Parking enforcement officer Matt Braga was honored by the city last week after he helped stop an out-of-control car driven by a woman having a seizure.

He said he didn't do it alone, but during the city hall ceremonies the name of the man who helped him was not known to him or other officials.

It turns out the other half of the team was Abdeslam Aouni, 35, who is employed at the gas station at the corner of Emory and Pleasant streets.

"I heard someone say 'stop that car,'" Aouni said in an interview with The Sun Chronicle. "I didn't know what I could do, but I ran beside it and the window was open so I put my hand on the brake. The other man (Braga) shifted it into park."

Aouni, said the woman, who appeared to be unconscious, fortunately had her foot on the brake rather than the accelerator.

Braga was able to get into the car from the passenger side and shift it into park, Aouni said. Aouni lives in Mansfield.

City officials last week paid tribute to two former officials who died recently.

City councilors held a moment of silence for Norma "Jean" McNary, 81, who served on the planning board for more than 30 years, and former city councilor Brian Sabourin, 56, who served three terms on that panel in the late 1980s.

McNary resigned from the planning board just last month saying that "30 years is enough."

Council president Frank Cook said plans were in the works to honor McNary for her long service at the time of her death.

"It's sad because we were working on a way to commemorate her 31 years of service when she passed away," he said.

He remembered Sabourin for his public speaking ability and recalled that state Rep. John Lepper, R-Attleboro, would refer to him as the "silver tongued orator from the East Side."

Attleboro Redevelopment Authority member Don Smyth said he has fond memories of McNary. She was on the board when he was a young city planner, he said.

"She was a nice lady, very sharp and always fair," Smyth said. "She was always very supportive of economic development." Soup for Heat is holding its fourth annual fundraiser on Saturday at the Council on Aging from noon to 2 p.m.

All tickets will be entered in a raffle for a baseball autographed by Red Sox star Tim Wakefield.

Ticket holders do not need to be present to win.

The event raises money to help homeowners get heating fuel if they are having hard financial times and don't qualify for other programs.

For more information or tickets call DeAnne Auclair at city hall at 508-223-2222.

Tickets will also be available at the door. Single tickets are $6, senior tickets are $5. A package of four tickets can be bought for $20.

GEORGE W. RHODES can be reached at 508-236-0432 or at grhodes@thesunchronicle.com.

The deadline for nominations for the city's annual historic preservation awards is March 15.

The awards are given for any activity that helps preserve the city's history, including written histories, the preservation of buildings and the filming of documentaries.

Nominations can be sent to Marian Wrightington, chairwoman of the city's Historic Commission, C/O City Hall, 77 Park Street, Attleboro, MA 02703.

For more information or to submit a nomination by telephone, Wrightington can be reached at 508-222-1207.

GEORGE W. RHODES can be reached at 508-236-0432 or at grhodes@thesunchronicle.com.