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. 38 - September 20, 2012 Inside Community Gathers to Celebrate This Issue Torrance’s Centennial Plaza Business & Professional.....................11 Calendar...............................3 Classifieds .........................13 Community Briefs...............2 Crossword/Sudoku ..........13 Food ......................................7 Pets.....................................15 Police Reports....................3 Politically Speaking...........5 Torrance Community gathered for a Downtown Community Parade culminating with the new Centennial Plaza Dedication and Time Capsule Ceremony. The non-motorized parade ended at the new Centennial Plaza at El Prado Park. Following a reading of an original poem entitled “Our Torrance Centennial” by resident Sally Jo Kinsey, the Centennial Time Capsule Lid was revealed to the audience. After a ceremonial cake cutting, guests were free to view commemorative personalized bricks that were sold to the public to help finance the construction of the plaza. Photo Real Estate........................16 courtesy of the City of Torrance. Sports...................................4 City Council Meets With North Torrance Voters By Dylan Little safety, technology and energy efficiency has been a fixture in the Torrance educational TerriAnn...............................10 The Torrance City Council took its show campus-wide. The bond would add $7 per landscape and right now serves a more on the road this week, conducting its meeting $100,000 of the assessed value of residents’ important role than ever with a workforce at North Torrance High School’s library in homes per year to their tax bills. Arce noted looking for new skills and additional training The Wheel Deal...............8-9 an effort to meet with more constituents. that the last bond El Camino received in 2002 that the college can provide. “Everyone in During the meeting, the members discussed has already been used to modernize buildings Torrance has been touched by El Camino--if supporting education bond Measure E, and and has so far saved the college $100,000 they didn’t attend classes there, then their outlined some of the North Torrance-specific per year in energy expenses. children or their parents have,” said Furey. programs and improvements in the community. The Council agreed and voted to support “I think at this time, we need retraining of Before getting into the agenda, however, the the measure. Councilmember (and El Camino our population and I think that’s the most Weekend 43rd Congressional District that includes North alum) Pat Furey mentioned that El Camino See City, page 6West High School Celebratesaudience heard from Congresswoman MaxineWaters, who, after redistricting, represents theTorrance. She is seeking reelection and madeForecast Birthday with Festivitiesth50a stop at the meeting to give a short speech.In it, she mentioned how impressed she has been with Torrance’s Centennial celebration. Friday On Sunday she took part in the Centennial By Cristian Vasquez party following the sing-along. Saturdaysing-along after the game and an after-A Day of Golf, the Welcome Homeparade, joking that people noticed she did Partly the route in high heels, and added a letter Meet and Greet and Friday night’s the celebration continues with the 50th Cloudy to the Centennial time capsule. These events celebration of West High School’s 50th a.m. and is followed by the all-day 50thAnniversary three-mile Run/Walk at 8football game will kick off the weekendand the City’s yearly Armed Forces parade 78˚/66˚ drew praise from the Congresswoman. “It’s birthday. “I think it will make for a West High Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 a city that really works,” said Waters. “All of pretty special weekend. We will get to p.m. The open house will allow families your activities have been so well-organized. see some parents who went to school and alumni to walk through campus and I believe that Torrance has the greatest here themselves, walk their children observe memorabilia and old, historical Saturday participation and community activities of around in the different events and talk items representing the school. Partly any city in the South Bay.” West High School Principal Ben Egan built in 1962 when the school opened,“We found a time capsule that wasabout memorabilia that is on display,”Waters was also impressed by the Council’s Cloudy outreach. She said that getting out in the said. “Having the different folks being so the time capsule items will be 78˚/67˚ the residents is an important part of politics. have returned to meet and greet with School Activities Director Sue Eriksencommunity and making the effort to listen todisplayed in the archives,” West Highrecognized and the retired teachers that “That’s democracy at work--making sure that others will definitely be very cool, not said. “Current students were involved all of your community has an opportunity to just for their individual families but heavily with campus clean-up volunteer participate,” she said. for the larger West High family as work. Students were also asked to put Sunday The Council also heard from Francisco well.” together during the school year another Partly Arce, Vice President of Academic Affairs September 21 with the Day of Golf at El open house on Saturday will allow thetime capsule for the next 50 years. TheThe festivities will begin Thursday,at El Camino Community College, who Cloudy was hoping to get support for the campus’ Dorado Park Golf Course. The next day current students to put out food and games 75˚/65˚ bond measure appearing on the November 6 meet and greet event prior to the game and host an event every year called ‘Springfor alumni to come back and visit. WeWest High will host South High with theballot. The $350 million bond would be used to build new fine arts, music and physical the Celebration Hootenanny, a folk song See West High, page 2 education facilities, as well has modernize
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