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Overfilled trash cans sit next to pile after pile of dried tree trimmings next to Laird Park s roadways.
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West Side park an image of dwindling county funds
by Kendall Wright | Patterson Irrigator
Jul 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Situated on the bank of the San Joaquin River near Grayson, Laird Park was a pleasantly landscaped respite for locals on the West Side for more than two decades. In not quite two years, all that h...

An architectural rendering of the proposed Patterson Walmart shopping center that would be located near Sperry and Ward avenues. Walmart review sheds further light on proposal
A proposal to open a Super Walmart in Patterson could mean more jobs and plenty of taxable revenue to add to the city’s coffers, at the risk of shuttering a couple of local grocery stores and a do...
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Race heats up for Del Puerto Health Care District board seats
The race is heating up for three health district board seats will be up for grabs this November. Seats will open up as the terms for board members Ed Maring, Harold Hill and Evan Schut are schedul...
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Prep Sports
Tigers catcher Frankie Sanchez makes contact during a game this spring. Sanchez is one of many players returning to hone their skills during the school’s summer league. Summer no longer offseason for Patterson High baseball
Not all that long ago, summer workouts for high school athletes meant a mimeographed sheet handed out by the coach in May, outlining a series of calisthenics and running drills to keep athletes in...
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Pits in the ground at the Patterson High varsity baseball field mark where the dugouts once stood. The Patterson Grid Iron club is helping with the upgrade. Patterson High baseball field gets a facelift
It’s a busy time near Seventh Street and Las Palmas Avenue as Patterson High’s baseball field gets a facelift.
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Soccer coach Cade Tomasegovich, shown with his team after winning the Western Athletic Conference title, was recently named Coach of the Year. Tomasegovich named WAC’s Coach of Year
By Marc Aceves Patterson Irrigator In his third year at Patterson High, girls soccer coach Cade Tomasegovich has made history. Tomasegovich not only led the Tigers to their first Western Athletic ...
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Daniella Hernandiz, a Patterson High sophomore, surmounts a hurdle as she competes in the girls 300 meters during the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Meet at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento last week. Reaching the finish line
Patterson High track and field season comes to an end at Masters
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Small ball does the trick for Patterson Pirates
Don’t expect the Patterson Pirates men’s baseball team to sit around and wait for the big hit to come.
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Youth Sports
Patrick Gonzales, assistant coach for the Patterson Pirates recreational swim team, watches eager paddlers kick their way down the lanes as the team warms up at practice last week at the Patterson Aquatic Center. Rec swim team helps youngsters make a splash
When the valley’s famous heat gets cooking every summer, there’s one sure way to dodge getting crispy: Head for the Patterson Aquatic Center pool.
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Phillies’ season ends at Little League tourney
In a whirlwind three-day span, Patterson Little League got to test itself against the rest of the District 67 field in the Minors Tournament of Champions.
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Adult Sports
Playing in his first baseball game in nine years, the Patterson Pirates newest recruit, Tony Lomeli Jr., smashes the ball for a double and an RBI to help close the Pirates deficit to 8-6 late in the game. The team would ultimately lose, 10-6, after the Stockton Hurricanes topped off the scoring in the ninth inning. The game that got away
Pirates squander three-run lead; lose at home to Hurricanes
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Seniors warned about phone scam
When a local grandmother picked up her phone last week, she heard the voice of a man claiming to be her grandson. The man reported that he had a “cold,” was in New York and had been in an “acciden...
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Soroptimist president repeats for second year
Juanzette Hunter was installed president of Soroptimist International of Patterson for a second time when the group met June 22 at the home of Coleen Sanguinetti, installing officer, in Crows Land...
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Our Voice
About 300 people showed up at Patterson Community Stadium Saturday night to view the fireworks for the first time there since it s renovation. Our voice
A satisfyingly sedate Apricot Fiesta
Jun 10, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Your Voice
Walmart is not a quick fix
Recently, there have been two writings in the Irrigator advocating that we bring in Walmart (“Yes to Walmart for Patterson’s future,” His Voice, Jack Phongpool, and “Walmart would help city,” Your...
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His & Her Voice
Live in Patterson, shop in Patterson
I live in Patterson, I want to shop in Patterson.
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Columns
Ron Swift Fast Talk: A trip down memory lane — to the dentist’s office
We all have memory flashes that take us back to our youth. Some are pleasant memories, and others not so
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POLICE LOG
July 20 • 1:20 p.m.: Police responded to a call about a domestic disturbance in western Patterson and spoke with a woman who said her 31-year-old boyfriend had become angry and physically assau...
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Faith
Rev. Glen Morden Darkness has no power over the light of Christ
“If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.” ...
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