CENTER WILL BENEFIT KIDS AT POINT MUGU.Byline: Paul Paul, 1901–64, king of the Hellenes (1947–64), brother and successor of George II. He married (1938) Princess Frederika of Brunswick. During Paul's reign Greece followed a pro-Western policy, and the Cyprus question was temporarily resolved. O'Donoghue Donoghue or O'Donoghue is an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnchadha ‘descendant of Donnchadh’, a personal name composed of the elements donn = ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + cath Staff Writer Expanded facilities and new computers to help children keep in touch with friends and family overseas are to be part of a new $2.6 million youth center under way Tuesday Tuesday: see week. at the Naval Air Station A Naval Air Station is an airbase of the United States Navy. Such bases are used to house Naval Aviation squadrons and support commands. List of Functioning US Naval Air Stations
With more adults being deployed to Point Mugu as part of military consolidation efforts, officials said there are more children than the existing 20-year-old center that can accommodate. ``The current center is small and we've kind of strained our facilities,'' said spokeswoman Teri Reid. ``We just need more room to accommodate the children of military and civilian employees, and to offer different types of activities.'' Ground was broken Tuesday on the new facility, and construction is to begin next week. The federal government is paying for the single-story 10,000-square-foot center that is slated to open in March. Facilities at the center will include a playground Playground - A visual language for children, developed for Apple's Vivarium Project. OOPSLA 89 or 90? , two classrooms, a computer room, a game room, a room exclusively for teens to hang out in, a snack bar and two basketball courts, said Reid. The center will provide before- and after-school programs, summer camp, and winter and spring break programs. Plus, it will offer a computer room with Internet access See how to access the Internet. that will allow children to e-mail parents who may be deployed away from home, and friends where they have previously lived, said Reid. The new center is to be built alongside the existing one. Officials have not yet made plans for using the existing facility. The architect for the facility is Rasmussen and Associates of Ventura and the contractor is San Diego-based Solpak, Inc. There are 4,400 military personnel and 2,900 civilians working at the Naval Air Station. |
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