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NOT A FAIR-WEATHER PROTESTOR- Holding his plastic-covered sign high, Weathersfield Elementary School teacher Rick Wells of Moorpark ignores the pouring rain to protest education cuts and the total absence of a state budget. Dozens of other teachers, local officials and education advocates demonstrated last Thursday outside the office of state Sen. Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks). IRIS SMOOT Acorn Newspapersqas 003p1_xlg.jpg