ARTFUL SEASON PLANNED FOR A.V. COLLEGE GALLERY.

Byline: JOANNE CRAWFORD

LANCASTER - Antelope Valley College art faculty members will show their work in the opening exhibit of the season, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 26, at the campus gallery, 3041 W. Ave. K.

Various media will be featured, including watercolors, ceramics, sculpture, photography and drawing, said gallery director Pat Hinds.

Hinds plans to offer new shows each month through the academic year, college public relations director Steve Standerfer said.

Other shows planned for the fall semester are ``Three L.A. Artists,'' running Oct. 2-30; ``Open Gallery for Fall Students,'' Oct. 31 through Nov. 13; and ``The Society of Illustrators Annual Show,'' Nov. 18 through Dec. 18, Standerfer said.

The gallery, located in the southeast section of the campus, is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, except during holidays and semester breaks.

For more information, call [phone], Ext. 635 or 334.

PALMDALE - Palmdale High School band members, football players, track team members, and swimmers are among the nonprofit groups that will help keep the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds clean.

Boosters from clubs and organizations at the school will work on a rotating schedule during the fair's Aug. 23-Sept. 2 run.

LANCASTER - Telephone registration appointment cards for the fall semester at Antelope Valley College will be available through Thursday in the campus Student Services Center lobby.

Classes for the term that starts Aug. 26 are offered weekdays, evenings and Saturdays, public relations director Steve Standerfer said. In addition, some courses are now offered on television, he said.

One new course scheduled this semester is theater arts 41 or ``History of World Cinema, Part One: 1885-1940,'' which introduces students to international film history, theory and aesthetics, Standerfer said.

Scheduled screenings for the three-unit theater arts 41 include such classic films as ``Birth of a Nation,'' ``The Jazz Singer'' and ``King Kong.'' The class meets Tuesdays at 1 p.m.

An additional course offering is ``Managing Finances and Investments,'' or business 72, in which students will learn about the broad spectrum of investments available to individuals. The class will meet Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

In addition, the new course business 43 or ``Introduction to International Business,'' will teach interpersonal techniques in conducting business at the international level. Business 43 will be also taught Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

For information on fall courses, call the college at [phone].

LANCASTER - A retirement party for Antelope Valley College dean Frank Roberts will be held at 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at Fox Airfield Terminal.

Cost of the party, open to the public, is $9 per person. Reservations are required by calling the college at [phone], Ext. 571, by Aug. 29.

Roberts, who also is mayor of Lancaster, is retiring at the end of this month after 35 years at the college.