The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood
Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 69, No. 50 - December 10, 2020
My Cause My Cleats Brings Pride and Hope
to Inglewood Unified School District
Thank you Jared Goff for selecting IUSD for the “My Cause My Cleats” initiative. Through the “My Cause My Cleats” campaign, which the league started in 2016, players can bend uniform guidelines and wear cleats designed to represent a cause of their choice. Inglewood
is so excited and can’t wait to see Jared wear the cleats pictured on Thursday, December 10th when he plays against the Patriots. Having him represent our district and wear our colors at SoFi Stadium will be amazing. Go Rams.
Dornblaser from front page
belief that youth sports provide an avenue
to “give kids the chance to learn a lot of
self-respect, take care of themselves, take
care of the team.”
Bob Motta is the chairman of the El Segundo
Recreation and Parks Commission and
runs the Babe Ruth program. “When his son
Cam was 13 and ready for Babe Ruth,” Motta
emailed, “I asked Joe to manage a team. He,
along with best friends Bob Gilbert and Bill
Nusbaum jumped at the chance and have
been a tremendous asset to the program. By
the way, they were both on that same World
Series Championship team with Joe.
“He continues to manage a team even
after his son moved on from the program.
He enjoys sharing his knowledge of the
game with the young players, and they really
enjoy his coaching methods. He is such a
good guy that will do anything for anybody.
Your profile on him is an honor that is well
deserved and long overdue.”
Longtime El Segundo High School educator
and coach Craig Cousins is another
Dornblaser supporter. “I have known Joe
and his family for around 50 years. I got to
know Joe more as a student/athlete during
his high school years. Joe was a very good
baseball/football player, especially as a running
back. As Joe got older, we even spent
some great summer days surfing together. It
was great when Joe chose to take over his
dad’s hair salon.
“Joe is the type of person that gives back
to his community,” continued Cousins. “I
also had the pleasure of coaching his son in
baseball and couldn’t say more about what a
great kid he was. A lot of that comes from
Joe. (He) is a well-rounded, great person who
loves our little town and shows it through
his community service.”
Emailed longtime Dornblaser customer
Don Brann: “Joe Dornblaser has cut my
hair the better part of the past 30 years. I
am one of his many satisfied customers.
Joe is a loyal El Segundo native, a part of
our town’s fabric. Through his network of
customers, friends, and neighbors, he has
helped shape ES culture. Joe has his finger
on the pulse of this city. He is a lifetime
resident and longtime local business owner,
and a family-first community volunteer. Joe
Dornblaser makes a difference in representing
the best of ES.”
Dornblaser, who met his wife, Lisa, at the
now-demolished Thrifty Wash Laundromat
in the Rite Aid parking lot in April of 1992,
has seen the evolution of establishments and
commerce on the South stretch of Main Street.
He said that when he was cutting hair in the
1970’s, he felt that he was working in “the
forgotten end of Main Street,” and that the
city fathers did not show much inclination to
develop that area of town. He noted that the
annual Christmas Parade ended at Franklin
Street, disregarding the establishments located
south of Franklin Street.
Well, a lot has changed over the years, with
the influx of a vibrant eating and drinking
scene (pre-pandemic), making south Main
Street a destination spot for residents and
out-of-towners. With Dornblaser’s shop located
smack-dab in the middle of the action, Joe
chuckled and said, “now everybody wants
to buy my building!”
Although Dornblaser has made a nice living
cutting hair for more than four decades,
he related that, in his younger days, he was
really into woodshop, with aspirations to be
a cabinet maker, but his father “talked me
into doing hair.” He said part of his father’s
sales pitch was that Joe could “meet some
girls, have some laughs.” Well, at least,
Dornblaser said, he has had a good time
over the years, but “to be honest with you,”
he said, “I really didn’t meet any girls, but
I love the business, working with my hands.
I have the best job ever!” •
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