WEST VALLEY GETS OWN FERNANDO MONUMENT.Byline: Susan Goldsmith Daily News Staff Writer A second monument for the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's highest award in volunteerism was dedicated Thursday to remind those west of the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. that community spirit is thriving. Although a bronze statue of the American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. Fernando - symbol of the Fernando Award for volunteerism - now graces the Van Nuys Civic Center Plaza, Valley philanthropists were convinced the West Valley needed its own symbol of community involvement. On Thursday, officials from the Fernando Award Inc., the Valleywide group that annually presents the award, unveiled an obelisk obelisk (ŏb`əlĭsk), slender four-sided tapering monument, usually hewn of a single great piece of stone, terminating in a pointed or pyramidal top. that constitutes the second Fernando monument, in Warner Park
Warner Park is a community park in northern Madison, Wisconsin. . ``We wanted Fernando representations in the West and East Valley,'' said Lee Alpert, president of the Fernando Award Inc. ``This is another monument to remind people of the importance of volunteerism.'' The new symbol is a $40,000, 19-foot-tall white marble monument bearing a bronze bust of Fernando along with the names of volunteers who have been honored by the organization. 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 made an appearance at the outdoor dedication and praised the Valley's community spirit during a brief speech. ``Being Volunteer of the Year in the 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. is like being the best cowboy in Texas,'' the mayor said. ``This statue is a salute to the tens of thousands of volunteers in the San Fernando Valley.'' The group paid for the new monument with donated funds from board members and past award recipients, Alpert said. Originally, group leaders planned on moving the Van Nuys Fernando statue, which has been marred by graffiti, to Woodland Hills and leaving behind the monument's base, which lists past award recipients. But Alpert said an outcry about removing the statue convinced Fernando Award officials that a second monument was needed. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Fernando Award winners dedicate the obelisk T hursday with Mayor Richard Riordan, center, and District Attorney Gil Garcetti, far right. Dusty Locke/Daily News (2) The first Fernando statue stands in the courtyard of the Van Nuys Civic Center Plaza. Tom Mendoza/Special to the Daily News |
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