ANIMAL OFFICIALS CHECKING AREA FOR LICENSED CANINES.Byline: Karen Thacker Community Columnist Dog owners can expect a visit from Los Angeles County Animal Control revenue service officers in the next few weeks. The officers are canvassing the Antelope Valley, checking with residents to make sure their pets are licensed and getting rabies shots. ``It helps us keep track of when they were vaccinated if we have an outbreak,'' said Animal Control Officer M. Wilson. ``Rabies is like AIDS - it kills.'' Dogs can be licensed on the spot from a revenue service officer. In Lancaster and Palmdale, it's $22, or $12 if the dog is spayed spay tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal). [Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword or neutered neu·ter adj. 1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender. b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs. 2. a. . In the rural county areas, the cost is $20, or $10 if fixed. The Animal Control Department makes an annual check of resident homes. Officers are currently in Lancaster and will visit Palmdale next, followed by the rest of the Antelope Valley south of the Kern County line. Later they will cover other areas of northern Los Angeles County, including Santa Clarita and Castaic. As part of NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Night at the Lancaster Library, pilot Rodgers Smith will speak from 6:30 to 8 tonight. The event is free and open to the public. Smith will speak on flying the SR-71 at NASA Dryden and on aerospace history, then lead a tour of the Aerospace Walk of Honor The Aerospace Walk of Honor in Lancaster, California, USA, is a continually-growing venue for honoring test pilots who have significantly contributed to aviation and space research and development. on Lancaster Boulevard. The library is at 601 W. Lancaster Blvd. Those needing more information can call (805) 258-2662. The Erica Nemback Memorial Charity Softball Game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. Teams will be made up of members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. and the California Highway Patrol. Nemback, a Cottonwood Elementary School teacher and daughter of a CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officer, was killed Oct. 18 by a six-time drunk driver. Tickets are $3 each and proceeds will go to the Erica Nemback Scholarship Fund at Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). . Other activities at the game will include a safety team card signing, free child fingerprinting, and crime-prevention information. Special visitors are costumed mascots CHP Chipper chipper Drug slang An occasional user of illicit drugs. See Recreational drug use Tobacco A popular term for a person who smokes < 5 cigarettes/day, who may be resistant to nicotine dependence or addiction, and often born to non-smoking parents. , Lancaster sheriff's station Officer McGruff and the JetHawks' KaBoom. Sponsors of the event are the Sheriff's Department, the CHP, Lancaster Crime Task Force and the JetHawks. For information, call Deputy Dwayne Bednar at (805) 940-3834. |
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