MERVYN'S WINS MEDIA EXCELLENCE AWARD.Byline: Tere Marshall Daily News Staff Writer Mervyn's California was honored for prominently featuring the disabled in its advertising campaigns at the An Affair of the Heart banquet hailing workers with disabilities and the employers who have given them the opportunity to show what they can accomplish. Valencia resident Greg Doran, Mervyn's district team leader, accepted the Media Excellence Award on behalf of Mervyn's at a recent ceremony. Other distinguished Partners in Possibilities were honored by the Lincoln Training Center, a vocational skills and job placement organization. Veteran television personality George Fischbeck Dr. George Fischbeck (born 1922) was a popular television weatherman on KOB-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico from the mid 1960s to early 1970s. In 1972 he moved to KABC-TV in Los Angeles, California, replacing Alan Sloane, where he became a staple on the station's Eyewitness News and Lillian Zacky, owner and radio spokeswoman for Zacky Farms, were featured at the banquet recognizing the center's more than 400 workers. The workers, all disabled, achieve on-the-job successes in spite of mental and physical challenges such as cerebral palsy cerebral palsy (sərē`brəl pôl`zē), disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control and coordination. , autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. and mental retardation mental retardation, below average level of intellectual functioning, usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75, combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. . The Lincoln Training Center is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1964 by a group of parents of the disabled to promote self-esteem and meaningful employment. What began as a small workshop for a handful of workers has today become a thriving corporation, training, with pay, more than 400 disabled from throughout California annually and fulfilling production contracts for 150 national and international companies. Lincoln programs include employment placement of qualified workers into jobs within their communities. Lincoln also has a production and manufacturing that is staffed by workers with disabilities. Here they also produce their own product - the LTC LTC abbr. lieutenant colonel Lancet lancet /lan·cet/ (lan´set) a small, pointed, two-edged surgical knife. lan·cet n. - an instrument used in taking blood samples. The lancets are used by the nation's Veterans Administration hospitals. For information, call the center (800) 949-4LTC. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Greg Doran of Mervyn's California, right, accepts an award at an event with George Fischbeck, Lillian Zacky and Adriana Persona persona /per·so·na/ (per-so´nah) [L.] in jungian psychology, the personality mask or facade presented by a person to the outside world, as opposed to the anima, the inner being. per·so·na n. . |
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