BRIEFLY : GRANADA HIGH PUTS ELWAY PLAN ON HOLD.Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. has indefinitely postponed plans to rename the Bryce Schurr Football Stadium for alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. and Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) played American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. Elway holds many college and professional records and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is the only . Critics have charged that removing the name of Schurr, the school's founding principal, will set a bad example by placing celebrity above esteem for educators. Elway, a Stanford University graduate, was a standout athlete and scholar at Granada Hills when he graduated in 1979. He has helped the school raise funds by donating his jerseys, signing footballs and attending an alumni baseball game. A rededication Noun 1. rededication - a new dedication; "the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem" dedication - a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose ceremony set for June 5 has been canceled. - Daily News CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge hosting city volunteer festival To celebrate National Volunteer Week, the city of Los Angeles
Representatives from hundreds of local city organizations will be on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout volunteers willing to lend a hand to give assistance. to give assistance; to help. See also: Hand Lend for L.A. Bureau statistics show that more than 20,000 people volunteered nearly 1 million hours to help the city of Los Angeles in 1996, and Mayor Richard Riordan will be on hand to see that the number of volunteers increases in coming years. Thousands of opportunities to serve the city will be made available, including caring for animals for the Department of Animal Regulation, reading stories to children for the city libraries, mediating for the city attorney, and responding to emergency calls for the Fire and Police departments. The festival will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at CSUN. - Daily News Valley Fair needs artists, performers 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. Fair officials 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. performers such as jugglers, musicians, singers and dancers in the Valley area who want to get up on stage at the fair June 4-7. The fair also needs people who want to enter baked goods, jellies and jams, quilts and other things in the home-arts department. Performers should call Al Lampkin at (818) 846-4951. People with home-arts entries should call Rajena Runyan at (818) 557-1600. - Daily News Bail denied to man held in cannon deal An Idaho man accused of selling a 30 mm military cannon to undercover agents he thought were Colombian drug cartel members was ordered held without bail Friday pending trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Wistrich said Steven Picatti, who flies around the world buying and selling airplanes, ``poses a danger to the community'' and is a ``flight risk.'' Picatti, 53, is due back in court May 4 to be arraigned. Picatti, who is from Boise, was arrested Monday near Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. by undercover Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and U.S. Customs agents. He allegedly sold them a cannon capable of firing 1,200 rounds a minute of incendiary INCENDIARY, crim. law. One who maliciously and willfully sets another person's house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson. 2. This offence is punished by the statute laws of the different states according to their several provisions. and armor-piercing projectiles. - City News Service City promotes state of human relations The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted Friday to elevate the status of
the city's Human Relations Commission to the level of a city
department and grant it about $800,000 annually to operate, double what
the commission previously had been allocated.
``This is a historic day,'' said City Councilman Mike Feuer, who proposed the change. ``By enacting this legislation we elevate the status of our city's efforts to improve race and human relations in Los Angeles.'' The expanded responsibilities of the commission include proposing legislation, investigating human relations problems and advising other city departments on human relations issues. - Daily News New leader named for animals agency Dan C. Knapp, former head of the Humane Society of Sonoma County, has been hired as general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Regulation, Mayor Richard Riordan said Friday. Knapp replaces acting general manager Sharon Morris, who has been appointed executive director of the newly formed Department of Disability. Knapp was executive director of the Humane Society of Sonoma County for nine years. Riordan said he restored the organization to fiscal health through use of volunteers, among other things. - City News Service Mission College has child care funding Mission College recently received a $503,000 state grant to create a network of child care providers for low-income families, particularly those with children too young to enroll in most preschool programs. The Sylmar junior college has used the funds to start the Family Child Care Homes Network, consisting of 24 licensed providers in neighborhoods like Sylmar, San Fernando, Panorama City, North Hills, Mission Hills and Van Nuys. Working parents or students with children ages 2 and under are eligible for the service. The grant will pay for 72 children to stay in licensed child care homes for three years, as well as cover the cost of 60 days of child care for parents looking for work. For information, call Julie Ruelas, a Mission College child development professor, at (818) 364-7670. - Daily News Former officer gets sentenced to prison A former Los Angeles police officer, who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing money from a crime scene and weapons from his fellow officers, was sentenced Friday to 16 months in state prison. Roger VanOverstraeten, 27, resigned from the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. after he was charged in April. Deputy District Attorney Richard Goul said criminal charges were filed against VanOverstraeten after an internal affairs investigation into a series of thefts in 1995 and 1996 from the lockers of the LAPD's Southwest Division. The stolen items included a semiautomatic handgun and a .38-caliber revolver, Goul said. - City News Service |
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