CITY HALL ROUNDUP : In Hawthorne, the sound a Moose makes is ‘Bingo!’

MOOSES ON THE MOVE: It won’t replace our favorite lodge of all time, Archie Bunker’s Kings of Queens, but the Loyal Order Of Moose Lodge 1746 of Hawthorne comes pretty darn close.

The Moose brothers, as they like to be called, are resurrecting their once-famed bingo game, which raises money for Mooseheart, an Illinois-area farm for needy children, and Moosehaven, a retirement community in Florida.

The fraternity ran a bingo game for several years but stopped in 1988 because it couldn’t find any volunteers willing to carry the mantle. Enter Moose brother Bill Godin, who officially transferred to the Hawthorne lodge this month.

Godin, a Moose for 25 years and a boffo bingo man, was flabbergasted to find that the Hawthorne lodge had let its game lapse for the past four years. And even though he is already lodge treasurer and president of its bowling league, he agreed to be the point man for the lodge’s big bingo plans.

Because of his efforts, the lodge received City Council approval last week for its permit application to restart bingo.

Although the buy-in price has not yet been established, the brothers expect to have their first game ready by early July.

Says Godin: “We’re all on fire ready to start this thing.”

JUST DUCKY: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Redondo Beach officials agreed once again to allow the launching of thousands of rubber duckies along the shoreline to raise funds for the American Cancer Society.

Environmentalists were up in arms the last time the city agreed to host the rubber duck regatta, crying fowl over a stunt to unleash so many of the cute tub toys in Santa Monica Bay. The so-called duck derby called for 20,000 toy ducks, sponsored at $5 apiece, to be launched from a yacht into Santa Monica Bay. Borne by the waves, the flock floated past a “finish line” onshore near the Redondo Beach pier, where the first duck to hit the beach won its sponsor a trip to Hawaii or Mexico.

But one person’s bath-time buddy is another’s environmental hazard. Critics have said that the sponsors of the event might as well just toss thousands of pieces of trash into the surf. However, Cancer Society officials have said the ducks are carefully monitored and collected by a crew of volunteers, lest one of the yellow squeakers sail out to sea.

NEWS YOU CAN LOSE: It’s time to break out the party hats. The announcement that the good citizens of Carson have been waiting for has finally arrived. The city’s twice annual special trash pickup is scheduled for May 18-22.

Residents who have been looking for a way to get rid of those large household items that garbage collectors refuse to pick up can finally take a load off.

Just place those torn up sofas and broken rocking chairs at the curbside by 7 a.m. of your usual trash pickup day, and voila , the unwanteds are as good as gone. But if you want trash collectors to take a freezer off your hands, don’t forget to take off the doors.

There is one major drawback, however. If you’ve been thinking of unloading your old Pacer, forget it. They won’t take any auto bodies, dirt or concrete. Only household goods will be collected.

The only exception is tree branches. But they must be packaged in bundles that are no more than four feet long, 18 inches in diameter and do not exceed 60 pounds.

Carson residents who live in apartment buildings or condominiums with more than three units, however, can put away their bundle scales. The special pickup program is open only to those who live in single-family homes, duplexes or triplexes.

GUARDIAN ANGELS: Torrance Councilman Don Lee has come up with what he believes is a good way to keep order in the streets: an army of trained, volunteer crossing guards.

Crosswalks that aren’t busy enough to warrant full-time crossing guards, he believes, can be staffed by parent volunteers who would be trained by school officials in the art of crossing.

“It lets parents deal with the safety of their kids in their own schools,” Lee said.

Simple enough. But Torrance Police Capt. Nolan Dane, who oversees the city’s crossing guard program, is worried that his chain of command would suffer as a result of the plan. You can just imagine the chaos that would ensue without a strict management team in place.

“A volunteer set of parents that work for us is one issue, but a volunteer set of parents for the school district is another issue,” Dane said. “You definitely need a supervisor full time.”

LAST WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS

Palos Verdes Estates: City residents can expect an increase in their trash bill effective in July. The City Council on Tuesday approved an 8.06 % increase per residential unit for Browning-Ferris Industries, which hauls trash in the upscale community. Factors contributing to the council’s decision are an increase in dump fees and fuel costs.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Avalon: 7 p.m. Tuesday, 209 Metropole. (310) 510-0220. Televised live on Channel 3 (Catalina Cable) and repeated Saturday morning.

Carson: 6 p.m. Tuesday, 701 E. Carson St. (310) 830-7600. Televised at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on Channel 26 (Continental Cablevision) and repeated the following Wednesday.

El Segundo: 7 p.m. Tuesday, 350 Main St. (310) 322-4670. Televised live on Channel 22 (Paragon) and repeated at noon Wednesday.

Inglewood: 7 p.m. Tuesday, 1 Manchester Blvd. (310) 412-5280. No cable telecast.

Lawndale: 7 p.m. Thursday, 14717 Burin Ave. (310) 973-4321. Televised live on Channel 60 and repeated several times during the week.

Lomita: 7 p.m. Monday, 24300 Narbonne Ave. (310) 325-7170. No cable telecasts.

Los Angeles: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles. In San Pedro, (310) 548-7637; in Wilmington, (310) 548-7586; in Harbor City/Harbor Gateway, (310) 548-7664; in Westchester, (310) 641-4717. Televised live on Channel 35; meetings repeated individually at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and collectively on Sunday starting at 10 a.m.

Manhattan Beach: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1400 Highland Ave. (310) 545-5621. Televised on Channel 3 (MultiVision) at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Rancho Palos Verdes: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Hesse Park, 29201 Hawthorne Blvd. (310) 377-0360. Televised live on Channel 3; repeated at 7:30 p.m. the following Thursday.

Redondo Beach: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, 415 Diamond St. (310) 372-1171. Televised live on Channel 8 (Century); repeated at 3 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Sunday.

Torrance: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, 3031 Torrance Blvd. (310) 618-5880. Televised live on Channel 22 (Paragon), and replayed at 10 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.