SOUTHLAND: BRIEFLY : SCHOOL WILL HOST TECHNOLOGY EXPO.WINNETKA - An exposition showcasing technology in education will be held today at the AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School is an Armenian-American private school located in Winnetka, Los Angeles, California, USA. It is financed and run by the Armenian General Benevolent Union. With 947 students, it is the largest Armenian private school in the Greater Los Angeles area. in Winnetka, offering parents, teachers students and technology buffs a variety of hands-on workshops dealing with computers. The free expo, which will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., also will feature lectures, question-and-answer sessions and student debates about computers in education and technology-related issues. The event will wrap up with a Techno Social - a mix of live techno-music and a laser light show. The AGBU AGBU Armenian General Benevolent Union AGBU Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit Manoogian-Demirdjian campus is located at 6844 Oakdale Ave., near Vanowen Street. ?13Daily News Topanga festival just fiddlin' around PARAMOUNT RANCH - Rosin up that bow. The 37th Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest and March for Parks will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at Paramount Ranch in Agoura. More than 100 singers, banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. , fiddle, mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. and guitar players are expected to compete. There also will be bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. bands and clog dancing, Scottish folk dancing and square-dancing demonstrations, plus folk art booths featuring weaving, ceramics, metal and leather crafts, needlework needlework, work done with a needle, either plain sewing, mending, or ornamental work such as embroidery, quilting, smocking, hemstitching, fagoting, some kinds of lace making (see lace), patchwork, and appliqué. and painting. Patrons can bring picnic lunches or purchase food from vendors. Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for children ages 10 to 17, children under 10 admitted free. Parking is free. For information, call (818) 382-4819. ?13Daily News Sierra Club keeps young president Adam Werbach, the youngest president of Sierra Club, was re-elected to a second term Saturday. The Sierra Club's Board of Directors voted unanimously for Werbach, a 24-year-old Tarzana native, to lead the powerful environmental group in the coming year. ``I am honored by this opportunity to advance the Sierra Club's mission of protecting our environment,'' Werbach said. Werbach says he will continue to try to raise the visibility of environmental issues and depoliticize de·po·lit·i·cize tr.v. de·po·lit·i·cized, de·po·lit·i·ciz·ing, de·po·lit·i·ciz·es To remove the political aspect from; remove from political influence or control: conservation issues. ?13Daily News |
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