BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TO OPEN FOURTH ANTELOPE VALLEY SITE.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer ROSAMOND - Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. 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 officials hope next month to open the organization's fourth clubhouse, with help from the Rosamond Rotary Rotary can refer to:
Rotary Club members are helping renovate a building at 2665 Diamond St. into the clubhouse. ``They're doing a lot to get this done,'' said Laura Setzer, a Boys & Girls Club board member. ``It's the only area in the Antelope Valley that doesn't have a site.'' A ceremony was held Saturday with Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County Supervisor Steve Perez and Boys & Girls Club board President Alan Krepps to mark the signing of a ``memorandum of understanding'' for the opening of the club. Rosamond Rotary Club members approached the Boys & Girls Club six months ago about getting a clubhouse opened in their community, Setzer said. Officials hope to have the clubhouse open in mid-April. It would join the main clubhouse at the Hammack Activity Center in Lancaster, and satellite facilities in Lancaster and Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``We need paint and work done,'' Setzer said. ``We need a lot of stuff and if we can get companies to maybe donate paint, and if people are getting rid of a ping-pong table, furniture, anything like that, we need it desperately.'' The clubhouse is expected to be open from noon to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. It is geared toward youngsters 7 to 17 as an after-school program, offering both fun activities and help with homework. The clubhouse is not a child care facility, Setzer noted. ``It will be at least an education place and a place for them to go after school,'' Setzer said. Annual tuition is $10. If parents cannot afford that, the club will work with them, Setzer said. The organization is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. sponsors who will sponsor a child, or several children, for a year. Operating the Rosamond clubhouse will cost about $25,000 a year. While some of that money will come from a Casino Night
A Casino Night (also called Vegas Nights, Las Vegas Night, Monte Carlo Night) is an entertainment event with a casino theme. fund-raiser, planned for Aug. 11 at Willow Springs Raceway Willow Springs International Motorsports Park is located near Rosamond and Lancaster, California, and is about an hour north of Los Angeles. It is a historic race track, in existence more than fifty years, with the first race in 1953. The main track is a challenging 2. , and from grants, the organization can still use donations from companies and private citizens, Setzer said. The Rosamond clubhouse also needs volunteer staffers. ``A lot of the volunteers turn out to be kids who have gone through the program, which is a really cool thing because they can share their experiences with the kids,'' Setzer said. For more information on the Boys & Girls Club, to make a donation, or to volunteer, call the club at (661) 267-2582. |
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