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Helping sexual assault victims
April is sexual assault awareness month. At Tuesday's Ripon City Council meeting, Raman Dhindsa of the Women's Center Youth and Family Services encouraged every person in town to end sexual violence and support survivors by providing prevention education regarding sexual assault issues. She's the FOCUS program manager for the Women's Center of San Joaquin based in Stockton. Elected leaders supported the cause with a proclamation. "The Women's Center has set an important example of how ...
BODY BAG JARS TEENS
Three Ripon High juniors told of the impact the Every 15 Minutes DUI drama had on them as they reflected upon the horror of the simulated crash scene at the high school campus Tuesday morning that claimed the lives of two of their classmates.
Go fly a kite at Mistlin Sports Park
This year's 'Color the Skies' will be an abbreviated version. In this case, no hot air balloons, sky divers, or vendors, but rather running events followed by a kite show at Mistlin Sports Park on Aug. 31. Jessica Coleman promises the hot air balloons will be back for 2014. At Tuesday's Ripon City Council meeting, she listed the current construction of the softball fields at Mistlin as one reason for the change. "We didn't want ...
ON THE MARCH
On Tuesday morning, well before the chime of the first school bell, retired Col. Patrick Dunn put his students through their final paces.
Police train for unthinkable
SWAT officers – some seven in number – from Manteca and Ripon police departments put on a three hour emergency response drill Monday at the Ripon High School campus that included a question and answer session in the school library.
PARK VIEW SOARS TO 1ST
Park View Elementary students took home a first place in Aerodynamics competition along with other awards from the recent 27th Annual San Joaquin County Science Olympiad completion in Stockton.
10 Ripon FFA members earn state degrees
Eleven members of the Ripon FFA Chapter attended the Northern California State Degree and Regional Proficiency Award Ceremony on March 19.
Hoping to get a lift from city
It's deemed the largest hot air balloon festival in Central California. Color the Skies takes place annually in Ripon on Labor Day weekend. Last year's event featured 20 colorful balloons, making for a carnival-like event with all proceeds going to the Children's Hospital of Central California. Jessica Coleman, who, along with her husband Greg, founded this hot air balloon festival in 2006, is scheduled to attend Tuesday's Ripon City Council meeting. She's seeking a facility-use ...
Ripon High wrestler Smith’s mettle earned him medal & honors
Trevor Smith had been here before, caught between disappointment and opportunity. In 2012, the Ripon wrestler lost his first match of the CIF State Championships in the semifinal round and never recovered, slipping to a sixth-place medal. He was a victim of The Semi Slide. Faced with a similar situation earlier this month, The Bulletin's Boys Wrestler of the Year made sure his semifinal loss was his only loss. "It was pretty much remembering what ...
She’s got a doggone good job
Alexandra Queen is the first 100 percent dedicated animal control officer in Ripon since the budget cuts of 2010 that split the duties between two of the police department's community service officers.
FINALLY PLAYING AT HOME
These are exciting times for the Ripon High girls soccer program. For the first time in their 16 years history, the Indians were playing on campus under the lights at the recently renovated Stouffer Field. "It was special today just see them play in front of their school mates," said Bryce Perkins, who has been the RHS assistant coach under Jose Bobadilla since 2003. Never mind that the match against Hilmar didn't have the state-of-the-arts ...
It’s a honey of a pure food
'When I was a young man going to college, my father wisely shared his wisdom on life. Whatever you choose to do in life, do it because you love it, not because it will make you wealthy. Wealth is no substitution for happiness.
Weston School plan calls for adding new gym
Plans for Weston School calls for the reconfiguring the existing multi-purpose building while adding a new gym closer towards the front of the campus.
Sweet April program set for Ripon Garden Club
Bridget Ludy of Waterford's Bibby's Chocolate has been perfecting her chocolates for 28 years.
Weston options before board
What's the design plans for Weston School? Trustees of the Ripon Unified School District could look at such options tonight at a special board meeting / workshop inside the district office conference room, 304 N. Acacia Ave. Under the voter-approved Measure G, Weston and Colony Oak schools are on the project list for renovation. Weston, however, is first in line for replacing the aging portable units with a permanent structure and other upgrades. Timothy P. ...
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Manteca project concerns Ripon
Manteca's Austin Road Business Park that includes housing for 10,200 people has both the City of Ripon and the Ripon Unified School District concerned.
FIGHTING CYBER CRIME
Shredded document restoration and cyber crime are both a reality in our country today, Modesto private investigator Jon Jacobson of the Dakota Information Group, told Ripon Rotarians at a recent noon meeting at the Barnwood Restaurant.
Ripon’s Wiebe wins women’s half-marathon
George Cross was the first to cross the finish line in the inaugural running of the half-marathon event at Rina's Run on May 10.
Mega project impacting Ripon
Everything from Ripon schools and roads to fire service will feel the impacts of the Austin Road Business Park - the largest development ever approved in Manteca.
Donoho earns RC salutatorian honors
Not too long ago, Katie Donoho ran her first-ever half marathon.
Ripon getting update on major Manteca project
The Austin Road Business Park is a planned 1,049-acre development located just outside of Ripon along Highway 99.
Vos nets RC valedictorian honors
The past few weeks of school have been a whirlwind for Taylor Vos.
Ripon Unified honors bilingual students
Being fluent in two languages has its advantages.
Honoring Ripon essay winners
What if you could create your own holiday? What would it be?
Suspicious case in park triggers Ripon bomb scare
A city maintenance worker discovered a suspicious looking suitcase shortly before 2 p.m. Monday near the baseball diamond at the Ripon Community Center in the 300 block of Fourth Street and summoned police.
Alvarez is new Ripona principal
Dante Alvarez is anxious to start his new job.
CLOSE-UP IN DC
Dan Vos and Brittany O'Brien learned first-hand the plight of the handicapped in the nation's capitol as they joined 64 classmates and chaperones in a weeklong tour of U.S. government offices and memorials in Washington, D.C. – in wheelchairs.
Ripon Unified board honoring essay winners
By VINCE REMBULAT
Waters earns Ripon High valedictorian honors
By VINCE REMBULAT
Wildfire destroys home, burns woman
EL CAJON (AP) - A small wildfire in San Diego County destroyed one mobile home, burned several others and several vehicles and left a woman badly burned Sunday before it was put out about 90 minutes later.
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