'RAYMOND' MOM VISITS A.V. HEATON HONORED FOR GIFTS, ATTENDS PARACLETE RALLY.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Two-time Emmy-winning actress Patricia Heaton Patricia Heaton (born March 4, 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for playing lead character and Ray Barone's wife Debra Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. was the guest of honor at the second grand opening of the anti-abortion Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Pregnancy Counseling Center, which received a ultrasound device donated by Heaton. Heaton, a star of the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. series ``Everybody Loves Raymond'' and president of ``Feminists for Life Feminists for Life of America (FFL) is the largest and most visible pro-life feminist organization. Established in 1972 and now based in Alexandria, Virginia, the organization describes itself as "shaped by the core feminist values of justice, nondiscrimination, and nonviolence. ,'' donated five ultrasound devices to the Right to Life League last year to outfit five counseling centers, and the Palmdale center got the first. ``We needed a miracle, and Patricia Heaton was that miracle,'' said clinic Director Marc Boileau Marc Boileau (born September 3, 1932 in Pte. Claire, Quebec) is a former Canadian ice hockey coach and player. Boileau played one season in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings. He was head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins from 1973 to 1978. . ``We just want Mrs. Heaton to know that we took her sacrifice very seriously and that we used the ultrasound to its fullest potential.'' Heaton made several stops Tuesday around the Antelope Valley. At Paraclete High School Paraclete High School is a Catholic High School in Lancaster, CA operated independently of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 186 seniors graduated in the 2006-2007 school year. , she spoke to more than 700 teenagers at an assembly where teachers Al Landa and Erica Rattay were honored by the counseling center. Heaton then attended an invitation-only luncheon at Cascades restaurant, where she posed for photographs, signed autographs and gave a talk. The center gave Heaton its annual ``Gift of Life'' award. At the center, Heaton met with volunteer counselors and medical staff. Life Services coordinator Suzi Rodela presented roses and a book of more than 20 ultrasound images of babies whose mothers changed their mind about abortion and kept their babies. The center was renamed at the ceremony as the Women's Clinic of the Antelope Valley. Heaton's last stop was at the Lancaster Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus, American Roman Catholic society for men, founded (1882) at New Haven, Conn. (where its headquarters are still located), by Father Michael J. McGivney. hall, where she was presented a plaque recognizing her support of the counseling center. Since its conversion to a clinic last June, Boileau said, the center's clientele has increased greatly. Thirty-six women who visited the center between January and April decided against having abortions, compared with six in the same period last year, he said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Actress Patricia Heaton attends a rally at Paraclete High School, one of several stops in the Antelope Valley she made during a visit Tuesday. |
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