The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo Herald Publications - El Segundo, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 106, No. 4 - January 26, 2017 Inside This Issue Centennial...................... 2,15 Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................14 Classifieds............................4 Community Briefs...............3 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Film Review..........................6 Legals............................12-13 Obituaries.............................3 Real Estate................8-11,16 Sports.............................. 5,13 Weekend Forecast City of El Segundo Celebrates 100th Birthday at Library Park On Wednesday, January 18, the City of El Segundo officially turned 100 years old and celebrated the occasion with a well-attended birthday bash at Library Park. In this photo, City leaders pose with the Centennial cake. From L-R: City Manager Greg Carpenter, City Clerk Tracy Weaver, Councilmember Carol Pirsztuk, Mayor Suzanne Fuentes, Mayor Pro Tem Drew Boyles, Councilmember Mike Dugan and Councilmember Don Brann. Photo by Marcy Dugan. • Real Estate Mainstay Proud Dad to Musical Powerhouse School Board Recognizes Student’s Accomplishments By Duane Plank During its Tuesday night meeting, the El Segundo School Board recognized Arena High senior Thomas Sarver for his scholastic accomplishments that led to the student receiving a $1,000 scholarship from Caldwell Flores Winters, Inc. (CFW). The funds will help Sarver continue his higher education. Khush Gheyara represented CFW, an educational consultant firm and long-time partner with the El Segundo Unified School District, at the presentation. The organization receives numerous applicants from school district superintendents highlighting students worthy of consideration for the CFW scholarship. Arena principal Marisa Janicek emailed, “For Thomas, this is a generous scholarship rewarding one of our students and his hard work. Thomas has really turned his life around while being a student at Arena. He is looking forward to attending college next year and will really appreciate the generosity of CFW providing this scholarship. He is a wonderful student and this is a great opportunity.” Thomas plans to continue his education at Santa Barbara City College and is interested in becoming a guidance counselor. El Segundo Middle School student Nayeli Soon was the subject of the next presentation, handled by Scott Houston, By Brian Simon With El Segundo’s 100th anniversary celebration, many families in town take pride to count themselves among the early pioneers of the community. The Browns are one such example, arriving here in 1924 and still part of the community five generations later. In fact, the family patriarch was a higher-up in the fledgling El Segundo Police Department in the ‘30s. In 2015, these pages told the story of Kirk Brown Sr. and Jr., now father and son partners in a thriving real estate firm on Main Street. However, the family success doesn’t stop with the boys. Kirk, Sr.’s mother, Bernice Allee Brown, was a 1935 El Segundo High School graduate who went on to head the keypunch operation at Computer Sciences Corporation over a half-century ago. Fast forward to today and Bernice’s granddaughter has made quite a name for herself in the world of music. Carianne Brown Marshall recently earned her second award from Billboard as one of the 100 most power female executives in the music industry. The recognition came through her work as a partner with SONGS Music Publishing. Despite few album releases last year, Carianne reported that synch licensing revenue from movies, TV and commercials increased nearly 40 percent. She has earned a reputation as one of the top creative licensing execs in the business and founded her company’s West Coast office. She also oversees an eight-member international creative licensing team with staff in Los Angeles, New York and London. As a multi-million-dollar licensing firm, SONGS generates placements with brands, television shows and video games with notable campaigns including Hugo Boss (The Weeknd), Apple (Gershwin), Google (Major Lazer), VW (Barns Courtney) and Playstation (Q-Tip), as well as top shows such as The Blacklist, The Vampire Diaries, Empire and Shameless, plus films ranging from 50 Shades of Grey (The Weeknd) to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Lorde). Carianne and her team also negotiate non-traditional deals so that SONGS is the main provider of music for Conde Nast Entertainment’s online content. Prior to joining SONGS just over a decade ago, Carianne worked at DreamWorks Music Publishing and Elektra Records. “I was always a big music lover and made mix tapes for friends throughout high school and college,” Carrianne said when asked what led her into this line of work. “I ended up at USC for college and started working closely with a friend’s band through their management company. This was my first experience in the music business.” The time with her friend’s band also enabled Carianne to learn about touring/ live concert booking and live event production and promotion. She eventually secured See Proud Dad, page 14 Friday Sunny 62˚/43˚ Saturday Sunny 66˚/47˚ Sunday Sunny 69˚/52˚ See School Board, page 4
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