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County Fair reaches new heights

By Jonathan Whitaker
June 13, 2013

Big crowds are expected this weekend at the 2013 Merced County Fair to honor our country's veterans and enjoy everything from adrenaline-pumping thrill rides, to pigs racing ducks, to spaghetti ice cream!
“Thank You Veterans” is the theme of the 2013 Merced County Fair, and everybody is encouraged to take the time to visit the Veterans’ Expo in the fair’s Commerce Building. Blue Star Moms – the mothers of active duty military members – will staff a table where fairgoers can write notes to active duty service members.
New attractions include the Vertigo, a brand new adrenaline-pumping thrill ride that towers over the midway at 100 feet high. GASCAR animals races will feature a crazy mixed up variety of animals racing to the finish line – goats racing sheep and pigs racing ducks or any number of combinations.   
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Golden Bowl restaurant expands to Merced

By Jonathan Whitaker
June 13, 2013

There's a new restaurant and ownership at a familiar place in Merced for Chinese food.

The Golden Bowl opened up last month at 3144 G Street, near the intersection of Olive Avenue, in the shopping center featuring Rite Aid and Taco Bell.

Longtime residents should know the spot as the old China Gate restaurant. In more recent years, it was called Wah Sing.    MORE>

Success story about getting back to work

By John Derby
June 13, 2013

He was one of more than two dozen people laid off when the local daily newspaper closed its printing shop, and decided to have their printing done outside the local area.
We needed a pressman and wondered if one of their pressmen would want a job. We knew our rate of pay and benefit package was considerably lower than that of the daily newspaper, but still a job is a job, and if a person sincerely wanted to work, then why turn down anything.
So we posted an advertisement in the daily newspaper's own classified section. We did not state the salary or anything other than that the job was working on a newspaper printing press.    MORE>

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