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ON THE TOWN:
YWCA announces excellent honorees
By Ruth Sowby
The Glendale YWCA officials had a cocktail reception at the Glendale home of Valerie and Bruce Merritt on Thursday to announce their honoring of seven community volunteer recipients with this year’s “Heart and Excellence” awards.
They are Marilyn Gunnell, Carol Jouroyan, Joan McCarthy and Susie and Richard Dell, who were at the party, and Mary Boger and Glendale Police Department Officer Sue Shine, who couldn’t attend. Each recipient was nominated for their Glendale and Burbank volunteer work by a community organization or individual.
Also at the reception were YWCA board of director’s President Carol Ann Burton, treasurer Toni Beck, fundraising chairwoman Liza Boubari, YWCA Domestic Violence Programs Director Kathie Mathis and YWCA Executive Director Richard Burrell.
Other members of the board of directors included last year’s president Brooke Moore, Ileana Blicker, Phyllis Harb, Eliza Hazarian, Harriet Rector and Elizabeth Manasserian, who is also a commissioner on the Glendale Commission on the Status of Women.
Also present were honorary committee members Lynne Raggio (with husband Carl Raggio) and Ruth Charles. Lynne Raggio was in the first group of awardees in 1996. The others were Genevieve Sultenfuss and the late Ginger Bremberg.
The honorees represent close to 200 years of volunteerism in Glendale and Burbank.
Gunnell is being honored for 18 years of Glendale Rotary service and for introducing AIDS education to the community through monthly meetings in her home in the 1980s.
Jouroyan, retired after 25 years as the executive director of the Glendale Assn. of the Retarded, has also been a member of the Glendale Community College Foundation since 1984.
McCarthy is on the boards of the Glendale and Burbank chambers of commerce and is also a board member of the Glendale Community Foundation.
Susie and Richard Dell share many years of Glendale Kiwanis service. Boger is a member of the Glendale Unified School District board. Shine, of the Glendale Police Department, is a community officer in Glendale schools.
All seven will be honored at the YWCA’s 11th annual Legacy Luncheon on May 2 at Burbank’s Castaway Restaurant. Keynote speaker will be author Lisa See.
Easter week in Glendale was kicked off in style at the Alex Theatre with the second concert of the Glendale Youth Orchestra, now in its 19th season. The orchestra teamed up on March 18 with the Southern California Mormon Choir that presented 14 choruses from Handel’s “Messiah.”
Those who were looking for a pre-Easter performance of the “Messiah” found it in different ways. Deborah De Vries, a Mt. Washington resident, found a listing for it on Craig’s List on the Internet.
De Vries was there with her two daughters, Emma and Ulia De Vries. John Root from Pasadena took advantage of discounted tickets through Goldstar Events. Root was also there with his children.
But no matter how they found it, several hundred of those who wanted some Easter spirit packed orchestra, loge and balcony seats.
The first half of the concert featured the Glendale Youth Orchestra, conducted by Brad Keimach, performing Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D, “The Haffner Symphony.” After intermission, the 100-member Southern California Mormon Choir took over. Their Hallelujah chorus sounded like angels from on high.
Choir baritone and Glendale resident Scott Draper was pleased to be part of bringing the Easter message. “We can all build bridges in Glendale and love each other as God wants us to,” he said.
The Southern California Mormon Choir, formed in 1953, is led by Frank Turner, music director, with Glendale resident Jan Bills, associate director.
The mission of the Glendale Youth Orchestra, formed in 1989, is to provide qualified young musicians (from sixth grade through college) an environment in which to explore, comprehend, appreciate and develop a lasting interest in music. For more information, such as auditions, visit www.glendaleyouthorchestra.com.
The concert was sponsored by L.A. County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and the Alex Theatre.
RUTH SOWBY may be reached at ruthsowby@msn.com.
They are Marilyn Gunnell, Carol Jouroyan, Joan McCarthy and Susie and Richard Dell, who were at the party, and Mary Boger and Glendale Police Department Officer Sue Shine, who couldn’t attend. Each recipient was nominated for their Glendale and Burbank volunteer work by a community organization or individual.
Also at the reception were YWCA board of director’s President Carol Ann Burton, treasurer Toni Beck, fundraising chairwoman Liza Boubari, YWCA Domestic Violence Programs Director Kathie Mathis and YWCA Executive Director Richard Burrell.
Other members of the board of directors included last year’s president Brooke Moore, Ileana Blicker, Phyllis Harb, Eliza Hazarian, Harriet Rector and Elizabeth Manasserian, who is also a commissioner on the Glendale Commission on the Status of Women.
Also present were honorary committee members Lynne Raggio (with husband Carl Raggio) and Ruth Charles. Lynne Raggio was in the first group of awardees in 1996. The others were Genevieve Sultenfuss and the late Ginger Bremberg.
The honorees represent close to 200 years of volunteerism in Glendale and Burbank.
Gunnell is being honored for 18 years of Glendale Rotary service and for introducing AIDS education to the community through monthly meetings in her home in the 1980s.
Jouroyan, retired after 25 years as the executive director of the Glendale Assn. of the Retarded, has also been a member of the Glendale Community College Foundation since 1984.
McCarthy is on the boards of the Glendale and Burbank chambers of commerce and is also a board member of the Glendale Community Foundation.
Susie and Richard Dell share many years of Glendale Kiwanis service. Boger is a member of the Glendale Unified School District board. Shine, of the Glendale Police Department, is a community officer in Glendale schools.
All seven will be honored at the YWCA’s 11th annual Legacy Luncheon on May 2 at Burbank’s Castaway Restaurant. Keynote speaker will be author Lisa See.
Easter week in Glendale was kicked off in style at the Alex Theatre with the second concert of the Glendale Youth Orchestra, now in its 19th season. The orchestra teamed up on March 18 with the Southern California Mormon Choir that presented 14 choruses from Handel’s “Messiah.”
Those who were looking for a pre-Easter performance of the “Messiah” found it in different ways. Deborah De Vries, a Mt. Washington resident, found a listing for it on Craig’s List on the Internet.
De Vries was there with her two daughters, Emma and Ulia De Vries. John Root from Pasadena took advantage of discounted tickets through Goldstar Events. Root was also there with his children.
But no matter how they found it, several hundred of those who wanted some Easter spirit packed orchestra, loge and balcony seats.
The first half of the concert featured the Glendale Youth Orchestra, conducted by Brad Keimach, performing Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D, “The Haffner Symphony.” After intermission, the 100-member Southern California Mormon Choir took over. Their Hallelujah chorus sounded like angels from on high.
Choir baritone and Glendale resident Scott Draper was pleased to be part of bringing the Easter message. “We can all build bridges in Glendale and love each other as God wants us to,” he said.
The Southern California Mormon Choir, formed in 1953, is led by Frank Turner, music director, with Glendale resident Jan Bills, associate director.
The mission of the Glendale Youth Orchestra, formed in 1989, is to provide qualified young musicians (from sixth grade through college) an environment in which to explore, comprehend, appreciate and develop a lasting interest in music. For more information, such as auditions, visit www.glendaleyouthorchestra.com.
The concert was sponsored by L.A. County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and the Alex Theatre.
RUTH SOWBY may be reached at ruthsowby@msn.com.
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