The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 7, No. 27 - July 6, 2017 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................2 Classifieds............................6 Community Briefs...............2 Crossword/Sudoku.............6 Legals....................................7 Politically Speaking............4 Real Estate...........................8 Sports....................................3 TerriAnn in Torrance..........5 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 78˚/68˚ Saturday Mostly Sunny 82˚/69˚ Sunday Mostly Sunny 81˚/66˚ Third Annual Downtown Artwalk Hundreds of art lovers came out on June 24 to stop in galleries and enjoy street displays as part of the third annual Downtown Artwalk. In this photo, attendees view art at the Destination: Art Pop Up Gallery on 213th and Cabrillo. Photo Credit: Dennis Sullivan, Destination: Art. • The Torrance Refinery Supports Youth Development Program By Cristian Vasquez The 27-year-partnerhship, which has supported the Youth Development Program, has engaged more than 1,000 students in a summer job program and to date has received $2 million. Recently the Torrance Refining Company contributed an additional $50,000 for 2017, extending the partnership another year. “This is a program where we sponsor the City and Torrance Unified School District [TUSD] to give summer employment and educational opportunity to our youth,” said Torrance Refining Company Community Relations Advisor Gesuina Paras. During the most recent Torrance City Council meeting, the donation was accepted and appropriated by the Council, which simultaneously approved an $11,010 payment authorized to be made to the Torrance Unified School District for the 2017 Youth Development Program. “Through funds provided by Torrance Refining Company, Torrance Unified School District recruits eligible participants,” said Torrance Refining Company Community Relations Manager Barbara Graham. “Students apply through their high school counselor’s office and are selected based on their counselor’s recommendation and final interviews.” Thirty students are selected through interviews conducted by two teachers hired as facilitators by the Youth Development Program. Each student must be attending a Torrance school, and be doing so in the fall. They must also have passed the Academic Proficiency (AB65) tests, as well as completed their freshman year of high school. Graduating seniors are not eligible for the program. Formerly known as the Green Team and ExxonMobil Youth Development Program, this partnership has served the community’s youth with an “enriching and empowering” work experience that is tailored to help the student in future collegiate and professional careers. The Youth Development Program’s objective is to provide what is usually its first work experience to students through a combination of classroom and work-based activities--both of which are designed based on opportunities relating to future career planning. “The Youth Development Program is truly a unique partnership between the Torrance Refining Company, the Torrance Unified School District and the City of Torrance,” Graham said. “What’s offered is more than a summer job. The Youth Development Program teaches the responsibilities associated with working, helps to instill the value of teamwork, and provides a chance for the teens to form lasting relationships with their community, all while earning a paycheck and high school curriculum credits.” With a key component of the program being education, there is a strong focus on job skills training through classroom lessons such as interview training, in addition to training on-the-job. Furthermore, since the jobs that the students are engaging support vital school and City services, the program instills the importance of good citizenship and helps students connect with their community. The Youth Development Program launched the last week of June with a one-week course that teaches proper workplace behaviors and promotes work-readiness. Participants then See Torrance Refinery, page 3 Rite Aid Merger Had Drugstore Customers Sweating By Rob McCarthy The announcement last week that Walgreens has downsized the deal to buy the Rite Aid drugstores nationwide means that South Bay shoppers won’t be saying goodbye any time soon to the small neighborhood retailer. Had Walgreens gone ahead with the original plan to buy all of Rite Aid’s stores, some store closings were very likely and the nostalgic Thrifty ice cream counter with its single, double and triple scoops was in jeopardy. Federal regulators had until July to decide 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. See Rite Aid, page 4
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