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• Veterans Memorial Signs Pay Tribute to Merced’s Heroes

  Signs Along Veterans Boulevard Call Out 80 Military Killed in Action Signs Along Veterans Boulevard Call Out 80 Military Killed in Action. Photo by Steve Newvine.…

• Making History at the Fossil Discovery Center

  Madera County’s museum houses fossils from the 1993 Fairmead Mammoth discovery. The Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County.…

• 70th Anniversary of Billy Graham’s Central Valley Crusade

  An impressive anniversary is coming up in November in the Central Valley. Photo-ad – This is what one of the advertisements for the Billy Graham Modesto Crusade looked like in the Modesto Bee.…

• Mammoths and a giant orange stand- A “marriage of terms”

  A fund-raising effort has been going on just south of the Merced County border to restore the giant orange juice stand that once stood off highway 99 at Fairmead.…

• First Baptist Church of Merced

  First Baptist Church of Merced Joel Dorman, Lead Pastor 500 Buena Vista Dr  Merced For more information call: (209) 383-7729 See our website at: - - - -www.fbcmerced.com We are living by faith, offering hope, and being…

• Lessons Learned on the Job

  With about forty years of professional work experience, there come lessons.  This letter was so significant to my life, I’ve held on to it for nearly fifty years.…

• Summertime Enrichment at UC Merced

  A summer learning program on the UC Merced Campus is helping children and providing career insight for UC students.…

• A Three-Dollar Tour at the Mission at San Juan Bautista

  Being relatively new to the state, it did not take long to learn about the Spanish Missions that mark California along the historic route known as Camino Real.…

• Going Beyond Common Course Courtesy

  Asking a stranger to join in a round of golf is common course courtesy.  Asking a second time is a special gift. Brilliant red flowers frame the putting green at Stanislaus Golf Course in Modesto.…

• School Administrative Assistants- In Charge

  Memories are stirring up about two outstanding secretaries who made a difference while I was going to school in the 1960s and 1970s. Mrs. Mekkelson, our high school principal’s secretary.…

• A Journey of a Lifetime Cycling Through Merced

  Francois Hennebert is a bicyclist from France who takes his recreational activities seriously.…

• Social Media Memories of My Uncle Bill

  I thought I had told every possible story related to my uncle Bill Newvine, a Vietnam veteran who died in a car accident six months after returning from military service.…

• Bishop Myron Cotta- Service Influenced by Family, Friends, and Faith

  Merced County Native Myron Cotta became Bishop of the Diocese of Stockton in March 2917. Bishop Myron Cotta. The Dos Palos native is now Bishop of the Diocese of Stockton.…

• The 20th Street Church of Christ

  The 20th Street Church of Christ 61 West 20th Street,  Merced, CA 95340 Don Skeels, minister The 20th Street Church of Christ phone: (209) 355-3659 email: 20thstreetchurch@att.net web page:…

• 158 Rooms, 53 Bells, and 2 Commanders in Chief

  Santa Nella Hotel/Conference Center Honors Two US Presidents Hotel Mission De Oro is one of those unusual points of interest in Central California.…

• Surviving Sixty-Eight

  With a perspective of fifty years, those of us who endured 1968 can now put things in proper perspective. The Newvine family camper provided a lot of fun during a tumultuous 1968.…

• When a Pastor Dies

  When a beloved member of the clergy passes away, a faith community feels the impact of that life. Father Bert Mello.…

• Merced Falls- A Ghost Town with a Great Story

  There was a time from the late 1800s until the early 1940s when the town of Merced Falls in northern Merced County was a center of commercial activity.…

• Reflections on Daffodils and Mr. C

  This spring, the American Cancer Society will distribute millions of daffodils and raise over sixteen million dollars through Daffodil Days.…

• A Valley Golf Course Saved from the Bulldozer

  The obituary for this Central Valley golf center was already written:  the land was purchased by Children’s Hospital of Central California for expansion.  But before the bulldozer, there was a reprieve.…

• UC Merced Downtown Campus Center Open for Business

  Watching the work crews add some final touches to the exterior of the new UC Merced Downtown Center, a life-long Merced resident looked at the sight, and with a degree of pride said, “I’ve been here all my life.…

• A Couple of Chipped Mugs

  We tend to do a lot of cleaning up, throwing out, and organizing in the early days of a new year.  A few found items have me recalling some happy times.…

• Valley Christian Church

  Valley Christian Church Pastor Alfred and Diane Perez 1201 Cedar Ave Atwater (209) 7773170 AtwaterVCC.Com We are an inter-denominational church serving God the father, Jesus his son and the Holy Spirit as well as our…

• A Top Ten of Blessings for 2017

  Four generations come together to celebrate three birthdays.  Photo-Newvine Personal Collection Looking back on the year, I find it helpful to reflect a handful of things that turned out rather well.…