HELP FOR VETS TO BE PLANNED.Byline: BETTIE RENCORET Senior columnist LANCASTER - A free barbecue for veterans is scheduled to help organizers with plans for an event to aid homeless veterans. The barbecue will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Grace Resource Center, 45134 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 . ``We need their input in order to make this of real benefit for them,'' said Steve Baker Steve Baker (born September 8, 1978 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire) is an English professional footballer who is a defender and currently plays for Gateshead. Baker has played for a number of clubs including Middlesbrough, Huddersfield Town, Darlington, Hartlepool and , Grace Resource executive director and co-chairman of the Homeless Veterans Stand-Down. The veterans who attend the barbecue will provide a tentative preliminary head count for the main event. ``That'll give us some idea of the numbers we're looking at so we can accurately provide accommodations,'' said Baker. The Homeless Veterans Stand Down will be held Oct. 3-5 on the Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. campus. Entertainment is expected to include a mix of blues, jazz, classic rock and solo acts, entertainment chairman Larry Pratt For the baseball player, see . Lawrence D. Pratt was born November 13, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey. Pratt's wife is Priscilla. Larry Pratt is most well know as the executive director of Gun Owners of America, a U.S.-based firearms lobbying group. Pratt was awarded a B. said. His sub-committee has also been working to get funding, donations and equipment including special speakers, stage lighting and a portable generator. Service organizations, businesses and churches are invited to become a part of the project with donations of equipment, supplies or cash. Those interested in participating or who want to volunteer should call Baker at (661) 940-5272. ``What we want to do is provide whatever assistance the homeless vets need,'' Baker said. Organizers want to get veterans off the streets, giving them ``a hand up, not just a handout,'' Baker said. ``All this is going to take more than one Stand Down,'' he said. ``This one will be our model. We'll pinpoint any mistakes we make this time and we hope there won't be too many. We'll learn from experience and fix everything we did wrong before we embark on another one next year.'' The stand-down committee meets at 6:30 p.m. June 2 at Grace Resource Center, 45134 Sierra Highway. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster, Palmdale and South Valley have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine and coffee, tea or milk for a suggested donation of $2. Monday: Hearty beef stew, corn Niblets, marinated beets and onions, grape juice, pears. Tuesday: Barbecued pork 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. , au gratin potatoes, green beans, creamy coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , juice, gelatin gelatin or animal jelly, foodstuff obtained from connective tissue (found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) of vertebrate animals by the action of boiling water or dilute acid. dessert. Wednesday: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, cooked cabbage, carrot and raisin salad, cheese cake. Thursday: Spaghetti and meatballs Noun 1. spaghetti and meatballs - spaghetti with meatballs in a tomato sauce dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" , mixed vegetables, tossed salad, apple juice, ice cream. Friday: Oven-fried chicken, baked potato, winter squash, marinated salad, banana. This column disseminates news of interest to seniors of all ages. Bettie Rencoret may be contacted at (661) 943-2998, or messages may be left at the Antelope Valley Bureau Daily News offices, (66l) 267-5741. |
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