QUEEN OF THE MALL WALKER, 93, HONORED AT SENIOR DAY.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - A 93-year-old retired high school teacher was crowned Queen for a Day at the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Mall's Senior Day. The honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. was a surprise, but Mila Gorney said she became suspicious when she spotted her son at the mall, and didn't buy his story that he had driven in from Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. to go shopping. ``When I saw him I said, something is going on,'' she said. Senior Day organizer Raedell Simon said Gorney was honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. as the oldest participant in the mall's daily ``mallwalker'' program, in which the mall opens its doors to let senior citizens - and others - exercise by making circuits of the mall corridors. ``We chose the oldest person who walks in the mall,'' Simon said. Gorney says she has been walking at the mall for about four years and does a couple miles a day. Her son, Don, a runner himself, got her interested in walking for exercise. A Palmdale resident since 1957, Gorney taught at 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 until 1975. After retiring, she filled in as a substitute teacher until 1990. Tuesday was the mall's fifth Senior Day, which offered entertainment, blood pressure checks, information on health care and other services, and special prices, as well as Antelope Valley Transit Authority Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster and their suburbs. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by Veolia Transport, and is affiliated and offers connecting services with Metro and Metrolink. vans to bring the seniors to and from the mall. Organizers say the goal is to get senior citizens out of their homes and into the community to enjoy themselves. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Mila Gorney, 93, smiles Tuesday after being crowned Queen for a Day at the Antelope Valley Mall's Senior Day. (2) Cactus School musicians perform Tuesday during the Antelope Valley Mall's fifth Senior Day. Charles F. Bostwick/Staff Photographer |
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