VETERANS HOME IS REASON FOR VISIT.Byline: BETTIE RENCORET Senior columnist LANCASTER - California's Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. secretary and other top state and federal veterans officials will visit Lancaster on Thursday to discuss the planned Lancaster state veterans home. California Veterans Affairs Secretary Tom Johnson Tom Johnson may refer to:
``They are expected to tell us what our homes will look like and the services to be provided in each,'' said Tom Craft, chairman of the Lancaster home's citizens committee, which is raising money for amenities for the home's residents. The state amd federal officials are expected to describe construction plans for homes planned in West Los Angeles
Craft is urging local veterans and other interested persons to attend the meeting. ``The main thing is for veterans to show up. We want to pack that room to show them that we've waited long enough for our home,'' Craft said. ``Only a solid front will impress them that we really want this veterans home here.'' The city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. has donated land at 30th Street West and Avenue I for the home, which has been under discussion for more than 10 years but repeatedly delayed, most recently by opposition from former Gov. Gray Davis. Now with a hoped-for opening in late 2005, the home has been downsized from the original 400 beds to 60 live-ins, plus 50 adult day-care slots. The veterans home construction money will come from Proposition 16, passed by California voters in March 2000, which specified that the money is to go for building a home in Lancaster. Craft said he is finding that the reduction in beds for the Lancaster home is not all that unattractive to many veterans. ``Some seem to think that is fine because they can be there during the day and get all the beneficial aid they need, have camaraderie ca·ma·ra·der·ie n. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship. [French, from camarade, comrade, from Old French, roommate; see comrade. with their peers and then go home at night. They seem to think it's less restrictive and confining that way,'' he said. The veterans home amenities fund - which will pay for televisions, gardening tools, magazines and other items for the residents - will benefit from a July 17 baseball game Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. The July 17 game between the Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. against the Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. 66ers has been designated Veterans Night. The game will start at 7:15 p.m. The first 1,500 people through the gates that night will also receive JetHawks T-shirts,'' said Ken Creese, fund-raising chairman. Tickets will cost $7, with $1 each to go to the amenities fund. For tickets or more information, call Creese at (661) 948-1851. |
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