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Featuring the Weekly Newspapers of Hawthorne, Inglewood and Lawndale Hawthorne Press Tribune Lawndale Tribune AND LAWNDALE NEWS Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 3, No. 25 - June 24, 2021 A New Era for U.S. Space Force’s Inside Space and Missile Systems Center This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals ......................7 Classifieds ...........................2 Entertainment .....................2 Hawthorne ...........................3 Lawndale .............................4 Inglewood ............................5 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle clears the lightning towers around Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after lifting off at 12:09 p.m. EDT (9:09 am. PDT) June 17, carrying the fifth Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III Space Vehicle (SV05) for the U.S. Space Force. For story, see yellow box below. Photo courtesy SpaceX. Legals ...................................6 Amber Meshack Connects the Pets .......................................8 South Bay Community to LAX Seniors .................................2 By Kiersten Vannest What HireLAX aims to do is to offer a Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) training program to people from all walks is the fourth busiest airport in the world. of life in the Los Angeles and South Bay Second only to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta area. This could be high school students International Airport, LAX is the busiest looking for an alternative to a four-year airport in the United States. Since its incep- college, people looking for new careers, or tion in 1928, LAX has evolved and grown even those with a past who are looking to to become California’s travel hub, a gateway begin a new venture. into Los Angeles. “These jobs pay very well, and they All of this growth and innovation in the provide a benefits package,” says Meshack, runways, terminals, and renovations can “It’s also something where you could put Weekend only happen with a strong and robust team yourself through college working as a construc- to keep the wheels turning. Keeping the tion worker.” As four-year colleges become Forecast hiring process evolving as the airport does more of a prerequisite for the workforce, is Amber Meshack, Director of Business, less emphasis has been put on skilled Jobs, and Social Responsibility. Amber trade jobs like construction work. Meshack heads up a division that aims to be a model tells of a female friend of hers who used Amber Meshack, Director of Business, Jobs, and Social Responsibil- for other airports around the world, leading See Amber Meshack, page 5 ity at Los Angeles World Airports. Friday new programs aimed at diversity, equity, Mostly and inclusion. “We take our commitment to our neighbors SMC and Its Mission Partners Sunny seriously with respect to the social respon- Successfully Launch Fifth GPS III Satellite 69˚/60˚ sibility side,” she says, “The consideration of power and how our operations economi- The U.S. Space Force’s Space and testament to SMC’s ability to rapidly and cally impact those around us is really what Missile Systems Center and its mission safely deliver new capabilities on orbit. my job entails.” partners successfully launched the fifth This successful launch occurred just seven This means ensuring fair hiring processes, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III months after SV04 and the team worked Saturday developing training programs, and writing Space Vehicle at 12:09 p.m. EDT (9:09 concurrent operations between both SVs Sunny contracts that encourage the employment of am. PDT) June 17 from Space Launch during the dynamic situation presented by small local businesses. In addition, Meshack Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space COVID-19,” said Mr. Cordell DeLaPena, 71˚/62˚ has created a program called BuildLAX, which Force Station. Jr., USSF program executive officer for helps train smaller contractors around the The Lockheed Martin-built satellite SMC’s Space Production Corps. “At SMC, area on the specifics of what it takes to be was carried to orbit aboard a Space Explo- we are proud to deliver our fifth GPS III successful working on construction projects ration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) satellite and will continue to operate at Sunday for larger corporations. Falcon 9 launch vehicle, previously used an accelerated pace to meet the demands Most remarkable about her department is in a GPS launch last November, marking of our users.” Sunny a nationally recognized apprenticeship-ready the first National Security Space Launch GPS III SV05 is the 24th Military Code program called HireLAX. This program is to use a reusable booster. The GPSIII (M-Code) satellite to join the current GPS 73˚/63˚ directly targeted at helping local workers create reuse/recovery missions are saving the constellation comprised of 31-operational new careers. Meshack relays the shortage of government a total of $64.5 million. spacecraft, the last required for M-Code construction workers right now due to high “The launch of GPS III SV05 is a See SMC, page 2 demand and an aging construction workforce. Page 2 June 24, 2021 Seniors How To Help Senior Loved Ones Protect Entertainment Themselves From Financial Abuse (BPT) - An often-overlooked aspect of said DJ Johnson, senior vice president of Film Review elder abuse is cybercrime - and it’s a problem financial crimes risk management at Charles that’s getting worse. Schwab. “It’s something we all need to ‘The Sparks Brothers’ is a Music Documentary In 2020, the FBI reported a record amount prioritize, dedicate resources to address and About the Best Band You’ve Never Heard of cybercrime complaints - nearly 800,000 work closely on to prevent.” By Ryan Rojas for cinemacy.com against the mainstream of pop music that they’d - adding up to over $4.1 billion in losses. The FBI data shows that, on average, Spanning every bit of two hours and twenty would eventually operate in. More than half of those losses were suffered Americans aged 50 and over lost nearly $5 minutes, it’s clear that director Edgar Wright Of course, Ron and Russell themselves are by people aged 50 and older. million every single day, or nearly $3,500 feels indebted to both educate, as well as attempt present in this doc, too. So too do they want a part “The financial consequences are staggering,” See Seniors, page 4 to make audiences appreciate the art-pop duo in constructing this (their) story, as their Sparks–the most influential band that you’ve authorship has always been integral to their never heard of–in the highly entertaining music presentation. What I found interesting about The documentary, The Sparks Brothers. Sparks Brothers is that, while the Mael brothers An unabashed pop music fan himself, Edgar were clearly all-too gleeful playing pop-provo- Wright (Baby Driver) makes it his mission to cateurs throughout their career (Ron famously not only tell the story of the Mael brothers–Ron sported a sort-of Hitler moustache, which The Sparks Brothers, courtesy Focus Features and Russell, whose band “Sparks” not only he would say curiously never got mistaken for spans over five decades in which the pair made Chaplin), it’s clear that they were in some small SMC from front page 25 studio albums and 500 songs–but capture part motivated by a desire to break into the Full Operational Capability. use previously-flown hardware for NSSL their undefinable creative identity, and show mainstream, to be more famous than they were, M-Code in the newest generation of GPS missions,” said Dr. Walter Lauderdale, Launch how real commercial success would evade them or to a more simple degree, “be understood.” satellites, brings new capabilities to users, deliv- Enterprise’s Falcon division chief. “Our part- over their entire career while they refused to One of the most surprising and telling ering positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) nership with SpaceX enabled us to complete compromise their vision. reveals is when, after the album of their first information with three times the accuracy this huge milestone well in advance of our But Wright the established filmmaker is band, “Halfnelson,” didn’t sell well, it was and up to eight times the anti-jamming capa- first Phase 2 NSSL launch, enhancing flex- up for the job, telling Sparks’ story with an their manager at the time who advised them bility than its predecessor. SV05 augments a ibility and resiliency for National Security inspired assortment of zany and diverse anima- to change their name to what would become GPS III constellation that broadcasts a new Space missions.” tion styles whose tongue in cheek humor mix Sparks (as they were told they looked like civilian signal called L1C, which is easier The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile with the band’s own ironical detachments. By the Marx Brothers). While Sparks would (and to acquire, allows for ionospheric correc- Systems Center, located at Los Angeles Air intercutting these animations with an array of should) be the last band in the world to be ac- tions, and improves reception in cities and Force Base in El Segundo, California, is the interviews from the music and entertainment cused of having motivations to work to fulfill remote areas. center of excellence for acquiring and develop- world–including Beck, Mike Meyers, Jason See Film Review, page 4 GPS III SV05 separated from its upper ing military space systems. SMC’s portfolio Schwartzman and Flea (as well as Wright him- stage approximately 90 minutes after launch. includes space launch, global positioning self), who all profess their love for Sparks–it’s Engineers and operators at Lockheed Martin’s systems, military satellite communications, a wealth of riches to tell Sparks’ story. Waterton Facility will now begin on-orbit a defense meteorological satellite control To understand Sparks is to understand the checkout and tests,which are estimated to network, range systems, space-based infra- Mael brothers: born in Santa Monica, California complete in approximately two weeks.