{"id":30758,"date":"2013-02-11T12:10:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T20:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=30758"},"modified":"2013-02-14T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T01:15:16","slug":"ledford-awarded-north-star-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/02\/11\/ledford-awarded-north-star-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ledford awarded North Star Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30759\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ledford-North-Star-Award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30759 \" alt=\"(L to R) George \u201cBud\u201d Reams, Mayor Jim Ledford and Bill Norris.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ledford-North-Star-Award.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ledford-North-Star-Award.jpg 336w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ledford-North-Star-Award-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R) George \u201cBud\u201d Reams, Mayor Jim Ledford and Bill Norris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford was presented with the prestigious North Star Award from the Boy Scouts of America for distinguished service to youth at the Feb. 6 City Council meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Ledford was presented with a certificate and the medal by Bill Norris, Advancement Chairman of the Antelope Valley District of the Boy Scouts of America and Troop 444, and George \u201cBud\u201d Reams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Ledford is a great supporter of scouting in the Antelope Valley,\u201d Norris said. \u201cHe\u2019s always had a good word about scouting, and has said many times that \u2018I wish every boy in the Antelope Valley were a scout. I know it would be an even better place to live.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn these past 22 two years you have attended numerous award dinners, Cub Scout functions and Eagle Scout presentations,\u201d Norris continued. \u201cWe really appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Reams, the presentation of the North Star Award was the first time it has been presented by the Western Los Angeles County Council and in the State of California.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Information via press release from the city of Palmdale.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford was presented with the prestigious North Star Award from the Boy Scouts of America for distinguished service to youth at the Feb. 6 City Council meeting. Ledford was presented with a certificate and the medal by Bill Norris, Advancement Chairman of the Antelope Valley District of the Boy Scouts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}