The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Daily News on a Weekly Basis - Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - November 10, 2016 LESD Students Participate in South Bay Hackathon The Hackathon was created with the goal to connect students to local professionals and to engage students in applied STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities, help the students build the necessary skillset needed to succeed in competitive college and career engineering pathways, and inspire young people to choose STEM careers. Eighty students from four area schools were challenged to figure out how an astronaut stranded on a remote planet could send an emergency message to colleagues. Photo provided by Lawndale Elementary School District Contract Amended to Include Community-Based Service Providers By Cristian Vasquez states the staff report signed by Fields. “There On November 1, Inglewood’s Mayor and are worksites currently participating in the City Council amended an agreement to the program that are located within the City of Welfare-To-Work Vocational and Direct Inglewood.” Services Contract between the County of At no cost to the City’s general fund, the Los Angeles and the City of Inglewood-- expenses related to the administration of the which serves as the administrative agency program are covered by the SBWIB, Inc., for the South Bay Workforce Investment including all liabilities for worked performed by Board (SBWIB). This second amendment the City. The Mayor and Council approved the redefines One-Stop Career Centers to include first amendment to the agreement on January community-based service providers due to 14, 2014 in order to increase the subsidized their experience working with homeless employment services to the communities individuals to offer services under the Transitional Subsidized Employment Program. The amendment gives the County the right to determine when changes are necessary to attain services from other providers, but those decisions will be based on the needs of the department and funds available. “The SBWIB is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, which contracts to provide job training and employment being served by expanding services to include services to the Administrative Entity of CalWORKs Youth, Non-CFT Youth, and Child the South Bay Workforce Investment Area and Family Team Youth. The amendment (SBWIA),” states the staff report signed by also includes a provision to increase funding Inglewood City Manager Artie Fields. “The for Vocational English as Second Language SBWIA consists of the following eleven (11) (VESL) for refugee populations. The funds cities: Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El for these types of services are provided by Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, the Targeted Assistance Discretionary Grant Hermosa Beach, Gardena, Lomita, Torrance monies through the Federal Office of Refugee and Carson.” Resettlement. The Inglewood Mayor and Council reached In making amendments March 25, 2014, an agreement on December 4, 2012 for the June 23, 2015 and February 9, 2016, the Mayor City to act as the administrative entity for and Council authorized increased funding in the SBWIB. By March 12, 2013, the Mayor each motion in order to subsidize employment and Council agreed to the Welfare-To-Work and vocational services to populations already Intermediary Contract by and between the being served. The most recent amendment took County and the City. “The Welfare-To-Work place June 7 (modification to Amendment 1) Intermediary Contract serves many residents and renewed the Welfare-to-Work Vocational and businesses throughout Los Angeles and Direct Services Contract between the County including the City of Inglewood,” City and the County. A modification to the agreement extended the duration of subsidized assignments from eight months to 10 months through the Paid Work Experience and Onthe Job Training components. Inglewood Open Studios Invites Community to Celebrate 10 Years The 10th Annual Inglewood Open Studios Tour will take place November 12 and 13 from noon-5 p.m. on both dates. There will be a group show of artists November 12-16 at Residency Gallery No. 1, located at 310 E. Queen Street. The closing reception will take place November 16 from 6-9 p.m. “The purpose of this event is to highlight Inglewood artists and bring greater awareness to the artist community living and working in Inglewood,” states the City’s website. “The public will tour the works of a variety of emerging and established artists. Participants will have access to approximately 35 Inglewood studios.” The following artists will open their private studio spaces for the general public: Adrienne Adar, Susan Amorde, Brian Biedul, Martin Bruinsma, Kelly Brumfield-Woods, Darel Carey, Matthew Carey, Anne Cheek La Rose, Joyce Dallal, Bibi Davidson, Beth Dubber, Mark Williams, Martin Durazo, Sue Francis, Renée Fox, Calida Garcia Rawles, Michael Giancristiano, Nancy Jo Haselbacher, Shelley Heffler, Astrelle Johnquest, Michael Massenburg, Christopher L. Mercier, David Newcombe, Lindsey Nobel, Kenneth Ober, Toni Reinis, Joan Robey, Alexandra Rose, Dawn Rosenquist, Stan Smith, Karen Sikie, Estate of Dustin Shuler, Ernie Steiner, Holly Tempo, Sidney Tuggerson, Jr., Ginger Van Hook, Luke Van Hook and MonaLisa Whitaker. For more information, persons interested can visit http://www.inglewoodopenstudios.com. • “The Welfare-To-Work Intermediary Contract serves many residents and businesses throughout Los Angeles County including the City of Inglewood” Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................2 Classifieds............................3 Entertainment......................5 Finance..................................3 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 6-7 Looking Up...........................4 Pets........................................8 Sports....................................4 Seniors..................................2 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 77˚/57˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 77˚/58˚ Sunday Sunny 80˚/60˚
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