August 2004
Ramage, James Proctor Saves Choking Girl with Heimlich Maneuver. Daily Press [Victorville, CA]
17 August 2004.
APPLE VALLEY - The girl didn't think the lemon drop she was choking on was ever going to come out. A simple attempt to answer a friend's question while she had a piece of candy in her mouth led to choking, and a frightening inability to breathe. She later told her mother she thought she'd never see her again.
Berg, Emily One in Three High Schoolers Fails Exit Exam. Daily Press [Victorville, CA]17 August 2004.
VICTORVILLE - About 40 percent of the class of 2006 failed at least a portion of the California High School Exit Exam, according to figures released Monday. About 64 percent of High Desert 10th-graders who took the exam this spring passed the English language arts portion of the high school exit exam, and about 60 percent passed the math portion, according to the California Department of Education.