Eliza Karapetyan, a second-year student at Southwestern...

Eliza Karapetyan, a second-year student at Southwestern University

School of Law, is one of eight law students to receive a $1,500

scholarship from the Assn. of Southern California Defense Counsel.

The recipients were selected based on specific criteria including

grade point average in Torts and Civil Procedure, demonstrated

ability in oral argument and financial need.

Karapetyan is a driven honor student in the top 10% of her class.

She received the Dean’s Merit Scholarship for 2002-2003 and is a

member of the Southwestern Law Review. She also received the CALI

Excellence for the Future Award. She earned her bachelor’s degree in

psychology from the UCLA and plans to graduate from law school in

May 2004.

Karapetyan, who is fluent in Armenian, has worked as a staffing

manager for Sapphire Technologies, placing candidates in positions

and training new recruits.

She also worked for The Best Service Company as a bankruptcy

clerk, where she filed proofs of claims, managed files, and

interfaced with debtors’ bankruptcy attorneys. Although she has no

definite plans after graduating, Karapetyan is interested in civil

litigation, such as employment, bankruptcy insurance law.

As the L.A. Kings recently took on the Edmonton Oilers, Glendale

resident Dr. James V. Luck Jr., president, CEO and medical director

of Orthopaedic Hospital, performed the ceremonial puck drop to kick

off Staples Center’s first Orthopaedic Hospital Night, benefiting

charity care programs for children with crippling disorders.

During the first period, Luck, Mary Schmitz, executive director of

the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation, and 17-year-old

patient ambassador Melissa Sanchez were presented with a check from

Tracy Hartman, vice president of client services for AEG/Staples.

The check represents funds raised from corporate sponsorships and

a silent auction, featuring L.A. Kings jerseys, allowing Orthopaedic

Hospital to continue providing medical care to children with

crippling conditions, regardless of their families’ ability to pay.

Two Glendale women received community service awards from the

California Parks and Recreation Society District XIV at its awards

and installation luncheon at the Oakwood Communities North Clubhouse

in Toluca Lake.

Gladys Wymore and Doyle Kutch were nominated by Nello Iacono,

director of Parks Recreation and Community Services Division of

Glendale.

Wymore and Kutch, members of Glendale Beautiful, received the

award for their service to the Arbor Day Program and the Casa Adobe

de San Rafael.