DARCY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT; COUNCIL TERM ENDS IN 2002.Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer Jo Anne Darcy is winding down. The three-time city mayor, 12-year councilwoman and senior field deputy for county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San will retire in April from the county job she's held for the last 20 years, Darcy said Tuesday. And her current four-year City Council term that expires in 2002 will be her last, Darcy said, noting that she will not seek a consecutive mayoral run when the council reorganizes its leadership Tuesday night. ``It would have to be something very unusual and special to make me stay in the public light after that,'' said Darcy, 68, whose involvement in politics, civic and nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. spans 30 years. She added, ``If I do come back to do anything in a few years, it might be in some part-time job for the county, but that'd be it.'' ``When I was first elected, one of my commitments was to appoint field deputies who really knew their communities and could represent their needs,'' Antonovich said Tuesday. ``She's going to be sorely sore·ly adv. 1. Painfully; grievously. 2. Extremely; greatly: Their skills were sorely needed. missed. . . . I personally appreciated her strong leadership and her willingness to burn the candles at both ends. Whether it was 7 a.m. or 7 p.m., she never missed a meeting.'' A desire to spend more time with family and her own personal life solidified so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. her decision to retire from her $66,000-per-year county job this year, said Darcy, a widow of eight years with four grown children, seven grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. and one great-grandchild. ``It got to the point where my son broke his back and I had to juggle everything just to be able to see him at the hospital,'' said Darcy, who rises before dawn each day and often returns home near midnight. ``I have plenty of energy - that's not a problem at all - and I'm healthy. But you start to ask yourself, `How much longer can I do this?' '' It's been years since her personal time consisted of more than a few stolen moments wedged wedged - 1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help. This is different from having crashed. If the system has crashed, it has become totally non-functioning. If the system is wedged, it is trying to do something but cannot make progress; it may be capable of doing a few between scheduled appointments, seminars, study sessions and meetings. Whatever little personal time she has left is consumed con·sume v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. reading through volumes of documents, studies, reports, findings and letters from citizens, she said. ``I have another great-grandchild on the way and I want to be able to spend more time with (family,) more than just the holidays,'' she said. Besides spending more time with family, Darcy's retirement plans include traveling to historical destinations throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. with her new companion. (Declining to name him, she revealed only that he makes her ``feel like the most important person in the world.'') She also plans on taking up some old hobbies It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of hobbies. , like ``crafting funny little things,'' as well as taking up a new art like painting. ``I also want to clean out my garage - finally - and have my house painted. Those are things you just never seem to find time to do,'' Darcy said. |
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