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Coby King \| Glenda Vaquerano
Phone: 213-486-6560

L.A. Valley College Officials Beam with Pride:
Upcoming Ceremony Marks Newest Milestone for SFV Campus

"Topping Off" Ceremony Planned for College's First Instructional
Building Built Using Proposition A/AA Bond Funds

WHEN:	Wednesday, January 31 1 p.m. Ceremony begins

WHAT:	Topping Off ceremony for the new Allied Health and Science Center - ceremony marks the placement of the last piece of steel onto the building, which will conclude the framing stage of construction.

WHERE:	Los Angeles Valley College Construction site is located on the south side of the South Gym and west of the Gymnastic Center. 5800 Fulton Avenue Valley Glen, CA 91401 Parking: Lot G (enter off Burbank Ave. or Ethel Street)

WHO:	Dr. Tyree Wieder, president, L.A. Valley College Mona Field, Board of Trustees, Los Angeles Community College District

VISUALS:	District and College officials along with students, faculty and guests will assemble on the north side of the construction site to inscribe their messages on the last steel beam that will be fixed on top of the college's new Allied Health and Science Center.

NEWS:	On January 31, Los Angeles Valley College will mark yet another milestone in its construction program celebrating the official "topping off" of their new $46 million Allied Health and Science Center. The "green" building has three-stories and 98,000 square feet of space for computer and teaching labs as well as classrooms that will serve the Health Science, Biological Science, Chemistry/Physics and Earth Science/Anthropology departments. The Center will include state-of-the-art environmentally friendly features to help save money on energy costs. Additionally, plans include a rooftop photovoltaic (solar energy) system, which will generate 10 percent of the building's electricity. The building, which uses recycled building materials and drought-tolerant landscaping, is scheduled to be completed in April 2008. The Allied Health and Science Center is the first instructional building built with the college's share of the district's $2.2 billion Proposition A/AA Bonds which were approved by voters in 2001 and 2003 respectively.

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