CITY SPENDS $42,000 ON MAGAZINE PROJECT.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - City officials spent $42,000 to produce and distribute 50,000 copies of a glossy gloss·y adj. gloss·i·er, gloss·i·est 1. Having a smooth, shiny, lustrous surface: glossy satin. See Synonyms at sleek. 2. , full-color magazine extolling Lancaster's achievements since the community was established in 1977. The silver trim, embossed em·boss tr.v. em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es 1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin. 2. letters and heavy paper in ``Partners in Promise ... The First 25 Years'' helped drive the publication's cost past its $35,000 budget, an official said Friday. ``We wanted it to be a coffee-table piece, something they would keep there for years,'' said Assistant City Manager Dennis Davenport Davenport, city (1990 pop. 95,333), seat of Scott co., E central Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1836. Bridges connect it with the Illinois cities of Rock Island and Moline; the three communities and neighboring Bettendorf, Iowa, are known as the Quad Cities. . Mailed this week to 48,000 Lancaster homes and businesses, the book launches a year of events for the 25th anniversary that will cost the city an extra $95,000 and include more elaborate July 4 fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to , a free JetHawks baseball game Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League , and a winter street fair. The city incorporated on Nov. 22, 1977. The book is being mailed days before the City Council and mayoral election on Tuesday, but its timing was not meant to coincide with the election, Davenport said. The book was supposed to come out in January but its publication was delayed. Decisions as to what should go into it, the design and the printing proved more complicated than expected, he said. ``We wanted to get it out months ago,'' Davenport said. ``It was hard. We did it all ourselves. We didn't contract out. We were doing other things as normal.'' The budget overrun 1. overrun - A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, especially in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes will be covered by cutting office supply purchases and other costs in City Hall's administrative services budget, so it won't be noticeable to citizens, Davenport said. But at least one person questioned the timing and expense. ``It's extremely convenient it comes out right now,,'' said William ``Freddy'' Fender, a police officer running for mayor, who noted that earlier last week he got an eight-page color brochure from the city's redevelopment agency. ``That's an awful lot of money to throw away. That would pay somebody's salary. I bet most of them end up in the trash.'' Besides expanding the usual civic celebrations, the additional $95,000 will produce 25th-anniversary souvenirs: anniversary stickers, pins, balloons, rulers and insulated in·su·late tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates 1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. beverage holders to hand out at the California Poppy California poppy: see poppy. California poppy Annual garden plant (Eschscholzia californica) in the poppy family, native to the western coast of North America and naturalized in parts of southern Europe, Asia, and Australia. Festival, the anniversary JetHawks game, 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 and the winter street fair. Details of some of the 25th anniversary events have yet to be worked out. Officials haven't decided how to give away free tickets for the JetHawks game, or how people will be able to sign up for a car that will be given away during the winter street fair. The car will be provided by local auto dealers. The street fair will involve closing Lancaster Boulevard for entertainment and vendors over the weekend of the annual Christmas/Holiday parade. The city will also sponsor the first evening's grandstand entertainment at the 2002 Antelope Valley Fair. The entertainer will be announced next week by fair officials. The city is searching for people born on Nov. 22, 1977, the date Lancaster incorporated. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Lancaster will mark its 25th anniversary with a special-edition magazine and enhanced civic events this year. |
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