BRIEFLY MEETING PLANNED FOR RELAY EVENT.The planning committee planning committee n (in local government) → comité m de planificación for the American Cancer Society's 2005 Relay For Life Relay For Life (often shortened to Relay) is a fundraising event of the American Cancer Society, and is now held in many other countries. It is an overnight event designed to spread awareness of cancer prevention, treatments and cures, celebrate survivorship and raise money will hold its first meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Foundation Room 1 at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, 23845 W. McBean Parkway, Valencia. The Foundation Room is in the portable buildings at the western edge of the hospital campus. The meeting is open to local residents interested in being involved in the local relay event, especially former team captains who would like to expand their role. For information, call Pat Willett at (661) 259-0033, Ext. 227. - Daily News Lonely seniors invited to lunch The Lions Club will once again be serving a Thanksgiving lunch Thursday at the SCV SCV Santa Clarita Valley (California) SCV Sons of Confederate Veterans SCV Santa Clara Vanguard SCV Singapore Cable Vision SCV Special Category Visa (Australia) SCV StarHub Cable Vision Senior Center, 22900 Market St., Newhall. The lunch is for local seniors ages 60 and over who have no family in the area. Call Elaine at (661) 259-9444 to R.S.V.P. Transportation options are available. Ask Elaine while making a reservation. - Daily News Needy treated to Thanksgiving The Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Auto Dealers Association will sponsor its fifth annual event providing Thanksgiving meals to the less fortunate on Tuesday. Members of the Association, dealership employees and participants from the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Community Center will serve more than 500 holiday dinners from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Newhall Elementary School cafeteria, 24607 Walnut St., Newhall. The menu this year will include roast turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, French string beans, green salad, rolls, desserts and beverages. Those interested in volunteering as a server should call Claudia Solis at the Community Center at (661) 284-1476, or Patti Fincher of the SCV Auto Dealers Association at (661) 255-3000, Ext. 238. - Daily News Scouts will help kids make crafts The Girl Scouts will help children ages 5 to 12 create Thanksgiving crafts at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Newhall Library, 22704 9th St., Newhall. For information, call the library at (661) 259-0750. - Daily News 6th-grader to visit Canada next year Vanessa Freedman, a sixth-grade student at Castaic Middle School, has been accepted into the People to People Student Ambassador Program The People to People Student Ambassador Program is an organization based in Spokane, Washington, that offers international travel opportunities to elementary, middle, and high school students. It is one of the sponsored programs of People to People International. , an educational travel program founded by president Dwight D. Eisenhower. Vanessa will explore Western Canada for 14 days next summer as a member of the Santa Clarita delegation. She will take part in a variety of activities such as riding in a gondola for views of the Canadian Rockies, hiking on the Athabasca Glacier, digging for fossils in the Canadian Badlands badlands, area of severe erosion, usually found in semiarid climates and characterized by countless gullies, steep ridges, and sparse vegetation. Badland topography is formed on poorly cemented sediments that have few deep-rooted plants because short, heavy showers , sleeping in a tepee tepee or tipi (both: tē`pē), typical dwelling of Native North Americans living on the Great Plains. It was usually made by arranging tent poles into a conical frame and spreading skins, usually buffalo hide, tightly over while learning about the history of Canada's first people, and seeing killer whales in their natural environment. - Daily News Richardson award applications due Soroptimist International of Santa Clarita Valley is accepting applications for the Violet Richardson Award. The award honors young women between the ages of 14 and 17 for volunteer action such as fighting drugs, crime or violence; protecting the environment; promoting tolerance; or helping the needy. Three awards ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 will be awarded at the local level, and local winners will be eligible for additional awards. Applications for this award program are available at local high schools or by calling Kris Hough n. 1. Same as Hock, a joint. v. t. 1. Same as Hock, to hamstring. [ imp. & p. p. os> r>; p. pr. & vb. n. os> n. 1. An adz; a hoe. v. t. 1. To cut with a hoe. at (661) 295-0506. Applications must be returned to Soroptimist International of Santa Clarita by Dec. 1. - Daily News Pleasantview is newly accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. Pleasantview Industries Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for its job development, job supports, job-site training and organizational employment services programs. The latest accreditation is the seventh consecutive three-year accreditation outcome awarded to Pleasantview, a locally based nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. providing work and employment opportunities to persons with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. in the Santa Clarita Valley since 1969. For information about Pleasantview Industries, call Executive Director Gerry Howard at (661) 296-6700. - Daily News Get an Auto Club plush toy dinosaur The Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. is creating a fanciful version of a prehistoric ``Family Road Trip'' atop a dinosaur that will travel down Colorado Boulevard Jan. 1 during the 2005 Tournament of Roses Parade The Tournament of Roses Parade was established, and first held, on January 1,1890, in Pasadena, California, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Rooted in tradition, this parade is broadcast on multiple television networks, watched by upwards of one . Santa Clarita residents can receive a stuffed plush toy version of the Auto Club dinosaur, while supplies last, when they donate $5 or more to the toy and fund drive for the Orthopedic Hospital. Donations can be dropped off at the Santa Clarita Auto Club office, 23770 Valencia Blvd., Valencia. An artist's rendering of the float will be on display. For information, call the Auto Club at (661) 259-6222. - Daily News Items for injured soldiers sought A group of Santa Clarita moms are collecting items to send to the Army hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, the first stop for wounded military personnel serving in the Middle East. Winter clothes in extra large sizes (to fit over casts and braces), athletic shoes in men's sizes 9 to 12 and women's sizes 6 to 9, and also moral support items like books, CDs and snacks are needed. The moms are also asking for cards and letters of support to be included. Children and their families are asked to create ``Bear Hugs for the Holidays'' cards with their first name and age, or the family name, included. Donations can be dropped off through the end of the year at KHTS, 27225 Camp Plenty Road, Suite 8, Canyon Country. For information, call Thresa Katz at (661) 250-8887. - Daily News Guardian taking girls' nominations The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (GLICOA) is a Fortune 1000 company founded in 1860 in New York, New York. It is the fourth largest mutual life insurance company in the United States of America. has announced the launch of the 2005 Girls Going Places Scholarship program, a national competition that recognizes and rewards entrepreneurial girls between the ages of 12 and 18. Fifteen girls will be awarded a total of $30,000 to be used toward furthering their education and supporting their entrepreneurial pursuits. Adults are asked to nominate girls by submitting a 750- to 1,000-word essay on why the nominee deserves a Girls Going Places award. The deadline to nominate is Feb. 25. Complete program information and nomination forms are available at the Girls Going Places Web site at www.girlsgoingplaces.com. - Daily News |
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