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 - November 5, 2015 The Music Center Celebrates 37th Annual Very Special Arts Festival Marisol Chavaria, Connor Jacobs, Fatima Faris and students from Halldale Elementary School perform on stage as part of The Music Center’s 37th Annual Very Special Arts Festival. This year’s festival included live performances of music and movement from more than 125 schools, 85 student groups and a display of numerous pieces of 2-D and 3-D student artwork. Photo courtesy of The Music Center. City’s Drug, Alcohol Policy Updated To Match Federal Testing Program Standards By Cristian Vasquez Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation A resolution to update the City of Authority [LACMTA], Pass-Through Program, Inglewood’s Drug and Alcohol Policy was the city is always subject to continuous updated by the mayor and city council in order monitoring and periodic audits that ensure to be in compliance with the Federal Drug compliance, as established by the FTA. and Alcohol Testing Program administered “Additionally, the authority to govern these by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan safety-sensitive employees falls under the Transportation Authority. jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation On Nov. 24, 2014, Mayor James T. Butts [DOT] and not the Federal Motor Carrier Safety and the city council adopted a resolution Administration [FMCSA], as written in the to update the city’s then current drug and current resolution,” concludes the staff report. alcohol program policy. The approval of this Council Approves Addition Of new resolution serves to update last year’s Pathways To Success Mural To City’s policy to meet the standards set by the federal Public Art Collection requirements for 2015. The three-dimensional mural Pathways to “On an annual basis, the City is audited Success located along three outside walls at to ensure it is in compliance with DOT the Rogers Park Recreation Center was added [Department of Transportation] and FTA to the city’s public art collection. [Federal Transportation Administration] Through the Creative Anti-gang Mural regulations,” states the staff report. Program [CAMP], which began on June 29, “Additionally, rules and laws change annually 2015, the city contracted Adwin D. Brown that require the city to update its policy. and Christopher Mercier to function as art During the pre-audit telephone conference, the advocate and lead artist, respectively. Brown auditor identified language changes required and Mercier, through the eight-week CAMP to the resolution of the City’s policy to meet project, were able to gather with 23 at-risk the DOT and FTA mandates.” kids between the ages of 11 and 17 in order The City of Inglewood, like hundreds of to develop and install the mural. other localities, receives federal grant funds “The City’s successful application to the for safety-related, transportation services from California Board of State and Community DOT and FTA. The telephone pre-audit took Creations [BSCC] for the provision of antigang place on Oct. 15 and it was determined that programs and strategies, along with the city’s drug and alcohol policy was in need support from the Public Art Fund led to the of language updates. creation of Pathways to Success, a permanent “The current resolution identifies employees and positive work of public art sited at covered under the policy as those possessing Rogers Park Recreation Center,” states the ‘Commercial Drivers Licenses,’” states the staff report signed by Parks, Recreation and staff report. “It should, however, cover all Library Services Director Sabrina Barnes. ‘Safety-Sensitive Employees,’ which includes “The work, which is 20 feet tall and 60 feet drivers, dispatchers, and mechanics who long, is created from alkyd paint, aluminum maintain the vehicles and not just those that plate and sunshine which plays on the possess a commercial driver’s license.” dimensional aluminum plate treetops, adding As one of the sub-grantees through the Los text to the walls.” 9th Annual Art Walk Set For November Weekend Sponsored by individual artists and donors, the 9th Annual Inglewood Open Studios, aka Art Walk, will take place on Saturday, Nov. 14 Sunday, Nov. 15 from Noon to 5 p.m. on both days The first edition of Inglewood Open Studios took place in November 2006 and was founded by artists Renee Fox and Kenneth Ober. Since its inception it has grown into a two-day event and is now hosted during the second weekend in November and is organized by a group local artists, a nonprofit multidisciplinary organization, Inglewood Cultural Arts, Inc. and community members. Much like the original event, this year is a self-guided and anyone interested can be part of the tour by simply downloading the map in order to visit artist studios at one’s own pace and sequence. This year’s participating artists include: Susan Amorde, Glenn Araya, Michele Asselin, Brad Boltonm, Martin Bruinsma, Darel Carey, Anne Cheek La Rose, Lee Clarke, Joyce Dallal, Bibi Davidson, Clerio Demoraes, Linnea Doyle, Jeanne Dunn, Sue Francis, Nancy Jo Haselbacher, Shelley Heffler, Ken Hurbert, Steve Hurd, Stuart Marcus, Michael Massenburg, Jesus Max, Christopher L. Mercier, Jen Meyer, Alexis Murray, Lindsey Nobel, Kenneth Ober, Princess Ifeoma “I-ffy” Obienu, Snezana Saraswati Petrovic, Andrea Shapiro, Estate of Dustin Shuler, Karen Sikie, Katie Sinnott, Stan Smith, Ernest Steiner, Holly Tempo, Sidney Tuggerson, Jr., Luke Van Hook, Ginger Van Hook and Ashley L. Wilson. To download the map of the tour and for more information, persons interested can visit: http://www.inglewoodopenstudios2015.com/ home.html. • Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................8 Classifieds............................3 Election Results..................3 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................2, 6-7 Real Estate...........................8 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 77˚/52˚ Saturday Sunny 75˚/54˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 73˚/54˚
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