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CTA photo by Mike Myslinski CTA photo by Mike Myslinski ing support of the ballot measures. And in north San Diego County, the Fallbrook Elementary Teachers As sociation coordinated a demonstra tion at a major shopping center, and members of the Oceanside Teachers Association and the Carlsbad Uni fied Teachers Association demon strated near the intersections of State Highway 78 with Jefferson Street and El Camino Real in Oceanside. San Marcos Educators Association members demonstrated along Highway 78 in San Marcos. More than 800 Murrieta Teach ers Association members and their families celebrated Day of the Teacher at a local restaurant, as did members from the six local associa tions that form the South County Teachers United alliance in south San Diego County. Members of the Riverside City Teachers Association met in a local park to commemo rate and enjoy the day. The Riverside City Teachers ABOVE: In San Jose a row of 10 empty chairs with signs reading "California Day of the Former Teacher" depicts the frustration educators feel with the current budget issue. BELOW: CTA President David A. Sanchez kicks off Day of the Teacher in a live television news interview in the Oakland studio of the KTVU "Mornings on 2" program. Association held a teacher appre ciation picnic at a local park the Saturday before Day of the Teach er. Nearly 200 people attended and enjoyed a barbecue lunch, face painting, craftmaking and line dance lessons. Vendors were there, along with staff from a local gym who worked with the association during the Million Step Challenge. The picnic was also a cele bration of all those mem bers who participated in and completed the Million Step Challenge, a walking pro gram that lasted 100 days. Many local businesses do nated prizes for a raffle. Members of the La Mesa Spring Valley Teachers Asso ciation in east San Diego, in a show of solidarity with laidoff col leagues, chose to take funds that they normally use to mount a spring endofyear celebration and use it instead to purchase gift cards for members of their association who received pink slips this year. We've got higher education down to a science. Bill Guy, Dina Martin, Mike Myslinski june 22-40 June.09.indd 25 2009 | www.cta.org 25 6/4/09 2:01:26 PM