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Get ready for the Wii bowling urinal challenge
Enough is enough. Do we have to be exposed to the onslaught of high tech entertainment literally everywhere we go? It was bad enough when sports bars started posting copies of the San Francisco Sporting Green at eye-level above urinals. It was equally insane when Disneyland starting putting TV screens in restrooms. Now the Allentown minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies has taken bathroom entertainment to an even lower level with a urinal gaming ...
Thigh busting challenge: Conquering ‘The Wall’
You got this. You got this. ... C'mon, man, you got this.
Manteca-Lathrop’s next economic boom is coming down the tracks
They've been working on the railroad – and for good reason. America is in the midst of a railroad boom. It has everything to do with the economic recovery, rising overseas production costs, the shale oil boom, efficiencies in fuel and goods movements, and reducing carbon footprints. Railroads this year alone are expected to pour $14 billion into infrastructure to make train movements more efficient from coast to coast. Freight demand is projected to double ...
Caswell & outsourcing state parks
At the southern terminus of Austin Road is one of 280 gems known as California State Parks. Caswell Memorial State Park is home to unique valley riparian woodlands. Such clustering of woodlands once covered immense swaths of the valley floor alongside rivers. Today less than 2 percent of riparian oaks that existed when unsuccessful gold seekers turned to farming still stand. The 258 acres in the state park are home to perhaps a hundred or ...
In a true sense we are all Stocktonians
Stockton admittedly has its challenges. It is second only to Oakland among California cities in terms of crime. It is the third most illiterate city among those in the United States with 250,000 residents or more based on just 17 percent of the adult population having a college degree. The FBI ranks it No. 7 nationally for vehicle theft per capita. And on Monday Stockton had the dubious honor of being the largest United States ...
The curse of throwing around vulgar words
"My gosh." I first I didn't really notice. Then I heard it again. "My gosh." I stopped where I was working in my back yard and looked up." "My gosh. I almost got it." Standing on the roof of the house next door was a neighbor boy of about 12 years. He was shooting baskets with his cousins. They were feeding him the ball and he was trying to shoot over the top of a ...
AMBITIOUS PROJECT
Camron Moebius learned very quickly that building a playground was, in fact, no walk in the park.
Mock funeral drives point home to teens
LATHROP - There was plenty of tissue in use at the Lathrop High gym on Friday I have to admit there were a couple tears that touched my cheek as the death and dying in an alcohol fueled traffic crash dramatization brought back memories of those I have covered over the years.
What those ‘free’ lunches actually cost
There is no such thing as a free lunch. But sometimes "free" can be more expensive than you think. The school free lunch program is a prime example. Every year school districts must vote to accept the provisions of the free lunch program in order to continue receiving those monies, as well as all federal funds. One would think ...
Putrid salmon shouldn’t be official color of Manteca
Bill Goodwin dislikes graffiti. Nor is he a big fan of the color putrid salmon. That explains why he challenged the status quo. And in doing so, he may make Manteca look just a little bit better. Goodwin questioning why the city is literally painting Manteca a putrid salmon started when a member of society's underbelly - vandals who fancy themselves artists and their gang cousins who mark what they perceive to be their territory ...
The new child abuse: Buying your kid a rifle
My brother Ronald knew how to safely use a rifle before he entered the fifth grade.
WALKING ABOUT RIPON
Step into "Spring" right out your front door – there's nothing like it before the sun's up. Many a pickup truck will pass you on the street as farmers are headed out to their ranches and you might even find a dog that wants to walk at your side for several blocks.
Bloomberg to the American people: Let them eat tofu cakes
Every had roasted stuffed goose, papardelle with tomato and stewed pancetta, or truffle tagliatelle?
Texas and barnyard sex education
In 2009, an interim Texas school superintendent declared that sex-education classes were unnecessary in his rural district. Most of the area's school kids live on farms, he explained, therefore: "They get a pretty good sex education from their animals."
KIDS ON THE RUN
Michelle Crippen watched them spin circles around campus, plodding through an open field and skipping across the blacktop.
Articles by Section - Local Columns
The winds have changed at 1001 W. Center St.
The City of Manteca has a new unofficial municipal motto: "This is the new norm."
7,000 crosses turn Woodward Park into hallowed ground
God and country.
Gang of eight betrays Americans
The Gang of Eight immigration bill can be summed up as amnesty now, border closing never. The Department of Homeland Security is not required to build a fence (which was ordered by the Secure Fence Act signed by President George W. Bush). DHS is required only to submit a plan.
The IRS and the big government- big media complex
Lie to the federal government and you'd better get you affairs in order.
To the Class of 2013: It’s all about attitude
Dear graduates:
Library plans taken out of circulation
Manteca is celebrating an anniversary this year that is one for the books.
Congress shall make no law . . .
LATHROP – And I wondered why people don't trust the government.
Kofa Mountains: A true summer adventure
Ripon – the community – possesses a wealth of heart-inspiring stories in the minds of its many highly respected senior citizens.
Perhaps Manteca should just say no to bonus bucks
It was the white lie of the last decade.
Tim Cook is big benefactor of Apple picking
Shame on you, Tim Cook.
EPA mandates: Not too tasty but filling with fiber
The San Joaquin Valley's blessing is its curse.
Moms’ greatest gift: Giving their kids the ability to love themselves
Mom didn't die.
Soccer field battle offers glimpse of Manteca’s future
Imagine your kid playing on an aging soccer field.
Shooting a hole in the debate over gun control
Here's a little nugget for those embroiled in the debate over gun control: Young men kill.
Ammo sales & ‘The Obama Effect’
Almost four years ago, I wrote a column entitled "The Obama Effect" in which I described how fear and distrust of our then newly elected President created panic among our citizenry and that there were massive shortages of almost every kind of ammunition imaginable.
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