BRIEFLY.Families to honor children who died LANCASTER - An organization for parents whose children have died will sponsor a candlelight vigil A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. on Sunday. The Compassionate Friends ceremony will be at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Hull Park on 30th Street West north of Avenue M. Participants are asked to bring their own candles and photos of their loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl . Local participants will be joining in a ninth annual worldwide vigil intended to let bereaved be·reaved adj. Suffering the loss of a loved one: the bereaved family. n. One or those bereaved: The bereaved has entered the church. families remember and celebrate the lives of children gone too soon. The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help organization that offers emotional support to grieving parents, grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl and siblings. There is no religious affiliation, and there are no membership dues or fees, officials said. Locally, the Compassionate Friends group meets at 7 p.m. on the first Monday First Monday is a short-lived U.S. television drama centered on the U.S. Supreme Court. Created by JAG creator Donald Bellisario, the show aired on CBS from January until May of 2002. of each month in a conference room at 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 Hospital, 1600 W. Ave. J, Lancaster. For information, call (661) 435-6058. More information on the national organization is available at www.compassionatefriends.org. - Daily News Avenue S paving to require detour PALMDALE - Avenue S will be closed to traffic from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday between 20th Street East and 25th Street East for paving, city officials said. City officials urged motorists to use other routes if possible. A detour on Tuesday will route Avenue S traffic onto 25th Street East, Avenue R-8, and 20th Street East, officials said. Traffic could be delayed up to 15 minutes on the detour, officials said. - Daily News |
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