ODDS & ENDS

The Bypass/99 woodlands

Federal stimulus money can be a beautiful thing.

100 workers using interest free city loans for computers

Almost 40 percent of Manteca's 260 municipal workers take advantage of the city's interest-free loan program to secure computers for their personal use.

Lathrop Library gets OK

LATHROP – A new Teen Center, a Lathrop Branch Library, an outdoor stage plus an art walk are within visual distance of Lathrop residents.

Blues revue plays Chez Shari venue this Saturday

Nat Bolden and his State of Mind Jazz and Blues Band have made a name for themselves with regular monthly performances at San Francisco's famed Lou's Pier 47 Restaurant and Blues Club.

St. Anthony’s celebrates 2010 with CAPS clients

Consumers from the Manteca Community Action Program and Services look forward to the annual luncheons put together by Sister Ann Venita Britto and her Ministry of Caring.

Rotary: service, fellowship & teasing

There is so much behind the gavel possession of a Rotary president – Dana Solomon of the Thursday noon lunch bunch knows that only too well.

Globetrotters to promote education at upcoming Stockton Arena show

The Magicians of basketball return to San Joaquin County for another entertaining exhibition of hoops.

Willie Brown speaking at Modesto JC MLK event

MODESTO – Willie Lewis Brown, Jr., two-term mayor of San Francisco and longest-serving speaker of the California State Assembly (1980 – 1995), will provide the keynote address entitled "How Martin Helped Shape My Life" at the community-wide Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration to be held Friday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Modesto Junior College Auditorium.

Almond Blossom dinner ticket deadline

RIPON - The Ripon Chamber of Commerce is holding their 48th Annual Almond Blossom Kick Off and Tribute Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Ripon Community Center, 334 Fourth Street at 6 p.m.

IN UNIFORM

Carilynn Keeney

ODDS & ENDS

Measure K keeps SJ moving

Every time someone buys a dollar's worth of taxable merchandise in San Joaquin County they are contributing a half cent to fix potholes, build major roadways, construct railroad crossings, secure bike paths and roadway landscaping plus help advance rail and bus transportation.

Lathrop spending $3,500 on reception for chief

LATHROP – Lathrop resident and businessman J. Chaka Santos adamantly opposed the city's plan to hold a $3,500 catered appreciation event for up to 200 people at the Community Center in honor of outgoing Chief of Police Dolores Delgado.

Reggie Ginn promoting mini-tour on Sacramento KMAX-31 channel

Could vampires in love be the jumping off-point for a successful music career?

Domino’s bringing ‘pizza theater’

All the great local pizza restaurants offer up a table for you to enjoy their wares.

NEWS FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH COUNTY

• TEACHER'S ALLEGED IMPROPER BEHAVIOR DECLARED UNFOUNDED: The complaint against a teacher involving improper behavior with a student at an elementary school in south Manteca has been declared as unfounded.

TRYING TO CLEAR HIS NAME

Rob Cox talks for a living.

Murder case: Legal options Cox faces

Clark County's murder case against Manteca Pastor Rob Cox could be dropped as early as Wednesday.

Patriotic colors part of design for Moffat Blvd. center

Red and white horizontal striping with a blue accent in the upper left corner is part of the elevation facing the railroad tracks for the envisioned Moffat Boulevard Community Center that will primarily serve as the new home for the Manteca Veterans of Foreign Wars Post.

Arsenic found in Nile Garden’s well

No other campus in Manteca Unified has the troubles Nile Garden School is having with drinking water.

Former Buffs pay tribute to Darling

Love and respect for Frances Darling electrified the Chez Shari dining room on Friday evening as about 70 former Manteca High School Marching Band members paid tribute to the woman they consider their matriarch.

Lucky No. 9: Raffle ticket nets new car

Patricia Hansen likes the number nine.

Overcoming odds in pursuit of education

They beat the odds. They continue to beat the odds. And for years and generations to come, they will go on beating the odds.

Ripon non-profit plants seeds for a community garden

A non-profit group is looking to develop a small section near Doak Boulevard and Vera Avenue into a community garden.

RIBBON FOR ALL

LATHROP – When Cedric Mitchell met with Lathrop officials in a vacant field across from Lathrop High School it was hard to picture what was being pitched to him.

Lathrop celebrates 25th birthday with band

LATHROP – Danny Thomas walked methodically across the concrete stage.

Area leaders searching for ADA support

Public opinion indicates that business closures related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) have gone too far.

Catastrophic flood mars 1950s

Editor's note: The following is part of a series recapping Manteca history.

Generations Center: ‘They did it right’

LATHROP – Ethan Holt was kind of in a gray area.