Jul 29 2010

Flag flew into space

PALMDALE, Calif.—NASA officials will present a City of Palmdale flag that flew into space on the Space Shuttle Atlantis in May to municipal officials during the city’s Thursday Night on the Square program today at 6:30 p.m.

Afterward, the flag will be displayed at City Hall. Making the presentation will be Acting Director of Dryden’s Aircraft Operations Facility Steve Schmidt and former astronaut Vance Brand.

The square is located at Poncitlán Square (9th Street East between Ave. Q-9 and Avenue Q-10).

Joseph Wright  |   OW Senior Staff Writer
Jul 29 2010

Program encourages fourth graders

The driving goal of “I’m Going to College” is fostering an ambition among elementary school-age children to go to college.

This free, half-day event offered Aug. 14 by Antelope Valley College from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the AVC campus, is open to youngsters entering the fourth grade. Each child must be accompanied by no more than one parent or guardian.

Joseph Wright  |   OW Senior Staff Writer
Jul 29 2010

Some feel this creates other problems

The governing board of Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District recently voted to designate itself as a school district-of-choice.

The vote means that the school district can accept students from outside its boundaries without release from the students’ school district of residence. But admission must be a random, unbiased process that prohibits an evaluation of whether that pupil should be enrolled based on academic or athletic performance.

Jul 22 2010

Success takes planning, planning and more planning

Investing has become this ominous word in the last few years, with no one knowing the true meaning. For example, we had people who called themselves investors during the most recent real estate boom, but really were speculators or gamblers, who bought property and prayed that home values would keep rising.
 
Investing is a plan; a path to get you from point A (where you are now) to point B (a comfortable retirement) and beyond.
 

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