October 23, 2014 Page 3 Hawthorne Happenings News for the ‘City of Good Neighbors’ From City Clerk Norb Huber Shredding Event- E-Roundup Do you have documents that you need to be securely shredded? Do you have old computers or televisions you wish to get out of your closet or garage? This Saturday is the day you can get your house cleaned up for the holidays. Our annual Shredding Event and E-Roundup will be held this Saturday, October 25 at the Hawthorne City Hall from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. In addition to all of this, Republic Services is offering free earthquake kit barrels to all who wish to get ready for the “big one”. Finally, there will be compost available for you gardeners who want to prepare their gardens and lawns for the winter. Sounds like you can take care of a lot of “honeydo” list jobs all at one time. Election Day is Coming You have heard it all before, “every vote counts”, “don’t complain if you don’t vote”, “the ballot box is the only way to change things”. But, it seems like we have trouble getting motivated to vote. Maybe because we really never seem to see any change. Every one of our state and national officials that represent Hawthorne are of the same political party. Our representatives tend to vote right down party lines. Still, there are reasons to go to the polls. There are state measures that will affect us. From water issues to healthcare, many of the measures we are voting on will have long term affects on California. Take the time to read your voting booklet. Get out to vote or mail in your vote by November 4th. Here Come the Holidays Once we hit the end of October we have entered the “holiday season”. Halloween seems to be the popular start to the end of the year shopping season. The “hallowed eve” is used to scare all the bad spirits away, just in time for All Saints Day on November 1 or the Day of the Dead that many people celebrate now in Southern California. The veterans groups made sure that Veterans Day is always celebrated right on November 11th, even if it does fall on a Tuesday like this year. After that Thanksgiving sneaks up on us really quick. Black Friday sales are beginning the afternoon and day of Thanksgiving now, so maybe we should call it Black Thursday/Friday. Patience with Blvd Small businesses depend on customers coming in to buy their products or services each day. The contractor in charge of the construction work being done on Hawthorne Blvd. is doing all they can to have the businesses stay open during construction. Some sidewalks have been torn out in one day and poured the next day. Many people are trying to decide if they like the new look or not. It’s too early to tell. We all need patience and wait until the job is completed before jumping to conclusions. There will be a lot of “people friendly” features to the new look once the project is completed. The projected completion date was nine months after ground breaking. That would put us into March of 2015. The work is ahead of schedule and may be completed before that time. World Series Should I apologize to my friends who are Dodger fans? Should I feel sorry for the Los Angeles fans who have suffered through a lot lately? I’m sorry, but I just happen to be a San Francisco Giant fan. I grew up in Crescent City, which is located in the very extreme northwest corner of California. In the 1960’s I would listen to the baseball games with Willie Mays and Willie McCovey leading the Giants to what seemed like second place every year right behind the Dodgers who had Kofax and Drysdale. If you grow up with a team, it’s hard not to pull for them all of your life. We used to play home run derby in our back yard and pretend to be the Giants winning the World Series. Now, the Giants seem to have figured out how to win it all. They may be closing in on their third world championship this weekend. I might even have a cold one to celebrate another title. Don’t Trash Our City Last week I didn’t write a column and several people said they missed it. One of my readers commented that the City of Hawthorne’s motto of being Good Neighbors is not always true on her block with people constantly throwing their trash on the sidewalks and streets. She lives by a school and the kids tend to let their wrappers fly also. Let’s take pride in our city. Don’t trash Hawthorne. Ramona Neighborhood Ass ociation Meeting The people of the Ramona tract are invited to an open meeting at Ramona School this Thursday, October 23 at 6 p.m. The Hawthorne Police will be represented there and will answer questions from the public. Contact Reach me at norbhuber@gmail.com or 310- 292-6714. (Thanks for reading my column and being a Good Neighbor.) • Calendar Hawthorne Saturday, October 25 • Halloween Safety Event at Hawthorne Police Department, 4455 W 126th St. from 12pm 5 p.m. Safety tips and goody bags for the whole family. Briefs Health, Wealth and Wellness Conference and Resource Fair to Empower Entrepreneurs The Health, Wealth and Wellness Conference and Resource Fair on Saturday, October 25, 2014, will provide entrepreneurs with tips about California’s tax laws and maintaining the health of their businesses and themselves. The conference will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Hollywood Park-Pavilion, 3883 West Century Boulevard, Inglewood, CA 90303. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. A wide array of seminars includes “Business Health and Wealth: Smart Tax Tips for a Healthy Business,” “Optimizing Health Inglewood Selected as Special Olympics Host Town At a press conference at the Forum, Inglewood’s Mayor James T. Butts announced today that the community has been officially selected to participate in the Special Olympics World Games Host Town program from July 21 – 24, 2015. Before the Special Olympics World Games begin on July 25, 2015, more than 7,000 athletes from 177 countries will be welcomed to Southern California through the Host Town program. As many as one hundred communities from San Luis Obispo to San Diego will have the honor of being selected as an official Host Town. As a Host Town, Inglewood will have an opportunity to come together and support SKECHERS Pier-to-Pier Walk We're just 10 days from kicking off our 6th annual SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk in Manhattan Beach! So far we've raised $852,246.01 for children with special needs and we hope to surpass our $1 million goal by Sunday, October 26th. This year we’ve teamed up with Walk sponsor Steel Sports to launch the new #P2PSteelSports Selfie Challenge. Walkers will be encouraged to take a selfie photo at L.A. County Get Out the Vote The Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) is collaborating with local media outlets and the Orange County Registrar of Voters to engage and inform voters through online, social media and mobile media technologies. New and existing voters cant ext the word “VOTE” to 69520 find out where to vote, request a vote by mail ballot by Oct. 28 to vote early: http://bit.ly/1xLzk8u, or visit through Proactive Health Maintenance,” and “Taking your Business Online and Expanding through Marketing.” Guest speakers will be Joe DeMike of Google, Inc. and Dr. Raynald Samoa from the City of Hope. Keynote speakers will be Dr. Caroline Peck from the California Department of Public Health and Executive Director of Covered California, Peter Lee. Inglewood City Clerk Yvonne Horton will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Plan to attend this free conference by registering online or by calling 1-888-847-9652. these champions, as they demonstrate what true commitment and determination is all about. “With the help of our community we will rally together to produce events on the order of the 1984 Olympics, when the basketball contests were held at the Forum,” said Mayor Butts. “The City of Inglewood will extend the ultimate in hospitality – the use of the ‘Fabulous’ Forum as our venue. The Forum has served as host to the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the astronaut crew, the Dalai Lama and most recently, the MTV Music Video Awards. We look forward to adding the Special Olympics and its competitors to this prestigious list.” the event, upload to their Instagram, Facebook or Twitter account with the #P2PSteelSports hashtag, and for each photo posted Steel Sports will make an additional $5 donation towards the Walk. The challenge begins at 8 AM on the morning of the Walk and participants will have 24 hours to post their photos to receive a donation credit. Visit the SKECHERS Friendship Walk website at http://www.skechersfriendshipwalk.com. www.SOCALvotes.com to register to vote and find helpful voter information. Find election information at http://lavote.net/home/votingelections/ current-elections. The mission of the Registrar-Recorder/ County Clerk is to serve Los Angeles County by providing essential records management and election services in a fair, accessible and transparent manner. For more information, visit www.lavote.net. See Briefs, page 5 Police Reports Mon 10/6/14 to Sat 10/11/14 ROBBERY 13900 S LEMOLI AV APARTMENT/CONDO Wed 10/08/14 16:02 Property Taken: Purses / Wallets, $10.00 Bill, Car Key And House Key, Black Purse With Unkown Silver Writing, Black Wallet ROBBERY 4500 W 118TH ST STREET, HIGHWAY, ALLEY Thu 10/09/14 15:45 Property Taken: 18k Gold Rope Chain / Horse Shoe/Women Blowin Air ROBBERY 4800 W 120TH ST PARKING LOT, GARAGE, PAID Sat 10/11/14 03:20 ROBBERY 12700 S HAWTHORNE BL FAST FOOD STORE Fri 10/10/14 07:30 Property Taken: Cell Phone, Ph Case/Pink BURGLARY 3100 W 131ST ST Mon 10/06 06:51 BURGLARY – RESIDENTIAL 11800 S HAWTHORNE BL DEPARTMENT STORE Mon 10/06/14 17:10 Property Taken: Beige Wallet, Us Currency, Medi-Cal Card, Nissan Altima Car Key, Doctor’s Card, California Driver’s License, Ebt Card BURGLARY 11900 S HAWTHORNE BL CLOTHING STORE Mon 10/06/14 15:30 BURGLARY 4500 W 118TH ST AUTO/ VEHICLE Thu 10/09/14 10:44 Property Taken: Battery BURGLARY – RESIDENTIAL 4600 W 138TH ST HOUSE Thu 10/09/14 11:06 • Follow Us on Twitter @ heraldpub Visit us online at www.heraldpublications.com
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