Hawthorne Press Tribune
The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne
Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 62, No. 10 - March 5, 2020
Opening Day for Aviation Little League
It was a beautiful day for baseball. Aviation Little League is built on volunteers from the community working together to provide a positive experience for their kids. Photo Aviation Little League.
Calendar of Events
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UPCOMING EVENT: SUNDAY, MARCH 15TH
• Senior Comedy Afternoons Presents “O’
LUCKY YOU, TOO!”, Noon @ The Proud
Bird, Tickets $40 - $75, Call: 714-914-
2565, www.seniorcomedyafternoons.com
THURSDAY, MAR. 5
• 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.
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid Art Class with
Cartoonist Dave Boatman, 4:00 PM, ages
5 and up, sign ups required, all supplies
provided, Inglewood Public Library, 101
W. Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5645.
• Seniors Tech Club, 11:00 AM. – 1:00
PM., only 10 participants per class, please
sign up at Information Desk, Hawthorne
Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne,
Call: 310-679-8193.
FRIDAY, MAR. 6
• Teen Club, 3:00 PM. – 4:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Teen Games Day!, 3:00 PM. – 4:00 PM.,
Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave,
Hawthorne, Call: 310-679-8193.
SATURDAY, MAR. 7
• Family Story Time, 1:00 PM., Crenshaw –
Imperial Branch Library, 11141 Crenshaw
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Phoebe Chow Makes Wife Cake, 2:00
PM. – 4:00 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. – 3:30 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5645.
MONDAY, MAR. 9
• 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, MAR. 10
• 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.
• Hawthorne City Council Meeting, 6:00
PM., Hawthorne City Hall, 4455 W. 126th
Street.
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 11
• 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
• Family Story Time, 5:00 PM. – 6:00 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Smarty Pants Story Time, 11:30 AM. –
12:00 PM., Hawthorne Library, 12700
Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne, Call: 310-
679-8193
THURSDAY, MAR. 12
• 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.
• Seniors Tech Club, 11:00 AM. – 1:00
PM., only 10 participants per class, please
sign up at Information Desk, Hawthorne
Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne,
Call: 310-679-8193.
• MAKMO: What’s Shaking California??,
4:00 PM. – 5:00 PM., Hawthorne Library,
12700 Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne, Call:
310-679-8193. •
Huber’s Hiccups
News for the City of Good
Neighbors from an Old Guy
Named Norb Huber
No More Touching
The NBA has issued a decree that
players are not to give high fives out to
fans, no more autographs, no more
touching. This is in an effort to keep players
and fans safe from the Coronavirus, also referred
to as: CORVID-19. The spread of this virus
really shows that we are all connected to one
another, community-wide, nation-wide and even
globally. A virus that had its start half way
around the globe now has people worried all
over the earth. This “no touching policy” is
nothing new to people like teachers. As a former
teacher, I was instructed never to touch any child
or student in my class. I understood that an
innocent touch might be interpreted completely
different by the young person, charges might
be filed, and I might lose my livelihood. Then
we moved into the sexually harassment period,
where anyone of the opposite sex could take a
comment wrongly, or a hand touch or tap on a
shoulder was an outright sexual advancement.
Which now leads us to the latest reason not to
touch, a virus with no vaccine. It’s strange to see
local big box stores sell out of hand wipes and
sanitary liquids. The fear that grips people almost
leads to a panic. I know we should be aware and
take precautions, but at least right now I don’t
think we have to self quarantine ourselves by
hiding inside our homes, even though staying
home and downing some cold ones does seem
a lot better than trudging off to work every day.
God is in control, be smart, wash your hands,
enjoy each day for whatever it brings, eat your
fruits and vegetables, turn off the tv and read a
good book, love the old lady or old man that
God has blessed you with, pray that God would
use you to bless others, and finally relax and
enjoy having a cold one or two. If you do all
of that, you won’t have time to worry about
getting infected. Be clean my friends. God
loves you, forgives you and makes you clean.
Just a Number or
a Special Person?
Some of my loyal readers are now selfidentifying
themselves by their LR (loyal
reader) number, LR#14 or LR#17 or LR#5.
These numbers are just numbers. I’m thrilled
that a couple of dozen people want to be part
of my readership club, team, tribe, consortium,
and/or losers group. LR#20 wrote me
and referred to my readers as Norb’s
Nerds. (I always thought nerds were
smart, so I guess that title would be
a complete misnomer.) But, let me
remind you that behind each one of
those numbers is a real live person, a
warm body, a special person, maybe
even a Bible-believing, gun-toting, patriotic,
old geezer who loves to drink coffee, have
a donut and read a real newspaper. Every
person is special. I am not into quantity, nor
am I into quality. What qualifications do you
have to have to be a LR? None. Nada. You
really don’t have to even be alive. Some of
my LRs are long gone, but I still count them,
I still send my rubble to their late email address.
In this tech world in which we live, no
one is officially dead until the great IT guru
in the cloud shuts down their account and
that happens only when one of their grieving
relatives are given permission to reset their
beloved’s passwords.
Chasing After the Wind
Recently I have been reading the book of
Ecclesiastes. King Solomon writes throughout
the book that everything on earth is like a
“chasing after the wind”. We can search for
wisdom, we can try to be wise, but at the end of
the day everything lacks lasting meaning. We
are “all from the dust and to dust all return”.
Solomon concludes that we should enjoy the
work put in front of us, “whatever your hand
finds to do, do it with your might”. Also, he
adds, “ Enjoy life with the wife whom you
love” and finally, “Go eat your bread with
joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart,
for God has already approved what you do.”
Doesn’t this all sound familiar? I wonder how
many LRs King Solomon had?
Gender Reveal Party
So, in 2020, you don’t just call up your
friends and family to tell them what gender you
baby is, you have a gender reveal party. Me
and my OL will be there Saturday anxiously
waiting to find out from our daughter whether
our grandchild will be male or female. I just
pray for a healthy birth and look forward with
joy no matter whether Wolfgang or Wolfina is
birthed in mid-July. I count it all joy.
– Email me your LR# at
norbhuber@gmail.com
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