The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo Herald Publications - El Segundo, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 105, No. 9 - February 25, 2016 Inside This Issue Best of the Best.........2-4,20 Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................15 Classifieds............................6 Crossword/Sudoku.............6 Film Review..........................6 Legals............................ 16,17 Real Estate.....................9-12 Sports....................................8 Weekend Forecast Chevron Presents Check for Economic Development to City Chevron representatives Lily Craig and Rod Spackman, present $200,000.00 to the City of El Segundo to further enhance the community’s Economic Development initiative. This grant brings Chevron’s total funding for economic development in the past three years alone to over $575,000.00 in El Segundo. Photo by Jennifer Craig. • She’s Everywhere…A Look at Continental Development Corporation’s Sherry Kramer By Brian Simon It may feel like Sherry Kramer has been working at Continental Development Corporation (CDC) forever and yet she only started 10 years ago for the well-known commercial real estate company. And some folks will swear she must have been cloned because she seemingly appears at every notable event and sits on just about every non-profit board imaginable in the South Bay. Asked how she fits everything into her schedule, CDC’s Community Affairs Director said she just finds a way to get it done. “My joke is that I say I will get back to you after I talk to my staff—which consists of me, myself and I,” she quipped. In her role with CDC, Kramer is proud to serve as “the face of the company” by sitting on boards for chambers of commerce and other non-profits, promoting and working closely with tenants situated on the company’s South Bay properties (El Segundo, Torrance and Palos Verdes), and helping coordinate major events such as the annual El Segundo Education Foundation Gala and this weekend’s Dancing With the South Bay Stars at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center. For the latter program, Kramer will not only attend but serve as emcee. “I will throw myself out there and relax the participants,” she explained. “I believe in going the extra mile by stepping up and truly being part of it rather than just showing up.” The concept of “being part of it” has been a prime motivator over the course of Kramer’s career. Born in Whittier, she never really had the chance to settle in one place for very long growing up. Her father worked for Kaiser Steel and the family moved seven times during her youth, culminating with a period in Arizona after she finished high school in Upland. Kramer ultimately returned to California to study at El Camino College and then went on to earn a degree in Communications from Cal State Long Beach. Early jobs included stints at Bank of America in the marketing division and at Centinela Hospital working in administration. It was there she met her husband of now almost 30 years, Dr. Ian Kramer, who is an emergency room physician. In addition, he was a volunteer medical director at a local free clinic where they together gave their time to fundraising events. The couple raised three children, now grown. “Coincidentally, Ian has been working in the emergency room for the last 25 years and been director the past 12 of the same hospital I was born in—and although he is See Sherry Kramer, page 14 School Board Fetes High School Band Members, SELPA Honorees By Duane Plank The Tuesday night meeting of the El Segundo Unified School District School Board featured special presentations regaling High School students who were touted for their inclusion in the state’s All-State Honor Band, the recognition of ten District employees for their tireless work with special education students, and an update on the District’s ongoing infrastructure switch replacement project. ESUSD Executive Director of Pupil Services and District Music Liaison Dale Lofgren introduced High School principal Jaime Mancilla, who spoke of the three high school students who were selected to join the All-State Honor Band from a pool of 1,700 applicants. Elliott Bijlsma ( clarinet), Kathleen Moran (bassoon), and Tommy Piibe (trumpet) represented the District at a spate of formal concerts that took place in San Jose over the weekend of February 12-14. Next on the presentation agenda, although the actual presentation was delayed for about 25 minutes, was the honoring of ten District staff members who were feted at the Southwest SELPA’s Community advisory committee recognition event See School Board, page 17 Friday Mostly Sunny 72˚/55˚ Saturday Mostly Sunny 70˚/56˚ Sunday Mostly Sunny 74˚/56˚
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