BRIEFLY PWD WON'T HOLD SPECIAL ELECTION.PALMDALE - Palmdale Water District directors opted against calling a special election to pick a replacement for board member Les Carter, who died Oct. 10 at age 73 after 33 years on the board. Calling a special election would have cost about $175,000, water district officials said. The board instead will appoint a replacement to serve until the next election in 2005. Applicants must submit in writing a statement of their qualifications by Nov. 11. The board will pick a replacement by Dec. 9. Applicants must be registered voters living within the water district's Division 1. Division 1 is bordered roughly by 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. , Avenue P and 15th Street East north of Palmdale Boulevard, and by 10th Street East, Avenue S and 15th and 20th streets east south of Palmdale Boulevard. The division also includes the area north of the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. between Avenue N, 10th Street West and 20th Street West. For information, call the water district office at (661) 947-4111. - Daily News Church will hold harvest festival harvest festival Noun 1. a Christian church service held every year to thank God for the harvest 2. any of various ceremonies celebrating the harvest in other religions AGUA DULCE Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
Sponsored by Shepherd of the Hills Agua Dulce Christian Church and Family Community Church, the festival will offer live music, a moon bounce, games, refreshments re·fresh·ment n. 1. The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed. 2. Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes. 3. refreshments A snack or light meal and drinks. , goodies and family entertainment. The Harvest Festival is open to the public at no charge. For more information, call (661) 268-8863. - Daily News Toilet paper theft takes serious turn PALMDALE - A man and woman tried to run down a supermarket employee Wednesday after stealing a 24-roll pack of toilet paper, deputies said. Investigators are asking for the public's help in finding the pair, who stole the toilet paper and ran out of the Food 4 Less market in the 2300 block of East Avenue S about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday. An employee chased them into the parking lot, but they climbed into a truck and locked the doors. As the driver was pulling out, he attempted to run down the employee, who jumped out of the way and was not struck. The employee got the license plate number, which deputies later found belonged to a stolen white Ford Ranger The Ford Ranger name is used on two distinct and unrelated pickup truck lines by the Ford Motor Company
Anyone with information is asked to call the Palmdale sheriff's station at (661) 267-4300. - Daily News A.F. sword, gear taken from home LANCASTER - A weekend burglar BURGLAR. One who commits a burglary. (q. v.) stole a U.S. Air Force saber in a wooden case, an Air Force Academy class ring, an Air Force insignia and a Russian military stopwatch, deputies said. The ring is 10-karat gold with a star sapphire star sapphire n. A sapphire with a polished convex surface exhibiting asterism. Noun 1. star sapphire - a sapphire that when cut shows a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure setting, said Detective Sgt. Paul Kaser of the Lancaster sheriff's station. He said the burglary occurred some time over the weekend in the 45700 block of Saint Andrews Saint Andrews, town (1991 pop. 11,302), Fife, E Scotland, on the North Sea. A summer resort, it is famous for its golf courses. It was the seat of an archbishop from 908 and the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland until the Reformation. St. Street. Anyone with more information about the break-in or the stolen items is asked to call Kaser at (661) 948-8466. - City News Service |
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