BRIEFLY DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR FAMILY IN FIRE.PALMDALE - Grace Resource Center will receive donations for a family burned out of their Palmdale apartment. Carmilla Ligons and her four children, ages 4 to 11, have been living in a Palmdale Boulevard motel since the Oct. 15 fire, which destroyed the family's clothing and other belongings. ``It's hard for me right now,'' said Ligons, who is disabled. She said she has had a hard time getting help to replace the possessions burned in the fire, which firefighters blamed on a broom broom, common name for plants of two closely related and similar Old World genera, Cytisus and Genista, of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). and other items stored in a water heater closet, too close to a pilot light. The 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 Department of Social Services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales put them up for 16 days in the hotel, she said. The family was also given $50 worth of food by Grace Resource Center and a $50 clothing allotment from the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. . Grace Resource Center can be reached at (661) 940-5272. - Daily News |
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