April 3, 2014 Page 3 Calendar All Cities Saturday, April 5 • “Too Toxic to Trash” Household Hazardous Waste and E-Waste Roundup, 9a.m.-3 p.m., Betty Ainsworth Sports Center, 3851 W. El Segundo Blvd. Open to all L.A. County residents. Hawthorne Tuesday, April 8 • City Council Meeting, 6-10 p.m., City Council Chambers, 4455 W 126th St. For more information call (310) 349-2915. Saturday, April 12 • Spring Book Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave. For more information call (310) 679-8193. Ongoing • Hawthorne Museum open Tuesdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Hawthorne Museum, 12622 Grevillea Ave. Inglewood Thursday, April 3 • Expresslanes Public Hearing, 6-8 p.m., Inglewood City Hall, 1 West Manchester Blvd. For more information visit metro.net/ expresslanes. Saturday, April 19 • Inglewood Rising Earth Day Festival 2014, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Inglewood City Hall, South Lawn, 1 W. Manchester Blvd. For more information call (323) 952-3466 visit cityofinglewood.org or sjli.org. Lawndale Friday, April 4 • Family Place Workshop “Healthy Food, Healthy Kids”, first of 5 week series of parenting workshops (infants- age 3), 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Lawndale Library, 14615 Burin Ave. Pre-register at the Lawndale Library Children’s Information Desk. For more information call (310) 676-0177. Monday, April 21 • City Council Meeting, 6:30 p.m. City Hall, 14717 Burin Ave. Ongoing • Lawndale Farmers Market, every Wednesday, 2-7 p.m., 147th St. in front of Lawndale Library. For information call (310) 679-3306. • Commodities Free Food Program every Wednesday at 10 a.m., Community Center, 14700 Burin Ave. For information call (310) 973-3270. • Hawthorne Happenings News for the ‘City of Good Neighbors’ EARTHQUAKES AND POWER OUTAGES Yes, our ground has been shaking recently. Do you think that motivates us to get the preparedness kits ready? Do we make sure we have fresh batteries in our flashlights? For some reason, we who live in Southern California feel like we don’t have anything to worry about. We have lived through all of these quakes and they really haven’t caused us any problems. The experts warn us that the “big one” will inflict major damage the infrastructure and we will be dependent upon our own resources to weather the chaos. I live in Hawthorne’s Ramona tract and experienced a minor inconvenience two Sundays ago. A motorist, who most likely was intoxicated at 3:45 a.m., drove into a power pole on Rosecrans Avenue and took out the power to a portion of the southern part of our city. When power was not restore for several hours, we began to wonder how long it would take. Well, it lasted the entire day. No computers, no televisions, no power for refrigerators, and worse of all no power to charge cell phones. What was my wife to do? Yep, that’s right, she got in the car and drove over to Target to recharge her cell phone on the car charger. She did some shopping since there was “nothing to do” without electricity. Using a flashlight, I found a book I have been meaning to read and was just getting really into it when all of a sudden the juice was restored. I was kind of disappointed. We don’t realize just how dependent we are on services provided to us. We take things for granted. We’re spoiled. We simply must remind ourselves that we are so blessed to live in the greatest country in the world. That is, as long as my wife’s cell phone is fully charged, we’re good to go! SPRING BREAK April showers bring May flowers. The old saying may hold true, but we could use more than just a few sprinkles now and then. We had approximately five inches of rain in a three day period and that was about the extent of our rainy season. The forecast calls for temperatures in the 80’s this weekend. Here comes our summer weather again. LA COUNTY HHW/EWASTE ROUND UP – THIS SATURDAY! Allied Waste Services is holding a HHW/E-Waste Round Up on Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Betty Ainsworth Center which is located at the corner of Doty and El Segundo Blvd. in Hawthorne. Make your house safer. Get rid of old electronics. Spring cleaning time is here. RELAY FOR LIFE The American Heart Association’s annual Relay for Life-Hawthorne will be held at Hawthorn High School’s track this year on Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4th. Get a team together and plan on raising funds for this very worthwhile cause. HAWTHORNE 5K AND HEALTH FAIR The Hawthorne School District’s 5K Run and Health Fair will be held on Saturday, May 10 with registration beginning at 7 a.m. over at the Memorial Center’s back parking lot. Start jogging to get in shape. Earth Day/Service Providers Fair Just a week later, on Saturday, May 17, the City of Hawthorne’s annual Earth Day/ Service Providers Fair will be held right there at the Memorial Center also. Some real good information is given out on how to concern and save our planet. UPCOMING EVENTS • City Council Meeting – April 8 – 6 p.m. City Hall CONTACT INFO norbhuber@gmail.com or 310-292-6714. • Wiseburn Welcomes New Board Member By Dylan Little On March 27, the Wiseburn School Board swore in Lennox teacher Blanca Estrada to fill the seat left vacant after Susan Andriacchi resigned earlier this month. The Board also recognized a number of students who were successful in the Wiseburn School District’s spelling bee, geography bee and the Los Angeles Marathon. The meeting started with new Board member Estrada’s swearing-in. Dennis Curtis, the School Board’s longest-serving member with a tenure of 21 years, read the oath of office to Estrada. She will serve a threemonth term. Estrada said she wants to use the time to learn from her new colleagues. “I take this job humbly and I’m excited to learn from all you great people,” she said. E s t r a d a h a s c a l l e d t h e Wi s e bu r n neighborhoods home for 13 years and has been a teacher in the nearby Lennox School District for nearly 16 years. Superintendent Tom Johnstone said Estrada’s selection reflected the Board’s desire to work with its neighboring school districts, even though Wiseburn recently cut ties with the Centinela Valley School District with its successful unification. “I’m very proud of this board,” said Johnstone. “This board really takes it seriously in that we think beyond the borders of the Wiseburn School District. This board cares deeply about education throughout the Centinela Valley, whether it’s Lennox students, Hawthorne students, Lawndale students or Centinela Valley students. We try to take a real global picture.” Johnstone welcomed Estrada to the Board and said she and the rest of the district are all working to help students get the most out of their school life. “We’re all in this together and we’re all struggling to make education outstanding for children,” said Johnstone. Estrada had to share the spotlight in Dana Middle School’s multipurpose room with a number of accomplished students and their friends and family. The first student to be recognized at the meeting was Anthony Papagano, who won the District’s geography bee and represented Wiseburn in the State bee in Sacramento. Johnstone said that while some students don’t care to learn which continents are home to which countries, he is pleased to see others taking an interest in geography. “It’s kind of a lost art,” said Johnstone. “Not that many students care about geography anymore.” The Board also congratulated the winner of the District’s spelling bee. The Wiseburn spelling bee is open to students in fourth through sixth grades, which Johnstone said usually leads to Dana winning the top prize. However, this year was atypical. “Typically a sixth grader wins,” said Johnstone. “But this year, we had a student from Peter Burnett who won it.” That student was Owen Donayre, who won after his opponent stumbled on the word automaton. Donayre went on to represent the District in the Los Angeles County Spelling Bee held on March 26. Finally, the Board recognized Dana’s Los Angeles Marathon runners. Johnstone said he was “extremely proud” of the runners and their parents for keeping the school’s running program alive and as popular as ever. “This is the only school that I know that has this many students getting together every year and running,” said Johnstone. “It fills me with great pride.” The students have been training for months with P. E. teacher Art Rodriguez, who serves as coordinator of the marathon run. He has run 21 marathons and encourages scores of students to join him in running, with some running every year they attend Dana. One former three-year runner said the experience taught her that she “can accomplish anything.” The months of preparation were especially important this year, as the students faced what Johnstone (a six-time marathon runner himself) called “the worst weather in the history of the [Los Angeles] Marathon. “This year was too hot for marathon running,” said Johnstone. “Ideal marathon weather is upper 50s, maybe low 60s. This year was in the upper 80s or low 90s.” However, battling through the heat, leg cramps and mental drain of the marathon inspires these students to take on bigger challenges. Johnstone said that the marathon run is a valuable asset for these students. They learn about what their minds and bodies can handle and are left with an achievement they’ll remember forever and the confidence to face future challenges. “To run a marathon is a big deal and to finish a marathon is an even bigger deal,” said Johnstone. “What that takes is a lot of mental toughness. In life, people who do really well are those who persevere and have that mental toughness.” Johnstone and the Board also thanked the parents who supported the students by tackling tasks as diverse as assisting in training to bringing snacks to the side of the marathon route. “We have a whole bunch of parents and adults that support the students,” said Johnstone. “When you take a long run, students need water, they need bananas and granola bars and whatever they need…” • Classifieds The deadline for Classified Ad submission and payment is Noon on Tuesday to appear in Thursday’s paper. Advertisements must be submitted in writing by mail, fax or email. 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