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Speaker encourages Fairfield High Class of 2021 to continue being strong souls Amy Maginnis-Honey
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FAIRFIELD — Kristel Laurora and Lindsay Mayo weren’t able to secure tickets to watch their senior friends graduate Wednesday morning at Schaefer Stadium. They weren’t far away. The pair arrived at 9 a.m. and let out loud cheers and horn honks when the names of their graduating pals were called. The ceremony started at 10 a.m. They spent their time decorating the exterior of their friends’ cars. INSIDE “We had to get the license plate so Sem Yeto we don’t do the wrong one,” Mayo said sends at one car that was just beginning to graduates off to a get its artwork. brighter She will be a member of the future. Class of 2022. Page A3. “It’s exciting,” said Laurora, who will be a junior. They would wait until their friends exited the stadium, then shower them with leis and gifts. Cameo Elder stood for much of the ceremony to watch her daughter, also named Cameo Elder, collect her high school diploma. Deonna Vincent, who will enter the fourth grade in the fall, was also there to cheer her sister on. “It means a lot,” Elder said of the ceremony. Surviving the pandemic was just one of two challenges. The other was being homeless, she said. Elder said her daughter is headed off to com-
Graduate Leonel Rubio hugs Noemi Villasenor after the Fairfield High School graduation ceremony, Wednesday.
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Armijo principal ‘graduates’ along with large senior class Matt Miller mmiller@dailyrepublic.net
FAIRFIELD — Armijo High School not only graduated its class of 453 during two ceremonies Wednesday at Brownlee Field, it also graduated one principal. Sheila Smith is moving on after four years herself in charge of the Washington Street campus. She is
also eager for new adventures just like the students who were assembled in straight rows of purple and yellow robes. “I am sort of a graduate,” she told those assembled students, faculty, fellow administrators, family and friends. “I’m retiring.” Fairfield-Suisun School District Superintendent Kris Corey acknowledged Smith’s retirement
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at the beginning of her congratulations to the Class of 2021 and thanked her for her leadership. Smith encouraged her final class of graduates to be humble, focus on what they can learn and not what they know, appreciate the moment and the people around them, and to be an encouragement to others. See Armijo, Page A9
Matyas: Ripple effects not likely State agency delays plan to change Covid workplace restrictions
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Shoppers wear face masks at the Farmer’s Market in downtown Fairfield, Thursday.
FAIRFIELD — The state department in charge of workplace safety has delayed its decision to ease Covid-related restrictions. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health on Wednesday night walked back its June 3 decision that would have
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eased masking and social distancing requirements approved in concert with the Governor’s Office cancellation Tuesday of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy. It puts Cal-OSHA regulations back into effect until Oct. 2 unless other action is taken. The board next meets June 17-18. Dr. Bela Matyas, the county See Ripple, Page A9
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FAIRFIELD — The VA Northern California Health Care System is offering the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccinations to anyone 12 to 17 who is a caregiver to a veteran or a Civilian Health and Medical Program beneficiary. The vaccinations are being offered under the Saves Life Act at the
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Dalius Coleman raises his fist upon entering the field during the graduation ceremony at Armijo High School, Wednesday.
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