BRIEFLY : SALE OF ELMO DOLL HELPS ANIMAL REFUGE.ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A $503 bid bought a Tickle Me Elmo Tickle Me Elmo is a childrens' toy from Tyco, introduced in the United States in 1996, becoming that year's top fad. Bright red in color and based on Elmo, a Muppet character from Sesame Street, when squeezed, Elmo would chortle. doll at an auction Sunday at the Wildlife Waystation The Wildlife WayStation is a 160-acre refuge in northern Los Angeles County dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating wild and exotic animals. A charitable corporation located within the boundaries of Angeles National Forest, the facility was founded in 1976 by animal activist . But a second Elmo doll didn't generate a high enough bid, and the animal refuge plans to hold on to the doll for a future fund-raising effort Noun 1. fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported . The popular dolls were donated to the organization by a Canadian woman and her two daughters to aid the refuge's work with wild and exotic animals. Tickle Me Elmos usually retail for $30 or less, but since they're so popular they have become hard to obtain at any price. The dolls were intended as Christmas presents for the two girls, but the family decided to donate them after watching a television program about the refuge from their home in Calgary. The Wildlife Waystation is a refuge for more than 1,000 animals in the Angeles National Forest. ?13Daily News Man, bystander by·stand·er n. A person who is present at an event without participating in it. bystander Noun a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator Noun 1. killed in shooting Two gunmen opened fire on a man using a public telephone in Highland Park Highland Park. 1 City (1990 pop. 30,575), Lake co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. It is a retail business and medical center for the North Shore area. , killing him and a bystander who was caught in the line of fire, Los Angeles police said Sunday. The deadly attack was the result of gang fighting in the area, said police spokesman Eduardo Funes. Funes said the gunmen approached Jose Quesada, 22, at about 9 p.m. Saturday as he was using a phone in the 5700 block of Aldama Street. As the gunmen started shooting, Quesada tried to run into a nearby market that was just closing, Funes said. The gunmen continued to shoot at him as he reached the front door. Quesada was shot several times and collapsed in the market's doorway, Funes said. Another man, identified as Raymond Argueta, 42, who was in the process of locking the door, also was hit by gunfire. ?13City News Service |
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