Irony as Garamendi faces loss in California race
Environmentalists fear oil leaks from new drilling even as Gov Schwarzenegger pushes Platform Irene deal. Garamendi chairs the Lands Commission, shaping tidelands policy and LNG opposition, making his possible departure a political shift with statewide implications.
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John Garamendi
Ellen Tauscher
Obama
Tauscher
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San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
Garamendi
Congress
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger
State Lands Commission
Lands Commission
Indonesia
Ventura County
John Chiang
Houston
Santa Barbara
Pedro Nava
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
State Public Utilities Commission
Arts in schools under pressure from testing era
The piece argues for keeping arts and music as essential in education despite No Child Left Behind. It notes high stakes testing shifts focus to reading and math, risks arts funding, and highlights public support for broader, engaging arts education. It cites Lake Research Partners findings and statements by Richard Deasy and Margaret Spellings.
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No Child Left Behind
NCLB
Lake Research Partners
Richard Deasy
Arts Education Partnership
U.S. Department of Education
Week in the life of Barbara Prickett Craig
A personal diary style recap covers a week of duties and events. Barbara details daily activities including family care for her mother, errands in Bakersfield, Bible study, church bulletins, a classroom pause, social lunches, a neighborhood pedicure, and plans for a large upcoming Texas Arizona Nevada and Oregon family reunion with relatives from multiple states. Be good to yourselves.
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Bakersfield
Paul
Nina
Verla
Ron
April
Earl
Gang
Hair & Nails
Mom
Claudine
Hodel’s
Aileen
Jim
Aileen Rice
Woody
Louise Wilson
Calynne
Odus
Wanda Brooks
Clarence Kastner
Opal Garrett
Toni Mesa
Mary Nixon
Karen Preston
Helen Duval
Barbara McCoy
Texas
Arizona
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
California
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Ifornia
Thomas D. Flas
By Deanna Rodriguez Root
Barbara Prickett Craig
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Shafterpress
Earthlink.net
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E. Lerdo
Reed Print Inc
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Offica
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Alexis Stokes
Diane Givens
East
Lerdo
P.O. Box
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