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Community Briefs
Support Group for Families with
Mentally Ill Members
The South Bay Affiliate of the all-volunteer
non-profit National Alliance on Mental
Illness (NAMI) is offering a Family Support
Group for families with a person with a
mental illness in the family from 7 to 8:30
p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month
starting August 28 in the Rose Garden Room,
El Segundo Library at 111 West Mariposa
Avenue, El Segundo. This support group is
in addition to other support groups offered in
other South Bay locations and to the educational
programs on mental illness provided by
NAMI South Bay. It is open to adults with
loved one who live with a mental illness. It
is free of cost to participants. No specific
medical therapy or medication is endorsed
or recommended.
Persons should attend who desire to improve
coping skills and discover your inner
strength, find hope in knowing that you are
not alone, learn from the collective knowledge
and experience of other participants and gain
support in a confidential setting.
NAMI South Bay is an affiliate of NAMI
California and NAMI National. NAMI is
the nation’s largest grassroots mental health
organization providing advocacy, education,
support and public awareness so that all individuals
and families affected by mental illness
can build better lives. For more information
please visit the NAMI South Bay website at
www.namisouthbay.com.
NAMI South Bay has regular monthly
meetings on the third Monday of the month,
unless there is a legal holiday. The Caring
and Sharing Family support group meets, in
English, 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., followed by
the general meeting, First Lutheran Church,
2900 West Carson Street, Torrance.
– Source: NAMI South Bay
“Concert of the Century”
Celebrates Torrance High Centennial
Torrance High School (THS) celebrates
100 years with an event that will be music
to your ears! The Torrance High Centennial
Committee is hosting a special “Concert of
the Century” featuring talented Tartar alumni,
including David Pack best known as the cofounder,
singer and guitarist of Ambrosia who
wrote and sang all of the timeless hits they
produced in the 1970s and ‘80s. David will
be performing his classic hits “Biggest Part
of Me,” “How Much I Feel,” and “You’re
the Only Woman.”
Beyond Ambrosia, David established
himself as a successful solo artist, Grammywinning
record producer and music director
of global special events--including both of
President Clinton’s Inaugural Galas, and
events for Barbara Streisand, Elton John,
Billy Joel, Madonna and others. His music
mentors were friends Quincy Jones and the
late Leonard Bernstein, but it all started for
David in his hometown of Torrance. He has
worked with THS Centennial Committee for a
year to make this one of the most meaningful
events of our lives.
The concert will be led by THS alumni
(and still best friends) Fred Beato and David
Pack, performing songs from their recent
album Beato Band (www.beatoband.com).
Joining them onstage will be alumnus Tom
Croucier, their former high school bandmate.
The night would not be complete without
a tribute to Torrance High’s own Symbols
of Tyme, winners of the 1968 United States
Battle of the Bands that includes original lead
singer Croucier and other surprises!
After nearly a year of blending the new
with the old, the restoration project of the
800-plus seat Torrance High Auditorium is
complete, and that is where this “Concert
of the Century” will be held on Saturday,
September 9 at 7 p.m. For ticket information,
go to www.TorranceHighCentennial.com.
For details regarding associated Centennial
events, visit www.TorranceHighCentennial.com.
– Source: Torrance Historical Society
Concert Benefits
Torrance-South Bay YMCA
Military Family Support Program
To help support the Torrance-South Bay
YMCA Military Family Support Program,
the community is invited to a special private
concert and wine tasting event. This event
will feature Robert Mondavi One Hope Wines
and live entertainment provided by Andy Hill
and Renee Safier.
The Y benefit concert and wine tasting will
take place on Sunday, September 10, 2-5 p.m.
at a private hilltop residence overlooking the
ocean in Hollywood Riviera in Torrance. Individual
tickets are available for $50.
“What better than an afternoon of great
wine, old school rock by Andy and Renee,
overlooking the ocean, Queens’s Necklace
and our beautiful South Bay all in support
the Y’s veterans programs,” said Athena
Paquette-Cormier, Y supporter and host. “I
hope you can join us for this first ever House
Concert to support the Y and our vets.”
For more information about this event,
please contact Athena Paquette at 310-218-
6855. To purchase tickets visit www.ymcala.
org/torrance-south-bay/pages/torrance-southbay
y-benefit-concert
To learn more about the Torrance-South
Bay YMCA Military Family Support Program,
visit www.ymcala.org/torrance-south-bay/
classes/military-families-support-program.
The Torrance-South Bay YMCA is located at
2900 West Sepulveda Boulevard in Torrance,
310-325-5885. For more information about
the Y, visit www.ymcaLA.org/tsb.
– Source: Torrance-South Bay YMCA •
West Football Looking for Pioneer
League Championship
By Adam Serrao
The West High Warriors were the best
football team from the city of Torrance
in the Pioneer League last season. That is
certainly a feat that head coach Greg Holt
and the rest of the Warriors will be looking
to duplicate once the year gets started again
next Friday night at Culver City. Though Holt
and West were better than four other teams
from within their own division, including all
of their inner-city rivals, there was still one
team that kept them out of first place. With a
new season about to get underway, the Warriors
will be looking to take the next step in
attaining an undefeated record in divisional
play and a Pioneer League championship
this season.
If there is any one adjective to describe
the West High football team from one
season ago, it is the word dominant. That
dominance was on full display early on in
the season when the Warriors came out of
the gates and took down a Culver City Centaurs
team that challenged for first place in
the Ocean League last year. From the very
first game of the season, starting quarterback
Drake Peabody showed that he would
become a leader for the team. Two rushing
touchdowns and two passing touchdowns
not only accounted for 27 of his team’s 34
points against the Centaurs, but also led the
Warriors back from a 17-7 deficit to hang
on for a 34-33 win.
West was able to squeak out various other
close victories throughout the season last
year as well, like a 24-21 win over Carson
or the 14-10 victory over rival North High.
In each of those games, it was again Peabody
igniting the offense to bring his team back
from behind in order to capture what turned
out to be victories.
Peabody wasn’t the only player producing
on offense for West last year. Another
quarterback by the name of Max Parish filled
in excellently for Peabody when the latter
was forced to the sideline due to injury.
Parish and the team’s starting running back,
EJ Hatter, formed a nice duo that looked
virtually unstoppable at times. When West
had back-to-back shutout victories over the
Centennial Apaches and bitter cross-town
rivals, the South High Spartans, it was Parish
and Hatter who gave the team momentum
with 28 of the team’s 42 total points against
Centennial. In the team’s matchup against
South, Peabody was back in action, but he
and Hatter combined for three of the team’s
four touchdowns on the night to grab another
28-0 victory for the Warriors.
Though the Warriors experienced an
extremely successful season filled with
mostly triumphs and accomplishments, there
did prove to be a team or two that acted
as a thorn in West High’s side. One of
those teams was the Leuzinger Olympians.
Leuzinger came out of nowhere last year to
put together a 15-win season and finish in
first place in the Pioneer League standings.
One of those 15 wins was over the Warriors
when the Olympians’ defense held West to
zero second-half points in a 25-10 defeat.
That loss for the Warriors was one of only
four on the year, but it was the team’s very
next defeat that would prove to be the most
costly and crucial.
After locking up the second place spot in
the divisional standings, the Warriors moved
on to the playoffs where they ran up against
an absolute powerhouse in the Lawndale
Cardinals. Lawndale is a team expected to be
dominant once again this season, but it also
took it to West in the first half of last year’s
playoff matchup at Lawndale High. Despite
getting on the board first with a touchdown,
the Warriors gave up 34 unanswered points
in a 48-14 loss. West was kicked out of the
playoffs and its season was officially over
with the loss.
It has been a long offseason for Holt and
the Warriors, but one that is finally about to
come to an end when they take the field in
one week. When they do, it will be without
a variety of key players from last year’s
team. Among the notable departures will be
Peabody, along with Hatter, wide receiver
Shige Kato and 17 other seniors from last
year’s team. One saving grace for West is
that Parish will be back to play under center.
He’ll take over a very young roster that is
up against stiff competition this season as
the Warriors will be looking to get back into
playoff contention.
In West’s quest for success this season, it
will play a schedule that is identical to last
year. A win against Leuzinger clearly sits atop
the Warriors’ agenda this season--but with
so many departures from last year’s squad,
a win against any divisional opponent will
have to do. West High found success last
year, but may just find that success a little
bit harder to come by for a second year in a
row. Holt and the rest of the roster will need
major contributions from the young players
on the team in order to keep up with the
likes of North High and other rivals from
the Pioneer League this season. •
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