the family is asking that donations
be sent to the Shriners for Children Medical
Center in memory of Bill Froelich, 909 S.
Fair Oaks, Pasadena, CA 91105 or online
at: https://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.
org/shc/donate. •
Wiseburn School Board
Addresses High School
Campus Construction Costs
By Liz Spear
In a meeting that took a little more than
an hour Tuesday night, the Wiseburn School
Board unanimously passed nearly every item
on its agenda, most of which were construction
change orders and contingency distributions
that added costs to the new Wiseburn High
School campus.
That campus, a 210,000-square foot, stateof
the-art building and grounds that will
include an outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium,
soccer field and outdoor gathering
spaces, is a landmark for Wiseburn Unified
School District on several fronts. Located at
201 N. Douglas St., El Segundo, the building
was previously used by Northrop Grumman
to design fighter aircraft and is part of the
area’s rich aviation/aerospace history. Now,
as the culmination of a seven year-project,
the building is home to three charter high
schools: Da Vinci Communications, Da Vinci
Science and Da Vinci Design in a unique
partnership between a public school district,
Wiseburn; and charter school operation, Da
Vinci. The facility’s ground floor is occupied
by administrative offices for Wiseburn and
Da Vinci. The remaining three floors each
hold a specific Da Vinci school that has its
own principal and faculty. Each of the three
Da Vinci schools is open. However, much
of the remaining 13.7-acre campus is under
construction, including the pool and gym.
At Tuesday night’s meeting, held in Wiseburn’s
District Office Boardroom inside its
administrative offices on the building’s first
floor, Vince Madsen, the District’s director
of facilities planning, outlined the project’s
additional costs and change orders, answering
questions from the School Board members. He
noted that Phase I’s financial “book” should
be closed sometime after April and that the
District should be able to get reimbursed for
some of the project’s additional costs. Phase II
has been “slowed down” by the discovery of
methane and additional soil and cement work.
He called the discovery and its accompanying
required work a “million-dollar ouch,”
adding that it is “an unforeseen condition.”
Madsen added that the District met all of
its building requirements and regulations in
advance of the project, which included “so
many borings [into the ground] per square
foot” and that there would have been “more
up-front costs to do more borings.” He noted
that the spots where problems were found
that require additional work and cost were
notably the places where they didn’t happen
to bore. “So this is a rough one,” he said of
the added and unforeseen expenses. Board
member Nelson Martinez added verbally
to the discussion, agreeing with Madsen’s
assessment and calling the additional work
“unpredictable and unforeseen.” Madsen
also pointed out that $933,000 was in the
budget for contingencies and that “there was
no budget for bad dirt.” He predicted that
though the project is $43,000 over budget
for the pool (where much of the soil remediation
and abatement has been necessary),
reconciliations by project end are on track
to stay within its budget.
In other news, the Board heard about Dana
Middle School students visiting the new
campus to tour the four-story building and
each Da Vinci high school; the potential to
change the name of Peter Burnett Elementary
School (Burnett, California’s first governor
was a racist); going paperless; and the search
for a new superintendent (Superintendent
Tom Johnstone will retire in June after 10
years with the District). The Board will meet
Feb. 8 to vet candidates, with 28 applicants
currently for the position.
Deputy Superintendent Chris Jones updated
the Board on that day’s visit to the campus
by half of the students from Dana. He said
the students toured each of the building’s
four floors with three student tour guides,
one from each Da Vinci high school. He
noted that it “was an exciting day” because it
gave Dana students a first-hand look at each
school and the learning that was taking place.
“On each floor, they [the student tour guides]
focused on what is interesting, different about
a particular one of the schools and then they
also had a chance to talk about where things
are similar and where there is interaction
[between each high school],” Jones said. “I
heard some really positive comments, kind
of excitement about getting to high school --
but also just kind of a wow factor of I think
Health Officials: Flu Shot
Still Good Idea
By Rob McCarthy
Los Angeles County health officials said
Friday the influenza outbreak that overwhelmed
hospital emergency rooms and
contributed to at least 96 deaths so far in
January has peaked, and that the annual flu
shot isn’t to blame.
Officials say the H3N2 influenza virus
making the rounds in South Bay communities,
schools and workplaces reached a peak
much earlier than in previous years. This
year’s flu shot is reportedly between 10 and
30 percent effective against the powerful
strain of influenza. Still, county health
officials and local physicians continue to
recommend a flu shot for anyone over six
months of age.
“The vaccine may not completely prevent
the flu. But it does help the body launch an
immune response,” said Dr. Deborah Lehman,
who is an infectious disease specialist and
professor at the UCLA School of Medicine.
The Los Angeles County Public Health
Department reminds residents that being
vaccinated against flu protects a person who
receives the vaccine and reduces their risk
of contracting influenza and spreading it to
others. Receiving the flu vaccine is “the most
effective way to protect yourself and others”
See Flu Shot, page 13
See Wiseburn, page 13