Daily Press from Victorville, California • 7

VICTOR VA I -F-Y ''VforINeDMfrflWDDgtrfVwg inside this Section Vitals Money Valley Living Opinion ENVIRONMENT IN BRIEF Applications available for Easter Seal summer camp Applications are now available for the Easter Seal Society summer camp for children with disabilities The camp is held between Aug 18 and Aug 24 1998 The campers can experience horseback riding crafts campfire programs dances and other activities Campers must be at least nine years old and have some communication skills The cost is $375 and scholarships are available for campers In need of financial assistance For more information call 909-888-4125 or 1-800-922-732S Barstow students getting days off from school BARSTOW Most students in Barstow Unified School District will have days off Monday and Tuesday While the students are off their teachers will take part in various staff development activities Elementary school teachers have a variety of workshops planned designed to improve students' reading and writing skills Middle school teachers will be participating in the High Desert League of Middle Schools Symposium This annual event allows teachers from throughout the area to learn instructional strategies Barstow High School employees will meet to discuss courses and instructional strategies Central High School employees will review recommendations given the school by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges The district's Independent study program will operate as usual these two days Darrald Bennett Staff Phtaapmphtr Debbie Espinosa bands a container of used motar oil to Greg Coon Victorville Fire Department hazaradons waste officer in the background Jeff HaR damps eR into dram Victorville residents can pick up free containers for used motor oil Sunday By Heather Whiteside Special to the Daily Press ardous waste and it is illegal to dispose of them in sewers storm drains' or by dumping on the ground One quart of motor oil can pollute 250000 gallons of drinking water Mobile Medical Unit picks treatment sites --Theht MatyMeglaw mediialflewlee Victorville residents Will now be able to recycle'' their used oil more safety and easily with free used-oil containers from the Victorville Fire Department The 15-quart containers have been made available from a grant the Fire Department received from the California Integrated Waste Management Board A total of 3000 containers will be distributed beginning this Sunday at the Hazardous Waste Collection Center located at Fire Station No Eli next to the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds They are available only to city residents so proof ofVictprvllle residency Is required The collection center is open every Sunday from 9 am to 4 pm The containers should make the oil easier to collect and to transport "People bring in milk bottles foil of oil or empty Pepsi bottles foil of used oil'' said Greg Coon hazardous materials specialist for the department four to six calls a month reporting Illegal dumf in the open desert hut now some people have been leaving their used oil nearly anywhere "People used to go way out into the desert Now they leave it right on the sidewalk' Coon said Dumping used oil is a felony end the Fire Department has prosecuted individuals for dumping in the desert The Hazardous Waste Collection Center also accepts household cleaners paints and paint thin-ners fomiture polish drain cleaners pesticides fertilizers other toxic household items and used tine These chemicals must be in their original containers or clearly labeled in a different container The container will also bo available from Bock Oil located at 16840 St in Victorville Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm Mobile Medical Unit has announced Its permanent schedule for on-site community service in the high desert The mobile unit provides the facilities to perform well-child examinations immunizations hearing and vision screenings laboratory testing and assessment and treatment of common illnesses The unit will be at each location from 9amto3pm On Mondays it will be at the Apple Valley Community Center located at 13467 Navajo Road id Apple Valley On the first and third Tuesdays of the month (March 5 and 19 April 2 and 16) it will be at Lucerne Valley Elementary located at 10788 Barstow Rd in Lucerne Valley The second and fourth Tuesdays of the month (March 12 and 26 April 9 and 25) the unit will be at Adelanto Elementary School located at 17931 Jonathan St in Adelanto On Wednesdays the unit will be at St Joan of Arc Church located at 15512 Sixth St in Victorville On Thursdays they will be at the Alternative Education Center in Hesperia located at 16257 For additional information call St Mary Healthy Communities at 242-2311 extention8387 Damld Bennett StaffFkotovpkr Thtsa are tbacantafarere take handed out Sunday Used motor oil and filters are considered has- Government Television Translator switch change much Apple Valley splits money 15 ways By Maria Newell Staff-Writer By Marla Newell StaffWriter Democratic club to hold meeting The Victor Valley Democratic Club will have a meeting at 9 am March 9 The meeting will be held the restaurant located on the cor- ner of Bear Valley and Apple Valley roads in Apple Valley The agenda consists of a presentation of committee reports review of plans for the San Bernardino County Fair and future activities For more information call 949-6035 For a project to be eligible for the CDBG program it must benefit low- to middle-income people by either providing housing eliminating blight or offering a public service of some kind Apple Valley will receive a total of $276000 in CDBG money By law 15 percent of that is to be given to public service projects 25 percent to Jse used for administrative needs and the rest forcapital improvements The town has also decided to put $216000 of its CDBG money into the code enforcement program and $60000 towards a demolition project Because of the recent federal budget negotiations the exact amount of money each city will receive is not known However the cities are being advised to use last year's allocation amount when selecting projects than what was asked for The LadyB Ranch in Apple Valley sent a request for more than $13000 to fond its therapeutic riding program they give us is greatly said Don Browning ranch operations manager "The council has always been very helpftil to One project got a lucky break Although representatives from The Department of Aging and Adult Services make it in time to speak to the council during the study session the council made an exception and allowed them to plead their case at the regular meeting After realizing the service's merits the Town Council voted to allocate $2760 to the project from the General Fund since there wasn't any more public service CDBG money available APPLE VALLEY The Town Council voted to spread out Apple share of Community Development Block Grant money Instead of picking a few applicants to receive the approximately $41000 allocated by the federal government for public service projects the council decided to give out a small share of the pie to a majority of those who applied All 26 applicants were invited to speak to the council Tuesday night at a special study session before the regular meeting The 15 that showed up were rewarded with an equal share of the grant $2760 For some that was considerably less Victor Valley Public Translator Television service will be changing carriers but its viewers notice a thing When KBAK channel 29 in Bakersfield was sold in October it surrendered its ABC affiliation KERO channel 23 in Bakersfield decided to trade its CBS alliance for the ABC affiliation that KBAK dropped said Don Webb operations manager After the changes take place KBAK will show CBS while KERO will show ABC Viewers however will still be able to see their favorite shows on the same channels: channel 55 for ABC Mease sec TRANSLATOR B2k Neighborhood watch Caltrans earns national award The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Districts which encompasses both San Bernardino and Riverside counties has earned a Design for Transportation National Merit Award The award is sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation and the National Endowment for the Arts and is for the compressed naturalGas Fueled Vehicle Program The first of Its kind in the United States the program has successfully encouraged public agencies to convert their vehicle fleets to alternative foel by offorlng a special free van with the pur-chase of two Compressed Nstural Gas fuel stations have been developed throughout the district to ftdlitate the Street at the Outpost store The caller said a woman had concealed merchandise in a diaper bag that she had brought with her into the store A missing person was reported at 10:07 pm Monday on Street near First Avenue 17000 block of Seneca Road A fomily disturbance was reported at 12:42 am Tuesday in the 18800 block of Be 1 1 flower Street A Suspicious vehicle was reported at 2 am Tuesday on Highway 395 at Purple Saga Road Possible violation of a restraining order waa reported at 3:53 am Tuesday in the 18800 block of Bellflower Street The person was gone when officers arrived' HESPERIA Grand theft auto recovery was reported at 10:27 am Thursday on Centennial Street near Glendale Avenue Deputies took a report at 11:22 am Possession of stolon property was reported at 9:28 anu Saturday on Fourth Avenue Deputies noticed a vehicla that had boon reported stolen In Victorville the day before An 18-year-old Hesperia min was arrested after he got out of the vehicle she believes is bogus Runaway juvenile was reported at 5:38 pm Monday in the 15300 block of Tokay Street near Cypress Avenue The caller said a 16-year-old boy ran away with his brother A traffic accident was reported at 5:41 pm Monday on Amethyst Road near Bear Valley Road A woman said she was in her vehicle which was struck by truck There were ne Injuries A traffic accident was reported at 7:51 pm Monday on Amethyst Road near Eastgate Way Deputies took a report at 8:40 pm on a collision with ho injuries Commercial burglary was reported at 8:32 pm Monday on Seventh the program removes 1000 commuter ADELANTO A burglar alarm was reported at 7:41 pm Monday in the 12300 Mock of Rancho Road Adisturbance involving! male was reported at 10:52 pm Monday in the 18400 Jonathan Street The person was gone when police arrived Suspected drunken driving was reported at 12:33 am Tuesday in the tom in a criminal ft toll We-ftp at (100) 7I2-74G3 trips daily from local highways reducing at least 37 tons of hydrocarbon emission into the atmosphere a year Compressed Nstural Gas costs shout $085 per gallon which is much less than gasoline or dieseL dal VICTORVILLE Forgery was reported at 4:29 pm Monday in the 14400 block of Amur-gosa Road The caller said she received a $100 traveler's check that This Is only tempting reported around (he Victor Vetter.