March 2, 2017 Page 3 Hawthorne Happenings Comunity Letter News for the City of Good Neighbors from City Clerk Huber Open Studios Over 20 artists of the Hawthorne Arts Complex will have their art on display for an Open Studios event this Saturday, March 4th from 2 to 6 p.m. at their complex located at 13040 Cerise Avenue in Hawthorne. This is on the same block as the Los Angeles Ale Works brewery. Fine art, photography, mixed media, fiber arts and live art will all be on display. Plenty of free parking, live jazz music and food and drink will round out the event. So, you can check out the art and stop by the brewery for a cold one afterwards. Sounds like a great Saturday to me. Hawthorne on South Park If you ever watch the Comedy Channel, then maybe you have seen an episode of South Park, the comic cartoon show that has a little satire on current events. One of my loyal readers sent me a clip from an episode that aired last week. The two young children walked over the hill to see their “future” and they peer down on a comic rendering of the SpaceX headquarters and our very own rocket monument that sits out on Hawthorne Blvd. Elon Musk and his grand ideas are becoming the future for our world. Just this week, he announced that they will be taking two citizens on a space vacation around the moon and back. The cost per ticket was a mere $60 million. He hopes to get the price down to $200 thousand for a ticket to visit Mars in the not too distant future. Hawthorne has had a colorful past, but our future looks even more outrageously crazy. Business Expo The City of Hawthorne’s Business Expo 2017 is for you. It will be held on Wednesday, March 22nd from 3-7 p.m. at the Memorial Center. If you are a business owner, starting a new business, customer or just want to check out what is happening in our City, here you can connect with area businesses, community members, and service providers. Events include two dynamic keynote speakers and a wide variety of exhibitions and seminars throughout the day. There will be food and beverage samples and plenty of chances to win prizes! For more information, please call (310) 676-1163. Lions Club to honor Citizen of the Year The Hawthorne Lions Club will be honoring a very special person with its annual “Citizen of the Year” award to be presented on Wednesday, March 15th at the Moose Lodge Police Reports at 132nd Street and Inglewood Avenue. The dinner will begin at 6 p.m. Golf Tournament The Hawthorne Parks and Recreation Foundation Gold Tournament is on Monday, April 10th at 12 noon at Coyote Hills Golf Club. For more information, please contact Mr. Dick Huhn at 310-643-9157. Historical Society Meeting The next open meeting of the Hawthorne Historical Society will be held on Tuesday, March 21st at 6:30 p.m. at the community room of the Hawthorne Library. The public is encouraged to attend. 44 Years in Hawthorne I have referred several times in this column to my German mother-in-law and how we have four generations of our family living in Hawthorne. That is about to change. Many of you know that it is difficult when we have a family member who can no longer live on their own. It’s difficult for them to accept the fact that they may not be able to drive any longer. It’s even harder for them to accept moving from their familiar surroundings and comfortable homes and being relocated to an assisted living facility or to a son or daughter’s house. Lena has always had her tough, German stubbornness about her. She went through “the war” back in East Prussia. Along with her three sisters she came to America and made a good life for herself and her family. After taking a fall on Thanksgiving eve last year she has been recuperating but now is unable to get around too well. Now, she will be moving to a facility in Chico, CA to be close to her son. She will miss Hawthorne. We will miss her. Families are a blessing from God. He has put us in relationships to love and care for one another. When separation occurs that relationship which was taken for granted is now appreciated even more. We all can look back with blessed memories of the family times that we have shared and thank God for them. One thing for sure, Lena won’t have to worry about her son-in-law City Clerk embarrassing her when he talks about having cold ones all the time. (I look forward to my visits to Chico, its home to the Sierra Nevada Brewery. Maybe I can share another cold one with my dear mother-in-law in the near future.) • Contact email: norbhuber@gmail.com (If you do enjoy my weekly column, please shoot me an email. I love to hear from my readers.) Please Stand Up for our Seniors Citizens These days, Democrats and Republicans agree on very little, if anything. Perhaps the one item a bipartisan majority agree on is Medicare Advantage. It is a program that represents more than 2 million seniors in California and nearly 20 million Americans across the country. It’s widely beloved, a trait almost unheard of when discussing healthcare plans. It provides affordable premium healthcare coverage that caps out of pocket expenses, provides free fitness programs and preventive screenings and prescription drug Monday, February 13 to Sunday, February 19 Robberies 11300 S. HAWTHORNE BL. SHOPPING CENTER. Crime Occurred: Tue. 02/14/17 16:35. Property Taken: Unknown chip ice cream unknown value $1 each 14600 S. OCEAN GATE AV. PARKING LOT. Crime Occurred: Thu. 02/16/17 14:29. Property Taken: White “Lilly Bloom” purse w/turquoise/pink bike print, tan leather wallet, pink iPhone 5 or 6, #828-606-8842, $15 in US currency. 1 1 3 0 0 S . HAWTHORNE B L . RESTAURANT, FAST FOODS, CAFÉ. Crime Occurred: Fri. 02/17/17 11:05. Property Taken: iPhone 6, brown case, black. 14100 S. CRENSHAW BL. STORAGE SHED, PUBLIC. Crime Occurred: Sat. 02/18/17 14:01. Property Taken: Unknown denominations of US currency. Burglaries coverage without the need to purchase an expensive Medicare supplement. It’s wrongheaded for D.C. to even consider cutting the benefits of senior citizens, especially when the program has proven to be a success. I call on Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Senator Kamala Harris to take our fight to Washington to stand up for senior citizens, who deserve more than yearly cuts to our benefits. – Auxiliadora Venerio, Lawndale 11600 S. RAMONA AV. Crime Occurred: CAD: Mon. 02/13 09:09--No R MS Ent 4600 W. IMPERIAL HWY. Crime Occurred: CAD: Wed. 02/15 08:06--No RMS Ent. Property Taken: Vehicle battery. 5300 W. 137TH PL. HOUSE. Crime Occurred: Wed. 02/15/17 09:00 to Wed. 02/15/17 20:00. Property Taken: Computer equipment, white 32GB iPad. Method of Entry: Opened. POE: Crank window. Entry Loc: Front. 14000 S. YUKON AV. AUTO/VEHICLE. Crime Occurred: Sun. 02/19/17 09:30 to Sun 02/19/17 13:47. Property Taken: Black perfume box full of quarters, set of keys to apartment building, three Guess, two Citizen, one Jennifer Lopez, one Seiko, one AK. Method of entry: Opened. W. ROSECRANS AV./S. YUKON AV. Crime Occurred: CAD: Sun. 02/19 07:53-- No R MS Ent. • Community Briefs Rams Launch “Guess Our Games” Schedule Contest for Chance to Win $1 Million The Los Angeles Rams are launching the Guess Our Games contest, giving fans a chance to win $1 million for correctly guessing the Rams 2017 schedule. Fans may visit www.therams.com/guessourgames to enter the contest through Friday, March 31. In order to be eligible to win, a participant must properly identify each of the 16 Rams 2017 regular season games by picking the City of Hawthorne’s 2017 Business Expo The City of Hawthorne will hold its 2017 Business Expo on Wednesday, March 22 at the Hawthorne Memorial Center (3901 W. El Segundo Boulevard) from 3 to 7 p.m. This year’s theme will be “Business to Business: Growth for the Future” and the event targets existing businesses, start-ups, customers, and anyone interested in what is happening in Hawthorne. The program includes two keynote speakers—Levi Stockton, President of Advanced Air Charter and The Jet Center; and Paul Frederick, Co-Founder and Chief Discovery Officer for Eureka! Seminar Electric Vehicle Chargers Now Available at LAX Parking Structure 7 Responding to the ever-growing number of electric vehicles (EVs) on Southern California’s roadways, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has installed 18 Level 2 EV charging stations in Parking Structure 7 (across from Terminal 7). The new chargers bring the number of Level 2 EV charging stations at LAX to 81, with another eight chargers at the LAX FlyAway® bus terminal in Van Nuys. While motorists pay the posted parking fee, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) provides the electric charging free. LAWA’s 89 publicly available Level 2 EV chargers can be found at Parking Structure 1 (19 chargers plus a DC Fast Charger); Parking Structure 6 (20 chargers); Parking Structure correct week of the NFL season and the day of week for each of the eight home and away contests. In addition, the Bye Week must be correctly selected. Participants must be at least 18 years old to enter and only California residents are eligible to win. The contest is limited to one entry per person and email address. Los Angeles Rams 2017 Regular Season Opponents Home: Arizona Cardinals (game to be played in London); Houston Texans; Indianapolis Colts; New Orleans Saints; Philadelphia Eagles: San Francisco 49ers; Seattle Seahawks; Washington Redskins. Away: Arizona Cardinals; Dallas Cowboys; Jacksonville Jaguars; Minnesota Vikings; New York Giants; San Francisco 49ers; Seattle Seahawks; Tennessee Titans. topics will include social media tips for your business; how cyber liability insurance can protect your business against a data breach; business services; the proper care and feeding of your website; street stories-façade improvement; living and doing business in a sustainable South Bay; small business and permit assistance for new and existing businesses; and planning for the success of your business. For more information or tickets, call 310-676-1163, or visit Facebook. com/Hawthornebusinessexpo. The event is free to the public. 7 (18 chargers); Park N Fly/Park One (four chargers); Economy Parking Lot C (20 chargers); and the FlyAway® Bus Terminal in Van Nuys (eight chargers). The Level 2 EV chargers were provided as part of a June 2016 agreement between LAWA and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP). The chargers are paid for in part by a DWP program that offers rebates of up to $4,000 per EV charger bought and installed, in addition to funds from a $500,000 grant awarded to the City of Los Angeles by the California Energy Commission. The installations were performed by LAWA’s Facilities & Technical Services Division’s Electrical Shop and Building Construction Unit. •
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