Page 8 June 25, 2015 EL SEGUNDO HERALD In-N-Out from front page Football from page 5 Baseball Boot Camp Championship Play Begins Here If your champ is serious about baseball, now is the time to sign them up for some serious fun—Beach City Baseball Academy’s Summer Training Camp. Our professional staff helps kids 6–12 learn as they play so that all skill levels can develop the skills they’ll need to really enjoy their time on the field. Camp will be held at Beach City Baseball’s facility with live games every day at George Brett Field. After care available at BCBA until 5pm. July 13-17 9am–2pm August 17-21 9am–2pm Camp Day Schedule: Each morning, after a short workout, campers will practice baseball batting and fielding fundamentals with rigorous drills. After a lunch break they will be assigned to age appropriate teams and play a live game with constant instruction from our team of expert coaches. 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Nagel added that aside from the outdoor dining benefits, positioning the food court at the northwest section of the lot will also help smooth out traffic flow. “The parking engineers we hired referred to the area where the food court is going as ‘the throat’ of the lot because there were a lot of back-ups in the lane to hold up cars coming in. That issue will be fixed.” The food court will include round tables and bench seating with umbrellas in the middle to serve about 25 people at any given time. The existing tables in front of several of the eateries will be removed to clear the sidewalks and allow for pedestrian flow. However, El Pollo Loco will maintain its tables on the Sepulveda side of the restaurant outside the lot. Despite In-N-Out’s track record of success, the project spurred a great deal of community controversy because of concerns about traffic and parking in an area already adversely impacted. Visions of similar back-ups to the chain’s Westchester branch on Sepulveda near the airport prompted a number of citizens to speak out at Planning Commission and City Council meetings when the project was still under consideration. “We know what people are thinking when they say traffic is a nightmare,” Nagel said. “But we see it too and our center is not going to be like In-N-Out’s location on Sepulveda south of Manchester. We have a 30- car queue while theirs is about 20, so we’re 50 percent larger—and in fact we’re not aware of a larger queue anywhere in the state. We did it [agreed to the queue] because we didn’t want that image that they see at the other In-N-Out. We also added the left turn lane because of the back-up from the Ralphs center. The reality is that if your neighbor is creating traffic, you have to figure out a way to mitigate it. Though Ralphs is south of us and technically not our responsibility, we wanted to make sure the entire area flows. That [Ralphs] center really should have had the left turn lane years ago.” As for In-N-Out itself, the building will encompass just over 3,700 square feet, with a 960-square foot outdoor dining patio. Nagel said the now 67-year-old burger chain was the ideal candidate for the center in today’s business and commercial climate and given El Segundo’s growing reputation as an office and retail mecca. “When we developed Queen Esther Square a quarter century ago, we wanted to bring in a quality restaurant operator and Sizzler fit that bill,” he said. “Then times changed and Sizzler was also on the verge of bankruptcy, so we looked at what would be the right kind of business that is communityoriented and would draw people to the center and add to the dynamism. We feel In-N-Out is that right tenant, and the other businesses in the center also support the move and see how everyone can benefit.” • by the high school and parks and recreation boards, because it serves the youth and parents of El Segundo. Board members and coaches must be residents and have children in the school district, and all teams must be 8o percent residential players for a division to be opened. If you have grown up here or are raising kids in El Segundo you already know the importance of playing local sports and the transitioning to the high school level. According to organizers and high school head football coach Steve Shevlin, tackle football shouldn’t be the only exception. The board and coaches of El Segundo Pop Warner have worked endlessly to ensure that the high school has endorsed the program because of its emulation of league play. “This is a wonderful way to get kids acclimated to football before they come out and play for the high school team and it’s a real feeder system too,” said Coach Shevlin. He added, “Some players enter high school never having stepped on the football field before and this will really help with the maturation of our program.” Several publications have written articles on the El Segundo High School football team and how it is a real home-town team and its successes. To sustain the success of that home-town team feeling at the youth level with El Segundo athletes it should in time mirror the successes much like Little League and AYSO has to offer. Several players have not only continued their football playing but have continued their education because of football. Several have played or are still playing at the collegiate level from the community college level to the Division I level. This feeder system should be an invaluable program to be involved in. Those interested in participating can contact the organizers at their email at information@ elsegundopopwarner.org • “After a lengthy delay that almost derailed construction, In-N-Out Burger is now on target to open later this year in the Queen Esther Square shopping center on Sepulveda Boulevard and Mariposa Avenue.”
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