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Local Agencies Show Unity in Telling the Public that Seat Belts Save Lives [caption id align="alignnone" width="740"] Merced Police Chief Steve Stanfield, CHP captain Tony Domiguez , and County Sheriff Verne Warnke stand behind a gurney with their reminder of how dangerous a traffic collision
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Local Agencies Pitching in to Help in Los Angeles Fires Aftermath [caption id align="alignnone" width="794"] Within days of the news about the intensity of the Los Angeles wildfires, departments from all over the state have been sending crews to help. Photo: City of Merced
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Cel Palayo Wraps up 53 Years as the Merced Mall Barber [caption id align="alignnone" width="1200"] If there was a barber hall of fame, these three belong there: (L-R) Floyd from the Andy Griffith Show, Eddie from the Barbershop movies, and Cel Pelayo. [https://merced-county-events.
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Looking back on the special columns from the past year [caption id align="alignnone" width="811"] (left) The turkey farmer who helped Ronald Reagan get over his fear of flying and (right) one of several mules cared for by 3Mules.com. Photo montage: George H.W.
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Merced Area Activities Abound [caption id align="alignnone" width="1200"] The Merced Baroque Sinfonia performs at the Christmas Open House at the Merced Courthouse Museum. Photo: Steve Newvine [https://merced-county-events.ghost.io/caption] There’s a special feeling in the air when the Christmas holiday season
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A preview of the book detailing the friendship between Jack Benny and Johnny Carson [caption id align="alignnone" width="1200"] Jack & Johnny- Benny, Carson and a Friendship Made for Television. Available at Lulu.com [https://merced-county-events.ghost.io/caption] My new book is Jack &
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Photograph Helps Tell a Story of World War II [caption id align="alignnone" width="1078"] Private First Class Charlie Dean in a photo believed to be from a liberated Italy at the end of World War II. Photo: Newvine Personal Collection [https://merced-county-events.ghost.io/caption]
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Former Central Valley Airfield Connects to Hollywood [caption id align="alignnone" width="1200"] Comedian Jack Benny, shown here at a different show for a military audience, performed his weekly radio broadcast from Gardner Field near Taft, California in Kern County on October 15, 1944. Photo: National
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Christian Radio Station KAMB on FM in Merced Since 1967 [caption id align="alignnone" width="763"] The main studio for KAMB Celebration Radio, 101.5 FM in Merced. Photo: Steve Newvine [https://merced-county-events.ghost.io/caption] There are many places where we can find music and
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City’s History with the Game Celebrated at McHenry Museum [caption id align="alignnone" width="1080"] John Thurman Field in Modesto. Photo: Steve Newvine [https://merced-county-events.ghost.io/caption] More than sixty years ago, some of the biggest names in baseball played minor league ball in
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G Street Project Artwork Seen Only by Walkers [caption id align="alignnone" width="1080"] Some of the artwork along the south sidewalk at the G Street underpass. Photo: Steve Newvine [https://merced-county-events.ghost.io/caption] There are two displays of public artwork that most people never
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Class Reunion Reminders Stir Memories [caption id align="alignnone" width="796"] Steve Newvine high school senior photograph. South Lewis Central School in 1975. Photo: Talon HS Yearbook [https://merced-county-events.ghost.io/caption] Throughout Merced County and the nation, school has either started or is about to