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EL SEGUNDO HERALD September 19, 2019 Page 11
Eagles from page 6 WUSD from page 6
much time in scoring on another touchdown
pass. This time, Thomas Southey caught a
short pass in the end zone from Whitney. It
continued with yet another long TD pass play
to Southey for a 21-0 lead eight minutes into
the game.
The first half ended with the Eagles’ offense
failing to cross midfield and gaining just one
first down. One bright spot was senior punter
Arman Sayson’s booming 63-yard kick. Other
than that, the first half was a nightmare from
which the Eagles couldn’t wake up.
The 45-0 deficit meant a running clock to
start the third quarter that was agreed upon
by both coaches. It is believed to be the first
time that the Eagles had been on the wrong
end of a rolling clock. In the fourth quarter
in running time mode, Shevlin turned the
offense over to sophomore Conor Hochburg.
He led the offense to its only points of the
night. His 24-yartd scramble was good for
a touchdown.
The look on the coaching staff’s faces after
the game was an indication that El Segundo
was no match for Mira Costa on this evening.
Though dejected, they were upbeat and staying
positive. Shevlin was not mad or irritated, but
said to the team, “I know this hurts, but we’ll
rebound and stay focused for our next game.”
The Eagles travel to Torrance on Friday
night to face a Tartar program they have
defeated seven consecutive times. In those
seven games, El Segundo has averaged 40
points per game. Both teams enter the game
0-3 and will have plenty incentive to win their
first game of the season.
Cross Country Team Hosts Meet
The El Segundo High cross country teams
hosted the second Eagle XC Invitational at The
Lakes Golf Course. On a warm and humid day,
45 teams and nearly 1,800 runners competed
in various divisions and levels. Some of the
premiere high school cross country programs in
the CIF Southern Section showed up, including
Mater Dei, Huntington Beach, El Toro,
Crescenta Valley, Redondo, West Torrance
and Peninsula.
The site of the course on The Lakes is
a perfect setting for a cross country meet.
El Segundo head cross country head coach
Marcos Bolanos’ vision of hosting a meet
at the golf course came to fruition in 2018
when 27 teams competed. This year’s turnout
was a testament on how well-run it is, with a
layout that is both scenic and challenging for
the runners. Coach Bolanos said, “Thanks to
the efforts of so many people, it is becoming
a popular early season meet for schools to
compete in.”
Bolanos and his coaching staff wanted to thank
The Lakes’ general manager Scott Morgan and
his staff, as well as the El Segundo Recreation
and Parks Department including Shawn Green,
Meredith Petit and Jackie Day. They also singled
out El Segundo High administration’s Patricia
Guzman; Raytheon and Dennis Thieret; West
Basin and Lorenzo Guidolin; Beto Moreno and
El Segundo Public Works; the volunteers of
the National Charity League; and the parent
volunteers for making it a successful day. But
the person Bolanos wanted to thank most of all
was his wife Erin. “I couldn’t do this without
her support and allowing me the time to plan
and carry out this event,” he said.
With the prestigious Woodbridge Invitational
on Saturday, many of El Segundo’s top runners
did not compete in the El Segundo XC Invitational.
It gave Leah Guziak, Jayden McColgan
and Madeline Nichols an opportunity to run
and compete at the varsity level.
At the lower levels, the Eagles got some
experience by entering runners at each tier.
The JV boys runners included Chase Krilko
and Riley Birch, while Moira Gulden was the
only JV girls runner. The sophomore boys
team placed eighth in their first meet. Daniel
Pop paced the team while Noah Fallon, Jasper
Jahn, Nasai Rivas, Zane Sant, Benjamin
Guzman and Vincent Edralin also competed
well. Deidra Elliott finished strongly in the
sophomore division.
On the freshman level, the boys team finished
in the middle of 25 teams. Jeff Antell,
Owen Frank, Luca Romero, Luke Harrell,
Luke Elward, Andrew Cadman and Max Stahl
each earned points for the Eagles. The three
freshman girls who competed were Angela
Schoenbaum (who finished 13th out of 143
runners), Saydee Guzman and Sophia Newton.
Each of them gives the girls team depth.
The Eagles travel to Norco on Friday and
Saturday to participate in the 39th Annual
Woodbridge High School XC Classic. This
cross country meet is one of the largest and
highly competitive early season XC meets in
Southern California. •
Boeing, Millennium Space Systems and Discovery
Education. Sixteen Wiseburn students
took part in the Sept. 6 event, which was part
of an effort to inspire and develop the next
generation of Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) professionals
in aerospace. The presenters spoke of how
they were able to learn from and interface
with engineers as well as other professionals.
“We are excited about where our STEM
education is going,” Superintendent Dr. Blake
Silvers said. “Andy has been a treasure to the
District, making kids excited about STEM,
about problem-solving. Andy is doing what
he loves to do and bringing out the love of
it in kids.”
Board President JoAnne Kaneda, longtime
Boeing employee, helped facilitate the
District’s participation in the Future U event.
She said she was “blessed to work with a
great company” and pointed out how Millennium
and Boeing have gone out of their
way to mentor students. “The engineers were
really impressed with the students,” Kaneda
said, adding that the event provided “a lot
of learning and a lot of fun.” Board Vice
President/Clerk Roger Banuelos thanked de
Seriere for his work and commended the
students for “capitalizing on the opportunities
made available to them.
Peter Burnett Elementary Principal Hugo
Rios then spoke briefly, mentioning a recent
professional development workshop opportunity
for Wiseburn’s elementary principals that
focused on enhancing collaborative strategies
that teachers can implement daily.
Action and consent items passed during
the 55-minute meeting included funding for
three school crossing guards, which Silvers
said “is a great investment in the safety of
our kids.” He mentioned the contentious
situations that can arise on District streets
at school drop-off and pick-up times.
Also, acting co-administrators Maria Garcia
and Ted Okasinski were approved at Dana
Middle School to fill the void in the absence
of Principal Kiana Clark, who is out on
maternity leave.
Meanwhile, Tsubaki had her promotion
to Senior Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
ratified. “A long, long overdue
promotion,” Silvers said. “Wendy is a great
employee who understands the Wiseburn
community and is able to facilitate teamwork
and implement the District’s vision
and articulate that. She has a unique skill
set. Silvers also touted Tsubaki’s “patience,
hard work, perseverance and dedication.”
The Board additionally approved Annie
Aung to take over as Coordinator of Facilities
and Educational Services. Aung was a
main cog in the construction of Wiseburn
High School and will continue oversight
of the building on Douglas Street, as well
as help in the Superintendent’s office with
instructional support.
During his comments, Silvers reported a
“good liftoff to the school year,” citing the
positive comments he received on the kickoff
motivational talk that renowned speaker
Dr. Luis Cruz made prior to the first day
of classroom instruction. Cruz spoke about
the need to educate all students, and how
collaboration and professional development
among educators are cornerstones of success.
Silvers reported that the District’s opening
day barbecue was also a success, and he
congratulated all involved in the school-site
back-to-school nights, lauding the “passion”
of the teachers and calling Wiseburn “a community
that supports each other.”
In her remarks, Kaneda reiterated that she
was “delighted to be able, through my employer,
to collaborate with the District” and
touted her Boeing co-workers who were, she
said, already looking for future opportunities
to mentor students. Kaneda also mentioned
that the District is on firm financial footing.
“Yes, we are in the business of education,”
she said, “but we have to be fiscally responsible,
with budgets to meet, to offer the best
education that we can.” She added that the
Board has had “hard decisions that we had
to make, but everything turned out okay.”
Board members welcomed all to another
school year and praised Cruz’s presentation.
Banuelos spoke about the opportunity to
make classroom visits and noted how this
the first time in 10 years he has not had a
child attending Peter Burnett. Member Dr.
Neil Goldman thanked the teachers and administrators
for making the back-to-school
nights successful, saying it has been a “good
start to the year.”
The next Wiseburn School Board meeting
is on the docket for Thursday, Sept. 26. •
County Lifeguard from page 3
female competitors of the L.A. County Team.
In scoring nearly two-thirds of the team’s
total, the women of the L.A. County team
brought home a whopping 584.752 points. By
comparison, the L.A. County women scored
enough points to have finished fourth overall
in the National Lifeguard Championships
competition — as their own team.
L.A. County closed the National Championships
with 892.752 points, while Monmouth
County earned 841.832 points. Sussex County
went home with 713.322 points. Perhaps more
remarkably, L.A. County had just 24 competitors,
compared to Monmouth’s 103.
Cummings also provided one of the most
dramatic finishes on the final day of the
Championships during the Ironwoman event
where it was a head-to-head run battle in the
final leg of the event. She earned a second
place finish, crossing just mere seconds behind
Palm Beach’s Hallie Petersohn.
Cummings was an acclaimed and awardwinning
swimmer in her El Segundo High
School days. She led her team to the CIF-SS
Division III championship as a freshman in
2008 and continued with a storied career as
an Eagle (graduating as part of the Class of
2011) before moving on to the University of
Michigan. She is also an assistant coach for
the Alpha Aquatics club team.
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Film Review from page 5
but for the most part are left alone to fend for
and govern themselves. When an unexpected
ambush forces the Monos and Doctora down
from their hideout in the sky and into the
jungle, their desperation ramps up, as childish
recklessness quickly turns into primal, physical
and psychological warfare.
It’s a slow burn of a film that raises more
questions than answers (especially in the first
act), but that doesn’t mean there is a shortage
of emotional strings that won’t pull the viewer
into this beautifully captured world. Led by
powerhouse performances from the film’s
younger cast, including a combination of both
amateur as well as professional actors (Moises
Arias and Nicholson), the ensemble’s on-screen
chemistry is as authentic and disturbingly
beautiful as the world in which they live.
Bringing this all to life is cinematographer
Jasper Wolf, whose stunning camerawork
gives Monos a surreal, fairytale-like aura.
Otherworldly visuals aside, the score and its
Oscar-nominated composer are what initially attracted
me to this movie. Mica Levi, whose genius
can be heard in films Jackie and Under the
Skin, creates a sort of sound bath-meets-trance
composition as opposed to a traditional orchestral
score, making for a haunting, erratic and
pitch-perfect experience. While devoid of a more
traditional narrative context, instead opting for
an organically captured and impressionistically
felt story, the payoff in Monos comes tenfold for
those who are willing to give themselves over
to Landes and his uncompromising vision. •
City Council from front page
services, retirement and infrastructure along
with a likely recession.
Also on Tuesday, Lillio provided the annual
update on the City’s master fee schedule that
will include a standard consumer price index
(CPI) adjustment. The prior fee increases netted
the City an additional $600,000 in revenues last
year. The CPI will tack on another $130,000
in 2019/20, according to Lillio. A staff audit
tweaked the fee list from last year, eliminating
some altogether and consolidating others
to streamline the system. Two new proposed
fees sparked Council discussion. One was to
increase the cost of a block party permit from
$25 to $150 and the other was to hike up the
price of a private special event permit from
$60 to $400. The suggested fees were based
on covering the City’s real costs for potential
street closures, traffic management, barricade,
signage, etc. After lengthy discussion and a
recommendation from Mitnick who had looked
into typical charges for these permits in other
cities, the Council opted to keep the two fees
as they were and then zero in next year on the
appropriate dollar amount to assess.
Tuesday’s meeting kicked off with a slew of
presentations. The first was a commendation
honoring the 100th birthday (on Sept. 16) of
local resident Vivianne Houghton who was
on-hand for a photo with the Council members
and received a City centennial coin. The
Council also recognized (and posed for photos
with) the members and coaches of five El
Segundo Little League (10U, 11U and 12U)
and El Segundo Softball (Girls 14U Gold and
12U) summer 2019 all-star teams. A third
presentation recognized the Amateur Radio
Club for its important role in maintaining
communication in the event of an emergency.
A proclamation singled out The Fair on Richmond
Street taking place this Saturday, while
Deputy City Manager Barbara Voss make an
announcement for the LA Street Festival on
Sept. 20 and 21.
Among the items brought up during reports,
Nicol called for more future promotion to
draw the public to attend the quarterly Hyperion
meetings, with the next one scheduled
in the library on Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. Boyles
expressed the importance of staying on top
of airport growth issues, noting estimates of
127 million annual passengers expected by
2045. City Clerk Tracy Weaver said town hall
meetings and mock elections are in the works
for November/December to prepare for the
new County election cycle and format. City
Attorney Mark Hensley spoke of new legislation
from Sacramento coming down the pipe,
most notably affecting El Segundo in the area
of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Among
the big changes that could impact the community:
reducing processing time from 120
days down to 60; allowing two ADUs on one
property; permitting garage conversions with
no parking requirements; and even allowing
sales of ADUs.
Mitnick reported that the Council will discuss
short-term rentals at the Nov. 15 meeting.
Other notable agenda items coming up include
public hearings on commercial hauler fees
and TopGolf (Oct. 1), and percent for the arts
fees (Oct. 15). •