BRIEFLY SUPERVISOR'S GIFT TO AID HORSE RANCH.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, - Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San presented $2,000 to the Carousel Ranch on Wednesday, which teaches disabled adults and children to ride horses. ``This gift will help us provide more service to our challenged riders,'' said Denise Tomey, Carousel Ranch's executive director. The money will be used for therapeutic riding lessons and a wheelchair ramp A wheelchair ramp is an inclined plane installed in addition to or instead of stairs. Ramps permit wheelchair users, as well as people pushing strollers, carts, or other wheeled objects, to more easily access a building. to help riders mount horses, Tomey said. The ranch's structured equestrian riding curriculum helps the cognitive, physical and psychological development and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. of children and adults with a broad range of disabilities and special needs. - Daily News Depression topic of program today NEWHALL - Free screening for depression will be offered anonymously today in Newhall in a program sponsored by 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 Mental Health. The program will provide an educational presentation on depression and manic-depression and those in attendance may complete a written depression screening test and speak with mental health professionals. The work is done anonymously. For information, call (661) 222-2800. - Daily News |
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