PARTY LINES : SPIRIT AWARD GIVEN TO NUN FOR 3 DECADES OF CARING FOR OTHERS.Byline: Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. At the 12th annual Spirit of Life Awards dinner at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , guests were entertained by the choir from the hit movie ``Sister Act,'' and the honoree was a nun. Santa Marta Hospital Foundation chairman Michael O'Flaherty of Westlake Village presented the 5-pound Lalique crystal trophy to 60-year-old Sister Guadalupe Alicia Guarneros at the Jan. 16 event for her unselfish devotion to the poor and needy of East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. and her 33 years of service to the hospital as a nurse, assistant administrator, president and parish health coordinator. She thanked the 350 people in the audience, adding, ``You have helped to make me who I am.'' The black-tie gala, which raised $180,000 for the hospital, featured a mariachi band, a grilled salmon dinner and dancing to the Ray Moshay Orchestra, according to dinner chairman Father Donald Merrifield of Loyola Marymount University. Members of the Los Angeles Dodgers "Dodgers" and "Brooklyn Dodgers" redirect here. For the American football team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). For the Eastern Basketball Association team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball). organization, a past recipient, assisted as honorary chairmen. Associated Retirees of California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. welcomed new officers and honored outstanding volunteers at a swanky swank·y adj. swank·i·er, swank·i·est Swank. swank  i·ly adv.swank luncheon Thursday at Chez chez prep. At the home of; at or by. [French, from Old French, from Latin casa, cottage, hut.] chez prep at the home of [French] Sateau restaurant in Arcadia. Installed were president Joe Koukol of Los Angeles; vice president Pat Guernsey of La Canada; treasurer Bob Steinbacher of Altadena and secretary Pat McLeod of La Crescenta. Service awards were presented to Herman Bank of Altadena; Fran Barnard of Flintridge; Dean Deardorff of La Canada; Elsie and George McCarten of Glendale and Marj Winslow of La Crescenta. Oscar night is coming up. The stars are already shopping for gowns, and Five Acres Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles is making plans for its annual gala called Night at the Academy Awards. The event, which has raised more than $220,000 for the treatment of abused children, will be held March 23 at Twin Palms restaurant in Pasadena, according to chairwoman Christine Davis. For tickets call (626) 798-6793. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Betty and Joel Freeman of Van Nuys congratulate Sister Guadalupe Guarneros at Santa Marta Hospital's 12th annual Life Spirit awards dinner Jan. 16 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. (2) Making plans for the fourth annual Night at the Academy Awards are chairwoman Christine Davis, left, and Toni Bird. The event benefits Five Acres, the Altadena center for abused children. |
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