BURROUGHS HIGH STUDENT BOWLS PERFECT 300 GAME.Byline: DIANA PEYTON Community Columnist Anthony Allen Ramos recently rolled a perfect 300 game in the Saturday Juniors Bowling League at Pickwick Bowl - yet another accomplishment for the Burbank teen. The 18-year-old Burroughs High School student has been bowling for eight years, six in leagues at Pickwick, but he also makes time for studies as an honors student and to care for his 73-year-old grandmother. Elizabeth Allen, also a resident of Burbank, receives regular visits from her grandson. ``It's like sunshine comes in the house when he walks in,'' said his grandmother, who is bedridden bed·rid·den or bed·rid adj. Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity. after suffering a stroke three years ago. ``He was born a gentlemen and he has a beautiful heart. I think he is a gift from God.'' The teen said he makes his grandmother a priority. ``I look at it this way: When I was little, she took care of me. I love spending time with her. We have a good relationship,'` he said. Ramos, who was recently inducted into the National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS), established in 1921, is a recognition program for American high school students who show achievement in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. , is a three-year member of the California Scholarship Federation Started in 1921 by Charles F. Seymour, the California Scholarship Federation, or CSF, seeks to recognize students living in the state of California who possess high standards in academic scholarship, community service and citizenship. , editor of the school yearbook, president of the French Club, treasurer of the Key Club and a member of the Business Academy. He is also a pianist, taking lessons from Leola Miller of Van Nuys and giving recitals for the past 10 years, and working part time at LAgraphico in Burbank. His mother, Nancy Smallwood, finds her son's kindness heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. Adj. 1. . For Anthony, activity seems to motivate the teen. ``It actually helps me to be so busy,'' he said. And the teen said bowling has helped him academically. ``I have learned dedication and determination by repeating shots in practice to do well,'' he said. Anthony has also been a competitor in two Team U.S.A. Bowling Finals for the past three years, vying for a place in the national competition, and also competes in the Junior Amateur Tour. Finalists have been named in the Music Center of Los Angeles' Spotlight Awards Visual Arts Competition, with exhibits by students to appear in two locations this month. Local poster competitors are: Joo Ri Lee, Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. ; Anna Firsova, Glendale High School Glendale High School can refer to:
Photography competition hopefuls are Jake Levine, Harvard-Westlake School, and Audrey Ma. The top winner in each category will receive a prize of $1,500; runners-up will get $1,000, and five honorable mention prizes of $500 each will be awarded. A reception will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 on Jan. 13 at the 18th Street Complex, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. The art will be exhibited there Jan. 7-31 and then Feb. 11-22 at the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, formerly known as the Eagle Rock Branch Library, is a building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It was first built in 1915 as the Eagle Rock Carnegie Library.[2]. , 2225 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles. Other local students have received recognition in scholastic accomplishments. Ricardo Ramos of Palmdale will be included in the 2002 Edition of ``Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.'' Candidates for the publication are chosen by campus nominating committees and editors. Sergio Duran of Mission Hills has been awarded a $5,000 Merrill Lynch Academic Scholarship. The recent graduate of the California National Guard The California National Guard is the component of the United States National Guard in the U.S. state of California. It comprises both Army and Air National Guard components. Youth Challenge Foundation is attending Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. , majoring in psychology. And Aziz Delrahim of Woodland Hills has been named to the honor roll at Northfield Mount Hermon School Northfield Mount Hermon School (NMH) is a ninth-twelfth grade private, college preparatory school located in Mount Hermon, Massachusetts, United States. History The school was originally founded by famed Protestant evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody as two separate in Northfield, Mass. Sylmar resident Joaquin J. Herran has been promoted by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to the rank of captain in the Sheriff's Department. He and his wife, Cheryl, have been married 33 years and have two daughters, Dawn Marie and Wendy Shereen. Herran has been with the department since 1976. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: In between piano lessons and recitals, caring for his bedridden grandmother, editing the Burroughs High School yearbook and being a member of the National Honor Society, Anthony Allen Ramos of Burbank recently bowled a perfect 300 game at Pickwick Bowl. |
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