The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo Herald Publications - El Segundo, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 104, No. 18 - April 30, 2015 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................14 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Film Review..........................4 Legals............................ 12,13 Letters...................................3 Obituaries.............................2 Police Reports.....................2 Real Estate................9-11,16 Sports............................. 5,6,8 Weekend Forecast Team Rubicon Wins $250,000 Heinz Humanitarian Award Former U.S. Marines William McNulty and Jacob Wood, founders of El Segundo-based Team Rubicon, received the Heinz Award for the Human Condition for their leadership and for uniting the skills of veterans with emergency first responders, creating both a formidable team of disaster relief agents and a global community of purposeful, connected veterans. Team Rubicon has created a unique bridge between military and civilian life, demonstrating that veterans, with their spirit of service nurtured in the military, are powerful assets with skills to be harnessed. Photo by Dave Lauridsen for USAA. • Friday Partly Cloudy 74˚/58˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 69˚/56˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 68˚/55˚ El Segundo to Host Special Olympics World Games; Volunteers, Donations Needed By Brian Simon The Special Olympics World Games are coming to town and William Yarroll wants you to know that they’ll be bigger than you think. Much bigger. The founder of the local charity got Kids? is also the chair for Host Town El Segundo, leading an expansive outreach effort to secure $50,000 in financial donations and in-kind services to welcome 100 special needs athletes planning to visit the community this summer. The contingent from Barbados, Uzbekistan and Macedonia will arrive in El Segundo on Tuesday, July 21 and spend three days in the city partaking in recreation, entertainment and cultural exchange. As part of El Segundo’s role as one of nearly 100 host towns across Southern California, the city will provide accommodations, transportation, food and beverage, medical, security, training, and various social activities for the group. Yarroll, who also spearheaded a fundraising campaign for an Australian delegation during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, has launched partnerships with local schools, churches, restaurants and other businesses. While many opportunities exist for youth and service organizations to help raise the needed dollars, the Host Game Committee also hopes to secure additional volunteers to lead planning efforts and to directly engage major corporations to get involved. Though a number of activities will take place in El Segundo during the visit, the athletes will not actually be staying in town. “They’ll be sleeping in dorms at Loyola Marymount University [LMU] in Westchester,” Yarroll said. “This is because most hotel rooms are already booked solid because of the Special Olympics. Guests are filling up hotels as far away as Santa Barbara and San Diego. People have no idea of the scope of the event. It’s a big, big deal—much bigger than what you may imagine. As it stands, this will be much larger than the 1984 Olympics and it will be the largest sporting event in the world in 2015.” With the influx of visitors and the majority of them flying in and out of LAX, it will also provide a unique opportunity for El Segundo businesses to showcase their services to potentially thousands of people over the course of the nine-day event. The Special Olympics World Games take place every two years and Los Angeles won a bid four years ago to host the 2015 program. The actual festivities will take place between July 25 and August 2 with a total of 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from 177 countries coming to the Southland—along with 30,000 volunteers and as many as a half a million spectators. Competitions will include aquatics, gymnastics, track and field, basketball, soccer and many other summer sports. Opening ceremonies will take place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (the site of the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games). Various venues ranging from the Los Angeles Convention Center to Pauley Pavilion will host the different events. To kickstart the El Segundo fundraising campaign, several local businesses pledged their help. The Lakes at El Segundo offered its facility to hold bi-weekly meetings on Mondays at noon for volunteer discussions. Those who can’t make the daytime gathering can convene the same Mondays at 7 p.m. at Valentino’s Pizza. During the athlete stay, See Special Olympics, page 13 School Board Recognizes Outstanding District Employees By Duane Plank The Tuesday night meeting of the El Segundo Unified School District School Board featured special presentations made by District Human Resources Executive Director Dylan Harris recognizing campus Educators of the Year, as well as showcasing the achievements of valuable Classified (Non-credentialed) employees. Harris, in his first-year on the job, recognized the achievements of educators Susan Harry (Eagles’ Nest, special education), Sabrina Reilly (Center Street Elementary, 2nd grade), Alisa Lister (Richmond Street Elementary, 1st grade), Del Retta Seth (Middle School, mathematics), and Steven Eno (High School, science). Harry wrote in an email prior to the meeting that she “feels honored to be recognized as one of the Teachers of the year in this great district. I work with such an amazing team and the families are wonderful, but mostly I am touched daily by the kids. They truly are special. I’m very lucky to have found this fulfilling career.” Reilly, who has been teaching at Center Street for 11 years, was selected as District Teacher of the Year. Said Reilly in her email: “I feel truly honored to receive an See School Board, page 14
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