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. 22 - May 28, 2015 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................14 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Film Review..........................4 Legals............................ 13,14 Police Reports.....................2 Real Estate.....................9-12 School Spotlight..................3 Good Neighbors Raise Funds for Special Olympics Host Town Sports................................ 5-6 Lawrence Martin of Studio Antiques was the life of the party at the Host Town fundraiser at the Lakes on May 24th, which collected funds for housing and feeding a Special Olympics team this summer. Weekend Forecast For more photos and information on the next fundraiser, see page 15. Photo by Marcy Dugan, marcyduganphoto.com Local Resident Launches Fundraiser to Help Victims of Nepal Quake By Brian Simon When a catastrophe occurs in a remote part of the world, it can still hit close to home no matter where you happen to be located. Such is the case for El Segundo resident Sudip (known to friends as Steven) Giri, whose native land Nepal continues to endure the devastating impacts of a devastating 7.8 earthquake late last month that killed at least 8,000 people, injured more than 18,000 others, and leveled much of the capital city Kathmandu as well as surrounding areas. In addition to countless aftershocks, a second major quake followed on May 12 with a magnitude of 7.3 that resulted in more than 40 additional deaths and over 1,000 injuries. Giri, who moved to El Segundo in early 2013, received a call from his mother shortly before midnight on April 25 telling him that his family house had been destroyed as a result of the quake from which she had barely escaped. “She was worried sick because she was not able to reach my brother who lived nearby,” he said. The quake’s epicenter was just 30 miles from Giri’s hometown of Ramkot. After several harrowing hours, Giri was relieved to learn that his brother had survived the quake. “He barely made it out alive from his office along with his three friends,” he said. “But not everyone was so fortunate. He also mentioned the names of six people whom I knew personally who had perished in the disaster.” With the cellular network down most of the time, Giri found it nearly impossible to reach his parents over the next couple of days. His dad finally called to report the family was sharing a canopy and food with a group of neighbors. During this period, heavy rains hit the area and the group had to fend off opportunistic looters. Giri’s family salvaged whatever they could of their belongings from See Nepal, page 15 School Board Recognizes District Retirees, Hears PTA Reports By Duane Plank The Tuesday night meeting of the El Segundo Unified School District School Board featured a special presentation made by Dylan Farris, Executive Director, Human Resources, honoring retiring certificated and classified District employees. The Board thanked and honored retiring District teachers Emily Hirsch, Pamela Honner-Licht, Michael Mooko, Marva Murray, Yvonne Portillo, and Michael Stivers. Hirsch, a Special Education teacher at the High School, served the District for 16 years; Mooko is a Mathematics teacher at the High School with 20 years of service; Stivers is also a Mathematics teacher at the High School who will be retiring after 28 years of duty; Honner -Licht, a Special Ed teacher at Center Street, is completing her 16th year of District duty; Portillo teaches at Center Street and is completing her 32nd year of service; and Murray, who also teaches at Center Street, will be calling it a career after 31 years of District service. In an email sent prior to the meeting, Stivers wrote that “although I am excited about my new adventures in retirement, I feel bittersweet about missing the incredible people that makeup the faculty at ESHS.” See School Board, page 8 Friday AM Clouds/ PM Sun 75˚/61˚ Saturday AM Clouds/ PM Sun 74˚/62˚ Sunday AM Clouds/ PM Sun 75˚/61˚
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