HONORING VICTIMS OF CANCER: TREE WILL TELL STORY OF CARING.Byline: Karen Thacker Community Columnist columnist, the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has supplanted the editorial for authoritative opinions on world problems. The American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, begins today its Love Lights a Tree fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. memorial. Trees will be located at the J.C. Penney court of 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. and in the main lobby at Kaiser Permanente's Lancaster clinic, 43112 15th St. W. The 10th annual tree memorial lets people honor a cancer victim they know or have known by sponsoring an angel decoration that will adorn the trees. ``It gives people a chance to honor a friend or family member who has fought cancer and survived and gives people a chance to do a holiday memorial to someone they've lost to cancer,'' said Barbara Gillon, community services coordinator of the Eastern Sierra High Desert Unit of the American Cancer Society. ``It's just a nice thing to do around the holiday to remember people.'' Unlike past years when people were able to make donations at the mall and pick up an angel, workers can only hand out pledge forms and white paper angels this year. Mall officials are no longer allowing the cancer society to collect funds on mall grounds. Donors decorate the angel and put a name on it in remembrance, then bring the angel and pledge money to the American Cancer Society office, 1043 W. Ave. M-4, Palmdale. A card will be sent to the person whose name is honored on the tree, or the honoree's family, acknowledging the gift. Love Lights a Tree will run through Dec. 13. Organizers are asking people to continue to show strong support for this event, despite the changes in collecting donations. Last year $9,000 was raised from donations made through the Love Lights memorial. The memorial is used for national cancer research, local education, and community programs. LANCASTER - The title of Eagle Scout Ea·gle Scout n. One who has achieved the highest rank in the Boy Scouts. Noun 1. Eagle Scout - a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges Boy Scout - a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts has been awarded to David H. Ferguson. He collected 23 merit badges, the Duty to God and On My Honor awards, as well as the Eagle, Scouting's highest honor. His community service project - required for Eagle - was to build and install four park benches at the Oak Flats group campsite near Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake, 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W Nev. The lake, a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, receives the Truckee River. Visited (1844) by U.S. explorer John Frémont, the lake was named for its large pyramidal rocks. . The flat benches went around a campfire circle. An 18-year-old who graduated from home schooling home schooling, the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both of the children's parents serve as the teachers. this year, Ferguson says he has always loved Scouting scouting: see Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts. scouting Activities of various national and worldwide organizations for youth aimed at developing character, citizenship, and individual skills. Scouting began when Robert S. . ``It gives you a little bit of everything. It exposes you to a lot of stuff . . . and I enjoy being able to serve,'' he said. |
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