Antelope Valley

May 17 2013

Victims range from their teens to 50-years-old

LANCASTER, Calif. — A registered sex offender accused of using a cellphone camera to capture video up hundreds of women’s skirts in Lancaster and elsewhere in Los Angeles County was in custody and facing prosecution, authorities said.

May 17 2013

One candidate withdraws

 

May 17 2013

Erin Vines to serve as V.P.

Erin E. Vines, Ph.D., has been hired as Antelope Valley College (AVC) vice president of student services, effective June 17.

On a unanimous 5-0 vote, college district trustees recently chose Vines over three other finalists.

Vines currently serves as dean of counseling and special services at Solano Community College in Fairfield.
He has a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Southern California and a master’s from University of LaVerne.

May 17 2013

Training provided

Students to senior citizens are eligible to be volunteer docents at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve.

Docent opportunities include staffing the visitor center and gift shop, walking the trails, leading tours, and other activities from March through May.

A docent is a volunteer that has attended training for their position. No previous experience or prior knowledge of the habitat or history is required.

May 17 2013

Six dead, dozens injured

Rescue crews searched Thursday for seven people missing after overnight tornadoes struck North Texas, killing at least six. “We’re still working to identify people,” Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds told reporters about the fatalities, all of whom were adults.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”