Reading Beyond My Grade Level in Wasco High School Days
The narrator recalls early reading talent and fondness for books despite math difficulties. At Wasco High, they read in class while Miss Lewis taught verbs, later reflecting on a coast trip, San Luis Obispo bookstores, and a Richland Primary School reading event with Mary K. Sheil. They describe choosing The Little House for a first grade reading session and recall the book’s simple, enduring tale of a sturdy house amid a sunny countryside.
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Wasco High School
San Luis Obispo
White House
Richland
Shafter
Third District
Mary K. Sheil
She’s
Patrick's Profiles Encore Column Returns to Country Hill
The encore column follows a house built by a man whose family watchers recall the change from fall colors to urban sprawl. The city grows around the little house until it disappears under skyscrapers. A great great granddaughter relocates the house to a hill amid daisies and apple trees, ending the wonder of city life.
Do You Believe Jesus Is the Resurrection and Life
Apostle Paul asks who frees from the body of death and declares eternal life through Jesus Christ. The text notes sin as the root of sickness and death and presents belief in Christ as the path to freedom and resurrection, citing Romans 7 and John 11.
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Apostle Paul
Rome
Paul
Thor
God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christ
Lazarus
Mendes objects to water deal threaten dairy jobs in valley
Te Yead, a Central Valley dairyman, warns of a proposed Kern County breakaway district and Los Angeles plan to build a Millerton Lake to LA Canal System pipeline. The deal would sell Central Valley Project water to Los Angeles, with alfalfa growers offered 620 per acre to relinquish water contracts. Mendes urges public opposition and official scrutiny of potential valley-wide impacts on dairies facing closures.
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Central Valley
Te Yead Anticles
Kern County
Los Angeles
Arvin/Edison Water District
Millerton Lake-Friant Canal
Los Angeles Canal
Eether Badbnerspeas Sg 2
Gors
Mem Leprino
Dairyman’s
California
Arvin/Edison
Robert Prenter
Mendes Farms
Lemoore
Riverdale
Primary election reform sparks court battle in California
Judge David Levi hears challenges from Democrats Republicans Libertarian and Peace and Freedom as they oppose an open primary system. Proponents say it nudges candidates toward the center by inviting crossover voters while critics fear loss of party control and influence from hardline wings. Local names Willie Brwnes David Dugas and Pat Bechanens appear in the discussion amid debate over electoral balance and legality.
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Sacramento
David Levi
Libertarian
Peace and Freedom
Levi
Tinto Sie
Fedgs Levi
Althont
California
Shepherd from Peru Finishes Short Visit on Quiet Country Road
A traveler recalls greeting a Peruvian shepherd and his dog during a drive through rural countryside. The moment underscores a cosmopolitan townsfolk feel while noting the 1990 census counts minorities in Shafter, including four people of Eskimo descent and small Asian groups among 8,400 residents.
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Peru
Shafter
Anglized Identity in a Multilingual American Locale
A fragmented reminiscence describes bilingual upbringing and cultural shift in a family with Quebec and Maine roots. The narrator notes a French-speaking mother, an English-first schooling transition, and a regional trend of valley residents moving to Washington or Oregon, reflecting cross‑cultural adaptation.
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Quebec
Maine
Denev
Washington
Oregon
Us Valley
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Patrick’s
By Roy Patrick
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Huet
Mendes
By Tom Mendes
Reed Print Inc
California Mewes Publishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Calfornia
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Bakersfield
P.O
Buttonwillow Times
The
Press
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Society
Susan Holland
Lerdo Highway
By Fred Davis
Libaral
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