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BUSINESSMAN SEES LASER TAG AS WAY TO ZAP TEEN BOREDOM.


Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer

Frustrated frus·trate  
tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates
1.
a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart:
 that his teen-age sons complained about having nothing to do growing up in Agoura Hills, Timothy J. Brockdorf is proposing a remedy - a laser tag Laser tag is a team or individual sport where players attempt to score points by engaging targets, typically with a hand-held infrared-emitting targeting device. Infrared-sensitive targets are commonly worn by each player and are sometimes integrated within arena in which the game  facility.

Brockdorf wants to build a 6,967-square-foot facility in the Agoura Hills Town Center at 30135 Agoura Road, next door to the Triunfo YMCA YMCA
 in full Young Men's Christian Association

Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members.
. Lazer Craze would have a 3,200-square-foot arena on the ground floor for team playing with a smaller playing area nearby for a two-person game.

``I've lived in Agoura since 1986 and raised two boys. There wasn't much for them to do so I've always been looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 another option,'' Brockdorf said.

The opportunity came when he met Gary Sanders, owner of L.C. Enterprises in Camarillo. Sanders was looking for a site to develop a laser tag arena.

``It worked out well for both of us,'' Brockdorf said.

The main attraction at Lazer Craze would be laser tag on the main game floor, where up to 30 players wearing special vests with targets on them can zap A command that typically deletes the data within a file but leaves the file structure intact so that new data can be entered. See wipe.

1. (language) ZAP - A language for expressing program transformations.

["A System for Assisting Program Transformation", M.S.
 each other with lasers. At the end of a game, players receive their individual scores as well as team scores.

Laser Mission takes place between two players in a mazelike setting on 114 square feet of space. In addition, Brockdorf is proposing three game-party rooms on the 1,490-square-foot second floor where groups or individuals could rent the space.

The project will be reviewed by the city's Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments
commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
 in a public hearing 6:30 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 30101 Agoura Court, Suite 102.

If he gets approval, Brockdorf said he also hopes to use his business to help local nonprofit groups raise money at the facility.
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Date:May 8, 1996
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