Gustine chamber honors deserving community leaders A little bit about a lot of things: •  Gustine’s Chamber of Commerce dinner, awards program and dance was a hit with a full house at the Al Goman Community Center Saturday evening. As usual. We always marvel at the turnout for the annual chamber fete, which is among the community’s most popular functions. Whether people just want to support the chamber, want to be on hand when somebody close to them is receiving a prestigious recognition or simply enjo...
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Sunny days bring welcome winter reprieve By the time you read this column our sunny February days will be just about over and according to The Weather Channel we should be watching the rain come down. With the roof on our building fixed, we say….let it rain….we need it!! The unusually bright and sunny days this week got many people, including me, into the garden to do some early spring cleaning and weeding. There is nothing quite like getting some dirt under the fingernails to cure what ails you – I look at i...
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N-CL students shine, thrive on stage The Newman-Crows Landing Drama Department put on a spectacular show these past two weekends. “Alice in Wonderland Jr”. was their third production since forming a few years ago and the growth in the program was very evident on and off stage. I attended the final performance on Sunday afternoon. I really enjoyed it, and so did the audience which packed the house of the West Side Theatre. Their approval was evident by the timely laughter and rounds of applause throughout the musi...
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Jerry Brown announcement sets the stage for state race JERRY BROWN IS IN. While most of us who follow politics knew all along former Governor Jerry Brown (now California Attorney General) would enter the race for governor on the Democratic side, he waited until the last possible moment to declare his candidacy. On Tuesday, Brown announced he was in. This came a few weeks after Senator Dianne Feinstein said she would not run for governor. Now the drama unfolds, and this will be a very interesting race in the Golden State.
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"Safety Act" would destroy a basic liberty To the editor: There is a movement afoot to destroy one of our most basic civil liberties; the right to address our health and nutrition needs as we see fit. The Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 threatens to severely restrict your access to dietary supplements. These are supplements that contain only nutrients that occur naturally in the foods we eat.
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