COMMUNITY NEWS GENSLEYS HONORED AT EVENT.CALABASAS - The contributions of the late John and Juliana Gensley were marked Saturday as part of the 10-year anniversary of Soka University Soka University (創価大学, Sōka Daigaku) is a private university located in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. The school was founded in 1969 and opened to undergraduate students in 1971 and opened a graduate school in 1975. of America's Botanical Research Center and Nursery. The Gensleys, who helped establish the nature walk program at the university in 1990, had been honored by the university in naming the John and Juliana Gensley Native Garden for them. Saturday's commemoration included guided tours of the Gensley demonstration garden, a garden exchange and backyard sale, music and a lecture by ethno-botanist Richard Bugbee on the interaction of indigenous people and local plants. Four generations of the Gensley clan had been expected to attend the celebration of the longtime Calabasas couple, who were known as preservationists, and academic, human rights and environmental champions. ``It (was) an opportunity to celebrate the integrity of their contributions, and their unparalleled academic and street-smart wisdom to preserve and celebrate our earth and to protect our historical and cultural heritage,'' wrote daughter Robin Gensley Mitchell. TUJUNGA - Teachers and staff of Our Lady of Lourdes The apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes began when Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year old peasant girl from Lourdes, when questioned by her mother, admitted that she had seen a "lady" in the cave of Massabielle, about a mile from the town, on 11 February, 1858, while she was gathering School in Tujunga raised more than $4,000 for research on reflex neurovascular dystrophy by running and walking in the L.A. Marathon's 5-K event. The effort was undertaken on behalf of Danika Fill-Hudalla, a seventh- grader at the school, who is being treated for the amplified pain syndrome at Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. in Philadelphia. NEWBURY PARK - The National Park Service will honor Chumash tribe leader Charlie Cooke The term Charlie Cooke can refer to:
or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. Culture Center at Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa in Newbury Park. Cooke has contributed more than 25 years of public service to the community and National Park Service. In addition to honoring him, the event will celebrate a new year of activities at the culture center, which Cooke was instrumental in establishing. The celebration begins at 10 a.m. with music, tributes to Cooke and a tree dedication. That will be followed at 11:15 a.m. by a short hike, led by Cook, to mark the spring equinox equinox (ē`kwĭnŏks), either of two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect. The vernal equinox, also known as "the first point of Aries," is the point at which the sun appears to cross the . At 2 p.m., guests are invited to create gourd gourd (gôrd, g  rd), common name for some members of the Cucurbitaceae, a family of plants whose range includes all tropical and subtropical areas and extends into the temperate zones. ornaments with artist Nadiya Littlewarrior. For more information, call (805) 370-2329. |
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