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The certificate cited the YCSD Board of Education for its leadership in providing time, resources and opportunities for professional development to their middle-level schools, administrators, teacher and students. In his personal letter, Jack O'Connell thanked them for their commitment to education and inspired leadership that empowers middle school principals and teachers “to implement high quality education programs that result in children becoming successful students, highly trained workers and productive citizens.”March 22, Yucaipa News Mirror, "City approves Seventh Street Park renovations and improvements"
The primary aspect of Phase II is the redevelopment of the roller hockey rinks, located on the southern edge of the park. The council approved the recommendation of city staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission to convert the larger, unfinished roller hockey rink into covered and lighted basketball courts. The smaller roller hockey rink will be converted into a modular skate board park.Construction of a dog park is also part of Phase II.
City staff must now formulate budget recommendations for the additional work, as well as for the work in Phase IV, which calls for the demolition of the concrete channel that runs through the park. The stream, Chicken Springs Wash, will be returned to a more natural condition as a grass-lined, “open bottomed” channel with natural rock “energy dissipaters” to maintain the structural integrity of the wash and to provide an enhanced aesthetic appeal.
The city of Yucaipa provides a better means of comparison with a population - 50,553 - and size - 27 square miles - similar to Highland. Like Highland, Yucaipa contracts with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department; San Bernardino operates their own police department.According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, based on 2005 statistics, the city of Highland ranked #20 in murder rate for cities with a population of 40,000 to 60,000. Yucaipa ranked #65. Detailed crime statistics are available from RAND California.
In 2006 Yucaipa had a 13 percent increase in crime and a larger number of reports than Highland, with 6,902 part one and two crimes.
Symptoms of retinoblastoma include having a white pupil reflex, instead of a normal black pupil or red reflex. Other symptoms are a crossed eye, turning either towards the ear or towards the nose; a painful red eye; poor vision; inflammation of tissue surrounding the eye; an enlarged or dilated pupil; and failure to thrive.For more information, see the American Cancer Society's detailed guide to retinoblastoma. My heart and good wishes go out to Malia and her family.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists opposes home birth. Its policy states that birth requires "standards of safety which are provided in the hospital setting and cannot be matched in the home."For more information, see Karen Baker's profile at Mama Rhythms.
Childbirth has become safer in the last 50 years because of improvements in medical technology, according to the group.
Midwife Baker disagrees.
Like other midwives, she comes prepared for emergency, carrying resuscitation equipment and medications to control hemorrhaging, among other supplies.
She said she doesn't hesitate to send clients to the hospital if necessary for such problems as fetal distress or difficulties after birth, which happens in about 3 out of 35 deliveries a year.
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Offers were made in October of last year to eight affected property owners. The city has come to an agreement with two of these owners. With respect to the others, however, the city has decided to pursue eminent domain procedures if the property owners do not accept the city's current offers.It is estimated that the project will take 18-24 months to complete, and, fortunately, they plan to keep the interchange open during construction.
Despite potential litigation to secure rights of way, Public Works Director Ray Casey said that he still expects construction on the interchange to begin this June.
A significant part of the first phase will be to redevelop the equestrian staging area in the east part of the park. There will also be some kind of safety crossing to give riders safe access to the north side of Wildwood Canyon Road, including the nearby state park.March 15, Fontana Herald News, "Soaring gasoline prices cause pain for local residents"
But why the difference in gasoline prices within a city, and from city to city? The oil companies set the price by region, said Whiteman. The Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga area, for example, has lower gasoline prices than the Los Angeles region as well as Yucaipa -- by as much as 13 cents lower per gallon in Yucaipa. And delivery distance to the pumps also affects the price, he said.The lesson seems to be that if you want save money on gas, don't buy it here!
Since 1981, Deputy Chief Stewart has risen steadily through the ranks including becoming the first female captain in the department's history as well as the department's first deputy chief.March 16, San Bernardino Sun, "Community gives support to a Yucaipa 'princess'"
She was also the chief of police for the city of Highland, which contracts services the Sheriff's Department for six years prior to her promotion to Deputy Chief.
In her current position, she is responsible for Region 1 Operations for the Sheriff's Department and oversees eight patrol stations.
Although the family has health insurance, the funds will go toward co-payments for doctor's visits and other treatments that are not covered by insurance, Barone said.
"We want to try treatments the insurance won't pay for," Barone said. "There's a clinical trial in Canada."
And in Cheyenne's fight to beat cancer, she is not alone. She has the support of the community behind her.
"We're letting them know that Yucaipa Elementary is behind her and the community is behind her," said Liz Calbreath, a Yucaipa High School teacher. "This is a great community, it's very giving and very generous."
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Many of his maps will be in the upcoming book “Yucaipa.” He gave a PowerPoint presentation on the GIS system he used. Curtright was able to blend old information onto new maps.Tags: Yucaipa, news
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The city of Yucaipa has cobbled together federal, state and local funding sources, and is fronting $8.7 million for the $19 million interchange work at Oak Glen and Live Oak Canyon roads to speed up the project. It will recoup about two-thirds of the advance money when the next increment of Measure I gas tax becomes available starting in 2010.March 1, Yucaipa News Mirror, "Sewer project to eliminate all septic systems"
"It's something that needs to be done, so you do what you have to do," Mayor Dick Riddell said by phone.
“The current regulatory environment has placed this issue on the front burner for the District,” said Joe Zoba, general manager, pointing out that the Basin Plan adopted by the Regional Water Quality Control Board focuses on eliminating the buildup of nitrogen and salt within the Yucaipa area. “With interest rates relatively low, now may be the best time for residents on septic systems to do their share to protect our groundwater supplies,” Zoba added.March 1, Yucaipa News Mirror, "YCEA files unfair labor charge against school district"
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Zoba pointed out, “At this point, the decision to invest in eliminating septic systems will be up to property owners to decide as a group if they want to connect to sewers. Unfortunately, it may be a matter of time before a regulatory agency steps in and forces the sewer connections to occur.”
In an e-mail to the News Mirror, Smith responded, “I was very disappointed to learn that YCEA would make such irresponsible and unprofessional allegations against me. The charges are riddled with inaccuracies and misinformation. Furthermore, in some instances the charges are just outright absurd.”Last December the school district filed charges agains the YCEA, "claiming union leadership did not support the tentative agreement reached by the two sides last June and because of that the union membership did not vote to approve the agreement."
Smith went on to say, “My professional administrative record speaks for itself. In eleven years as a site administrator I have never received so much as one formal complaint or grievance filed against me. I am confident that this is just a ploy on behalf of YCEA's leadership to distract from the fact that they have their own unfair labor practice charges pending against them that were filed earlier this year by the school district.”
"It will be unique with a unique school schedule so students can go home early to be with their families and we require community service from our student and staff," [assistant principal of Wildwood Elementary and Valley Elementary and Charter school supporter] Gordon said.Does "going home early" that mean the school is only for children who have at least one parent at home in the afternoon? The proposed school would have an admirable focus on community participation.
Gordon said Inland Leaders has a goal to provide a program that teaches students to apply leadership to their everyday activities and to the service of the community at large.March 1, Yucaipa News Mirror, "School District opts to change election years"
"Each day for half an hour we have a curriculum called Positive Action that students are working through with their teachers and applying it in the classroom and the community," Gordon said.
"Each year, our students and our staff are required to put together a community service project. That project is designed by the students in collaboration with the parents and their teacher to make a positive impact in the community, and it's student designed," Gordon said.
In her book, Burke sketches excerpts from the story of the Waldenses, a religious minority who for generations lived under the looming shadow of church-state power. The book was inspired, in part, by a visit with her husband to the Waldensian Valley in northern Italy and on the border with France.The last 22 pages of the book are an appendix of Burke's research.
"The first is they need to ask a question - the intent is to recognize a problem and ask a question about it. Once they've asked the question, their next step is to research the topic and at this point the third step is to form a hypothesis, which is a guessed answer to their question based on the research," Carter said. "The fourth step is to test the hypothesis and this is where the experiments comes to place."The top ten students (not named in either article) will get to participate in the RIMS (Riverside-Inyo-Mono-San Bernardino) Science and Engineering Fair in April.
While experimenting with their projects, the third- to sixth-grade students observed and kept a journal of the changes. The fifth step is to organize and analyze their results, Carter said.
Creativity, skills and thoroughness are some of the categories that the students were graded on.
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Moon'sTo translate: the moon will just be leaving Earth's shadow as it is rising for us. We'll catch the tail end. If you love eclipses, don't despair. We should be able to catch the August 28 total lunar eclipse. The NASA 2007 Eclipse page has more details.
Azimuth Altitude
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Moonrise 2007 Mar 03 17:48 82.4 ----
Moon leaves penumbra 2007 Mar 03 18:25.4 87.6 6.8
Moonset 2007 Mar 04 06:34 274.0 ----
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