The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 4, No. 41 - October 9, 2014 Inside This Issue Calendar...............................3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.....................10 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Food.......................................5 Legals....................................9 Pets......................................11 Politically Speaking............7 Real Estate.........................12 Sports....................................6 Women at Work..................3 Weekend Forecast Japanese-American Veterans Honored at Aloha Gala Isao ‘Icy’ Hasama was one of the many attendees at the Evening of Aloha Gala dinner, sponsored by Honda and benefitting the Go For Broke National Education Center. Go For Broke currently has many programs that educate the public on the roles of Japanese-American soldiers and the lives of those who had to live in WWII internment camps. See story, page 8. Photo by TerriAnn Ferren. Local Refiner Donates $10,000 to John J. Neu Leadership Academy By Cristian Vasquez During the Oct. 7 Torrance City Council meeting, the council accepted a $10,000 donation from ExxonMobil Corporation, which is to be used in sponsorship of the John J. Neu Leadership Academy. Back in 2010 the Torrance Police Department, Furey Says Torrance Can Rise Above Challenges By Dylan Little Photo by Dylan Little Newly elected Mayor Pat Furey gave his first State of the City address on October 2. In his speech he addressed how he sees the city’s strengths allowing it to continue to grow economically, despite setbacks like Toyota’s move to Texas and the massive drought impacting the entire state. Furey began his address by introducing the rest of the City Council. He said their diverse backgrounds, including both professional and volunteer experience in fields as varied as business, education, the arts and environmentalism, makes them a prefect team to tackle the challenges facing the city. “I really can’t imagine hand picking a better team that represents the professional and volunteer make up of our great city,” said Furey. “When we mention the Torrance advantage this is it, balance.” Perhaps the highest profile challenge Furey brought up in his speech was Toyota of America’s impending departure from the city. However, he said that the city of adapt and grow to fill the space left by the auto giant. “Our city has gone from oil fields, to manufacturing, to clean technology and we will continue to evolve,” said Furey. Despite losing a major company, Furey believes Torrance can be an economic leader in Los Angeles. According to Furey it’s already the third largest sales tax generator in LA County and boast wide appeal due to its skilled labor force, strong educational See State of the City, page 2 in partnership with the Torrance Unified School District, worked together to develop a leadership program designed to assist the city’s youth “in preparation for their journey through high school and into adulthood” stated the staff report. “The program is presented by proven effective instructors associated with the police department juvenile diversion unit,” Torrance Mayor Patrick J. Furey said. “The intervention and guidance provided by the instructors is invaluable to program participants by assisting them in making sound decisions in a number of critical areas in their lives. These life lessons will continue to be beneficial to them as they develop into successful adults.” The leadership program was initially named the Eight Grade Leadership Program but was renamed in honor of retired Torrance Police Chief John Neu in 2014. The 10-week program for Torrance students that are preparing to enter high school emphasizes several points; including: providing education for drugs, alcohol and peer pressure. The students also learn accountability and core values; how to develop healthy relationships and boundaries; making healthy decisions; and internet health awareness. “Thank you for opportunity to be here to tonight and on behalf of the Torrance Refinery I am pleased to be able to pledge ExxonMobil’s continued support of this youth leadership program,” Torrance refinery manager, who was only identified as Brian, said. “The leadership academy aligns well with our company’s goal of supporting our local community and in particular by supporting youth and education. We thank the city and the police department the opportunity to collaborate with this program and we thank the police department for their outstanding dedication to community service and public safety.” ExxonMobil donated funds in 2011 and enabled the youth leadership program to commence. The recent donation made by ExxonMobil will fund two leadership programs during the current 2014-2015 school year. “I want to thank ExxonMobil for their continued support of this program and I am excited to say that we starting the two new, 10-week programs this week,” Juvenile Diversion Coordinator Shannon Flannery said. “So their donation is going into effect immediately.” The City of Torrance, Torrance Unified School District and the Torrance Police Department expressed how extremely grateful to ExxonMobil they were for the continued efforts to enhance the city by working with the local youth. “I just wanted to thank Exxon Mobil for allowing us to partner up with Torrance Unified School District and continue this program that started out with teaching one class,” Torrance Chief of Police Mark A. Matsuda said. “It is continuing to grow and we hope that it continues into future years.” Friday Mostly Sunny 75˚/62˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 78˚/64˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 82˚/64˚ See City Council, page 10
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