AND lAwNDAle News The Weekly Newspaper of Lawndale Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 -March 14, 2013 Inside Activities Offered to StudentsInteractive Math, Science Educational This Issue Calendar...............................2 Classifieds ...........................2 Community Briefs ..............3 Food ......................................6 Hawthorne Happenings......2 Legals.............................8-11 Raytheon Company’s Space and Airborne Systems business hosted its annual activities to celebrate National Engineers Week in February. The activities were designed to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics to regional middle, high school and college students—inspiring the next generation to help ensure America’s competitiveness. Seen here are students from Environmental Charter High School. Photo courtesy of Raytheon Company. Pets.....................................12 Changing of Guard Brings New Sports...................................4 Sheriffs to City of Lawndale Division, a Motorcycle Gang Task Force, Cargo Theft Task Force and a Homicide Task Force. Eli Vera was tapped along the way to serve as an Aide to Los Angeles County Weekend job you might ask?“Well, I didn’t apply for the job, but ISheriff Lee Baca. How does one get that Forecast Park and he asked me a few questions.did get a call one day that asked me tocome to the Sheriff’s office in Monterey Next thing I know I am his driver and I am briefing him on all of the important Friday I am grateful to have been able to workincidents that occur in Los Angeles County. Mostly with Sheriff Baca.” Captain Vera was at the Century Station Cloudy when he was promoted to lieutenant. As a 69˚/58˚ lieutenant he worked the Department’s K-9 Mayor Harold E. Hofmann, left, welcomed the new Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Captain Eli Vera, center, and Lieutenant operations and the Special Enforcement John Hocking, right, who are now heading up the Lawndale Sheriff’s Service Center. Photo by Lt. John Hocking. Bureau (SEB), more commonly referred to as SWAT. At that time, the K-9 and Saturday By Nancy Peters Vera is a Los Angeles native, educated SWAT teams were stationed out of the AM Clouds/ The recent transfers of two Los Angeles in the Los Angeles Unified School District, East L.A. Station. County Sheriffs, Captain Dendo and who joined the United States Marines “I was proud to be a member of the best PM Sun Lieutenant Enfield to their new assignment three days after high school graduation. SWAT team in the world. L.A. County 69˚/58˚ at Headquarters Detective Division has His training in the Marine Corps seemed Sheriff’s SWAT is tapped by national and brought two new assignees to the Sheriff’s a likely stepping stone for his dream of international groups for the expertise and Department at the Lawndale Service Center law enforcement from the age of four or highly skilled teams we build. We taught on Prairie Avenue, Captain Eli Vera and five. Then, his assignment was as part of other special weapons teams from all over Sunday Lieutenant John Hocking. the Presidential Honor Guard for President the world,” said Vera. Partly to his new rank of Captain and then given for anyone to work a detail of that caliber. involved with the communities, workingVera continued, “I really like beingRonald Reagan. That would be a proud dayCaptain Eli Vera was recently promoted Cloudy the opportunity to lead the South Los After the Marine Corps, Vera returned to with the people to improve the quality 69˚/57˚ law enforcement services to the city of Academy. His history with the Sheriffs forward to working with the Lawndaleof their lives in their cities. I am lookingL.A. and applied for the Sheriff’s TrainingAngeles Sheriff’s Station, which provides Lawndale. Vera brings his 24 years of includes 10 years on patrol in the Lynwood Council and city employees. We are already Sheriff’s Department experience to his section out of the Century Station. He has having a good dialogue and I hope to stay new location. worked special assignments with Detective in Lawndale for a long time.”•
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