Physical Therapy

Ensuring health and safety is top priority for Glendale Adventist Medical Center. In response to that commitment, physicians, nurses and staff members have united to offer the Glendale Adventist Pre-Summer Health Clinic. The event is scheduled for Sunday, May 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Glendale Galleria, JC Penney Court, located at 2148 Glendale Galleria, Glendale. Participants will receive free miniature first aid kits, sunscreen and medication pocket cards at the Pre-Summer Health Clinic.

JESSE RAMIREZ Born: March 4, 1987 Height: 5-foot-10 Weight: 145 Year: Freshman Major: History High school: Santa Ana Sport: Cross country Coach: Marco Ochoa Favorite food: Hamburgers Favorite movie: "Blood In, Blood Out" Favorite athletic moment: "Winning a CIF Southern Section championship." Week in review: He finished sixth at the Orange Coast Classic cross country meet with a time of 21 minutes, 1.09 seconds, while also helping the team to a first-place finish Saturday at Fairview Park in Costa Mesa.

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE PRESENTS SCHOLARSHIPS The Assistance League of Glendale presented nine women with $8,000 in college scholarships at the June luncheon meeting at the League Center. Newly elected President Lina Harper and scholarship chairwoman Marnie Morrison presented the counselors from the various schools who then introduced their school's recipient. The league gives $1,000 to each of the high schools plus three scholarships to Glendale Community College.

Health Center Glendale Memorial Hospital's free Community Education is presenting "Coping with Holiday Stress" on Thursday, December 4, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the hospital auditorium. George Patterson, Ph.D., MFT, Clinical Director of Glendale Memorial Hospital's Alpha Treatment Center, will help you to plan ahead to successfully maintain your health during the holidays. Reservations required. Aquatic Therapy for Low Back Pain" will be presented on Friday, December 5, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the hospital auditorium.

Gary Moskowitz NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- Patients in rehabilitation at Glendale Adventist Medical Center got some extra motivation toward recovery Tuesday. The 40 or more children in the medical center's campus children's center spent the last week making hats to commemorate the arrival of spring with their annual Spring Hat Walk. And with the help of the center's 14 staff members, the children -- ranging in age from 1 to 4 -- paraded through the medical center's lobby and rehabilitation center via baby buggies holding hands.

The City Council on Tuesday begrudgingly approved a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the motorist who struck cyclist Damian Kevitt near Griffith Park, maiming him to the point where he lost part of his right leg. Council members approved the reward despite many contending the money would be better spent on traffic safety issues within the city. But Kevitt's mother, Michele Kirkland, said on Wednesday that the reward will help to renew interest in her son's case.

A second opinion. Isn't that something we've come to seek almost automatically if the doctor gives us bad news on an important piece of our human machinery? Well, those who go to HMOs were not certain they could do so until this right was reinforced in late June of this year. This issue was decided in a hotly contested, 5-4 United States Supreme Court ruling that overrules the HMO treatment plans that deny second opinions, or what are also referred to as "independent reviews."

Some wheeled. Some walked. Some were carried on others’ shoulders. It was the wheel-a-walk-a-thon on Friday morning at College View School — Glendale’s school for students with special needs — where transportation modes were more diverse than a typical walk-a-thon. Students traveled around a loop inside the school with teachers, parents and student volunteers from Glendale High School. Every College View student participated, whether that meant being pushed in a wheelchair, walking while holding a teacher’s hand or supporting their peers from the sidelines, Principal Jay Schwartz said.