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DIM BULBS NO LONGER AT TAFT.


Byline: Daily News

Taft High School is known for quality football.

It is also known for the worst stadium lights in town.

No longer, however. In an effort spearheaded by booster club A booster club is an organization that is formed to contribute money to an associated club, sports team, or organization. Booster clubs are popular in American schools at the high school and university level.  president Mike Cohen cohen
 or kohen

(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
, the school has significantly upgraded its lighting by adding two 1,500-watt stadium floodlights to each of its six light standards.

The result has been a near-50-percent improvement in lighting quality across the field, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Cohen.

``I was more than pleased,'' he said. ``It was much more of an improvement than I ever thought they'd be.''

The project cost $10,000, with half the money coming from a grant from the Hal Wallis Foundation.

The lighting improvement will undoubtedly be appreciated by quarterback Brandon Hance, whom coach Troy Starr announced Saturday has transferred from Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame  to Taft. Hance, a junior who started for Notre Dame's junior varsity junior varsity
n. Abbr. JV
A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity.

Noun 1.
 last season, is expected to back up senior Steve Alvarez.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Mar 15, 1998
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