BRIEFLY BLOOD DRIVE IS SET FOR THIS SATURDAY.LANCASTER - A Red Cross blood drive hosted by two clothing stores will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in a parking lot at the Valley Central shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into . The Red Cross bloodmobile blood·mo·bile n. A motor vehicle equipped for collecting blood from donors. will be hosted by Marshalls and the Fashion Bug in the parking lot at 44500 Valley Central Way, north of Avenue J and west 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. . Signup sheets are available in the two stores, but blood donors are also welcome to come by Saturday without advance reservations, said Gerrie Stephesns, Marshalls merchandise manager. The drive is being held in conjunction with the observance of March as Red Cross Month. - Daily News Club members: war isn't answer LANCASTER - Democratic Club of the High Desert members adopted a resolution against war in Iraq, advocating providing more time for United Nations inspectors to work and for the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to gather international support. Club members fear that a war would damage American credibility internationally, prematurely endanger U.S. troops, escalate the possibility of domestic terrorism Noun 1. domestic terrorism - terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people; "the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism" and devastate dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. the Iraqi people. ``Progress, although slow, is being made and war at this time, in the absence of solid world and domestic support, is not in the best interests of preserving our integrity as a world leader and in inflicting the least amount of harm possible to military and Iraqi citizens,'' club Vice President Lynda Von Husen said in an announcement of the vote. Club members said the United States should use its resources to dismantle the al-Qaida network and funding preparations against domestic terrorism. They said the cost of war would hurt the struggling U.S. economy. - Daily News Spaghetti, math join forces tonight LANCASTER - Joshua Elementary School's annual spaghetti math night will be held from 6 to 8 tonight in the school cafetorium caf·e·to·ri·um n. pl. caf·e·to·ri·ums or caf·e·to·ri·a A large room, usually in an educational institution, that serves both as a cafeteria and as an auditorium. , 43926 2nd St. E. Cost is $3 per person or $10 per family. For more information, call (661) 948-0743. - Daily News Writer set to sign books on Sunday LANCASTER - Joanne Fluke, author of the Hannah Swensen Mysteries, will sign copies of her new book ``Lemon Meringue Pie Murder'' at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Anna Davis Meeting Room at the Lancaster Library, 601 W. Lancaster Blvd. For more information, call (661) 948-5039. - Daily News |
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