Hermosa Beach mayor hopes space shuttle spirit lifts astronaut memorial
While the space shuttle Endeavour makes its slow way through Los Angeles to its home at the California Science Center, Hermosa Beach Mayor Jeff Duclos is hoping the attention will raise interest in rehabilitating a memorial built for a fallen Hermosa Beach astronaut who died on the Challenger shuttle. After Greg Jarvis and six others died when the Challenger exploded in 1986, the city completed a $20,000 memorial at 14th Street and The Strand in Jarvis’s honor. The money was raised by local companies and individuals in the wake of the accident. Duclos said he has ushered many groups and individuals to the rest area in front of Noble Park over the years, but to no avail. People generally agree that the site could use refurbishing, but they also forget about it because they don’t consider it a high priority, Duclos said. Greg Jarvis “It’s tough to get people to make that connection to the past, or someone or an event that seems distant or remote. If you are a younger person, the Challenger disaster may not be a part of your memory bank,” Duclos said. “I think there’s an opportunity there. How do we replicate this model that existed before where local people and businesses, and also…
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