GROUP HITS ROAD FOR BURN VICTIMS; FIREFIGHTERS LEAD SOUTHLAND EFFORT.Byline: Tracy Valeri Daily News Staff Writer A caravan caravan, group of travelers or merchants banded together and organized for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or hostile country. of 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. firefighters, including burn survivors Bill Jensen and Scott French from the Glendale Fire Department, has been traveling the Southland south·land or South·land n. A region in the south of a country or an area. south  land·er n.Noun 1. this week raising funds for burn victims. The group made a stop at the Rose Bowl on Thursday to pick up Jensen and his wife, Sue. The group, calling itself the Firefighters Quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the Burn Survivors, is attempting to raise money for the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks and the Children's Burn Foundation. ``Burn survivors need a lot of care and often don't have the insurance needed to cover medical necessities,'' said Tom Propst, Quest organizer. ``We wanted to get the community involved in assisting burn survivors and their families.'' The effort will culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. at 5 p.m. Saturday when a check will be presented to Dr. A. Richard Grossman Richard Grossman is the former co-director of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD). He is co-author of Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation. He lectures widely on issues of corporate power, law and democracy. for the Grossman Burn Center and Children's Burn Foundation at the Verdugo Muster at Brookside Park, next to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. In the four-day caravan, the Quest team departed from the Glendale Fire Station 21 and traveled to various fire stations in Los Angeles to collect donations. Bert Boeckmann, owner and president of Galpin Ford, hosted a dinner for members of the caravan after the first day of the quest. ``I'm proud of the outstanding work they do,'' Boeckmann said. ``Firefighters work so closely that they develop a unique and special bond. They are supportive of one another, and they make people feel good.'' When Jensen was badly burned in the Malibu-Calabasas fire in October, Boeckmann was among those moved by the firefighter's courage and will to survive. Galpin Ford of North Hills presented him with a new sky-blue Ford pickup Pickup A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup." Notes: When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their when he was released from the Grossman Burn Center. Boeckmann also presented a $1,000 donation at the outset of the ``Quest.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Bill Jensen, badly burned fighting a wildfire, is helping to raise funds for other burn victims. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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