May 23, 2019 Page 3
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THURSDAY, MAY 23
• Chess for All Ages, 4:30 PM., free, Crenshaw
Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Family Movie, 4:00 PM. – 5:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Baby and Toddler Story Time, 11:30 AM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Preschool Story Time, 1:00 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
FRIDAY, MAY 24
• Teen Club, 3:00 PM. – 4:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Tween Club, 4:00 PM. – 5:00 PM., (ages
9-12), Inglewood Public Library, 101 W.
Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• STEAM for Kids, 3:00 PM. – 4:00 PM.,
Ages 8 & up, Inglewood Public Library,
101 W. Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-
5380.
SATURDAY, MAY 25
• Family Story Time, 1:00 PM. – 2:00 PM.,
free, Inglewood Public Library, 101 W.
Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Family Story Time, 1:00 PM., Crenshaw –
Imperial Branch Library, 11141 Crenshaw
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
MONDAY, MAY 27
• HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!! City Hall
– CLOSED
• All South Bay Libraries are CLOSED due
to Holiday
TUESDAY, MAY 28
• Brick Building, 3:30 PM. – 5:00 PM., free,
Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Hawthorne City Council Meeting, 6:00
PM., Hawthorne City Hall, 4455 W. 126th
Street.
• Chess for Adults, 6:00 PM., free, Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Family Story Time, 6:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
• Red Cross Blood Drive, 12:00 PM. – 6:00
PM., Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea
Ave, Hawthorne.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29
• Building Bricks/Board Games, 3:30 PM.,
free, Inglewood Public Library, 101 W.
Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Smarty Pants Story Time, 11:30 AM. –
12:00 PM., Hawthorne Library, 12700
Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne.
• Children’s Chess Club, 4:30 PM., children
18 & below, free, Inglewood Public
Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd., Call:
310-412-5380.
• Inglewood Visionaries Toastmasters Club
#4404 Meeting, 6:00 PM., Inglewood
Center for Spiritual Living, 525 No.
Market St., For more info: www.ing4404.
toastmastersclubs.org
THURSDAY, MAY 30
• Chess for All Ages, 4:30 PM., free, Crenshaw
Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Family Movie, 4:00 PM. – 5:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380. •
Council United in Opposition of
State Housing, Cannabis Bills
By Derrick Deane
The Hawthorne City Council continued its
opposition to potential state-mandated laws
that would erode local control over issues
such as low-income housing and cannabis
during the group’s most recent meeting.
The Council voted unanimously to oppose
State Assembly Bill 1356, introduced by Assemblymember
Phil Ting of the 19th District,
which encompasses western San Francisco and
northern San Mateo County. The bill states
that if a local jurisdiction received more than
50 percent of the vote in favor of legalizing
cannabis in last November’s election, that
city would be required to issue a minimum
number of local licenses authorizing specified
cannabis retailers. Hawthorne had a 58
percent vote in favor of legalizing marijuana.
“Our city prohibited the sale of cannabis
and since that time, there has been a real
push by Sacramento to pressure the cities
into accepting marijuana in some form,”
Mayor Pro Tem Olivia Valentine said. “This
latest bill requires cities to issue cannabis
licenses based solely on the percentage of
city residents who voted in favor of cannabis
sales. What they’re saying is if this
bill passes, those cities would be forced to
allow a certain number – and they’ve got a
formula for the number of facilities that must
be established.”
The bill calculates the minimum requirement
by dividing the number of currently
active alcohol sales licenses in the city by
1/6, or one license for every 15,000 residents
in the city, whichever of those two is greater.
“This is another example of local control,”
Valentine added. “Our city did vote to ban
the sale within our city and there have been
several bills and regulation was passed that
subverted cities that had banned sales that
said deliveries could be made to any legal
address anywhere in the state.” Valentine
requested that the Council send its opposition
of the bill to Assemblymember Autumn
Burke, State Senator Steven Bradford and
Governor Gavin Newsom.
Eleven Lennox Students Awarded
Full Scholarships for LACMA
Summer Art Programs
The Los Angeles County Museum of
Art (LACMA) awarded full scholarships
valued at $1,685 for summer art programs
to 11 Lennox Middle School students on
Wednesday, May 15. The LACMA awards
scholarships to promising students who do
not have the financial means to attend an
art class. These scholarships are available
for students ages 6–17.
The LACMA offers a five-week Kids Art
Class for students ages 10-13 to explore
printmaking, typography and patterns with
innovative techniques using conventional
and unconventional materials. Six students
from Lennox Middle School will be able to
attend the courses at no cost and learn from
Gloria Westcott, an artist, educator, curator
and producer who has been based in Los
Angeles for over twenty years.
The second course, Sketching for Teens,
will provide students the opportunity to develop
their drawing skills. They will receive
a sketchbook and portable media such as
graphite pencils, colored pencils, charcoal,
and oil pastels. Five Lennox Middle School
Students will work with Jenny Ziomek, a
painter, illustrator and writer, to develop
their personal styles.
Lennox Middle School and LACMA
representatives presented the scholarship
awards to students in front of family and
friends. The Kids Art Class program will
begin June 2 and the Sketching for Teens
class will begin July 20.
“We are extremely thankful for this opportunity,”
said Rafael Ramos, teacher at Lennox
Middle School. “It was a great surprise to all
of us when we heard 11 of our students are
going to be part of this amazing experience.
They definitely deserve this opportunity and
much more! They are talented kids. I can’t
wait to see what they create and learn as a
result of the program.”
– Content: Lennox School District •
Down Year for Baseball
Attendance? Not With Supportive
Dodgers Fans
By Rob McCarthy
The Los Angeles Dodgers keep winning on
the bases and at the turnstiles. The Blue Crew
are the best-drawing team in Major League
Baseball and playing before bigger crowds
this season at home and on the road. That’s
exactly what baseball needs right now.
Attendance is shrinking at Major League
games, though poor weather and underperforming
teams with losing records explain some of
the drop-off at National and American League
ballparks. Eighteen of the league’s 30 teams
reported smaller crowds in April and through
mid-May. The Dodgers, who are trying to win
the club’s first World Series title in 30 years, have
responded so far to the challenge. The team’s
Southern California fan base has responded by
turning out for home games in bigger numbers.
Los Angeles leads the league in home attendance
through the first 25 games, according
to ESPN baseball figures. Average attendance
at home was a league-leading 47,119 fans
per game. L.A. surpassed the 1 million home
attendance mark by mid-May despite losing
Yasiel Puig and Chase Utley, two of the team’s
most popular players.
The Dodgers traded Puig to the Cincinnati
Reds during the offseason, and Utley retired.
Utley’s fans in Philadelphia, where he played
before coming the Dodgers, have embraced
the Phillies and their new free agent outfielder
Bryce Harper. The Phils are one of only three
teams, including L.A., to draw over 1 million
fans at home this season. The New York Yankees
are the other. All three teams currently sit in
first place in their divisions.
Twelve teams are bucking the league-wide
trend of smaller crowds, though. Philadelphia
and MLB superstar Harper have increased home
attendance by 302,219 fans through the first
28 games. The San Diego Padres, with former
Dodger Manny Machado now playing for them,
have boosted home crowds by 80,000 through
the first 26 games. Another California team, the
Oakland Athletics, have seen brisk business at
the stadium turnstiles too, adding 60,000 fans
through the first seven weeks of this season.
Down south in Anaheim, the Angels soon
will hit the 1 million attendance mark, but it’s
taking longer than last season. The Angels’
home crowds are down by 53,000 so far. The
team’s home attendance stood at 857,694 after
last weekend’s three-game homestand.
The Dodgers have remained the number
one team for attendance in the Major Leagues
for the past six seasons. They leapfrogged the
Phillies in 2013 for the highest attendance in
Major League Baseball. The Yankees outdrew
both L.A. and Philadelphia back in 2010.
The San Francisco Giants are losing paying
fans faster than any major league team this
season, ESPN’s figures show. The Giants -- who
ranked fourth last season and drew more than
3 million spectators at home -- are in a freefall.
The team ranks 10th in attendance and is last
in the National League West. San Francisco
and Los Angeles were the first major league
teams to relocate from New York to the West
Coast between 1958 and 1959.
The teams making the biggest gains in average
attendance from 2018 are:
The Winners
Philadelphia Phillies: 35,947 (10,794 more
per game)
San Diego Padres, 29,870 (3,105 more per
game)
Oakland Athletics, 19,541 (2,508 more per
game)
Chicago White Sox, 46,501 (1,983 per game)
Cincinnati Reds, 36,383 (1,959 per game)
The Dodgers made the list too. They’ve
added 866 paid admission per game over last
season. Milwaukee’s Brewers, another playoff
team from last season, gained about the same
number as L.A: 896. The Brewers play in a
climate-controlled domed stadium, where fans
watch games without braving the wind and
cold that the league says has contributed to
smaller crowds, including at Yankee Stadium.
Attendance in the Bronx is down 2,763 per
game, and players in early-April games wore
Hawthorne Happenings
News for the City of Good
Neighbors from an Old Guy
Named Norb Huber
Spring or Winter?
What’s up with our weather? This
has been the wettest May on record for
parts of California. Snow is falling up at
the higher elevations. We are usually hot and
sunny by now here in Orangevale. It’s been
a wetter than normal Spring for SoCal also.
Climate change? The Trump effect? God’s
answer to our prayers for rain? Who knows?
After returning from a short stay down in Cabo
San Lucas, Mexico, I’m really ready for some
warmer weather.
105 and Still Going Strong
The Hawthorne City Council honored the
oldest living resident in the City of Good
Neighbors last week. Reina Solares turned
105 years of age recently. She is a very strong
lady, full of life. She attributes her strong
Christian faith to contributing to her long life.
Congratulations to the entire Solares family
with their celebration of this great lady.
K9 Community Dinner
For over 30 years, the Spring Community
Dinner has been hosted by the Hawthorne
Presidents Council. Each year the dinner supports
of the K-9 squad of the Hawthorne Police
Department. This year the dinner will be held
on Thursday, May 23rd from 5 – 6:45 p.m.
at the Hawthorne Memorial Center. Tickets
are only $5 for a great chicken dinner,
with a presentation put on by the K-9’s
themselves, and followed by an auction
of some really nice prizes. This always
is a great family fun thing to bring the
kids to. They get to see the dogs in
action. Tickets are available at the door.
50th Year Class Reunion
for HHS Class of ’69
All Hawthorne High School Alums are
invited to attend a very special celebration
this September 20-21st at the Ayres Hotel in
Hawthorne. It will be the 50th Class Reunion
for the HHS Class of 1969. I’m old enough
to remember back to the sixties. It was quite
the time. Catch all the details of the reunion
by going to several postings on Facebook. It
looks like it will be a great time to reunite
with old friends and classmates.
Vacation
Yes, we had a great time in Mexico. It was
one of our most restful vacations. You probably
know that feeling after some vacations you get
home and you need another one to recuperate
from the first one. Not this time. We spent a lot
of time doing nothing. If you saw my beach
photo, you know what I mean. Got some reading
in. Got some swimming pool time in. Drank
a few cold ones, as you know, beer is safer
than water in Mexico. Took my very first, and
probably last, yoga class. I connected with my
universe through balance and relaxation. Water
See Baseball Attendance, page 5
See City Council, page 5
See Norb, page 4