It’s a week and a half before the Fourth of July so what else would be popping up at Costco but Halloween decorations?
The first is a gargantuan skeleton designed to appear as if it is breaking through the ground.
It’s 62 inches high and 111 inches wide.
It features LED glowing eyes, is motion sensor activated, plays spooky sounds, and has a timer that is on for six hours and off for 18 hours.
Considering the price is $249.99 before tax, the manufacturer also tosses in four “C” batteries.
As of Saturday, there were four available in the Manteca store.
If you’re interested, better hurry. Knowing Costco, they’ll be clearing out space for Christmas decorations by mid-July.
The Sierra High Class of 2000
Is making impacts on Manteca
Back when the Sierra High Class of 2000 graduated, there were only a handful of houses south of the 120 Bypass.
It was four years before Kaiser bought St. Dominic’s Hospital.
Carlon Perry was Manteca’s mayor.
Bass Pro Shops locating in Manteca was on nobody’s radar.
Fast forward to today.
Two of the Sierra High graduates from the Class of 2000 are doing quite well.
One of them — Gary Singh — is Manteca’s mayor.
Another — Amber Campbell — is Sutter Health’s ambulatory CEO for the Greater Central Valley.
On Friday Singh on behalf of the City Council presented Campbell, representing Sutter Health, a certificate acknowledging Sutter Health’s ground breaking of a 17,000 square foot tenant remodel at Orchard Valley to house primary care, imaging, and lab services.
Campbell has strong ties to Manteca and Sutter Health.
She was born in Sutter Health’s Tracy hospital and raised just north of where the Sutter Health’s Manteca’s health care facility that will have space for 14 physicians will open next spring.
It’s just west of Bass Pro Shops that sits on what was once Campbell’s grandparent’s land at the end of Quintal Road where Wayne “Cowboy” Cummings staged the Manteca Rodeo for years.
Campbell went to Nile Garden School before Sierra High.
And, as an added noted, she has been a featured author at the Great Valley Bookfest conducted in early October at Orchard Valley.
Interested in running
for Manteca City Council?
City Clerk Cassandra Candini Tilton is conducting a candidate information night on Wednesday, June 26, at 5:30 p.m. for anyone interested in finding out more information on how to run for Manteca City Council Area 1 and Area 2 seats in the Nov. 5 election.
The information night takes place at the council chambers at the Manteca Civic Center, 1001 W. Center St.
The nomination period is open from July 15 thru Aug. 9 at 5 p.m.
The City Clerk will be scheduling appointments to pull nomination papers starting July 1. Those appointments can be made by calling and speaking with Tilton at 209-456-8017.
It is the first time Area 1 and Area 2 council elections will be conducted.
Area 1— that includes the Airport Way corridor up to Louise Avenue and the southwestern portion of the city generally west of Union Road – is by far the fastest growing area in Manteca with no less than seven new neighborhoods under construction.
Right behind it, is Area 2, primarily south of the 120 Bypass east of Union Road and most of the city east of Highway 99, is Area 1 with work on three subdivisions underway.
Council incumbent has indicated he is running for the Area 1 seat.
In Area 2, there are two declared candidates so far — Regina Lackey and Judith Bloomquist.
Former Councilman Richard Silverman has taken out exploratory papers but then opted not to run.
To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com
