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Making a difference for kids Charlie Halford can tell you stories that can bring tears to your eyes. There’s the young girl who was surrounded by gang influences at home who used the Boys & Girls Club as a safe haven after school. Another revolves around a young teen that used the club’s influences to stay on the straight and narrow while parents were arrested repeatedly for criminal acts. Yet another is about a teen – thrown out of her ... |
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Andrea Ramirez’ story I began attending the Boys & Girls Club in the fourth grade and fell in love the day I joined. As young as I was, I began learning things about myself I never knew. I built relationships that I still hold strongly to this day and have bonded with many of the staff members. The club itself has helped me through so many of the obstacles and challenges throughout my life. Whether it was looking ... 
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330 seniors get free flu shots at DHM clinic There were 330 seniors who took advantage of the free influenza inoculations Friday morning with some sharing stories of their exciting and sometimes adventurous lives.
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Crosswalk in works for Powers Ave Manteca Councilwoman Debby Moorhead is pushing for a crosswalk on South Powers Avenue at Hutchings Street to improve the safety of kids walking to and from Lincoln School. |
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Dozen charges fail to keep suspect in jail Nearly a dozen charges against Edward Williams Adams, 18, last Sunday were not enough to keep the Manteca man behind bars. |
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Weston Ranch welcomes new principal WESTON RANCH – A high school and a community came together Wednesday to pay tribute to one principal and welcome another.
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It’s disco mania on stage at Manteca Idol Not a single one of the contestants left in the Manteca Idol contest were anywhere near being born when the 70s disco craze hit with full force.
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ALTAMONT PASS Traffic makes its way up Interstate 205 and across Altamont Pass.
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Symposium addresses needs of caregivers in helping others The “Caring for the Caregiver” symposium is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, at Stockton’s Lexington Plaza Waterfront Hotel, 110 W. Fremont St. |
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Scouting for food taking place in Manteca Nov. 21 Scouting for food is a national canned food drive put on by the Boy Scouts of America. Canned food is collected by Scouts and given to local food banks. This is one of the areas that Scouting helps to provide community service. On Saturday, Nov. 21, local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be collecting canned food in your neighborhood. During the week we request that you save up whatever canned food (no perishables please) ... |
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Odds & Ends Eggstravaganza helps feed needy St. Vincent De Paul Society presents Christmas Omelet Eggstravaganza, Sunday, Dec. 6, 8 a.m. to noon at St. Anthony’s gymnasium. Tickets are $7 for adults, children 10 & under, $3. This is our one and only fund raiser for this year. During the past 12 months we have helped with food and clothing for 7,664 families, 15,513 adults and 14,529 children. Due to the weak economy, they have had ... |
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Work starts on outlet stores The Lifestyle Outlets at Manteca set the pace for new construction starts in October with three new buildings getting underway with a combined value of $4.9 million.
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Jail & Bail helps assist struggling foster family organization The shackles and the stripes that Vince Hernandez was proudly wearing inside of the lobby of Bank of Stockton Thursday wasn’t so he could stretch the mileage of his Halloween costume.
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Popular holiday luncheon, crafts fair on Saturday The perennially popular Holiday Luncheon and Crafts Faire sponsored by the St. Anthony School Parent-Teacher Group is bigger and better this year.
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4,000 3rd graders visit school farm Marcy Hachman deemed Ag Venture at the Manteca Unified school farm a “huge success.”
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Chile verde burritos big hit at Manteca High The cafeteria at Manteca High isn’t the shiniest of the five high school lunch havens. The brick façade that helps give Manteca’s oldest high school the unique charm that sets it apart from the cookie-cutter layouts that have become standard fare for the last three campuses constructed comprises the bulk of the outline of the cafeteria building. It gives those who pass through the doors the sense that a lot of conversations have been had ...
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It’s dark on the southern end of Spreckels Avenue these nights The darkest park in Manteca once the sun goes down? Try Spreckels Recreation Park. A lady who takes her evening constitutional along the Spreckels Avenue bikeway said seven street lights along Spreckels Avenue and one on Moffat Boulevard adjacent to the park have been out for months. She questioned the safety and whether Manteca was paying PG&E for electricity to lights that weren’t working. An e-mail alerting the city of the situation earlier this week ... |
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Veritas celebrating ‘800’ status today Veritas School has consistently stayed around “800” in the Academic Performance Index since the day it opened several years ago. |
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Ripon Police’s ‘Air One’ gets credit for yet another arrest RIPON – Ripon Police department’s “powered parachute” has helped nail another criminal. |
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FIGHTING GANGS “You should know your kids better than we do,” is the theme of a gang poster being distributed to businesses around the community by Manteca officers Ranch Johnson and Sgt. Danny Erb. Despite the cutback in officers Sgt. Erb said the department is still doing its best to keep gang activity in Manteca at a minimum. The printing of the posters was made possible through the non-profit Manteca Police Chief’s Foundation.
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FRENCH CAMP HONORS French Camp Character Counts students who were selected based on academic effort and citizenship for September.
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Fred W. Leuenberger Fred W. Leuenberger, 87, entered into rest on Wednesday, October 7, in Manteca. He was born on September 15, 1922, to Swiss immigrants, Fred and Marie Leuenberger who settled in Wisconsin as dairy farmers. He was preceded in death by his parents as well as one sister, Hilda Leuenberger. Fred was a resident of Manteca for 29 years. |
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Cemetery financial woes worsen A “historic tour” of the old section of East Union Cemetery will be offered on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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18 homes will generate $100K for cop-hiring fund The buyers of 18 future custom homes along Woodward Avenue expected to be built sometime in the next three years will ultimately pay $100,530 in a public safety endowment fees. |
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Relay For Life Manteca kick-off event tonight The official kick-off for the next Relay for Life in Manteca will be held today from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Manteca High School Cafeteria. |
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Thank-you reception for museum set Nov. 15 You’ll find a replica of the beloved Manteca High bell tower within its walls as well as parts of the old Manteca railroad station and the original Manteca phone company.
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Judge takes stage at Manteca Idol Jeff Hannon was only a supportive fan when he first came across Manteca Idol several years ago.
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Veritas 6th grader nails spelling of ‘croquet’ Haliegh Petersen enjoys reading. That’s according to Kade Petersen, who was one proud dad Wednesday at the annual Manteca Unified School District Spelling Bee. His daughter, Haliegh, a sixth-grade student at Veritas School, claimed first place in the event held at Manteca High’s Mulvihill Theatre by correctly spelling “croquet.” She edged out second-place finisher Onyebuchi Ogbuli and Si Jie “Jessica” Tang in the fourth- through sixth- grade division. “We were given a list beforehand,” said ...
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JUNIOR BUFFS CHEERLEADERS Manteca High School cheerleaders are conducting their annual Junior Buff cheer camp. participants ranging in ages 4 to 14 will cheer through the first half of Friday’s game and also performing during half time.
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Ukrainian hand-painted eggs Marussa Mahony is an artist in her own right – with an egg in the palm of one hand and a stylus in the other and slowly turning her oval canvas – she carries on an ancient tradition dating back hundreds of years to the Ukraine.
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ODDS & ENDS EU Chorus to sing at Federated lunch meeting The East Union High School Chorus will be the featured entertainers when the Manteca Federated Women’s Club members have their luncheon meeting at Chez Shari on Wednesday, Nov. 18. This will be the choir’s first concert of the season. They will also participate in the annual Hospice Tree Lighting and will do caroling for a donation. To make a reservation for the noon luncheon, call 823-4194. ... |
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Lathrop’s motto embraces God LATHROP – Twelve letters making up four words will soon be on permanent display above the city seal inside Lathrop City Hall’s Council Chambers. |
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New business group wants bulbs torn out on North Main The gauntlet has been thrown down – again. A core group of downtown merchants led by Brenda Franklin of Tipton’s is again demanding that the landscape bulbs be ripped out and shorten the medians on North Main Street. Franklin, who is part of the group forming the Manteca Business Association, told the City Council Tuesday night that the new organization is making that a major rallying point. She also wanted $24,000 the city saved by ...
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Blaze causes $400K in damages It was a fire that destroyed everything in the Yorktown Lane home of Carlos and Helen Gonzales Tuesday morning and the family that lost it all were quick to praise the action of the Manteca Fire Department and their neighbors.
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Turkeys R Us $16,900 short to help needy at Thanksgiving There’s just one frozen turkey in the freezer at the Second Harvest Food Bank that has been dropped off so far to help provide the main course this Thanksgiving for 1,300 struggling families in Manteca, Ripon, and Lathrop.
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Ripon restricts where sex offenders can go RIPON — The additional regulating of sex offenders within the City of Ripon was approved unanimously by City Council Tuesday night. |
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Dinner benefit Friday for Sequoia teacher Connie McCormick is a fighter. On three previous occasions, the Sequoia School third-grade teacher survived her bouts with cancer. The first took place in 1977 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. McCormick moved forward with her life after successful chemotherapy and surgery. Nine years ago, she had uterine cancer and, a year later, ovarian cancer. She bucked the odds once again thanks to radiation treatment and surgery. About a year ago, Connie McCormick was ...
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A medicinal pot dispensary in Manteca? Richard Norris wants the City Council to allow a non-profit medicinal dispensary and a cannabis nursery in Manteca. |
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Kids’ book author at Ripon Library RIPON — Ripon business woman Helen Catano has arranged for New Jersey children’s author Andi Green to come to the Ripon Library Monday on a book signing tour spanning the East and West coasts.
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COMMUNITY CHOIR PRACTICE The Manteca Community Choir will rehearse for this year’s Christmas cantata every Sunday evening in November at 7 p.m. at the Manteca Presbyterian Church on North and Main. Adults, teenagers and children are invited to participate in this cantata. “Christmas Fantasia” will be performed on Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. and is free to the public. Contact Anne Talcott at 823-0054 for more information.
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GOLDEN WEST CHARACTER COUNTS Golden West September Character Counts award winners
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Elder Heinze going on 2-year Chile mission Daniel Heinze, a 2008 Sierra High graduate, will enter the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah on Nov. 18 to begin preparations for a 2-year mission to the Chile Concepcion South Mission.
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Scouting for food takes place Nov. 21 Scouting for food is a national canned food drive put on by the Boy Scouts of America. Canned food is collected by Scouts and given to local food banks. This is one of the areas that Scouting helps to provide community service. On Saturday, Nov. 21, local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be collecting canned food in your neighborhood. During the week we request that you save up whatever canned food (no perishables please) ... |
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Veterans Day at Library Park Manteca’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 and American Legion Post 249 are holding a Veterans Day ceremony at Library Park on Wednesday, Nov. 11, starting at 11 a.m. |
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Neon Ink in free concert at Main Street Café Friday night A new upcoming R&B Pop band will be performing a free show this Friday, Nov. 6, at Main Street Café at 7 p.m.
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IN UNIFORM Kelsey Oxford Air Force Airman Kelsey D. Oxford graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. He is the son of Shawna Burgos of Manteca. Oxford graduated in 2003 from East Union High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2008 from ...
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Dorothy Lauren Bennett Dorothy Lauren Bennett was born January 28, 1987 in Sacramento. Dorothy passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, at her residence in Manteca, at the age of 22. She lived in Manteca all her life. |
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Laurie Cunial Berg A celebration of life service for Laurie Ann Cunial Berg will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at River Lakes Community Church, 4301 Calloway Drive, Bakersfield. Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, at Redbanks Cemetery on Shaw Avenue east of Clovis, Cal. To honor Laurie’s life and spirit, please wear cheerful colors to the services. |
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Chantay Rae Jager Elliott Chantay Rae Jager Elliott, 19, entered into rest on November 1, 2009. She was born on September 9, 1990 in French Camp, California. Chantay joins her mom in heaven Marilyn Jager who passed away six years ago. |
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Sharon Jean Hubble Sharon Jean Hubble, 68, died Thursday, Oct. 22 at Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, Cal. She was born on April 26, 1941 in French Camp. She was a resident of Lathrop for 51 years, previously of French Camp for 17 years. |
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