Supes Allot $1 Million for Kids’ Healthcare
The sum will come from the county’s general fund.
Month: June 2007
Alleged Stabber Juarez Back in Court
The hearing was pushed back in order to allow for more forensics testing.
Close of Friday, June 15
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Carp Student Arrested for Threats
The 14-year-old allegedly reactly badly to news he may be held back another year in seventh grade.
Supes Extend County CEO’s Contract
Mike Brown shall remain with the county for two more years.
Your Worship
Although Young Israel (YISB) upholds traditional Jewish practices – such as seating men and women separately – “you don’t have to be completely Orthodox to be comfortable,” according to Rabbi Green.
Capital-T “Things” At Joshua Tree
Hannah Tennant-Moore enjoys the vast stretches of sand and gnarled branches of Joshua Tree.
New Bank in Town
Not much has changed-yet-since Rabobank took over Mid-State Bancshares, but the flavor of the private Dutch banking cooperative is bound to seep through eventually.
The Mountain Wall
From the perspective of the city, however, the abruptness of the mountain wall as it rises nearly 4,000 feet to its crest at La Cumbre Peak, the spiny layerings of sandstone, the insipid coloring of the chaparral, combine to convey a sense of inhospitality and dullness. These Santa Ynez Mountains do not appear inviting. Yet their very existence has defined us through human history.
Educational Leadership, Technology, and the Future
Education is the last pencil and paper institution in the United States, if not the world. How can that be? The most important institution in our society and we give it the least support. Rarely do we even provide our children with current technological tools. Let’s move into the 21st century, provide our children with current, available learning tools, and provide our teachers with the support to offer them.
