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Manteca High menu a big draw for students who want value for $1.75
Sometimes being old can be an advantage. While Sierra High had a unique layout and East Union had a shiny new kitchen to serve their students, it was the unique way that Manteca High utilized what space they had to make the entire lunch process work. The gorgeous deli lines inside of the cafeteria – with 'Manteca' etched into the artistic front that runs the length of the main lunch counter – are just the ...
Downtown’s future slogan: ‘Winos, hookers & tweakers’
Finally there's a clear vision for downtown. It's about putting truck access ahead of pedestrian ambiance. That's right. Shorten landscaping medians and rip those blasted bulbs out. It'll allow trucks to have their way and give motorists the ability to play Starsky and Hutch crossing busy traffic lanes traveling from one alley to another. Downtown Manteca doesn't need landscaping to attract visitors. If curb-to-curb traffic lanes are OK for most of 11th Street's vacant storefronts ...
Calvary finds out that no good deed goes unpunished
Normally I do not get into commenting on remarks left on the Manteca Bulletin's website. But the full throttle attack on Calvary Community Church "Christ is a verb for Calvary youth" in Tuesday's Manteca Bulletin for allegedly not supporting the community through efforts like Turkeys R Us and instead investing in a youth center at their church campus is over the top. Calvary Community – along with many other houses of worship in this city ...
His son has a medical scare
A common sight in the waiting rooms at most hospitals and health care facilities are the number of people wearing N95 respirators.
Money clouds perspective on Manteca housing
Money – or the absence thereof – isn't just the root of all evil. It also has a wonderful way of clouding people's perspectives.
Make Halloween real scary: Put Congress in charge
Imagine if the federal government were in charge of Halloween. First, the Republicans would howl that it was nothing but welfare-style hand-outs. The Democrats would demand censuring anyone who wore a non-political correct costume. Southern states with sugar beet farms would seek tariffs against candy made with imported sugar. Nancy Pelosi would demand that homes that didn't have trick-or-treat candy to distribute would be forced to participate in a public option where the government would ...
Healthy candy is definitely an oxymoron
Claus Spreckels must be laughing his head off up there in Sugar Land. Necco Wafers – the ultimate sugar high of childhoods past – is going natural. Artificial flavors and colorings are history. They've been replaced with beet juice, purple cabbage, cocoa powder, and turmeric. If you want to know what turmeric is, you can often found it as a spice in curries. This might lead you to believe they are healthy. Guess again. They're ...
What a difference 10 years make: Food is tastier, more nutritional
It's been almost 10 years since I went through the lunch line at Sierra High School – where it wasn't uncommon for me to grab a cheeseburger, fries, and a coke.
Greed is now hurting those who resisted
Send your congressman a congratulatory note. They have succeeded in penalizing people who have integrity and didn't overextend themselves through unadulterated greed. The foreclosures that are starting to pop up now are people driven to the edge by months of reduced hours and loss of jobs. Washington may talk about the recovery starting but thanks to their inept, short-sighted fiscal policies that triggered the foreclosure meltdown and then managed to dilute integrity in their bid ...
A lot of community organizations go into making Lathrop School puzzle complete
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, How long has it been since you've been in the classroom or even a school? Have you ever seen an SRO in action? You could be a piece of a larger puzzle toward success! On behalf of Lathrop Elementary, I want to thank those who have made a difference just recently and during our Back to School Night. It is impressive to see our community step up and help make success happen. ...
Dr. Smith said it best: “The pain, the pain of it all!”
If pain is relative, then it must be one of my first cousins. One of the joys of living, if you call it that, is your body reminding you that you are alive. Mine does it on a daily basis whether it is jammed fingers, a toe that's been broken for years, a bunion I hit wrong, an old shoulder injury or my upper right leg that is still smarting from a spill I took ...
Manteca should end economic segregation by subdivisions
Lincoln in Placer County where I grew up is much like Manteca when it comes to old and new neighborhoods.
CHP picks off sitting ducks in Spreckels Park
Aaron is a frustrated trucker. If you know anything about the trucking industry, they get squeezed more often than Mr. Whipple squeezes Charmin toilet tissue whether it is from fluctuating fuel prices, the ever tightening clean engine standards, and clients who obviously want to get their transportation costs as low as possible. Aaron is among the truck drivers who for more than four years have been making pickups and deliveries to various distribution centers within ...
My best Halloween treat ever
Over the years, Halloween has taken on different meanings for me. As a kid, I can still recall trick-or-treating in the streets of my old neighborhood dressed in costume and joined by friends. We toted pillow cases or grocery bags filled with candy and other cavity-causing sweets, with one eye on the lookout for those bag-snatching bullies. It happened to my friend and next door neighbor Don, who had his bag full of treats taken ...
Dark storm clouds ahead & Manteca resilient workers
You pass them on the street every day – municipal street crews, parks workers, firefighters, police and others.
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Lying liars & the state’s $97B spending plan
There are liars, damned liars and then there are Sacramento politicians.
Parenting 2013: Kids go wild & how stopping them is child endangerment
It's night time.
Watch out, I’ve got an excuse to use chainsaw
I was upset two weeks ago when I went into the back yard and discovered a California pepper tree that had mushroomed to 30 feet in height in just five years had snapped.
River Islands’ epic 24-year journey to build the first home
The folks who run the 157-year-old 5omerset Holdings have the patience of Job.
A tribute to the fallen at the new transit station & expanding library
Why are we free?
Coming up next: Pre-Crime Police using wholesale mining of data
So you have no problem with government data mining.
Fracking vote jolts political alignments in Sacramento
Did you feel the earth shift earlier this month?
Beggar’s story: He’s homeless, hot, hungry & hunting for job
Editor's note: Manteca City Council wants a crackdown on aggressive panhandling. The following is a story of one man who begs on Manteca's streets but considers himself a sign flyer.
American Graffiti: Movie resonates Modesto cruise
MODESTO – Miguel, I am your father.
All streets are safe until people drive on them
"There is no such thing as an unsafe road."
More enjoyable to embrace summer than fighting it
Finally, the heat is on.
Bicyclist goes 35 mph down sidewalk while towing a trailer
Seeing a bicyclist towing a trailer in Manteca isn't exactly something that's out of the ordinary.
More news from Profit Gouging & Electricity
The California Profits Upkeep Commission - formerly known as the California Public Utilities Commission - continues to do what it does best which is protecting PG&E's profits.
Trust the IRS? When did we trust the IRS?
"We must have the trust of the American taxpayer. Unfortunately, that trust has been broken." - Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel
Want Insanity Workout? Run with 2 Dalmatians
Shaun T. - one of the late night gurus of exercise DVDs - wants you to send him three monthly payments of $39.95 to take advantage of his Insanity Workouts.
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