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<br />'now all three agree The $500,000 cost assumes the district pays no A court order and terms of her Bee stat,Writer iNlke Conway
<br /> dent should be dis rent probation on a prior child-steal- can be reached at 381.0208
<br /> We may have to produce these activities on the ing conviction prevented Tapia or mconway@modbee.com.
<br /> J in favor of dissolu- MJC campus versus the(training center),"Bood-
<br /> tvvo agencies likely rookas said. {�
<br /> E In the event the program moves, the county is II j •
<br /> exploring other options for the facility, officials Meth sten yields ,ase tight fiscal times have said..uch money as they Some time in the next month, officials plan to
<br /> convene an advisory committee,made up of repre- I
<br /> I'ommission on Peace sentatives from law enforcement agencies
<br /> g, which sets state- throughout the district's eight-county region. su erlab 4 arrests
<br /> A that due to budget The college district aims to begin the new train-
<br /> ch i it will no longer ing July 1.Between now and then,officials will be II
<br />!ncies pay for cadet "aggressively seeking" other sources of money, Agents raid'3 homes to extract ephedrine — amainmethamphetamine ingredient.
<br /> such as grants,Boodrookas said. 11 Richards said agents from the
<br /> a Police Department The matter must go before the Modesto City In Manteca,,Lathrop g
<br />;iis year and$280,000 Council and Stanislaus County Board of Supervi- y multi-county task force had been
<br /> police Lt.Gene Bal- sors before the joint powers board members can BY DARYL FARNSWORTH following the suspects, who led 1
<br /> officially dissolve the agreement,meant to last 15 BEE STAFF WRITER them to all three houses. The
<br /> r College, which is Y —.I:Drug g Lathrop houses I— at 18043 and
<br /> more ears.No dates have been set for those votes. MANTECA —I{Dru agents ■�
<br /> g 18019 Manthey Road — con-
<br /> raided a house in south Manteca
<br /> trict, is developing Bee staff writer Melanie Turner can be reached at tained some equipment and
<br />`am. 578-2366 or mturner@modbee.com. an Wednesday night and found a glassware, including 22-liter
<br /> clandestine super methamphet- Basks necessary to make meth.
<br /> amine lab capable of mailing However,he said,the Manteca
<br /> • more than 50 pounds in two house yielded all the glassware,
<br /> days, Stanislaus Coun sher-
<br /> I collaborative to tackle education Y � � ty heating mantles and chemicals
<br /> ills deputies reported. needed to cook large quantities
<br /> Meeting organizers said din- Thrasher, a consultant on hu- "This is one of the biggest of meth, which sells for about
<br /> Ig- ner will be provided by Gladys man rights, and Patricia Ruck- methamphetamine labs] we've $9,000 a pound. '
<br />)o- Williams of the Modesto Teach- er,a consultant on instructional
<br /> ever busted, said sheriffs Sgt. "We found evidence in the
<br /> on ers Association's Human Rights and professional development. Michael Richards'of the Modesto house that they've been cooking
<br /> et Committee. Reservations are High Intensity Drug Trafficking there quite a while and have
<br /> due by 4 pFriday,by calling They .are expected to give an Area team. 11 probably cooked many batches
<br /> .m. s
<br /> he overview of key components of Agents also raided two houses of methamphetamine here, he
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<br /> & e collaborative,522-6902. education legislation, and dis- in Lathrop that they say were be- said.
<br />'rk The program lists two special cuss the most controversial ing used by drug ring members. Agents said two men were ar- f
<br />'07 guests from the California parts. A question-and-answer Authorities arrested''' three rested at the house on Airport
<br /> Teachers Association: James session is planned. men and a 16-year=old girl,for in- Way.Another man and the teen- 11
<br /> vestigation of manufacturing ager were arrested at the houses
<br /> methamphetamine, Richards in Lathrop.
<br /> G said. The names of the suspects Agents with the California
<br />.saster is a teachable moment were not immediately released. Multiagency Methamphetamine I
<br /> The main lab was found at a Enforcement Team and Stanis. .
<br /> house at 20333 Airport Way, laus Drug Enforcement Agency
<br /> essay about the pros and cons of space explora
<br /> temperatures up to tion. south of Woodward Avenue and participated
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<br /> in the raids and
<br /> e white side and up Menshew decided to turn the event into a"teach- Highway 120. Richards said th undercover investi-
<br /> able moment" because no students came to him agents found a methn para- gation.
<br /> ide. with questions on Monday. He thought they .amuse extraction lab" in opera- Bee stmt writer Daryl Farnsworth
<br /> In to drive his poinf should be more interested. tion. Numerous;!,pseudoephe- can be reached at 578-2337 or l
<br /> With a little prompting,they were. drine pills were being processed dfarnsworth@modbee.com
<br /> n geography,appre- Sean Jenkins, 13, said he doesn't understand '
<br /> I don't fully under- why NASA sent such an old shuttle into space.
<br /> i for the families of Jessica Reler, 12, said the astronauts risked R ,� C•
<br /> when the Columbia their lives so others could learn about space. i i`''SOS: Attorney says client
<br /> And Jelani Yrigan,14,said the situation makes !
<br /> on to prompt a dis- .him nervous,and dashed his dreams of becoming doing better on medication
<br /> an astronaut someday. I
<br /> utside to trace the "After what happened, I don't want to go any-
<br />,e sky and assigned more,"he said. "It's scary." CONTINUED FROM B-1 "The parents are devastated,"
<br /> I Aeronautics and Bee staff writer Susan fierendeen can be reached at Wasp and control}it hasj made McKechnie said. "it's their
<br /> iP-nmaram anti nn -S7R_9��R.nr¢hnrnndaanrlmndhao�nm _ her more aware andcommunica- child.Their emotions are raw."
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