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b33f2abe0964d1c3240ac3acbf2f364490ad1c71_guecamburu_elizabette.jpg Hometown girl: No end of reading material
For those of you who follow my column (which probably doesn’t include a large number of people), you may remember that this summer, I have made a pledge to read some classic works of literat...
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ron Swift Fast Talk: Simplicity is key to retirement living
If you are fortunate enough, you’ll retire in your mid-60s from a life of slavery and really start to enjoy life.
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ron Swift More to story of fallen WWII serviceman
More than a month ago, when this column started a series on Patterson’s military casualties during World War II, I had no idea where it would lead.
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ron Swift More to the story of World War II serviceman
More than a month ago, when this column started a series on Patterson’s military casualties during World War II, I had no idea where it would lead. As we know, at least 32 Patterson-area serviceme...
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ron Swift Fast Talk: Serious trouble at City Hall
A lack of trust, accountability and competence seems to plague Patterson’s government in this election year.
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Elizabette Guecamburu Hometown Girl: Adjusting to August
I seem to be having a hard time grasping that it is August already. All the calendars in my house, including the one with the big picture of a giraffe on it, keep insisting that it is, though. I k...
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fast Talk: This and that
by Ron Swift | for the Patterson Irrigator
Aug 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
One thing is certain. Walmart is anticipating rapid growth ahead for Patterson. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be proposing a superstore of 158,000 square feet, the largest in Stanislaus County. As a loca...
Fast Talk: A trip down memory lane — to the dentist’s office
by Ron Swift | for the Patterson Irrigator
Jul 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
We all have memory flashes that take us back to our youth. Some are pleasant memories, and others not so
Taking care of business
by Maddy Houk | Patterson Irrigator
Jul 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Now downtown, Cascades Cakes are made to order
Fast talk
by Ron Swift | For the Patterson Irrigator
Jul 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Local memorial missing some fallen veterans
Fast Talk: First WWII casualty was POW
by Ron Swift | For the Patterson Irrigator
Jul 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Patterson’s first battle casualty of World War II appears to be Robert Hittle
Sermon notes
by The Rev. Glen Morden | Patterson Covenant Church
Jul 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Confronted by the spirit of God
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