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Festival-goers fly kites at last year’s Kite Festival. More than 3,000 kites are expected to be created at this year’s event.
Community invited to help create “gallery in the sky” at Otis’ Annual Kite Festival Thousands of art enthusiasts, families and students will flock to Santa Monica Beach on Saturday, April 9 for Otis College of Art and Design’s Fifth Annual Kite Festival, created by the college’s Creative Action Program. At the event, world-renowned kite artists and kite makers will showcase their highly-stylized kites helping create a “gallery in the sky” of colorful shapes and designs for onlookers and
attendees to enjoy. Otis students will be on hand to assist festival-goers make and design their own kites and organizers have enough supplies for participants to create 3,000 of them, thanks to the support of local groups like the Drollinger Charitable Foundation, La Tijera Village and Home Depot. A workshop for kids will help teach STEAM (science, technology,
engineering, art and math) concepts that apply to kite-making including color theory, design, the physics of flight and more. “You and your family can make kites with Otis students and see some of the most breathtaking aerial sculptures recently made by professional kite artists,” says Otis’ Director of Integrated Learning Richard Shelton, who oversees the
Creative Action Program. “It is a fun and engaging educational experience and the perfect event to celebrate the beginning of spring.” The event will take place on Saturday, April 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. just north of the Santa Monica Pier. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available at the Santa Monica Pier for $12. For more info, please visit otis.edu.
Teachers, students, parents and community members protest in front of Emerson Avenue Adult School in hopes to bring attention to their fight for campus space in Westchester.
Charter school hopes for a miracle to find space in Westchester nearly empty– is really serving 2,400 students and thus cannot be shared with a charter school.” WSCS held a protest in front of Emerson Avenue Adult School on March 23 to show their displeasure with LAUSD and local School Board Member Steve Zimmer over the handling of available facility space in Westchester for charter schools. More than fifty students, teachers,
Opening up a successful sixth through twelfth grade charter school where students could flourish in academics and the arts, and teachers and administrators would be able to make decisions without LAUSD red tape to bring in rich programming and community partnerships, was a dream Westchester Secondary Charter School (WSCS) principal Janet Landon fought for years to achieve, but the school’s future is now uncertain. The school, which opened in 2013, has been battling with LAUSD for space on a Westchester campus for years, an issue that came to a head at the end of the last school year when WSCS was offered space at Crenshaw High School some six miles from Westchester. WSCS has argued all along that space is available locally for the school to co-locate at, most notably at Emerson Avenue Adult School on Emerson Ave. in Westchester, but the district is “hoarding facility space.” “The site has been offered to other charter schools, but not to us,” said Landon. “LAUSD has made it clear that it would not work cooperatively with us, even insisting last year that their records indicate the Emerson campus in Westchester– which stands Page 2 • April 2016
The charter world is notorious for miracles. I believe that if you are doing the right thing that people will want to help. parents and community members marched around the campus with signs chanting “a quality seat for every child” and protested on the front lawn of the school to bring attention to
their plight. Currently the school’s 250 sixth through eleventh grade students call the First Baptist Church of Westchester home, but the church is not a viable location for the next school year. While Landon is grateful to have found the property and a space for her students, the location is more suitable for a Sunday school than a high school and is zoned as residential. The school has applied for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) but with delays at various city offices, Landon doesn’t anticipate a ruling on the school’s application until December. Further complicating matters, without a CUP, the school can’t get the permits to make needed upgrades to the facility. Landon says the school has already spent $200,000 for permits, a traffic study, upgrades to the location and lawyer’s fees. She estimates it will cost at least another $200,000, money the school doesn’t have, to make additional improvements and install safety features on a campus that is too small, and that they don’t even own. “We may not have lots of things, but we have kept our sense of humor and we are muscling through,” said Landon, who is proud that 60% of her students are on the honor roll. “It’s
not about the space. It’s about who is in the space that matters. It’s about the teachers that are in the room.” For the upcoming school year, WSCS has declined an offer from the district for space at Horace Mann Middle School, a campus even further east than Crenshaw High School. Landon and the school’s board have been working feverishly to try and find space for the school’s next location, but in the next month some tough decisions will need to be made. The uncertainty of finding a home for the 2016-2017 school year weighs heavy on Landon, who says she has a full school for next year and a wait list for sixth and ninth grade. “We may have to close our doors after this year. At our May 2 board meeting that decision will be made. My teachers need opportunities to find other jobs. Students need opportunities to find other schools,” said Landon. “We will not stay open unless we have a viable option or I find an angel to give me $300,000 to fix this space.” Making the decision on what the school will do next has been made all the more difficult because the span school, which started as a sixth through ninth grade school, and has (continued on page 4)
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(continued from page 2) added a grade each year, has 25 eleventh graders who face the possibility of having to spend their senior year at a new high school. “This school has provided me with a platform to share my voice, contributed to the shaping of my personality, made me confident in my capabilities, developed my hunger for learning and most importantly, I’m not just a student ID number here,” said WSCS junior Ruth Melashu. “This school has given me the opportunity to learn from adults that genuinely care about me and my education. My peers and I are really looking forward to being the first graduating class of Westchester Secondary Charter School, and we are going to miss out on that experience if the school fails to find the home it needs in order to continue providing the superior education.” Landon is devastated by the possibility that her students, who are a part of a tight-knit school family, might not be able to finish out their high school experience at WSCS. Ever the optimist, however, she is
holding out hope for a miracle. “The charter world is notorious for miracles. I believe that if you are doing the right thing that people will want to help,” said Landon. “I just believe somehow that things will work out. I am full of doubt, but I have a lot of faith too. I have to be mindful of the reality, so that I can prepare for it and write letters of recommendations for teachers and students, but I have to be consistently hopeful and open to ideas that people have to help find a solution.” No matter what the outcome of the school’s May board meeting, Landon is proud of her students and teachers for their hard work and for the community the school has built in the last three years. “No matter what happens, I know we made a difference. Our families have been so supportive and enthusiastic and willing to do whatever we ask them to do,” said Landon. “I’m really grateful that I’ve gotten other people to understand what we are doing for kids, I just wish LAUSD did as well.”
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Volunteers and their pets from the airport’s Pups Unstressing Passengers march in last year’s Fourth of July Parade.
Parade to celebrate 75 years of Westchester; National Anthem singer sought Get ready to celebrate! This year marks the 75th anniversary of the first foundations being poured in the little piece of paradise we call Westchester. From bean fields and farmland, Westchester has grown into a thriving neighborhood with a world-class airport, prestigious universities and a sense of community unrivaled by even the smallest close-knit towns. Whether you’re lucky enough to live here, work here or own a business here, it’s easy to fall in love with this
community whose unofficial motto is “a small town feel within a big city,” where everyone knows their neighbor and is working together for the greater good. In honor of this milestone birthday, a Westchester 75th Anniversary Committee made up of residents, local business owners and community leaders, has been created and is hard at work planning commemorative events to celebrate the occasion. (continued on page 14)
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The heads of local protective agencies, including LAPD Pacific Division, the Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Coast Guard, were guests at the LAX Coastal Chamber’s annual Protectors’ Luncheon. Pictured: LAPD Pacific Division captain, Nicole Alberca (second from left), thanks her team for working to reduce crime in the area.
Westchester’s first wood-fired community oven gets ready to bake. After months of preparation, building and testing, the Westchester Community Oven is ready to bake bread and pizza. The roughly sixfoot tall earthen oven was built by volunteers from Holy Nativity Church and the Los Angeles Bread Bakers’ Group, who hand-crafted adobe and cob bricks for the construction. Volunteers have now fired up the oven more than a dozen times for test runs and are holding a Pizza and Bread Baking Day on Saturday, April 9 to celebrate the oven’s completion. The oven, which takes about six hours of heat-loading to reach temperatures hot enough to bake bread, makes the perfect environment to cook pizza in while you’re waiting, according to the oven’s Fire Master, Paul Morgan. Morgan hopes that neighbors, families and foodies will enjoy learning about the ancient tradition of cooking in an earthen oven and that a local community can grow around baking. Those interested in attending the community bake are asked to bring pizza toppings and homemade or store-bought dough to cook in the oven. Pizzas take about two minutes to bake and will be cooked from noon to 1:30 p.m. The oven’s temperature should be ready for bread baking from 2 until 3:30 p.m. Bread bakers are asked to bring Page 6 • April 2016
Pizza is on the menu for the Westchester Community Oven’s first community bake on Saturday, April 9. The asparagus pizza seen above was cooked at one of the test bakes in March.
pre-shaped loaves or pan breads. Westchester Mental Health Guild Current plans are to fire up the Spring Meeting. The Westchester oven on the second Saturday of Mental Health Guild is inviting the every month. If you are interested public to attend its Annual Spring in baking, please RSVP to Meeting on Wednesday, April 20 at WestchesterCommunityOven@ 11:30 a.m. gmail.com. There’s no charge, but a At the meeting, guests will learn $5 contribution is appreciated to help about the nonprofit, which runs the offset the cost of firewood and oven Guilded Cage Gift Shop, as well as tools to keep the community bakes hear from keynote speakers Alix going. The event will be rescheduled Hobbs, President, and Sarah Sikich, if it rains. Vice President, of Heal the Bay, a The Westchester Community nonprofit environmental organization Oven is located in the Holy Nativity whose mission is to make Southern Church garden at 6700 W. 83rd St. in California coastal waters and Westchester. watersheds, healthy and clean. The Westchester • Playa del Rey • Marina del
speakers will discuss ways people can manage water to protect our coast from polluted runoff and wastewater discharge. They will also discuss desalination and its dangers. A short question and answer period will follow their talk. A light lunch provided by Cantalini’s will be served during the meeting, which will be held at Covenant Presbyterian Church, located at 6323 W. 80th St. in Westchester. There is no charge to attend, but reservations are requested by Wednesday, April 13. Reservations can be made in person to the Guilded Cage Gift Shop, located at 8917-B South Sepulveda Blvd. in Westchester or by calling the shop at (310) 641-7850. Rotary Club of Westchester seeks book donations. The Rotary Club of Westchester is asking for the community’s help in collecting books for its annual book sale held Friday, May 27 through Tuesday, May 31. During the book sale, thousands of books will be available for purchase in the Westchester Square parking lot, located at Sepulveda Blvd. and Howard Drollinger Way (in the Ralph’s shopping center). Book donations can be dropped off to collection barrels at the Westchester Family YMCA or the Westchester Senior Center. Pick-ups can also be arranged by emailing ramey.christa@gmail.com. Rey • Playa Vista HomeTown News
WE SPECIALIZE IN TAX RETURN PREPARATION Sarah Sikich and Alix Hobbs from Heal the Bay will be the keynote speakers at the Guild’s Annual Spring Meeting on Wednesday, April 20.
Protectors’ Luncheon. More than fifty protectors including members of the Coast Guard, LAPD Pacific Division, LAFD Fire Station #5 and the Marina Sheriff’s Station were treated to lunch, entertainment and prizes courtesy of the LAX Coastal Chamber and the local business community on March 29 at the annual Protectors’ Luncheon held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Los Angeles Westside. Businesses and organization that purchased tables at the event, including Loyola Marymount University, SoCal Gas, the Promenade at
Howard Hughes and the Drollinger Charitable Foundation, hosted protectors at their tables as a small token of appreciation for serving the community with bravery and courage and for keeping the neighborhood safe. The protectors were treated to a comedy routine by Cash Levy and every protector left with either a raffle prize or a gift bag with an LMU hat and Starbucks, Truxton’s American Bistro and Benny’s Tacos gift cards. We want to hear about your business or nonprofit! Email us at westchesterhometown@yahoo.com for a chance to be featured.
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Random Notes/Opinion
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Healthy routines are a learned skill By Jeff Blair
and confidence plummet, “I am not sure. I thought I had it down.” She may be very accomplished in other areas, but in this area she is just a beginner. She took the allimportant first step and then she stumbled. Of course there are going to be stumbles in making a new routine; that is guaranteed and they are part of the learning process in everything. Rather than asking “What the heck happened?,” she should be applauded for starting. She can build new skills and learn new behaviors as she progresses. She will eventually learn to keep her good habits and continue to make strides, even if there is a setback, but that takes time. Almost every media message we get about fitness is the exact opposite of reality. We see someone in a “before” picture who is carrying extra weight and then this person buys “Miracle Product XYZ.” Next thing we see is the “after” picture where the person lost all of the weight in just 30 days. It looks like magic. I have been working as a personal trainer for 14 years, and it never
Opinion: When thinking about starting a fitness routine, consider a baby learning to walk. After crawling around for months, one day the baby gets on its feet and stumbles a few steps forward. Everyone claps and is ecstatic about the progress. Eventually the baby stumbles a few more steps forward... and plops down on his face. Everyone celebrates. One day the baby walks completely across the room and everyone is overjoyed. It is an amazing process, but it is a slow process. This is basically how any habit develops. But what happens with fitness beginners? Take “Susan” for example. Susan adopts some positive changes, makes some huge changes for the good, maybe maintains them for a week and then stumbles. Rather than applauding the effort, however, Susan may ask herself (or maybe even someone else asks her): “What the heck happened? You were doing so well!” Susan replies, as her self-esteem
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works this way. Most people start a fitness program, make some progress and then face some challenges. These challenges often come from demands pulling them in many different directions like kids, jobs, spouses, etc. We all have responsibilities and obligations. Most of us have to take care of other people in one form or the other, but all too often these responsibilities pull us away from doing anything related to health and fitness. This is usually because we don’t know where to start or we think we need to work out 2 hours per day to get results. Or maybe we simply just don’t have the energy anymore. Whatever the reason is, many of us stop and then do nothing except worry about our health or we bury the worry. This can cause health indicators (like blood pressure, weight and blood sugar) to get worse. Stress and anxiety may also get worse. Eventually, being fit may seem like a fairy tale for someone else from another life. If you identify with any of that, I encourage you to start as small
as possible and don’t give up hope. Maybe start with a ten-minute walk; maybe commit to eating an apple a day or maybe just drinking 5 glasses of water per day is where you start. Try to stick with your healthy habit for 30 days. Once you get confident with your first small habit, add a second. Then a third. This is how permanent fitness is created. This is how lifestyle change occurs. Creating this permanent change is as much a matter of “skill power” as it is of “will power.” Learning new nutrition, exercise and stress management skills will help improve your life. If I can help you in any way, please contact me. Before you start this or any fitness routine, consult your doctor. JEFF BLAIR (M.S.) owns a personal training studio located in Westchester. He was voted “Best Of” Personal Trainer in the Hometown News’ 2015 Readers’ Poll. Jeff has been featured in “Men’s Fitness” magazine and as a “Fitness Expert” on ABC’s “Everyday Health” TV show. Email jeffblair@ jeffblairfitness.com for fitness story ideas or comments.
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Practice routines that benefit emotional health By Fay Craton
feeling anxious, a sense of disconnect from important people in your life, or a loss of interest in activities you used to enjoy. You may be feeling empty inside and life may seem to be lackluster. You can recover from the lack of care by forming daily habits which nurture and nourish you. If you are frequently considering the needs of others before your own needs, it is okay to include in your activities things which you may consider as being just for you. The return on the investment of time in caring for your own emotional needs will pay off in an increased sense of well-being and, more than likely, improved relationships with people you care about. The habits you may find beneficial may not be the same habits another person uses. Each person is unique as to what works for him or her. Areas for you to consider include: • Spending time in nature, including gardening, taking walks, spending time at the beach, placing plants around your home or excursions to parks or the mountains. • Creating a daily practice of acknowledging what works in your life. This could include an evening gratitude journal. • At the start of the day, set an intention to be compassionate to yourself. • Daily engage in a practice of acknowledging a spiritual presence. • Frequently include an activity in your life which you love to do. Types of activities could include: gardening, playing or listening to music, painting, writing poems, horseback riding, surfing or baking. • Freely give of what you lovingly create. If you grow flowers, give bouquets. If you paint, give pictures. • Eliminate practices of abusing alcohol and drugs. • If you have neglected spending time with people you enjoying being around, make a date to see them. • Eating healthy and exercising is good not only for your physical health, but also your emotional health. My wish for you is that you experience a positive sense of aliveness. When you practice routines beneficial to your emotional health, you not only can recover from being depleted, you can also begin building your resiliency to help weather the storms or droughts that happen in life. Fay Craton, M.A. is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (mfc40011), which is the psychology license specializing in relationships (with ourselves or with others) and she has an office in Westchester. For more info, visit communicationtriangle.com or contact her at (310) 645-6762.
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Opinion: A friend of mine has a Worship Service 10:30 am lovely garden in her backyard with Canines@Covenant 5:00 pm Sunday a tranquil pond and a circle of cozy benches so she and her friends can sit Covenant is on the corner of 80th and Sepulveda Blvd. and bask in the surrounding nature. The garden offers an oasis from the Church School for Young People during Service. demands of everyday life. My friend finds renewal in tending to her many We have an Orchestra and Adult, Youth and Children’s Choirs. plants and flowers. As the spring Email: cpoffis@pacbell.net season progresses her friends will also Childcare is provided-For more information, Call (310) 670-5750. enjoy her flowers as she connects with them by gifting them blossoms selected especially for the recipient. As I think about the emergence of spring, my mind is drawn to the soothing aspects that being close to nature provides. Frequently clients tell me about their full and sometimes stressful lives. Life has many demands Emergency Food Distribution to those in need. and challenges. Gardening is a way to Sponsored by the Westchester Clergy Association place attention on natural surroundings Open Tuesday & Friday, 10am-12pm and letting go of thinking about stressful or depressing life events. 355 Beach St., Inglewood Taking opportunities for renewal is an important aspect to staying Bring donations of non-perishable food to Covenant physically, mentally and emotionally Presbyterian Chuch. Volunteers and money donations also healthy. Finding and engaging welcomed and encouraged! in renewal opportunities can be especially challenging if you have For more information, please call (310) 677-5597 an ongoing internal dialogue of Ad donated by the Covenant Presbyterian Church questioning whether the self-care is really important. It may be easy to consider it to be just a selfish selfindulgence when considering family and job expectations and the needs of other people. Renewal is about cultivating routines in your life which replenish your sense of aliveness. Emotional health includes having the energy to engage in activities, the ability to rest, the capacity to have hope and a connection to a sense of personal meaning. To have quality relationships with others, you must first take care of yourself. The family and job tasks you have can feel like drudgery if you lose your optimism. Plants in a garden need care if they are to thrive and give us flowers and possibly fruits and vegetables. They need nourishment, water, weeding and pruning. Successful gardeners have ongoing routines where they take time to nurture plants. Plants and all living things, including you, need regular, ongoing nurturing. Without care, life can become stunted, chaotic and perhaps, during times of drought –perish. Most people understand that physical health requires routines such as exercise, eating right and getting enough sleep, but when it comes to emotional and mental health, the self-care rituals are frequently not understood or ignored. Some indicators of personal neglect are: feeling drained, a loss of personal control over your life, frequently Westchester • Playa del Rey • Marina del Rey • Playa Vista HomeTown News April 2016 • Page 9
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Secret recipes from the Inn at Playa del Rey: cookie edition Photo by Liz Hall.
By Rebecca Hill Greetings, Hometown News readers! It’s us, “The Inncrowd” and we’re back again this month with the Inn at Playa del Rey’s most coveted secret: our homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe! We’ve been baking these ooey-gooey-chunky-sweet-chocolatechip-cookies from scratch every day at the Inn for the past 20 years, and our guests love them. As a matter of fact, last week, I had a woman call to make reservations who hadn’t stayed at the Inn for over 10 years. She had some questions because she wanted to make sure this was the hotel she remembered having stayed at. I told her the Inn looks like a Cape Cod beach house and, with only 22 rooms, is fairly small. That didn’t jog her memory. Next, I reminded her we’re in the little laid-back beach town of Playa del Rey where you don’t need a car because you can walk to fantastic restaurants and bars from our Inn. That didn’t jog her memory either. I then reminded her we’re on a bird sanctuary called the Ballona Wetlands and that the ocean is only 5 blocks from the Inn. The Ballona Wetlands is one of the most beautiful and unique landscapes in Los Angeles so I was sure she would remember that, but, no, nada, nothing. Suddenly the woman said, “Wait. I remember something! Do you bake homemade chocolate chip cookies from scratch everyday?” I laughed and said, “We do.” She responded, “And, can guests still swing by the kitchen and have a cookie anytime they want one?” I said, “Yes, of course” and, without
Using chilled dough and an ice cream scoop will help the cookies keep their shape.
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• 1 Tbs. vanilla • 4 eggs • 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour • 2 Tsp. baking soda • 1 Tsp. salt • 4 cups chocolate chips Directions: Step 1. Cream together well: 1 lb butter–softened 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar Step 2. Mix in: 1 Tbs. vanilla 4 eggs–one at a time Step 3. Stir in: 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 Tsp. baking soda 1 Tsp. salt* (unless using salted butter).
hesitation, she booked a room. Our guests aren’t the only ones who seem to love our homemade chocolate chip cookies. As y’all know, Lisa Schwab’s Cantalini’s is one of the most popular restaurants on Culver Blvd. With their homemade pastas and delicious sauces it can be hard to get a reservation on the weekend…unless, you have a secret weapon, which I do! Turns out their maître d’, Paul, can easily be bribed with our homemade chocolate chip cookies. I often call him at the height of the dinner rush on Saturday night and ask if there’s any way he could please squeeze a few of our guests in for dinner. Almost always, he responds, “Anything for you,” which I know translates into “send chocolate chip cookies.”
Dutifully, I give our guests homemade chocolate chip cookies to bring to Paul. The guests laugh when I explain, “In Vegas, you know how you slip the maître d’ a $100 bill for a last minute table? Well, here at the Inn, we slip them our homemade chocolate chip cookies, and it works!” We hope you and your family enjoy our chocolate chip cookie recipe as much as our guests and Paul do. Happy baking!
Inn at Playa del Rey Chocolate Chip Cookies Portion: A double batch Ingredients: • 1 lb butter • 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Step 4. Add 4 cups chocolate chips. Step 5. Shape into golf ball sized spheres and bake in a 350 degree oven for 12-15 min. or until nicely browned. Dough may be chilled overnight or for up to 5 days in the refrigerator. A few “insider tips:” Your butter should be softened, but still a little firm. Be sure that your oven is preheated. Do not over mix. Chill the dough for a few hours if you want your cookies to keep their shape (i.e. the opposite of flat). Gas ovens work best. We use a stand up Kitchen Aid mixer and an ice cream scoop to shape the cookies. Rebecca Hill is an innkeeper at the Inn at Playa del Rey and a published writer. Her stories have appeared in Redbook magazine and in over a dozen Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies.
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School News
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The Rotary Club of Westchester recently awarded 9 scholarships totaling $3,500 to local middle school students for excelling in the arts. This year’s top prizes were awarded to dancer Yasmeen Delgado, vocalist Calah McGraw, guitarist Connor Lindquist and pianist Evie Sedrish. Pictured left to right are scholarship recipients: Micah de la Peña (Wright STEAM Magnet), Jalen Fisher (Wilder’s Preparatory Academy Charter), Calah McGraw (Wright STEAM Magnet), Yasmeen Delgado (Westchester Secondary Charter), Melody Tripp (Westchester Secondary Charter), Evie Serdish (Brentwood School), Jaren Rhodes (WISH Charter Middle), Connor Lindquist (Visitation Catholic School) and Ryan Gibson (Westchester Secondary Charter).
Community service rules at Open Magnet Charter. Every other Thursday, the Open Magnet Charter School auditorium is full of kids giving up their lunch playtime. They aren’t there to rehearse a song or dance. They are there to help others through community service projects, and they love it! The school launched the Open Hearts Community Service Club in 2015, inviting all interested students to participate. At the first meeting, there were about 40 kids but the word kept spreading and by the third meeting, over 80 kids showed up. The club was launched by the school’s Volunteer Coordination Committee composed of parents and teachers. Cory Birkett and Adrianne Robertson, co-chairs of the community service club, formed Open Hearts because they felt passionately about cultivating an attitude of gratitude in young children. Service at the elementary school age has been shown to foster the development of a life-long commitment to community service and helps students develop a greater understanding of the issues and needs in their outside communities. It also helps them develop social and interpersonal skills and build a system of values. So far, the Open Hearts Community Service Club has done projects on campus like making craft kits for children’s hospitals, decorating placemats to be delivered through Meals on Wheels, writing letters to our military and collecting food for the Westside Food Bank. They also just did their first off-campus weekend project at the Ballona Wetlands, pulling out an invasive weed so that native plants could begin to grow again. The club focuses on the interests of Page 12 • April 2016
the students, who vote on projects that interest them and the co-chairs find suitable volunteer opportunities that will inspire and engage the kids. Scholarships for high school seniors. The Rotary Club of Westchester, through the Westchester Rotary Foundation, is offering a $750 scholarship in honor of Jim Hill, a former member who was exemplary in his service to the youth of the community. The scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior demonstrating outstanding leadership in community service, who either resides in Westchester or Playa del Rey and/or attends Westchester or St. Bernard High School. The application, and a community service essay, is due by Monday, April 25 and may be obtained by emailing Cozette@ laxlawyers.com. Nominations sought for the Friend of Education award. The LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce will host the 33rd Annual Teacher Eddy Awards Dinner on Tuesday, May 10 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel. At this event, one teacher from each participating local school, selected by their peers and administrators, will be honored. A “Friends of Education” award will also be presented to honor a person, company or organization that has made a significant contribution to the local education community through their time, talents and/or treasures. The community is invited to nominate someone for this award and the form can be obtained by emailing info@laxcoastal.com or by calling (310) 645-5151. The nominee cannot be a paid staff person of a school. Nomination forms are due by Friday, April 15.
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Photo by Glenn Marzano.
(continued from page 5) Westchester’s largest event, the Fourth of July Parade, will serve as the kick-off celebration for anniversary festivities. The 17th annual parade will take place on Monday, July 4 at 11 a.m. along Loyola Boulevard in Westchester and this year’s theme is “Our Little Piece of Paradise: Celebrating 75 Years of Westchester.” This year’s theme was inspired by longtime Westchester resident, Dorothy Rose, who has lived here since 1954 and suggested the theme during a contest held earlier this year. To create a year full of anniversary events and activities, the Westchester 75th Anniversary Committee is looking to partner with local organizations, nonprofits and businesses that wish to participate in the celebration. The official commemorative event, a cocktail reception at Loyola Marymount University, will be hosted by the LAX Coastal Chamber later this year, and the HomeTown News will also
The LAFD bandwagon, driven by local firefighters, makes its way down Loyola Blvd.
publish a special 75th Anniversary edition of the paper, taking a look at Westchester’s past, present and future and highlighting the people, stories and businesses that help create this special community. Information on additional anniversary celebrations will be available in the HomeTown
News and at thehtn.com. For more information on getting involved with the Westchester anniversary, please email westchesteranniversary@gmail.com. For those interested in participating in this year’s parade, registration packets are now available. Interested
participants are asked to submit an application and pay a $25 entry fee to be considered. To keep the event at around an hour and a half, the parade is capped at 50 entries, and participants are asked to be creative in their costumes and design of their floats. Marching groups are requested to have at least 50 participants. As in year’s past, the parade committee is looking for a local singer to sing the National Anthem at the event. Singers will be asked to audition at the chamber office on Friday, April 15 from 3 to 5 p.m. and should be comfortable singing in front of a large crowd. Preference will be given to singers who live or attend school in Westchester, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Del Rey and Marina del Rey. The runner-up will be offered the opportunity to sing at the Teacher Eddy awards in May. To receive the parade registration packet or to receive an audition time for the National Anthem, please call (310) 645-5151.
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Ongoing monthly events: Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club
volunteer organization that helps “make the future brighter by bringing out the best in children, in their communities and in themselves.” For more information, call (310) 415-0196.
Join the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club every Wednesday morning at 7:15 a.m. for its weekly meeting. The club meets at Whiskey Red’s, located at 13813 Fiji Way in Marina del Rey. The cost of the meeting is $25, which includes breakfast. Guests are welcome and reservations are not required. For more info, visit playasunrise.org or call (310) 429-3808.
April events: Auditions for Music West’s South Pacific Registration and auditions for Music West’s summer production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific will be held on Thursday, April 7 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, April 9 at 9 a.m. at The Westchester Townhouse, located at 8501 Emerson Ave. in Westchester. Auditions are open to those 8-yearsold through adult. The musical will feature full-scale sets and live music, with performances set to run July 15 through July 23. For more information, please visit musicwest.org or call (310) 641-9408.
Rotary Club of Westchester The Rotary Club of Westchester meets every Wednesday at 12 noon for lunch at the Crowne Plaza LAX Hotel, located at 5985 W. Century Blvd. in Westchester. The cost of lunch is $20 and validated self parking is free. Guests are most welcome! Reservations are not required. For information regarding the upcoming luncheon programs, visit rotary-westchester.com.
Man of La Mancha Kentwood Players’ latest production, Man of La Mancha, will run through Saturday, April 16. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes and his seventeenth-century masterpiece Don Quixote, the 1966 multiple Tony Award winning musical Man of La Mancha tells the story of the “mad” knight Don Quixote as a play within a play, performed by Cervantes, his manservant and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition. Performances are held on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Thursday night performances will be held on April 7 and April 14 at 8 p.m. at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Ave. in Westchester. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at kentwoodplayers.org.
LAX Kiwanis Club The LAX Kiwanis Club is looking for new members. The club meets every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel, located at 9620 Airport Blvd. in Westchester. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time. The LAX Kiwanis raise money every year for such causes as providing scholarships, holiday baskets for needy families and back to school shopping sprees. For more information about the club or to RSVP to attend one of their meetings, please email laxkiwanisclub@gmail.com.
Life Story Writing Class Interested in writing your life story? The Westchester Life Story Writing Group meets every Wednesday at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. The group teaches methods to recall and then write your memories. Since its inception, groups members have written numerous books on their lives. The memoir-writing workshop meets at the YMCA Annex, located at 8020 Alverstone Ave. in Westchester. Attendees are asked to donate $10 to the YMCA per semester. For more information, please contact Mary Sage at (310) 397-3967.
Lariat Dance Class The Westchester Lariats, a Westchester non-profit international/ folk dance troupe, is offering a special series of 8 introductory dance classes for only $40. Boys and girls in first through fifth grades are invited to attend. Classes are held on Monday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. for grades 1 and 2 and at 4:30 p.m. for grades 3 through 5. The classes are held at the Westchester United Methodist Church Community Room, located at 8065 Emerson Ave. in Westchester. For more information or to register, email carriemcclune@gmail.com.
Playa Vista Optimist Club Join the Playa Vista Optimists the first and fourth Mondays of the month from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Concert Park, located at Pacific Promenade and Sea Bluff Drive in Playa Vista (opposite Coffee Bean). The Optimist Club is a worldwide Page 16 • April 2016
Playa del Rey “Locals Only” Art show Playa del Rey’s Clean Aesthetic, a surf/skate clothing store, is holding its first art show on Saturday, April 9 from 1 to 8 p.m. The show, “Locals
Only,” will feature art inspired by and themed around Playa del Rey by twelve artists. Prints, t-shirts and collectible pins and patches will be available for purchase. Clean Aesthetic is located at 323 Culver Blvd. in Playa del Rey.
Paper Shredding Event Local Realtors Amy Andreini and Adam Rosal are hosting their third annual Community Shredding event on Saturday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the B&J Service Center, located at 6551 W. 80th Street in Westchester. Those interested are invited to bring unwanted paper documents, which will be shredded on site by Shred Confidential.
Beginner Birding & Creek Cleanup Interested in learning more about the Ballona Wetlands? The Friends of Ballona Wetlands are holding a new monthly program that combines community service and bird watching. Geared towards students, families and anyone who is interested in learning more about the birds located in this natural resource, the program will take place every third Saturday of the month with the next meet-up taking place on Saturday, April 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. Gloves, tools and binoculars will be provided, but please bring a reusable water bottle. Attendees are asked to meet at the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (the main parking lot is behind Alkali Water) at 303 Culver Blvd. in Playa del Rey.
Meditation in the Garden Join the Emerson Avenue Community Garden the third Saturday of the month through May for “Meditation in the Garden.” The next workshop is scheduled for Saturday, April 16 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Guests are invited to bring a mat or use the bench or chairs available in the garden for meditation led by Reiki healer, Margey. Meditation is believed to reduce stress, promote relaxation and help with mindfulness. No previous experience with meditation is necessary and all levels are welcome. There is no charge to attend the event, but space is limited. Please RSVP to gigglesloud@yahoo.com. The Emerson Avenue Community Garden is located on the campus of Wright STEAM Magnet on Emerson Avenue between 80th Place and 80th Street.
Westchester Star Party Interested in learning more about astronomy? Bring your telescope and
enjoy an evening of astronomy and star gazing at the Christian Science Church, located at 7855 Alverstone Ave. in Westchester. Attendees are asked to meet in the church’s parking lot at the corner of 79th Street. The Westchester Star Party will take place on Saturday, April 16 from 7 to 10 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, please contact Bob Eklund at (310) 216-5947 or beklund@sprynet.com.
Young Professionals Beach Cleanup Come out and join the LAX Coastal Young Professionals as they partner with First Citizens Bank for a Saturday morning beach cleanup at Playa del Rey’s Dockweiler Beach! The beach cleanup will take place on Saturday, April 16 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dockweiler Beach is located at 6200 Pacific Ave. in Playa del Rey. Free parking is available on Pacific Ave. or in the city lot for a fee. The group will meet where the city lot meets the sand at 10 a.m. After the cleanup, participants are invited to attend brunch (participants are responsible for their own bill) at Bacari PDR, located at 6805 S. Vista Del Mar Ln. in Playa del Rey.
Goodyear Blimp Spotlighted at Flight Path The history of the iconic Goodyear blimp will be the featured topic at the next Flight Path Speaker Series on Tuesday, April 26 at 10 a.m. The presentation will be given by Goodyear operation staff members and will cover the program’s 90 years of history from the flight of the first Goodyear airship, known as Pilgrim, on June 3, 1925 to the launch of its most recent counterpart, Wingfoot One. The Flight Path Speaker Series will continue throughout 2016 with programs featuring a salute to the 100th anniversary of the Boeing Aircraft Company on June 28, a memoir of famed World War II pilot General Jimmy Doolittle on September 20 and a special presentation and exhibition by aviation photographer Jean-Christophe Dick, beginning November 5. The Speaker Series is part of the nonprofit museum’s ongoing educational programs. The Flight Path Museum is located at 6661 W. Imperial Highway in Los Angeles (just south of LAX). Admission and parking are free. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, please call (424) 646-7284 or visit the museum’s website at flightpathmuseum.com.
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Training for a good cause. Playa del Rey resident Bonnie Mobley is training for the annual Sisu Iron, a 30+ hour extreme endurance event that will be held in the mountains of Monrovia on April 29. “Sisu,” a Finnish word that translates to perseverance and resilience, is definitely something that Mobley will need to exemplify to complete the event’s both physical and mental tasks that include archery, memorization, running, hiking and strength exercises. In addition to the community service performed by all the Iron participants during the event, Mobley will be honoring her “IRun4” running buddy by dedicating the event and finisher’s medal to him. “IRun4” is an inspiring program that matches athletes with special needs children for mutual inspiration and encouragement. Mobley is currently training at Playa del Rey’s Real Fitness, as well as running around the community and at the beach with her weighted backpack. When Mobley, a married mother of three teenagers, isn’t training, she enjoys postworkout coffee at Flowers by Felicia and fueling up with her favorite green smoothie from Señor G’s.
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New Eagle Scout. Spencer Lao of Westchester Boy Scout Troop 716 recently received the rank of Eagle Scout. For his Eagle project, Lao designed and built a seating area in front of Westchester United Methodist Church, located on Emerson Ave., just across the street from the Emerson Avenue Community Garden. The area is used by community members as a rest area on daily walks, by children and their parents or nannies looking for a place to congregate and on Sundays when the church provides free coffee and refreshments to all between 9:30 and 10 a.m. Lao is a sophomore at El Segundo High School, and he is an active member of the Eagle Marching Band. He lives in Westchester with his parents, John and Elisa Lao, and brother Philip. His brother Wesley, who also earned his Eagle Scout rank with troop 716, is away at college. Troop 716 is chartered by Westchester United Methodist Church. Pictured left to right: Reverend Keith Uesugi-Hwang, Spencer Lao and Lorraine Shimada pose in front of the new seating area.
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