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. 51 - December 20, 2012 Inside 72 Organ, Eye and Tissue DonorsFloat to Honor Life-Saving Gifts Of This Issue Business & Professional.......................9 Calendar...............................3 Classifieds .........................10 Crossword/Sudoku ..........10 Food ......................................7 Pets.....................................11 Police Reports....................9 Last Saturday, the Minami and Cail families of Torrance honored their son and brother (Jaret Minami) daughter and granddaughter (Brittany Cail), when they decorated their floragraph (memorial floral portraits) -- part of the 2013 Donate Life Rose Parade float, “Journeys of the Heart,” which dramatizes the ups and downs experienced by donor families, transplant recipients and living donors. Seen Real Estate........................12 here: Cail family decorating Brittany’s floragraph: Raquel Cail (mother) and Bettie Noland (grandmother - Raquel’s mother). Photo courtesy of Donate Life California. Read more on page 4. Smile Awhile.......................3 Police Prepared to Prevent, Respond to School Site Violence Sports...................................5 By Dylan Little The Chief also described how the Police all the campuses in the city,” said Neu. “We TerriAnn in Torrance.........2 At the latest Torrance City Council meeting, Department has been working closely with have access to that with our field personnel. Police Chief John Neu, in response to a the Torrance Unified School District and the When you see our command post vehicles out number of emails from concerned citizens, private schools in the city to have up-to-date there or Sergeant vehicles out there on the updated residents on how his department is information on each facility. The Department screen, in each vehicle there is access to the working to prevent a school shooting tragedy has gone to great lengths to make sure it map. We also work with school employees like the one in Newtown, Connecticut. knows every campus in Torrance inside and when we do out walk-throughs to identify According to Neu, the first line of defense out, working with maps, video and having what needs to be documented, what the are the School Resource Officers (SROs) who school administrators guide officers around critical assets are and what escape routes are at every high school in the city and help each site explaining potentially important areas. there are. Every event that takes place at a watch over local junior highs as well. Neu “What these plans enable us to do is have school we are involved.” Weekend occasion receive tips that residents would be a map, schematic, a video of the campus, of See City Council, page 9said that the SROs are important not just aspolice officers, but as trusted liaisons who on Forecast unwilling to report to anyone else. Local Research Institute“It’s more than just having a uniformed officer on our high school campus. The Honors Outstanding Donors relationships they build with parents, teachers, administrators and students have been very Friday beneficial for us as a community,” said Neu. By Cristian Vasquez and health care intervention that affects Sunny at our schools, or even outside our schools, researchers, LA BioMed celebrated its annual The three entities recognized with“When there are issues or problems that arisepeoples’ everyday lives.”In front of patients, doctors, donors and 63˚/50˚ it’s the SROs that because of that relationship Gala and presented the Spirit of Excellence the Spirit of Excellence Award included these folks go to.” Award in a capacity-filled ballroom to three H. Frederick Christie, described as an Another resource the Torrance Police different entities and individuals. The Spirit of inspirational leader who has been involved Department has developed is the Juvenile Excellence Award acknowledges individuals with countless community organizations; Saturday Diversion Program, which pairs police to society through science, medicine, for its community service and commitmentand the Susan Scott Foundation, recognizedwho have made outstanding contributionspersonnel with 40 counselors and mental Mostly health professionals to provide a wide range government, business, philanthropy, and to further supporting the well-being of Sunny of intervention and crime prevention services. community service and the arts. the Ryan Foundation was recognized withchildren, including military families. Lastly,“We have proudly served this communityThis year alone, the program has reached 60˚/54˚ 1,400 clients. Neu would like to see more for more than half a century, and are pleased the award and distinguished for advancing cities follow Torrance’s lead in providing that the work we do at LA BioMed is able innovation and supporting LA BioMed in mental health services to those who need to help those who need it the most,” Vice its efforts to find therapies that can treat it most before these individuals become a President of Development with LA BioMed MPS 1, a rare disease that keeps the body Sunday danger to communities. “It enables us to Rodney Franks said. “We look forward to from breaking down protein in cells. Few “We work with the criminal justice system breakthrough medicine for residents of the this institution LA BioMed has been theget these folks what they need,” said Neu.“I was so impressed that over the decadescontinuing to turn innovative science into Showers all the time, but there is another early step South Bay and beyond for many years to leader in so many studies and results of 58˚/54˚ these people the help they need early on. a tremendous organization that it has an might be experiencing, this organization isthat is critically important and that’s gettingresearch in cardiac issues. Whatever youcome. I think that LA BioMed is such Unfortunately, it’s not as robust as I would impact across the world and is known for definitely involved in developing something like to see it--by that I mean other cities, other its impact on the medical breakthroughs See Biomed, page 8 police departments that could take this on.”
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