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. 47 - November 22, 2012 Inside The Nutcracker for HolidaysSouth Bay Ballet Brings Back This Issue Business & Professional.......................9 Calendar...............................3 Classifieds .........................10 Crossword/Sudoku ..........10 Food ......................................7 Pets.....................................11 Police Reports....................4 Politically Speaking...........5 Under the artistic direction of Diane Lauridsen, nationally known South Bay Ballet delivers a holiday confection for savvy ballet audiences who are looking for impeccably trained artists and a creative, Real Estate........................12 accessible interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s classic. South Bay Ballet’s rendition of The Nutcracker will be showing for one weekend only on Friday, Dec. 14 through Sunday, Dec. 16 at El Camino’s Marsee Auditorium located at 16007 Crenshaw Blvd. For more information, please call 310-329-5345 or visit www.centerforthearts.org. Photo courtesy of the South Bay Ballet. Sports ...................................6 Nonprofit Child Care Resource TerriAnn in Torrance.... 8, 9 Provider Reaches into South Bay By Cristian Vasquez it. With Connections, I have been able to go Monica Bay all the way down to Redondo Torrance, Lomita and the Palos Verdes to workshops since they actually come out Beach. What began with a five-member staff Peninsula have recently become areas where to us and that way we don’t have to go all has grown to more than 30 personnel dedicated Connections for Children will begin to offer the way out to Santa Monica. They were to offering assistance to parents and child its services. The nonprofit child care resource able to find areas here Torrance where care professionals in search of information, and referral organization has been serving they could host meetings and just give us referrals and education. Throughout the years child care providers, educators and parents in a ton of information.” Connections For Children has successfully the West Los Angeles and throughout South Connections began providing services in connected children’s advocates, service Weekend area has allowed Connection for Children to the mid-1970s from as far north as the Santa See Children’s Nonprofit, page 4Bay communities for years. However, a recentchange with previous service providers in the Forecast have a stronger presence in the area. Olympic Gold Medalist Carmelita“This past spring a similar organization that was based in Carson changed directions, so Jeter Inspires Youth at YMCA Connections was able to pick up a contract with the State of California to provide By Dylan Little Jeter grew up in Torrance where she Friday information services, training services and Sprinter Carmelita Jeter spoke to children attended Bishop Montgomery High School Sunny Lomita and Palos Verdes Peninsula,” runner and how she motivates herself to be Hills and was deeply involved in trackand California State University Dominguezat the Torrance YMCA on her career as aresources to parents to serve the Torrance, 73˚/55˚ Connections for Children Executive Director one of the best runners in the world. At the and field at both schools. Her original Patti Oblath said. “Connections for Children 2012 London Olympics, Jeter won a Bronze goal was to be a professional basketball is an organization dedicated to ensuring that in the 200 meter, a silver in the 100 meter, player, but she started running at Bishop families have access to quality child care and won gold as part of the 4 x 100 meter after her basketball coach suggested that and education services.” relay team. In addition, her relay team’s gold she try track and field in the offseason. Saturday is not new for the nonprofit, which hosted for the event. She has also ran the Shanghai After that, she never returned to basketball.“I started running track back in ninthmedal finish also set a new world recordReaching out to the South Bay communities Sunny workshops aimed at assisting service Golden Grand Prix in 10.64 seconds, which grade and I never went back,” said Jeter. 74˚/56˚ understanding and building a curriculum, the 100 meter, beating Marion Jones’ best because my coach thought it’d be a good“The only reason I went into track wasmade her the second fastest woman ever inproviders. The first workshop focused on while the second workshop promoted time and bringing her closer to Florence way for me to stay in shape during the diversity in order to better meet the needs Griffith-Joyner’s longstanding world record. offseason. I bet he’s kicking himself now of the providers’ diverse demographics. The She is one of a tiny number of people to since I never went back to basketball.” next workshop, ‘”Sesame Street Let’s Get earn medals in two different sprint events Despite having an exceptionally Sunday El Camino College on November 29 from her very proud. point to graduate with a degree in Physicalsuccessful running career, Jeter made it aat the same Olympic game, which madeMoving Activity Ideas” will takes place at Sunny 7 to 9 p.m. “No one had been able to medal in both Education from Dominguez Hills. She 70˚/55˚ excellent. The other agency that I had was not I was very proud to be a woman that’s that while she was already an accomplishedexplained to the children in the audiencesprint races in a long time,” said Jeter. “So“Connections for Children has been nearly as available,” Rozanne Garcia, owner done something that hasn’s been done in runner, her degree gave her assurance that of Garcia Family Day Care in Torrance, said. such a long time.” See Carmelita Jeter, page 3 “I think I went to orientation and that was
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