BOYS & GIRLS CLUB HAS NEW CHAMPION ON BOARD EXECUTIVE GREW UP IN PROGRAM.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Today, he's a top executive with Santa Clarita's most influential company, but Tom Dierckman's roots are on a basketball court at a Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. in Indiana. It was at that club that Dierckman, senior vice president of The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. , honed his leadership skills while developing a sense of community service. It was there ... ``He is about as passionate as you can get about the Boys & Girls Club,'' said Judy Belue, director of development for the club's Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. chapter. Dierckman, installed Thursday night as the president of the board of the local club, gets much of the credit for raising nearly $6 million toward a new Canyon Country clubhouse planned at Sierra Vista Junior High School. The club will break ground this month under a joint project with the city of Santa Clarita and the William S. Hart Union High School District. The new 27,000-square-foot facility is due to open in spring 2003, Belue said. ``He's the point person and the energy and the driving force behind raising the money for Sierra Vista,'' Belue said. ``He's made it happen.'' The Santa Clarita Valley chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of America boasts 1,500 members who pay $12 a year to take part in a program that stresses community service and team activities. The new clubhouse is expected to bring in 1,000 more young people. ``This project is taking the whole club to a new level,'' Dierckman said. ``We'll have double the facilities, double the budget.'' The club is there for kids in need of supervision and friendship after school; for ``at-risk'' kids who can benefit from the sports, music, crafts and leadership programs offered by the club; and for anyone else looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a ``home away from home,'' Dierckman said. ``It's for kids looking for a place to play ball, to make friends, to do something out of school that is positive,'' Dierckman said. Dierckman knows. He grew up playing basketball at the club in Shelbyville, Ind. When he moved West, the values he learned as a boy steered him back to the Boys & Girls Club, this time as a leader. ``I grew up in Hoosier hysteria Hoosier Hysteria is the state of excitement surrounding the Indiana high school basketball tournament. In part, the excitement stemmed from the inclusion of all Indiana high schools in the same tournament, where a small town's David might knock off a large city's Goliath. ,'' he said. ``You either played basketball or you watched basketball. Our club had a gymnasium and we had a great executive director. I got to very close to him. It was a great place to grow up.'' Dierckman's first challenge as president is to help replace $250,000 promised from the state for the Sierra Vista project, but cut from the budget by the governor. The club is seeking additional grant funding and private donations, said Jim Ventress, the club's executive director. ``The board is meeting on how we're going to come up with that money, but we are going to move ahead with construction,'' Ventress said. Also this year, the club expects to qualify for a Microsoft Corp. program that supplies computers and software for members, as well as training for the staff, Ventress said. And the club will continue its partnership with California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. , where young people learn animation from instructors and students at the Valencia arts college Arts Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts. . The local chapter also has a softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' league headquartered in Val Verde Val Verde may mean:
Banquet seats nine directors The 2002 board of directors for the Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club was installed Thursday night. The new officers are: President - Tom Dierckman, senior vice president, The Newhall Land and Farming Company. Past president - Jennifer Dinardo, general manager of Valencia Hilton Garden Inn Hilton Garden Inn is the name of a chain of hotels operated by Hilton Hotels Corporation. Hilton Garden Inns are considered to be upscale, mid-priced hotels that are designed for both business and leisure travelers. The hotel brand is similar to that of the Courtyard by Marriott brand. . Vice president for finance - Gary Condie, Condie & Wood certified public accountants Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. . Vice president for resource development - John Reardon
Vice president for board development - Connie Worden-Roberts, Transportation Management Association. Vice presidents at large - attorneys Carl Kanowsky and Sheldon Allen. Secretary - Clyde Smyth, former mayor and retired schools superintendent. Treasurer - Barbara Dore, Classic Wire Cut. Awards presented at the installation banquet: Board Member of the Year - Geri Jacobs. Special Award - Del Holland. Samuel Dixon Award - Santa Clarita City Council members. 25 Years of Service Award - Jim Ventress, the club's executive director. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Tom Dierckman, senior vice president of The Newhall Land and Farming Company and a childhood devotee of the Boys & Girls Club in his hometown, is president of the Santa Clarita club's board. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News Box: Banquet seats nine directors (see text) |
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