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Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 7, No. 41 - October 12, 2017
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Forecast
Community Leaders, Kenny G
Star in Honda Fundraiser
Among the luminaries at the recent “Honda Evening Under the Stars” fundraising event were, from left to right: Mary Morikawa; Steve Morikawa, Vice President, Corporate Relations & Social Responsibility,
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.; Kenny G; Donna Dupperon, President and CEO, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce; Torrance Mayor Pat Furey; and Teresa Furey. See this week’s Community Briefs for
more details. Photo by Deirdre Davidson. •
City Council Urges Residents to
Develop Home Fire Escape Plans
By Cristian Vasquez
With the goal of better educating the
local community, the Torrance City Council
School Board Approves ACE
Mentor Program for North High
By Cristian Vasquez
Members of the Torrance School
Board on Monday night approved a
request for North High School to be a
part of the Architecture Construction
and Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program
for the 2017-2018 school year. ACE,
a nationwide mentoring program, was
developed to assist and mentor high
school students while inspiring them to
seek career opportunities in the fields of
design and construction. “The ACE mission
is to engage, excite and enlighten high
school students to pursue careers in architecture,
engineering and construction
through mentoring and to support their
continued advancement in the industry,”
states the agenda presented to the Board
members.
North High students will be offered the
opportunity to participate in this afterschool
program, which will be supervised
by campus faculty members while ACE
mentors work alongside the students
every other week. Mentors will teach
students about the fields of architecture,
construction and engineering. Each ACE
mentor will be fully cleared to work with
students through the Torrance Unified
School District volunteer procedures, as
well as the meticulous background checks
carried out by the ACE Mentor Program.
Through the sponsors, the program can
presented a proclamation declaring this
week as 2017 Fire Prevention Week.
Councilman Milton S. Herring read the
proclamation to those in attendance in which
he emphasized the City of Torrance’s commitment
to ensuring the safety of visitors
and residents alike. Furthermore, the proclamation
included the basic layout for a
fire escape plan, including “two exits from
every room in the home, a path to the
outside from each exit, smoke alarms in
all required locations, and a meeting place
outside” to confirm everyone’s safety in
case of a fire.
“I encourage all people in the community
to find and develop a home fire escape plan
with all members of the household practice
it twice a year,” said Mayor Patrick J. Furey
right before presenting the proclamation.
This year’s theme for Fire Prevention
Week is “Every Second Counts: Plan Two
Ways Out!”--through which the Torrance
Fire Department (TFD) aims to educate the
public about the importance of developing
an adequate fire escape plan and having
everyone in the household practice.
“This year the Torrance Fire Department
has teamed up with Torrance Unified School
District where we will be at selected schools
throughout the week,” Torrance Fire Prevention
Specialist Christopher Rhodes said to
those in attendance. “We are presenting this
theme and talking about the importance of
how children can participate with their parents
in planning an evacuation drill.”
TFD’s message during its visits to schools
will focus on the basics such as having
functioning smoke alarms and a planned-out
escape route, which includes drawing a map
of one’s home where all room exits, paths
to safety and meeting points are marked.
Residents are also being encouraged to have
a home fire drill at least twice a year--one
during the day and one at night. Also, parents
are encouraged to teach their kids how
to escape a fire emergency on their own so
they can react in the scenario that an adult
cannot reach them to help.
“Not only the theme is important, but the
entire month we are continuing our back
training where we are visiting every fifth
grade class, where we visit every Torrance
Unified School District School and we teach
fire science, the safety of evacuation plans
and smoke alarm placement and testing,”
Rhodes added.
All information being shared by the TFD
during Fire Prevention Week is from the
National Fire Protection Association (http://
www.nfpa.org), which leads the efforts every
year to educate citizens on proper fire safety
and preparation. The NFPA discovered that
See City Council, page 4
See School Board, page 4
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