Hawthorne Press Tribune
Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 63, No. 28 - July 15, 2021
The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne
We Would Like to Give a Warm Welcome to
New Superintendent, Dr. Stephen Nellman
Dr. Nellman is an army veteran who began working for the district as a student teacher in 2001, holding 9 different positions before taking over as superintendent. He earned a B.S. in Biology from UCSD, an M.Ed. in Education from UCLA, and an Ed.D. in Education from
USC. We are so proud to have a leader who has dedicated 20 years of his life to Centinela Valley Union High School District. We look forward to what his outstanding leadership will bring for the future of CV. Photo courtesy CVUHSD.
Business Briefs
El Segundo Economic Development
Corporation (ESEDC) Is Launched
Led by a coalition of the Southern
aerospace, defense, technology, bio-tech, textile,
California’s most respected business icons,
commercial development, health and wellness,
the El Segundo Economic Development
digital media and e.commerce. Among its many
Corporation (ESEDC) has been established to
goals, the ESEDC plans to prioritize how best
direct key areas of interest paramount to the
to support existing businesses following the
City’s future busines growth, retention, and
pandemic’s impacts on a number of sectors.
attraction. Forefront on the group’s agenda
These include driving action to workforce
of critical areas to address includes solutions
housing solutions, supporting dialogue and
on residential housing and an ever-growing
planning for the city’s DEI programs, pursuing
focus for more progressive DEI planning
solutions to address critical transportation,
by the city to support the recruitment of an
recreational amenity and community
estimated 10,000 jobs to be made available
beautification efforts, providing leadership and
by local businesses in the coming three years.
dialogue with City officials around its businessoriented
The ESEDC, a privately run 501c3, will be
agenda and establishing foundational
comprised of a Board of Governors, Board
relationships for businesses searching for their
of Directors and Leadership Team from a
next headquarters.
wide cross section of industries including the
Members of the El Segundo Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors at a recent meeting to launch the new organization.
Huber’s Hiccups
News for the City of Good
Neighbors from an Old Guy
named Norb Huber
Close Calls
and Your Time
I experienced one of those scary
moments last Saturday. I was playing
in our men’s club golf event
and hit a nice drive but slightly
into the trees on the 16th hole.
My playing partners and I were looking for
my golf ball when we heard a loud “fore”
coming from the tee on the previous hole.
Instinctively I threw my hands up to cover
my head and it’s a good thing I did because
within a second a screaming yellow golf ball
hit my hands and glanced off bouncing and
rolling another 20 yards. Except for a bruise
on my middle finger, I came out unharmed
physically, but a little frayed emotionally. The
man who hit the wayward drive came rushing
over in his golf cart to apologize and to see
if I was okay. I thanked him for yelling and
told him I knew of a good lawyer and that
he should expect papers to be served within
the coming week. Only joking, it’s not like I
have never misdirected a drive. He did offer
to buy me a cold one in the club house after
the round, but being the weakling that I am
having consumed one already, I declined his
offer. Immediately after being hit in the hand,
I started thinking, what if? What if I had not
thrown up my hands? What if the screaming
ball would have hit the back of my head? What
if I was knocked crazier than I am already?
What if I couldn’t write this junk any longer?
What if my time had come? We all have at
one time or another in our lives experienced
a “near death” moment. What if? Most of
us would say that we were lucky. Luck was
on my side last Saturday. Being a
believer, someone of faith, I believe
that God did not want to call me
home at age 66. One of those dumb
golf jokes involves a golfer who
is told that the good news is that
there will be golf in heaven, the bad
news is that he has a tee time up at
a heavenly course the next morning
at 7 a.m. No one knows when his
or her time will be up. I believe
that God isn’t done using me down here yet.
He just might want me around for a few more
years so that I can continue to spew out my
swirling, summation of smoldering smoke
signals of all sorts of bull crap, (I can’t use
that other “s” word in a family-friendly blog
post that promotes beer drinking and is pro-
God, pro-life, pro-USA, pro-family, pro-gun,
and pro-conservative politically.) Whenever
your life passes quickly in front of you, we
start thinking about how we all are going to
die. It doesn’t matter how old we are, how
old we look, how old we feel. Someone asked
me recently how I was married to a lady that
looks 30 years younger than me. I told him
that that younger looking lady was my daughter.
He believed me. So, either my ol’ lady
looks really young or I look rather old. Loyal
readers, friends, neighbors, and/or all of you
folk who read this junk, live life knowing full
well that some day our time will be up. Value
each day. Why worry? None of this stuff is
going to matter when we are six feet under or
sitting on a shelf. Have a cold one, relax and
trust that God is not done with you quite yet.
Just remember when someone yells “fore”, be
quick to duck, cover and roll!
– If you have a dumb golf or
non-golf joke, please email it to
me at: norbhuber@gmail.com
See Business Briefs, page 4