Lawndale Tribune 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 - July 6, 2017 “Sing-Along and a Splash of Magic!” Features Award-Winning Singer First 5 California featured award-winning singer Sheree Brown at the “Sing-Along and a Splash of Magic!” event held at the Inglewood Public Library as part of the Talk. Read. Sing. It changes everything® campaign. Dozens of preschoolers and their parents, teachers and caregivers participated in this melodious event that focused on the importance of the brain development that happens in the earliest days, months, and years of a child’s life through regular, ongoing talking and engaging with caring adults. Photo Credit: Foster A. Bertomen Free Digital Delivery Herald Publications is now offering to send you a link to your favorite community newspaper every Friday! The emails will also include a list of upcoming local events. Just email us at: dd@heraldpublications.com and tell us which local community newspaper you’d like. Simple as that and free!!! Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................7 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................4, 6-7 Pets........................................5 Seniors..................................2 Sports....................................8 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 78˚/68˚ Saturday Mostly Sunny 82˚/69˚ Sunday Mostly Sunny 81˚/66˚ Rite Aid Merger Had Drugstore Customers Sweating By Rob McCarthy chain in 1996 and rebranded all of its stores The announcement last week that Walgreens in Southern California. Much of the delight has downsized the deal to buy the Rite Aid of ice cream lovers, Rite Aid preserved the drugstores nationwide means that South Bay ice cream counters in the retail drugstores it shoppers won’t be saying goodbye any time bought from the Thrifty PayLess Corporation. soon to the small neighborhood retailer. Had When Walgreens and Rite Aid announced two Walgreens gone ahead with the original plan to years ago the chains would merge, Thrifty buy all of Rite Aid’s stores, some store closings Ice Cream’s future again was in doubt. The were very likely and the nostalgic Thrifty ice iconic ice cream brand, founded in Southern cream counter with its single, double and triple California, is remembered by longtime South scoops was in jeopardy. Bay locals for serving single scoops for a nickel Federal regulators had until July to decide and triple-scoop cones for 15 cents. Today, whether to okay the planned merger between the numbers one and three drugstore chains in America, but Walgreens pulled the plug on the originally proposed deal first announced in 2015. Rite Aid said in a press release on June 27 that Walgreens had reworked its offer because of doubts the Federal Trade Commission would approve a merger of the former numbers one and three drugstore chains in America. The new deal calls for Walgreens to buy 2,186 Rite Aid stores for $5.175 billion. While the original deal included Rite Aid properties in California and throughout the West, those stores will continue to be owned and operated by Rite Aid, the company said. Rite Aid’s chairman thanked store employees for enduring a two-year wait to see what would become of their stores and jobs. ”I would like to thank our entire Rite Aid team for their extraordinary efforts during this process and their tremendous focus on taking great care of our customers and patients,” said Rite Aid Chairman and CEO John Standley. Rite Aid bought the Thrifty Drugstore cone prices start at $.1.99 for a single scoop and come in popular flavors called Chocolate Malted Krunch, Butter Pecan, Medieval Madness, and Circus Animal Cookies, made with real Mother’s Cookies. The 2,186 stores included in the agreement are primarily located in the Northeast, Mid- Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. For now, it appears the South Bay Rite Aid stores in El Segundo, Inglewood, Torrance, See Rite Aid page 8
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