EVENT SINGLES OUT AGOURA HILLS HEROES.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer Students honored teachers, children honored their parents, and community members admired the work of others during the first community heroes brunch Sunday afternoon. It was what Kelly Smith Kelly Smith (born 29 October 1978 in Watford) is an English football player who currently plays in England for Arsenal Ladies. Previously, she was the only English player to play in the Women's United Soccer Association, the former professional women's league in the United States. , an Agoura High School Agoura High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Agoura Hills, California, United States. It is the largest high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District, with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. senior, had envisioned when he began planning Heroes In Our Own Back Yard to celebrate residents' personal heroes. Smith invited several former teachers to the event at the Canyon Club, which was intended to raise money for an Agoura High scholarship. But in the end, Smith too was recognized as a hero. ``This is a profound event. This is something we're always going to remember,'' said Paula Phillips, a Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. resident who was honored for her work with children. ``And this one boy decided he was going to do it, and he did. . . . Today, Kelly's my hero.'' Smith began thinking about heroes when he was working on an eighth-grade commencement speech A commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions. and realized that it was everyday people - not celebrities - who had made a difference in his life. As Smith's high school graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. approached, he decided to honor the people he admired before leaving for college. Guest speakers Dick Wimmer, a novelist; Ed Corridori, an Agoura Hills city councilman and small-business owner; and Glenda Broughton, an educational services representative for the Daily News, also spoke of their heroes. ``There are heroes in popular culture who are fun, but not real,'' Corridori said. ``I see people in this room who have risked their lives for this country. For them, it was just a matter of course. . . . Heroism Heroism See also Bravery. Achilles Greek hero without whom Troy could not have been taken. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Aeneas Trojan hero; legendary founder of Roman race. [Rom. Lit. is a result of courage, not talent.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Kelly Smith and his fifth-grade teacher Aiko Schick attend the Heroes In Our Own Back Yard event Sunday in Agoura Hills. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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