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OMG do u believe this?
June 15, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
Scott Johnson has the worst handicap of all.
June 14, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
Manteca doesn't need $10 an hour jobs.
June 13, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
Some years ago, I wrote a column on Father's Day that was well received by quite a few fathers I know. Following is a rewrite with a few changes for this year.
June 13, 2014
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By DAVE CAMPBELL
Local columnist
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Local Columns
Did you miss your prom in the past? You have a chance to re-live the night. The 7th annual Teen-Adult-Senior prom conducted by the Manteca Youth Advisory Committee is Friday, June 13, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door and induces dinner, beverages, and souvenir photo. For more information call Manteca Parks & Recreation at 209.456.8600.
June 12, 2014
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Nina
Frisby
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Local Columns
Why are we always so impatient?
June 12, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
It's still happening – and this time it's taking place in our own backyard. Predatory American Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits are being filed against small business owners across Manteca. Twenty-one businesses have already been hit, all by Sacramento-area attorney Scott Johnson who has over 3,000 such lawsuits pending throughout California.
June 12, 2014
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By KRISTIN OLSEN
California State Assemblywoman
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Local Columns
Modesto last month lost nine townhouses to a fast-moving grass fire.
June 11, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
The working thesis of the Manteca General Plan is simple. It's all about doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
June 10, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
One hopes that some of the nurses carelessly making inaccurate representations of Kaiser's financial picture are a bit more careful when administering medicine to patients.
June 09, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
Not even I can defend this one. Since Barack Obama was elected President, he has misstepped many times. I have defended most of those because every step he takes a step he does so with an anchor in the form of the Republican Party pulling him back. The Republicans have attempted to marginalize him since before he took office.
June 09, 2014
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Dave
Campbell
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Local Columns
It was 12:45 a.m. on New Year's Eve (day, technically) and I was standing outside of a bar on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco with no cell phone, no wallet, no ID and five crinkled $1 bills in my pocket.
June 07, 2014
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Jason
Campbell
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Local Columns
Brian McClain is an assistant professor for physical and natural sciences at the College of Western Idaho,
June 07, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
My idea of a quality T-shirt is a California muscle shirt made by Urban Pipeline.
June 06, 2014
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
SONdance presents this year's production entitled "Abundance" at the Ripon Christian High Performing Arts Center located at 435 N. Maple Ave., in Ripon, on Friday, June 6, and Saturday, June 7, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $9 in advance or $12 at the door.
June 05, 2014
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Nina
Frisby
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Local Columns