PALMDALE ALUMNS HONORED.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Seven Palmdale High School div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 20em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> '''Palmdale High School alumni were honored Sept. 19 at the school's first Alumni Hall of Fame induction. Each year the school will select five or more alumni in five categories: community services, visual and performing arts or journalism, government service, sports, and science or education The selected alumni were honored at a special ceremony and their names placed on the Hall of Fame wall. The first seven honorees are Michael Hingson for community service, Patrick Morris for science, James Ledford for government service, Raymond J. Monti for education, Kathy Kirk for visual arts, Robert Parris for community service, Wayne Boudreau for education and community service to the disabled and Randy Kutcher for sports. Hingson, who is blind, escaped from the World Trade Center with his guide dog on Sept. 11. He is being recognized for work with Guide Dogs for the Blind This article is about the guide dog school in the United States. For the British charitable organization, see The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Guide Dogs for the Blind . Morris is head veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. at the San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo One of the world's largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40. . Ledford has been mayor of Palmdale for six terms. Monti, who died this year, had worked with the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale for 29 years. Kirk has a 22-year career with Walt Disney Imagineering and is now president of her own company. Kutcher spent 13 years in professional baseball and 3 1/2 years in the major leagues. |
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