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. 15 - April 13, 2017 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................16 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Film Review..........................6 Legals....................... 14,15,17 Obituaries.............................3 Pets......................................18 Police Reports.....................3 Real Estate.....................8-13 Sports.................................5,7 Weekend Forecast Friday Mostly Sunny 66˚/53˚ Saturday Mostly Sunny 67˚/54˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 66˚/54˚ Spectrum SportsNet Hosts Women In Sports Night To celebrate Women’s History month last month, Spectrum SportsNet hosted a group of 28 women, all aspiring sports administration, journalism and broadcast journalism students, from USC, CSULB and UCLA for Women In Sports Night at the SportsNet studios in El Segundo. Students were treated to a behind-the-scenes tour of the studios, edit bays and production booths; watched Access SportsNet: Lakers live instudio before an informative Q&A panel with Spectrum SportsNet Lakers hosts/analysts Jaime Maggio, Kelli Tennant, Serena Winters, Lindsey Thiry, producer Bettina Shore and Lakers Senior PR representative Alison Bogli. Caption: Students join Kelli Tennant, Jaime Maggio, Serena Winters and Lindsey Thiry on the Access SportsNet: Lakers set for Women In Sports Night. Photo Provided by Charter Communications. Environmental Committee Looking for Green Light with Work Plan By Brian Simon With Earth Day just a little over a week away, the City of El Segundo will soon unveil its first environmental work plan. The goal is to create a comprehensive list of suggested practices that staff can analyze and then implement positive changes in the areas of urban planning and development, transportation, air quality, water and energy conservation, hazardous and solid waste, and governance. Much of the groundwork for the plan is the result of extensive research and discussion among members of the City’s Environmental Committee. According to its bylaws, the Environmental Committee should be “comprised of seven members--three members from the business community, three members from the residential community, and one member from the El Segundo School District to serve four-year terms.” The current group has six members with a vacancy in the local business representative School Board Recognizes High- Achieving Richmond Street Students By Duane Plank Tuesday evening’s meeting of the El Segundo School Board featured special presentations highlighting the exploits of two Richmond Street Elementary (RSS) students; a state of the school address from Guadalupe Grijalva, the director of the Eagles’ Nest Preschool; and a lengthy presentation regarding the implementation of District Instructional Technology. Fifth grader James Baldino was feted by the Board members for his burgeoning mathematics skills. Baldino was part of a six-member team of fourth and fifth graders who, under the tutelage of fourth grade teacher Valerie Voboril, participated in a recent Excellence in Mathematics competition in Culver City. Approximately 150 “mathletes” from 30 schools competed, and Baldino captured a bronze medal for displaying his prowess in the individual portion of the competition. Jackson Lund, also a fourth grader attending RSS, recently competed in the Los Angeles county Scripps Regional Spelling Bee, placing in the top 15 percent of the assembled 110 top spellers. Lund had won the RSS campus spelling Bee on February 10 to qualify for the Scripps competition. Emailed RSS Principal Alice Lee: “We are so proud of our (math) team and their hard work in preparing for this competition. Congratulations, Jackson. We seat that the City Council hopes to fill in the near future. The group’s focus is to balance environmental, social and economic concerns with each recommendation it makes. While the City has fostered various green programs over the years, the Environmental Committee was dormant for a lengthy stretch until a relaunch in the summer of 2014. “The relaunch was a suggestion by the South Bay Cities Council of Governments as part of an initiative to build a Climate Action Plan for the 16 cities and portions of unincorporated Los Angeles County in its governance,” explained Environmental Committee Chair Tracey Miller-Zarneke, an El Segundo business owner and resident who noted that she found her passion for the environment through her work with the Main Street-based non-profit Grades of Green and membership in Heal the Bay. “A previous version of the committee had existed from 2008-2012, but that committee was suspended as a result of cuts in the Public Works Department that left no staff available to coordinate the group. Even earlier in the city’s history, a Trash Committee had been formed--and this committee can be credited with bringing the City Yard recycling and green waste options to our community in the early 1990s.” Other committee members in addition to Miller-Zarneke include resident (and Vice-Chair) See Environmental, page 20 See School Board, page 16
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