CLUB EVENT RAISES FUNDS, LAUGHS.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer NEWHALL - A little bit of laughter is going a long way. J.R.'s Comedy Club on Friday gave Fire Station 73 a check for $1,555 - recently raised during a Sept. 11 fund-raiser that will help the fire station upgrade some medical equipment. Borrowing from the last recorded words of Todd Beamer Todd Morgan Beamer (November 24, 1968 – September 11, 2001) was a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 and a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Beamer attended Los Gatos High School, Wheaton Academy, DePaul University, California State University, Fresno before he and other passengers attempted to reclaim United Airlines Flight 93 from hijackers, Randy Lubas, the club's owner, staged a night of comedy called ``Let's Roll The catchphrase "let's roll" has been used extensively as a term to move and start an activity, attack, mission or project. For a period of time after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the phrase in the United States came to symbolize heroism and initiative in a tough situation. with Laughter'' on Sept. 11. ``I wanted to do something positive, and I thought that after the moments of silence and the memorial services, and all the television coverage, that people would need a diversion that evening,'' Lubas said. The show featured 11 comedians, including eight from the 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. , who volunteered their talents. Greg Morin, owner of Marie Callender's where J.R.'s is located, also donated 50 percent of food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. proceeds for the evening. Fire Chiefs Mike Singer and Larry Hambleton were on hand to accept the donation, which Lubas requested be used to upgrade the station's defibrillator defibrillator, device that delivers an electrical shock to the heart in order to stop certain forms of rapid heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). The shock changes a fibrillation to an organized rhythm or changes a very rapid and ineffective cardiac rhythm to a system. ``My father's life was saved by a defibrillator,'' Lubas said. Lubas' father died 3 1/2 years ago, just as he was opening the club, but the defibrillator extended his life for seven years. While most of the donations after Sept. 11 went to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Lubas wanted to keep the proceeds from the comedy show in his own community. ``It's great to see the community coming together to do something,'' said Inspector Kurt Schaefer of the L.A. County Fire Department. ``The Santa Clarita Valley has always been a very supportive community for its firefighters.'' |
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