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Paul Clinton
Wall Street icon Louis Rukeyser has returned to KOCE-TV Channel 25,
after his much-publicized firing by a Maryland-based public television
station.
Rukeyser returned to KOCE at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, where his new show,
called “Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street,” aired back-to-back with his old
show “Wall Street Week.”
KOCE, which is based at Golden West College, received several hundred
calls from irate viewers after Rukeyser was dismissed, a station
spokeswoman said.
“People have threatened to cancel their membership,” spokeswoman
Kathleen Yoder said. “We’ve been really deluged with calls.”
Rukeyser’s new show can be seen at 8:30 p.m. Friday on cable station
CNBC Channel 44. KCET-TV Channel 10 has pledged to continue airing “Wall
Street Week” with its new hosts in the same time slot. KOCE will air his
old show at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Seacliff Elementary School teacher honored
An Orange County nonprofit group of educators, technology companies
and other members of the science community are set to honor a Huntington
Beach teacher on Saturday as one of five recipients of an excellence
award.
Christine Polomsky, the local winner, teaches first grade at
Huntington Seacliff Elementary School.
Polomsky, an eight-year veteran, has created a science resource center
to allow her students access to books and materials at any time.
Project Tomorrow, an Orange County nonprofit group, is hosting the
awards event at the Beckman Center in Irvine.
Polomsky was nominated for the award by Lynn Bogart, an assistant
superintendent with the Huntington Beach City School District.
Bogart called Polomsky an “outstanding role model.”
“As a science lead teacher, Christine has supported the district
science program and is always the first to help with any project that may
arise,” Bogart said. “She asks questions, clarifies and gets the job
done. I have great respect for her ability as a teacher, co-worker, and
leader.”
More than 2,000 books are in students hands
The Rotary Club of Huntington Beach and the Sunrise Rotary Club have
donated 2,350 books to Oak View Elementary School.
The two service clubs distributed the books Monday morning during a
presentation at the school.
The clubs donated $1,500 each to Oak View, in the Ocean View School
District, through the “Reading by 9” program of the Los Angeles Times.
After the books were presented, club members and students took turns
reading to each other.
The paperback books arrived last week in 47 cartons.
“We chose Oak View because it’s primarily Hispanic and there’s a big
emphasis on having the kids read English,” said Dale Dunn, the chairman
of the Rotary Club of Huntington Beach. “These are books they can take
home with them.”
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