Board picks Ford for Richland vacancy in open meeting
Editorial reflecting on Richland School District board appointment on June 16. The writer recaps nominees Dean na Root and Clifford Ford, notes Ford secured the seat with Lawrence Handel seconding, and emphasizes open meetings, public records, and citizen involvement in governance. The piece urges reader engagement for the July 7 meeting at 7 30 p m.
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Richland
Clifford Ford
King
Lawrence Handel
Renda Kern
Mark Franz
Marylee King
Deanna Root
Root
Shafter
Charles Rekosh
Kenneth Atterr
Rekosh
Franz
Ford
Lisa Lindgren
Joaquin Patino Jr
Dennis Atkinson
David Zachary
Allen
Shafter Press
RSD
Crawford memorial honors late husband in Richland library
A Shafter Press front page note thanks contributors to a tribute plaque for Bruce M Crawford. The memorial honors his 17 years in Richland and supports a school library at Richland School, with praise for librarian Genevieve Craig and administrator Dr Vera Stone.
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Shafter Press
Crawford
Richland Library
Shafter
Genevieve Craig
Richland School
Bruce
Richland
Genevieve
Vera Stone
Richland School District Board of Trustees
Richland Pta
Bruce M. Crawford
Yakima, WA
Year of the seniors marks milestones across sports and life
The piece highlights aging figures across fields from golf to racing and politics. It notes Nicklaus as the oldest Masters winner, Ferdinand ridden by the oldest jockey and trained by the oldest trainer, and Bobby Allison as the oldest Winston Cup winner. It also discusses seniors returning to education and pilots delaying retirement, arguing experience lowers accident rates and life expectancy extends beyond 60.
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Ohio
Rhodes
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Jack Nicklaus
Ferdinand
Shoemaker
Whittingham
Bobby Allison
United States
Basic versus applied research and key scientists
Fundamental research drives future inventions while applied work delivers near term benefits. Notable figures include Max Delbruck whose bacterial recombination study led to recombinant DNA technology and insulin production, and William McElroy who identified ATP's role in bioluminescence and as a universal energy molecule guiding light output measurements.
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Joe Jeffers
Max Delbruck
California Institute of Technology
William McElroy
Johns Hopkins University
Coast to coast car ride sparks Smithsonian wager tale
The 1903 San Francisco to New York journey by Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson, a 20 horsepower Winton, and a Seattle mechanic is recounted. It covered about 5500 miles in 63 days, at up to 20 mph, costing roughly $8,000, and earned a wager that funded a historic Smithsonian display.
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San Francisco
California
New York City
Horatio Nelson Jackson
Burlington
Vermont
Jackson
Seattle
Dr. Jackson
Smithsonian Institute
Winton Motor Carriage Company
Cleveland
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