COUPLE GIVES $1 MILLION FOR CIVIC ARTS PLAZA THEATER.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer The 400-seat Forum Theatre at the Civic Arts Plaza will be renamed in honor of Janet and Ray Scherr after the Westlake Village couple donated $1 million to the Alliance for the Arts. The Scherrs made the second-largest individual donation ever received by the alliance, which now needs less than $1 million more to reach its 1998 fund-raising goal of $15 million. Fred Kavli Fred Kavli, b. 1927, is a naturalized American physicist, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist. Born in the village of Eresfjord, Nesset municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. previously donated $2.5 million to name the 1,800-seat main theater, and George and Diane Jones gave $500,000 to name the reflecting pool
A reflecting pool is a structure often used in memorials. It generally consists of a shallow pool of water, usually quite calm. . Patricia Moore, executive director of the alliance, said she gave the Scherrs a tour of the Civic Arts Plaza earlier this month and pointed out features that major donors would be asked to name. ``By the time we walked back to my office, they had decided what they wanted,'' Moore said. ``I think they just liked it. They fell in love with it.'' Moore said she was astonished a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. when the Scherrs announced their $1 million donation for the Forum Theatre. ``I was very stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. , very happy,'' she said. ``You want to start jumping up and down, but you want to be professional.'' Ray Scherr is the former owner of the Guitar Center music store chain and founder of Hollywood Rock Hollywood Rock was a music festival which took place in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, from 1988 to 1996. The festival was sponsored and organised by the Souza Cruz tobacco company, owners of the Hollywood cigarette brand. Walk. He and his wife also donated money to help buy land for Temple Beth Haverim in Agoura Hills, and the Scherrs are long-time donors to the United Jewish Federation A Jewish Federation is a confederation of various Jewish social agencies, volunteer programs, educational bodies, and related organizations, found within most cities in North America that host a viable Jewish community. . ``They've been our most generous benefactor,'' said Rabbi Gershon Johnson. ``They are people who not only contribute money, but contribute time and help and support. . . . They really care.'' |
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