Hawthorne Press Tribune
Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 61, No. 38 - September 19, 2019
Hawthorne Commemorates 9/11
Wiseburn Board Hears a STEM
Update, Approves Promotions
By Duane Plank
Last Thursday evening, the members of the
Wiseburn School Board witnessed a presentation
from R.H. Dana Middle School tech guru Andy
de Seriere regarding the strides made with the
STEM program. They also awarded a promotion
to long-time Wiseburn Unified School District
employee Wendy Tsubaki.
De Seriere started his presentation noting
“that we are at the epicenter of [technological]
innovation” and mentioning the District’s
proximity to Northrop Grumman and SpaceX.
“Crazy innovators,’ he called them, “but they
are getting things done. It is essential that
we provide opportunities for our students to
work with engineers so that the kids can see
that pathway and go right into those jobs…
It is an exciting time to live and work in the
Wiseburn [Unified] School District.”
Student presenters Maya Walker and
Winston Bird shared their thoughts about their
participation in a recent tech event, dubbed
Future U, that was sponsored and hosted
by Boeing, Millennium Space Systems and
Discovery Education. Sixteen Wiseburn students
took part in the Sept. 6 event, which was part
of an effort to inspire and develop the next
generation of Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) professionals in
aerospace. The presenters spoke of how they
were able to learn from and interface with
engineers as well as other professionals.
“We are excited about where our STEM
education is going,” Superintendent Dr. Blake
Silvers said. “Andy has been a treasure to the
District, making kids excited about STEM, about
problem-solving. Andy is doing what he loves
to do and bringing out the love of it in kids.”
Board President JoAnne Kaneda, long-time
Boeing employee, helped facilitate the District’s
participation in the Future U event. She said she
was “blessed to work with a great company”
and pointed out how Millennium and Boeing
Hawthorne held its Sept. 11 memorial in front of City Hall to honor those who lost their lives during the tragic events in 2001. Photo: City of Hawthorne
See Wiseburn, page 5
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Hawthorne Happenings
News for the City of Good
Neighbors from an Old Guy
Named Norb Huber
Fall 2019 Lecture Series
The Hawthorne Historical Society
has announced two more interesting
speakers as part of their Fall 2019
Lecture Series. First up on October 10th is
local author and historian Don Christy who
will talk about the development of Palos
Verdes. Secondly November 6th, Lynn Jenson,
aerospace engineer and former curator of
the Western Museum of Flight, will discuss
Hawthorne’s role in the history of flight. Both
programs begin at 6 p.m. and will be held
over at the Hawthorne Historical Museum
located at Jim Thorpe Park.
Hawthorne Hall of Fame
As many of you may be aware, since 2014
the Hawthorne Historical Society organizes
an annual event to recognize people and
businesses whose contributions have had an
impact on Hawthorne.
Plans are underway for the 2020 Hawthorne
Historical Society Hall of Fame event.
This year the public is asked to provide
nominations of people, businesses, or organizations
to consider as nominees in 2020
or future years. If you would like to submit
a nomination, please send that name and the
reason for the nomination to HawthorneHistorical.
com or to the Hawthorne Historical
Society at P. O. Box 1262, Hawthorne, CA
90251, by October 3. Include your name and
a contact number for further followup,
if needed.
Spooktackular Carnival
The City of Hawthorne’s very successful
and popular Halloween carnival
will be held this year on Wednesday,
October 30th from 5-8 p.m. at the
Hawthorne Memorial Center. Wear your
scariest, funniest, or most creative costume!
Paper Shredding
And Electronic Waste
Got important documents to shred? Get
them over to the Betty Ainsworth Center,
3851 El Segundo Blvd on Saturday, October
26th for FREE shredding. There will be
unlimited document shredding done on site,
FREE electronic waste collection and also
bring your own bags and shovel for FREE
compost. Wow! that is a lot of FREE stuff.
Just in Case Anyone
is Wondering
The reason you did not receive a HH last
week was because my dear, 90 year old,
mother-in-law, Lena Jordan, passed away
on 9-11. She was a 40+ year resident of
Hawthorne. Her one wish and prayer in life
was for her children, grandchildren and her
great-grandchildren to stay “close to God”.
God seemed to hear her prayer for almost
all of her extended family were present at
the very comforting, Christian, funeral held
last Saturday in Chico, CA and then at the
See Norb, page 4
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