DAILY NEWS PEOPLE : ANNELIE M.L. BLINN.Annelie Blinn of Encino is not your typical volunteer. Yes, she does do local things to help out her community. She has participated in AIDS Walk AIDS Walk is a walkathon fundraiser that raises money to combat the AIDS epidemic. The funds raised from AIDS Walks usually benefit a local AIDS service organization (such as Gay Men's Health Crisis or the AIDS Project Los Angeles), which provide services and advocacy for local Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , worked with the Swedish Women and Education Association, and helped out in the library at Portola Middle School and Lanai Lanai (lənī`), island, 141 sq mi (365 sq km), central Hawaii, W of Maui island across the Auau Channel; Mt. Lanaihale (3,370 ft/1,027 m) is the island's highest point. For many years the island was used for sugarcane raising and cattle grazing. Road Elementary School elementary school: see school. . But what she loves to do - and has done since 1988 - is spend several months in Tanzania, Africa, helping the women of the Masai tribe. ``I love the people and the country,'' Blinn says. She teaches them about hygiene, physiology and self-examination methods. She also serves as a liaison between the men and the women, cleans wounds and burns, gets medication from town, provides first aid, teaches English and more. AGE: 52. RESIDENCE: Encino. BORN AND RAISED IN: Born in Sonla, Sweden; moved to Studio City in 1967. OCCUPATION: An investor in a Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. business management company. MARITAL STATUS marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. : Divorced. CHILDREN: Two children, Chris and Anneliese. BIGGEST DILEMMA: ``Leaving my children in the States for (a long) amount of time.'' MOST DIFFICULT DAILY TASK: ``In Africa, it is getting from place to place in the rainy rain·y adj. rain·i·er, rain·i·est Characterized by, full of, or bringing rain. rain  i·ness n.Adj. season. (Traveling) across rivers (that are) very thick and muddy.'' FAVORITE DAILY TASK: ``I love reading, working on the computer and being with my children and friends.'' GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: ``My kids. I have two wonderful, terrific children. I can always count on them, and I consider them my greatest accomplishment.'' GOALS FOR THE FUTURE: ``To travel more to different areas and include my children.'' WHO DO YOU RELY ON?: ``Both my children. We are very close, and they help me out.'' ROLE MODELS: ``My parents. They were also travelers. They gave me a strong background, strength, taught me to be aggressive, strong and to be in good shape.'' HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS?: ``Accomplishing what you set your goals to be without hurting other people. And being happy and content.'' DO YOU HAVE ANY GUILTY PLEASURES?: ``Being away from my children. My work down there (in Africa) requires me to be down there three months. I do love it.'' FAVORITE HANGOUTS: ``Colorado Boulevard Colorado Boulevard (or Colorado Street) is a major east-west street in Southern California, United States. It runs from Griffith Park in Los Angeles east through Glendale, the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Arcadia, ending in Monrovia. in Pasadena. You've got all the restaurants, and it has the artist-in-the-streets feeling.'' Also as part of the Swedish Women and Education Association, Blinn participates in Swedish gatherings and meets her friends at their homes. FAVORITE FOODS: Sushi. FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: ``Traveling, camping, road trips with my family, skiing, photography and flying.'' WHAT MAGAZINES DO YOU READ?: Newsweek, Life, People, and Colored Stones. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?: Instructional Swahili books to brush up to paint, or make clean or bright with a brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew. See also: Brush on the language. LAST MOVIES YOU SAW: ``The English Patient'' and ``Evita.'' FAVORITE TV SHOWS: ``Anything on Discovery, the Learning Channel, `Dateline NBC' and `20/20.' '' WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?: ``Pop music on KBIG (103.4).'' WHAT WOULD BE A PERFECT DAY FOR YOU?: ``I would spend it with my children, having lunch and dinner with them, and then going to Death Valley.'' WHERE DO YOU GO TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?: ``I go on a peaceful drive out to the beach and watch the ocean.'' YOUR IDEA OF A PERFECT VACATION: ``Going to Alaska to photograph the polar and grizzly bears grizzly bear or grizzly, large, powerful North American brown bear, characterized by gray-streaked, or grizzled, fur. Grizzlies are 6 to 8 ft (180–250 cm) long, stand 3 1-2 to 4 ft (105–120 cm) at the humped shoulder, and weigh up to . I would see whatever happens from there.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Annelie M.L. Blinn Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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