BASKETBALL GAME WILL HONOR DEPUTY.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Remembered as a policeman's policeman policeman /po·lice·man/ (pah-les´min) a glass rod with a piece of rubber tubing on one end, used as a stirring rod and transfer tool in chemical analysis. po·lice·man n. , sheriff's narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. investigator Richard B. Hammack will be honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. today by about 50 deputies and firefighters taking part in a memorial basketball game. The 1 p.m. game to be played in two 20-minute halves will take place at Palmdale's Richard B. Hammack Center, named for the deputy who was gunned down in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
``This means a lot to the deputies who live and worked up here who knew Richard Hammack,'' Deputy Steven Lankford said. ``Just to remember Rich, we get together and play the game in his facility in his building.'' The 31-year-old deputy was killed May 11, 1992, following a gunbattle during a drug raid in Palmdale. He was hit by three bullets fired inside a mobile home in the 3500 block of East Avenue R. A suspected drug dealer was also killed in the battle. ``He was a great guy,'' said Lankford, who worked with Hammack for about two years. ``He was a hard worker.'' The seven-year veteran with the sheriff's department worked as a patrol deputy and then spent eight months on 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 Gang Detail before moving over to the Palmdale narcotics squad. Hammack was known for his love of children and sports. Thus the $2 million recreation facility at 815 E. Ave. Q-6 was named and dedicated in his honor HIS HONOR. A title given by the constitution of Massachusetts to the lieutenant governor of that commonwealth. Const. part 2, c. 2, s. 2, art. 1. It, is also customarily given to some inferior magistrates, as the mayor of a city. in July 1992 in appreciation of his work to keep children out of trouble and drugs off the streets. The 19,000-square-foot center originally was built as a supermarket and was later converted into a toy store A toy store, or toy shop, is a retail business specializing in the services of selling toys. No longer held to the limitations of the brick and mortar outlet, the toy store has successfully created a presence within the e-commerce industry. . Palmdale officials spent $1.7 million in 1990 to buy the building and an additional $338,000 to renovate it. Officials are hoping to attract more spectators to this year's game, which is free. ``The first few years it got a lot of publicity,'' Lankford said. ``Now it's just wives and family members of the players. It's unfortunate that we can't pack the gym.'' |
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