Melero Named To Richland School Board Seat
The Richland School Board appointed Manuel Melero after a tense 45 minute meeting amid MAPA pressure and threats to boycott local businesses. Trustees debated a vacancy before unanimous selection with Franz abstaining, while MAPA monitored the scene and potential legal challenges loomed over a petition to nullify within 30 days.
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Melero
Richland School Board
Wilson
Meiero
Franz
Deanna Rodriguez - Root
Margaret L. Smith
Marilyn Neufeld
Schools Legal Service
Kern County
Superintendent of Schools Office
Rollins not Likely to Get a New Trial in Shafter Killing
Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green rejects defense claims of prosecutorial misconduct in the Rollins case. The 18 year old ex Wasco High athlete was convicted in April for killing Maria Rodriguez, 17, near Lost Hills. Alternate juror Peggy Traylor alleged pre deliberation discussions and media exposure influenced the verdict, but Green says jurors did not discuss key evidence or time of death.
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Timothy Lemucchi
Lisa Green
Lemucchi
Green
Rollins
Peggy Traylor
Traylor
Maria Rodriguez
Lost Hills
Rodriguez
City Hall to Host Monthly Prayer Meetings Vote
Shafter City Council approved a plan by the Shafter Ministerial Association to hold prayer meetings in City Hall on the first Thursday of each month for 20 to 30 minutes. The move, seen as expanding National Day of Prayer, drew 3-2 support amid concerns about church state separation and workplace disruption.
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Shafter City
Shafter Ministerial Association
SMA
City Hall
Wade McKinney
McKinney
Linda Gragg
Veterans Hall
Gragg
Correction clarifies attribution to Sanchez at district meeting
A misquote credited to Xochitl Soto is corrected to Hortensia Sanchez who spoke at a Richland Lerdo School District meeting about appointing a Hispanic to the board. Also notes Aglow Fellowship June meeting, graduation events at Richland Junior High and Shafter High, Grad Night at Disneyland, with times and contact numbers.
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Xochitl Soto
Hortensia Sanchez
Sanchez
Richland-Lerdo
AGLOW
Shafter Women’s Aglow Fellowship
Veteran’s Hall
Marge Murry
Bernice Almberg
Yolanda Plaza
Richland
Shafter High School
Disneyland
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Joseph Ybarra
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Noel Wilson
Renda Kern
Steve Skalisky
Becky Skalisky
Skalisky
Handel
MAPA
Attornney
Wasco High School
Offord Rollins
Shafter
Roy Patrick
By Sandy Lurber
Dave Gerbrandt
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