TORRANCE TRIBUNE August 22, 2013 Page 3 Calendar Thursday, augusT 22 Del Amo Blvd. For more information, please • South Bay Cities Council of Govern- contact Hillary Theyer, City Librarian, at ments, 6 p.m., 20285 Western Avenue, (310) 618-5950. Up and Adam Ste. 100. Wednesday, augusT 28• Community Meeting - Southeast Library• South bay Ostomy Support Group, 7:30 Tartars Ready For Some Football 3300 block of Lomita, West Tower parking Library, 23115 S. Arlington Ave. For moreADA Upgrade Project7 p.m., Southeastp.m., Torrance Medical memorial Center, structure, 2nd floor #”B”. information call (310) 530-5044. By Adam Serrao that victory, however, Torrance reached some • Torrance Rose Float Assn presents • Library Spot Open House, 3:30-5 p.m., As the month of August drags on and trouble waters. Losses in three of their next “Meatballs & Bingo!”, 6-9 p.m., Sons of Discovery Park, 22526 Ocean Ave. For more September slowly approaches, the feeling four games had the Tartars on their heels Italy, 1744 Carson St. For more information information call (310) 618-5950. that football is on its way gradually becomes heading into league play. Though they opened call (310) 618-2425. saTurday, augusT 31 stronger and stronger for the high school kids up league play with a nice victory over their saTurday, augusT 24 • Movies in the Park, 7:30 p.m., Paradise in the city of Torrance. For almost a year cross-town rivals, the South High Spartans, • Guided Nature Walk, 10 a.m.-Noon, Park, 5006 Lee Street. For more information now, Friday nights have not been the same. the team went on to drop two of their last Madrona Marsh Nature Center and Preserve, call (310) 618-2930 The lights above the football fields have four games of the season, including a 54-0 3201 Plaza Del Amo. For more information Tuesday, sepTember 3 remained muted while the blades of grass shellacking at the hands of the eventual Pioneer call (310) 782-3989. • Artful Days: Dutch Sensibilities, that were once accustomed to being torn up League champion North High Saxons. That sunday, augusT 25 Intimate and Thought Provoking, 12:10-1 p.m., by the players’ cleats on a weekly basis have loss didn’t only drop the Tartars into third • Free Walking Tour of Old Torrance, George Nakano Theatre, 3330 Civic Center now gone untouched and the chalk lines of place in the Pioneer League standings just docent-led tour begins at 1:30 p.m., Torrance Drive. For more information call (310) previous football seasons have faded. But behind El Segundo, but also sent them into Historical Society & Museum, 1345 Post 818-2326. now, those chalk lines are being repaved. the playoffs with a bad taste in their mouths. Ave. For more information call information sunday, sepTember 8 Along with the end of August comes the That taste would never subsist as the team’s (310) 328-5392. • Japanese Folk Song & Dance Show beginning of preparation for the season to season came to a halt shortly thereafter. • Torrance Antique Street Faire, 8-3 p.m., (Nanka Nihon Minyo Kyokai),1 p.m., James come for teams like the Torrance Tartars. On Expectations are much more optimistic 1317 Sartori Ave. For more information call Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive. September 6, when the Tartars face off against this season. Though the team will lose its (310) 328-6107. For more information call (310) 327-3609. Banning on the road, the season will once starting quarterback from a season ago, Jacob Tuesday, augusT 27 OngOing again commence for Torrance and football Kalama, they will be counting on some top- • City Council Meeting, 7- 10 p.m., City • Downtown Torrance Marketplace, Every will officially be back. The Tartars, under flight years from returning juniors that will Hall, Council Chamber, 3031 Torrance Blvd. Thursday, 3 p.m.-8 p.m., on El Prado Street, head coach Rock Hollis, will once again be remaining on the team from last year. One For more information call (310) 618-2870. from Sartori to the Buffalo Fire Department. begin their quest for a Pioneer League and of those players is Bobby Wilson. Wilson, a • Torrance Certified Farmers’ Market, 8 • Free Woman to Woman Image Enhance- CIF championship. junior running back last year, will take over a.m.- 1 p.m., Charles H. Wilson Park, 2200 ment Program – Beautifying Self Image It wasn’t long ago that the Torrance Tartars the same position behind the quarterback Crenshaw Blvd. through Support. Torrance Memorial Medical were fighting for their playoff lives. It’s this year. Wilson had a great breakout year • Library Spot Open House, 3:30-5 Center, 3330 Lomita Blvd. Appointment certainly a feeling that coach Hollis and his last year for the Tartars in which he gained p.m., Pueblo Park, Community Room 2252 required. For information call (310) 517-4665. • players hope to regain this year, but perhaps 419 total yards on only 55 carries for the with a more contented feeling coming at the season--amassing five total touchdowns and make it into the playoffs last season, but a carry. Wilson will undoubtedly be looking to Follow Usaveraging a little more than seven yards per end of it all. The Tartars did well enough to first round 38-28 loss to Whittier Christian improve on even those terrific stats for this on Twitter prematurely ended their season. That loss has be returning to the team and looking to do @heraldpubupcoming season. Another player that will quickly bounced them out of contention and surely been all of the motivation this season. some damage alongside Wilson is Spencer Just one taste of the playoffs is enough to Kovacs. A junior last year, Kovacs hauled in get a team (and a coach) addicted and there 234 receiving yards and five touchdowns in is no doubting that Hollis and company are limited playing time. He will almost certainly salivating at the chance to get back there be looked at as the number one option on and make an even bigger impact this year. the team at receiver this year. It has, after all, only been two years since The Tartars will be tested early and often Torrance’s most successful season in quite this year, starting with a second week matchup some time. In the 2011-2012 year, Hollis with the West High Warriors. Rivalry games coached his team to a 4-1 record in league are always heated matchups and Torrance play as the Tartars went on to attain first and will certainly be looking to avenge its 29- second round victories in that year’s playoffs 21 loss from just a year ago. Games against before losing to the eventual champions, and Peninsula and Inglewood will round out the perennial title contenders, the Lompoc Braves schedule before league play starts and the by a final score of 56-21 in the semifinal Tartars begin looking for success from within game. As close as they came, neither that their own division against the likes of North, year nor the last was good enough for Hollis South and El Segundo, to name a few. If the and his Tartars. Tartars hope to capitalize on an even more Following their run to the semifinals with successful season than last year, they will a 5-6 overall record (3-2 in league play) has most certainly have to win the games played left a lot to be desired for Hollis and his team. within the Pioneer League. Catch the Tartars Metro Makes it Possible Last season started off on a high note for the in their season opener on September 6 or at Metro is building and funding hundreds of projects to better mobility throughout Los Tartars as they opened the year at home and their home opener a week later against the Angeles County’s 88 cities. From transit service expansion to highway repairs, intersection trounced Hawthorne by a final score of 47-6 Warriors and root them on in their quest for improvements and new bikeways, Metro is playing a major role. For more information, visitmetro.net/projects. to set the tone for what everyone hoped would a second Pioneer League championship in be a very successful campaign. Following the last three years. • Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Pre-Construction Underway Crews are moving utilities along the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor to prepare for heavy construction scheduled to begin in Spring 2014. The project will bring Metro Rail service to the Crenshaw Corridor, Inglewood, Westchester and the LAX area with eight stations and two Park & Ride lots, and is expected to open in 2019. Latest updates atmetro.net/crenshaw. If you see a dog with a YELLOW RIBBON Get Free Credit for Metro ExpressLanes or something yellow on the leash, this is a Help your friends and family get through tra;c faster using Metro ExpressLanes. Right now, dog who needs some space. Please do receive $10 in toll credit for every new sign-up you refer. The lanes are toll-free for carpools, not approach this dog with your dog. Please vanpools and motorcycles, and available for a toll to single drivers. All you need is a FasTrak® maintain distance or give this dog and his/her transponder. Open a FasTrak® account today atmetroexpresslanes.net person time to move out of your way. Safe Routes to School Program Launches Metro is leading a program to help children get active while traveling to school safely. Safe Routes to School will organize activities for schools, parents and students to develop safe options for walking, biking and taking public transportation. More information atmetro.net/srts. Stay Safe Around Trains There are many reasons why September is Rail Safety Month and a good time to remember to be alert near trains. Always a dog may need space: look both ways and follow the posted signs at crossings, whether on foot or in a vehicle. And never run to catch your train. More important tips for rail safety atmetro.net/safety. 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