SHELTER'S DIRECTOR HONORED CHAMBER AWARDS CAROL ENSIGN OF THE VALLEY OASIS.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Carol Ensign, executive director of the Valley Oasis Shelter run by 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 Domestic Violence Council, was the recipient of an Unsung Hero award from the Greater Antelope Valley Chamber of Commerce. The award is meant to honor someone who for the most part is not recognized for the good work he does in the community. ``We did some investigating and found out, wow, it's shocking how many people go through that program,'' said Bernie Longjohn, the chamber's board chairman. The shelter serves an average of 75 to 100 adults and children during a 30-day period, and as many as 12 men a year - up from three men or so just three years ago. ``I have never felt so honored,'' Ensign said of the award. A nonprofit operation, the Lancaster shelter offers a variety of services in a 60-day program that includes child care, counseling, legal assistance, job-skills development, training in living skills, emergency housing and direction in how to file for financial assistance. At its annual installation dinner, the chamber also honored 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. County firefighters who had traveled to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to help after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The chamber of commerce also presented a $1,000 scholarship to student Stacy Schmidt to attend Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . Chamber officers installed at the event were: Bernie Longjohn, owner of Los Angeles County Raceway Los Angeles County Raceway (or "LACR") was a motorsport facility in Southern California. LACR's main feature was its 1/4 mile dragstrip, which was first opened in 1964. LACR held its final event on July 29th, 2007. , as chairman; Michael Hill Michael Hill is the name of:
New directors are Melissa Majesky of CCL 1. CCL - Coral Common LISP. 2. CCL - Computer Control Language. English-like query language based on COLINGO, for IBM 1401 and IBM 1410. Engineering and Robin Rizzo of Rizzo's Embroidery Plus. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Carol Ensign, executive director of the Valley Oasis Shelter, was named an Unsung Hero by the Chamber of Commerce. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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