DAILY NEWS PEOPLE : DENNIS CHURCHILL.Byline: - Holly Andres Dennis Churchill is a volunteer with the California Emergency Mobile Search and Rescue Team and a reserve officer with the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . Time Warner recognized his many years of community volunteerism with its 17th annual Andrew Heiskell Community Service Award. Churchill, along with eight other Time Warner employees around the country, were honored with the award at a luncheon in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. last month. Age: 55. RESIDENCE: North Hollywood. BORN AND RAISED IN: North Hollywood. OCCUPATION: Churchill is a negative cutter for Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television is the television production and distribution arm of Time Warner's Warner Bros. Entertainment and The CW Television Network (in which Warner has a 50% ownership stake). . He has been in the film business for 20 years. MARITAL STATUS marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. : Single. CHILDREN: Two daughters, Christa and Jennifer. VOLUNTEERISM: In the course of volunteering with the Search and Rescue Team, Churchill helped to retrieve bodies trapped in the Northridge Meadows Apartments after the Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. . He also searched for lost children, rescued hikers at Stoney Point Stoney Point may refer to:
In August, Churchill will step into a new position of reserve park ranger at O'Melveny Park. As an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. reserve officer, he works at least two eight-hour shifts every month. ``The reserve officers go out in the field with mobile jails consisting of two buses that house an office and a detention area. After the officers make an arrest, they bring them to us and we book them.'' Churchill also has worked in the Van Nuys division booking suspects. He got his feet wet in police work in an ``eyes and ears'' group that went into high crime areas to look for illegal activity. HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED?: ``I went to an air show at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. in 1986. The California Emergency Mobile Patrol Inc. had a display up for recruiting volunteers. C.E.M.P. has been around since 1962. It's an all-volunteer group. It sounded like something fun to do. I've always liked being outdoors, so that was a natural choice for someone like me to volunteer for. I've been volunteering with the Immediate Booking and Release System (IBARS IBARS Immediate Booking And Release System (LAPD) ) since 1987. In 1995, I went to the Police Academy for a three-month training class to become a reserve officer.'' WHY DO YOU VOLUNTEER?: ``I just get a feeling that I've put something back into the community. I know I'm helping the community. When the parents or family members of those I've helped to rescue say thanks, that's a real good feeling.'' BIGGEST DILEMMA: ``The biggest dilemma I have is finding the time to do all that I want to do.'' BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: ``The biggest disappointment I've had is when I'm out with the Search and Rescue Team and we don't find who we're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. alive. When I helped pull bodies out of the Northridge Meadows Apartments after the Northridge Earthquake, that was a heartbreaking experience.'' GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: ``The greatest accomplishment is when I've helped in finding somebody alive.'' GOALS FOR THE FUTURE: ``I've had a pretty good life. I try to be an upstanding citizen. I'd like to continue doing what I'm doing. When I set goals, I try to meet or exceed them.'' HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS?: ``Basically I think that if you set a goal, big or small, and if you meet or exceed your goal, you have success. I feel that I'm successful. I pay my bills, I have a good job, and I'm able to help out my community.'' FAVORITE VALLEY HANGOUTS: ``I like to be out amongst nature. My favorite places are any of the local mountain parks, like O'Melveny Park or Chatsworth Park.'' FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: ``My favorite activity is camping. But I'm a big movie fan. I've seen everything out now. I like action pictures the most.'' HOBBIES: ``I'm really into computer stuff. I find videotaping to be fun also.'' WHAT WOULD BE A PERFECT DAY FOR YOU?: ``A perfect day for me would be to go camping with my friends. The perfect place would be the Piute Mountains near Sequoia National Forest Sequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The national forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia trees which populate 38 groves within the boundaries of the forest; the Giant Sequoia National Monument is also located within the , up near Lake Isabella. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Dennis Churchill Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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