BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | FEBRUARY 19, 2016 Page 20
A N O T H E R B I RT H D AY ! ?
Bernardo Puccio James Jahant
Ali Kasikci
Sidney Poitier Charles Aidikoff
Joan Mangum Always one of the highlights of early spring is the Odyssey Ball, being presented for the 31st time by the John Wayne Cancer Institute (JWCI) Auxiliary, on April 9 at The Beverly Wilshire. The evening honors Mark B. Faries, MD, director respectively of the institute’s Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, the Donald L. Morton, MD, Melanoma Research Program; and therapeutic immunology. He will receive the “The Duke Special Service Award” while JWCI benefactor Ruth Weil will be given “The Dr. Donald L. Morton Legend Award.” Cocktails are from 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner, awards, entertainment and dancing. Tickets priced from $500. For information, call 323-904-4400 or visit www.JWCIgiving.org.
Rod Pingul
Fred Wehba
Selene Walters
Traude Winik
Mattt Lopez
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS—Justine Bateman, Jeff Daniels, and Smokey Robinson (Feb. 19); Sandy Duncan, Ali Kasikci, Sidney Poitier and Peter Strauss (Feb. 20); Tyne Daly, Selene Walters Lamm, Kelsey Grammer and Kyle MacLachlan (Feb. 21); Drew Barrymore, and Traude Winik (Feb. 22); James Jahant, Fred Wehba, Charles Aidikoff, The Courier’s Rod Pingul, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Fonda (Feb. 23); Barry Bostwick, Edward James “To the Limit and Beyond.” It’s not just a Olmos, Kristin Davis, Joe Lieberman and Paula Zahn (Feb. 24); Sean Astin, Bernardo Puccio, Billy Packer and Sally Jesse Raphael (Feb. 25); and belat- saying; it is the theme of the Palm Springs Air Museum’s 2016 black tie/military formal recedly The Courier’s Matt Lopez (Feb. 17).
Frances Allen’s Desert Roundup
Mark B. Faries, M.D.
Ruth Weil
Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League will honor three women of achievement from diverse fields at the 21st Deborah Awards Dinner on March 3 at the SLS Hotel on La Cienega. Honorees are Carol Cheng-Mayer, senior VP of Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC; Mónica Gil, senior VP and general manager of Multicultural Growth & Strategy at Nielsen; and Jill Black Zalben, partner of Black Equities Group and director of the Joyce and Stanley Black Family Foundation. Event co-chairs are Faith Cookler and Sharyn Nichols while emcee is Lisa Bloom, NBC legal analyst and The New York Times bestselling author. Individual tickets are $400 and sponsorship opportunities are available. For further information, call 310-446-4269, email LA@adl.org or visit www.adl.org/2016deborahawards. For 100+ years, ADL has been one of the nation’s premier civil rights and human relations organizations, fighting anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds.
ognizing the heroism of the eight surviving men out of a 12-man combat team surviving an attack by 2,000 North Vietnamese troops in what has become known as the battle of Tong Le Chon. Of the eight, four were introduced at the gala and provided filmed commentary. These are Samuel Seetin, Dr, Gary Nell, Earl Berg and Wendell Enos. Also honored in absentia was James Bolan with the sister of Stephan Giest accepting his recognition. If that were all that occurred at the gala, it would have been sufficient, but this event truly went beyond the limits, thanks to heroics of the late Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Miles (Dec.) and the appearance of Col. John Morgan, deputy commanding officer of the U.S. Army special operations aviation command based at Fort Bragg, NC. Col. Morgan received a Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and 10 other meritorious medals for service in Afghanistan.
Karen Miles & The Late Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Miles
DEBORAH AWARDEES– ADL honors three “Women of Distinction” March 3 with Deborah Awards. Top left: Carol Cheng; bottom left: Monica Gil; above: Jill Black Zalben.
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During his lifetime, Palm Desert resident Lt. Gen. Miles and his wife Karen were avid supporters – Karen still is–of the air museum. In recognition of his service, the museum is dedicating its new Gen. Kenneth P. Miles Vietnam and Korea Hanger, to serve as a repository for its aircraft memorabilia of those wars. Another fact making the dedication of the hanger appropriate is that the general earned his Silver Star when flying in support of the handful of Americans pinned down at Tong Le Chon. He dropped below 500 feet into a box canyon and fired on North Vietnamese troops surrounding the American soldiers … returning to the battle several times with a fresh airplane and armament, though his mission was over. The Palm Springs Air Museum is an educational nonprofit with a mission to preserve and honor our military veterans by educating future generations. It is home to one of the largest collections of still-flyable WWII aircraft,. a 9,200 volume library, flight simulators and feature docents who have “been there, done that.” More information about the museum at 760-482-136.