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Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 79, No. 7 - February 13, 2020
Lawndale Students Turn 100 Years Old
The 100th day of school! Lawndale students celebrated by dressing up as one-hundred year olds. I wonder what they will look like on the 180th day. Photo Lawndale Elementary School District.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 13
• ELF Story Time (Early Literacy for Families),
11:30 AM. – 12:15 PM., ages birth
– 4 yrs, Inglewood Public Library, 101 W.
Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Family Crafts, 4:00 PM. – 5:15 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Terrific Thursdays: Family Movie, 4:00 PM.
– 5:30 PM., Inglewood Public Library, 101
W. Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
FRIDAY, FEB. 14
• Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!
• Teen Club, 3:00 PM. – 4:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
• Adult 101 for Teens: Empathy, 3:00 PM.
– 4:00 PM., Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea
Ave, Hawthorne, Call: 310-679-8193.
SATURDAY, FEB. 15
• Family Story Time, 1:00 PM., Crenshaw –
Imperial Branch Library, 11141 Crenshaw
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Small Business Saturday, 10:30 AM. –
1:00 PM., space is limited, please RSVP
by calling the library, Hawthorne Library,
12700 Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne, Call:
310-679-8193.
• Experts in Arthritis, 11:00 AM. – 12:00 PM.,
Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave,
Hawthorne, Call: 310-679-8193.
• Cyber Kids Jr., 10:30 AM. – 12:30 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5645.
• Family Story Time, 2:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
MONDAY, FEB. 17
• Happy President’s Day!!! All South Bay
Libraries are CLOSED for the Holiday
• STEM Activities for Kids, 3:30 PM., Crenshaw
– Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Cyber Kids Class, 4:00 PM. – 6:00 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5645.
• Bilingual Story Time, 1:00 PM. – 1:45 PM.,
ages 3-5, Inglewood Public Library, 101
W. Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5645.
TUESDAY, FEB. 18
• Brick Building, 3:30 PM. – 4:30 PM., free,
Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Cyber Tweens Class, 4:00 PM. – 6:00 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5645.
• Chess for Adults, 5:00 PM., free, Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19
• Building Bricks/Board Games, 3:30 PM.,
free, Inglewood Public Library, 101 W.
Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• 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
• Smarty Pants Story Time, 11:30 AM. – 12:00
PM., Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea
Ave, Hawthorne, Call: 310-679-8193.
• Family Story Time, 5:00 PM. – 6:30 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
THURSDAY, FEB. 20
• ELF Story Time (Early Literacy for Families),
11:30 AM. – 12:15 PM., ages birth
– 4 yrs, Inglewood Public Library, 101 W.
Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Family Crafts, 4:00 PM. – 5:15 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Terrific Thursdays: L.A.E.P Parent Workshop,
4:00 PM. – 5:00 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
• Board Games Day, 4:00 PM. – 5:00 PM.,
ages 5-12, Hawthorne Library, 12700
Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne, Call: 310-
679-8193. •
Your Neighborhood
Therapist
You’ve no doubt been seeing them for weeks
now: the red and pink heart-shaped boxes that
line the “seasonal” aisles of the drug store. The
roses at the supermarket. The wedding ring
commercials on TV. Valentine’s Day usually
provokes a reaction somewhere between delight
and despair. If you fall on the delighted end of
the spectrum, you’re covered. A lot of people
are working very hard to make your night
wonderful, so go out and celebrate!
If (please pardon me for this, Rolling Stones)
you see the red hearts and you want to paint
them black, then perhaps this column is for you.
Our culture celebrates and elevates romantic
love above other types of love, and Valentine’s
Day is the apotheosis of this.
We all experience love differently. Even
romantic love comes in many varieties, always
influenced by culture and personality and our
own life experiences. Sometimes romantic love
burns hot and intense. Sometimes it is more like
a walk through a meadow. And sometimes, love
just isn’t that strong. There’s nothing wrong
or right about this. But not everyone gets the
opportunity to experience the kind of love that
Valentine’s Day celebrates. Just as importantly,
not everyone wishes to.
The barrage of romantic love stories and
imagery we are exposed to for weeks every year
has the power to leave the millions of people not
currently in a happy romantic relationship feeling
lonely, inadequate, unloved and desperate.
On this day that celebrates one kind of love,
why not take a moment to consider how you
experience love and then how others around
you might experience it differently? I also
invite everyone to think of those around you
for whom this might be a particularly difficult
day. Is it crazy to consider reaching out, and
even including them in Valentine’s Day plans?
What if we think about Valentine’s Day in
broader terms? Instead of celebrating merely
one kind of love, what about taking a moment
to consider the role love plays in our life?
What kind of love are we experiencing, and
what kind of love do we want? Whether we
experience love with a partner, or a parent, or
a child, or a friend, or a pet, or a place, or an
idea, are any of these relationships more or
less worth celebrating than the others?
In an age where it seems that an app is often
the easiest place to go looking for love, we
might do well to remember that people loved
well before apps existed, and will continue to
do so long after apps are gone. In order to do
that, they had to look around at the people who
were already in their lives and in their community.
Perhaps we would do well to consider
this as we think about love on Valentine’s Day.
Perhaps we would do well to consider that
romantic love is not the only kind of love that
is worthy, and worthy of celebration.
Tom Andre is an Associate Marriage & Family
Therapist (AMFT96089) supervised by Chris
Thomas (MFT78020). The information in this
column is for educational purposes only and
nothing herein should be construed as professional
advice or the formation of a therapeutic
relationship. Please write to tom@tomandrecounseling.
com or text to 310.776.5299 with
questions about handling what is affecting your
life, your family, the community or the world. •
“Being deeply loved by someone
gives you strength, while loving someone
deeply gives you courage.”
– Lao Tzu