Category: This Weeks News
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DAY 3: Bryan Ranger “Sex Abuse” Trial
By Donna Westfall – June 16, 2017 – On today’s schedule of witnesses: First up: Mercy’s 17 year old brother When court was dismissed the day before, Mercy’s brother mentioned he had something very important to say. Attornies for both sides went out of the courtroom to confer with him. This morning, he was brought…
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Day 2: Bryan Ranger “Sex Abuse” Trial
By Donna Westfall – June 15, 2017 – Mercy Ranger took the witness stand. The prosecuting attorney, Joyce Blair, led the witness like someone leading a horse to water, literally nodding her head to indicate the desired answer she wanted from Mercy. Try to remember, Mercy, the oldest of the Ranger children is now…
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TRIPLICATE EDITOR OUT OF CONTROL
By 5th District Supervisor, Bob Berkowitz – June 15, 2017 You can’t imagine my shock when I looked at the front page of today’s paper to see a quote from me that said, “Supervisor Bob Berkowitz said the Hemmingsen and Howard do not have the experience or the necessary contacts to spur any legislation on…
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Day 1: Bryan Ranger “sex abuse” trial
By Donna Westfall – June 14, 2017 – Back on October 11, 2013, the TRIPLICATE newspaper ran an article titled, “C.C. Man to face sex crimes charges,” and proceeded to give some of the lurid details while starting their article with, “A local man faces the possibility of a life sentence after a judge ruled…
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KING HOWARD AND HEMMINGSEN WASHINGTON DC ADVENTURE
Opinion Piece By Linda Sutter – June 13, 2017 – I guess I had a lot of expectations because when King Howard (Board of Supervisors Chair Chris Howard) and Humpty Dumpty Hemmingsen (Supervisor Gerry Hemmingsen) went to Washington DC it was specifically for the Last Chance Grade. I was expecting a full report. Who did…
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About Town
By Donna Westfall – June 13, 2017 – While collecting signatures on the Petition for Recall of Sup. 2nd District, Lori Cowan, former constituents, now friends like to spend time catching up. Lots of news about births, deaths, sickness, neighbors and crime. The Bryan Ranger case is finally going to trial after four years. Yesterday,…
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Did Israel ban Heinz Ketchup because it’s a “tomato seasoning” and not a “ketchup?”
Credit to Erin Elizabeth, Healthnutnews.com published June 8, 2017 – According to a series of tests conducted by an Israeli food company also selling ketchup, tests revealed that, although Heinz boasts over 60% tomato as an ingredient, there was only 21% tomato concentrate in each bottle. The Heinz parent company, Diplomat, tried to argue that their…
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Cooper Ave Closed Again
Cooper Avenue will be closed from the cemetery to the intersection of Cooper and J Street from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday, June 12, 2017, while city staff repairs a sewer manhole.
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Just in – President Trump’s weekly address – Infrastructure!
June 10, 2017 – “My fellow Americans, we are the nation that built the Golden Gate Bridge in four years and the Hoover Dam in five. Now, it takes as much as a decade just to plan a major permit or a major infrastructure or anything even remotely major in our country, and that’s ridiculous…
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Thank you Noll Paddleboard Event for FREE swimming lessons
This year, the Noll Paddleboard event raised over $2,000 that has been donated to the pool for swimming lessons. The Noll family has asked the pool to offer free swimming lessons to the kids of our community. This will allow 61 kids to receive a free session of lessons. Per Matthew Hildebrandt on June 9th, “All the…