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Second Class Postage PAID Pending Approval At U.S. Post Office Poku Gustine, CA 95322 10 Ha Publication of Mattos Newspapers, Inc. docallcf, Omted and 25 cents Gustine, California Volume 2, Number 5 Thursday, January 30, 1986 School celebrates Catholic Schools Week Our Lady of Miracles School, in ts 22nd year of service to the com-Siunity, will commemorate Cathodic Schools Week in America with one-week series of activities jeginning with childrens mass Sunday at Holy Ghost Church. The 10:30 a.m. mass will begin school's celebration theme, A 5 Rainbow of Excellence, which during the week of Feb.

3-8 will in-Uv Jude a parents social, an inter-8 QUiutinnge of class activities and other ipecial events. OLM School was opened in one in 1952, closed after 16 years 1968, then reopened in 1979. As iHdministrator Sister Mazy Kath-lntrtffine Hamilton noted, the school ias always emphasized individual yupil attention combined with a curriculum that stresses the mathematics, arts and 'terature. The schools present enrollment tands at ah all-time high 183 tudents, from kindergarten hrough eighth grade. Since its fortiori, 450 students have gradu-from OLM, and the 'school is accredited by the Western tion of Schools and Col developed that includes Catholic schools in Atwater, Merced and Modesto.

Over the years, Sister Hamilton said the mission of the school has been to see that parents of youth in the community who desire a Catholic education for their children could be realized, overcoming financial hurdles. We're working and continuing to work with our board for ways to continue financing the school, she said, noting OLMs present financial status is good. "Because our finances are good, this is a good time to make them more stable, she said. We have a committee which is now in the process of establishing a (funding) foundation which will help us achieve that goal. Future goals for OLM School include offering extension courses for the adults in the community; a bonding of the nearby communities of Newman and Crows Landing to the school; and a continuation of the schools day care program which makes our preschool programs one of the strongest in the area, said Sister Hamilton.

in marking Catholic Education Week, Sister Hamilton spoke of some of the strengths of OLM and its purpose in educating the students who attend. We tell our children, you are gifted with a talent, and you have a responsibility to develop that gift for service to all of us in our community, she said. We encourage our children to participate to get in there and do something. With a faculty of 14, including, aides, OLM offers what Sister Hamilton said is an excellent teacher-to-pupil ratio. Other strengths of the school lie in the areas of teacher commitment and emphasis on the kind of student the school produces.

Were very interested in the end product, she said. We want to know, Are you a student? Are you a learner? As (curriculum) content changes, we want our students to know that learning is still the most important skill. Balancing the academics offered at OLM is an athletic program for boys and girls that includes soccer in the fall, basketball in winter and track in the spring. During the school year a full league schedule is EXCELLENT TEACHER-TO-PUPIL RATIO is one of the strengths of Our Lady of Miracles School in Gustine. Hare third graders get individual attention in reading.

OLM, in its 22nd year of service to the community, is celebrating Catholic Schools in America with a variety of activities, beginning with a special 10:30 a.m. mass Sunday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church. hospital board deals with Santa Nella de-annexation request West Side Commmunity Board of Directors approved new physical therapy depart-lent, elected new officers and IVeard from the representative of a Iffanta Nella homeowners group re- We were told to come here by the county after we had paid our taxes under protest, she said. Now were getting the runaround." The matter was referred to the hospital's legal counsel, Wilmar 'Jensferi' who 'clenhed i.lie annexation as actually a severance request. Jensen said he.

would review the petition and report back to the board and to Taylors group on trustees authority to grant such a request. Board members later approved a move to establish a physical therapy department at the hospital, an action that had actually questing de-annexation from the hospital district in a busy evening of business Tuesday. Leona Taylor, representing a group -of homeowners in Santa Nella, advised the board she had submitted a petition bearing 109 names asking for de-anhexatiori'7" from the district because all emergency calls in their area are -automatically routed to Los Banos Community Hospital. Taylor, who said she had paid her $40 district tax under protest, charged that she was getting the run-around from Benn after he noted the board did not have the authority to grant such a request. been approved at mid-summer but had been put on hold, Benn said physical therapy is actually a component of the hospital's "swing bed'-' policy which it had approved at the same' 'me, and presented a report which district would' generate some 720 patient treatments yearly, based on area statistics, and would generate approximately $6,000 net profit after expenses.

A poll of the hospital's staff physicians and area doctors indicated they would support such a department, said Chief Nurse Peggy Brewer. The estimated cost of putting in such a facility at West Side was reported at $28,000, the money to come out of the hospitals selffunding capital outlay account. In a traditional bit of business that accompanies each board meeting at the beginning of a new year, directors elected board chairman and Bob Kelley secretary. It was noted that Doris Schmidt, who is presently serving as board chairman, was moving from the area, and the January meeting would be her last. Schmidt's official ending day on the board is Feb.

1, and directors are now seeking replacement candidates. In other action directors received a detailed presentation from Benn on the ambulance services response time, following a Nov. 6 Emergency Medical Care Committee decision to re-measure the times of the three outlying county services Benn told directors, and submitted fact sheets to support his position, that in all response marker areas taken, we can get to our boundary a third faster than the other (services) can. Benn said a provider meeting with all three services West Side, Riggs of Los Banos and Turlock Ambulance would probably be held this coming week. We should be able to serve all our district residents, no problem, he said.

I feel like were finally getting dose on this (resolving boundary issue). aluting Coelho fony 1 t-i Vv A V'Wv I ha i sty I i rig, makeup A Mills will pursue film makingicareer Girl Scout 4 7, Taking a chance on an interview the Los Banos area but will soon be 1 jm i i cookie sales underway I A blend of distinctive Portu-I Miese entertainment styles will be Si Vatured on stage at the Pot-iguese Salute to Congressman 9 jkDny Coelho, at the Stanislaus 1 1lounty Fairgrounds Sunday, Feb. I from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Musical offerings at the day-long lair will feature music from three 9 Aiarching bands that includes Gus-f lne's City Band and also bands I ml om Livingston and Escalon; and ilk dancing and folk singing.

The varying traditional folklore mces of Portugal will be per-rmed by the dance group Mar Ito from the Our Lady of the sumption of the Portuguese tiurch in Turlock. The majority of group is composed of teenagers ho are descendants of immi-rants from the Azores and Portu- lese mainland A unique Portuguese art form is amtoria, which is the art of sing-86 8 rhyming verse at a moment's -)tice to respond to a singers wious verse. Portuguese immi-snts Vital Marcelino and Ad-ino Tuledo have entertained au-tnces throughout the state with eir unique style. One of the oldest musical groups its kind, Azores73 was formed 1973 by a group of Azorean im-igrants. No Portuguese celebration would i i complete without the dancing of traditional Chamarita or folk 9ce.

Three different callers ifsnuel Avila of Atwater, Manuel udoso of Merced and John Inacio moving south to pursue further Opportunities in the film industry. Since working on Valentino Returns, she has been hired to work on: a film tu be produced and directed by Robert Redford, Milagra Bean. War, which, will -begin shooting in New Mexico in June.V-..'T 3' She also; has been hired as a stylist for. a low-budget film which wilT begin its takes in April in to be produced by stunt men who worked on Valentino Returns. "It's" exciting, said Mill3, a Denver, Colo, when asked about working in movtes.

The Ive gotten from the movie have been greatand the people I worked with there were super. Mills, who studied hairstyling at Jingles in San Francisco before coming to the Central Valley, said she chose to work at Hairs the Place because jit was one of the best shops in the area. "The experience I've gotten here has really been helpful, she said. Mills, who is planning a Feb. 15 move to Los Angeles, said she also has interviewed for possible television work.

I iust completed an interview with Don Goldman of CBS to work for a new series, For-. tunate Dane, she said. Clearly, things are moving for Mills, who said being hired for work on Valentino Returns, Kind of leap-frogged me over my three-year plan to go into production work. Its hard work, she added of i the film But I had a good time. I jqst hope, it with a film crew in production paid off for Susan Mills, a hairdresser who works in a Gustine salon.

3 Mills, who works at Hairs the Place, took a portfolio of her work in hairstyling over to the set pf 7 Valentino when poiy tions of that movie were being shot in Newman and landed a job doing hair and makeup that ran from late October through Employed by Owl Productions, Mills said she worked about percent of the movie, styling hair and doing makeup on all its principal actors including Frederick Forest, Barry Tubb and Veronica. Cartwright. worked in New- man. (where she appeared in one. scene as an extra), and also on ioca-1 tions in Stockton, Tracy and Galt.

While she said she enjoyed her work and had a fantastic time she said she gained an appreciation of the hard work professional ac- tors put in as part of their craft. I loved every minute of- my work," she recounted. "But I wouldn't want to be an Mills, who out of her Owl Productions experience has since gained opportunities to work as a stylist and makeup artist in several upcoming films, said one winter night in Stockton convinced her acting vyas a tough trade. It was late at night, and during that period of cold weather when it was in the 30s, she recalled. Yet the scene called for midsunimer weather.

was sb cold, yet the actors stood around for hours, and when the cameras rolled, were able to act as though it was warm out. I couldn't. do it, I know that." Mills, who has been a licensed hairdresser for two vears. lives in In conjunction with National Scouting Week Feb. 2-8 the Girl Scouts in the Gustine, Newman and Crows Landing area are taking orders for girl scout cookies.

Sales are underway until Feb. 4. Delivery dates will be March 14-31. Cookies sell at $2.25 per box. Money will be collected at the time of delivery.

Varieties include Coconut Cremes, Hoedowns, Mints, Savannahs, Scot-Teas, Yangles, Crackers and the Chocolate Cookie Bar, introduced as a new feature last year. The popular cookie sales serve as the primary fund raiser for most local scout troops. Profits from cookie sales are used to support troop activities such as field trips, camping, crafts, and service projects. The portion of cookie profit received by Muir Trail Girl Scout Council-which serves Merced, Mariposa, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, is used to train leaders, provide troop enrichment programs, pay for camperships and cover the cost of day-to-day operations. To order cookies call 862-2108 or 862-3563.

Gustine currently has no active girl scout troops so girls interested in joining scouts are being invited to join Newman scout troops. For scouting information call Sharon Andrade at 862-3563. New scout leaders are needed in the Newman, Gustine, Crows Landing area. Anyone interested please contact Sharon at 862-3563 or Sue England at 862-0161. will lend their voices mfVri this special dance.

The price of a ticket also includes tlpneal of the traditional sopas, lxtuiating of meat and bread. Serv-E will be held throughout the V- In addition, several Portu-. service groups will' offer and beans and various pert items for sale. pickets are priced at $25 per cou-I I A 15 for single and $5 for Judren 6-12. Children under 6 are jtted free of charge.

Tickets nJ-8 avaae the door. Persons seeking further informa- may contact the Coelho for Committee at 524-2844. For Susan Mills, a movie filmed in Newman started her on a new career..