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Klblblt. UMIMtill il 1 Hi Communities Torus: Indlt) it Community kfkte Berry hosts opcnliotiso at City Hair 1 Ms, i 1 1 t- t.j tj. i'i If i 1j (i I ivf trv, i fio T't i iir it tj It j4i witb It Mil Uil.i.nl rt 7 ill Ji in 1 1 lfj.it in Variety Tent GG holds golf tournoy TlH-fim'h I i 1 School name committee meets again i lt If i.t it liriDIM! illMIY M'fH HW'n tout lun.rtil Will t.ikf jil.it 1 liM It at Mi'ojllllll" ClitllltrV i I 1 I 1,1 I I Ii ii It tl I I- i iiij.m!. I i JOINT IffOKfT; I'- I I uf I i I th th I hi 1 iv- ir Jll-M li in tvi, i.iii i pr-i' ili'lti ilt i'i'iu Urr i miitiiiilUt Ml'i f' -1 lefii- titfcl V-i 'A'k i puvKiiu: Utt '( i'M li.iif t.1iir(it,.ir,i II! in I' fiii'i1 '1-ni t'li Mecca Vineyards: (MfK'f. fort fi hi- frs.ijrfits 1 CMNtlTINC MH 4 IMili i if I i.M j.uf "rf ll'liff sm.fi nr rri lcii! of low utci'int -Tin ii.l iiHalii i.ii hr'ke il 'In' enter when- up to L''i Class act iiU.f i in MONIY TALK: I-, vt, i ii i I lfn I' v.i 'I- I (fttil ii.Jin' j'f! I 1 4-' I I Ml.

l'. v.ll'i I si.ii ijiji i ji mi i-it-r f''i li itt I -1 i el "i- 'I ill I I (it i i) i r. I'll' Dropout returns to class as teacher Sttt i 'fa t' 471 -tin (tl lt 'ii 4 fljf i j'. ti i oti.mu 'i ii i )''! fui ti'it- sji li i fi ilir. working Willi iti Truman school sets parent nights UWl 'lvn Harry Truman ImI back-U scfuKii night is heduied on two tin-- y.ir Fir-t second- and third-grade teachers will be available to talk with parents at 30 pm Monday' in the multipurpose room Fourtri-and fifth-grade teachers will be available at 6 JO p.m.

Tuesday in the multipurpose room. Parents are asked to come without their children if possible. The evening will begin ith a welcome from Principal Carol Bishop and will include introduction of teachers. Parent Teacher Organization iniormation and election ot parents to serve on the School Site Council. Parents interested in serving on the council should call 777-4240.

After the general meeting, teachers will meet with parents from 7 to 7 45 in their classrooms jnit ill in Hh-m jmlilr I in i ft V) 4 til Kntry ff ITS f'f tfoif'T in luili1 i jjrwn lum ami Tin tourrwrmTii funds for V.inrty t'tnlilr nl Hit- l'M'r Imf ijrt Rrpitritin information 32IMI77 Golf cart parade seeking entrants VMM DKSKHT Kntn fur th 33rd Annual I'jlm iH-x-rt Cmlf (art now an tx-inj; jc-n'ptwl. with riuml fur thNt subnnttitJ before Spt 30 Karly bird rntrics will be charged $60 for non commercially dfsifjriitl floats and custom, street legal, classic golf carts. $125 for commercially designed floats, and $275 for political entries. The entry fee for non-cart walkers, equestrians. dancand musical, groups and other electric, non-gas-powered vehicles is $60.

Entries received after Sept 30 will be. charged an extra $25 This year theme is "Memorable Moments Awards will be given in various categories Proceeds benefit local chari ties Information, entrv forms 346 6111. Ulcer treatment topic of seminar lUNCHOMIIUCJE An all-dav seminar titled "I-ower Kx- 1 A hew direction: Eddie Fagin is preparing to enter a doctorate pro- gram at the Uni-' versityof Califor-' nia at Riverside. As part of his course work, Fa-will teach a freshman eco- V-' vv x-, -i L. A ri'iin i er line wi held by' Eisenhower Home Health Care on Oct 9 for physicians, nurses and allied health professionals The seminar will focus' on several types of ulrers Luni will be provided Those' who complete the seminar are eligible for seven continuing education units The si'minar costs $10 for students and em- I I I Revitalized student hopes to motivate others and $15 for those not, employed by Eisenhower leadline for registration is Thursday Mail checks payable me iii itiL- Tord Elementary opens to parents PALM DESERT Back-to-school night, for parents at Ger- aid Ford Elementary School will run 6.30-7.30 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday Back-to-school night is Monday for kindergarten through second grade and Tuesday for third through fifth grade. Kindergarten parents will sponsor a bake sale both A book fair also is planned Monday through Friday before school, during lunch and after school, and 6.30-8 p.m. on the back-to-school nights Palm Valley marks 45th anniversary RAXCHO MIRAGE The Palm Valley School will celebrate its 4f)th anniversary on Founder's Day, Oct 10 Festivities will include an all-school assemhly, alumni tours of the campus at 35-525 Da Yall Drive and an alumni luncheon. The school serves kindergarten through 12th grade Information 328-0861. Compiled by Christine Mahr.

Have a school item? She can be reached by phone at 775-4206 or by fax at 342-7128. Or write to her at 82-632-B Highway 111. Drawer NNN. Indio, CA 92202. econotnics at College of the Insert, where Fagin first re-entered school, siiid he is pleased to see Fagin going for his doctoral degree.

"He will be a productive person because of his social sensitivity," Shahidi said. "He is a low-key. attentive person, very motivated" and cially aware. He knows his environment, political, social and economic." Fagin recalls his early davs at COD as some of the very best," although he remembers being intimidated by the idea ot returning to college. "My wife Ann.

who is completely awesome, had to walk me through the registration process." he to school was tough. I had to learn skills, to improve my reading Hopefully, I will be an example to people that they can go back." Class Act appears Saturdays. If you would like to tell us about a student, call Kimberly Trone at 408-8620 or send her an e-mail: aol.com KIMBCRLY TRONC S'f l.j T't' ifi PALM OESEKT Four sears uro. Eddie FaKin wai a ninth prade dropout, a bass puitarist whose strunRlinf! band had a I'hURe debt with a record company that could never be paid b.uk Times' have (hanged week. Fagin will enter an environmental economics cLiss at (he I'niversity of California.

Hiversuk' -not as a student, but as a teacher "Tlus is one of the biggest challenges of rny life It has kept me up at night." slid Fagih. whose long curly luir ami neatly trimmed Ix'ard might' make some students think more atxiut rock-and roll tlian economics WHAT'S NEXT: "I will be teaching a freshman class MiM students will prolwhly not even be interested in economics." he said "I hope to get them interested, to draw them in by helping them reali7e that every decision we Eddie Fagin Age: 33 City? Palm Deset School: Califqmy, nuke ruis an nnomic b.ise Fagin, who graduated cum Luule from t't'H in June with a bachelor's degree in ecotKimics. is teaching the course as part of his acceptance into the university's dK-torate program He said he dropnil out of school at the of 14 because it was not relating" to him I did not think 'school was dealing with global issues like inequality and poverty," he vud "VVe. lived in an area where I could sec poverty all around me" A native of I'ueblo, Colo, Fagin said he watched, the deterioration of a nearby steel mill and the economic impact it had on his community hen he moved to ls Angeles, he said he was struck again by the same tyjH-s of wonomic ksuc, While working as a student intern at the Fair Housing Agency in Palm Springs, he said those same concerns were ditven home "There is a lot of discrimination, whether people admit it or he sai "To see it lirsthand really wakes you up''. NEW COALS: Vs he moves into the world of economics, Fagin said he hopes to remain a teacher but also to one day help sha( government policy and make suggestions on how to maximize -resources II we can help eople make tietter decisions about their lives, their surroundings, about whether to have a landfill and how to vote on important propositions, those are the issues that matter." he said "I would like to convey to students the importance of balancing social and wonomic hues.

to look beyond the small community to the clobal community Ilushang Shahuli. a professor of III 111 .1 lIXIiVlLV CAKE, 42-200 Heacon Hill, Suite B. Palm Desert. CA 922 1 1 Information Herb. 862 5322, Bob I.inder.

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