BOOKMOBILES GETTING NEW WHEELS.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer 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 20-year-old and increasingly unreliable bookmobile will be replaced with a larger model boasting boast 1 v. boast·ed, boast·ing, boasts v.intr. To glorify oneself in speech; talk in a self-admiring way. v.tr. 1. To speak of with excessive pride. 2. Internet access See how to access the Internet. and an updated book collection through a $600,000 state grant, officials said Friday. The grant money also will be used to purchase new bookmobiles for Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and Malibu. The new bookmobiles - which a library spokeswoman describes as a cross between a mobile home and a bus - are expected to enter service in the fall. Last year, almost 60,000 items were checked out 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 bookmobile, which makes stops around the far western valley and in Lake Hughes, Leona Valley, Green Valley and Elizabeth Lake. The Santa Clarita bookmobile goes to Acton and Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
``For the rural areas that our bookmobiles go into, that is the library for that community,'' said Nancy Mahr, spokeswoman for the county library department. ``They provide library services where libraries aren't available.'' The bookmobiles were scheduled to be replaced 10 years ago, but the library system opted instead to rebuild the engines and transmissions, Mahr said. Today, the aging libraries on wheels are breaking down more frequently, leaving library employees stranded along the roadside and bookmobile patrons without service, she said. ``If they're broken down along the road, that's not a safe or convenient situation,'' she said. ``We always want to be able to provide this service to the people who count on it.'' |
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