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McClymonds High School Champions Thirst for Clean Water

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August 18, 2017

McClymonds student athletes wheel a hydration system to the football field. The water is retrieved from the mother of the coach across the street from the school. Photo courtesy of Pat Patterson.

McClymonds High School Coach Mike Peters, like any other football coach, understands the need for clean water for his team’s hydration. And his story is quite unique at the West Oakland high school – the first in Oakland to earn State Football Championship status in January 2017.

Each day, to provide clean water, he gets it from his mother’s home, across the street from the school. He has two volunteers tote a 40-gallon portable water tank/hydration system on wheels to and from that house.

Peters has not been able to get clean water for the student athlete’s drinking or showering in the school’s gymnasium for over a year and a half. Peters came up with the creative solution to manage the immediate issue, until the water situation is handled.

“It’s a disgrace that the students have not had clean, safe water to drink”, cites Coach Ben Tapscott, Chair of the New McClymonds Committee. “We are proud that McClymond’s is the only high school in Oakland history to achieve the State Football Championship, and it’s unthinkable that Coach Peters has had to take these steps daily to provide for his students.”
Tapscott wants the situation cleared up immediately before the new school year begins. “They have tested the water for four or five months now, but the water runs with iron rust,” said Tapscott.

In seeking permanent solutions to provide fresh clean and safe water to McClymonds students before the new school year starts, Tapscott met with the new Oakland school superintendent.

“In talking to the Oakland school superintendent, I was assured that the water project is going out to bid, and construction will start as soon as that is complete.”

Construction proposals include an above ground pipe system and an underground pipe system. Tapscott has also arranged for the daily deliveries of Alhambra Drinking water until the piping system is updated and flows with clear water.

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a 5-4 ruling, the court stated that Trump’s concerns could “be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal” and emphasized that the burden of sentencing was “relatively insubstantial” given that Trump will not face prison time. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court’s three liberal justices in the majority, with four conservative justices dissenting.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s emergency request to block criminal proceedings in his New York hush money case, ensuring that a sentencing hearing will proceed as scheduled on Friday. The decision makes it official that, on January 20, for the first time in its history, the United States will inaugurate a convicted felon as its president.

In a 5-4 ruling, the court stated that Trump’s concerns could “be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal” and emphasized that the burden of sentencing was “relatively insubstantial” given that Trump will not face prison time. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court’s three liberal justices in the majority, with four conservative justices dissenting.

Trump was convicted in May for falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argued that the Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to intervene in a state criminal case, particularly before all appeals in state courts were exhausted.

Trump’s legal team claimed the sentencing process would interfere with his transition to power and argued that evidence introduced during the trial included official actions protected under the Supreme Court’s prior ruling granting former presidents immunity for official conduct. Merchan, the New York judge who presided over the trial, ruled in December that the evidence presented was unrelated to Trump’s duties as president.

Prosecutors dismissed Trump’s objections, stating that the sentencing would take less than an hour and could be attended virtually. They said the public interest in proceeding to sentencing outweighed the President-elect’s claims of undue burden.

Justice Samuel Alito, one of the four dissenting justices, confirmed speaking to Trump by phone on Wednesday. Alito insisted the conversation did not involve the case, though the call drew criticism given his previous refusals to recuse himself from politically sensitive matters.

The sentencing hearing is set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. in Manhattan. As the nation moves closer to an unprecedented inauguration, questions about the implications of a convicted felon assuming the presidency remain.

“No one is above the law,” Bragg said.