The James Logan Courier

By Julia Scott
Contra Costa Times (MCT)

CROCKETT, Calif. — Twenty feet below the water line, in the bilge of a cargo ship unloading raw sugar at the C&H factory, scientists are testing a high-tech weapon in the fight against invasive aquatic species.

A special ballast water treatment system is purifying the water that whooshes through a pump from the Carquinez Strait into the Moku Pahu, a double-hull bulk carrier that ferries raw sugar from Hawaii to California.

MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.

Hispanic University presentation will be held on Wednesday, December 8th, 3rd period. Interested Juniors and Seniors should sign up in the Career Center.

Don’t forget to donate to the winter canned food drive to your 2nd period December 6-15. Donations are never too much for the homeless. Class winners will win free breakfast on December 16th.

From wikipedia:
Theodore K. Lawless (1892-1971) was a noted dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist. He is known for work related to leprosy and syphilis. He also was involved in various charitable causes including Jewish causes. Related to the latter he created the Lawless Department of Dermatology in Beilison Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel. He received his degree from Northwestern University and was a self-made millionaire.

Dr. Lawless was born on Dec 6, 1892 in Thibodeaux, Louisiana. Soon after his birth, his father, a Congregational minister, moved the family to New Orleans.