Richland Primary Site Council Seeks Community Involvement
The Richland Primary School Site Council and School Advisory Committee held a combined meeting with members including Susan Boatwright Irene Stockton Sue Frantz Dine Sheldon Sally Gonzales Barbara Panici Chere Moore Laura Freyberger Marilyn Lum Randy Cross and guest Pat VanWyck. They urge more parent attendance and announce end of year elections for next year. The next meeting is Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Primary Library.
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Richland Primary
Susan Boatwright
Irene Stockton
Sue Frantz
Dine Sheldon
Sally Gonzales
Barbara Panici
Chere,Moore
Laura Freyberger
Marilyn Lum
Randy Cross
Pat VanWyck
P.T.A
Proficiency exam grants diplomas to nontraditional students
The California Proficiency Exam offers a high school diploma to those who have not completed school. Of 78 Kern High School District candidates tested last November, 35 passed, about 44.9 percent, with Kern Valley and Vista East high schools lacking candidates. The test is periodically given to students seeking to finish early.
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California
Ted
Kern
Kern Valley
Vista East
Proficiency Lab Enables Expanded Language Arts Work
The program funds a lab where one teacher can devote full time to proficiency in acting and writing. Each student will access the lab at least once per year, with diagnosis of proficiency on entry and progress reports shared with teachers and parents. The lab may serve enrichment once minimum mastery is reached. Resources are pooled district wide and statewide.
Choir Boosters Continue Support For Vocal Music
The Richland Choir Booster Club, formed last spring to support and promote the Vocal Music program, has met with new music teacher Mrs Lee Carson to discuss priorities for funds raised last May. Risers are suggested and a general meeting is planned. Members and sponsors remain auto enrolled and will receive notices by mail. inquiries go to Mr or Mrs James Crane.
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Richland Choir Booster Club
R.C.B.C
Combe
Vocal Music
Lee Carson
James Crane
The Way We Were and Local Checks on Time
A compact retrospective from Shafter area notes reflect on past eras. February entries recount industry strains in 1951, local civic guests, population shifts, and service stations, with several notes on education, highway accidents, and community forums tied to the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.
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Frank West
Hakersfield
Richland
Shafter
Joe O'Brien
The
Tom Almberg
Dave Carthal
Southern Sierra Council
Evron
Any
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Cal Poly honors 1980 Fall Dean’s List recipients
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo awarded Dean’s List certificates to 1782 undergraduate students for the 1980 Fall Quarter, including three from Shafter. Names include John B. Bishop Paul R. Jacobsen and Martin C. Ogle, all in the top 15 percent of their schools.
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California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo
Shafter
John B. Bishop
Paul R. Jacobsen
Martin C. Ogle
California State University and Colleges System
Cal Poly
Right Not to Hear in Free Speech Debate
Paul Harvey argues Americans have a right not to hear insults and inflammatory speech. He contrasts free speech with the need for personal privacy and quiet, noting the burden of being forced to hear, and questions limits during a period of calm before potential overreach to curb free expression.
Kern County aims Vocational Education Week in Feb
The Kern County Board of Education urged all high and Unified districts to observe February 8 to 14 as Vocational Education Week. Dr Claude W Richardson said the board adopted a resolution urging districts to join in promoting vocational aims and programs countywide. The resolution notes training for most jobs comes from high schools, community colleges, adult schools, and regional programs. Three regional programs operate in Kern County including the Kern Regional Occupational Program, North Kern Vocational Training Center, and McFar Program. Vocational education serves youth and adults in commerce trades crafts agriculture and health care.
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Kern County
Tehachapi
Sierra Sands
Mojave
Muroc
Southern Kern Unified School
Kern High
North Kern
Wesco- and -Delano—High
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Years Ago in Buttonwillow Bi centennial dinner honored locals
The Buttonwillow Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture plans a 25th annual dinner honoring residents born in Buttonwillow. A public hearing drew about 150 attendees with 30 Greenacres and Fruitvale residents present amid block grant development talks. Romanian visitors Totolici and Pop left for home after a year in Buttonwillow.
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Buttonwillow
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Fregendives
Jeanette Wheeler
Jeron King Criswell
Shafter Press
State Theater
Arthur F. Corey
Callation
Richland School
Five Points
Community National Bank
Kern County Board of Trade
Weaf Shafter
Cording
U.S
Glenn Worrell
Sun Shine Station
Mike Bankston
Wasco
Shatter Press
Shatter
Wasco & Shatter Homes
Paul Harvey
American Civil Liberties, Union
McFar Program
Maricopa
Unified
Taft
Leute Ochea
Mattie Snow
Offie
Lamiber Yaed
Central Avenue Shafter
Congress
Frank W. and
Rick Lawler
Donald L. Reed
Jesse
Bool Bathe Pote
Henry Alvidres
Wally Cannan
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