Mountain Democrat (Newspaper) - November 20, 1991, Placerville, California Women's Center auction nets I It's Wednesday Inside Crossword Foothill Lite Junior Journal Public 141st YEAR NO. 186 Placerville Times Copyright 1991 hylic Mountain all rights reserved NOVEMBER 20, 1991 Since 1851 Subscribe now for only X TWO THIRTY FIVE SUPPLEMENTS Sierra more more government Campus stabbing case in court By MICHELE MARINER Staff writer A 16-year-old Ponderosa High School student told an El Dorado County Superior Court judge that he intends to admit guilt to ing a classmate with a knife during a Sept. 11 fight that may nave been racially that boy said during a hearing in juvenile court Under the two other charges having a weapon on school grounds and possible con- of a weapon would be deputy district attorney Stephen Wadsworth told the In the court must mine through the hearing whether the assault was a or a If the court finds the assault to be a the defendant would spend up to four years in a juvenile confinement If the court finds the stabbing to be a the minor would spend up to a year in a juvenile sworth told the whose as well as juvenile are being withheld because of their The which began included testimony from the victim and from a witness of the which occurred about two blocks away from the Shingle Springs The 17-year-old victim was asked questions by the prosecution about his involvement in the cation and about his knowledge of any white supremacist groups on Of his view on the boy don't particularly care see page Democrat photos by Roger Wildermuth SIERRA FAMILIES IN PERIL members line the entrance to the Sierra Summit at Fallen Leaf Lake These people are afraid of losing their jobs and their Tim Louk of the United Brotherhood of penters Local 2749 representative told Summit Frigid winds and heavy snow kept most of the protesters Sierra Families In Peril had planned on having roughly 200 members at this but in- clement weather kept all but 25 Most waited in their vehicles until someone with a camera showed County's successful AP test takers increase 512% By THAI Staff writer Of the county high school seniors who took Ad- Placement tests this year 23.6 percent received a score of three or which qualifies them for credits for a series of as com- pared to 3.8 percent in 1984 and 20 percent in 1990, according to a recent report from the state De- of there was an sive 512 percent increase in the number of successful test takers between 1984 and this the report 7.2 percent of the test takers succeeded in 1984, up to 19 percent in 1990 and 20.1 percent this year with a 179 percent increase between 1984 and this The El Dorado Union High School District provided the most test takers in the a total of 888 with 4.6 percent qualified for credits in 1984, up to 27.1 percent in 1990 and 30.1 percent this year a 554 percent increase in the number of ful test takers between 1984 and 1991. Next is the Lake Tahoe Uni- fied School with 201 test takers of whom 0.4 percent were successful in 1984, the same centage in 1990, and up to 1.5 percent this year a 275 percent increase in seven The Black Oak Mine Unified School District provided 85 test takers of whom 5.8 qualified for credits in 1984, down to 5.7 cent in 1990, and up again to 8.2 percent this with a 41 cent increase in the number of successful takers between 1984 and 1991. The Advanced Placement gram consists of 29 courses that high school students can take to receive credits for col- see AP page Cosmetic Dentistry cater to Family Dentistry Lowell D.D.S. 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STROM Staff writer CAMINO The Camino Union School District will likely face a or more deficit in its next year's dent Rodger Smith informed the board of trustees at last day's purpose in ing this information to at this time is to alert to an im- pending financial crisis which may require precipitous action if we are to remain financially said did not expect the board to develop gies to deal with the issue until next the district faces a budget cut or deficit amounting to or a 7 percent reduction in its 1991-92 The district has had to cut spending in several including the elimination of the entire elective program for its seventh and eighth a fied librarian position and a time maintenance ing to As if this year's budget cut was not the district has tered a host of problems that may further impact its budget planning next see page Look for YOUR in the Democrat's SPECTRUM Directors 50 years of funeral and cremation services v