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Back to School Health Fair in Compton
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Community Resource Fair at Ted Watkins Memorial Park Tomorrow
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
More information (PDF)
See the Second District Calendar for more weekend events
FREE Back to School Immunization Program
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Get your child’s shots for the new school year BEFORE summer is over! Please bring your Yellow Card with you.
Ted Watkins Park
1335 E. 103rd St.
August 18th (9 am – 12 pm)
WIC – Compton
130 E. Compton Blvd.
August 26th (1 pm – 5 pm)
G.W. Carver Park
1400 E. 118th St.
August 28th (1 pm -5 pm)
Campanella Park
14812 S. Stanford Ave.
September 1st (9 am – 12 pm)
WIC – Florence
501 E. Florence Ave.
September 2nd (2 pm – 5 pm)
WIC – Lynwood
3811 M.L. King, Jr. Blvd.
VIDEO: Compton Revitalization and Empowerment Day At Roy Campanella Park
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas hosted a day of revitalization and empowerment at Roy Campanella Park in Compton on June 20, 2009. Experts from various County departments, non-profit agencies and community based organizations were on hand to provide essential information and resources. The above short video shows highlights from the great event.
It Is Not Too Late To Quit Smoking!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The L.A. Quits program works. Note the following email from a constituent:
“Dear Supervisor Ridley-Thomas,
I would like to personally thank you for the nicotine patches. It has been 2 weeks now and I don’t even have an urge. Thanks for helping to save my life after 30 years of smoking.”
IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU TO QUIT!
To date, we have distributed only 25% of our 30,000 two-week stop-smoking starter kit supply. And now we are holding the following outreach events in the community to make it easy to get started on quitting!
Compton
2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Ralphs
280 E. Compton Blvd.
Compton, CA 90220
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Watts
11 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
HIV TestFest
Ted Watkins County Park
1335 East 103rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90002
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Los Angeles
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Ralphs
1730 W. Manchester Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90047
VIDEO: Kimberly Anyadike Honored As Youngest African American Female To Fly Solo Across Country
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Supervisor Ridley-Thomas honored Kimberly Anyadike — the youngest African American female to fly a plane solo across the country — at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Robin Petgrave, the founder of Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum, was also recognized by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas for his work in helping young pilots like Kimberly.
Inglewood Teen Becomes Youngest African American Female To Fly Solo Across Country
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Fifteen-year-old Kimberly Anyadike of Inglewood became the youngest African American female to fly a plane solo across the country. She took off from Compton Airport two weeks ago and flew to Newport News, Virginia, along with a safety pilot and 87-year-old Tuskegee Airmen, Levi Thornhill (seen with Kimberly in the L.A. Times photo at right).
For more information about this courageous teen see this L.A. Times article.
NOTE: Supervisor Ridley-Thomas will be honoring Kimberly at tomorrow’s Board meeting at 9:30 a.m. in the Board Hearing Room at 500 W. Temple Street.
TOMORROW: REVITALIZING AND EMPOWERING COMPTON THROUGH PEOPLE, PARKS AND PROGRAMS
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Join Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and The Empowerment Congress
REVITALIZING AND EMPOWERING COMPTON THROUGH PEOPLE, PARKS AND PROGRAMS
Saturday, June 20, 2009
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Roy Campanella Park
14812 Stanford Avenue, Compton 90220
Experts from various County departments, non-profit agencies and community based organizations will be available to provide essential information and resources. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity.
For more information see:
ALSO SEE THE SECOND DISTRICT CALENDAR WHICH HAS MANY MORE WEEKEND EVENTS
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Takes Steps To Restore Compton Creek
Monday, June 15th, 2009
From L.A. Weekly:
“Compton Creek, an eight and a half-mile trickle of water that miraculously runs through some of L.A. County’s grimiest landscapes, is a significant step closer to receiving an ecological makeover. On Wednesday the County Board of Supervisors, prodded by South L.A. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, unanimously agreed to support a master plan to resuscitate the creek, which on topographical paper is a major watershed. In reality, Compton Creek is afflicted with industrial runoff, illegally dumped trash and some of its stretches are lined with concrete.”
Read the entire post at L.A. Weekly
Read Supervisor Ridley-Thomas’ Press Release
Stepping up to the plate in Compton
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
From the L.A. Times:
Tim Lewis grew up playing baseball in Compton, but drugs and alcohol overtook his life. Now recovering, he lives in his car and leads a Little League revival in his old neighborhood.
Tim Lewis has a bedtime routine.
He flips on a small portable television, reclines the front passenger seat of his 1993 Toyota Camry and leans back till his trim, 6-foot-2 frame is nearly horizontal. Often he drifts off to sleep with the TV on.
“I’ve gotten used to it,” Lewis, 52, says of living out of his car. “Sometimes it’s tough, but I’m a tough guy.”
Home is a parking space around the corner from Compton’s Sibrie Park, where Lewis played baseball 40 years ago with future major leaguers such as Lonnie Smith, an outfielder on three World Series champions.
More recently, the park has been known more for drug deals and gang violence; organized baseball was last played there in 1979. But this year, Little League baseball is back in Compton — and Lewis, a recovering alcoholic and drug abuser, has been a driving force in its revival.