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EL SEGUNDO HERALD December 14, 2017 Page 3
Calendar of Events
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THURSDAY, DEC. 14
• ESHS Annual Senior Citizen’s Tea, 3:00
PM – 5:00 PM., free, ESHS Cafeteria,
Contact: respinoza@esusd.k12.ca.us.
• El Segundo Board of Education & City
Council Joint Meeting, 6:00 PM., El Segundo
City Hall, 350 Main Street, Call:
310-524-2306.
• CSS Winter Sing, Center Street School,
700 Center Street, Call for more info:
310-615-2676.
• ESHS & ESMS Orchestras Winter Concert,
7:00 PM., El Segundo High School PAC.,
640 Main Street, Call: 310-615-2662.
• Community Menorah Lighting, 5:00 PM.
– 6:00 PM., City Hall Plaza, Downtown
El Segundo.
FRIDAY, DEC. 15
• Bingo, 1:00 PM. - 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, $3.00
minimum, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon St., Call Diane: 310-640-9577.
SATURDAY, DEC. 16
• Concerts in the Library: Andy and Renee
– The Music of Bob Dylan, 2:00 PM.,
free, El Segundo Public Library, 111 W.
Mariposa Ave., Call: 310-524-2728.
MONDAY, DEC. 18
• Winter Break STARTS for All ESUSD
Schools – NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY, DEC. 19
• Winter Break for All ESUSD Schools –
NO SCHOOL
• City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM. – 9:00
PM., City Hall, Council Chambers, 3031
Torrance Blvd., Call: 310-618-2780.
• El Segundo Kiwanis Club Meeting, 12:10
PM., The Lakes at El Segundo, 400 S. Sepulveda
Blvd., Contact: elsegundokiwanis.org.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20
• Winter Break for All ESUSD Schools –
NO SCHOOL
• The Ruins of Time, Lost Libraries of the
Silk Road, 7:00 PM., El Segundo Public
Library, 111 W. Mariposa Avenue, Call:
310-524-2728.
THURSDAY, DEC. 21
• Winter Break for All ESUSD Schools –
NO SCHOOL
• Caroling & Ornament Making in the Library,
Happy Holidays
Davis & DeRosa Physical Therapy, Inc.
Davis & DeRosa Physical Therapy, established in 2003,
provides a quaint boutique practice located in El Segundo,
California. The 4,000 square foot facility is a well known
practice offering its patients private, personal treatment by
a licensed therapist at every visit. Patients are guaranteed
one-on-one attention for their 45-minute treatment.
THE PRACTICE SPECIALIZES IN
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR:
Chronic Neck and Back Pain
Pre and Post Surgical Rehabilitation
Sports Injuries
Work Injuries
Neurological Disorders
Foot and Ankle Disorders (including orthotics)
Osteoporosis and other Age Related Disorders
Balance and Vestibular Disorders
Injury Prevention
Troy Davis Owner, PT, DPT • Chris DeRosa Owner, PT, OCS
Leo Valenzuela, PT, DPT • Lianne Nakazaki, PT, DPT
Garret Wong, PT, DPT, OCS • Tami Chang, PT • Kim Klein, PT
William Quibell, PT, DPT • Richelle Mae Milina, PT, DPT, OCS
325 Main Street El Segundo, CA 90245 310.648.3167
www.davisandderosa.com
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM., El Segundo
Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave.,
Call: 310-524-2728.
FRIDAY, DEC. 22
• Bingo, 1:00 PM. - 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, $3.00
minimum, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon St., Call Diane: 310-640-9577.
• Winter Break for All ESUSD Schools –
NO SCHOOL
SATURDAY, DEC. 23
• Saturday Night Dance, 7:00 PM. – 9:45
PM., Cost: $3.00 Per Person, Adults
of all Ages Welcome, Senior Club of
El Segundo, 339 Sheldon St., Call:
310-524-2705.
SUNDAY, DEC. 24
• MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!
MONDAY, DEC. 25
• MERRY CHRISTMAS!
• El Segundo Public Library – CLOSED
for Christmas
• Winter Break for All ESUSD Schools –
NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY, DEC. 26
• Winter Break for All ESUSD Schools –
NO SCHOOL
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27
• Winter Break for All ESUSD Schools –
NO SCHOOL
THURSDAY, DEC. 28
• El Segundo Farmer’s Market, 3:00 PM.
– 7:00 PM., located on Main Street, Downtown
El Segundo.
• Winter Break for All ESUSD Schools –
NO SCHOOL •
Long-Time Library Director Gets
Ready to Check Out Retirement
Text Messaging
to 9-1-1 Now Available
Mobile users in LA County now can send
text messages to 9-1-1, giving hearing- and
speech-impaired residents, or those in situations
where it is too dangerous to dial 9-1-1,
a potentially lifesaving option. “Call if you
can--text if you can’t” is the slogan developed
by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) as the new technology makes its debut in
the most populous county in the United States.
The South Bay Regional Public Communications
Authority which provides police and
fire dispatch services for Manhattan Beach,
Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, El
Segundo and Culver City is now equipped
to receive and respond to mobile phone SMS
Text to 9-1-1 messages. This service is available
for use by the deaf, hard of hearing, or
speech-impaired, and in situations when it is
too dangerous to make a voice call to 9-1-1.
How to Text to 9-1-1 in an Emergency:
• Enter “911” in the “To” field.
• The first text message to 9-1-1 should
be brief and contain the location of the
emergency.
• Push the “Send” button.
• Be prepared to answer questions and follow
instructions from the 9-1-1 call-taker.
Debra Brighton. Photo Courtesy of City of El Segundo.
• Text in simple words--do not use abbreviations,
acronyms or emojis.
• Keep the text message brief and concise.
Other Tips
• Text location information is not equal to
current location technology.
• As with all text messages, Text-to-9-1-1
messages can take longer to receive, or
may not be received at all, and they can
get out of order.
• Text-to-9-1-1 is not available if your phone
is roaming.
• A text or data plan is required to place a
Text-to-9-1-1 message.
• If Text to 9-1-1 is not available in your
area, or is temporarily unavailable, you will
receive a bounce back message indicating
that Text-to-9-1-1 is not available and
advising you to dial 9-1-1.
• Photos and videos cannot be sent with
Text-to-9-1-1 at this time.
• Text-to-9-1-1 cannot include more than one
person. Do not send your emergency text
to anyone other than 9-1-1.
• Language translation interpretation is not
available with Text-to-9-1-1.
Only use Text-to-9-1-1 as a last resort: “Call
if you can; Text if you can’t.”
– Source: El Segundo PD •
Police Brief
Letters
Santa And The Kids
It is a heartwarming sight to see parents
taking their children to see Santa and his
sleigh as he moves through the streets of El
Segundo at Christmas time. It’s commendable
that our city focuses on the children this way
at this time of year.
It is also admirable that our police department
supports this Yuletide activity by announcing the
arrival of Santa and his sleigh at various locations
throughout the city, but.with riot control
like tactics using a bull horn and sirens at ear
piercing levels?? Please! We’ve got one of the
best police forces in California, but can’t we do
better at linking up Santa with our kids.? Isn’t
there a friendlier, more commemorative, more
cordial way to share Santa? Merry Christmas.
– Jay Stock •
By Brian Simon
A major change is in store for the El
Segundo Public Library with the retirement
at the end of the month of long-time department
head Debra Brighton. She will close the
books on her career in town after 31 years
of service, the last 18 as Director.
Brighton came to the Library in the pre-
Internet days, when the manual Dewey
Decimal card system still ruled, no one
heard of e-books, old copies of the Herald
only existed on microfiche and the thought
of computer stations seemed like a pipe
dream. Technological changes over the past
three decades transformed library services
and created challenges in the process. “I
would say libraries have been in a constant
state of transition and have had to continually
prove their value to a certain segment
of the population ever since the first log-on
to the Internet in the early ‘90s,” Brighton
said. “The Web totally changed the role of
librarians as gatekeepers of information and
knowledge to managers of database systems
for public access. It is a good thing that
people can search and find information on
their own now. They just have to be careful
of the reliability of their source.”
A native of Lakehurst, New Jersey, Brighton
was born on the same site as the Hindenburg
disaster that took place in 1937. After
her father retired from the Navy, the family
moved to West Covina where she graduated
from Covina High and started undergrad
studies at Whittier College. Brighton earned
a Bachelor of Arts in English as well as a
Master’s degree in Library Science at Cal
State Fullerton. She attended UCLA for her
post-Master’s work in Library Management
and Computer Sciences.
Brighton’s first stints in libraries were
with the County of Orange, UC Irvine and
the City of Anaheim. In 1987, she accepted
a position in El Segundo as a reference
supervisor. “I was very impressed with
the small town atmosphere and I liked
supervising a division of the Library where
I could make some positive impacts,”
she said of her early days on the job. “The
remodel and expansion of the Library
in 1992 was already in the works, plus
the transition from cards to an online
database made it a very exciting opportunity
and challenging time in my career.” Back
then, dial-up modems were considered
“cutting-edge technology” despite the snaillike
speed that would never pass muster in
today’s world.
Also in 1992, Brighton earned a promotion
to the Principal Librarian position for which
she hired and trained school library staff
at the four El Segundo Unified campuses.
She was instrumental the following year
when the Library underwent its expansion
to an online catalog with 40 staff and public
computer stations.
Brighton became Library Director in 1999
and can point to a long list of accomplishments
during her tenure. City Manager Greg
Carpenter noted several of those in a thank-you
message. “She started the annual Author Fair,
planned adult reading and discussion groups,
initiated the Concerts in the Library series, and
continued to upgrade technology to meet the
growing needs of patrons,” he wrote. And a
few years ago, those old Herald copies went
digital and one can now access articles covering
El Segundo’s history at the click of a mouse.
Brighton also oversaw physical changes to
the Library itself with interior renovations
and three new meeting rooms added to the
north side of the main floor. As she prepares
to wrap up her career, she was pleased to
note that the City Council recently approved
new seating, tables and a charging station
behind the information desk to accommodate
patrons who wish to stay connected. “From
card catalogs to databases, cassette tapes to
streaming online movies, and print to e-books,
libraries still provide trusted information and
recreational reading—but just in different
formats,” Brighton said. “They are very much
a valuable place for the community to gather,
attend programs, use meeting room space,
See Debra Brighton, page 4