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A2 LOMPOC RECORD (Lompoc, Calif.) Wednesday, June 25, 1997 if .1 El il 11 E.J Ji i II IU l. ft III- 131 I 'i 3 a a was ju a is Board sees 1997-98 budget sending recruiters to both the1 state and national associations of bilingual educators; recruiting in four national His-panic periodicals; recruiting in person or by fliers on college campuses encouraging-, those with bilingual skills to apply, to the district; and, advertising at three sites on the Internet Brown pointed out that the class-size reduction program instituted by the state has made recruitment more difficult With first and second grade classes limited to 20. students, more teachers and more, classrooms are required. There is a. shortage of qualified bilingual edu-.

cators throughout the state to fill all: the available positions. Bueno read a letter in Spanish to the board and Education Center. Board Room audience stating that the parents "are not satisfied" with the district's responses to the reconv mendations. Forinash read an Eng" lish translation. Prior to the meeting, Bueno expressed dissatisfaction with the.

district's plan to honor school-of- choice requests currently on file. H6, said many of the parents are field, workers and move around. When they move into the district, they will pot have school-of-choice requests! on file. As a result, he said, their children may not be allowed to enroll in a bilingual program. 1,1 1 am not at all satisfied," Bueno: said after the meeting.

1 will not: stop until all our kids get a proper: education. It is the kids' rights. Dr? Forinash said tkey would call me for a meeting with Dr. Bradley. If.

we arent satisfied, the next step is to send (another) letter." Prior to their first appearance on- Youth Commission to meet LOMPOC The city Youth Commission will meet 7 p.m. Thursday in the Administrative Conference Room, 100 Civic Center Plaza Agenda items include: overview of public input from youth activities information night; and discuss July meeting with Parks and Recreation Commission regarding Skate Park. For more information, call 736-1261. Hospital directors set agenda 1 LOMPOC The Lompoc Hospital District Board of Directors will meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Board Room, 508 East Hickory Ave.

items include: approval of capital expenditure requests; update on Seismic Study, agreement for outpatient surgery design; CCC admission policy, unaudited financial statement for May resolution to finance MRI purchase and installation; Blue Cross of California contracting update and consideration; and CIGNA capitation contract For more information, call 737-3300. i Sweet peas available for flower show entrants Lompoc Sweet peas will be available for those entering the Alpha Club Flower Show, June 28 and 29, at the Veterans Memorial Building. They may be picked up at the Alpha Clubhouse, 704 East Ocean 11 ajn. to 3 p.m. Thursday.

For more information, call Doris Teeple at 736-4320. There is also a correction to the rules for the Junior Division. Arrangements may be over 12 inches in height, rather than limited to 12 inches as stated in the schedule. For more information, call Norma Chierichetti at 736-7753. Library to introduce kids to Internet LOMPOC "Rids Connect The Library, a summer program designed to introduce children from 9-12 years of age to the Internet will be held 1-3 p.m.

Fridays at the Lompoc Public 501 East North Ave. The program will provide tutoring sessions and free instruction offered by volunteer tutor, Jereme Alerta. For reservations, call 736-3477, extension 11. Russell Casper named to Who's Who LOMPOC Russell A Casper, son of Mike and Cindy Schrader and grandson of Kathi Gagnon of Lompoc, has received his second nomination for Who's Who Among American High School Students. Only five percent of all high school students receive this annual award and only one-half of one percent are honored for two or more years.

Amtrak now serving Carpinteria CARPINTERIA Amtrak California's San Diegan line began serving customers Sunday at its new rail station in Carpinteria The station is located at Linden Avenue and Fifth Street, the site of the city's original 1887 Southern Pacific depot It features a 600-foot-long passenger platform, passenger shelter, lighting and automobile parking, the state Department of Transportation reported. A civic dedication celebration is scheduled for 11 am. Saturday, July 12. The program will feature local and state dignitaries, and entertainment. LUSD BOARD MEETING Rodolfo Bueno.vice president of the La Honda Elementary School school council, said that approxi- mately 460 bilingual students are not receiving the services they need.

By KATHER1NE Mc DONALD Record Staff Writer LOMPOC The needs of non-English speaking students are not being met by the Lompoc Unified School District, according to complaints expressed at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday evening. Robert Forinash, district administrator for Student Services, presented to the board district responses to recommendations from the District Bilingual Advisory Committee for the bilingual program. The responses failed to satisfy either Raul Garcia, president of the DBAC, or about a dozen Hispanic parents at the meeting. Spokesman for the parents was Rodolfo Bueno, vice president of the La Honda Elementary School school site council, a member of the school's Bilingual Advisory Committee and a member of the La Escuelita Arco Pre-school school site council. It was Bueno and the parents' second appearance to express dissatisfaction with the bilingual program and teachers.

He said that 41 percent of the bilingual students in the district, approximately 460, are not receiving the services they need. Both Bueno and Garcia said a major problem is the lack of teachers who are fluent in Spanish. Bueno said some of the bilingual teachers speak "Spanglish," a combination of English and Spanish. He said the children have a constitutional right to be taught in their primary language. The DBAC recommendations for the bilingual program addressed some of the parents' concerns.

They asked the district to: assure all limited Enriish Pro- By KATHERINE Mc DONALD Record Staff Writer LOMPOC Important agenda items the 1997-98 budget, Healthy Start grant, School-Parent compact and class-size reduction follow-up provided good news at the Lompoc Unified School District Board of Education meeting in the Education Center Board Room Tuesday evening. Budget The budget was presented for first approval by District Business Manager Earl Wammack. He estimated projected revenue would exceed expenditures by $1.4 million. The budget will receive final approval in August, after the state has passed its budget and the district knows how much funding will be provid-1 edV Healthy Start: The district received notification from the that Hapgood Elementary School's application for a Healthy Start program has been tentatively approved. The grant would provide $400,000 during a period of three years to provide services and support to Hapgood children and families through a collaboration of agencies.

Class-Size Reduction: Three first-grade teachers reported to the board on their experiences ficient students receive education in their primary language; assure that children receiving bilingual education in a school of choice continue to receive these services; provide bilingual services at non-bilingual schools if non-English speaking children cannot attend a school of choice; and review teachers with bilingual waivers to ensure they are providing LEP students needed services. Forinash said school of choice requests on file will be approved if the student's home school does not rissK aflerj mure rauntls tals working with classes of 20 students in the class-size reduction program. Terryl Larson, Pat LoCicero and Eileen Glockner told the board that their students made more progress than they expected, they were able to provide more individual attention, there was better attendance and parents were excited about their children's learning. "As the impact) of smaller classes spreads out to all grades, the district will have to have higher standards," LoCicero said. "That's a really great challenge." School-Parent Compact Because schools, parents and students all share responsibility for the student's success, the district developed a School-Parent Compact The compact, presented to the board by Hank Gallina, director for Special Projects, sets out what is expected of each.

The compacts will go out in the school packets given to elementary students the first day of school, Gallina said. They will be printed in the secondary school handbooks. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Education will be in the Education Center Board Room, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 29. offer instruction in Spanish.

The responses stated that at no time has the district considered removing children receiving bilingual instruction from their current schools. Addressing the question teacher's qualifications, Assistant Superintendent Don Brown said obtaining qualified Spanish speak ing teachers is a priority with the district Among other recruitment efforts, he cited: hiring bilingual teachers at the same pay scale as those with Master's degrees, about. $2,000 more than other teachers; ing the museum, library and sports groups. In the past, some entities have asked the city to waive fees or utilities. This is financially infeasible for the city to do, he said.

He would like the Police Department to have authorization to use their funds to operate a PAL, he added. Police Chief William Brown mentioned that the state PAL Program offers $3,000 in a grant that would be easy for the department to obtain. However, to be considered for funding, it must first establish a PAL. If approved, it would receive immediate financial assistance, he noted. The issue is now scheduled to come back to the council at its next meeting.

In other action, the council: Voted unanimously to acquire 16 acres of land for the Lompoc Airport. Voted unanimously to apply IN-HOME CONSULTATION Rodger Martin Attorney at Law 101 Civic Center Plaza, Lompoc 735-6700 fAmm mmm Gen. Adm. $5.60 Kids II Snra. $3.50 All Show IVclorr 5:30 pm i ikt rani ivjupc I DAILY 7:00 -t P01I DAILY M- 90 8-8 11:45 MTRiAHAHBnOZIN PO-U DAILY 1:00.4 m- 7:00..

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The Lompoc Record Is a member of the California Newspaper Publishers Association, The Associated Press, The Audit Bureau of Circulation, and the California Newspaper Youth Foundation. National advertising representation by Papert Companies wHh offices In Chicago, Dallas, New York. San Francisco, Los Angsia and Detroit Obituaries Eugene Quick LOMPOC Funeral services for Eugene "Gene" Quick, 66, of Lompoc, will be 10 a.m., Friday, June 27, 1997, at the Lompoc Masonic Lodge, 420 East Fir with Past Master Dean Miller officiating. Mr. Quick was born Oct.

5, 1930 in Taylorville, 111. He came to Lompoc in 1960 and worked as a painter for 20 years. He was a member of the Lompoc Lodge 262, F. A Santa Barbara Scottish Rite Bodies, Al Malaika Temple and the Lompoc Shrine Club where he was known as Pickles the Clown. He died Monday, June 23, 1997, at Lompoc Hospital.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Pat Quick of Lompoc; daughters, Kay Wertz of Taylorville, 111., Roberta Whitehead of Decatur 111. and Tina Barbaree of Santa Maria; son, K.J. Quick of Lompoc; sister, Earlene Lawrence of Pana, 111; brother, Johnny Quick of Taylorville, 15 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. I Visitations are from 2-8 p.m. Thursday at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary.

Goldie Mathiesen SOLVANG Services for Goldie Mathiesen, 85, of Solvang and a former Lompoc resident, are 1 p.m. Friday, June 27, 1997, at Lompoc Cemetery with the Rev. Susan Copeland of Cottage Hospital Chaplain's Office officiating. Mrs. Mathiesen was born May 3, 1912 in Moody, Mo.

Ahomemaker, she came to Lompoc in the early 1940's for a brief in 1950. She and her late husband moved to Solvang in 1962. Her family was always her life and she was an avid cook. She died Monday, June 23, 1997, at Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara. Survivors include her daughter, Norma Anderson of Los Olivos; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Merrill in 1994, son, James; daughter, Donna Jean; three sisters and three brothers. There are no mortuary visitations. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Compassionate Care, Transitional Care Unit at Cottage Hospital, P.O. Box 689, Santa Barbara 93102. Services are directed by Starbuck-Lind Mortuary, Lompoc.

Ethel Moll i LOMPOC Services are pending at the Lompoc Hospital for Ethel Kloll of Lompoc who died today, June 25, 1997, in Lompoc Hospital. i Daniel Juckniess SOLVANG Funeral services for Daniel Juckniess, 73, of Solvang will be held Tuesday, at 2 p.m. at the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church. Interment will be private at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr.

Juckniess was born June 18, 1924 in Maywood, 111. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War IL He moved to the Solvang area 30 years ago after living in Germany for two years and previously of New Jersey, Florida, and Illinois. He was a contract administrator and engi- Seer for ITT in the aerospace division. He was a member of the Santa nez Valley Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include bis wife, Pamela Juckniess of Solvang; a daughter, Sarah Juckniess of Solvang; a daughter, Lise Oakley of Nipomo; a son, yn Juckniess of San Carlos; seven grandchildren; a brother, Edward Juckniess of Lawton, Okla He was preceded in death by his first wife, jBetty Juckniess in 1976, and his sister, Constance Cleary of Texas. In lieu of flowers, it is suggested that friends remember the Allen-idale Farm School in Lake Villa, Dl. with donations. A UMMMMA.4-n 1 xi is An I Doning -GIuSi By CINDY UTTER Record Staff Writer LOMPOC A decision to grant about $566 to the Lompoc Boxing Club was delayed Tuesday by the City Council. At the June 3 council meeting, a club representative requested the amount to pay for a city-required conditional use permit at 513 East Chestnut Ave.

During discussion Tuesday, the council supported the Boxing Club and its activities, but was hesitant to grant funds to one group when the city has so many others also needing financial assistanceA The Police Department volunteered to give the requested amount to the club, City Administrator Frank Priore said. However, City Attorney David Hirsch explained that the department cannot contribute funds from its budget without council approval. But it is allowed to raise the funds Storm forms MEXICO CITY (AP) A tropical depression formed Wednesday in the Pacific, hundreds of miles south of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, said U.S. forecasters who were watching to see if it would gain strength. The storm was upgraded from a tropical disturbance Wednesday morning, when it was located about 450 miles south-south Zzz a ZlzslUd at McDonald' Lompoc Lompoc at i Bins-tax independently, he noted.

The department would like to institute a Police Activities League in conjunction with the club's programs, Priore said. PAL is a recreation-oriented youth program designed to establish a bond between police officers and youth. Under police supervision, young people learn about strong, positive attitudes and good citizenship. Mayor Joyce Howerton said granting the funds to one nonprofit group was a bad precedent to set. Instead, she favored either having city staff transfer the $566 from the Police Department's budget surplus or finding other means of support.

If necessary, she plans to raise half the amount for the group by Friday through voluntary donations, she said. Councilmember Michael Simin-ski agreed with Howerton. He mentioned that the city partners with many organizations, includ south of Baja east of the southernmost tip of the peninsula, the U.S. Weather Service said. The Miami-based service said satellite photographs showed the storm becoming better organized than a day earlier and cautioning that it could reach tropical storm status before hitting colder, more northern waters.

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