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Book sale every Thursday night

PALMDALE -- The Friends of Palmdale City Library will sell books at the Thursday Night on the Square street festival at Poncitian Square, 38315 9th St. E.

The festival runs 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Thursday through Sept. 7.

The group will offer a large selection of hardback and paperback books, including both fiction and nonfiction. Paperback books will be sold for 50 cents while selected hardbacks will go for $1.

Thursday Night on the Square also offers fresh fruit and vegetables, live entertainment, arts and crafts, food and activities for children.

For more information, call [phone].

Foster care and adoption is topic

PALMDALE -- Children's Bureau will hold an orientation meeting for individuals interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents.

The session is July 22 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Children's Bureau office, 1529 E. Palmdale Blvd., Suite 210.

Qualifying families receive training, certification, funds and 24-hour support to aid in the care of their foster or adoptive child.

Children's Bureau is a licensed foster family and adoption agency. The group provides professional treatment and prevention services to more than 7,000 abused and neglected children and their families each year in San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange and Kern counties.

For more information, call [phone] or visit the Children's Bureau Web site at www.all4kids.org.

Legal research classes planned

LANCASTER -- Monthly legal research classes will begin Aug. 9 at the Lancaster Library, 601 W. Lancaster Blvd.

The classes, held 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month until Dec. 13, focus on legal research using a computer.

Participants will learn how to find cases using free Web sites and Lexis, a legal database. No previous legal research experience is required, but participants must know how to use a computer mouse.

The class is open to the public free of charge. To register, visit the library or call them at [phone].

Donations sought to build memorial

PALMDALE -- The Palmdale Woman's Club has joined with the Palmdale and Lancaster Sheriffs Boosters to spearhead a campaign to erect a memorial to fallen officers and firefighters of the Antelope Valley.

The groups hope to construct the memorial outside the front entrance to the Antelope Valley Mall.

The Palmdale Woman's Club is accepting donations on behalf of the memorial.

Checks can be made out to: Palmdale Woman's Club, P.O. Box 901825, Palmdale, Ca. 93590-1825 with a note in the memo section stating the funds are for the ``memorial.''

For more information, call Patricia K. Shaw at [phone].

8-week class set on self defense

PALMDALE -- The city Parks and Recreation Department will offer kuk sool won lessons beginning today from 5:15 to 6 p.m. at the Marie Kerr Park activity building, 39700 30th St. W.

The class offers students the opportunity to learn traditional Korean self-defense techniques, forms and routines. The eight-week class also aims to build student's self-confidence, strength and coordination.

The class costs $80 for the session.

For more information, contact instructor Antony Kinzell at [phone]. For registration information, contact the parks and recreation department at [phone].

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