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On the Waterfront
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Young and old, rich and poor are invited to share Thankgiving Dinner next week. The 18th Annual Absolutely Free Mama Liz Thanksgiving Day Dinner will be held from noon to 4 p. m. at the Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club, 2525 Valley Dr. For a ride call the WAVE at 379-3990 |
POL PULLED FROM POLL: El Segundo Mayor Mike Gordon’s met his match on election day in city hall’s West Conference Room, which was being used as a polling place. An elderly poll watcher took exception to the mayor pulling up a chair at the poll worker’s table and asked him to leave. When he refused, the poll watcher advised the mayor that she was under instructions to call the county sheriff if he refused to leave voluntarily. The mayor promptly left.
SURFING FOR GRADES: Hermosa Valley School students who earn good grades can now get as much as 30 percent off their purchases at Spyder, Becker and ET surf outlets, thanks to a new partnership between educators and the local surf industry. The discounts only apply to sixth through eighth graders, and they don’t include surfboards. "It’s a cool thing for our kids," said Surfing Superintendent Duffy Clark…
GOTCHA! Hermosa Mayor John Bowler marked his retirement from the city council by giving his colleagues scrolls honoring a peak moment in collective gullibility. Within Bowler’s tenure the council made a heartfelt gesture, honoring a young man from Texas with a special day in his name. The man had said he was terminally ill, and cherished the time he spent in Hermosa. Later it was learned the man was pulling a hoax, on Hermosa and other towns around the country, Bowler said…
PILING ON: The Nov. 6 election saw Hermosa’s Measure F, concerning public events on the beach, go down in flames. Bowler, who led the opposition, paused during Tuesday’s council meeting to "congratulate the electorate for the intelligence they showed" in rejecting F and two other measures…