August 29, 2019 Page 3
Calendar of Events
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THURSDAY, AUG 29
• Chess Club, 4:00 PM.- 5:30 PM., free,
Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Chess for Adults, 4:00 PM – 5:30
PM., free, Crenshaw Imperial Branch
Library, 11141 Crenshaw Blvd., Call:
310-412-5403.
• Family Crafts, 4:00 PM. – 5:15 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Crafts for Kids, 4:00 PM. – 5:00 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
FRIDAY, AUG 30
• Teen Club, 3:00 PM. – 4:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• STEAM, 3:00 PM. – 4:00 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
SATURDAY, AUG 31
• Family Story Time, 1:00 PM. – 2:00 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• North Hawthorne Community BBQ, 12:00
PM. – 4:00 PM., Eucalyptus Park, 12100
S. Inglewood Ave, Hawthorne, For more
info: nhca90250@yahoo.com.
• Smart Gardening – Advanced, 9:30
AM. – 11:30 AM., Hawthorne Library,
12700 Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne, Call:
310-679-8193.
MONDAY, SEPT 2
• HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!!
• CITY HALL CLOSED due to the Holiday
• All South Bay Libraries CLOSED due to
the holiday
TUESDAY, SEPT 3
• Brick Building, 3:30 PM. – 5:00 PM., free,
Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Family Story Time, 6:30 PM. – 7:30 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Chess for Adults, 5:00 PM., free, Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Preschool Story Time, 12:30 PM. – 1: 15
PM., children ages 3-5, Crenshaw Imperial
Branch Library, 11141 Crenshaw Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5403.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 4
• Building Bricks/Board Games, 3:30
PM. – 4:30 PM., free, Inglewood Public
Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd., Call:
310-412-5380.
• Children’s Chess Club, 4:30 PM., children
18 & below, 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.
• 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, SEPT 5
• Chess Club, 4:00 PM.- 5:30 PM., free,
Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Chess for Adults, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.,
free, Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library,
11141 Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-
5403.
• Family Crafts, 4:00 PM. – 5:15 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Baby and Toddler Story Time, 11:30 AM.
– 12:00 PM., ages 1-3 yrs., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
• Preschool Story Time, 1:00 PM. – 1:45
PM., ages 3-5 yrs., Inglewood Public
Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd., Call:
310-412-5380. •
El Camino Doubles Down on
Promise to Make College Affordable
By Rob McCarthy
El Camino College made a promise five
years ago that it would show recent high
school graduates the money if they put in the
work. And the Torrance campus is doubling
down on that offer this fall to pick up the
tuition costs for two years for 800 incoming
freshmen.
The tuition-free deal offered through the
South Bay Promise attracted 2,000 young
adults, many of them who are the first
ones in their families to attend college. The
promise is a locally funded endowment that
offers an affordable pathway directly from
high school to college for students in the El
Camino Community College District. It opened
enrollment for the current fall semester with
a stretch goal of attracting 700 applications.
It got 2,000.
The college’s president Dena Maloney
describes the program, and the tremendous
growth in the number of applications for
2019-20, as an investment in young people.
The promise originally was aimed at South
Bay high school graduates, however, this
year that restriction was removed to include
anyone who earned a diploma from an accredited
California high school.
“Our promise to students is to invest in their
education,” Maloney said. “We are investing
in them.” The South Bay Promise does more
than offer young adults a helping hand with
their enrollment fees, she added. At its core,
the promise this fall will assist the 2,000
participants to complete their educational
goals and plug in at El Camino College.
Data tracking the college choices of South
Bay graduating seniors points to the local
two-year campuses as a training ground for
students moving on to college. South Bay
graduates have a plethora of choices when it
comes to picking a community college, too.
The nearby campuses include Los Angeles
Southwest College, West Los Angeles College,
Santa Monica College and L.A. Trade Tech.
El Camino also runs a satellite campus in
Compton. In-state tuition, excluding housing
costs and student fees, was about $1,100,
according to the 2017-18 data at the web
site called college simply.
That year, El Camino College had 7,834
students enrolled full time basis and 16,515
attended part time. The cost to attend Los
Angeles Southwest College, close to Inglewood,
was a bit higher at $1,220, which
included a small student fee.
The South Bay Promise this fall dropped
the South Bay graduation requirement to be
eligible for the tuition and academic assistance.
Now, all first-time, full-time college
students regardless of school district who
meet the eligibility guidelines and attend El
Camino College directly after their senior
year can take up ECC on its promise. Plus,
ECC students have access to counseling and
support services as they work to transfer to
a university or pursue a rewarding career.
The application for the Fall 2020 South
Bay Promise will be available on November 1.
Before applying, a high school senior
who’s on track to graduate either this winter
or next spring must complete the El Camino
College admission application. Don’t worry
about the fund running out of money. Every
eligible freshman was accepted and funded
this fall.
The college credits the exponential growth
of the tuition and counseling assistance
package to an outreach El Camino started to
middle and high schools in the South Bay.
More participants in the South Bay Promise
means more support programs were in place
for the start of the fall semester, too. These
are critical “to ensure that all students are
part of a group they can turn to for help
when needed,” ECC explained.
The college is proud of the fact that nearly
80 percent of participants reported being firstgeneration
college students, whose parents
did not graduate from a four-year college
or university. El Camino College says it is
focused on responding to and supporting the
fast-growing first-generation college student
population on campus so they know that ECC
is a place where they belong and where they
can succeed. Support activities and events are
planned for the fall, including a “First-Gen
Awareness Week,”
Financial aid literacy is a focus of the promise.
and the freshmen who qualified attended
summer workshops to learn how to navigate
the financial aspect of their educations. ECC
made scholarship money available, too, to
those with greater financial needs, it said.
The additional aid can be spent on student
fees, textbooks and other expenses directly
connected with campus life. The fall semester
at El Camino began on Aug. 24.
Current high school seniors and their families
may apply for the 2020-21 South Bay
Promise starting later this fall. The cutoff
deadline for applications is April 30, 2020. •
Hawthorne Happenings
News for the City of Good
Neighbors from an Old Guy
Named Norb Huber
North Hawthorne Community
Association Picnic
All Hawthorne residents are invited
to attend the 9th Annual North Hawthorne
Community Association Picnic to be
held on Saturday, August 31st from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at Eucalyptus Park. There will be
food, fun, music, crafts and the Spider-Man
character for photos. Plan to wrap up your
summer with a great family event.
Hawthorne Arts Complex
The Hawthorne community is invited to
view some really good art right here in
Hawthorne. The Hawthorne Arts Complex
is hosting their annual “Open Studios”
event on Sunday, September 8 from 2 to 6
p.m. The studios is located at 13040 Cerise
Avenue in Hawthorne. For more information
please check out their website at:
hawthorneartscomplex.com.
Hawthorne Chamber of
Commerce Golf Tournament
The 5th Annual Hawthorne Chamber Golf
Tournament will be held on September 19th
at the Rio Hondo Golf Club 10627 Old River
Rd. Downey, Ca 90241. If you would like
to be a sponsor or play in the tournament,
you can either email at sherice.baker@
thehawthornechamber.com or call the Chamber
at (310) 676-1163.
Labor Day Weekend
This weekend used to be the sure sign of
the end of summer. Kids would never return
to school until after Labor Day. Now, schools
are starting in early to mid-August. It was
always a bittersweet holiday for me. As a
teacher I always enjoyed my summers
off. Getting back to work was the
challenge, but once the school semester
started it was back to the routine.
I’m sure some parents are overjoyed
to have their kids back at school and
not laying around the house staring
at their video screens. We celebrate
American labor this weekend by taking a day
off to rest and relax. With unemployment being
low, most people who want to work have
a job. That means most of us have bosses.
Our entire career can depend on whether we
have a good boss or not. Obviously if we
want a raise or even keep our position we
naturally want to keep on good terms or pretty
much impress our supervisors with our work
ethic, our brains, our skills, our team work,
our style, our preparation, our willingness to
take on challenges, our communication skills,
our likability, and whatever else it takes to
fit in and be recognized and in turn be duly
compensated. We spend a lot of time and
effort trying to impress others. If you think
about it, this applies to almost everything we
do. We want to be liked by our neighbors,
our family members and especially our ol’
ladies. We tend to treat God the same way.
We work so hard to impress him that we
forget that he really does love us for who
we are, not what we do to win his favor.
Have you noticed that when we stop trying
to impress people and just be ourselves, life
is a lot easier? We don’t have to drive the
best car in the parking lot. We don’t have to
have the greenest grass on the block. It’s the
same with our heavenly father. God wants
us to be happy. He wants us to enjoy life.
When we recognize that we are never going
to be the best or win all the time, that we
really are losers who fail a lot, that is when
we come to realize that God loves us. When
2 ND SEPTEMBER
2 ND SEPTEMBER
ENJOY THE DAY OF F
E N J OY T HE DAY O F F
Herald Publications will be Closed on Monday, September 2.
Herald Publications will be Closed on Monday, September 2.
Have a wonderful day with your family and friends.
Have a wonderful day with your family and friends.
See Norb, page 7