Salvation Army Thanksgiving event SOUTH SAN FERNANDO...

Salvation Army Thanksgiving event

SOUTH SAN FERNANDO DISTRICT -- Homeless and low-income people and

families are invited to spend this Thanksgiving with the Salvation

Army Burbank Corps.

The 17th annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will begin at 5 p.m.

Nov. 26 at the corps office, 300 E. Angeleno Ave. Free tickets are

available and can be picked up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through

Fridays at the office’s front desk.

The Burbank corps will provide dinner and musical entertainment to

as many as 500 guests. Several Burbank companies, service

organizations and individuals contribute their time, money and

services to assist with the event, Salvation Army Capt. Moy Hernandez

said.

Money donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 4040, Burbank, CA 91503.

For more information, call 845-7214.

Jackson Bell

Bravo to five local teachers

BURBANK -- The Music Center of Los Angeles this week nominated

five area teachers for Bravo awards, which honor teachers for

exemplary arts education.

Burbank nominees included Kathy Kottaras from John Burroughs High

School and John Whitener from Jordan Middle School. Other nominees

include Jin Do from Crestview Preparatory School in La Canada

Flintridge, Stan Hatanaka from Toll Middle School and Mary Anna

Pomonis from Hoover High School in Glendale.

The five were among 60 teachers from throughout Los Angeles County

nominated for awards.

A committee of educators and artists will select finalists in

February. An awards dinner will be Feb. 24 at the Millennium Biltmore

Hotel in Los Angeles.

Gary Moskowitz