Seniors awarded free tickets at airport AIRPORT...

Seniors awarded free tickets at airport

AIRPORT DISTRICT -- Three Burbank residents received complimentary

roundtrip airfare courtesy of Southwest Airlines during the “Home for

the Holidays” ceremony Tuesday at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport.

Patricia Jones, Jack Meyer and August Westpfall were among those

who won tickets.

Santa Claus and Southwest Airlines representatives presented 15

seniors from North Hollywood to Pasadena with tickets good for any of

the company’s scheduled travel destinations to be used between Dec. 1

and March 31. More than 1,000 seniors nationwide received free

tickets through the program.

The winners applied in late August at the Joslyn Adult Center and

had to explain why they wanted to go home for the holidays. The

seniors with the most compelling answers received tickets.

The program began 24 years ago nationally and 13 years ago at

Burbank Airport.

City committee seeks member

BURBANK -- The Burbank City Council is accepting applications for

a vacancy on the Community Development Goals Committee.

The nine-member committee, which serves without compensation, acts

as a liaison between the city’s Community Development Department and

the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Applications are available in the city clerk’s office at 275 E.

Olive Ave., or at www.ci.burbank.ca.us. The deadline is 5 p.m. Jan.

23.

Compiled by Jackson Bell