BRIEFLY PIPE BOMB FOUND IN ARCO GARBAGE.PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - An employee at the Arco gas station located on the southeast corner of 25th Street East and Avenue S found what appeared to be a pipe bomb at 5 a.m. Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. as the employee was emptying the trash, officials said. The pipe bomb, which fell out of the trash liner liner /lin·er/ (lin´er) material applied to the inside of the walls of a cavity or container for protection or insulation of the surface. liner see teat cup liner. , was detonated by the sheriff's bomb squad at 8:30 a.m. - Daily News Service clubs plan Memorial Day fete PALMDALE - The Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Service Organization Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Tuesday: see week. at the Palmdale Senior Center to plan its Memorial Day ceremony. Any Antelope Valley community service organization representatives are invited to attend. The Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. May 28 at Desert Lawn Memorial Park in Palmdale. The Service Organization comprises more than 30 area service clubs and encourages community members to participate in this event. For more information, call Heidi Vose at (661) 267-5551. - Daily News Miss High Desert invites applicants LANCASTER - Young women interested in earning scholarships for college are invited to attend the Miss High Desert contestant orientation meeting May 10 in Lancaster. Miss High Desert is for young women who are between the ages of 17 and 23 by July 28, and who live, work or go to school in the High Desert area. Participation is open to the first ten contestants registered by May 10. Parents are invited to meet the Miss America Miss America annually selected most beautiful young woman in America. [Am. Hist.: Allen, 56–57] See : Beauty, Feminine Miss America winner of beauty contest; femininity high among virtues desired. [Am. Hist. directors and committee members at the orientation meeting. For meeting location and information about the Miss High Desert summer 2001 program, call Lorayne Burch, executive director at (760) 373-8080. The annual Miss High Desert Scholarship Program will be held in July. It is sponsored by the High Desert Scholarship Association, a 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. . The organization has provided over $24,000 in college scholarships to young women since 1999. - Daily News |
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