Philip Cook III of Glendale was awarded...
Philip Cook III of Glendale was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout by Boy Scouts of America Troop 507, which is sponsored by St. Bede’s Church in La Canada Flintridge.
For his Eagle Scout community service project, Philip organized the restoration of a canyon area behind Glendale Adventist Academy. The area was devastated by the College Hills fire of June, 1990.
The project consisted of coordinating activities with city and county officials and 40 volunteers, who cleaned up fire debris, removed burned trees, built several dams and cleaned out the primary debris basin.
The volunteers, who spent 530 hours on the project, also planted 50 trees and ryegrass seed.
Philip, 16, is a junior at Glendale High School. He is a member of the varsity football and track teams and first chair trombonist in the all-city Honors Orchestra.
* Alice Petrossian, director of special projects and intercultural education for the Glendale Unified School District, has been appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson to the Board of Governors, California Community Colleges.
Petrossian is also a part-time assistant professor in the education administration department at Cal State Los Angeles and was appointed in 1984 to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
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