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Inside a History of Flight in Torrance This Issue 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. 46 - November 13, 2014 Inside A History of Flight in Torrance This Issue Business Briefs ..................3 Calendar...............................3 Certified & Licensed Professionals ....................10 Classifieds ...........................4 Crossword/Sudoku ............4 Food ......................................5 Legals ...................................9 Politically Speaking ...........7 A decommissioned T-33A Navy jet trainer presented as a gift to Torrance Airport by Alex’Air. These and many other planes can be viewed at the Western Museum of Flight, located by Zamperini Field. Photo by Peter Thornton, [email protected]. Real Estate. .......................12 Local Teen Becomes Back-to-Back Sports ...................................6 National Yo-Yo Champion TerriAnn in Torrance .........8 By Cristian Vasquez Even though he has fun in the world of and capabilities and powers, and turned it For the second consecutive year, Alex Hat- yo-yoing, he still takes his responsibilities as into a video game. It was quite complex, tori has earned first place at the US National a student seriously and thrives academically and extended the content far, far beyond the Yo-Yo Championship, earning him a spot in in both his classes and his different clubs. requirements for the class.” the world competition to take place in Tokyo “There are many high achieving, highly Hattori’s academic abilities and his commit- next August. While this South High School capable students at South, but Alex displays ment to succeeding in the classroom can be senior has received some national attention an intellectual curiosity that takes him be- appreciated in the fact that he has exhausted and has his own signature yo-yos on display yond the standard,” South High Principal Dr. all the available science classes at school at the Chico National Yo-Yo Museum, he Scott McDowell said. “For example, in last and has a very rigorous course load filled really is quite down-to-earth. year’s AP Computer Science that I taught, with AP classes. Weekend “I don’t set high expectations at competi- Alex took a fairly standard unit called Grid- Between college-level courses and time tions in terms of placing,” Hattori said. “I World, which is about simple creatures that for yo-yo practice, Hattori is also the head Forecast really just hope to do my best tricks and follow a simple set of directions that exist programmer for his school’s FIRST Robot- afterwards hang out with some of the best on a grid, and created dozens and dozens of ics team, he has been President of Science players in the world.” additional creatures, with their own actions See Local Teen, page 2 In 2011, at age 13, he placed second at Friday the World Yo-Yo Contest and last summer at Duncan’s International Yo-Yo Champi- Business and Community Partly onship, he also placed second. With such accomplishments come opportunities, which Leaders Visit Supervisor Knabe Cloudy the 16-year-old takes in stride. He has been 68˚/56˚ featured on Nickelodeon’s “Figure It Out”, By Brandon Matson for Torrance South Bay specific issues and concerns. the Queen Latifah Show, Live Life and Win, Chamber of Commerce “We (SBACC) believe it is important to ABC Eyewitness News and other various Over a dozen local business and com- take ownership over our communica- news programs. munity leaders paid a visit to long time tion with governing bodies as a way to Saturday “It doesn’t really change me but it is County of Los Angeles Supervisor, Don influence our policy environment and to Sunny certainly nice that my hard work pays off,” Knabe. The visit took place as part of the stay abreast on regional issues impacting Hattori said. He has his own professional South Bay Association of Chambers of the South Bay,” says SBACC Chairman, 66˚/56˚ trading card, signature yo-yos, and signature Commerce’s (SBACC) visitation called, Donna Duperron. She adds that commu- tricks. He also has great friends, including “A Day at the County”. The visit serves nication with government is and should one who invited Alex to perform onstage to orient business and community leaders always be a two-way conversation, “It with his rock band –Signal City, at Club to county governance to improve under- is important to listen to and understand Sunday Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. standing of regional issues and processes government, to understand the context Partly He has been raising his own funds to get that impact local economies. and background of issues.” Like with to competitions since he was 12 years old. The County’s fourth district is quite most things, a solid understanding of the Cloudy This summer he toured Europe with his robust spanning from the South Bay to basics usually leads to higher levels of yo-yos from Prague to London. He’s never as far east as Diamond Bar encompass- strategy and problem-solving capabilities, 72˚/54˚ been to China but has been sent a photo of ing close to two million residents in a a concept that resonates with Duper- a billboard in a busy shopping area with a 458 square mile radius. The SBACC ron and serves as reason for Duperron huge picture of himself yo-yoing to advertise prioritizes visits to the County to promote See Knabe, page 3 yo-yos being sold there. Page 2 November 13, 2014 TORRANCE TRIBUNE Local Teen from front page At Studio Antiques, You Find Club for two years, President of Computer commitments,” Hattori said. Club, Co-President/Co-Founder App Club, Hattori is well-known in his community What You’re Looking For Math Club Member, and Board Member of and throughout Los Angeles for teaching By Laura Sorensen to buy suitcases and bags sight unseen, plastic the Teen Advisory Council as well as being kids how to yo-yo. He still receives requests In all of our lives there is an undercurrent of bags full of jewelry, or whatever unclaimed part of the marching band and concert band. from senior homes, schools and kid’s clubs things. Things you want; things you don’t want; items the airports had lying around. The “Alex has the craziest schedule we’ve ever to perform and teach kids how to yo-yo. things you can’t get rid of; the one thing you show expanded to other venues and it became seen. It was hard to put it together for him, Alex can easily be contacted for any school can’t find that would make your life complete. extremely popular, mostly outside the US. “It to make everything fit, but we did. Alex is or charitable events at yoyoshowsforall@ This current flows from upscale showrooms to was an adventure everywhere we went,” said very challenged, from a time management gmail.com garage sales, and through all of our own homes. Laurence. The Martins have traveled across the standpoint, because his workload is massive,” His yo-yo abilities have placed him in the Do we want more, or do we want less? And U.S., to London and other European venues, Dr. McDowell said. “Regardless of his capabili- presence of popular individuals such as Nick who can tell us what to do with the things that to Toronto, and lately even to Johannesburg. ties, which are considerable, he has no choice Cannon, Queen Latifah, and Tony Hawk, to name we have? Enter Sally and Laurence Martin, “Like Beatlemania,” added Laurence, reminisc- but to carefully balance his time. It’s a good a few. He so impressed Grammy award- owners of Studio Antiques, stage left, with a ing on the welcome he got in South Africa. skill he has developed that most teenagers are winning jazz vocalist Steve Tyrell that Tyrell flourish. This dynamic duo has the knowledge, Then when the Martins come back home, the not good at: looking ahead. Alex is forced helped young Hattori meet his fundraising the research, and the interest to appraise, in the fans return the favor with a visit of their own. to do things like submit assignments early goal last year. words of that internet meme, “All the Things.” “The thing is, people come to El Segundo from in anticipation of conflicts between classes, “I carry my yo-yo everywhere,” Hattori I sat outside the store with the Martins, and all over the world,” said Sally. Laurence added or robotics, or yo-yo, or field show (band).” said. “I love what I am doing and it is just as fun to they seemed to know everyone that passed by that people come almost every day to meet the “I am grateful to have understanding perform at a contest, as it is to perform and Studio Antiques, which has been located at 337 two of them and see Studio Antiques. A reader teachers, such as my band director, Mr. Tom teach other people. I don’t think that I will Richmond Street in El Segundo since 1987. might be tempted not to believe this, but let King, who are supportive of my yo-yoing ever stop.” • That’s the benefit of being in business for 26 me verify. During our interview, a nice couple Alex Hattori, two-time national champion in yo-yo, shows Stonehenge how it’s done. Photo by Linda Hattori. Sally and Laurence Martin, center, with Tom (left) and Anna (right), who came to visit the Martins from Norway. Photo by Laura Sorensen. years, and the Martins are a gregarious couple drove up with a big camera: they were Anna who obviously enjoy saying hello. Laurence and Tom, and they were on a sightseeing trip is British, originally from Bournemouth and from Norway.
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