PACOIMA WOMAN CELEBRATES 71ST BIRTHDAY.Byline: -- Alejandro Guzman community reporter Pacoima resident and volunteer Thelma Baker celebrated her 71st birthday on Sunday, Feb. 18. Baker is a volunteer at the Alicia Broadus-Duncan Multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective Senior Center in Pacoima. She volunteers five days a week at the senior center, signing people in, working in the kitchen and preparing snacks. She says she likes to volunteer because she is used to a fast-paced life, having worked two 40-hour-a-week jobs in her younger days. And she refuses to be a wallflower wallflower, Mediterranean perennial (Cheiranthus cheiri) of the family Cruciferae (mustard family), particularly popular in Europe, where it flourishes on old walls. . "I can't just start sitting at home," Baker said. "I'm happy volunteering." She has lived in Pacoima since 1997, when she moved in with her daughter Karen. Remarkably, Baker has survived two cancers, colon and vaginal vag·i·nal adj. 1. Of or relating to the vagina. 2. Relating to or resembling a sheath. vaginal pertaining to the vagina, the tunica vaginalis testis, or to any sheath. . She considers herself fortunate that she has lived as long as she has. "I'm thankful that I've made it to 71," Baker said. Baker, born and raised in the Bronx, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , moved to 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. with her parents in 1948. Looking back, she does not miss the East Coast. She said it was too cold for her. "I don't like the snow," Baker said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Baker |
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