February 18, 2010 RSS feed / Letters

Stolen recycling

We are a third grade class at Mariposa Elementary School. All year we have been recycling aluminum cans and plastic bottles. After they get turned in to the landfill, the money gets saved for our overnight trip to Camp Green Meadows. More...

Always report animal abuse

The links connecting animal abuse and cruelty to domestic violence are well established and recognized by law enforcement. We must always report animal abuse, and investigate and convict those guilty of this heinous crime. More...

Positively spun disasters

The Charge of the Light Brigade: Hundreds died on that fateful day, but we got a fantastic poem from it. Titanic: Many people drowned in the icy Atlantic, but it made a blockbuster movie. More...

Thanks JCF home health

I suffered a fractured hip after falling this past Jan. 1. I was stablized at John C. Fremont Hospital and transferred by ambulance to Memorial Medical Center in Modesto for surgery. After several days, I returned to John C. More...

Jones for sheriff

When the list of candidates for sheriff-coroner of Mariposa County was listed I knew I had a tough choice to make. And I knew that the only way to choose was to do a check list of comparable qualifications. More...

Fixing seasons of California discontent

The prospect of more California-statehouse dysfunction this year is adding momentum to two efforts to overhaul California's budget process—including one that could rewrite much of the state's constitution. More...

There is no more money

I live and work in Bootjack and have two kids who attend Woodland Elementary. More...

Proud image

The office of undersheriff in a subordinate position to the sheriff must possess all the qualifications required and essential to substitute for the sheriff in his absence. More...

They inpsire us

What if, instead of believing that we’re here to take care of our pets, we discover that they’re in our lives to take care of us? Sure, we feed and shelter them, but they give us love, healing, amusement, loyalty and purpose. More...

The hat

The cowboy hat of the wild west has been part of our culture for centuries. That piece of western apparel was an essential item for those brave and daring people who pioneered the western United States, Australia, and South America. More...

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