Page 2 May 25, 2017 Community Briefs Centinela Hospital Receives Baby-Friendly Designation Centinela Hospital Medical Center last week announced that it has received prestigious international recognition as a Baby-Friendly Designated birth facility from Baby-Friendly USA, Inc., a global program sponsored by the World Health Organizations (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This initiative encourages and recognizes hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimal level of care for breastfeeding mothers and their babies. More than two decades of research has established numerous advantages to breastfeeding for both mother and baby. Based on the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, the Baby-Friendly Designation recognizes birth facilities that offer breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence, and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding USCIS to Present Citizenship Information Session at Inglewood Library The Inglewood Public Library will host a program on naturalization and citizenship this spring, in the Gladys Waddingham Lecture Hall at the Main Library, 101 West Manchester Boulevard at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30. This is the second of four library programs on immigration, supported by the California Center for the Book. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) personnel will be on-hand to discuss the naturalization process step-by-step and provide information about eligibility and residency requirements, application forms, fees, the background security check and processing times. The information sessions will be bilingual and include presentations in Spanish. Participants will also see sample questions from the naturalization test and receive an overview of U.S. history and civic principles. These sessions are part of a larger USCIS initiative to help immigrants better understand the naturalization and citizenship process, including the content of the naturalization test, their babies following birth and discharge. With this designation, Centinela Hospital Medical Center now is only one of 34 Baby-Friendly hospitals within Los Angeles County. Currently, there are more than 20,000 designated Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers worldwide and 427 active Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers in the United States. The “Baby-Friendly” designation is given after a rigorous on-site survey is completed. The evidence-based practices designated hospitals and facilities must demonstrate range from helping mothers’ initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth, to providing breastfeeding education vehicles following discharge. The award is maintained by continuing to practice the Ten Steps as demonstration by quality processes. Source: Centinela Hospital Medical Center and to become familiar with free educational resources and materials available from the agency. Free educational materials will be given out while supplies last and bilingual Immigration Service Officers will be available for questions and answers at these sessions. “Californians: Community Conversations about Immigration” is designed to spark community discourse and foster tolerance, meaningful conversation and understanding around immigration. There will also be immigration programs in August and November at the Inglewood Main Library. The Library has received 20 books and DVDs representing a variety of cultures and immigration experiences, and programming resources and materials to support programming activities, as part of this project. This program is free and open to all. Library parking is free after 4 p.m. on weekdays. 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THE PURCHASE OF A NEW ACORN STAIRLIFT! Ball Bounces the Lakers Way By Adam Serrao A lot was on the line for the Los Angeles Lakers at the NBA Draft Lottery held on Tuesday, April 16. All the talk was of ping pong balls bouncing the right way as the Lakers held onto less than a 50 percent chance of landing a top-three pick through the selection process. A team that finished last season with a 26-56 record shouldn’t necessarily expect to be rewarded, but the Lakers walked away from the lottery as the big winners of the day. Overcoming the odds, Los Angeles landed the second overall pick in the draft for what will now be the third year in a row. With fortune certainly on their side, new Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson will have one very big decision to make leading up to the June 22 NBA Draft. Los Angeles avoided a true nightmare scenario when the team was lucky enough to land the second overall pick in the upcoming draft. Conspiracy theorists might say that the Lakers recent stretch of good luck at the Draft Lottery is the NBA’s way of paying Los Angeles back for a Chris Paul trade that was blocked and eventually went awry. No matter what the reason for the luck, the Lakers now not only hold onto their 2017 draft pick, but also their 2019 first round pick that would have gone to the Orlando Magic should the Lakers have fallen out of the top three. Every year seems to come to its own nailbiting conclusion with the Lakers, even though the team consistently finishes near the bottom of their conference and well out of playoff contention. Trades made in 2012 for Steve Nash and Dwight Howard have been the reason for stressful and anxious times for the Lakers and their fans lately, but at last the team can now officially put those worries--and trades--in the rearview. With a little bit of recent success at being unsuccessful and a whole lot of luck, Los Angeles has a built a young core that Pelinka thinks may be better than any other in the NBA. “We have as good a young core once we add this pick as any [team] in the league,” Pelinka said after the lottery. “Even the great teams that are dominant like Golden State--they grew through the draft. We feel like we have that type of core, for sure.” The number two overall pick leaves the Lakers with a lot of flexibility in the draft, but even still, nothing is set in stone. Many fans have been hoping that former UCLA Bruins point guard Lonzo Ball would fall into L.A.’s lap, despite his father’s unrelenting and overbearing nature. That opportunity has certainly now presented itself, but it’s still no certainty that the Celtics won’t choose to take Ball with the top pick, especially with the injury to and fallout surrounding Isaiah Thomas in Boston. While Ball is currently considered to be the heavy favorite to go number two to the Lakers, his possible departure to the Celtics at number one would leave Los Angeles to look at players like Washington’s Markelle Fultz, Kansas’ Josh Jackson, or even Kentucky point guard De’Aaron Fox. Ideally, the Lakers would love to take Ball with the number two pick and in the process silence his father who seems to love being in the spotlight with every opportunity that presents itself. The Lakers need a talent like Ball on the roster. He’s a true pass-first point guard who would push D’Angelo Russell off of the ball where he excelled in limited time last year. With Ball, Russell, Brandon Ingram and other key role players on the team like Julius Randle, Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance, Jr., the Lakers will be well on their way to rebuilding a roster that has been downright terrible over the last few years. With a young and talented roster and the backdrop of Hollywood--which certainly doesn’t hurt their cause--the Lakers should also be able to attract big-name free agents in the coming years as well. The most talked about free agent has been Paul George, whose contract will be up after the 2017-’18 season comes to an end. The addition of George would certainly make the Lakers a playoff team once again, though championship aspirations remain a bit murky as long as Golden State and LeBron James are around. Before the Lakers can start thinking about a championship, though, they must first begin to construct a roster that will win more than 25 games in one season. Having the second overall pick in the draft will certainly help with that cause. For the Lakers, many decisions remain as the team travels down a long and winding road back toward prominence. Those decisions will be left to Pelinka, Johnson and the rest of the Los Angeles front office in the coming months and beyond. For now, a sense of relief persists. Relief that the Lakers not only kept their draft pick this year and in 2019, but also that the team moved all the way up to the number two spot. Everything seems to be slowly falling into place for L.A. Now, the only thing left to follow is a successful season within the Western Conference standings. • – Asixlion@earthlink.net We Will Never Forget 29th MAY Herald Publications will be Closed on Monday, May 29. Enjoy the day with your family and friends.
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