PARTY LINES : SEEING THE SERIOUS SIDE OF LADIES WHO LUNCH.Byline: Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. Daily News Fashion Editor Ladies' luncheons have always gotten a bad rap. Some folks believe the ladies who lunch Ladies who lunch is a phrase to describe well-off women who meet for lunch socially, normally during the working week. Typically, the women involved are married and non-working. Normally the lunch is in a restaurant, perhaps in a department store during shopping. do nothing but share names of cosmetic surgeons and talk about the latest fashions. It's not true. They get a lot accomplished over their iced teas and chicken salads. At the newly formed Council of the Children's Burn Foundation luncheon Thursday at the Bistro Garden at Coldwater in Studio City, the table talk was all about the Grossman Burn Center, a part of the Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks Hopital (SOH) is an 153 bed acute care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, USA and is home of world renowned the Grossman Burn Center. SOH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. and Health Center. The group toured the facilities, then met at the restaurant for an educational, eye-opening, heart-wrenching program on children and burn abuse, led by Drs. Matt Young and Linda Garcia, and Deputy District Attorney Brenda Burns After graduating from Wright State University in Ohio with highest honors in 1987, Brenda Burns began her journalism career as a stringer with the Urbana (Ohio) Daily Citizen. She became a full-time member of the staff at The Citizen in 1992. . According to Young, a pediatrician at the burn center, child abuse by burning - mostly by immersion in scalding scalding plunging of pig or poultry carcasses into very hot water to facilitate scraping and dehairing and plucking. Chicken scalding water is 130°F for broilers (larger birds higher) applied for 1 to 2 minutes. Modern pig abattoirs use steam at 144 to 147°F for about 3 minutes. hot water. It is most often inflicted on children younger than 3 by young mothers or their boyfriends. Members, including Diane Morton and Thelma Huston, talked about what they'd seen and how shocked they were that this is increasing in 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. . Genevieve McSweeney of Calabasas said she had no idea that scalding was so prevalent and quickly signed up to help teach others how to recognize the signs of child abuse. Nancy Mishkis, a local sculptor, said the program was depressing, but she walked away feeling there was hope for children with the new form of skin grafting Skin Grafting Definition Skin grafting is a surgical procedure by which skin or skin substitute is placed over a burn or non-healing wound to permanently replace damaged or missing skin or provide a temporary wound covering. without scarring. The event was organized by council president Carol Mancino of West Los Angeles
CAPTION(S): 7 Photos Photo: (1) Schmoozing at the First Lady of California Awards in Burbank on Thursday are Heather Henkel, left, with honorees Gloria Deukmejian and Everett Durfee. Awards were given by the Volunteer Center in Panorama City. Also honored at the luncheon at the Burbank Airport Hilton Hotel were Vickie Johnson, Roy Wagner and Victor Rios. The event was sponsored by J.C. Penney, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. and Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. . Tom Mendoza/Daily News (2) Monica Heidt, left, congratulates her dad, Horace Heidt, one of five Fernando Award nominees at the Valley Cultural Center gala at the Warner Center Marriott Hotel in Woodland Hills. With them is David DeFore, president of the Valley Cultural Center, who paid tribute to the center's executive director, Marilyn Hankins, who said she plans to retire after the Nov. 15 Fernando Awards. David Crane/Daily News (3) Getting into the spirit of the '20s-themed murder mystery party to benefit the Dudley House Historical Society are Jeff Brinkman, Glenda Jackson and Brynda Pizana. The party at the historic farmhouse was the setting for ``murder,'' and guests helped follow clues and red herrings with the police to solve the case. The next fund-raiser for Dudley House will be a Victorian holiday boutique Nov. 28-30. For more information on the historical society, call (805) 642-7664. Carol Bidwell/Daily News (4) Chatting at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. After his death the Southern California Symphony Association was formed in 1934 to sponsor the orchestra. opening-night gala are conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and event chairmen Fran and Stan Margulies. The party took place in a huge tent on the Music Center plaza, which was transformed into a '30s supper club by designer David Tutera. (5) Among the many Hollywood celebs attending the L.A. Philharmonic opening night were Susan Blakely, producer Barney Rosenzweig and Sharon Gless. The event raised $450,000 for the orchestra's education and community programs. (6) Helping raise $144,000 for Glendale Adventist Medical Center's new maternity and outpatient surgery center were actress Barbara Billingsley, left, with master of ceremonies Dick Van Patten Dick Van Patten (born December 9, 1928 in New York City, New York) is an American actor. Dick Van Patten is the son of Josephine Rose Acerno and Richard Byron Van Patten. He is the older brother of actress Joyce Van Patten and the uncle of Talia Balsam. , author Jeraldine Saunders and hospital foundation president Chris Murray. More than 700 guests attended the Oct. 13 fashion show and luncheon at the Red Lion Hotel in Glendale. (7) Dressed in a turn-of-the-century costume, Zelda Gilbert, faculty dean of Woodbury University in Burbank, greets honorees Leonie and Leonis Malburg and Patte Barham Boyne, whose father was the publisher of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. Leonis Malburg is a descendant of Miguel Leonis, who built the Leonis Adobe historic monument in Calabasas. The annual Founder's Day celebration on the campus of the 113-year-old school honored families and businesses of old Los Angeles. Lee Salem/Special to the Daily News |
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