Roy T. Bennett Public Notices
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The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Daily News on a Weekly Basis - Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - September 13, 2018 Flynn Is In and Happy as Can Be Inside This Issue Calendar of Events ............3 Certified & Licensed Professionals ......................4 Classifieds ...........................3 Entertainment .....................2 Food ......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings ...3 Lawndale .............................4 Legals ............................ 4,6,7 Hey, Flynn! Is that your new K9 vehicle? He just might be the happiest K9 ever. Photo: Inglewood PD. Pets .......................................8 With Finances Flush, City Council Promotes Some Upcoming Events By Haleemon Anderson through 11th grade classes an overview of city to School Tennis Day will be held Saturday, It was business as usual at Tuesday’s Ingle- government that will look at various depart- Sept. 22 at Edward Vincent Park. The event wood City Council meeting, as the members ments as well as the Council positions. will feature tennis lessons and other fitness acted quickly to pay bills and move forward on In public comments, resident Rodney Davis workouts. Students will receive school supplies. development projects. Notable actions included gave tribute to the first responders who perished Councilmember Alex Padilla announced Weekend purchase of seven Ford and Chevrolet trucks in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. the winner of his annual Chili Cook-off: and vans in the amount of $242,580; acceptance Diane Sambrano, a resident and frequent critic Resident Jim Vaughan. Padilla thanked his Forecast of a $212,000 safety grant to the police depart- of the Council, objected to the brevity of the sponsors, including 7-11, Rotary Club, Lions ment; consent of a grant agreement for $20 meeting, which moved through numerous agenda Club, AT&T, City Clerk Yvonne Horton, the million in federal aviation funds for residential items including a 17-item consent calendar in Inglewood Area Chamber of Commerce and sound insulation; and an extension agreement under 20 minutes. Sambrano chided the Council Paletas Michoacán. for environmental studies on a proposed Hilton for its budget process. She requested a com- The Inglewood School District will host a Friday Hotel to be built at 11111 S. Prairie Ave. munity budget study session and questioned Wellness Fair at Morningside High on Friday The City of Inglewood’s deal with Beverly the lack of a third quarter financial report. from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunny Hills-based Kruger development will result Resident Aldean L. objected to the special This Saturday, the City will host the Hispanic 77˚/65˚ in a 6-story, 120-room construction in close meeting held on Monday, Aug. 27, and the Heritage Festival. The event features music, live proximity to the emerging NFL stadium, set subsequent cancellation of the regular Tuesday entertainment and a classic car show, and will to open in 2020. meeting. “This is to be a democracy,” said be held at Crozier Middle School at 11 a.m. City Treasurer Wanda M. Brown gave a Aldean, before making the claim that the Councilmember Ralph Franklin reported on glowing financial report: “As of June 30, the Council had “joined forces with Sacramento.” the block club meeting in Century Heights Saturday City holds $198 million in total cash and invest- She seemed to refer to the recent approval of where Maxine Waters gave the keynote speech. ments,” she said. Brown touted her extended AB-987, which streamlines the process for the Franklin’s district will hold a Town Hall meet- Sunny tenure and the vastly improved economic required Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ing Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Hollywood 75˚/64˚ outlook. “When I started 31 years ago, it was on the proposed Clippers arena in Inglewood. Park Turf Club. $38 million. This is what can happen with the The construction won unanimous Senate and Councilmember Eloy Morales noted the City Council on the same page. This city has been Assembly support in August. has been committed to block clubs for many years. on the move, especially in the last 10 years. Mayor James T. Butts requested the appoint- “They have turned into very positive events,” Brown also noted that the total funds include ment of Renee A. Fox to the Arts Commission. he said. He also announced Coffee with a Sunday $58 million in successor agency monies, plus Butts reported on the recent 92nd anniversary Cop on Oct. 3 at Randy’s Donuts at 5:30 p.m. $12 million in public finance. of 1st Lutheran Church. He noted actress Della Padilla asked the meeting be adjourned in Sunny Brown announced a community financial Reese was a former pastor. Butts added that a honor of long-time resident Jodean Sparling, 76˚/64˚ workshop to begin in November. The multi- police citizens’ academy will start this week. who passed this week. He was 94. session event will focus on various aspects of The 10-week civilian training program will The Inglewood City Council meets every financial literacy -- including debt elimination, give resident exposure to police procedures. Tuesday, unless otherwise noted, at 2 p.m. IRAs, investing and reverse mortgages. Another Councilmember George Dotson announced a in the Council chambers on the 9th floor, upcoming program will give students in eighth document shredding event this Saturday. A Back Inglewood City Hall. • Page 2 September 13, 2018 Entertainment Check It Out Film Review Beck Renders Readers Haunted South Bay-Based Age of Summer By Morgan Rojas plant in exchange for information about and Hopeful at the Same Time for www.cinemacy.com his stolen bike. Every experience that Reviewed by Tommy Vinh Bui, irreverent denunciation of authority. Hermosa Beach, 1986. Although it was Minnesota goes through leads up to one MLIS, Associate Librarian, The writer is adept at conjuring vivid para- two years before I was born, the nostalgia of moment -- meeting a man known by the Inglewood Public Library graphs of description. We’re transported from coconut sunscreen and bright neon activewear locals as The Rock God (Peter Stormare). The leaves shiver and fall and a gentle wind the gloomy docks of Liverpool to the frigid is timeless for any South Bay native -- myself The spiritual character, dressed in hippie circulates through Inglewood. It’s autumn and tundras of Canada to the desolate amber prai- included. Director Bill Kiely and writer Dave garb and sporting a beard, reveals that the perfect season to nestle up under an oak ries of rural America. It’s a story that spans Harris bring this feeling of endless summer an opportunity for a “cosmic do-over” of and lose yourself in a good book. And I’ve got many lands and locales. Displacement and to the big screen this Friday in the coming- Minnesota’s life is forthcoming. This is a social decline are strong themes page after page. It’s a Dorothea Lange portrait writ large across the page -- bleak and howling gray. But embedded in the nigh nothingness of descrip- tive deprivation and famine, we catch sight of lyrical glimmers of poetry with soothing and sorely sought sustenance for the soul. Scattered are easily-missed, microscopically-mentioned mementos that remind readers of the beauty in disconsolate environs. Though seemingly barren and unforgiving, we must make an earnest effort to dust off the dolorous to find the shoots of green hope dormant underfoot. It’s a challenging book, dark and sublime in its devastating portrayal of chronic indigence. This is not your usual Young Adult fare that strikes all the conventional plot points and culminates in a tidy, saccharine ending. This tale expects more from readers. It prods and poses difficult questions regarding race, class and an outsider’s waning place in the world. It’s a book that has the courage to not opt for the easy answers and presses you to find comfort Beck by Mal Peet. in a lack of resolution or sense of closure. just the book to chase away those post-summer The long and short of it: Beck is fine reading. blues. Let’s delve right in and get all roused Stark and powerful in its craft of storytelling. with reverie for leisurely literature again. It’s a thick borsch of The Grapes of Wrath, Beck by Mal Peet is wholesale heartrending Angela’s Ashes and Great Expectations. This Age of Summer, Courtesy of Freestyle Digital Media. and a host to many narrative highs and lows. is a tale as steadfast, unsettling and mosaic- of-age comedy Age of Summer, which is welcomed premonition. This historical novel follows Beck, a young like as America itself. So brandish that thumb both a story about teenage self-discovery There are many things to enjoy about Age orphan vagabond traveling across the continent and hitchhike a ride on this rich and harrowing and a love letter to the beautiful beaches of of Summer, but those who are familiar with during the Depression, as he struggles with the literary odyssey. It’s a ride that’s sure to be Southern California. the South Bay communities and Hermosa racial inequalities of the era and the hardships itinerant and eye-opening. • Doug Mills (Percy Hynes-White), who Beach in particular may get even more from of life on the road. It’s a story propelled by goes by the nickname Minnesota, is a teenage this hometown indie film than the average well-wrought emotions, fully-realized characters transplant from Chicago who finds himself in viewer. There are a few Easter eggs that are and a protagonist who embodies determination Hermosa Beach after his family was forced sure to make any local smile…like a cameo in the face of abject desolation.