BOOKS, TALKS SET AT EVENT A.V. WOMEN'S CONFERENCE EXPECTED TO DRAW 1,200.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Inspired by an annual state conference, local business women, professionals and others are organizing a women's conference expected to attract 1,200 participants. 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 Women's Conference 2006 will include seminars on women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. , business finances, self and family, home and children, vendors offering services and products for women, and a book fair featuring the works of authors speaking at the conference. ``The goal ... is to celebrate, inspire and empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems women in the Antelope Valley by highlighting information and sharing resources in all areas of interest to women,'' said Fran Paolinelli, a journalist and one of the organizers. Added public-relations agency owner Ingrid Chapman, another organizer: ``The key word is inspiration, ... inspiration to do great things, inspiration to go after your dreams.'' The all-day conference is scheduled for April 7 in the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds' two main pavilions and two smaller meeting halls. It will open with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m., will include a buffet lunch buffet lunch n → buffet m (almuerzo) buffet lunch n → lunch m buffet lunch n → Buffet nt with entertainment and will close at 5 p.m. Registration fees will be $75 per person before Feb. 1 and $95 after Feb. 1. Registration fees for full-time students Full-Time Student A status that is important for determining dependency exemptions. An individual enrolled in a post-secondary institution may be eligible for certain tax breaks. Notes: The full-time status is based on what the individual's school considers full time. and seniors age 62 and older will be $50 before Feb. 1 and $70 after Feb. 1. Speakers will be announced later, organizers said. Chapman said she has attended for six years the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Governor's Conference on Women and Families. A delegation of 30 or 40 local women is expected to attend the 2005 conference Thursday in Long Beach. ``I found that so inspirational in·spi·ra·tion·al adj. 1. Of or relating to inspiration. 2. Providing or intended to convey inspiration. 3. Resulting from inspiration. . It's our model,'' Chapman said. For Antelope Valley Women's Conference information, call (661) 951-1717, e-mail niki.chapmancomm(at)verizon.net or visit the Web site at www.avwomensconference.com. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Vivian Komori, above, welcomes all to a news conference announcing a planned Women's Conference next spring. Right, Caroline Bernal talks about the conference's logo. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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