Word: vistas
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...ARTICLE ON LOCAL EFFORTS TO oppose ultra-conservatives [Politics, July 10] included a quote from Ken Blalack stating that he helped lead the campaign for school-board recall in Vista, California. While Blalack's group, the Organization of Mainstream Activists, is active against the religious right, Blalack was not involved in the Vista recall. The credit for that successful campaign belongs to Barbara Donovan and the Coalition for Mainstream Education. In addition, a photograph and caption with the story indicated that Blalack had denounced book banning in Vista. This action took place in La Mesa-Spring Valley, California...
...Vista, California, near San Diego, board meetings turned into all-night shoutfests when a Christian-right majority promoted use of a creationism textbook. Even more controversial was the board's rejection of two state grants, one offering $250,000 for a Big Brother-type program for lower-income kids, the other $400,000 for free breakfasts for poor children. One board member reportedly argued that the meals program had "more to do with welfare than education" and that children should eat breakfast with their parents. Voters reacted by mounting a recall campaign and found support among the area churches. "People...
...concedes. (Dalton received $3.7 million from real estate mogul Robert Tishman to develop technology.) ``But once something is developed, it need not be very expensive.'' To prove that point, Dalton has begun to offer its learning technology to a few public schools. The Juarez Lincoln Elementary School in Chula Vista, California, for instance, has been using Archaeotype for three years, much to the delight of its largely poor and ethnically diverse students. Ultimately, Dalton hopes to be able to bring its technology to market. Alas, sharing software alone will not bring about the education revolution. Few schools today have...
...three hackers," as Ford called the presidential trio, convened in Palm Springs, Calif., today for the Bob Hope Classic, with the venerable comedian as a fourth. Before finishing off his round, Bush had to say he was sorry to one victim, slightly bleeding, 71-year-old Norma Early of Vista, Calif., who told Bush, "I'm sorry I got in the way of your shot...
...like you gotta be so strong all the time, and always watching out for everybody because everybody wants to hurt you somehow," he says, sitting on the grass in Buena Vista Park just off Haight Street. "So I got this secret place I go in the park when I'm really upset...