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Fred Jordan Missions to celebrate Mother’s Day for hundreds of homeless moms from Skid Row

May 10 2013

Special luncheon, manicures, makeup and special gifts

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — For the 69th year, Fred Jordan Missions will be honoring hundreds of impoverished moms with a luncheon banquet for them and their children and offering free manicures, makeup and gifts. Dozens of volunteers will give their time and skills to treat struggling mothers from Skid Row and the inner city to a complete beauty makeovers, helping to restore their dignity and self-confidence.

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MOAH celebrates first year anniversary with new exhibits

May 10 2013

Mothers’ Day Tea includes private preview

The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) will celebrate its one-year anniversary on The BLVD with the museum-wide show: BLOOM 2013. The entire museum will be filled with eight new exhibits centered on growth, renewal and the beauty and complexity of the botanical world. From Penelope Gottleib’s large-scale acrylic paintings of extinct plants to Jennifer Vanderpool and Patrick Melroy’s site-specific installation based on flowers and aerospace technology, each artist interprets the role of the flower differently and asks the viewer to see the botanical world with new eyes.

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Country music star Juice Newton to perform at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center

May 10 2013

Grammy award winner

Grammy award winning country and pop music star Juice Newton will perform at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center. Newton is well known for hits such as “Queen of Hearts,” “Angel of the Morning,” and “Sweetest Thing.” Her 1981 record sold more than a million copies in the U.S. and went triple platinum in Canada. In 1982, Newton received Grammy nominations for Best Female Vocalist in both the Pop and Country categories.

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Palmdale’s Victoria Pinckney dies in Air Force plane crash

May 10 2013

New mom was one of three killed

An Air Force captain who is a new mother from Palmdale was identified by the Pentagon this week as one of three airmen killed when their tanker plane crashed in Central Asia, while supporting American troops in Afghanistan.

Capt. Victoria “Tori” A. Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale, was killed in the May 3 crash of a KC-135 tanker near Chon-Aryk, Krygyzstan, the Defense Department announced.

Colorado Springs television station KKTV reported that Pinckney was the mother of a 7-month-old son, and was a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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Best places to watch Amgen Tour of California Stage 3 in Palmdale

May 10 2013

Largest cycling event in America on May 14th

When the world’s largest cycling event in America, the 2013 Amgen Tour of California, comes to Palmdale on May 14, fans will have a number of great vantage points to watch the race from.

“Of course one of the best places to be for the race is at the starting line at Marie Kerr Park,” said Palmdale Communications Manager John Mlynar. “There you can get up close to these world-class athletes and experience the excitement and build-up to the start of the race, while enjoying a festival-like atmosphere.

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Pacific Coast Regional provides funds, advice to small business

May 9 2013

Works with more than 30 financial institutions

Pacific Coast Regional is an economic development corporation that offers small business loans to start up operations, as well provide assistance and advice to existing small businesses.

Based in Los Angeles for the past 36 years, Pacific Coast Regional offers financial and educational services to entrepreneurs who require professional guidance in establishing and/or maintaining a small business, when larger banks may not offer a loan because of a lack of business experience.

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Across Black America

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

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.

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