Fitness Foundation Honors 5 at Dinner

The National Fitness Foundation honored five Orange County residents Thursday night at a gala dinner to raise funds for the proposed National Fitness Academy in Aliso Viejo.

Those honored were Supervisor Thomas F. Riley, Olympic gold-medal hurdler Edwin Moses, Los Angeles Rams owner Georgia Frontiere, fast-food restaurateur Carl Karcher and retired Los Angeles Times sports editor Paul Zimmerman.

George Allen, former Rams and Washington Redskins coach and now chairman of the National Fitness Foundation, said the $70-million facility is designed not for Olympic athletes, but for physical education instructors, who will relay what they learn to their students in schools across the country.