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Parents in denial until kids buried The gang awareness seminar held Thursday night at the Fellowship Baptist Church hit close to home for Jacqueline McFadden. 
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Police group rejects city plan to give up money & hire back officers The Manteca Police Officers Association doesn’t want to change the terms of their contract with the city to allow for Manteca to rehire at least part of the 12 officers that were laid off due to the budget deficit. |
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Lathrop fire appoints Manning as new chief LATHROP – The Lathrop-Manteca Fire District board of directors Thursday night appointed Fred Manding as the new fire chief. |
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Helping Hands lightens up holidays Cornerstone Church’s Helping Hands is looking for more volunteer hands to assist in the distribution of 200 Thanksgiving food boxes to area families this weekend. |
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Who’ll reign Monday as Manteca Idol 2009? They’ve reached the crescendo. There are no more weeks of judge’s choice or funky period pieces. It’s The Road Hole at St. Andrews. It’s that moment in the 100-yard dash right before you dip across the finish line. There’s no doubt that the remaining contestants in Manteca Idol have given everything of themselves to get where they are now, and now it all comes down to Monday when the winner is finally crowned at Chez ...
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‘BAGGAGE CLAIM’ The Sequoia Heights Baptist Church group’s play “Baggage Claim: A Modern Day Parable” opened Thursday and is being staged again tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the church located at Union Road and Wawona Street. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased either at the door or in advance by calling 823-2089. All proceeds generated will help fund the youth’s trip to the annual State Conference.
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Police make 3 arrests in theft of church’s musical instruments By GLENN KAHL Staff reporter for the Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin Manteca Police detectives have made three arrests in the investigation of a recent burglary that saw some $8,000 in church music equipment taken from the Northgate Brethren Church located on Northgate Drive. Usually kept in the church sanctuary, the instruments and sound equipment had been moved to a storage area due to a scheduled wedding where thieves pried a window open to gain access to ...
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Membership is $24 a year Where can you get a year’s worth of karate lessons, play in flag football and basketball leagues, have a safe place to hang out after school until as late as 8 p.m. with friends, play and do your homework for just $24 a year?
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Mayor: Let’s rethink housing Mayor Willie Weatherford believes it is time to rethink how Manteca is building homes to meet the changing housing market realities.
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Turkeys roll into Manteca Turkeys – lots of turkeys – headed for Thanksgiving tables were delivered to the Second Harvest Food Bank warehouse in Manteca’s Industrial Park Wednesday morning by a Foster Farms’ 18-wheeler.
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He’s in a pickle every day at work & loves it Sal Lopez might just be one of the most popular people in Manteca. And nobody even knows what his face looks like. The 18-year-old Calla High student spends his time after school entertaining motorists at the busy intersection of Commerce Drive and Yosemite Avenue. With his dancing moves and his unbridled energy, Lopez – also known as Mr. Pickle – generates a fair amount of interest from those who pass by on a daily basis ...
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Manteca honors Charlie & Bobette Giles by naming park after them It’s an All American story of a hardworking husband and wife, who loved each other, loved their families, loved their workers, and loved their community. |
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Judge sings high note with Manteca idol It was only four years ago that Michelle Robinson braved the microphone herself as a Manteca Idol contestant before eventually falling short of the title.
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News 10 reporter’s team loses math challenge Prior to the Give Every Child A Chance tutoring challenge, Malik Rice admitted that math wasn’t exactly his favorite subject.
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BENEFIT FOR LAURIE MITTMAN Tommy’s Beach & Grill hosted a pint night to help raise funds for Laurie Mittman’s fight with breast cancer.
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Lathrop City Hall retains usual holiday schedule LATHROP – While neighboring cities such as Stockton and Manteca will close their offices during the entire weeks of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, Lathrop City Hall will remain open except on the holiday itself and Friday. |
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Holiday open house helps benefit Ripon athletics RIPON - The Ripon Community Athletic Foundation is hosting an open house-style fundraiser for those looking to get a jump on Christmas shopping. |
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Gary D. Crumb Gary Dwayne Crumb, 64, of Manteca, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Manteca. Gary was born on May 17, 1945, in Alhambra, California. He was a truck driver for over 40 years and retired from Cherokee Freight Lines in Stockton, California. Gary’s family and friends were the highlight of his life. He enjoyed listening to stories of his daughters’ military and police careers, reminiscing about trucks, classic cars, and NASCAR. |
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Manteca ground zero in moth fight A small paper clip dwarfs it but don’t let the light brown apple moth fool you. It has the potential to devastate a large chunk of San Joaquin County’s $2.1 billion annual agricultural production, cost thousands of area jobs, and lay waste to ornamental plants in Manteca neighborhoods. The first Central Valley confirmation of reproducing light brown apple moths has occurred in Manteca. It is prompting an aggressive response from the California Department of Agriculture. ...
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EU Cemetery resting place of many who served God and country Arval C. Campbell was just a teen-ager when he heeded the call to fight for his country in World War II. He was one of the lucky ones. He survived that horror.
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$10-per-hour sewer surcharge to rent facilities at Lathrop High The Manteca Unified’s use-of-facility fees are on the rise. Trustees on Tuesday voted 7-0 on the increase for the various groups, including church, community and recreation programs, to name a few, using the classrooms, multi-purpose facilities, auditoriums or any of the athletic venues. Not mentioned but part of the changes is that at Lathrop High, where events of one to 100 people will –as of Dec. 1 for first-time users – pay an added $10-per-hour ... |
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Police ballot proposal goes nowhere LATHROP – Right idea, wrong time. That was the consensus among the Lathrop City Council members on a proposal to put a ballot measure before the voters in the November 2010 elections aimed at raising local sales taxes to fund police services. The proposal went nowhere with the council taking no action at all during their Tuesday night meeting, citing the lack of adequate answers to a host of questions about the measure. “We should ... |
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Grocery Outlet shopping spree among bid items Just how much groceries can you stash in shopping carts in two minutes? The highest bidder on the two-minute shopping spree being offered by Grocery Outlet for the Boys & Girls Club Telethon taking place this coming Monday and Tuesday will be able to find out. It is one of a number of unique items this year ranging from guided fishing trips to a double date with Manteca’s two most eligible firefighters that are going ...
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Church helps victim of pursuit crash A church and unexpected insurance coverage provided a surprise twist for the Manteca woman whose car was rear ended in Saturday night’s police pursuit of a fleeing felon believing she had lost her transportation in the blink of an eye. |
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Gang seminar for families Thursday night A special gang seminar is being offered to church members and other Manteca families Thursday night at the Fellowship Baptist Church at 1130 Pine Street. |
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ODDS & ENDS Joni Morris rolls out Patsy Cline Christmas Joni Morris is well-known for her own special tribute to the queen of country music, Patsy Cline, and has been playing to sold-out crowds across the country with her other tribute shows as well. On Sunday, Dec. 20, Joni will present her new tribute during a 3 p.m. matinee show entitled “Patsy Cline, Christmas” at Hutchins Street Square, in Lodi. Joni and her band “After Midnight” ... |
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Guadalupe Lopez Guadalupe Lopez, 83, entered into rest on Sunday, November 15, in Manteca. She was born in Canutillo Texas, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Guillermo and Josefa Rodriguez on May 30, 1926. She joins her husband in heaven Vicente Lopez, as well as her daughter, Rosa (Lopez) Arechiga and her siblings Guillermo Rodriguez Jr. and Velia Rodriguez. Guadalupe was a resident of Manteca for 15 years. |
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Janice Faye DeFaria Perry Janice Faye DeFaria Perry, 72, of Manteca, died peacefully on Sunday, November 8, at Doctors Hospital of Manteca leaving behind family and friends who loved her dearly. |
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Sandra “Sandy” Faye Campbell Sandra “Sandy” Faye Campbell went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 14, after an extended illness. Sandy was born in San Diego, California, on January 26, 1945 to Martha and William Campbell. She was the fifth of what would eventually be 10 siblings. She was raised primarily in San Diego but moved around several times eventually settling in Livermore in 1979. One of the hardest parts about moving north was leaving behind ... |
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Paul P. Verdegaal Paul P. Verdegaal passed away peacefully on Nov. 14, 2009, at his Ripon residence at the age of 80. Paul was born Oct. 24, 1929 in Noordwijkerhout, Holland and has lived here in Ripon, CA, for the last 60 years. Paul grew up in Holland during WWII and boarded a freighter ship with his mother and siblings to make their way to the United States during his early teens. The family arrived in Baltimore, MD, ... |
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99 widening may start in 2012 A wider Highway 99 plus a modern interchange to serve northeast Manteca will mean the loss of property for a number of people including Center Appliance, a Valero gas station, a small business center, a modular home lot, and a few homes.
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Damaged car owner wants police pursuits banned in neighborhoods A Manteca woman complains the Saturday night high speed pursuit by Manteca Police left her without car after it was rear ended while parked in front of her home in the 200 block of Frances Street. |
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Lathrop may pursue sales tax for police LATHROP – Manteca did it in 2007, Stockton in 2005, and Ceres just last year. This year, it was Galt. |
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City Hall closed for six days in row If you have business at city hall that’s pressing, you’d better take care of it by this Thursday. |
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Firefighters collect 5,000 pounds of food for needy Manteca firefighters delivered some 5,000 pounds of holiday foodstuffs – twice of what they collected last year – to the Second Harvest Food Bank Monday afternoon.
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MESSIAH REHEARSHAL Preparing for a Ripon tradition every Sunday this month are singers with the Ripon Oratorio Society who’ll celebrate the season with the 64th presentation of Handel’s “Messiah” On Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. at the Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, Fourth and Orange streets.
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Concerns over Internet tower at Weston RIPON — A concerned Ripon resident, Lisa Weinstein, raised a red flag for Ripon Unified School District trustees last week over the approved construction of a Clearwire Internet tower near Weston Elementary School. |
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Lathrop High academic rally “GREATS” is an academic rally at Lathrop High that stands for Grades, Responsibility, Excellence, Attitude, and Spirit. |
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Manteca Unified offices closed down next week Due to continuing financial challenges, the Manteca Unified School District administrative offices will be closed from Nov. 23 through 27. |
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Student mural contest offers winner $250 The Manteca Mural Society is hosting its very first Student Mural Contest where a student or group of students who attend or live within Manteca Unified School District boundaries has/have an opportunity to paint a mural on a building located in Manteca. Contestants must submit a mural design to the Manteca Mural Society by Dec. 1. |
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William Sanborn William Allen ‘Bill’ Sanborn, 82, of Riverbank died Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Memorial Hospital, Modesto. |
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Code 3 for a Cure takes place Friday at Ripon’s fire station RIPON — A fire engine manned by a crew of cancer surviving firefighters is sweeping across the U.S. with their message of awareness and early diagnosis targeted at other fire service personnel. Fire Chief Dennis Bitters is hosting that crew Friday morning at 9 a.m. in front of Station One.
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University of Pacific history book project for Gilbertson STOCKTON — Phil Gilberston, provost at University of the Pacific, has been selected to write a book on the history of the University, it was announced this week. Gilbertson’s book will focus mostly on the past 40 years of Pacific’s history but will include a narrative of the first 120 years. |
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Soprano Alex Magaro in concert Nov. 21 as part of Manteca Kindred Arts series The Manteca Kindred Arts Concert Association will present the second concert on its 23rd anniversary season with dramatic soprano Alexis Magaró on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Powers Avenue and North Street.
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Adequate water for 5,669 more homes Manteca has adequate water to accommodate two projects south of the Highway 120 Bypass that will add 5,669 more housing units or about 19,840 more residents at build out.
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APPRECIATION RECEPTION The Manteca Historical Society conducted an appreciation reception for those who either helped with or donated to the recent renovation of the museum’s exterior.
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Ripon Unified updates farm production potential RIPON - Ripon farmer David Phippen went before the Ripon Unified School District Board of Trustees last week asking permission to put funds earned from the school farm back into upgrading and replanting the acreage at a projected cost of $63,000. |
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Police chiefs past & present agree: Boys & Girls helps reduce city crime It’s been 30 years since the Boys & Girls Club got its start. And every step of the way the Manteca Police Department has been among the biggest boosters and partners. “Its effective at keeping kids out of trouble,” noted current Police Chief Dave Bricker who is a past president of the Boys & Girls Club and current board member. Former Police Chief Willie Weatherford – who was a captain at the time – was ... |
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15 cars towed from DUI checkpoint Four officers, one supervisor and cadets from the Manteca Police Explorers conducted a busy DUI check point Saturday night on Yosemite Avenue just east of Powers Avenue from 7 p.m. until midnight.
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Turkeys R Us needs more help for Thanksgiving Raising just under $3,000 by this Wednesday will assure that 1,300 struggling families in Manteca, Ripon, and Lathrop will have a turkey for Thanksgiving.
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