The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 2, No. 45 - November 8, 2012 Inside Year-Long Centennial CelebrationCity’s Birthday Bash Ends This Issue Business & Professional.....................11 Calendar...............................4 Classifieds .........................13 Crossword/Sudoku ..........13 Faith ......................................3 Food ......................................8 Police Reports....................4 Politically Speaking...........5 Real Estate........................16 Photo by TerriAnn Ferren.The City of Torrance’s celebrates Birthday Bash that ended the year-long Centennial Celebration on Sunday, October 28 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Charles H. Wilson Park. Read more on page 10. Sports...................................6 Council Honors Second Wave TerriAnn in Torrance.......10 of Hometown Heroes with Banner By Dylan Little to thank my wife and my son--they truly means a lot--not just to me, but to everyone On Tuesday night, the Torrance City Council touched my heart in a special way,” said who served with me.” recognized 11 current and former members Waggoner. “While I was deployed, my wife Waggoner also asked the audience to of the armed forces as part of the ongoing wrote me every day of my deployment. I’d support the men and women of the armed Hometown Heroes Banner program. The like to thank the Lord for bringing me back forces, even if involved in a war that is banners show a military portrait of the service in one piece. I came back a wounded solider unpopular. “Soldiers don’t chose the wars Weekend signifies whether the individual is currently and got very little thanks, so this recognition See Council, page 3member, as well as the person’s name, whichbranch he or she serves in and wording that Forecast in the armed forces, a veteran or deceased. Study Focuses onThe first wave of banners has been up in the community for several months and this new Effects of Maternal Smoking group of service members will be replacing those banners. Mayor Frank Scotto was excited By Cristian Vasquez it is widely known that maternal smoking Friday to recognize a new batch of Torrance armed For almost 20 years Dr. Virender can pose problems for an unborn child, Partly from the community for these heroes. “I am on the human lungs in newborn babies in that it sheds light on the depth of theincluding asthma, this study is importantRehan has been conducting researchforces members and to see continued support Cloudy excited to present the second phase of the and children. Recently Dr. Rehan, the issue and raises concerns about the effects 61˚/50˚ Scotto. “It’s our goal to recognize and honor Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor- subsequent generations.”of smoke exposure during pregnancy onprincipal investigator at The Los AngelesTorrance Hometown Heroes Banners,” said Torrance residents and their family members UCLA Medical Center, was awarded a With the grant, Dr. Rehan’s study will serving the armed forces in active duty, as two-year, $377,220 grant by the National focus on attempting to better understand the veterans, or as veterans of the past.” Institutes of Health/National Institute of detrimental effects of maternal smoking- Saturday Among those honored for their past service Child Health & Human Development to -not only on the exposed children, but Mostly who served in Vietnam; Jonathan Arneson, effective treatments for the prevention follow such as grandchildren and great-also on the generations of children thatconduct a study aimed at discoveringwere James Joiner, a deceased Army veteran Sunny an Army veteran; and William Watson, an of asthma. grandchildren. More specifically, the doctor 62˚/46˚ Torrance’s own Zamperini Field. Currently has focused at discovering the effects of in which asthma can affect subsequentand his research will seek to find the wayDr. Rehan’s research in the last 10 yearsAir Force veteran who learned to fly at active service members who were awarded smoking in children both directly and generations even when not exposed to banners included Marine Micah Blanks, the indirectly. “I have been heavily involved cigarette smoke. Sunday and Navy men Daniel Day and Roy Franklin. unborn fetus and how it would affect them grant that we have essentially acquired from“It is a continuing process, so with thisat looking at the effects of smoking on anArmy’s Bryan Renfro and Matthew Allen, Sunny While most of the honorees or relatives when they grow up,” Dr. Rehan said. “There NIH we will be able to clearly establish of honorees keep their comments to a brief has always been some indication that these this phenomenon within this period of 65˚/49˚ thank you, Steve Waggoner, a veteran Army babies have more of a predisposition to two years,” Dr. Rehan said. “The main officer, shared a touching story about how asthma, but nobody knew exactly what the focus involves understanding how this is important the support he received from mechanisms of this process were. While See Smoking, page 3 home was while he was deployed. “I want
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