RETIRED PROFESSOR TO HIKE HILLS TO FUND SCHOLARSHIPS SIMONE SCHRAMM COMMUNITY COLUMNIST.Gene Fritsche, a retired geology professor at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , will hike the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. to raise money for student scholarships. Fritsche and his wife, Sue, plan to walk 80 miles from the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. to Point Mugu - a week-long trip scheduled to begin March 13. ``The cost of education continues to rise, and, as it was when we were going to college, many geology students today need financial aid if they are going to complete their degrees in a timely fashion,'' Fritsche said. Funds raised will go to the Geology Scholarship Endowment Fund at CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge and the Coast Geological Society Scholarship Fund. To contribute to the endowment fund, contact Mari Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the in the Geology Department at (818) 677-3541 or e-mail her at mari.flores(at)csun.edu. Checks should be made out to CSUN Foundation, with Geology Endowment in the memo line, and sent to the Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330-8266. Jonathan August of Sherman Oaks has been named a ``Cool Kid'' by Greenlight Financial and KABC-TV (Channel 7) for his contribution to the community. A junior at Oakwood High School Oakwood High School is part of the Oakwood City School District, Montgomery County, Ohio. The school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and serves approximately 650 students. The school mascot is the lumberjack, though female teams for the school are usually referred to as "Jills" (See: , he volunteers with the music therapy program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as . Mina El-Masry of West Hills is one of 50 students to receive a $1,000 scholarship from the Ronald McDonald House Charities/African American Future Achievers scholarship program. El-Masry founded the Future Doctors of America club as a result of a trip he took with volunteer doctors across Africa. He also volunteered at Los Angeles Shriners Hospital and Kaiser Permanente Hospital. He plans to study pre-medicine at University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . Jeremy Bernfeld of Tarzana and James Centorino of Woodland Hills have been selected to participate in the Junior National Student Leadership Conference. During the conference, they will attend special workshops where they will study various leadership skills with professionals in the field. Casa Pacifica, a shelter care and treatment facility for at-risk children and families in Camarillo, received a $100,000 donation from an anonymous supporter. Casa Pacifica receives funding from both government and private donations. ``It is amazing that an individual can be so generous without wanting any public recognition,'' said Steven Elson, executive director. |
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