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TODAY'S TOP STORY
Air quality fails the test
Friday, May 09, 2008 By Jill Ballinger - Gazette Editor "Mariposa: Above the fog and below the snow," was a catch phrase around here for years. Well, apparently the county is not above the smog of the Central Valley.
The American Lung Association (ALA) released a report on May 1 that gives Mariposa County a failing grade in regard to air quality, a fact that surprises many who come here to escape the oppressive smog of lower lands.
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Seeing eye to eye
It doesn't get much closer than seeing through the eyes of a butterfly than this. Mariposa Elementary School fourth grader Garrett Mellow gets personal with one of the many flying creatures that was released last Friday. |
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 | | Two marijuana gardens were busted on April 30, leaving local authorities with nearly 8,000 young plants and one suspect on the loose. The gardens were found on Usona Road and in the Bear Valley. |
Busts net 7,913 pot plants on private and public property
5/9/2008 Two marijuana gardens were busted on April 30, leaving local authorities with nearly 8,000 young plants and one suspect on the loose. The gardens were found on Usona Road and in the Bear Valley.
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 | California gold
The FFA Forestry Team won the Forestry State FFA Contest at Cal Poly on Saturday. Christian Cummings was the first high individual. Adam Covington was second high, Cody Peterson was fourth high, and Will Chase was fifth high. They will represent California at the National Forestry Contest in October at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Pictured, from left, are Advisor Buz Arnold, Peterson, Cummings, Chase, Covington and forestry coach Dave Mecchi. |
School board confirms two teacher lay-offs
In an action Board President Janette Gamble said she was "not real happy about" the Mariposa County Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 4-0 to notify two teachers that they will not have a job next year. Board member Eldon Henderson was not present at the May 6 meeting.
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 | | Rescuers pull Lana Machado out of a steep ravine on Highway 140 neat East Whitlock Road Monday morning after she fell asleep at the wheel, crashed down the embankment, and spent the night seriously injured, but out of sight of traffic. |
Midpines woman survives overnight ordeal
The jolt Joe Machado got Monday morning by his daughter's phone call caused more jitters than one of the triple expressos from his "Java Joe" coffee wagon, which was parked, as usual, in the rest stop next to the Museum and History Center on Jessie Street.
Just after 9 a.m., Machado received a cell phone call from his wife, Lana, but when she began to speak the signal was lost.
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Caltrans celebrates new bridge installation
Longs file to cancel Williamson Act
Illegal Midpines burn ends in two arrests5/9/2008
Sheriff continues crack down at park5/9/2008
Operation taps out5/9/2008
Trial date slated for Lushmeadows' case5/9/2008
Hornitos burglar remains at large5/9/2008
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