REGIONAL ROUNDUP.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 District eyes site for school PALMDALE -- The Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. is in the process of acquiring 13 acres for a future elementary school elementary school: see school. on the district's east side. The vacant land near Avenue R-12 and 27th Street East is intended to be the future site of Frederick W. Strasburg School, named after a former longtime principal. The parcel consists of more than 40 parcels and the district is negotiating with property owners. If no agreement is reached, the district might use its eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in powers to obtain the land. -- Daily News Bark at the Park set for Saturday LANCASTER -- The annual Bark at the Park dog competition will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. West. Activities include a flying disc dog competition; rocket dog racers flyball team; obedience and agility contests; finder's keepers treat yard; urban sledding and herding demonstrations; auction and raffles; and educational speakers. Admission is free. The event also will feature food, pet vendors and rescue and community groups. All profits raised by the auction and raffle will benefit the Lancaster Animal Shelter. -- Daily News Book group to discuss mystery PALMDALE -- A mystery book discussion group will talk about Martha Grimes' "The Old Wine Shades" at 7 p.m. Monday at the city library, 700 E. Palmdale Blvd. The event is free. To request special aids for the disabled or for more information, call the library at (661) 267-5600, or TDD (Time Division Duplexing) A transmission method that uses only one channel for transmitting and receiving, separating them by different time slots. No guard band is used. Contrast with FDD. See also TDD/TTY. TDD - Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 267-5167. -- Daily News VENTURA COUNTY Medical center hosts seminar WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- Baby boomers are invited to attend a free educational seminar Oct. 13 at Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Entitled Options for Care -- Boomers and Beyond: Health Care in the 21st Century, and presented by the Ventura County Homecare Association Inc., and the hospital, the symposium will feature a discussion on integrative medicine integrative medicine combines conventional medicine with complementary and alternative therapies. integrative medicine The 'new medicine' A term for the incorporation of alternative therapies into mainstream medical practice. , hospice and other baby-boomer-related topics. Preregistration pre·reg·is·tra·tion n. An early registration, as for returning college students, that takes place before general registration. to the event, which will include a continental breakfast, exhibitors and raffle drawings, is encouraged by Monday. For more information, call Home Instead Senior Care at (805) 577-0926. -- Daily News Foundation awards $60,000 in grants CAMARILLO -- The Ventura County Community Foundation will award $60,000 in grants to programs aimed at empowering women and girls. The grants will be presented to eight recipients countywide that focus on domestic violence prevention and service programs, and programs that provide education training and economic opportunities for women and girls. Among the recipients are: The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley
The Santa Clara Valley is a valley just south of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. , Many Mansions and the Westminster Free Clinic. The grants will be awarded at a luncheon at the Saticoy Country Club on Oct. 16. For more information, visit www.vccf.org. -- Daily News |
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