EL SEGUNDO HERALD October 24, 2019 Page 3
Parents Discover How to Detect
the Signs that Their Teen Is Vaping
By Rob McCarthy
Hundreds of South Bay parents turned out
last week to a town hall meeting to learn
about what’s in e-cigarettes and why they’re
so popular in youth culture. Speaker after
speaker pounded home a message: Don’t be
fooled again by the tobacco industry.
Electronic cigarettes comprise a $9 billion-ayear
Calendar of Events
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THURSDAY, OCT. 24
• CSS Family Art Night/Reflections Workshop,
6:00 PM. – 8:00 PM., Center Street School
Cafeteria
• CSS Blake Brandes Parent Night, 6:00 PM. –
7:30 PM., Center Street School, 700 Center
Street, Call: 310-615-2676.
• El Segundo Certified Farmer’s Market, 3:00
PM. – 7:00 PM., located on Main Street,
Downtown El Segundo.
• Family Story Time, 6:00 PM. – 7:00 PM.,
El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa
Ave., Call: 310-524-2726.
FRIDAY, OCT. 25
• Bingo, 1:00 PM. - 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, $3.00
minimum, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon Street
• Richmond Street School Fall Festival, 4:00
PM. – 8:00 PM., For info & tickets: rsspta.
myschoolcentral.com
SATURDAY, OCT. 26
• Saturday Night Dance, 7:00 PM. – 9:45 PM.,
Cost: $5.00 Per Person, Adults of all Ages
Welcome, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon St., Call: 310-524-2705.
• Pumpkin Pool-Ooza, 1:30 PM. -3:30 PM.,
$5.00 with Rec ID or Wiseburn ID, $7
without, space is limited so RSVP today!!!,
Call: 310-524-2738.
• Beginning Smart Gardening Workshop,
9:30 AM. – 11:00 AM., George E. Gordon
Clubhouse, 300 E. Pine Ave., El Segundo.
SUNDAY, OCT. 27
• Bridge & Pinochle Groups, 11:30 AM.
– 3:45 PM, Senior Club of El Segundo,
339 Sheldon St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856.
• Meet Dav Pilkey!, Author of Dog Man and
Captain Underpants, 2:00 PM., El Segundo
Performing Arts Center, 640 Main Street, Tick-
ets for $25 on Sale: pagesabookstore.com.
MONDAY, OCT. 28
• Canasta Group, 11:30 AM. – 3:00 PM., 50
Save the Lakes
I just took up golf this year as a favor to
my co-worker, and then guess what. I fell
in love with it. Now on Wednesday’s after
work a couple of my co-workers and I meet
at the The Lakes and play 9 holes which is
just perfect after a long day at work. The
Lakes is beautiful and maintained as if it
was an 18-hole course and I should know
I play Van Nuys Executive sometimes on
the weekend, and what a different. I look
forward to my Wednesday golf, please “Save
The Lakes”.
– Erin Silvera
Too Big
I hope that Chevron and El Segundo City
Hall will reconsider plans to downsize their
existing golf course, and replace its driving
range and clubhouse with a monstrosity that
really belongs in a more remote place - not on a
small, 9-hole, community-friendly, golf course.
I visited a Top Golf facility in a Minneapolis
suburb. It was huge and it reminded me of a
glitzy Las Vegas casino. I was not impressed.
Top Golf is advertised as an entertainment
center and is not a traditional driving range
where you can practice your golf swing at
a leisurely pace for a minimal fee. A Top
Golf computerized driving range is set up
like a giant and expensive pin ball machine
with food service and full bar at each hitting
stall. The large structure would have a
severe negative effect on a new and smaller
golf course design. Other Top Golf facilities
in the United States are built in industrial
areas without an accompanying golf course.
Top Golf should not be allowed to build on
property that was intended to be used as a
public park or golf course.
– Val Schnabl •
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Community Briefs
Save Your Spare Change: Center
Street Students to Support UNICEF
As an element of their civic learning/community
engagement work, Center Street School
Student Council is spearheading their long
time tradition of kids helping kids by Trick
or Treating for UNICEF. This program was
established after WWII to support children
around the world who are not as fortunate as
we are in El Segundo. Please let friends and
neighbors know that all CSS students will be
collecting loose change while they trick-or
treat. Although our students raised $881 last
year, the primary goal of UNICEF’s Trick
or Treat program is to raise awareness - not
money. If a student brings back 5 cents or
$5, they know that they have contributed
to a child who is in need. This is just one
way that CSS students show that Cougars
CARE! For additional information on this
program, please use this link: trick-or-treat
for UNICEF
– Photo and Content
Provided by Center Street School
Citizen of the Year Nominations
Being Accepted
The El Segundo Chamber is currently
accepting nominations for the 2019-2020
El Segundo Citizen of the Year. There are
no specific requirements for being selected
other than the winner must be a resident of
El Segundo and has made a positive impact
on our community.
Citizen of the Year nomination forms are
available at the El Segundo Chamber of
Commerce, 427 Main Street and at Industrial
Lock & Security, 401 Main Street. You will also
find the application posted on the El Segundo
Chamber Facebook page and on the El Segundo
website at www.elsegundochamber.com. If
you would like an application emailed to you,
please contact us at info@elsegundochamber.
org. Applications are due by Nov. 1, 2019. For
more information, please contact the Chamber
of Commerce at (310) 322-1220.
– Content: El Segundo Chamber
Center Street Student Council members and Dr. Monahan
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PEOPLE ITEMS: Monday at noon.
CLASSIFIEDS: Tuesday at noon.
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CHARGED 50% OF AD
See Calendar of Events, page 10
business that grew almost overnight. Sales
increased by 78 percent in one year, and the
companies behind the trendy smoking habit
use social media to target minors, panelists
revealed Oct. 14 at the teen vaping town hall
gathering in Manhattan Beach.
While the smoking craze is safer than cigarettes,
that doesn’t mean teens should take up
the habit, said pediatrician Dr. Alice Kuo with
UCLA Health Sciences. It’s never a good idea
to put chemicals in the lungs, she said, adding
she has seen lung damage in a few cases at
the Redondo Beach clinic where she practices.
She hears a lot from teens who think vaping
is safe. “Oh Dr. Kuo, you don’t know. It’s
just water vapor,” her young patients tell her.
However, new data from the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control indicates that e-cigarettes
have caused lung damage and even deaths
across the country. There were 1,299 reported
cases of lung injury and 26 confirmed U.S.
deaths as of Oct. 11, the CDC reported. Not
all of the smokers were young and a majority
of the injured smokers used their vapes to
smoke tetrahydrocannabinol, otherwise known
as THC, found in cannabis.
And, it can be vaped without being obvious
to the untrained eye. There is a black market
for vaping products that is contributing to the
health problems reported by physicians and
emergency room staff nationwide, the CDC says.
Juice bought on the street or from family, friends,
dealers or other informal sources “are linked
to most of the cases and play a major role in
the outbreak,” the CDC announced this month.
Vaping is wildly popular with high school
students, some teens told the packed auditorium
of parents who came looking for information
about the smoking craze. Vapes, as they are
commonly known, are battery-powered devices
that heat a nicotine-infused liquid called juice.
When heated, the juice forms a steamy white
cloud that teens inhale. Though it may look
harmless, there is nicotine and other chemicals
in the wispy vapor.
A huge challenge for parents is how easy it
is for minors to buy vape products. Local stores
See Vaping, page 11