Patrick's Profiles ends travel with weight loss and meals
In this travelogue, the author recalls an eight day eastward trip with friend Gary Steward, detailing weight gain from 165 to 215 pounds, a successful 50 pound loss after changing eating habits, and meals from Brass Apple near Elk City Oklahoma to Las Vegas gambling. He notes across states the colorful small towns and diverse dining, ending with a plan to repeat the journey later, but not soon.
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Ince
Kern County Sheriff's Department
Swat Team
Gary Steward
I-40
Elk City
Okla
Gary
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Santa Rosa
New Mexico
Uncle Joe’s
Aunt Maria
Arizona
Flagstaff
Bullhead City
Laughlin
Nevada
Bakersfield
Buck Owens Country
Educator Sandra McBrayer Visits Richland Lerdo Staff
The national educator Sandra McBrayer addressed Richland Lerdo School District staff in Shafter. The San Diego County teacher of the year and a national honoree spoke on excellence and learning challenges while critiquing politics in education and engaging discussions on reforms and equity. She warned of a politicized education system and referenced propositions and voucher debates affecting schools.
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Sandra McBrayer
Shafter
Richland- Lerdo
McBrayer
San Diego County
Shafter Press
National Education Association
NEA
The sound of the hammer among the hoes and the guns
A historical meditation links violence and media to episodes from Sarajevo to Moscow and Washington. It cites Yeltsin abandoning non use of nuclear weapons amid fear and draws biblical parallels from Genesis and Noah to urge reflection on repentance before judgment.
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Sarajevo
Clinton
Boris Yeltsin
Warren Christopher
Yeltsin
Earth
Jesus
Wyman Costa Senate race seen as key in state politics
In Kern and Fresno counties the Wyman Costa showdown is labeled by both parties as pivotal for control of the California Senate. Wyman faces Costa after moving into the new 16th District, where Democrats hold a registration edge, as campaigns and money surge to influence the outcome.
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Wyman-Costa
Kern County
Fresno County
Senate
Phil Wyman
Jim Costa
John Stoos
California Republican Assembly
CRA
Seepca
Necec
Menta Ait Aess
Wyman
Tehachapi
Costa
Don Rogers
16Th Rogers
Hanford
New
Kern
Fresno
Assembly
Public comment on CVP Reform Act and water diversion concerns
Letter from Russ Waymire attacking South Valley politicians and the 1992 CVP Reform Act. He claims it will divert water to San Francisco Bay, worsen unemployment and property values, and calls for voting out Cal Dooley and other Interior Committee members who backed the act. He urges readers in Central California to respond in November.
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San Francisco Bay
Fresno
Delano
Tulare
Congress
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
San Joaquin
South Valley
Bill Thomas
Cal Dooley
Ponsieawhes Dooley and
Lehman
Interior Committee
George Miller
CVP
Central California
Dooley and Lehman
Central
California
Russ Waymire
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