BRIEFLY : HISTORY PROFESSOR WINS FACULTY AWARD.GLENDALE - The 13th annual Distinguished Faculty Award at Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
Renner has served as chairwoman of the History Department and coordinator of the college's Women's History Month Women's History Month is an annual declared month in the United States that highlights contributions of women to events in history. March is declared Women's History Month. The annual event traces its beginnings to the first International Women's Day in 1911. events. In addition to several academic honors, Renner has earned the Woman of Distinction Award from the Verdugo Hills Business and Professional Women and served as a delegate to the Fourth United Nations on Women conference in Beijing in 1996. The Distinguished Faculty Award is sponsored by the Glendale Community College Academic Senate. - Daily News Red Cross to host numerous courses BURBANK - The American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. is offering health and safety classes in June at the Burbank Service Center. The courses will include Baby-sitter's Training, Standard First Aid, Community CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac (cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. ), CPR for the Professional Rescuer, First Aid Basics First Aid Basics is a freeware educational software for Microsoft Windows providing basic information on medical first aid, that can be used as introduction to medical help and as prepare for study of official publications. , Community First Aid and Safety, Pet First Aid for Dogs and Cats and Infant and Child CPR. The center is located at 1001 W. Magnolia Blvd. For more information or to register for the classes, call the Red Cross at (800) 627-7000. - Daily News Glendale Y plans Legacy Luncheon GLENDALE - The Glendale YWCA YWCA abbr. Young Women's Christian Association YWCA n abbr (= Young Women's Christian Association) → Asociación f de Jóvenes Cristianas YWCA will host its second annual Legacy Luncheon on June 9 at the Lakeside Golf Club in Toluca Lake. The YWCA will honor Alice Petrossian of Glendale and Sister Lucille Dean of Burbank for their outstanding volunteer work and their roles as mentors in their communities. In addition, 300 women will be recognized, including community, corporate and political leaders. The Legacy Luncheon will benefit five programs of the YWCA of Glendale: Encore Breast and Cervical Cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. Screening Program, Domestic Violence Project, Wellness and Health Promotion, Griffith Manor Child Development Center, and English as a Second Language Program. Available are a series of sponsorship opportunities as well as tickets. For information, call (818) 242-4155, Ext. 38. - Daily News College offering Lompoc flower tour GLENDALE - Glendale College's Community Services Education Program is offering a tour to the Annual Lompoc Flower Festival on June 26. Participants will board a motorbus at the college's upper parking lot on the main campus at 7:45 a.m. and return from the trip by 6 p.m. The tour fee is $49. For information or to register, call the Community Services Education office at (818) 548-0864, Ext. 5015 or 5016. - Daily News Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in taking trip down memory lane BURBANK - The Burbank Chorale will present ``Good Vibrations,'' a free baby boomer concert of music from the '50s, '60s and '70s on June 13. The trip down memory lane concert will cap the chorale's 1998-1999 season. Frank Basile will direct. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. in the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive. For information, call (818) 759-9177. - Daily News |
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