RIORDAN SET TO FACE OFF IN HOCKEY GAME : CELEBRITY MATCH WILL AID ANTI-GANG PROGRAM.Byline: Daily News Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. is scheduled to face off this month against architect Frank O. Gehry - on ice skates, that is - at a celebrity hockey game to raise money for an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. anti-gang program. The Oct. 27 game will pit LAPD Ice, a team of police officers led by Riordan, against the Celebrity All-Stars, a team made up of actors and other notables, including Gehry, a renowned architect who plays hockey regularly at the Iceoplex in North Hills, officials said. Dave Taylor, a former Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). player, is scheduled to compete on the All-Stars, along with a former member of the Soviet Union Red Army team. Bill Dobbs, general manager of Iceoplex, estimated that 1,000 people will attend the fund-raiser, with tickets ranging from $5 to $75. Proceeds will benefit the Los Angeles Police Department's Jeopardy program, which is designed to divert youths away from gangs and into positive activities in sports, the arts and career planning. ``We're a prevention program, diverting children from negative behavior and the gang lifestyle,'' said Richard Stocks, president of the Jeopardy Foundation in the LAPD's Foothill Division. ``None of our kids are involved in gangs.'' The Iceoplex has been involved in Jeopardy activities since it opened in 1992 at 8345 Hayvenhurst Place. The president of Iceoplex, Brad Berman, is a former LAPD officer. The fund-raising event will start at noon, when firetrucks and police cars will be on display in the parking lot of the rink. A public skating session starts at 1:30 p.m., with the hockey game at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for general admission; $10 for the public skating session and game; or $35 for a family package that includes two adults and two children for the public skating and the game. There is also a $75 ticket for VIP seating, that includes the skating and game, along with food and refreshments in the upstairs restaurant. The event also features a silent auction of autographed sports memorabilia The term sports memorabilia usually refers to anything that can be directly connected to a sports event or personality. These items are generally gathered by fans of the particular sport, athlete or team that the item signifies or by collectors who find value in the rarity , tickets to sporting events and a variety of gifts donated by local businesses. The Jeopardy program provides a wide variety of opportunities for youths to develop themselves in positive ways. It includes boxing, wrestling, hockey, in-line skating, figure skating figure skating Sport in which ice skaters, singly or in pairs, perform various jumps, spins, and footwork. The figure skate blade has a special serrated toe pick, or toe rake, at the front. , martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts Eritrea
Jeopardy relies on volunteer role models, who can serve as administrators, tutors, coaches and career counselors. Another 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. Jeopardy fund-raiser - the fourth annual Latino Music Festival - attracted more than 50,000 people July 16 to Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash Park in the Foothill Division. Efforts to curtail gang membership among youths have grown increasingly important in the Los Angeles area, where the number of gang members has more than doubled over the past decade. Law enforcement officials estimate there are now about 1,500 gangs with about 175,000 members. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Riordan (2) Gehry |
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