TORRANCE TRIBUNE February 9, 2017 Page 3 AutoZone BRING A USED OIL FILTER AND GET A NEW ONE FOR FREE!* 17490 Hawthorne Blvd. Torrance, CA 90504 SATURDAY February 18, 2017 9:00am - 1:00pm *Open to City of Torrance residents only. Residents may receive up to 2 new filters in exchange for 2 used filters. While supplies last. RESIDENTS WHO BRING IN USED OIL OR USED FILTERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FREE MOTOR OIL CHANGE KIT! RESIDENTS MUST BRING A USED OIL FILTER TO THE STORE TO RECEIVE A NEW FREE OIL FILTER. USED OIL MUST BE PROPERLY STORED IN A CLEAN, UNCONTAMINATED CONTAINER. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (562) 944-4766 Community Briefs Registration Available Now for Spring at El Camino College Hundreds of classes are available for the spring 2017 semester at El Camino College to help students meet their educational goals. Students can register for general education courses that transfer to a university in high-demand subjects such as English, math, history, communications, Spanish, and political science, to name a few. Basic skills and career education classes are also available. Students can take classes that fit into their schedule, with day, evening, and distance education/online classes. El Camino College offers 99 degree programs and 83 certificate programs designed to prepare students to transfer to a four-year college or university or succeed in a high-paying career. More than 30 Career and Technical Education programs help students and working adults looking to train for a new career, or upgrade their skills for advancement. Registration for the spring semester is now open. The spring semester begins February 11. The schedule of classes, in both digital and searchable formats, is available on the Web at http://www.elcamino.edu/admissions/ schedule.asp. Students can also search the list of seats available: http://www.elcamino.edu/academics/ classes-added.asp. All students are encouraged to register as soon as possible for the best class selection. Students may register online 24 hours per day at www. elcamino.edu by clicking on MyECC. Torrance Adult School Offering Blueprint 4 Workplace Success This custom-tailored class is now offered at Levy Adult School in Torrance and is targeted towards teens and young adults still at home. The course runs semester to semester through 2017 and the program awards a certificate of completion that can open doors to employment opportunities. Participants receive assessments, tools, resources, networking contacts, mentoring and monitoring to ensure a successful work experience while promoting to higher levels of income brackets. Register at www.tusdae.org or contact the instructor at 310-469-1935. West Basin Board Elects 2017 Officer Positions At its January meeting, the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors elected its new positions for 2017. Division I Director Harold C. Williams was named Board President, with Division IV Director Scott Houston becoming Vice President. Division V Director Donald L. Dear and Division II Director Gloria D. Gray will serve as Treasurer and Secretary, respectively. Division III Director Carol C. Kwan, who previously served as Board President, was named Immediate Past President. Williams represents Carson, Palos Verdes Peninsula and portions of San Pedro. He is also a board member of the National Water Research Institute, a member of the CalDesal Executive Committee and a member of the Los Angeles County Building Board of Appeals. Houston represents El Segundo, Del Aire, southwest Lennox and Wiseburn as well as Culver City, West Hollywood, Malibu, Marina del Rey, Playa Vista, North Ladera Heights, View Park and Windsor Hills. He also serves on the Tree Musketeers Board of Directors. Dear represents Gardena, Hawthorne, Lawndale and portions of El Camino Village. He is currently First Vice Chair of the Local Agency Formations Commission and is one of two West Basin representatives on the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors. Gray represents Inglewood and unincorporated areas of Athens, Howard, Lennox, Ross-Sexton and South Ladera Heights. She also represents West Basin on the Metropolitan Board. Kwan represents Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, part of Torrance, and unincorporated Los Angeles County areas of Harbor Gateway. • Up and Adam South Soccer Avoids Letdown Versus West By Adam Serrao In an epic season in which the South High boys’ soccer team has only lost once all year long, it is one game that has the potential to come back and bite the Spartans in the back. South is in the midst of a season that has the potential to be one of the school’s all-time best. Coming off of a year in which the team won the Pioneer League championship outright and went all the way to the CIF championship game, head coach Chad Lagerwey has his team looking even more powerful one season later. A 1-0 victory at home against the rival West High Warriors not only kept the Spartans on their torrid pace, but also gave the team its third win in the last four games with only two regular season contests remaining. A loss to Leuzinger near the end of January sticks out like a sore thumb to Lagerwey and his team, but even still, South is playing at a pace that could certainly mean CIF success this season. Dara Fakhfouri has been a gem on offense for the Spartans all year long. That fact rang out loudly and clearly once again in South’s shutout victory over the Warriors last Friday afternoon in a home game. Fakhfouri came through with what turned out to be the winning goal in the 32nd minute as the Spartans defense held on to do the rest of the job. “I could see the back line wasn’t set,” Fakhfouri said of his opportunity. “I was looking for an early service and Spencer put a beautiful ball into the box.” Spencer Paine was the assister that Fakhfouri spoke of and it was the team effort that eventually brought home the win. The Warriors had their chances to do damage in the second half, but opportunities by Brian Burrell and Andrew Hazzard were stymied by a stout and experienced South High defense. “I thought we did a lot of good things,” West head coach Mike Shimizu explained. “We just didn’t finish.” There haven’t been many teams this year that have been able to finish against the Spartans. South has only allowed four goals over its last nine contests combined and has only allowed one opponent (Leuzinger) to score more than one goal all season long. Despite their disappointing loss, the Warriors still have an opportunity to finish in first place if a little bit of luck happens to be on their side. West (9-5-3, 4-2-1) will close out the regular season with back-to-back matchups against Leuzinger before moving on to finish things out with a game against the fourth place Torrance Tartars. The Spartans (17-1-1, 6-1-1) have only experienced one loss all season long, which was two weeks ago at the hands of the Leuzinger Olympians. Despite the team’s almost flawless record, South may finish in second place to Leuzinger if it doesn’t get some help from West. In order to gain their second straight Pioneer League championship, the Spartans will need to win their last two remaining matches of the regular season against fifth place Centennial and last place North High. South will also be looking for Leuzinger to lose at least one 3D Printing Brings Good Things to Life By Rob McCarthy There’s an industrial revolution happening right here in the South Bay, and it’s called 3D printing. It can make almost anything that humans can design, from an aircraft part to a body part. And the technology isn’t difficult to understand--not to anyone who has made printed copies. A 3D printer works much like a home or office laser printer. Open a file, hit print and wait for the copy. The difference is that 3D printing jets build three-dimensional prototypes and parts using 100 different kinds of materials, from plastic to metal to nylon. The process is so unique that people in the fields of manufacturing, medicine and consumer products accept that it’s the next industrial revolution. The other difference between the printer-copier and a 3D printer is how a digital file is reproduced. The 3D printer creates an image starting at the bottom and working its way up, instead of top-to-bottom like a home office printer does. The newer process has been likened to a layer cake, where the baker lays down each layer one at a time until the entire cake is formed. There are videos on the Internet about 3D printing and the unbelievable things that really smart people have designed, like a fully functioning jet engine. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library has working 3D printers on display as part of a hands-on technology exhibit. The “Interactive!” program looks at how popular culture in movies, books, TV and the arts has influenced modern technology. Interestingly, Captain Kirk and See 3D Printing, page 4 See Up and Adam, page 7
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