FERNANDO FINALISTS SELECTED; 5 ACTIVIST BUSINESS LEADERS IN RUNNING FOR '97 AWARD.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer They are among the most energetic, compulsive com·pul·sive adj. Caused or conditioned by compulsion or obsession. n. A person with behavior patterns governed by a compulsion. compulsive the state of being subject to compulsion. volunteers in the Valley. They belong to dozens of associations, committees and clubs. They fight crime, organize concerts and pageants, and raise money for local causes, all while holding down day jobs. Five community leaders were named Friday as finalists for the 1997 Fernando Award, the Valley's highest honor for volunteers. And for the first time in the award's 39-year history, organizers also granted a scholarship to a local high school graduate already hooked on volunteering. The award finalists are Kenneth C. Banks Jr., an insurance broker; Horace H. Heidt, president of an apartment complex agency and an entertainment consultant; Walter W. Mosher A mosher is a person who is crossed between goth/punk/skater they have long hair and listen to music like slipknot and metal music. Some people call them headbangers. At certain music shows they have something called a mosh pit, basically its a fight pit with loads of people bashing each other. Jr., founder and president of Precision Dynamics Corp.; Philip A. ``Flip'' Smith, owner of Flip's Tire Center; and Terry York, owner of the Terry York Automotive Group car dealerships This article is about car dealerships. For the indie pop band, see Dealership (band). A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new cars and/or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or . ``They serve the community out of love, not for recognition,'' said former Fernando Award winner Fred Thomas Fred Thomas can refer to:
This year's award winner will be announced Nov. 7. Several finalists said Friday that they got involved simply because they saw, in the community around them, tasks that needed to be done. Smith organized a series of ``business watches,'' groups of merchants brought together to combat graffiti and crime. The idea came to him after watching the neighborhood around his tire store deteriorate. ``I'd been on the same street for years, and it was going downhill,'' he said. The approach, involving businessmen with their neighbors and local police, worked. Smith is now trying to interest others in starting more of the groups. ``I have the formula,'' he said. ``If they've got the manpower, we can implement it.'' York, who has worked with the YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. , the Lions Club, the Cancer Society's Design House Project and several chambers of commerce, said volunteerism becomes a kind of habit after a while. ``You get involved, and your friends are all involved,'' he said. He gives his time, he said, out of a sense of gratitude. ``I've done real well in the community and, yeah, this is a way to give something back. At 17, volunteerism already has become a big part of scholarship-winner Jennifer Schlesinger's life. While still at North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. , she delivered meals to home-bound AIDS patients and worked with the homeless. She volunteers, she said, because she's lousy lous·y adj. lous·i·er, lous·i·est 1. Infested with lice. 2. Extremely contemptible; nasty: a lousy trick. 3. at sports or the arts. ``I have no real talents or hobbies - it's true!'' she said. ``I thought, `If I can't play an instrument, if I can't do sports, I can help others.' '' Schlesinger received $1,000 for tuition at the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , where she will start her freshman year Monday. Schlesinger doesn't plan to stop volunteering at school. ``I've been kind of 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. clubs to join in Berkeley,'' she said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Community leaders, from left, Terry York, Kenneth C. Banks Jr., Philip A. ``Flip'' Smith, Walter Smith, (Walter Wellesley) “Red” (1905–82) journalist; born in Green Bay, Wis. Hired away from the Philadelphia Record in 1945 by the New York Herald Tribune, he became a widely syndicated sports columnist with a national reputation. W. Mosher Jr. and Horace H. Heidt are finalists for the Fernando Award, given each year to the Valley's most active volunteer. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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