November 2, 2017 Page 3
Hawthorne Happenings
News for the City of Good
Neighbors from an Old Guy
named Norb Huber
Vote YES on HH on
Tuesday
What a difference a year
makes. Last year everyone was voting
for president, everyone was talking
politics. Now, it’s just the Dodgers
and the World Series. Baseball is
much more interesting and enjoyable to
talk about than who we want or don’t want
to mess up our country. Yes, this year we
do have an election. It will be held next
Tuesday, November 7th. If you have not
sent in your absentee ballot, then the polling
places will be open. We will be voting on
Measure HH in Hawthorne. If passed, this
measure will increase sales tax by only 3/4ths
of one penny per dollar spent. That’s a very
small price to pay to help improve our fine
city. There is no question that the added
income will help our city. Use your brain,
vote YES. Help Hawthorne move forward.
Hawthorne Trivia Answers
No winner, no cold one. None of my several
readers got all of the answers correct, so I
guess I will have to drink on my own as
usual. Here are the answers: Maryln Monroe
lived on New Hampshire Street at the time
which later became 134th Street. Jim Thorpe
live on Birch Street. The Wilson family lived
on 119th Street. Holly Park was built first
followed by Holly Glen. Jack Northrop start
his Northrop Aircraft Company in the old
Hawthorne Hotel located on Hawthorne Blvd.
The first graduating class from Hawthorne
High School was 1958.
The city was founded in 1905 as the
“Hawthorne Improvement Company” by
B.L. Harding and H.D. Lombard. Harding’s
daughter shared her birthday—July 4,
American Independence Day—with New
England author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and
a decision was made to name the city after
him The organization that had a contest to
come up with the current city motto, City of
Good Neighbors was the Hawthorne Chamber
of Commerce.
Luther’s Other
Reformation: Beer
As most of you know, I am the son of a
Lutheran pastor, so Reformation Day was a
big event in our church this past Sunday. I
ran across a neat article on Martin Luther’s
other reformation: Beer. Looks
like we owe Luther a thank you
for our cold ones also. Here is
the article:
On October 31st, 1517, 500
years ago, an obscure Saxon
monk launched a protest
movement against the Catholic
Church that would transform
Europe. Martin Luther’s
Protestant Reformation changed
not just the way Europeans lived, fought,
worshipped, worked and created art but also
how they ate and drank. For among the things
it impacted was a drink beloved throughout
the world and especially in Luther’s native
Germany: beer. The change in beer production
was wrought by the pale green conical flower
of a wildly prolific plant — hops. Every hip
craft brewery today peddling expensive hoppy
beers owes a debt of gratitude to Luther and
his followers for promoting the use of hops as
an act of rebellion against the Catholic Church.
But why did Protestants decide to embrace this
pretty flower, and what did it have to do with
religious rebellion? Therein foams a bitter pint
of histoAry. In the 16th century, the Catholic
Church had a stranglehold on beer production,
since it held the monopoly on gruit — the
mixture of herbs and botanicals (sweet gale,
mug wort, yarrow, ground ivy, heather, rosemary,
juniper berries, ginger, cinnamon.) used to
flavor and preserve beer. Hops, however, were
not taxed. Considered undesirable weeds,
they grew plentifully and vigorously — their
invasive nature captured by their melodic
Latin name, Humulus lupulus (which the
music-loving Luther would have loved), which
means «climbing wolf.»»The church didn›t
like hops,» says William Bostwick, the beer
critic for The Wall Street Journal and author
of The Brewer›s Tale: A History of the World
According to Beer. “One reason was that
the 12th century German mystic and abbess
Hildegard had pronounced that hops were not
very good for you, because they ‹make the
soul of a man sad and weigh down his inner
organs.› So, if you were a Protestant brewer
and wanted to thumb your nose at Catholicism,
you used hops instead of herbs.» My take on
all of this, Catholic or Protestant, hoppy or
not hoppy, health drink or a weight on your
organs, Dodger fan or Giant fan, just forget
all that divides, united we enjoy a cold one.
Go Dodgers! •
( I love to hear from my readers. – email me – norbhuber@gmail.com)
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Police Reports
Monday, October 16
to Sunday, October 22
Robberies
100 FY/S. HAWTHORNE BL. AUTO/
VEHICLE. Crime Occurred: Sun. 10/15/17
20:00.
W. 120TH ST/S CRENSHAW BL. Crime
Occurred: Mon. 10/16/17 10:00. Property
Taken: Yellow gold necklace.
14400 S. INGLEWOOD AV. SHOPPING
CENTER. Crime Occurred: Thu. 10/19/17
15:06.
14400 S. INGLEWOOD AV. Crime
Occurred: CAD: Thu. 10/19 15:06--No
R MS Ent.
13600 S. KORNBLUM AV. STREET,
HIGHWAY, ALLEY. Crime Occurred: Thu.
10/19/17 19:21.
4100 W. BROADWAY. AUTO/VEHICLE.
Crime Occurred: Fri 10/20/17 12:49.
Property Taken: Chase debit and credit card,
Best Buy credit card, Home Depot credit
card, Capital One credit card, California
driver’s license, Costco membership card,
Chase check book, US currency, black
Michael Kors wallet.
4 1 0 0 W. EL SEGUNDO BL.
RESTAURANT, FAST FOODS, CAFÉ.
Crime Occurred: Sun. 10/22/17 23:09.
Property Taken: iPhone 7s plus (red in color),
$30 UC currency (misc. denominations).
Burglaries
5200 W. ROSECRANS AV. Crime
Occurred: Mon. 10/16/17 01:10. Property
Taken: Computer equipment: 2012 17” Apple
iMac monitor, computer monitor (unknown
brand), misc. cell phones. Method of Entry:
smashed. POE: Single swing door. Entry
Loc: Front.
11900 S. INGLEWOOD AV. DOCTOR
& DENTIST OFFICE, CLINIC. Crime
Occurred: Sat. 10/14/17 14:30 to Mon.
10/16/17 09:00. Property Taken: Laptop w/
EKG software, Dell 15” laptop computer,
cash, black cash box, boxes of syringes.
Method of Entry: Pried. POE: Unknown.
4100 W. 138TH ST. APARTMENT/
CONDO. Crime Occurred: Mon. 10/16/17
18:02. Property Taken: PlayStation PS4/Call
of Duty/orange and black, “Overwatch”
video game, 2011 HP laptop computer/
silver in color. Method of Entry: Opened.
POE: Sliding window.
3 7 0 0 W. ROSECRANS AV.
MISCELLANEOUS OFFICES. Crime
Occurred: Tue. 10/17/17 03:21. Method
of Entry: Pried.
14700 S. BODGER AV. HOUSE. Crime
Occurred: Tue. 10/17/17 18:00 to Wed.
10/18/17 07:59. Method of Entry: Smashed.
4500 W. 137TH PL. HOUSE. Crime
Occurred: Fri. 10/20/17 09:40 to Fri.
10/20/17 14:40. Property Taken: Pink
jewelry case, yellow gold wedding ring,
set of diamond earrings, yellow gold chain
w/heart pendant, yellow gold chain, plastic
jar full of misc. coins, misc. jewelry, rose
gold watch, gold face watch w/a black
leather band, pillow case. Method of Entry:
Smashed. POE: Non-movable window.
Entry Loc: Front.
14000 S. CERISE AV. APARTMENT/
CONDO. Crime Occurred: Fri. 10/20/17
22:07. Property Taken: Black 65-inch
Samsung TV, small black safe containing
jewelry and cash, 12 pairs of misc. shoes,
gold with black face and diamonds. Method
of Entry: Broke glass.
2800 W 120TH ST. Crime Occurred:
CAD: Fri. 10/20 23:05--No RM S Ent.
4700 W. 140TH ST APARTMENT/
CONDO. Crime Occurred: Sat. 10/21/17
09:00 to Sat. 10/21/17 14:15. Method of
Entry: Opened. POE: Sliding window.
3600 W. 135TH ST. DUPLEX/
FOURPLEX. Crime Occurred: Sat. 10/21/17
17:06. Property Taken: Firearms, computer
equipment, video equipment, computers,
games. Property Taken: Two car keys, one
garage key, PlayStation 4, GoPro 6, Black
Glock 21. Method of Entry: Body force.
POE: Sliding window. Entry Loc: Front.
12900 S. HAWTHORNE BL. OTHER.
Crime Occurred: Sun. 10/22/17 01:39
to Sun. 10/22/17 10:50. Property Taken:
Stolen $70 worth of US currency. Method
of Entry: Other. POE: Double swing door.
Entry Loc: FRONT •
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