CLUB HOSTS VEGA'S DRIFTERS.Byline: BETTIE RENCORET Senior columnist PALMDALE - It was an ``Earth Angel'' and ``Daddy's Home'' kind of evening when Chico Vega's Drifters performed in an Acton Lions Club benefit concert. Despite the rainy weather, a crowd from Lancaster, Palmdale, Acton and even Tehachapi filled the Chimbole Cultural Center on Feb. 19, listening and dancing to the foursome's trademark songs. An auction during intermission included a diamond necklace valued at $1,800, which went for $600. Concert and auction proceeds went to the Acton Lions Club scholarship fund. The evening started with a buffet that let guests mingle and talk with the entertainers. While not Vega's original group, this quartet has been together for about 23 years. Vega, Bobby Maxwell, Edd Freeman and Calvin Andruss all live in northern Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. ``Years ago a couple of the original members formed their own groups and still appear around the country as The Drifters, but they haven't continued to do only the original Drifters music,'' said Vega. Maxwell serves as the Drifters' onstage clown. He said his antics on stage are always contrived to make the others laugh. ``Whatever I come up with is always a surprise because I never do the same thing twice. Besides that, they never know when it's coming,'' he said. One table was taken up by members of the J&J Social and Travel Club. Other tables held members of the 40 and Up Singles Club The term "singles club" can refer to one of two things: 1) In reference to a record label, a singles club refers to monthly program in which the buyer gets a single, usually a 7-inch record, sent to his or her home every month. . The first couple out on the dance floor were Alfredo Lovio and Glenda Barnes of Alfredo's Salsa and Swing Club. It didn't take long for other dancers to follow suit and fill the floor. LANCASTER - Lancaster Veterans Home Committee fund-raising Chairman Ken Creese has submitted his resignation. Creese, who spearheaded most of the fund-raisers that have filled the coffers of the home's amenities fund, has been in poor health. A Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. survivor, Creese said he feels he is no longer able to carry on the fund-raising duties effectively. ``I think it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for someone else to step forward and take over the job,'' he said. ``I'll still work on the projects and complete the plans for the proposed big-band dance that I started, but I just don't think I want to have the total responsibility anymore.'' He said he is currently working on a place to hold the dance and is checking into places with large dance floors. ``We want to be able to accommodate the crowd that an 18-piece band will draw,'' he said. Committee Chairman Tom Craft agreed to take over Creese's duties until someone else is elected to the position. Treasurer Ruth Marr reported that the final tally on (Naut.) to dovetail together. (Naut.) to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail. See also: Tally Tally proceeds from the Doobie doo·bie n. Slang A marijuana cigarette. [Origin unknown.] Brothers motorcycle raffle was $16,266.25. She said the current amenities fund total balance, with that additional amount and several smaller donations, is $77,100.75. Doobie Brothers drummer Keith Knudsen, who donated the autographed bike, has died since the raffle. Sandra Valdivia, from the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) in Los Angeles County's department providing public and personal health services to the over 10 million residents in the County. at High Desert Health Systems, presented a check for the amenities fund in the amount of $135. This represented proceeds from the sale of ``Freedom isn't free'' magnets, which were donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a Colonial patriotic society in the United States, open to women having one or more ancestors who aided the cause of the Revolution. The society was organized (1890) at Washington, D.C. , to which she belongs. The magnets are being sold for $5 each. ``I know this isn't, and probably won't ever be, anything like $16,000, but we aren't through selling them yet,'' she said. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster and Palmdale have been announced. All meals include bread and margarine and coffee, tea or milk, for a suggested donation of $2. Monday: Beef stroganoff beef stro·ga·noff n. Thinly sliced beef fillet sautéed and mixed with onions, mushrooms, sour cream, and herbs, often served on a bed of noodles or rice. , broccoli, corn chowder Noun 1. corn chowder - chowder containing corn chowder - a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes , lettuce salad, cheesecake. Tuesday: Pinto beans with ham, corn bread, parsleyed carrots, marinated salad, juice, peaches. Wednesday: Baked ziti with sausage, green beans, garden salad, pineapple juice, bread pudding. Thursday: Turkey sub, minestrone soup, potato salad, coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , apple pie. Friday: Creole chicken or fish fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let n. 1. , rice pilaf, spinach, tossed salad, orange. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: From left, Drifters Bobby Maxwell, Edd Freeman, Calvin Andruss and Chico Vega played Acton's Lions Club. Bettie Rencoret/Special to the Daily News |
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