5 LOCAL STUDENTS TO VIE FOR TEXAS TRAINING.Byline: SIMONE SCHRAMM Community columnist Five students from Gymnastics Olymppica in Van Nuys have qualified for the 2002 USA Gymnastics National TOPs Testing, scheduled Oct. 4-6 in Indianapolis. The gymnasts are among 300 nationwide who qualified for the Talent Opportunity Program, where they will vie for the chance to train at the renowned Karolyia Gymnastics studio in Houston, Texas. The local qualifiers are Michelle Berlinger, Tara Brah, Talisa Hayes, Kate Henry and Lian Zucker. Fifty-one students graduated recently from the Fire Instruction Recruitment and Education Academy, a partnership between Los Angeles Valley College LAVC redirects here. For the software library, see libavcodec. The university is adjacent to Grant High School. Often called "Valley College" or simply "Valley" by those who frequent the campus, it opened its doors to the public on September 12, 1949, at which time the campus was , the city Fire Department and eight Los Angeles Unified high schools. During graduation ceremonies, students rapelled from the eighth floor of the North Hollywood Drill Tower, demonstrated cutting metal bars with rotary saws and used breathing apparatus to demonstrate how they're equipped to fight fires in high-rise buildings. Two California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , students received a year's Chinese Government Scholarship Council award to study in China. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge has given out the award each year since 1999. ``It's wonderful,'' said Justin Su, director of CSUN's China Institute. ``I think our students really develop a good understanding of the culture and education in China, and they become excellent ambassadors for us. We're really proud of them.'' The two students who received this year's awards are John Greer and Jennifer Lew, both graduate students at CSUN. Greer has a bachelor's degree in English and film production from CSUN, and Lew has a bachelor's degree in art from the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. . In the past year, both worked as English tutors for visiting scholars from China. Greer plans to study Chinese philosophy at Sechuan University in Chengdu, China, and Lew will study art at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Heather Bandy bandy /ban·dy/ (band´e) bowed or bent in an outward curve. , the blind 14-year-old from West Hills who won first place in her age group at the Braille Institute of America's second annual National Braille Challenge earlier this year, won a $10,000 scholarship as part of the Tony the Tiger Tony the Tiger (Spanish: El Tigre Toño) is the advertising cartoon mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes (also known as Frosties) breakfast cereal, appearing on its packaging and advertising. Achievement Award in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Entertainer Rosie O'Donnell presented the award to her. Heather was the only blind person to win and was the only winner from California. For her achievement, Heather will also appear on boxes of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal. The Hearts Giving Hope and Music Heals foundations hosted a concert to raise money for CSUN's Music Therapy Clinic. Ronald M. Borczon, director of the clinic, said he was grateful for the efforts of both foundations. ``They both came out of the blue and said they wanted to do something for the clinic,'' he said. Borczon, the therapists and students of the clinic use music to help people recover or cope with various problems including autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. , Down syndrome Down syndrome, congenital disorder characterized by mild to severe mental retardation, slow physical development, and characteristic physical features. Down syndrome affects about 1 in every 730 live births and occurs in all populations equally. and severe trauma. In the past, Borczon provided music therapy to victims of the Oklahoma City bombings See Terrorism "The Oklahoma City Bombing" (Sidebar); Venue "Venue and the Oklahoma City Bombing Case" (Sidebar). and the shootings at Columbine High School Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. The school is located at 6201 South Pierce Street, one mile west of the Littleton city limits and half a mile south of the Denver city/county line. . Students go out to the community to work at psychiatric hospitals, geriatric centers and other facilities. The Music Center is seeking talented Southern California high school performers, artists and photographers to apply for the 15th annual Music Center Spotlight Awards to be given April 22. Mail applications are $10; online registration is free. The earliest deadline for entries is Oct. 1. More information is available at www.musiccenter.org or (213) 972-3300. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) A fire academy student in harness rappels down the side of the North Hollywood Drill Tower. (2) A fire academy student cuts a metal bar with a rotary saw. |
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