The Fresno Bee du lieu suivant : Fresno, California • 29

7 Women Note School District Bias In Survey does not exist in her job and never has held her back Mary Quick a kindergarten teacher at Baird School said she believes there is discrimination against women in the district She said you only need to look at the number of women in administrative positions to answer that question Wanda Galt a sixth-grade teacher at Roeding School said she has no administrative aspirations so she has not experienced any discrimination She said she has taught under women principals and they are excellent administrators threatened to sue the district unless takes action Barbara Thomas a dean at Hoover High School said there is an feeling of discrimination (against women) in the She said there are better processes for promoting persons than the one utilised by the district The process was set up by personnel department is geared toward men" she said Ms Thomas has applied for the position of high school principal blows some peoples' minds" because she is woman she said Janice Shephard a vice principal at The Fresno Bee Wed Dec 10 1975 Cl gone as far as she wants in administration Carol Walker a sixth-grade teacher at Manchester School said discrimination definitely exists against women it also exists against people who are assertive agressive and maybe in conflict with top administration points of view" she said Mrs Walker also feels men are encouraged to apply for administrative positions while women may not be asked to go into administration Paula Rae Rosendahl a librarian at Turner School said discrimination and an Emergency set of plastic hats and a badge For younger children a Putt-Putt Speedway costs a Safari setup is and a Sesame Street goes for Some of the highest prices were in discount stores in this survey which underscores the read-before-you-shop advice The luck comes in when you notice special prices Timing is important though because in one store a shortterm special reduced Evil Stunt Cycle from $897 to $499 (the same item brought up to $1299 in other stores) The Stunt Cycle cost $797 when Knievel was building up to his canyon jump in 1974 Last year after the canyon failure the cycle was selling around $13 This year the average price (after a generally lackluster Knievel year) is less than $10 By JIM BOREN Bee Education Writer A survey of women who work in the Fresno Unified School District shows that most believe the district discriminates against women The major disagreement between those women contacted by The Bee was over how much discrimination exists in the district's hiring and promotion procedures A US Justice Department investigation has concluded the district has a of refusing to promote qualified women into key administrative positions The department has BattleOver Cable TV Franchise By CHARLES MILOS A legal battle is shaping up between two factions over an apparently lucrative cable television franchise in Fresno The first shot was fired by Fresno developer and businessman Edward Kashian who is asking the Superior Court to void a franchise awarded Fresno Cable TV Co by the Fresno City Council i Kashian is one of four Fresnans who announced this summer they want to establish a cable television service in Fresno apparently in competition with the franchised firm A hearing on suit is Scheduled for Jan 9 before Judge Hollis Best Kashian John McCarthy who oper-" ates radio station KM AK businessman A1 Pardini and attorney Rudy Savala said they wanted to establish the new cable television service last July when the City Council was considering amendments to Fresno Cable franchise Kashian is the only plaintiff The City Council amended the franchise contract with Fresno Cable last summer to comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations That included the franchise fees which were higher than those allowed by the federal regulatory agency Kashian in his suit argues that the franchise amendments have the significance of granting an entirely new And Kashian continues that can-hot be done Until the council makes a determination that cable TV is a and Subject to the Environmental Quality Control Act 1 Before the council approved the amended franchise Kashian says the council should have made an environmental assessment and an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the The he says may have a significant impact on the environment as it would include 800 miles of overhead wire and coaxial cable microwave towers removal of trees for the cable network and other construction before cable TV is a reality in Fresno He contends the council unlawfully approved the franchise amendments without an EIR He is asking the court to prevent the city and Fresno Cable TV from going ahead with the until the court decides the issues raised in the suit Fresno Cable TV bas bad a franchise with the city since 1966 A Trial Run its the a :3 Toy departments expand into the aisles as the toys stack up for Christmas giving Bee Photo Timing Helps Too Compare Save On Toys 'I too bad we don't have more women principals" she said A woman in the district's counsel ing program who did not want her name used said she has heard that women wanting to be principals have been told their only chance is at the elementary level She said the district does not want women principals at the secondary level Other women contacted in the unscientific survey either said they did not have time to talk about the issue or preferred not to get involved in the controversy Help Drive Gear fee delayed the effort thrc months In late November Pace begr actively putting together the car paign committees sending pre -releases developing campaign idei -and printing fund drive materials Next Tuesday the District 11 PT -will kick off its pen and pencil sales I -Fresno Unified School Distri' schools District 11 President Mr Richard Burger said 25000 penri and 10000 pens bearing the legen Channel 18 KMTF" are ava able to begin the sale which spread to other Fresno County schoc and then into the other counties in PTA district The pencils cost a dime each the pens 75 cents If all of them a sold the return to Channel 18 would just over $5000 The PTA will absc all costs other than the pens and pc -cils themselves and the sales because the Channel 18 fund drive an official project of the district Burger said Contributions to the fund drive tax deductible and may be recorr against 1975 earnings if donations i made by Dec 31 according to Internal Revenue Service tax inf mation specialist There is an indication in the recent mailing from Pace that tif' Channel 18 studio will be at 733 i' the old KFSN-TV base of operatio The return address on fund dr' envelopes is 733 St Harriett Jowett who is coordir ing the Channel 18 project from i county Department of Educati said the Board of Education has ye approve any contract to lease or l-ir-the Street facilities However the board members tw gave the department authority negotiate for a lease and it anticipated final approval could forthcoming if documents are re: for signature when the board me Dec 18 Board Supports Alien-Care Bill The Fresno County Board of Su visors has again endorsed propo legislation that would help offset more than $800000 spent annually the county on medical care for illc aliens Rep BF Sisk has resubmitted bill which would offset or reimbr counties for emergency care they vide illegal aliens The supervi endorsed Sisk's original bill in That bill died at the committee lcv However he has resubmitted measure and it is now in the Judici Committee awaiting the review comments of the Justice and Hea Education and Welfare Departmei County Administrative Offi MG Wingett said while the statu the bill is uncertain initial rep appear favorable The supervisors also endor efforts to provide relief to counties Medi-Cal administration Cooper Junior High School said men treat her as an equal although probably are women who have been held back" because of discrimination Heidi Muncy a research assistant in the office of educational research said the district is not any different than society where discrimination also exists against women She said district officials realize there is a problem and are attempting to correct it Mary Lou Stewart a dean at Bullard High School said she has not experienced any discrimination while in the district adding that she has dolls that sneeze snore crawl perform various bodily functions' or up" her arms and she becomes a slim curvy little wonder the North Pole fatman is so jolly the dolls range from A doll that do anything at all runs For boys there is the usual assortment of war toys miniature cars and trucks and sports equipment There also is a road racing set an airplane and Super Toe which field goals Games also have wide price variations the Haunted Mansion ranges from Triominos from and Electro Shot (a battery-operated penny arcade-type game) from Television's successes are represented by Star Trek figures the Six Million Dollar Man other unknowns for an analysis to be meaningful for an entire community plan cost-revenue analysis deals in specifics" said Gray if the numbers change the answer is not The normal smattering of people attended the workshop nearly all of them with a professional or personal interest in the proceedings Licciardello and Gray explained the process presenting two alternate flow charts The basic difference is the favored one provides more time flexibility to the developer In previous sessions as well as last night the cry frequently was heard that time is money and adding a process means delay Licciardello said in normal cases the processing time would be the same as under present procedures without UGM SAVE 60! Kenmore Portable Dishwasher With Sani- 2 Cycle or Built-in Ly MultlCycle Dibhwasher 88 Regular $27993 219 PTAs Will Sh if ETV Into High By LANNY LARSON The fund-raising campaign to help put Channel 18 on the air as the area's first public and educational television station has been running in low gear for nearly three weeks and the first donation has yet to be made Next week the drive for $250000 will move into second gear with Parent-Teacher Associations in Fresno Madera Merced and Mariposa Counties selling pens and pencils to help benefit Channel 18 Letters also are being sent to potential donors advising of the end-of-the-income-tax-year advantages of a deduction for contributions to the fund drive After the first of the year The Pace Group which is directing the campaign plans to shift the drive into high gear The Fresno County Board of Education licensee for Channel 18 must come up with $211577 in local money to go with $430583 in federal grant money to provide public and educational television service in Fresno Tulare Madera and Kings Counties primarily Donations from Merced Mariposa and Kern Counties are not being directly solicited although press releases stress the signal from Channel 18 will reach those areas and donations will be welcome Fresno County Auditor-Controller LD Jernagan who monitors the fund drive special account has reported no contributions through Tuesday And until there is some money available locally bids for equipment cannot be let delaying the start of programming from the first of 1977 as projected six months ago Pace originally had scheduled its campaign with a respite over the Christmas holidays traditionally a poor time to be soliciting contributions However changes in its contract with the school board to require performance before payments on to get hurt mobile We can go Commission Chairman Paul Stock-ton retorted: not going to go away just kidding yourselves Commissioner James Freeman interjected: to this point this is just a concept which we are talking about Maybe we could look at it from the standpoint that several hundred persons could be driven from their homes many of them senior citizens by increased taxes if new development does not pay its way" There was some thought at first to bringing the subject back to the Dec 16 meeting of the commission but Stockton set it for the Jan 6 session to allow time to study any new information and for discussion "to take Again this year the budget-wise gift giver can save substantially by comparing advertised prices of toys in various kinds of Fresno area stores before going forth into the Christmas season shopping crush The timing has to be right too A check of 30 toys being sold in 12 discount toy department and drug stores showed the careful shopper would save 42 per cent by selecting the lowest catalogue or newspaper-advertised price The low prices for the toys added up to $25792 $10796 below the high-price total The lowest-priced items in the survey were some pieces of foam rubber called Nerf footballs and gliders selling for The highest-priced item was Chattanooga Choo Choo an electric train set ranging from For girls this year there are On UGM The three projects are a residential subdivision an industrial project and a commercial development Donald Barry of the Homebuilders Association unsuccessfully tried to get the commission to include subjecting the entire Bullard Community Plan to the cost-revenue evaluation City staff member MR Licciardel-to a principal in putting UGM together at first objected to the analyses without an indication of how the commission would use the results He explained that if all three came out on the cost-plus side then the cry would be made that the whole process is unnecessary And if the three came out cost negative the contention would be that the equations are too stringent Robert Gray also of the city staff told the commission too many assumptions would have to be made about house values densities and Commissioners Delay Decision On Plan To Control Urban Sprawl By EDWIN CLOUGH Bee Urban Affairs Writer The Fresno Planning Commission has delayed until Jan 6 a decision on the proposed Urban Growth Manage- ment Process (UGM) the plan to control urban sprawl In the meantime commission 1 members will be furnished the results of cost-revenue analyses on three metropolitan fringe projects com-pleted within the last few months The analyses are a crucial step in UGM whose basic function is to provide factual information to the City Council on the financial impact of any suggested developments in the UGM area The run" analyses are a compromise reached Tuesday night during a commission workshop in City HalL The compromise was based on a suggestion by developer Spaulding Wathen Two sets of equations are developed in UGM One is a cost figure for the needed services for a development The other would determine all types of added taxes and income which would accrue to the city as a result of the development William Hart of Associated General Contractors Kim Grove of a local commercial and industrial development firm and Lou Genise for the Realty Board emphasized time is at stake and the key issue is whether the community will keep or lose development and jobs Hart said the City of San Diego drove out 5400 jobs as a result of "Mickey Mouse He closed with an impassioned plea to think about town the place where we live paint the residential commercial and industrial construction industry as here because we are going PRE-HOLIDAY DINING ROOM SPECIALS SAVl UP TO 25 Thinking About Her diristan WE HAVE A LARGE ARRAY OF GIFTS THAT ARE SURE TO PLEASE HER IN OUR HOUSE-WARES WaMa bam Glamnra llac Mnara Caffaa MMwi Taartan llac Caa Opaaan Mai Hlgnf' Oraaa Impi Opaa Saarfay aad Nighlltii Xaial Both ha matmh (or lib nr annul wmS SrnKadr rimrboU pon aiarr mikh bull in ht Mk (lnmlUliun hnlre) 3636 3 Blacktione Fh2-591 rresno Ag jfaJtduraLe' I tWyiara M44441 4935 BLACKSTONE AT SHAW OpiR Monihrv 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