BRIEFLY; TEEN RECOVERING AFTER STABBING.WINNETKA - A 16-year-old boy was recovering Thursday after a suspected gang member stabbed him in the abdomen the night before, police said. Police arrested Anibal Rosales, 21, of Canoga Park on suspicion of attempted murder after the youth was stabbed about 11 p.m. Wednesday at Cohasset Street and Oso Avenue, said Los Angeles Police Detective Bruno Pabon of the West Valley Division. The wound was not believed to be life-threatening, he said. The suspect asked the victim where he was from and then stabbed him after a few words were exchanged, police said. Police were searching for a second suspect, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Charles Rodriguez. - Daily News BAPTIST CHURCH PLANS EXPANSION LAKEVIEW TERRACE - Lakeview Terrace American Baptist Church is holding a ground-breaking Sunday for a new church, to make room for an expanding congregation. ``The membership has grown tremendously, so we're bursting at the seams there,'' said Debra Wright, a member of the ground-breaking steering committee. The new, larger church will include facilities for community outreach programs, a nursery and multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective room. The church hopes to organize more activities, such as youth tutoring and senior citizen luncheons, Wright said. The current church building will continue to be used as a chapel. The construction will cost approximately $1 million and the new church should be ready to open by October, Wright said. The ground-breaking will take place at 3 p.m., at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Terra Bella Street in Lakeview Terrace. For information, call (818) 899-0312. - Daily News Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 STOCKPILES CAN HELP FEED NEEDY Area food banks suggest that people donate food stockpiled in case of Y2K problems. ``We just want to give people the idea that if they put aside something, they should donate it,'' said Doris Bloch, executive director of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. The head of the Union Rescue Mission The Union Rescue Mission (URM) is a private, Christian, homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles's skid row. It is the largest, private, homeless shelter in the United States. in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or asked anyone who stockpiled goods for Y2K to donate them to the homeless. ``For every family out there who made it through Y2K safely and securely, there is a homeless family who is worrying about how they are going to feed their family every day,'' said Michael Teague, the mission's chief executive officer and president. ``That extra can of beans can make a difference in the life of one homeless mother and her child,'' he said. The Grocery Manufacturers of America, a national food manufacturing group, said sales of canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. , bottled water and other survival-type supplies increased by up to 15 percent last month from December 1998. For information about donating food to the Rescue Mission, call (213) 673-4880. - Daily News Wire Services COUNTY CLINICS OFFER FREE PAP SMEAR Pap smear or Papanicolaou smear Sample of cells from the vagina and cervix of the uterus for laboratory staining and examination to detect genital herpes and early-stage cancer, especially of the cervix. Developed by the Greek-born U.S. Free Pap smears will be given at Los Angeles County clinics, including some in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , on Jan. 14, 21 and 28, in conjunction with Cervical Cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. Awareness Month, it was announced Thursday. According to the county Office of 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. , the incidence of cervical cancer among Latina, African-American and Korean women in Los Angeles County is significantly higher than the national average of 7.4 per 100,000. In addition to the Pap smears, women can get complete health assessments for free until the end of the month at these health centers: --Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Center in Van Nuys. --San Fernando Health Center --High Desert Hospital in Lancaster. To make an appointment, call (800) 793-8090 between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Bilingual operators are available. - City News Service |
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