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1. LINDA MAXWELL AND JOSE QUINTANAR

Co-founders and executive directors of We Care For Youth, a local

nonprofit group that seeks to end youth violence through activities such

as job training ... both helped comfort students and relatives following

the slaying of Hoover High School student Raul Aguirre in May ...

assisted a group of young people that organized a peace walk in June ...

Both were awarded the Burtis E. Taylor Community Education Award by the

Glendale Board of Education in June ... opened Bliss Unlimited, a retail

store at the Glendale Galleria that provides job training for local teens

... Maxwell has helped set up job-training programs for young people

throughout the U.S. ... while members of the Glendale Hispanic Business

and Professional Assn., the two took part in an organization project in

which they worked with young gang members at a local school ... the

effort led them to start We Care for Youth in 1991 ... volunteer with

other organizations, including Catholic Charities and New Horizons Family

Center.

Not ranked last year.

2. JIM STARBIRD

Took over as Glendale city manager in March 1998, coming from West

Covina ... holds the strong respect of the City Council ... helped city’s

decision to approve bonds for the construction of a new jail and police

administration building ... his service as interim replacement for

Commissioner Carl Raggio on the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport

Authority resulted in a framework agreement between the authority and

Burbank over terminal expansion plans ... his presence is being felt in

Glendale’s budget process in which he is getting the city to take a

longer view over its spending, taking into account how projects such as

the new police building affect future budgets.

Last year’s ranking: 3.

3. JIM BROWN

Glendale Unified School District superintendent ... selected

California Superintendent of the Year for 1999/2000 following nomination

by the school board ... makes running a school district look easy ...

co-chairman for the state high school exit exam panel ... settled

teachers union contract before start of school ... races competitively --

did Catalina Marathon and cycles for fun ...avid reader.

Last year’s ranking: 13.

4. JAMES ROGAN

Republican congressman represents Glendale, Burbank and the foothills

in the 27th District ... His fight to keep his seat from state Sen. Adam

Schiff has become one of the most closely followed and expensive

congressional races in the nation ... the Republican Party is counting on

him to help maintain its majority in Congress ... still remembered for

his role as a House manager in the 1999 impeachment trial of President

Clinton ... member of the Commerce and Judiciary committees.

Last year’s ranking: 2.

5. ADAM SCHIFF

Democratic state senator for the 21st District, which includes

Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena and the foothills ... has become a national

figure because of his effort to unseat Congressman James Rogan in the

27th District ... former prosecutor for the U.S. attorney’s office ...

Harvard Law School graduate ... former chairman of the state Senate

Judiciary Committee ... Married to Eve, making him a target for “Adam and

Eve” jokes.

Last year’s ranking: 8

6. RUSSELL SIVERLING

Glendale police chief since 1997 after serving the same position in

Alhambra ... oversees administration for the department, which includes

340 employees and a $30-million budget ... lives in Glendale and is

active in many local and professional organizations.

Last year’s ranking: 17.

7. KEVIN WELSH and PAMELA GOOD

Co-principals at Hoover High School ... Welsh has been with the

district for 29 years and co-principal for three years ... Good has been

both with the district and co-principal for two years ... the two

administrators dealt with the stabbing death of Raul Aguirre with

sensitivity and introduced several healing measures for the student body

... Welsh created the Spirit Council to address racial and ethnic issues

on campus in 1997 and the program will expand this year due to a grant

from the Anti-Defamation League ... this year’s goal: instruction,

literacy and student connectedness.

Not ranked last year.

8. MARK GERAGOS

Seemingly unbeatable Los Angeles attorney defending Karen Terteryan,

one of the boys accused of the beating and stabbing death of a Hoover

High School student in May ... has handled several pro bono cases with

ties to the Armenian American community ... has criticized Glendale

Police for its handling of the murders of two boys on a La Crescenta

playground in July ... successfully defended Susan McDougal of Whitewater

fame.

Not ranked last year.

9. DAVE WEAVER

Glendale mayor and councilman elected in 1997 ... retired from the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ... known as a maverick who is not afraid to

take a stand that angers his colleagues or homeowner activists ... not

afraid of suggesting ideas such as bringing cable cars to downtown

Glendale and putting up a Glendale sign in the mountains similar to

Hollywood ... strong advocate for the city to look at other sources of

revenue to provide public services in the future.

Last year’s ranking: 9.

10. JACK SCOTT

Democratic state Assemblyman for the 44th District, which includes La

Crescenta, Montrose and La Canada Flintridge ... lead the Assembly

Insurance Committee hearing that helped bring about the resignation of

state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush earlier this year ... Has

been fighting for tougher gun control measures since he entered the

Assembly in 1996 ... survived a tough primary election in March against

fellow Democratic Assemblyman Scott Wildman ... former president of

Pasadena City College.

Last year’s ranking: 10

11. JERRY FULWOOD

In his second year as city manager of La Canada Flintridge, where he

oversees the daily operations of the city ... is dealing with a number of

challenging issues, including sewers and the Downtown Village Specific

Plan ... a straight shooter and fiscal conservative who wants to make

City Hall more accessible to the public ... still resides in Rancho

Cucamonga, where he was assistant city manager before taking the job in

La Canada Flintridge ... is married with a daughter who just started

kindergarten at Palm Crest Elementary.

Last year’s ranking: 44

12. CAROL LIU

Democratic candidate for the 44th Assembly District, which includes La

Canada Flintridge and La Crescenta ... has served on the La Canada

Flintridge City Council since 1992, including two terms as mayor ... has

worked with several community organizations over the years, including the

La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation and the La Canada High School

Parent-Teacher-Student Assn. ... member of the board of directors for the

La Canada Kiwanis Club.

Last year’s ranking: 78.

13. SCOTT WILDMAN

Democrat who has represented Glendale in the Assembly since 1996 ...

lost a contentious battle against fellow Democratic Assemblyman Jack

Scott in the March primary, ending his run for the 21st state Senate District seat ... instrumental in the investigation of the Belmont

Learning Complex project in Los Angeles ... plans to run for the L.A.

City Council seat that will be vacated by Jackie Goldberg in 2001 ... was

arrested during a protest organized by striking L.A. County janitors in

April.

Last year’s ranking: 7.

14. RAFI MANOUKIAN

Elected to the Glendale City Council in April 1999 ... strong advocate

for improving bus transportation and adding street lights in southern

Glendale ... helping effort to register thousands of Armenian American

voters in Glendale ... accountant.

Last year’s ranking: 56.

15. GUS GOMEZ

Top vote getter in April 1999 Glendale City Council election ... state

deputy attorney general and Adams Hill resident who has aligned himself

politically with the Glendale Homeowners Coordinating Council and has

espoused antigrowth positions ... Democrat who is seen as a future

candidate for state office.

Last year’s ranking: 26.

16. GINGER BREMBERG

Will finish her fourth and final term on the City Council in April and

plans to go into retirement ... will equal a record of longevity on the

council set by Larry Zarian ... finished her final term as mayor in April

before turning over duties to Dave Weaver ... outspoken Minnesota native

tells it like it is.

Last year’s ranking: 6.

17. SHELDON BAKER

Glendale City Councilman elected in 1993 ... has served one term as

mayor ... said he will not seek a third term when his seat expires in

April ... served four terms on the Glendale Unified school board ...

attorney who has lived in the same northwest Glendale home since 1945 ...

graduate of Rutgers and Stanford.

Last year’s ranking: 19.

18. JOHN HARRIS

L.A. County Fire Department battalion chief and wildfire specialist

who oversees fire stations 19 and 82 in La Canada Flintridge ... received

a Les Tupper Community Service Award for directing the effort to contain

the San Rafael fire in December that charred more than 500 acres in La

Canada Flintridge and Glendale, but claimed no lives or homes.

Last year’s ranking: 28

19. JEANNE ARMSTRONG

Glendale’s director of the Development Services Department, part of

the Glendale Redevelopment Agency ... her department has overseen the

processing of The Walt Disney Co. plans to expand and renovate its

campus.

Last year’s ranking: 11.

20. ANITA SIRAKI

Hoover High runner became an All-American in two sports last year as a

junior ... in cross-country, finished fourth at the Foot Locker National

in 17 minutes 23.99 seconds ... in track, won the Foot Locker National

two-mile final in Raleigh, N.C. in 10:18.03, a personal record ... has a

grade-point average of 4.2 ... considered among the nation’s elite

runners.

Last year’s ranking: 94.

21. JOHN, LEE and BOB GREGG

Owners of Gregg’s Artistic Homes, a company that plans to build a

572-home development on 238 acres in the Verdugo Mountains ... two of

three generations of Greggs who have built homes in Glendale ... Lee

Gregg is an attorney, Bob Gregg is a amateur climatologist who

contributes weather data to the News-Press ... In December, Bob warned of

fire dangers since portions of San Rafael Hill had not burned in three

decades -- two weeks later, a fire charred the San Rafael hillsides.

Last year’s ranking: 20.

22. MARC STIRDIVANT and MAX HOBBS

Stirdivant is president of Volunteers Organized in Conserving the

Environment ... VOICE is trying to preserve the 238-acre Oakmont View V

property as open space ... he is also assistant director of the NBC

television program, “Frasier.” ... Hobbs is vice president of VOICE and

president of the Oakmont Woods Homeowners Assn. ... served as chairman of

the campaign to get Gus Gomez elected to the City Council.

Last year’s ranking: 20 and 43.

23. LORENE GONIA

La Canada Unified School District superintendent turned down a pay

raise last month when she received a two-year contract extension ... has

withstood a flurry of criticism over the district’s initial failure to

secure nearly $7 million from the state for school modernization ... was

hit with several key resignations, and the retooling of the district’s

special education program.

Last year’s ranking: 47

24. PAM ELLIS

Vice president of the Glendale Unified school board ... elected to the

school board in 1995 ... ran unopposed and began a second term in 1999

... served as president in 1997-98 ... children attend Glendale schools:

son Derek is at Hoover and daughter Alexandra is at Toll ... happiest

being involved with youth activities ... treasurer for The Alex Film

Society ... married to Brian.

Last year’s ranking: 84.

25. CHUCK SAMBAR

Elected to Glendale Unified School District school board in 1997 ...

often ignored or passed over by fellow school board members ... outspoken

community activist on school and political issues ... spent 21 years as a

teacher and administrator at Hoover High and 14 years at Crescenta Valley

High before retiring ... president of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of

Commerce ... member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

Last year’s ranking: 25

26. JEANNE BENTLEY

Glendale Unified school board president for the third time ... serving

a second term on the board ... brings a continuity to the district due to

her 23 years as a teacher and counselor for Glendale Unified ...

reelected delegate for the California School Board Assn ... member and

former chairwoman of the board of directors for the Glendale Youth

Coalition ... has been named by the Character and Ethics Project as

Community Hero, exemplifying courtesy ... member of the Glendale City/

District Safety Committee.

Last year’s ranking: 57.

27. LINA HARPER

Glendale Unified school board member, elected to the school board in

1995 ... ran unopposed and began a second term in 1999 ... her accounting

skills enable her to act as a gatekeeper on district financial matters

... president of L.A. County School Trustees Assn. ... treasurer of

Assistance League of Glendale ... put two sons through the Glendale

schools ... former president of PTA Council and longtime parent volunteer

in school and youth organizations. Married to Homer.

Last year’s ranking: 24.

28. SCOTT HOWARD

Glendale city attorney since February 1990 who started with the city

in 1977 ... graduate of USC who finally got revenge a year ago on his

assistant, Ron Braden, a UCLA graduate who had been decorating Howard’s

office with Bruin garb when his team repeatedly won the cross-town

football game.

Last year’s ranking: 27.

29. ALICE PETROSSIAN

Assistant superintendent for Hoover school cluster and elementary

policy ... has served as an English teacher and in multiple

administrative roles in her 23 years with the district ... longtime PTA

parent and advocate ... a compassionate advocate of children’s issues and

committed community volunteer ... great interest in making diverse ethnic

groups in the city a part of the educational process ... a YWCA Legacy

Award recipient.

Last year’s ranking: 14.

30. CARL POVILAITIS, CARL MESECK and GERALD BRIGGS

Povilaitis is one of Glendale’s three members of the

Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority finishing his first term ...

Glendale police officer who is a member of the community policing unit.

... Meseck is president of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport

Authority who is known as conciliatory ... former Glendale mayor and

director of the YMCA for 33 years. ... Briggs is active in Chevy Chase

Homeowners Assn. for years ... member of the Airport Authority and one of

its biggest proponents of airport expansion.

Last year’s ranking: not ranked, 70 and 69.

31. LARRY and RALPH CIMMARUSTI

The brothers who are as well-known in Glendale for their wealth as

their generosity ... both men run Cimms, Inc., which owns 140 Burger King

and 12 Tony Roma’s restaurants ... million-dollar donors in the

Cimmarusti Science Center project at Glendale Community College ...

helped organize this year’s “Life Run,” which benefited the Heart and

Comprehensive Cancer centers at Glendale Memorial Hospital.

Last year’s ranking: 1.

32. IRSHAD UL-HAQUE

President of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce ... owner of three

businesses, including Stor It All, a self-storage warehouse at the

Glendale-Los Feliz border ... the Pakistani native came to the U.S. in

1960 and went from earning $1 an hour working at a toy factory to

becoming one of the most successful business owners in the area ...

active in several community organizations including the Glendale Kiwanis

Club, Glendale Adventist Medical Center Foundation and the Glendale Assn.

for the Retarded ... hopes to increase chamber membership to 2,000.

Not ranked last year.

33. GARY TURNER

Began 16th year as principal of Verdugo Hills High School, which is

undergoing modernization along with dozens of other school in the L.A.

Unified School District ... strong advocate for his school who is

outspoken in fighting against inequities ... loves the 63-year-old

school’s architecture, which will remain intact ... has seen standardized

test scores improve over the past two years along with more participation

in advanced placement courses ... has built a strong faculty ...

published author who writes book reviews and short stories.

Last year’s ranking: 92

34. EDITH FUENTES

Glendale zoning administrator who approved variances for the El Tovar

mansion but rejected one that would have allowed South Brand auto dealers

erect a billboard on the Ventura (134) Freeway ... active member in the

Filipino business group ... governor-elect of Soroptimist International’s

Camino Real Region.

Not ranked last year.

35. BOB YOUSEFIAN

Member of the Board of Zoning Adjustments who has been unsuccessful in

his bid for Glendale City Council ... expected to be a prime contender in

April if he runs ... challenged variance granted to owners of El Tovar

mansion.

Last year’s ranking: 86.

36. RAHIM KARJOO

Owner of the El Tovar mansion with his son, Ramin ... has spent years

trying to get home through city approvals, winning some battles and

losing some others ... suing Glendale to obtain a permit to be able to

occupy the overbuilt home.

Not ranked last year

37. NELLO IACONO

Glendale parks director since 1988 ... his office has pushed for the

creation of more parks in the city ... works with such groups as the

Glendale Rose Float Assn.

Not ranked last year.

38. VACHE MANGASSARIAN

Host and producer of “Armenian National Network” on Charter Cable

Channel 17 ... fought Charter Communications rate hike earlier this year

... plans to run for Glendale City Council in April ... an actor who has

appeared on television shows such as “Murphy Brown” and “Melrose Place”

... worked with a group that in the mid-1990s worked to help artists and

their families in Armenia.

Not ranked last year.

39. LARRY ZARIAN

Former 16-year veteran of the Glendale City Council ... oft-rumored

candidate for state office who always teases but never runs ... former

host of a radio call-in program has turned to cable television, hosting a

Thursday night show on Channel 36 ... will give up show next month to

allow James Rogan and Adam Schiff to debate.

Last year’s ranking: 12.

40. ANTHONY PORTANTINO

La Canada Flintridge City councilman is considered very accessible

.... established open office hours for residents to voice their concerns,

the only council member to do so ... has proposed a series of

neighborhood town hall meetings beginning in November as a way to bring

city government to residents ... has focused on city’s youth by pushing

for new sports fields and a teen center ... a member of the Santa Monica

Mountains Conservancy advisory committee, and the city’s joint-use

committee, which works closely with the La Canada Unified School

District.

Not ranked last year

41. JOHN DAVITT

Superintendent and president of Glendale Community College for 15

years ... under his leadership, campus has expanded to a functional,

modern facility with reputation for academic excellence ... active in the

Glendale Chamber of Commerce, Glendale Partners and the Love Ride

Foundation.

Last year’s ranking: 34.

42. RICK YOUNG

Glendale Police Department sergeant who is the agency’s spokesman,

most notably following the deaths of a Hoover High School student who was

stabbed and beaten to death in May and the beating deaths of two boys on

a La Crescenta playground in July ... has been with the department for 19

years, with assignments ranging from gang investigator to school resource

officer ... sits on the Governor’s Task Force for California Safe

Schools.

Last year’s ranking: 76.

43. RABBI CAROLE MEYERS

Rabbi at Temple Sinai of Glendale ... the temple is the only Jewish

congregation in the Glendale area ... works with Glendale Religious

Leaders Assn.

Not ranked last year.

44. THE REV. VAZKEN ATMAJIAN

Leader of St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church ... has been a part of

the congregation for a year and three months ... came from St. Garaben in

Hollywood where he served since 1993 ... big focus has been on

revitalizing the church’s Sunday school program -- buying new classroom

materials and renovating classrooms to attract more children ... recently

started a Bible study program geared toward those between the ages of 18

and 30.

Not ranked last year

45. FATHER JOE SHEA

Pastor at Holy Family Catholic Church ... known for throwing the

popular fund-raiser “A Midsummer Night’s Cuisine” ... this year’s event

attracted about 1,300 people.

Not ranked last year.

46. THE REV. JOHN DAY

Serving his sixth year as rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church in

La Canada Flintridge ... the former vice president of First Interstate

Bank finally realized his calling and became a priest in 1991 ... he is a member of the La Canada Ministerial Assn. and is chairman of the

Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union, which aids in community

redevelopment.

Not ranked last year.

47. FATHER GLENN SEQUEIRA

Pastor at Holy Family Catholic Church ... held prayer/healing service

for Hoover High students after student Raul Aguirre’s death ... known for

playing Jesus during the stations of the cross, a reenactment of Christ’s

final days from condemnation to death ... annually puts his long hair up

for auction.

Not ranked last year.

48. MIKE ANTONOVICH

Glendale resident and Los Angeles County 5th District supervisor ...

former Republican state assemblyman ... recently called for immediate

testing for cancer causing chemical Chromium 6 in area’s drinking water.

Last year’s Ranking: 41.

49. JIM WOODY

Glendale Police sergeant who heads the Glendale Police Officers Assn.

... has worked for the department for 22 years, five of which spent as

the association’s president ... longtime Glendale resident.

Not ranked last year.

50. DAVE SPENCE

Succeeded Carol Liu this year as mayor of La Canada Flintridge ...

serving second term as mayor ... elected to the City Council in 1992 ...

played a major role in the development of the city’s Downtown Village

Specific Plan ... had a hand in balancing the budget and providing city

employees with a new contract ... travels throughout the region looking

for ways to operate the city more efficiently ... active in Contract

Cities Assn., the League of California Cities, and the Joint Powers

Insurance Authority ... has lived in La Canada Flintridge since 1969 ...

married with two sons.

Not ranked last year

51. PETE LOPORCHIO

Former coach of the Crescenta Valley High aquatics program ... last

year, led boys’ water polo team to CIF Southern Section Division III

title game and the boys’ swimming team to its third consecutive Division

II championship ... retired after eight years of coaching the Falcons ...

won four boys’ swimming titles during that run.

Not ranked last year.

52. LARRY NAEVE

Coach of the La Canada High boys’ water polo team ... led squad to its

second CIF Southern Section Division III title in the past three years

and third in school history, joining championship in 1979 ... also

coaches boys’ swimming team ... has arguably one of the best boys’ water

polo programs in Southern California ... also teaches special education

at La Canada High.

Not ranked last year.

53. ANDREW MESSER

Boy Scout executive/chief executive officer of the Verdugo Hills

Council of the Boy Scouts of America ... has worked for the Scouts for 16

years, and locally since December ... Eagle Scout ... oversees 229 troops

with 4,696 participating in the Learning for Life program in schools and

5,338 uniformed traditional scouts ... big focus has been on developing

and updating Camp Verdugo Oaks near Castaic that is used by the Scouts

and the community.

Not ranked last year.

54. NORBERT OLBERZ

Owner of Sport Chalet sporting goods store chain started in La Canada

Flintridge ... bought store about 40 years ago with $4,000 ... now has 22

stores throughout Southern California ... pushed for building a new

shopping complex on Foothill Boulevard, but project was shot down in

1999.

Last year’s ranking: 4.

55. PHYLLIS KENNEY

The Glendale News-Press’ 1999 Woman of Achievement is the only woman

to serve two terms as president of the 75-year-old Breakfast Club, which

lends financial support to nearly two dozen charitable organizations ...

a longtime member and former president of Verdugo Hills Business and

Professional Women ... member of The Alex Theatre Associates board of

directors ... a former vice president of the Glendale Burbank League of

Women voters.

Not ranked last year

56. JACK KABATECK

The Glendale News-Press’ 1999 Man of Achievement has not missed a

Glendale Rotary club meeting in 12 years ... vice president of the

Glendale Symphony Orchestra Assn. board of directors ... has served for

eight years on the board of the Glendale/Crescenta Valley chapter of the

American Red Cross ... is active with the Verdugo Hills Council of Cub

Scout and Boy Scout troops ... a writer and producer.

Not ranked last year

57. RITCH WELLS

Glendale’s public information officer who puts out news releases for

the city and oversees the operation of city programming on Charter Cable

Channel 6.

Last year’s ranking: 61.

58. ELLEN KETCHUM

Took center stage at The Alex Theatre in June as its executive

director, replacing Martin Kagan ... oversaw the theater’s 75th birthday

street fair celebration this month ... goals include adding more music,

dance and theatrical performances and starting a children’s series ...

was a theater manager at USC and Occidental College before coming to The

Alex.

Not ranked last year.

59. OLIVER SHOKOUH

Founder of the Love Ride, which since 1984 has been a trek of

Harley-Davidson riders that raised $1.3 million last year for the

Muscular Dystrophy Assn. and Los Angeles Times’ Reading by 9 program ...

owner and general manager of a Harley-Davidson dealership in Glendale

that is one of the top dealerships in the nation.

Last year’s ranking: 74.

60. DEBORAH ORLIK

La Canada Flintridge councilwoman is not afraid to speak her mind ...

an attorney who lends her legal perspective to council issues ... gets

things done ... has worked to make City Hall more accessible to the

public, which has added a Web site, and has made the city’s municipal

code available on the Internet ... has played a major role in reducing

speed limits in the city.

Last year’s ranking: 60

61. KERRY MORFORD

Glendale public works director who is a member of the Environmental

and Planning Board ... his department oversaw a study on whether Glenwood

Road should be closed to traffic. Last year’s ranking: 54.

62. JULIA GASKILL

Community activist who moved to La Canada Flintridge in 1985 ... leads

Friends of 91011, a political action group that opposes overdevelopment

... pressured the City Council to reject Sport Chalet’s plan to develop a

Shopping Center along Foothill Boulevard ... sits on the board of the

Roger Barkley Community Center.

Last year’s ranking: 21

63. BOB MCFALL

Glendale assistant city manager who filled the interim role of city

manager before Jim Starbird was named to the position ... served in

current job since 1988 ... parks superintendent from 1977 to 1987 and parks director from 1987 to 1988.

Not ranked last year.

64. JOHN MCKENNA

Glendale planning director who is retiring from the city at the end of

the year after 26 years ... his office processed the Oakmont View V

development ... a member of the Environmental and Planning Board.

Not ranked last year.

65. ARMOND GORGORIAN

Executive director of Glendale “Ararat” Chapter of Homenetmen ... the

group is an international athletic and schooling organization that

received $158,000 from the state recently ... was reappointed to the

Civil Service Commission.

Not ranked last year.

66. JIM SMILEY

Coach of Crescenta Valley High boys’ basketball program ... led team

to third round of CIF Southern Section Division IAA ... is just the third

coach in rich CV basketball history ... team is heavily involved in

community, with each player volunteering countless hours to charity.

Not ranked last year.

67. ROBIN TOMA

Glendale resident and acting executive director of the L.A. County

Human Relations Commission ... his office has assisted the community to

deal with interracial tensions following the beating and stabbing death

of Hoover High School student Raul Aguirre ... fellow of the Kellog

National Fellowship Program ... recognized by U.S. Justice Department as

national leader in fight against hate crimes.

Not ranked last year.

68. MADALYN BLAKE

Director of Community Development and Housing Department for Glendale

... her department has been active in finding ways to increase home

ownership in Glendale, opening applications for Section 8 housing and

providing winter shelter for the homeless.

Last year’s ranking: 46.

69. RICHARD RAMIREZ

President of the Glendale Homeowners Coordinating Council ... headed

the Rossmoyne/Mountain Homeowners Assn. ... professional geologist.

Not ranked last year.

70. INGRID HERSKIND

Flintridge Prep boys’ cross-country coach ... her team won CIF

Southern Section Division V title last year and state titles each of the

past two years ... has established herself as one of the premier female

coaches of a boys’ program in Southern California.

Not ranked last year.

71. JAMES JENKINS

Senior swimmer and basketball player at CV ... a double winner in CIF

Division II swimming finals, winning the 50- and 100-meter freestyles ...

in basketball, his 18.5 point-per-game average and 12.3 rebounds a

contest landed him a spot on the first team of Division IAA ... named

most valuable player in Pacific League in basketball last year.

Not ranked last year.

72. MIKE POST

Glendale Police captain who heads up all criminal investigations ...

serves as historian for the department and author of a pictorial history

book about Glendale Police ... has spent 28 years with the department ...

developed and manages the city’s coyote management program.

Not ranked last year.

73. PATRICIA and CARVEL GAY

Volunteers for variety of organizations, including American Red Cross,

Jaycees and Chamber of Commerce ... own and operate Gay’s Automotive and

Towing Service ... he is involved with the Glendale National Guard unit

... she was the Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year in 1998.

Last year’s ranking: 31.

74. ARA KHACHATOURIAN

Editor of the English-language section of Asbarez, a daily Armenian

newspaper published in Glendale ... host of “Community Forum,” an

English-language talk show on Charter Cable Channel 55 that addresses

cultural, political and social issues ... member of the board of

directors of the Armenian National Committee ... ran with the bulls in

Pamplona, Spain in 1998 and was not hurt.

Last year’s ranking: 50.

75. SHARON BEAUCHAMP

Executive vice president of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce ...

former Glendale Board of Education member ... ran against three others

for the Republican nomination in the 21st state Senate District primary

in 1996 and lost.

Last year’s ranking: 55.

76. CHIP STONE

Financial consultant for 20 years and senior vice president for

Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. ... member of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce

... belong to several chamber committees -- founder of the Education

Committee and is co-chair of the Character & Ethics Project ... active

member of the Advisory Bond Committee -- coordinates spending of Measure

K school bonds ... member of the School-to-Career Coalition ... voted

Glendale Man of the Year in 1999 ... member of the Glendale Kiwanis Club

... enjoys backpacking and coaching youth sports ... married to Nancy ...

has daughter Sarah, 14, and son, Rob, 13.

Not ranked last year.

77. JARRETT ANDERSON

Glendale resident and attorney who is executive director of the

Glendale Motorcar Dealers Assn., a trade organization of car dealers

along South Brand Boulevard.

Last year’s ranking: 49.

78. STEVE BUSSJAEGER

President of Star Auto Group in Glendale and advocate for South Brand

auto dealers ... appears extensively in television commercials promoting

the dealerships.

Not ranked last year.

79. FRANK ROBERTS

Affectionately known as “Mr. Montrose” for his civic contributions, he

is a past president of the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. ... has left his

imprint on several community events, including the Montrose Arts & Crafts

Festival and the annual Christmas parade, which he founded 24 years ago

... he and wife Elinor sold their Candle Tree gift store this summer

after 25 years on Honolulu Avenue ... Elinor died less than a month after

the shopping park association threw a retirement party for the couple.

Not ranked last year.

80. YASMIN KAMRIA

Deputy city manager in Glendale and former president of the

Soroptimist International of Glendale ... working on the city’s budget,

long-range financial plan and capital improvement program.

Not ranked last year.

81. MIKE LEUM

La Crescenta resident ... always on call to rescue stranded and lost

hikers from the Angeles National Forest ... captain of Montrose Search

and Rescue Team, which has been in existence for about 53 years ... the

team covers 500 square miles from Altadena to Interstate 5.

Not ranked last year.

82. CHAHE KEUROGHELIAN

Operates an Armenian-American television call-in show ... was Glendale

Police Department’s primary spokesman for the week following the

discovery of the bodies of two boys who were beaten to death on a La

Crescent playground ... has worked for department for 10 years ... has been fighting personal legal battles for more than a year.

Not ranked last year.

83. CRAIG KUPKA

Musical director at Hoover High ... has been a music teacher at Hoover

for seven years ... keeps a rigorous concert and competition schedule

during the school year that involves the Hoover Jazz Ensemble, Jazz

Combo, chamber and orchestra groups ... the Jazz Ensemble won first place

in the DownBeat Magazine competition ... musical program has generated 13

DownBeat awards in the last four years -- the most of any high school in

the nation ... for the first time took a group of students to The North

Sea Jazz Festival and Montreaux Festival in Europe.

Not ranked last year.

84. BOB DAVIDSON

Co-athletic director and boys’ and girls’ tennis coach at Glendale

High ... led Nitro boys’ tennis squad to Pacific League crown in 1998 ...

very involved in community ... has been a big part in bringing the Nitro

athletic programs back to prominence, along with co-athletic director Tim

Butler.

Not ranked last year.

85. GARRY ACKERMAN

Head of Glendale Rose Float Assn. who was former president of the

Adams Hill Homeowners Assn. ... member of Glendale Youth Alliance, “Days

of Verdugo,” Glendale Human Relations Coalition and National Night Out

committees.

Not ranked last year.

86. MARY LEE TIERNAN

Co-president of the Sunland Tujunga Merchants Assn. ... keeps

community up to date on events and club meetings through the Community

Calendar, which she publishes through her company, Snoops Desktop

Publishing ... has also published a number of books in past two years on

the history of Sunland and Tujunga.

Not ranked last year.

87. MEREDITH CERVENKA

Senior softball pitcher at CV ... earned national recognition last

year for setting a state record, at 292, for most consecutive innings

pitched without allowing an earned run, breaking former La Canada

standout Lindsay Parker’s mark of 268 ... led Falcon softball team CIF

Division II semifinals last year, posting an earned-run average of 0.03

... won third consecutive Pacific League most valuable player honor and

was named first team All-CIF for the third time as well.

Not ranked last year.

88. SHARON BENOIT

La Crescenta resident and founder of RV club Love Those Wheels! ...

broke a 1991 county ordinance prohibiting parking of recreational

vehicles in front or side yards ... started Wheels as a support base for

changing the ordinance ... the group is made up of several hundred RV

owners throughout the county.

Last year’s ranking: 42.

89. GREG SWITZER

Hoover High cross-country and track coach ... guided his boys’

cross-country team to its sixth Pacific League title in a row and 11th in

14 years ... has coached four All-Americans in his tenure, including

current Hoover runner Anita Siraki.

Last year’s ranking: 85.

90. JERRY MARTIN

Second year La Canada Flintridge councilman does his homework and is

always prepared ... analyzes issues on their merit and not their

political consequences ... opposes plan to pay for Sewer District 2 final

design before public votes on assessment district ... opposes the city’s

tendency toward mansionization ... retired from IBM, where he spent 37

years in marketing ... has lived in La Canada Flintridge for 35 years ...

married with three sons.

Not ranked last year.

91. JANE CLARK

Real estate agent and community activist ... active in getting

Neighborhood Advisory Council, which has now become the Sunland-Tujunga

Neighborhood Council, established in community ... currently serving as

its chair ... newlywed recently changed name from Fangianello.

Not ranked last year.

92. CHARLES UNGER

Glendale attorney who also holds a doctorate in psychology ... regular

News-Press columnist ... drew national attention with a case involving a

Jehovah’s Witness woman who was hit by a drunken driver and died after

refusing a blood transfusion ... Unger’s client was found not guilty of

murder.

Last year’s raking: 80.

93. STEVE GILMER

Glendale Fire Department captain who received the agency’s

Distinguished Service Award for his three years of work in researching

and designing an aerial ladder truck that is now being used by a company

that manufactures the trucks ... joined the department in 1970 as a

firefighter, was promoted to engineer five years later and became a

captain in 1978 ... married with three grown children.

Not ranked last year.

94. SHANE HACKETT

Former Verdugo Hills High pole vaulter ... won state title in boys’

pole vault last year with a leap of 16 feet 4 inches ... a three-time

City Section winner in the pole vault ... now attends UCLA.

Not ranked last year.

95. PAUL ZEE

Republican challenger to state Assemblyman Jack Scott in the 21st

state Senate District race ... Has served on the South Pasadena City

Council since 1991, including two terms as mayor ... born in China ...

came to the U.S. in 1977 and started a small business that has grown into

a large safety supply company.

Not ranked last year.

96. SUSAN CARPENTER MCMILLAN

Republican seeking to fill the 44th Assembly District seat that

Democrat Jack Scott will vacate this year ... a well-known victims’

advocate who gained national notoriety as a spokeswoman for Paula Jones,

who sued President Clinton for alleged sexual harassment ... an activist

who has fought to toughen penalties for rapists and child molesters.

Not ranked last year.

97. JANO BAGHDANIAN

Traffic and transportation administrator for Glendale ... handles

reports on possible closure of Glenwood Road and dealing with traffic

calming projects in city neighborhoods ... oversees Beeline bus service.

Last year’s ranking: 88.

98. WES SEASTROM

La Canada Flintridge Realtor was named La Canadan of the Year for 1999

by the Kiwanis Club of La Canada for his long-standing commitment to the

volunteering in the community ... is president of the Spartan Boosters

Club, which received a Les Tupper Community Service Award for raising

more than $120,000 this year for La Canada High athletic, academic and

extracurricular programs ... 1972 LCHS graduate ... married with two

sons.

Not ranked last year

99. LOUISE FOOTE

Glendale Unified school board member, elected in 1997 to first term

... representative to the Advisory Bond Committee ... member of board of

directors for L.A. County School Trustees Assn... has served as clerk for

1999-2000 and 2000-01 ... has lived in Glendale for more than 35

years...put four children through the Glendale school system ... PTA

member...teaches fifth grade at Riverside Drive Elementary School in

Sherman Oaks.

Last year’s ranking: 95.

100. JIM SWINFORD

Glendale Police captain who is coordinating the building of the new

police building, under construction across Isabel Street from the current

station ... has worked for the department for 29 years and heads its

Administrative Services Division.

Not ranked last year.

101. CRAIG MISSAKIAN

Republican candidate in the 43rd Assembly District race ... member of

the board of directors for the Glendale Youth Alliance ... sits on the

advisory board for New Horizons Family Center ... took a lot of heat in

the primary election from fellow Republican contender Liz Michael for his

support of Proposition 22 ... former L.A. County district attorney ...

Ran for the Assembly in 1996 and lost.

Not ranked last year.

102. DARIO FROMMER

Democrat hoping to win the 43rd Assembly District seat in November ...

former appointment secretary to Gov. Gray Davis ... Hoover High School

alumnus ... UC Davis Law School graduate ... has worked on several

political campaigns, including Davis’ 1998 run for office.

Not ranked last year.

103. KELLY KHOURY

Local business owner who is fighting a Glendale Municipal Code

ordinance that places restrictions on flying the American flag ... his

battle has made him a celebrity locally and beyond and led the Glendale

City Council to request a review of the ordinance that requires

permission to display Old Glory when used for advertising purposes ...

has made a tradition of flying many American flags at his gas station

every summer, from Independence Day to Labor Day, which he says is a sign

of his patriotism ... opened his Pacific Avenue business in 1982 ...

Jordanian native who came to the U.S. in 1975 ... sings in one of the

choirs at St. Anne Melkite Church in North Hollywood ... owns race horses

... is married with four children.

Not ranked last year.

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