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Swap meet, car show offers chance to find some treasures Susan Hiland

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Sonja Shaw is running for a seat on the Chino Valley school board, with help from the state Republican Party. “I’m running because I want to make sure that parents

have a voice on the board, and to preserve the rights of a parent. During the shutdown, parents were pushed out, and we have had enough,” she said Aug. 14.

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State Republicans bet big on local board races Sameea K amal CALMATTERS

When California Republicans gathered in Anaheim this spring, attention focused on candidate speeches and endorsement battles as the party tries to win its first statewide race since 2006. But a little-noticed, hour-long session in a small conference room at the Marriott could very well be more consequential for the state GOP this election. The meeting focused on running for local school board seats, and it was led by Shawn Steel, a former party chairperson. Now, he’s one of the biggest evangelists for strengthening the GOP by recruiting new candidates and voters in what are, officially at least, nonpartisan races. “When you’re a minority party, like Republicans in California . . . you have to think, ‘Well, what can we do as a party to make a big difference?’” Steel told CalMatters. “You see the schools are just in great freefall and chaos. Parents don’t want to send their kids there. So this is the time to get people that are otherwise angst-ridden, upset, powerless.” In California, Democrats have

VACAVILLE — Anyone looking for a few car-related treasures need not look any further Sunday than the Vacaville Car Show and Swap Meet. “All men have car parts laying around,” said organizer Lenny Lungstrum of Vacaville. “Some men’s junk is another man’s treasure.” People who work on cars usually have extras like parts, pieces and other things. They just lay around the house or garage gathering dust. Lungstrum said he wants to give men a chance to get rid of the extras. “I’m not here to make money,” he said. For this second swap meet and car show he had about six vendors with various types of items for sale, like tires and rims or even things to decorate the yard. Lungstrum said he plans to keep hosting the event in August, which he said seems a good time for swap meets. “I never know how many people will

come,” he said. Lungstrum said he doesn’t have any requirements for the swap meet or the car show. He does charge a nominal fee to get in to the car show. This year saw about 10 cars with their owners competing for trophies. He said over the course of the year he plans to put together a website so people can get up-to-date information each year. Rory Vincent of Vacaville has gone to several swap meets over the years. “This one is nice because it is close to home,” he said. The swap meet was in the parking lot of Kairos Public School downtown. Vincent has five hot rods and each time he works on them, he has a little extra left over. “You got rods, you have stuff collected,” he said. “You pull something off and put it on a shelf.” Vincent said he wasn’t planning to shop Sunday because he said he has all he needs – but would do a little window shopping See Swap, Page A8

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Sonja Shaw with her two daughters in Chino, Aug. 14. long used school boards as a recruiting and training ground for political candidates – with help from teachers’ unions. But while the state Democratic party isn’t amping up its school board efforts in 2022, the GOP is going in big with its “Parent Revolt” program – what party officials call their most tailored school board recruitment and training program ever. It includes virtual training sessions that detail how

and where to run for office, plus tips for digital campaigns and going door-to-door. The goal: To capitalize on Covid pandemic frustrations and concerns over “critical race theory” and other issues among parents of school-aged children – and win not only school board seats, but also, eventually, legislative and congressional races by

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Visitors arrived early to search for treasures at the Vacaville Car Show and Swap Meet at the Kairos Elementary School parking lot in Vacaville, Sunday.

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