Preventing Crime and Violence: Rescue of a Traumatized Girl
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer reports a two year old girl Rita left with her grandmother was held at knife point by her uncle who broke in seeking drug money. Police intervened and placed Rita in a patrol car after delay in notifying her mother. The child remained mute for three weeks and later attempted to threaten her sister with a knife.
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Rita
California
Attorney General’s
Bruce Perry
Texas Children’s Hospital
Safefromthestart.org
Shafter Chamber Plans Free 4th July Fireworks Display
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce announces a free July 3 fireworks show at Shafter High School stadium with food sales and community donations welcomed. President Don Handle notes Shafter and McFarland remain the only two communities offering free displays and urges continued support.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Don Handle
Shafter and
McFarland
Shafter
R.C
Spring Break trip to Catalina Island by MESA students
During spring break on April 11 3 eight MESA students traveled from the Port of Los Angeles to Catalina Island by boat. The trip lasted about five hours with snorkeling kayaking and a squid dissection. They learned marine biology and island ecology and saw Garibaldi starfish seals sea lions and a rare Shredder Shark. Participants included Juan Ramirez Vidal Mora Yvonne Martinez Jose Avila Yurico Gutierrez David Vasquez and Amy Bergen.
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MESA
Catalina Island
Los Angeles
Catalina
California
Juan Ramirez
Vidal Mora
Yvonne Martinez
Jose Avila
Yurico Gutierrez
David Vasquez
Amy Bergen
Help Them Help Themselves Motto From ECEOC
Information line directs calls to Oscar Chavez at 661 336 5326 ext 106 for ECEOC. The slogan Helping People Help Themselves appears in the agency description.
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Oscar Chavez
Memorial Day origins and Waterloo tribute tradition
The piece traces Memorial Day origins after the Civil War, notes Waterloo New York as the birthplace per 1966 proclamation, and describes enduring local observances. It urges remembering fallen soldiers and highlights concerns over military absentee voting and political hypocrisy in denying votes.
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America
Las Vegas
North
Lyndon Johnson
Waterloo
Finger Lakes
New York
Henry Wells
John Murray
Democratic Republic
Florida
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Bill Lockyer
Elaing
Y Ana Martinez
Richland Junior High
Lakers
Shafer
Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation
KCEQC
Richland Intermediate School
N. Shafter Ave
Shafter, CA
Nana
East Hills
By Fred Davis
Silverado
Grand AM
DE Ville
First Avenue
Deland
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