Proficiency test review by Richland District Board
The Richland School District Board of Trustees met Monday to review steps in developing proficiencies for the CAT test. A draft had been given to Snyder and Associates and required rewrite by the proficiency committee. Results by grade three five and seven showed varying pass rates and absences, with overall consensus the new test is more difficult and a useful curriculum guide.
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Richland School , District Board of Trustees
Bes
Trevtee Dirks Aneecnon
Snyder
Snyder and Associates
Proficiency Committee
Dents
Gary Smith
Belton Banks
Chere Moore
Solar Challenger sets records in test flights
The Solar Challenger, the world’s only solar powered aircraft, completed three test flights Friday Sunday and Monday. Pilots Janice Brown Whittier Stephen Pracek Bakersfield participated reaching up to 13 000 feet and durations of 6 1/2 to 8 hours 20 minutes as preparations continue for a London Paris Channel crossing.
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Solar
Janice Brown
Bakersfield
London
Paris
Stephen Pracek
Whittier
Memorial for slain officers in Shafter National Police Week observance
A Peace Officer Memorial Day service was held in Shafter on May 15 at 9 a.m. near the flag memorial by the police department. Attendees included Wasco and Arvin police chiefs and California Highway Patrol representatives as statewide remarks highlighted officer fatalities, with Deukmejian noting seven California peace officers slain in 1980 and nationwide tolls cited by state and federal officials.
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Shafter
Flag Memorial
Wasco
Arvin
Elmer Unruh
James Taylor
Memorial Day Services in Shafter Honor Veterans
The Leslie L. Robinson Post 213 and Wasco VFW Post plan Memorial Day services at Shafter Cemetery Sunday May 24 at 2 p.m. The event features the Avenue of Flags, Color Guard, a Memorial Day Address by Pastor John Davis, flower placements, a firing squad salute, and Taps by Richland Jr. High buglers. Public invited.
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Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Shafter
Wasco Vfw Post
Shafter Cemetery
Grady Bartlett
Bartlett
United States
American Legion Color Guard
John Davis
Shafter Assembly of God Church
Richland Jr. High School
Reuben Siemens
Judge Milton Elconin dies in Shafter feud legacy
The obituary notes Judge Milton Elconin's role in a long running feud after a 1980 action when he dismissed 14 cases leading to a 17 page letter to Chief Kaplan. Cases were reinstated in May and the dispute continued through the year. He was buried in Lake Isabella.
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Elconin
Shafter
Kaplan
Elconia
Lake Isabella
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America
George ‘Duke
National Sheriff's Association
Deukmejian
California Peace Officers Association
Shafter Fire Department
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Milton Elconin
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