BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY; EX-DIRECTOR OF A.V. FAIR CAN SIT BACK AND WAVE.Byline: Karen Thacker Community Columnist columnist, the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has supplanted the editorial for authoritative opinions on world problems. For more than 60 years Ron Carter has been participating in, directing or shaping the 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 Fair. This year he gets to sit back and wave. A fair director for eight years, Carter has been named grand marshal Grand Marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "Marshal" with the first usage of the term "Grand Marshal" as a ceremonial title for certain religious orders. for the 1998 Antelope Valley Fair Parade on Aug. 29. ``I started as a kid showing at the fair,'' said Carter, 69. ``My dad donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. the public address system and lighting for stages. I had horses, rode in shows, did some breeding.'' Carter's decades-long record of service stands as a testament to the importance he places on fairs. He served as director and vice president of the Western Fairs Associations and was a founding member and president of the short-lived Californians for Fairs organization. He also chaired a commission studying California fair programs and was vice chairman for a California legislative committee looking into long-term financing Long-term financing Liabilities repayable in more than one year plus equity. for fair boards. And he still volunteers on the Antelope Valley Fair's Rural Olympics committee. ``A fair is a culmination of a lot of things of a community,'' he said. ``Fairs are people, they are made up of people and a product of the people . . . It's important that you have an activity such as this to bring them together.'' Deciding on Carter to lead the fair parade wasn't hard. ``Ron has been a past fair director and he has also been in the fair since he was a little boy. So he was just a natural choice,'' said Lancaster Chamber of Commerce President Mary Ryckebosch. Carter's family has a long history in the Antelope Valley. His great uncle came to Antelope Valley in 1880 from Wisconsin, although his father didn't settle here until 1924. Carter would be able to claim he was born here except the valley didn't have a hospital - his mother went to an Inglewood hospital to give birth. He is president of Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Broadcasting Co., which operates radio stations KAVL, KAVS and KYHT. He's also president of W.B. Carter Inc., a family company that manages commercial and industrial buildings. Carter was vice president of the Antelope Valley Bus Co. until his family sold it last year. He has also headed several other local business ventures and organizations, serving as Lancaster Chamber of Commerce president in 1967-68. PARADE FACTS 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 Parade starts at 10th Street West and Lancaster Boulevard and travels east to Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . The route is shorter than in previous years to avoid interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. by train traffic and to spare marchers from staying out too long in the heat. Announcers will be located in front of Sierra Travel Service, 852 W. Lancaster Blvd.; Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd.; S & S Furniture, 706 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster Library, 601 W. Lancaster Blvd., and Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, 554 W. Lancaster Blvd. Parade co-chairmen are Gary Simpson and Rick Cook. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO (Color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV Edition only) Ron Carter, who for years has been a driving force behind the Antelope Valley Fair, will now get to sit back and wave as the event's grand marshal. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News BOX: PARADE FACTS (See text) |
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