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• Food Bank Mural-When a Building Becomes a Billboard

  While a picture may be worth a thousand words, the Merced County Food Bank hopes a mural along the west side of their warehouse is worth a few moments of our time to think about the issue of hunger.…

• Chowchilla’s Historical Society & Museum

  Every community should have a museum to display photos, documents, and artifacts that bring its past to life.…

• About Steve Newvine

  Steve Newvine- Our Community Story columnist on mercedcountyevents.com, author, and service club speaker Steve Newvine- Our Community Story columnist on mercedcountyevents.com, author, and service club speaker…

• UC Merced at 10

  Our community’s educational centerpiece reaches an important early milestone. Photograph from the first graduation ceremony at UC Merced in 2006.…

• Livingston Community Health

  Livingston Community Health Leslie McGowan, CEO 1140 Main Street Livingston For more information call:(209) 3941353 See our website at:http://www.visitlch.org LCH IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PROVIDER OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES.…

• Fairmead Community & Friends

  Fairmead Community & Friends Barbara Nelson – President Address/City – P.O.…

• Merced College Community Services

  We host a wide variety of excursions throughout the year, including trips to sporting events, theatre shows, cultural functions, educational venues, and recreational activities. Questions?…

• Around the Valley with a Total Reading Time of Five Minutes

  What the drought looks like at the former Stevinson Ranch golf course, why visitors love spending time at Hilmar Cheese Visitor Center, and a special designation for Our Lady of Mercy Church in Merced.…

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Merced County

  Boys & Girls Clubs of Merced County 615 W. 15th.…

• New Life Community Church

  New Life Community Church Pastor: John Motz Email: newlifetoday@sbcglobal.net Web site:  newlifeatwater.org Services: 2124 First St., Atwater, CA 95301

• CreekPointe Church

  We are a Church focused on unbelievers and the community. Our core objective is to be an intentional, contagious, and purpose driven church seeking those with hurts, habits, hindrances, and hang-ups.…

• Olive East Seventh-day Adventist Church

  Olive East Seventh-day Adventist Church 2222 E. Olive Ave.…

• This Ain’t Your Mama’s Church

  This Ain’t Your Mama’s Church Pastors Keith & Denise French For information:  http://www.bikechurch.org/ We are a Community Bikers’ Church.…

• Housekeeping with Golf, Graffiti, and a Good Friend

  In this case, there’s some new information on a previous column that may be of interest. I also have an update on a column topic that I have tapped two other times in the past year.…

• A Journey with Rotary to the Paul Harris Fellowship

  Paul Harris was a Chicago area attorney at the turn of the last century.…

• Community Spirit Makes a Team’s Dream Come True

  Meet the Titans Elite baseball team.They are an age twelve-and-under local travel team made up of players from Merced, Atwater, Chowchilla, and LeGrand.…

• Merced's Central Park: Applegate Park, Zoo & Kiddieland Merced

  flag in park Applegate Park is Merced’s central park Located along the Bear Creek Bikeway, the park is an excellent destination on bike or foot.…

• A Pot Luck Filled with Love Plus

  Love Plus Life Skills Training and Mentoring Fall Program It was a pot luck dinner in many ways like the holiday parties that help define Christmas time:   friends getting together, co-workers taking a moment to spend…

• Local Performing Arts

  Photo by adam blauert Local Valley performing arts Within Merced County and an hour’s drive there are lots of venues to enjoy a wide range of performing arts and classic films.…

• Kevin Ward Junior and Community Spirit in My Hometown

  PHOTO CREDIT: NEWVINE PERSONAL COLLECTION   Growing up in a small town, I used to get a kick out of seeing my village’s name mentioned somewhere in the media.…

• Merced’s Multicultural Arts Center

  photo by adam blauert Downtown Merced’s Multicultural Arts Center is the local place to enjoy art, purchase art from local artists, and take art and dance classes.…

• No More Saturday Night Summer Music at Merced Mall

  PHOTO BY STEVE NEWVINE   No more summer concerts I found out this week that one of my summertime pleasures, the Saturday night music concert series at Merced Mall, has been discontinued.…

• Top Ten Things I’m Thankful for About Merced

  Photo by steve newvine Our guests are safely back home after a visit.  And like I explained to them why Merced is a great town to live in, I will give you my top ten list concerning Merced.…

• The ER returns to Merced, and other items

  Modesto Bee There’s a columnist for the Modesto Bee by the name of Ron Agostini who uses a writing technique that is appealing to me.…