BRANCH TO OPEN 7 DAYS; SUNDAYS ADDED TO LANCASTER'S LIBRARY SCHEDULE.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer The Lancaster branch library will be open Sundays beginning July 11, returning a service that was lost five years ago amid 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. County budget cuts, officials said Friday. Using $223,000 secured in the 1998-99 state budget, the Lancaster library will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays, giving the branch seven-day-a-week service. The state money is part of a $500,000 grant from the Office of Education that Assemblyman George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. , R-Lancaster, and Sen. W.J. ``Pete'' Knight, R-Palmdale, secured during budget negotiations last fall. ``Seven days of open operation is a milestone,'' said Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
The grant will provide funding for the Sunday service for up to five years. Aside from a $40,000 allocation to expand library service in Gorman, the rest of the $500,000 grant will be used to buy equipment, furniture and fixtures for the Lancaster facility. The funding was sought under a joint-use agreement among Lancaster, Los Angeles County, the Lancaster Elementary School elementary school: see school. District and the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale . A similar joint-use agreement between Palmdale and the Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. has resulted in $200,000 for the Palmdale library service under the recently approved fiscal 1999 state budget. It remains to be seen whether that allocation will survive Gov. Gray Davis' blue pencil blue pencil Noun deletion or alteration of the contents of a book or other work Verb blue-pencil, [-cilling, -cilled] or US [-ciling, . Sunday library service in Lancaster was a victim of state budget woes in the early 1990s. The state shifted property tax revenue from counties and special districts to make up its own budget deficit, putting a strain on libraries and other local services. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) The Lancaster branch library is a popular destination six days a week, and it is adding the seventh day starting July 11, when the branch will start opening Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. (2--Color) Councilwoman Michelle Idleman and daughter Delany and son Griffin use the children's section of the Lancaster branch library. (3--Color) Mayor Frank Roberts joins Sandra R. Duncan, regional administrator of the North County region for the Los Angeles County Public Library, at a press conference Friday. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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