14 VICTIMS HONORED : CHILDREN DEAD FROM ABUSE GIVEN GARDEN PLOT MEMORIAL.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Fourteen children who died from child abuse over the past five years were remembered Wednesday as civic leaders dedicated the Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's second flower garden in their honor. The dedication caps the monthlong child abuse awareness campaign sponsored by the Children's Center of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . ``It's overwhelming,'' said Barbara Merritt, chairwoman of the Blue Ribbon Campaign Blue Ribbon campaign may refer to:
Approximately 100 feet long and 25 feet wide, the garden on the south side of Courson Park contains two dozen bushes, five trees "Five Trees" in Paradise is a mysterious allegory or concept from famous Coptic Gospel of Thomas NHC 2: (gnostic library from Nag Hammadi in Egypt) 19th saying/logia of Jesus and other sources of religious mythology. and a heart-shape flower bed filled with purple, lavender lavender, common name for any plant of the genus Lavandula, herbs or shrubby plants of the family Labiatae (mint family), most of which are native to the Mediterranean region but naturalized elsewhere. The true lavender (L. and white petunias. A bronze plaque plaque (plak) 1. any patch or flat area. 2. a superficial, solid, elevated skin lesion. attachment plaques placed in front of the heart reads: ``This garden serves as a remembrance of children lost to abuse and a hope for a brighter life for the children of our community, a flower, each and every one.'' A similar but smaller garden was dedicated outside the Lancaster Western Hotel Museum on March 31 to mark the start of the campaign. ``This is designed to create awareness year-round,'' said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. ``It's something that we can't tolerate in the area.'' The Children's Center of the Antelope Valley, which provides counseling and therapy to victims of child abuse, distributed 65,000 brochures over the past month telling how to recognize child abuse and where parents can go for help if they fear losing control with their children. ``The goal was to inform and make people aware,'' said Esther Gillies, executive director of the Children's Center of the Antelope Valley. ``And that has been achieved.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1-2--color) Mayors Jim Ledford of Palmdale, left, and Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
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