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. 13 - March 24, 2016 Inside This Issue Candidate Q & A.................5 Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................16 Classifieds............................6 Community Briefs...............4 Crossword/Sudoku.............6 Food.....................................17 Legals............................ 14,15 Letters...................................3 Police Reports...................16 Real Estate.....................9-13 Weekend Forecast On March 5, the City of El Segundo and Tree Musketeers held their 29th Annual Arbor Day Celebration. Robert Pullen-Miles (from Autumn Burke’s office) presented a proclamation to Tree Musketeers Julian Poyourow, Lucas Glastetter and Ursa Parikh. Photo by Marcy Dugan. • Friday Mostly Sunny 69˚/55˚ Saturday Sunny 71˚/57˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 70˚/56˚ Annual Arbor Day Celebration Aaron Castillo–El Segundo’s Beloved UPS Driver Wraps Up a Career By Brian Simon were early, which made me also want to get became a familiar face to many families in Quick—how many of you can name the a part-time job,” Castillo recalled. “So I went the area over time. “As I did my daily thing, person who dropped that jury duty notice in to apply at UPS in Gardena. They were hiring I got to know the people out there and they your mail slot the other day? Left a couple of full-time drivers at that time and as the saying became like family,” he said. “I have seen Sparkletts bottles on your doorstep? Mowed goes, the rest is history.” kids while still in their moms’ bellies who your lawn last Friday? Thought so... It’s so After driving in a number of different areas, are now in college. Some of the people I easy to take these behind-the-scene individuals Castillo landed on a specific route he would have gotten so close to, it makes me sad for granted even though they play an important call his own for the next 18 years—remaining when they have passed on. I used to deliver part in our daily or weekly lives—yet most of on it to this day. His workday is long—he a lot of stuff to Mayor Fuentes’ home where us are too busy to pay any heed to them. If leaves his Lakewood home before 7 a.m. I would always stop and chat with her mom. we see them at a local restaurant, would we and doesn’t return until more than 12 hours It brought tears to my eyes when her mom even recognize them? And if someone else later. “My territory is the Chevron refinery,” unexpectedly died.” showed up to do the same job one random he said. “Then I start on Penn Street and Castillo went on to explain that when he week, would we notice the difference? Maybe, work my way up to Main, all the way up sees anything amiss or suspicious around but more likely maybe not. But there is at to Imperial east and west, and then all the town, he is quick to contact Fuentes as well least one major exception when it comes streets in between.” as the police. While he doesn’t pick up any to El Segundo: The UPS guy. Only in this With a set route that covers a hefty chunk extra salary from doubling as a neighborhood case, droves of residents not only know him of El Segundo’s neighborhoods, Castillo See Aaron Castillo, page 8 by face and name but are also proud to call him a good friend. He is Aaron Castillo and unfortunately for this town, he is about to School Board Hears Update call it quits at United Parcel Service after a quarter of a century on the job. Perhaps no on Imperial Street School Sale one is more bummed about the news than El Segundo Mayor Suzanne Fuentes. By Duane Plank of Educational Services detailing the “Aaron is much more than just somebody The Tuesday night meeting of the proposed mathematics course sequence who leaves a package on your porch,” Fuentes El Segundo Unified School District School for the 2016-17 school year. said. “He has been the eyes and ears for a Board featured special presentations, Superintendent Melissa Moore’s PowerPoint lot of people in the community, especially some lengthy, about the progress being presentation updated the Board seniors. He has contacted me in the past made on the proposed sale of the Districtowned on the current status of the sale of the when he has heard about safety and quality Imperial Street School property; Imperial Street School property, which, in of life issues. I know for some people, he the High School‘s implementation of the a “best case scenario,” could have escrow might be the only outside contact they have.” Advancement Via Individual Determination closing on the property in September 2016. Born and raised in Gardena, Castillo graduated (AVID) program; a presentation Formally declared surplus in 1979, from high school there in 1979 and embarked honoring four Middle School students the Imperial Street School property was on a career in aerospace that spanned from 1983 for their success and participation in initially considered by the District’s to 1991. This included a stint in El Segundo at the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber School Boards as a candidate for lease what was then Hughes Aircraft as well as time Defense Competition; and a presentation options. When none of the lease options at McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach working made by the District’s Executive Director See School Board, page 14 on the C-17 military cargo plane. “My hours
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