Bowl-a-thon helps fund free tutors for struggling kids

The Give Every Child A Chance Antone E. Raymus 11h Annual Bowl-A-Thon will be held Saturday, Feb. 27.

ODDS & ENDS

Marking 20th year serving Boys & Girls members

John Scharf has more than a few things that he can look back on with a smile.

Volunteering, sports part of queen hopeful’s repertoire

RIPON – Joie Darretta had heard rumblings about how much fun being involved with the annual Almond Blossom Queen Court can be.

ODD & ENDS

Fees to build ‘typical’ home: $40K

What does it cost to build a typical tract home south of the Highway 120 Bypass in Manteca?

Library Park project still waiting on utility lines

It's been seven years in the making and the city is ready to go and has the money but the biggest part of the Library Park expansion still hasn't gotten underway.

Making room for new Old Town park

LATHROP – The three young visitors were oblivious to the cold. And their enthusiasm was in sharp contrast to the gloomy, overcast sky as they practiced their flying and grinding tricks on the challenging courses of the state-of-the-art Lathrop Skate Park.

Blossom queen hopeful eyes nursing career

RIPON – Sarah Ambrose had plenty of places to turn to in order to find out what it was like to be a part of the Almond Blossom Queen Court.

ODDS & ENDS

The Bypass/99 woodlands

Federal stimulus money can be a beautiful thing.

100 workers using interest free city loans for computers

Almost 40 percent of Manteca's 260 municipal workers take advantage of the city's interest-free loan program to secure computers for their personal use.

Lathrop Library gets OK

LATHROP – A new Teen Center, a Lathrop Branch Library, an outdoor stage plus an art walk are within visual distance of Lathrop residents.

Blues revue plays Chez Shari venue this Saturday

Nat Bolden and his State of Mind Jazz and Blues Band have made a name for themselves with regular monthly performances at San Francisco's famed Lou's Pier 47 Restaurant and Blues Club.

St. Anthony’s celebrates 2010 with CAPS clients

Consumers from the Manteca Community Action Program and Services look forward to the annual luncheons put together by Sister Ann Venita Britto and her Ministry of Caring.

Fun run in downtown Manteca helps Second Harvest Food Bank

Second Harvest Food Bank CEO Mike Mallory is breaking out his bright orange running shoes for the Saturday, April 5, "Help Us Stamp Out Hunger in Our Community" 5K and one mile walk/run in downtown Manteca.

SPRING GLORY

The Delta is made up of over 1,000 miles of waterways, covering four counties – Contra Costra, Sacramento, Solano and San Joaquin.

Concealed gun permits: No change yet in Manteca policy

Don't go rush out and buy that concealable handgun just yet.

Let the games begin

The 2014 campaign gets underway in earnest next week.

Vacationing McCreath misses trainer’s orders

EDITOR'S NOTE: Susan McCreath has been selected to participate in the Year of You, a fitness challenge hosted by the Manteca Bulletin and CORE Athletic Performance. Her journal, along with her measurements, will appear in Tuesday's print edition.

MHS grad hits NY Times Bestseller list

Manteca High graduate and author Kristin Miller is now a bona fide national best-selling author. Her latest book made it to the New York Times Bestseller list this week.

Union bridge going to 4 lanes

The Union Road bridge crossing the 120 Bypass will have four lanes within the next three years if all goes according to plan.

FLIPPING FOR FLAPJACKS

Jeff Shields makes "great" Mickey Mouse pancakes.

IT BITES

By JAMES BURNS

Old school houses family of five

The historic two-room San Joaquin School, built on South Austin Road in 1915, is now the home of the Brad and Tricia Hickman family.

Yosemite rules for Tuolumne River change

YOSEMITE (AP) - Visitors to Yosemite National Park will no longer be allowed to leave their cars on the roadside while stopping at the Tuolumne River to explore nearby meadows and admire surrounding mountain peaks, under a plan released Thursday.

Give Every Child offers scholarships

Give Every Child a Chance (GECAC) is once again offering the Service Challenge Scholarship.

The second coming

What started out as a few like-minded souls sharing their collective worldview in a public setting back in January turned into a massive community gathering that left people on both sides of the aisle trading barbs and crying foul.

GHANA BOUND

Nursing students at Doctors Hospital are pledging to stay together after graduation for a week to help open an orphanage in a small village in Ghana.

Extension of Milo Candini Drive proposed

Manteca is setting the stage for a possible future business park on city-owned land at the wastewater treatment plant.