BRIEFLY : REWARD CONSIDERED IN PROBE OF HOAX.LANCASTER - An 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 trustee has called for offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for last week's bomb hoax at Desert Winds High School. More than 150 students were evacuated from the continuation school continuation school: see vocational education. Feb. 12 after the discovery in a boys' bathroom of what turned out to be a fake bomb - a device made out of a gas can nozzle, two batteries and wires wrapped in clear packing tape and black electrical tape Electrical tape is a type of pressure-sensitive tape used to insulate electrical wires and other material that conduct electricity. It can be made of many plastics, but vinyl is most popular; it stretches better, giving a more effective and longer lasting insulation. . The Antelope Valley Union High School District board will vote at its March 4 meeting on offering the reward, suggested by trustee Bill Olenick. ``Whoever did that certainly told other people. Those people will turn them in for a price,'' Olenick said. - Daily News JetHawks job fair planned at stadium LANCASTER - The Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. will host a job fair Saturday and Sunday to hire game-day staff for the 1998 season. Positions to be filled range from ushers to parking lot attendants and ticket vendors. The job fair will run from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Lancaster Municipal Stadium, off Avenue I south of the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . JetHawks officials said a large crowd is expected. - Daily News Meeting to focus on screenwriting PALMDALE - Paul D. Marks --> Paul D. Marks is a contemporary author of detective, noir and crime fiction, though not only genre fiction. His short stories have appeared in a number of publications, including the anthologies Dime, Murder on Sunset Boulevard, Hardluck Stories, Murder by Thirteen, Murder will speak on ``Screenwriting: Ups and Downs ups and downs pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits , Ins and Outs'' at the High Desert Romance Writers of America Romance Writers of America (RWA) is a national non-profit genre writers association. It provides networking and support to individuals seriously pursuing a career in romance fiction and supports top authors such as Nora Roberts and Judith McNaught. meeting from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Hometown Buffet HomeTown Buffet is a buffet-style, sit-down restaurant chain headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota with locations throughout the United States. Its wide selection of food include pizza, hot dogs, hot wings, sliced ham among many others. , 422 W. Ave. P, Palmdale. Marks makes his living optioning screenplays of his own, rewriting other people's scripts or developing their ideas from scratch. Aspiring writers of all genres are invited to attend the monthly meetings. For more information regarding High Desert Romance Writers, call (805) 943-3897. - Daily News Deputy foils escape of suspect in A.V. PALMDALE - An ex-convict in custody on suspicion of child endangerment tried to escape from Antelope Valley Hospital, where he was waiting for what deputies said was a routine medical exam before being sent to jail. A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy tackled Rex Rhorer, 35, of Palmdale in a hospital corridor, and he will face additional charges of attempted escape, officials said. Rhorer, on parole for burglary, was arrested as deputies from a Palmdale Partners Against Crime unit conducted a parole search Wednesday and found the 35-year-old man and a pregnant female in a filthy apartment with five children. - Daily News Lancaster boy, 17, shot, hospitalized LANCASTER - A Lancaster teen-ager was reported hospitalized in stable condition Thursday after he was shot in the leg while walking near Challenger Way and Avenue I, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said. The 17-year-old, whose name was not released because he was a minor, was walking home about 2:45 a.m. Thursday when a car containing several men stopped next to him and they began arguing with him, police said. During the argument, one of the men shot the boy in his left leg. The teen walked home about three blocks and called authorities. - Daily News |
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