ROTC CASH BOX STOLEN FROM SCHOOL.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer Burglars stole a cash box containing $400 from the Valencia High School Valencia High School may refer to:
The money had last been seen Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. in a file cabinet in the Air Force ROTC office on campus. The metal box, secured with a combination lock and containing the money, was discovered missing Monday afternoon, Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. , said Deputy Bill Axelrod of the sheriff's Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. station. The apparent theft was reported to the Sheriff's Department the following morning by the campus ROTC captain. Valencia High Principal Paul Priesz said about 130 boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. from Canyon, Saugus, Hart and Valencia high schools belong to the district's ROTC chapter. Members use the cash fund to buy uniforms and equipment. ``It's money that they had raised themselves,'' Priesz said. ``They do some work at a shooting range; they set targets and things like that. It's money that they had earned from that.'' The ROTC chapter's activities include participating in parades, marching during high school football and basketball games, and presenting the colors at various community events, the principal said. ``They participate in the Memorial Day presentation at Eternal Valley,'' he added. |
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