DEDICATED TO MOTHERHOOD; BANQUET HONORS 500 MOMS.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer She can swing, she can boogie, she can tango and line dance. But the shoes that Edith Resurreccion fills best are those of a mother, and Tuesday she and 500 other women were honored for that very reason. A petite and spry An application framework from Adobe for building rich Internet applications using HTML. Spry takes the tedium out of writing AJAX code and also includes routines for creating animation effects and building widgets. For more information, visit http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry. 68, Resurreccion spent her lunch hour twirling Twirling is any of several artforms, hobbies, or sport and recreational activities accomplished by spinning or rotating the twirled object either for exercise, or in a rhythmic, or otherwise artful manner. across the dance floor of the Friendship Hall in Los Feliz where the third annual International Mother's Day Festival was held. The mothers were driven in by bus from dozens of senior citizen centers across the city for the luncheon, organized by the 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. Department of Aging and various other agencies. ``Being a mother is a noble job,'' said Resurreccion, of Los Angeles, whose three grown children pursued careers as a doctor, engineer and a nurse. ``It's a fulfillment of our being. If I'm able to raise my children in a good way, it's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. .'' The luncheon brought together mothers of all ethnicities and backgrounds for an occasion where the elderly are sometimes forgotten, said Scott Suh, master of ceremonies. ``We believe the mother is the most important person in the family, especially for senior citizens who are often overlooked on Mother's Day,'' said Suh, vice president of Civil Society, a Korean and African-American coalition that also sponsored the event. Senior centers and Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members selected 15
women to receive special recognition for their dedication as mothers and
volunteers.
They included a Puerto Rican Puer·to Ri·co Abbr. PR or P.R. A self-governing island commonwealth of the United States in the Caribbean Sea east of Hispaniola. mother of 10, a Japanese-Hawaiian mother who single-handedly raised four sons after her husband died and a Korean mother who raised five doctors. Myrlee Chandler, 72, an African-American nurse who now volunteers with numerous groups including a teen parents advisory committee, was one of those honorees. ``Being a mother, you have someone you can depend on, your children,'' said Chandler, of Los Angeles. ``They can do things for you and you can do things for them.'' Other mothers chosen for the special honors included Lillian Harrow, Amelia Rodriguez, Marie T. Koga, Kyu Chull Hong, Martha Strauss, Loice Brown, Jenny Jenkins, Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Fenton and Grace Williams Grace Mary Williams (February 19, 1906 - February 10, 1977) was a Welsh composer. Biography Born in Barry, Wales, she was educated at Barry County School, and won a scholarship to University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. . CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1 -- 2) Agnes Cooper dances with Roger Sardea during Tuesday's Mother's Day luncheon in Los Angeles. Evan Yee/Daily News |
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