FERNANDO FINALISTS NAMED FIVE GIVE FROM HEART TO VALLEY.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer Five longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective community volunteers were named as finalists Thursday for the 46th annual Fernando Award, the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's most prestigious award for community service. Jill Banks Barad, Karl Boeckmann, Dorothy Jean Jauck, J. Richard Leyner and William F. Powers Jr. were selected from a field of 10 nominees at the Jesse F. McHam Fernando Nomination Luncheon. The finalists will be honored at a gala dinner Nov. 5, when the winner will be announced. The award, which was created in 1958, is named for a fictitious Based upon a fabrication or pretense. A fictitious name is an assumed name that differs from an individual's actual name. A fictitious action is a lawsuit brought not for the adjudication of an actual controversy between the parties but merely for the purpose of American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. hero who symbolizes the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . ``These people do not get paid. They give wisdom, wealth and work,'' said Gloria Pollack pollack: see cod. pollack or pollock Either of two commercially important North Atlantic species of food fish in the cod family (Gadidae). , president of the Fernando Award Foundation Inc. ``It's more important than ever today, because there's a generation that seems to have lost the idea of being a community servant,'' Pollack added, noting that many organizations lack volunteers in their 30s and 40s. The finalists said they were honored to be considered, but called themselves just a small sampling of many dedicated volunteers in the area. ``You don't do this because you want to win a Fernando Award,'' said Leyner, 67, of Northridge. ``You do it to be a part of the community.'' Leyner is chairman of the Child Development Institute and the Encino Business Improvement District, a board member of the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley and New Directions for Youth, and president of the Encino Neighborhood Council. ``It's all given from the heart,'' said Boeckmann, 68, of Encino. ``None of it is done for self-recognition. It's just what we are.'' Boeckmann is active in associations that include the Juvenile Justice Connection Project, Goodwill Industries, New Directions for Youth, Childhelp USA, the John Wayne Cancer Institute and the National Diabetes Association. ``It's a great honor to be a volunteer,'' said Jauck, 72, of West Hills. ``You're working with people, and you gain from that.'' Jauck, a board member of the Canoga Park/West Hills Chamber of Commerce, is also active with the Guadalupe Community Center, Canoga-Owensmouth Historical Society and Friends of the Madrid Theater. ``This is an acknowledgment acknowledgment, in law, formal declaration or admission by a person who executed an instrument (e.g., a will or a deed) that the instrument is his. The acknowledgment is made before a court, a notary public, or any other authorized person. from the community for the work we do when we volunteer,'' said Powers, 58, of Chatsworth. Powers is an attorney and businessman who has served with the Chatsworth/Porter Ranch and United chambers of commerce, the Valley Cultural Center, Meet Each Need with Dignity, the Northridge-Chatsworth Rotary Club and Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment em·pow·er tr.v. em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers 1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize. 2. . ``It's an honor to be recognized by your peers,'' added Barad of Sherman Oaks. Barad chairs the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. . Her other volunteer work includes serving on the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council, the Sherman Oaks and Studio City chambers City Chambers can refer to:
Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The five nominees for the annual Fernando Award, the Valley's top honor for community service, gather Thursday. From left are Karl Boeckmann, Jill Banks Barad, J. Richard Leyner, Dorothy Jean Jauck and William F. Powers Jr. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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