CROWNING EVENT FOR 2 SENIORS DUO NAMED MALL WALKER QUEEN, KING.Byline: Peggy Peggy may refer to:
PALMDALE - Irene Sweeney arrived at dawn Tuesday for her usual walk around the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. . When she left a couple of hours later, it was as Queen for a Day, part of the mall's Senior Day celebration in honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. of the valley's older residents. For the first time, the shopping center's mall-walkers group named a King for a Day - crowning Jim Bolz with a cardboard Cardboard is a generic non-specific term for a heavy duty paper based product. Paperboard
Paperboard is a paper based material. It is often used for folding cartons, set-up boxes, carded packaging, etc. and glitter crown. ``I had no idea,'' said Sweeney, 86. ``I'm not much to be in front of the public. I wanted to hide.'' Sweeney has eight children, 24 grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. and 26 great-grandchildren. One son, three daughters and two grandchildren were able to make it to Palmdale for the Tuesday celebration. ``I didn't know why they were staying so long,'' Sweeney said. ``Nobody gave me a clue.'' Sweeney was selected for recognition because she has trekked an estimated 800 miles around the Antelope Valley Mall. Bolz, meanwhile, has logged nearly 3,000 miles - about 5 miles a day. ``It's hard to feel that I'm a senior,'' said Jim, who would only admit to being well into his 70s. Organizer Raedell Simon said the mall's Senior Days are very important. ``It makes it real nice, because a lot of them don't get out any other way,'' said Simon. Buses picked up seniors from Mayflower Mayflower, ship Mayflower, ship that in 1620 brought the Pilgrims from England to New England. She set out from Southampton in company with the Speedwell, Gardens, Littlerock, Lake 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. , Palmdale and Lancaster and gave them free rides to the mall for the event. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Mary Lowe greets dancer Alex Little Bow during Senior Day at the Antelope Valley Mall. (2 -- color) King Jim Bolz is crowned on Tuesday by his wife, Phyllis, as Queen Irene Sweeney, sitting, takes over the title from last year's royalty, Mila Gorney. (3 -- color) Crowds at Senior Day at the Antelope Valley Mall applaud Tuesday at the selection of the new senior queen and king. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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