BRIEFLY : DANCE WILL BENEFIT PALMDALE MUSEUM.PALMDALE - 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 Indian Museum The Indian Museum was founded by Dr Nathaniel Wallich a Danish botanist at Serampore (originally called Frederischnagore) near Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814. It is a multi-disciplinary institution of national standing and is one of oldest museums in the world. will benefit from the a Swing into Spring dance 3-6 p.m. Sunday at the Palmdale Cultural Center, 704 E. Palmdale Blvd. Jazz pianist Ray Sherman will lead the band, which will include clarinetist Abe Most. A $20 donation is requested. Tickets must be purchased in advance. For tickets or information, call (661) 942-2946, (661) 942-6050 or (661) 943-8152. - Daily News Deadline looming for rodeo pageant LANCASTER - The deadline is 5 p.m. Monday for applications for the sixth annual Miss Rodeo Lancaster contest. Applications are available at feed and western stores and at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. office, 155 E. Ave. I. The crowning will take place June 4 at The Showdown PRCA PRCA Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association PRCA Pure Red-Cell Aplasia PRCA Public Relations Consultants Association PrCa Prostate Cancer PRCA Proportional Rate-Control Algorithm PRCA Personal Report of Communication Apprehension Rodeo. Miss Rodeo Lancaster applicants must be 17 years old by Sept. 1 and no older than 23 by Dec. 8. Junior Miss Rodeo Lancaster hopefuls must be between 12 and 16 by Sept. 1. Little Miss Rodeo Lancaster applicants must be between 8 and 11 by Sept. 1. Organizers said they are 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. applicants with an appealing appearance, congenial personality and skills in all areas of horsemanship horsemanship: see equestrianism. horsemanship Art of training, riding, and handling horses. Good horsemanship requires that a rider control the animal's direction, gait, and speed with maximum effectiveness and minimum effort. , as well as knowledge of professional rodeo. - Daily News Judge to be saluted at local luncheon LANCASTER - Antelope Valley attorneys will honor a local judge Friday at an Antelope Valley Bar Association luncheon. The Antelope Valley Judge of the Year announcement is a surprise, organizers said. 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 District Attorney Gil Garcetti Gilbert "Gil" Garcetti (b. August 5, 1941) served as Los Angeles County's 39th District Attorney for two terms, from 1992 until November 7, 2000. Background Gil Garcetti received a bachelor's degree in Management from the University of Southern California and a Juris will be the guest speaker. ``We invited Mr. Garcetti to speak at this occasion because his accomplishments have dramatically impacted the way the Antelope Valley legal system addresses crime,'' said Robert Parris, president of the Antelope Valley Bar Association. The program is set for noon Friday at Nina's Lounge in the Essex House Hotel. Tickets are $12 and are available by calling Lisa Baer at the office of attorney R. Rex Parris at (661) 949-2595. - Daily News Teen gets 20 days for car incident LANCASTER - A Littlerock teen-ager was sentenced to 20 days in Juvenile Hall after being convicted of charges stemming from a traffic incident in which another teen fell out of a truck the defendant was driving and was run over. A felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident and misdemeanor counts of reckless driving reckless driving n. operation of an automobile in a dangerous manner under the circumstances, including speeding (or going too fast for the conditions, even though within the posted speed limit), driving after drinking (but not drunk), having too many passengers in with great bodily injury and of driving without a license were sustained Thursday against the boy in Lancaster Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial , attorneys said. The boy was 16 at the time of the Aug. 25 incident on 94th Street East near Avenue T-6. The 17-year-old victim suffered brain damage and spent nearly four months in hospitals, according to his family. - Daily News Sentence handed down in '96 murder LANCASTER - A 22-year-old man was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison Friday for second-degree murder in the 1996 execution-style slaying of a man who was kidnapped, shot to death and dumped in a field. Omar Torres Solorzano, 22, pleaded no contest in the death of 26-year-old Roger Arciga, who was kidnapped from an acquaintance's Lancaster home Oct. 30, 1996, and found the next day in a field in the 47600 block of Division Street. Solorzano was the last of four defendants in the case. One was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, the second received probation on top of the time he served awaiting trial, and the third was sentenced to 12 years in prison. - Daily News |
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