The James Logan Courier

By Elliott Almond
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — "Come look inside," Victor Conte Jr. urges while gesturing toward his new silver Bentley shimmering in the springtime sun.

When the architect of sport's worst drug scandal is determined, it's almost futile to resist him.

"Go ahead. Stick your head in."

LUNCH:
Egg Roll with Rice,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips

ACTIVITIES:
Summer School applications are available in your House Office.

Thirsty for some visual stimulation? Come to Paddy’s Coffee House in Old Alvarado to get a taste of the BIG CUP OF ART Show featuring work by James Logan artists. show reception Thurs., 4/26 from 4-5:30 pm, show closes 5/3.

Professional Learning Communities will be the primary topic at the April meeting of the New Haven Community Forum, to be held Tuesday , from 4 to 6 p.m. at Cesar Chavez Middle School, 2801 Hop Ranch Road.

Courier Staff Report

In the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre and threats of a similar slaughter at schools in Yuba and Sutter Counties, the State Superintendent of Schools Friday called for the state’s schools to redouble the efforts at securing their campuses.

"As our nation mourns the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy and observes the eighth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings, I want to urge school districts throughout California to make certain that their plans for school safety are effective, comprehensive, and up-to-date,” State Superintendent of Schools Jack O’Connell said in a press release.

By Ramon Coronado
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Schools in Yuba and Sutter counties will remain closed Friday as authorities continue to search for a man who allegedly threatened a killing spree that would dwarf the Virginia Tech massacre.

Jeffery Thomas Carney, 28, is being sought and is possibly armed with automatic weapons and explosives, Sutter County Undersheriff J. Paul Parker said.

Carney allegedly had threatened a spree of violence that he said would make Virginia Tech "look mild."

Authorities said Thursday afternoon that they are looking for Carney in an aqua blue Ford Ranger pickup truck with a matching color toolbox.

"We are really hoping that we can catch up with this guy today," said Parker, who added Carney's parents are alarmed at the situation.

Note: Today The Courier begins publishing a serialized history of the struggle for independence in the Philippines, written by Filipino Poet, Author and Activist Oscar Peñaranda, who also teaches Filipino studies at James Logan High School. Look for the next installment next Monday.

By Oscar Peñaranda, Courier Special Correspondent

When the United States Armed Forces arrived in the Philippines on May of 1898, the Filipinos had officially already been fighting a War of Independence against Spain for two years. Their revolution against Spain started in 1896 and by June of 1898, a Declaration of Independence, a revolutionary government, and a constitution for a republic had been established by the people. The elected President of that republic was also the leader of the revolution. He was a fighting president because he also had to wage war as a general (commander-in-chief) of the Philippine armed forces against the Spanish. His name was Emilio Aguinaldo. He could be compared to the United States' George Washington. One difference would be that Aguinaldo had to serve in office and fight the Spanish for independence at the same time!

From whitehouse.gov:

Tall, stately, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only President who never married.

Presiding over a rapidly dividing Nation, Buchanan grasped inadequately the political realities of the time. Relying on constitutional doctrines to close the widening rift over slavery, he failed to understand that the North would not accept constitutional arguments which favored the South. Nor could he realize how sectionalism had realigned political parties: the Democrats split; the Whigs were destroyed, giving rise to the Republicans.


Read James Buchanan's four "State of the Union" addresses, free from Project Gutenberg.