Inglewood News AND LENNOX CITIZEN The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - July 2, 2015 Warren Lane Elementary Students Honor Jesse Owens with Mural Students and teachers from P.S. Arts and Warren Lane Elementary, along with actress Keke Palmer (center, back), unveiled their new mural honoring track star Jesse Owens. The mural reflects Jesse Owens’ motivational message, “In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.” Photo courtesy of Ask April Love, LLC. City Council Offers Reward For Information Leading To Arrest In Murder Of Local Man By Cristian Vasquez that protocol. In this case, however, there In a unanimous vote, members of the are factors that the Mayor feels demand an Inglewood City Council and Mayor James T. immediate statement by the City of Inglewood Butts approved a council initiative to adopt that these types of acts cannot and will not a resolution offering a $50,000 reward to be tolerated.” any person that provides information that Due to the victim’s age, physical limitation will lead to the “identification, apprehension which restricted his ability to defend himself and conviction of the person(s) responsible and because the nature of the crime, Mayor for the murder of Robert Hollis.” Butts and the council acted out of the Hollis, a 75-year old Inglewood resident, established “protocol” in order to send a was found murdered in his home on June stern messages regarding the city’s intention 18, his body decapitated. to solve the crime. “Before we move forward I just want to “There is no conflict with this staff report,” make something very, very clear: rewards Mayor Butts said. “We intend to support the are a widely recognized investigative tool,” family; we intend to obtain justice in this Mayor Butts said. “While they are not as case and we intend to let people know that widely successful as we might hope, I am this will not be tolerated.” asking the councilmen’s’ consensus due to Mayor Butts’ request for a $50,000 reward the viciousness of this crime and the fact is the largest monetary compensation offered that it targeted a senior with limited ability by the city in its effort to solve a crime. to defend himself, in his home.” “Offering of a monetary reward to The victim, fondly known as “Mr. encourage individuals to provide information Bojangles,” was nearly blind and had recently leading to the arrest of criminals is a widely finished his first book in braille. Hollis was recognized and effective investigative well-known in the community and spent time strategy,” states the report. “In the absence singing in church choirs. Concerned for his of strong physical evidence or leads as to the well-being police were dispatched to Hollis’ identity of suspects, this strategy becomes apartment where his remains were found. even more beneficial to police investigators.” With few leads in the investigation and due Anyone with information regarding the to the nature of the crime, the Inglewood crime is asked to call the Inglewood Police Police Department and the City of Inglewood Department at (310) 412-5246. For anyone are reaching out to the community for any who wishes to remain anonymous but information leading to the apprehension of provide information, the number to call is those responsible. (888) 412-7463. “Ordinarily, the city council responds Council Approves City’s to requests from the Police Department Participation in Ocean Friendly for reward authorization at the point that Demonstration Gardens Program Detectives deem all reasonable leads and All members of the Inglewood City Council avenues of investigation have been exhausted,” and the Mayor approved a Memorandum states the report presented at the council of Understanding for the city to take part meeting. “The Mayor has always supported in the West Basin Municipal Water District [WBMWD] Ocean Friendly Demonstration Gardens Program. Funding for the water-conservation program was made available to WBMWD from the California Department of Water Resources. WBMWD created the Ocean Friendly Demonstration Gardens Program in order to establish such gardens throughout the water district’s coverage area in order to promote water conservation, while educating the community with regards to drought-tolerant plants and how to reduce water runoff. “The City of Inglewood has been identified as an ideal site for a demonstration garden,” states the staff report. “The proposed location is approximately 2,000 feet, located on the City Hall South Mall adjacent to the parking structure. The proposed garden will include grasses and flowering perennials, meadow grass and groundcovers, fragrance and color shrubs, new western rebud trees, decorative boulders, interpretive signage, and decomposed granite pathway.” The MOU states that the City of Inglewood agrees to provide soil analysis, site measurements costs of all permits needed, site preparation before construction and signage. The city will also maintain the Ocean Friendly Demonstration Gardens in compliance with program guidelines for at least five years. However, the agreement also requires that WBMWD provide garden design, construction management services, garden installation, which includes labor and materials as well as the training for maintenance personnel. The Ocean Friendly Demonstration Gardens Program has been implemented in the Cities of Hawthorne, Carson, Hermosa Beach and Inglewood Fires Station located on Regent and Fir Streets. • Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................6 Classifieds............................2 Community Briefs...............3 Film Review..........................2 Finance..................................3 Food.......................................8 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................4, 6-7 Looking Up...........................2 People...................................2 Police Reports.....................3 Seniors..................................5 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Partly Cloudy 72˚/63˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 72˚/63˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 72˚/63˚
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