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Chuck Crawford of Ceres gets ready to throw a fish back into the San Joaquin River at Laird County Park near Grayson while fishing on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.--Irrigator file photo
Chuck Crawford of Ceres gets ready to throw a fish back into the San Joaquin River at Laird County Park near Grayson while fishing on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.--Irrigator file photo
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Summit seeks to boost economy through local tourism
by Brooke Borba | Patterson Irrigator
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
TURLOCK — Area residents, business leaders and public officials discussed tourism possibilities throughout the San Joaquin Valley on Wednesday, May 22 at a travel and tourism economic summit at Cal...

Economic commission approves new strategy
The city’s Economic Development Commission gave a unanimous thumbs up to a proposed citywide economic development strategy at its regular meeting Thursday, May 16.
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Amazon.com center may open this fall
Amazon.com’s future Patterson fulfillment center will likely open for business this fall, just in time for the holiday shopping season, city officials announced this week.
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Prep Sports
DeLaPorte leaves Ceres to take Patterson job
Brian DeLaPorte has resigned after five seasons as varsity coach of the Ceres High boys basketball team to take a similar job with Patterson High, another Western Athletic Conference squad.
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Five Tigers advance to Masters meet
Patterson displayed nine of its top athletes during the two-day Division IV-V championship May 14 and Thursday, May 16, at Sierra High School, and five qualified for the next level of competition.
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Swimming: Tigers end season at section meet
Five Patterson High athletes added a few more memories to their 2013 high school swimming season Thursday, May 9 at the Sac-Joaquin Section championships at Tokay High in Lodi.
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Girls soccer: Local athletes earn All-WAC recognition
Four girls soccer players from Patterson High were recently picked as all-league performers by coaches of the Western Athletic Conference.
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Baseball: Tigers’ season ends with 12-inning loss
The Patterson High varsity baseball team came up short May 7 in an 8-7 defeat against visiting Livingston High in 12 innings to end its Western Athletic Conference season.
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Youth Sports
Walnut Grove athletes to be honored at banquet
Local athletes will be feted at the first Walnut Grove School Sports Banquet on Thursday, May 16.
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Judo training offered for beginners
Patterson Judo is registering students for beginning judo classes.
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Adult Sports
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Jackson adds more honors to impressive career
Patterson native Bethany Jackson added another honor to a growing list of accomplishments in her four-year collegiate career. She helped her country secure gold for the third straight year at the 2...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Construction on Amazon.com's 1-million-square-foot fulfillment center, which is slated to open this summer, is underway on Park Center Drive near Sperry Avenue. The former owners of that property, including City Councilman Larry Buehner, are suing the City of Patterson for more than $1 million over a dispute about a developer agreement made four years ago.--Photo by Jonathan Partridge/Patterson Irrigator --Photo by Jonathan Partridge/Patterson Irrigator
Searching for Project Y:
Developer aims to capture another large employer
Ever since news first broke of Amazon.com’s landing in west Patterson last year, speculation has arisen of a second big company locating nearby.
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Patterson High grads prepare to step out into the world
More than 350 Patterson High School seniors will step out into the world after the Thursday May 30 graduation ceremony at Patterson Community Stadium, Ward and Salado avenues.
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Our Voice
Economic plan a good idea
Patterson has garnered quite a few feathers in its cap economically speaking, with the promise of Amazon.com’s fulfillment center and the arrival of several other distribution facilities in recent ...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice
A welcome jest
EDITOR, The humor that Ron Swift injects into his weekly Fast Talk column in the Patterson Irrigator is greatly appreciated; life would be boring without humor.
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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His & Her Voice
Kudos to schools reporter
EDITOR: On Saturday, May 4, Region 7 of the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) honored Maddy Houk with its annual Outstanding Media in Education award. We at Patterson Joint Uni...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tech talk: High-tech gifts offer new ways to honor moms
Sunday, May 12, was that important day set aside to show our moms the love they deserve.
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vitals
Hamilton graduates from college
Jeannie D. Hamilton of Patterson graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English on Saturday, May 4. She and was joined by about 1,450 graduates at the spring comm...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Faith
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Called with the greatness of God
I am so glad that God’s thoughts are not like our thoughts and that his ways are not like our ways. So many times, people judge a book by its cover. If the graphics and design on a book appear subp...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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