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Here is what��&#39;��s on the state website. ��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080824success.htm"��>��8-24-08 ��</a>��Here is a success story about a class at Vasquez.��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="layton/080823class.htm"��>��8-23-08 ��</a>��Help protect your kids and your rights as parents ��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080815API.htm"��>��8-15-08 ��</a>��State Star Exam shows the dismal failure of our school board in running our high school��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080814Pallotti.htm"��>��8-14-08��</a>�� Letter from a parent of an ex-student of Vasquez High School.��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080807layton.htm"��>��8-07-08��</a>�� Larry H. Layton comments on the 7-31-08 bond story.��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="election/080808propr.htm"��>��8-08-08��</a>�� Antonovich responds to Mayor Villaraigosa��&#39;��s letter on MTA S � cent sales tax��<br��>��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/081104cf.htm"��>��Bond CF full text��</a>��<br��>��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080731cfbond.htm"��>��7-31-08 ��</a>��Distaso Brighter Group school board has voted for a fifth version of the Vasquez Sports Bond.��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080731meeting.htm"��>��7-31-08��</a>�� School Board Bond Meeting��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080730board.htm"��>��7-30-08��</a>�� A letter that was sent to the School Board members��<br��>��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080717support.htm"��>��7-17-08 ��</a>��What does it take to get the community to support our kids��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080708record.htm"��>��7-10-08 ��</a>��The Distaso-Brighter group goes for a world record of failure after failing four bonds in a row ��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080629aop.htm"��>��6-29-08��</a>�� Here is another a failure of Vasquez High��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080521api2007.htm"��>��5-21-08��</a>�� No surprise that Vasquez just continues its established pattern of failure. Here is the 2007 API��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/080315failure.htm"��>��3-15-08 ��</a>��Looking at the test scores for Vasquez will you as it shows it is an unmitigated failure of the school board��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="Oldheadlines.htm"��>��Older Stories��</a>�� ��<a�� ��href="#index"��>��Top��</a>�� ��</h3>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<p��>��<a�� ��name="links"��>��</a>��Links��</p>�� ��<h3��>��Our sponsor��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://www.sandrakardos.com/"��>�� Sandra Eve Kardos��</a>��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="acton/index.htm"��>��Acton News��</a>��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="agua/index.htm"��>��Agua Dulce��</a>�� News��<br��>�� ��<a�� ��href="reference/brownact.htm"��>��Brown Act��</a>��. 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Please E-mail ��<a�� ��href="%3ca%20href=%22mailto:acton@wgn.net?subject=vanguardnviews"��>�� your comments ��</a>��about the site, editor and the community. Opposite views will be published Contributions welcome.��</h3>�� ��<td�� ��valign="top"�� ��width="745"�� ��style="border-width: 1px"��>�� ��<h3��>��The Vanguard News��<br��>��is dedicated to maintaining quality rural living and local control. A brief note from the editor. Acton and Agua Dulce are still great communities filled mostly with excellent people working their hardest to raise a family, live in harmony with nature, and their neighbors. We all care so much for our communities that we attack the small wrongs and injustices with a vengeance. People reading this site should understand we love our community but will fight those business and pro urban elements to keep it rural. See our ��<a�� ��href="reference/Privacy.htm"��>�� privacy policy��</a>��| ��<a�� ��href="#Meetings"��>��Meetings��</a>�� | ��<a�� ��href="#Events"��>��Events��</a>�� | ��<a�� ��href="#headlines"��>��Current Stories��</a>��</h3>��<hr��>�� ��<p��>��Anyone who wants to be added to our Acton and Agua Dulce Update e-mails ��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/mailto:acton@wgn.net?subject=vanguardnews"��>�� click here to send a request��</a>��</p>�� ��<p��>��Here is a new local ��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://www.actonweather.us/"��>��Acton weather site��</a>�� and ��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://www.sigalert.com/map.asp?Region=LA+West"��>��traffic��</a>��. ��</p>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>�� ��<img�� ��alt="Harminic group"�� ��height="362"�� ��src="/web/20091220235347im_/http://www.vanguardnews.com/images/harmonic.JPG"�� ��width="540"��>��</h1>�� ��<h1��>��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://lacountyarts.org/page/holiday"��>��See the Acton Aqua Dulce ��</a>��Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble��</h1>�� ��<p��>��Thursday, December 24, 2009 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center Produced by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission 135 N. Grand Ave, .Los Angeles 90012��</p>�� ��<p��>��Information hotline: (213) 972-3099 or www.HolidayCelebration.org :��</p>�� ��<p��>��FREE admission and parking Music Center parking garage��</p>�� ��<p��>��Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble proforms at 7:25 pm��</p>�� ��<p��>��Lawrence Rowland, Director��</p>�� ��<p��>��WIZARDS IN WINTER Paul O Neill, Robert Hinkel��</p>�� ��<b��>�� ��<p��>��Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble The 18-member Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble is comprised of youths between the ages of 11 and 18. Ensemble members view themselves as ambassadors of music and musical servants for their communities of Acton and Agua Dulce . In an effort to showcase diversity in their repertoire, the ensemble performs select handbell pieces, which creatively incorporate musical soloists such as choral groups, flutists, violinists, percussionists and pianists.��</p>�� ��</b>�� ��<p��>��The ensemble has been featured at Disneyland, the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, Knott��&#39;��s Berry Farm, the JetHawks Baseball Stadium and local community events.��</p>�� ��<p��>��Ensemble Leader Lawrence Rowland is in his 26th year as a sixth grade teacher of the Antelope Valley Unified School District. His professional accomplishments include a District Teacher of the Year award, a Who��&#39;��s Who Among America��&#39;��s Teachers award (multi-year recipient) and an Acton Lion��&#39;��s Club Citizen of the Year award. Rowland feels his greatest accomplishment is being able to share music with his students through the handbell program.��</p>�� ��<p��>��&nbsp;��</p>�� ��<hr��>��<h1��>��Deadline are approaching for filing some claims concerning the Station fire��</h1>�� ��<p��>��11-1-09 ��&nbsp;��We have placed to rules form SBA loans ��<a�� ��href="2009/060917SBA.htm"��>��online here��</a>��. The Application Filing Deadlines are ��<strong��>��Economic Injury - June 14, 2010��</strong>��</p>�� ��<p��>��9-17-09 The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works is offering free engineering advice for homeowners affected by the fires and concerned about erosion, mud-flows, and related issues, announced Supervisor Antonovich.��</p>�� ��<p��>��The toll-free hotline is (800) 214-4020 and will be staffed by qualified individuals from the Department of Public Works.��</p>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>��The total failure of Vasquez High��</h1>�� ��<p��>�� The 2009 API scores are out from the State of California. They show that between 2007 (the last year with API scores for Vasquez) that the API dropped from 695 to 682. The number of students taking the exam dropped from 421 to 398. In 2008 and 2006 the incompetent staff did not even test enough students to get a score . This is the same incompetent staff that allowed the bullying that caused the ��<a�� ��href="school/index.htm#lasater"��>��Jeremiah Lasater��&nbsp;�� tragedy.��</a>��<table�� ��style="width: 70%"�� ��class="style1"��>�� ��<tr��>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��Year��</td>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��Students��</td>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��Score��</td>�� ��</tr>�� ��<tr��>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��2009��</td>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��398��</td>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��682��</td>�� ��</tr>�� ��<tr��>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��2007��</td>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��421��</td>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��695��</td>�� ��</tr>�� ��<tr��>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��2005��</td>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��426��</td>�� ��<td�� ��class="style2"�� ��valign="bottom"��>��641��</td>�� ��</tr>�� ��</table>�� ��</p>�� ��<p��>�� ��&nbsp;��This year in the school board ��&quot;��contest��&quot;�� the board member that was most concerned about the quality of the school, Ron Bird, ��<a�� ��href="school/stories2008/0811othebulliy.htm"��>��was bullied by Distaso��</a>�� and his group and refused to stand for re-election. One seat even went without a candidate and will be selected by the Distaso group, from their idiots. This lousy group ��<a�� ��href="school/stories%202009/090506bond.htm"��>��sold the bonds ��</a>��that the well meaning people of Acton voted for and the money has sat for a year, with you the taxpayers paying nearly 7% interest, and the students got ab��solutely nothing. We believe the long-term goal is to use the bond money to build a gym and other athletic facilities, as the educational quality of the high school continues to plummet.��</p>�� ��<h1��>�� It is time to recognize that having a high school in Acton is a failure ��</h1>�� ��<p��>��A few kids might get a LAUSD quality education, if they are well motivated. But parents, to protect their children, must pull their kids out of Vasquez and place them in home-schooling, private schools, or as a prior board member did, in the Hart district. ��<p��>��LAUSD��&#39;��s average score on the API increased by 13 points to 694 in 2009. Statewide the average score was 755, up 14 points from last year.��</p>�� ��<p��>��To show you how corrupt the district is, they have refused to honor ��<a�� ��href="school/stories%202009/090516brown.htm"��>��our public records��</a>�� request for documents to publish their internal communications that are public. They've taken a position that if we want to see anything at the school, we would have to sue them. Frankly it��&#39;��s not worth it, just let them die on the path they chose .��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>��Station fire was set intentionally��</h1>�� ��<p��>��<a�� ��href="2009/090903station.htm"��>��9-3-09��</a>�� LOS ANGELES (AP) - Investigators launched a homicide investigation Thursday into the wildfire north of Los Angeles after determining that the gigantic blaze - which has killed two firefighters, scorched 226 square miles and destroyed dozens of homes - was set intentionally.��</p>�� ��<p��>��&quot;��We believe that this was caused by someone intending to set a fire,��&quot;�� sheriff��&#39;��s spokesman Steve Whitmore said at an afternoon briefing.��</p>�� ��<p��>��Officials said forensic evidence at the fire��&#39;��s point of origin revealed that the wildfire - among the largest in Southern California��&#39;��s history - was an act of arson. Whitmore declined to elaborate on the evidence due to the ongoing investigation.��</p>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>��8-30-09 1:30 pm Here is the link to the ��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1856"��>��Station fire incident��</a>��</h1>�� ��<p��>��http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1856��</p>�� ��<p��>��8-30-09 The jerks that run the��&nbsp;�� Acton-Agua Dulce School District have failed to allow our schools to be opened as shelters and our residents have to go to Highland High in Palmdale. What a bunch of low life jerks and they wonder why most of the community hates the school and its management.��</p>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>��Here is a ��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://justgeof.blogspot.com/2009/08/station-fire-approaching-acton.html"��>�� Blog of an Acton resident��</a>��</h1>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>��Wilbur C. Brink��</h1>�� ��<p��>��Birth: 1919��&nbsp;�� Death: May 30, 1931��</p>�� ��<p��>��<a�� ��href="History/brinkw.htm"��>��Full story ��</a>��Here is an unusual event and its e-mail.��</p>�� ��<p��>��We are a rock band based in Belgium and found out about the true but unusual story of your uncle, Wilbur Brink who passed away in 1931.��</p>�� ��<p��>��We were so moved and inspired by Wilbur Brink's story that we decided to make an album about him and to write a song about him.��</p>�� ��<p��>��The album is near finished now and we'd like to present you the first copy.��</p>�� ��<p��>��Many thanks. Kindest regards, Jorrit Hermans, Norma��</p>�� ��<p��>��Here��<a�� ��href="History/BadluckforWilburBrinkNORMA.mp3"��>�� is a mpg of ��&quot;��Bad Luck For Wilbur Brink��&quot;�� by Norma ��</a>��</p>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>��Los Angeles County (and the so called Agua Dulce Town Council) again claims resident��&#39;��s protected speech sign illegal��</h1>�� ��<p��>��<a�� ��href="agua/2009/090630sign.htm"��>��6-30-09 ��</a>��See the original story from ��<a�� ��href="agua/Airpark/2006/060618sign.htm"��>��5-18-06��</a>��</p>�� ��<p��>��Since the original complaint over three years ago,��&nbsp;�� the County and the Town Council are again violating the resident��&#39;��s right to free speech guaranteed in the Constitution and upheld unanimously by the ��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&amp;vol=000&amp;invol=u10373"��>��Supreme Court��</a>��.��</p>�� ��<p��>��The County has attempted to modify the published County ��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://www.bpcnet.com/codes/lacounty/_DATA/TITLE22/Chapter_22_52_GENERAL_REGULATI.html#102"��>��code 22.52.940 (C��</a>��) which specifies the sign set back from the road line to be the property line. The County to date has not provided their legal authority to change the publicly published code.��</p>�� ��<p��>��The County has claimed they have received ��&quot;��dozens��&quot;�� of letters from members of the community protesting the sign is illegal and unacceptable. It is reported one of the letters is from the Agua Dulce Town Council but they refused to provide a copy of the letter.��</p>�� ��<p��>��Mr. Wayne Crathorne asked me to assist him as I did the original work on finding the Supreme Court case in 2006. ��<a�� ��href="agua/2009/090630prc.htm"��>��My letter to the county is here.��</a>��</p>�� ��<p��>��Here are the photos of the illegal pro-airport signs which the Town Council and County seems to be unconcerned about.��</p>�� ��<p��>�� ��<img�� ��height="110"�� ��src="/web/20091220235347im_/http://www.vanguardnews.com/images/090628airportsignstreet4.jpg"�� ��width="736"��>�� ��<img�� ��height="226"�� ��src="/web/20091220235347im_/http://www.vanguardnews.com/images/090628airportsignstreet2.jpg"�� ��width="313"��>��</p>�� ��<p��>��The Town Council members should be forced to stand in a corner and repeat that they will observe the Constitution of the United States and follow the Supreme Court��&#39;��s decision. They apparently think they are so important the laws do not apply to them. ��</p>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>��Cell Phone Numbers are now Public ��</h1>�� ��<p��>��All cell phone numbers were released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS .��</p>�� ��<p��>��You can go to ��<a�� ��href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235347/http://www.donotcall.gov/"��>��www.donotcall.gov��</a>�� to block the calls or call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years.��</p>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<p��>��The graffiti hotline number is (800) 675-4357. Residents can call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to report graffiti to a live operator. ��</p>�� ��<hr��>�� ��<h1��>��<a�� ��name="Meetings"��>��</a>��Up coming meetings��</h1>�� ��<hr��>�� ��</td>�� ��</tr>�� ��</table>��</body>��</html>�� ��<!-- FILE ARCHIVED ON ��23:53:47 Dec 20, 2009�� AND RETRIEVED FROM THE INTERNET ARCHIVE ON ��01:50:43 Jul 27, 2026��. JAVASCRIPT APPENDED BY WAYBACK MACHINE, COPYRIGHT INTERNET ARCHIVE. ALL OTHER CONTENT MAY ALSO BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT (17 U.S.C. SECTION 108(a)(3)). --> <!-- ��playback timings (ms): �� ��captures_list��: ��0.462�� �� ��exclusion.robots��: ��0.037�� �� ��exclusion.robots.policy��: ��0.028�� �� ��esindex��: ��0.007�� �� ��cdx.remote��: ��18.937�� �� ��LoadShardBlock��: ��288.767�� (��3��) �� ��PetaboxLoader3.resolve��: ��117.415�� (��4��) �� ��PetaboxLoader3.datanode��: ��164.687�� (��4��) �� ��load_resource��: ��89.392�� �� ��nav��: ��0.139�� (��6��) ��-->