Daily Press from Victorville, California (2024)

November 21, 1998

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Daily Pressi

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Victorville, California

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Saturday, November 21, 1998

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UV 'v' ''1' I i 1 GOOD MORNING HIGH DESERT SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21 1998 5 sections 44 pages S0 PLUS SALES TAX) 4- fc DAI RESS 1 i 1 -v- OASIS Every few weeks a crowd gathers to pray at a site where the Virgin Mary is said to appear near California Cty PageDI HIGH DESERT The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to discuss a plan to hire new management for the financially troubled Glen Helen Pavilion PageBI Starr's key adviser quits in protest Darrald Bennett Stiff Photographer for weak spots and cut a vent hole during Friday afternoon's training down the house IMPEACHMENT: Watergate veteran Sam Dash says independent counsel on proceedings By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Kenneth ethics adviser Watergate veteran Sam Dash quit in protest Friday saying the prosecutor "unlawfully on House impeachment proceedings by acting as an aggressive advocate for his report against President Clinton Democrats pounced on resignation as ammunition against Starr House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde defended the independent counsel saying that he had not agreed to testify at our request we would have been compelled to subpoena In a letter to Starr objecting to the testimony Thursday before the Judiciary Committee Dash said: have If y-i Hesperia firefighters check the roof Buniing TRAINING: Condemned houses were dangerous hangout for children deputy says By SCOTT VANHORNE Staff Writer HESPERIA Smoke snaked out of holes in the roof of a condemned home as firefighters set it ablaze during a training drill Friday afternoon Hie Hesperia Fire Protection District burned down an adjacent home on Ranchero Road on Thursday and a third home is scheduled to-meet a fiery fate Monday Once all the homes have been reduced to charred wood and ash nearly all of the firefighters in the district will have had a taste of a real house fire Division Chief Tbm Pam- bianco said always have the ability to get in there and practice what we he said But Friday firefighters dressed in full attire entered the home and attacked a blaze set in a single room for part of the training During another drill firefighters had to pull a 200-pound dummy out of die burning house Please see BURN AS SPORTS The Serrano High School Diamondbacks suffered a 24-13 loss to La Quinta on Friday night Serrano was one of four local teams whose seasons ended with playoff losses PageCI District releases CATO report EDUCATION: List details private schools that were once affiliated with the charter school By CRAIG JOHNSON Staff Writer VICTORVILLE CATO a public charter school improperly entered into agreements with a number of private schools many located far from the Victor Valley according to the Apple Valley Unified School District On Friday the district released lists of private schools affiliated with CATO that included those that charged tuition or taught religion It is against state education laws for public schools to affiliate with such private schools the Apple Valley school board said The Apple Valley district board cited the affiliations with private schools as one reason for deciding to revoke its sponsorship of CATO this week The revocation takes effect Feb 2 According to one list provided by the district CATO had 40 satellite schools at one time CATO received extra revenue from the state based on how many students were enrolled at satellite schools The charter school in turn shared the revenue with the satellite schools Recent legislation will make this practice of revenue sharing illegal starting Jan 1 Many of the satellite schools according to the district were already up-and-running private schools located in Los Angeles County cities such as Los Angeles Gardena Compton Carson Pomona Inglewood and Hawthorne One satellite school Barstow Christian School was in the High Desert according to one list from the district Earlier this year Tom Cosgrove former chief executive officer and founder of CATO said the school had ceased working with the private schools and was concentrating on home schooling students current Chief Executive Officer Vgalene Gorsky said on Friday that the school will still try to press forward intent and our goal is to keep the school alive Gorsky said As a charter school CATO needs a school district to sponsor it Gorsky said CATO will attempt to find another district and continue operating until Feb 2 when the Apple Valley sponsorship will formally end But on Friday CATO laid off 69 people and was operating with a skeleton crew she said In a speech to the Apple Valley school board Wednesday Cosgrove asked the district to release $500000 in state funds he said the district was holding from CATO MEETINGS WHAR CATO meeting for parents WHEN: 10 am today WHERE: CATO'S office 15345 Bonanza Road Victorville WHY: To apprise parents of what will happen with the 1 education of their students WHAT1 Excelsior Education Center meeting WHEN: 2:30 pm today WHERE: Excelsior 14564 Seventh St Victorville WHYS To let parents of CATO students know about the Excelsior home-schooling program ON THE WEB: httpVAwwwhighdesertcom We offer an dec-tronicgathering place for our community PI ease let us know how we can help your site grow MORE ON IMPEACHMENT Some Republicans say they'll break from the party line and vote against removing Clinton from office PageA? violated your obligations under the independent counsel nave no right or authority under the law as independent counsel to advocate for a particular position on the evidence before the Judiciary Committee or to argue that the evidence in your referral is strong enough to justify a decision by the committee to recommend Dash wrote On Friday afternoon Dash said in brief remarks outside his home resigned because he used most of his opening statement not as a defense of his office but as an aggressive advocate in reviewing the facts and the law urging Starr disagreed with interpretation believe a fair reading of the testimony yesterday is that I described what was in the to Congress setting out the case against Clinton said Starr one reads the grounds that are set forth in the referral one will see that what I was doing yesterday was explaining Please see DASH A7 VA-HUD for of discretionary spending for Veterans Affairs Housing and Urban Development and NASA He said his new role reflects his commitment to a strong national defense the only remaining superpower the United States has a responsibility to lead in the post-Cold War world1 We are now and will remain the strongest nation on Earth Our troops are the finest and Lewis said of that preparation occurs in my own congressional district at the National Draining Center for the Please see LEWIS A8 ed all questions to the headquarters Randall Hester vice president of marketing and communications was unavailable for comment Cinemark is the sixth largest motion picture exhibitor in the United States in terms of the number of theater screens operated It operates 2056 screens in 31 states Cinemark also operates a number of screens in Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Mexico and Peru -5 1-v V- 44t-r' Darrald Bcnnettf Stiff Photograph- two Hesperia firefighters watch and control during the training bum Firefighters also tested another infrared camera from International Safety Instruments called the Vishnu The hand-held camera displays hot spots in a burning structure so firefighters can attack those areas first said Dale Foran a sales manager for US Safety and Supply Co can help them save buildings he said Both cameras can withstand Please see GEAR AS Cinemark BUSINESS: Purchase i makes Victorville a onetheatercompany town Bv WYATT HAUPT Staff Writer Cinemark USA Inc the Dallas-based movie theater chain announced it has acquired the AMC Victor Valley Ten Theatres in the Mall of Victor Valley Terms of the deal were not disclosed The theater will now be known as the Cinemark Victor Valley Ten Theatres and adds to the Lewis to chair panel overseeing $250 billion in military allocations CONGRESS: High Desert representative wants to concentrate on readiness military pay role in ensuring that our country remains Lewis is chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee which is responsible allocating about $90 billion Firefighters tiy out latest gear By WYATT HAUPT Staff Writer When the 106th Congress convenes in January Rep Jerry Lewis will assume a much larger and more powerful role in the House Lewis R-Redlands will serve as chairman of the House National Security Appropriations Subcommittee The panel is re: sponsible for setting funding levels for the Department of Defense can think of no greater challenge or more humbling responsibility than to oversee the budget for our entire national Lewis said of the $250 billion military budget is an awesome task and I welcome the opportunity to play an even greater Thereof collapses Into the garage as make sure that the fire is kept under Imaging System is placed on a regular firefighter helmet The infrared camera hangs off the side and a viewer is suspended over the face can see all of the hot spots (in the Hesperia Fire Protection District fire- fighter Ron Shackleford said after he used the camera The district tested the equipment but has no immediate purchase plans Cdthi MY SUN Hmogriplw Valley has been bought by Gnemark buys AMC Ten Theatres By SCOTT VANHORNE Staff Writer HESPERIA Firefighters tried out high-tech equipment including a helmet-mounted infrared camera during their -training exercises at a con- demned home Friday can go in there and see Lee Milton a sales representative for CairnsIRIS said The CairnsIRIS Infrared a AMC Ten Theatres in the Mall of Victor growing presence in a Victorville Cinemark also operates the Movies 7 movie theater on Palmdale Road and the Movies 10 movie theater on Mariposa Road William Bolling region leader for its Southwest operations said the transaction took effect Thursday after the closing of business hours night (Thursday) was kind of the transition for the Bolling said Bolling said he sure what prompted the decision to buy the AMC theater antj direct- I 4 I.

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