Ukiah Unified considers path after bond defeat
The Board of Education meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Redwood Valley School multipurpose room to discuss living with double sessions and crowded classes after the second failure of a $5,900,000 school construction bond. A report on bond results and future district plans, plus adult education summer courses and K-12 physical education aims, will be reviewed as it maintains the monthly meeting at a local school.
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Unified Board of Education
Redwood Valley
Brannon
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Festival 72 Ushers June Fun at Ukiah Fairgrounds
Festival 72 promises four days of family entertainment at Ukiah Fairgrounds June 15 led by Woody White and a large board. Willow Stage events exhibits contests petting zoo art shows and rides fill the weekend with food amusements and new venues including a wine garden and dinner restaurant.
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Ukiah Fairgrounds
Ukiah
Woody White
Ivor Suess
George Kuck
Dave Atkinson
Frances Dalzell
Hal Phillips
Gibby
Gibson
Willow Stage
Butler
White
Weather in Northwestern California Fair through Tuesday
Northwestern California experiences fair skies through Tuesday with some northern cloudiness and a frost risk tonight. Ukiah reports a high of 62 and a low of 34 as temperatures trend warmer by Tuesday.
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California
Ukiah
Temperature Snapshot For March 1972 and March 1971
A brief weather data card lists daily highs and lows for March 1972 and March 1971. Entries show dates 26 and 29 with high temperatures around the upper 50s and low 30s, plus rainfall figures and comparisons to last year’s totals.
Mendocino State Hospital closure spurs CSEA meeting
The California State Employees Association plans a Tuesday April 4 meeting in Ukiah to discuss a pending class action suit in Sacramento federal court over the Sept. 1 closure of Mendocino State Hospital. The suit seeks injunctions to delay closure and transfers until proper welfare code compliance.
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al Ukiah
California State Employes Association
Mendocino State Hospital
Home Arts
Ukiah Fairgrounds
CSEA
al Link
Sacramento
California
James Stubblebine
Department of Mental Hygiene
Assembly
Ways and Means Health Committee
Stubblebine
Gov. Reagan
Ways and Means
Richard Petersen
Ukiah
Welfare and Institutions
Superior Court
Pear crop damaged by frost across regional orchards
Pear growers from Hopland to Potter Valley faced frost damage as below freezing temperatures hit Sunday and this morning. Growers used sprinklers, wind machines, and orchard heaters after an unusually early bloom on March 17 to 19. Readings from Ukiah and nearby areas recorded 29 and 30 degrees with cooler temperatures in Redwood Valley and Potter Valley.
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Hopland
Potter Valley
Redwood Valley
Ukiah Valley
Ukiah Fire Department
One Engine Landing Saves T-29 At Ukiah Airport
An AT-29 navigational training plane from Mather AFB made a successful one engine landing at Ukiah airport just before 10 with engine 2 leaking oil and later smoking. The seven crew stayed for maintenance as Ukiah fire crews stood by. A similar incident happened March 15 with a Hamilton AFB T-29.
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Air Force
Ukiah
Mather Afb
Ray Nofi
Nofi
Mather
Hamilton Afb
Ornbaun Heads Mendocino County Chamber of Commerce
Carrol Ornbaun of Ukiah was elected president of the Mendocino County Chamber of Commerce at a Point Arena meeting, taking over July 1 from Robert Ballew. Officers named include Ray Rockefeller vice president Beva Empe secretary and Iran Brannon treasurer.
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Carrol Ornbaun
Ukiah Realtor
Mendocino County
Joe Scaramella
Point Arena
Frank Falleri
Boonville
Ralph Pennock
Ken Jamieson
Point Arena Veterans Hall
Ornbaun
CLEAN
County Chamber
al Norris
Méndocino
Chamber
Rough job for Mendocino Coast school boss amid high poverty
Mendocino Unified district superintendent John Simmons told the county board that poverty acts against learning in a district with 30 percent of students in federal lunch programs. He cited private Flower Children schools, Hippie culture, and health issues like hepatitis and head lice, urging county agencies to offer health welfare and education support.
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Torney
Tom Brigham
Legal Services
Richard Perry
MSH
Stubblebine
Richard Drury
Waldo Cook
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
Mendocino
Mendocino County
Simmons
Prentice Hall
Mendocino Unified
Board of Education
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Dolly Felton
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Sarah Churchill
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SEARS
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S. State
Ukiah Unified
Greater
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Southern California
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