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Hughson electrical line project tabled after public outcry
The Turlock Irrigation District Board of Directors put the brakes on a planned $16.7 million, double-circuit 115-kilovolt transmission line from Hughson to southwest Ceres after an outpouring of opposition on Tuesday.

	TID budget reflects tough economy On Tuesday the Turlock Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a $466.5 million budget for the 2010 fiscal year that includes no electric rate increases for ratepayers, despite declining revenues.
	Bring on the bells The Salvation Army celebrated their annul Kettle Kick Off on Tuesday, which signals the beginning of the holiday bell ringing campaign. The Salvation Army raised more than $41,000 within seven minutes during the event’s Kettle Klash along with an anonymous $50,000 donation. Over 700 people were in attendance for the kick off luncheon.
	Stadium renovation costs increase The potential costs and benefits of renovating Turlock High’s Joe Debely Stadium was the number one topic of discussion at Tuesday’s Turlock Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting.
	Outgoing TUSD board members give their take on the election Tuesday night’s Turlock Unified School Board meeting was an emotional one for at least three trustees. Timm LaVelle, Tami Muniz and Felica Renshaw attended their last board meeting as trustees on Tuesday, as they were voted out of office in the Nov. 3 election. At the next meeting, Bob Weaver, Lori Crivelli and Josh Bernard will take their places.
	Leo returns to fair as interim CEO The Stanislaus County Fair (38th Agricultural Association) Board of Directors made several decisions on Monday that will affect the 2010 County Fair. Agenda items included the future hiring of a new CEO, an increase in gate ticket costs, and rearranging the dates for some FFA and 4-H events at the fair.
	Pitman student known for his love of agriculture Ethan Alvares can be seen showing his steer with the Pitman FFA or throwing down tackles Friday night for his school’s football team. But what really characterizes Alvares, is his desire to help others, his leadership skills and his sense of humor.
	Man sustains head trauma in Winton bar beating A 28-year-old man suffered a severe head injury after he was attacked by two to three men inside a Winton bar Sunday night.
	Construction begins on bike park Volunteers spent their Saturday afternoon building the long-awaited Turlock BMX bike park at the corner of Panorama and Springer avenues. City workers, bike shop employees, and Turlock residents showed up with shovels and other tools. They spent the morning and afternoon building jumps and berms. Over $10,000 dollars was spent on dirt, fencing and a water fountain for the park.
	Officer saves woman from burning home A disabled woman was treated for smoke inhalation, but escaped any further injuries after she was rescued from her burning bedroom by a Turlock police officer.
	Friends of the furred host adoption event Casanova pranced around a pen in front of Turlock Tractor Supply with his tongue poking out of his mouth on Saturday. The tiny black and tan Chihuahua wore a green coat to keep him warm on the chilly fall morning. Nobody would have guessed that this same dog came to an animal rescue agency months earlier with a fractured hip and several rotten teeth.
	Top Livermore Lab scientist to speak at CSU Stanislaus John P. Knezovich, science and technology principal directorate at Laurence Livermore National Laboratory, will present a lecture entitled “Carbon Dating: Applications to Forensic Science” at CSU Stanislaus on Wednesday.
	Student journalists rack up awards Modesto Junior College journalists garnered five awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges of Northern California for work on the Pirates’ Log, their student newspaper.
	Grant to assist Hispanic education Hispanic education will receive a boost locally, as the U.S. Department of Education awarded a $230,000 grant to CSU Stanislaus.
	UC Merced uses sun to go green The University of California, Merced welcomed a new 8.5-acre, 1-megawatt solar array this week. Almost 5,000 solar panels will track the sun to provide 20 percent of the campus’ annual electricity needs, rising to two-thirds of the campus’ energy on sunny summer days.
	CSU Sacramento seeks applicants for government fellowships Four California State University, Sacramento fellowships offer a chance to work as a full-time staff member in the California State Assembly, Senate, Executive Branch or within the California court system.
	Gun charges net prison time A 19-year-old Turlock man was sentenced to six years in prison on illegal firearm charges, according to the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office.
	Gang sweep in Turlock The Central Valley Gang Impact Task Force served out several search warrants in and around Turlock Friday as part of an ongoing investigation.
	Delhi burglary ends with two arrests Two men were arrested this week by the Merced County Sheriff’s Department in connection to a burglary in Delhi.
	National Guard visits local elementary school Brown Elementary School celebrated Veteran’s Day on Friday with the help of the California Army National Guard who landed a UH60 Black Hawk helicopter right on campus. Along for the demonstration were an LMTV truck and a high mobility multi-wheeled vehicle. All of this was possible with the help of kindergartner Bradley Williams parents’ Major Douglas Williams and Catalina Williams, who are both active in the Army. Each student got to sit in the vehicles ...
	Bulldogs celebrate homecoming with parade The Turlock High School Bulldogs got psyched up for their homecoming game on Friday with a parade down Main Street. The THS marching band led the parade, followed by a caravan of convertibles carrying this year’s homecoming court. Campus clubs and organizations rode floats and marched down Main in support of the THS football team.
	Looking for a few good pies Dave Dubyak is once again throwing down the gauntlet for local bakers. His challenge: Bake the best pumpkin pie in the area.
	Council moves forward with Debely renovation The Turlock City Council approved a list of more than 20 projects for Redevelopment Agency funding Tuesday evening — including the controversial plan to install a new synthetic track and field at Turlock High School’s Joe Debely stadium.
	Keyes Elementary breaks ground for new classrooms Third grade students learned a new vocabulary word for the week, “concrete,” as the foundation for the new classroom buildings was being set on Tuesday.
	Teen gets six years for carjacking and assault A teenager convicted of assaulting and carjacking an elderly woman was sentenced to six years in state prison on Nov. 6.
	TUSD pursues funding for sidewalks, safety training Students who walk to school in the Turlock Unified School District could soon be a little bit safer, thanks to the Safe Routes to School program.
	Water rates could triple in six years Members of the Turlock City Council have long backed a proposed surface water treatment plant, but on Tuesday they balked at a potential 300 percent increase in water rates associated with the project.
	Number of H1N1 cases now higher than 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, says CDC Revised numbers from the Centers for Disease Control estimate that 22 million Americans have been sickened by H1N1 and as many as 3,900 have died since the novel influenza virus made its first appearance in the United States in April.
	Budget forces CSU enrollment cut despite increase in applications Even as the California State University system receives more applications than ever before, CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed announced Tuesday that ongoing budget cuts will force a 40,000 reduction in students, system-wide, over the next three years.
	Hughson residents ‘embarrassed’ by their own city council Hughson residents packed City Hall Monday night and stood in line to give City Council members a piece of their minds.
	Local skiers share their love of the sport with disabled Over 200 blind, deaf, paraplegic, quadriplegic and developmentally disabled children and adults in Stanislaus county are able to hit the slopes every year as part of the Winter Skiing Unlimited program through the Society for Handicapped Children and Adults.
	Faculty to hold no confidence vote for university president A question now lies before the more than 300 members of the California State University, Stanislaus general faculty: ‘Do you have confidence in CSU Stanislaus President Hamid Shirvani?’
	Boys Scouts prepare for Veteran's Day Boy Scout Troop 451 and Club Scout Troop 451 placed flags next to the graves of veterans on Saturday at Turlock Memorial Park. There were about 800 flags placed on the tombstones of veterans. They also retired a total of 17 flags by burning them in respect to Section 8k of the United States Flag Code. One special flag they retired was from the grave of Efran Hunter who died in the year of 1936. The flag had a total of 48 stars.
	Journal celebrates 105 years of serving Turlock On Nov. 11, 1904 the first edition of the Turlock Journal rolled off “the presses” — in this case a single, very small press — and “hit the streets” which in those days were wide and dusty. Unless it was raining, then they were wide and muddy.
	Motorcycle gang suspected behind Gustine homicide A fight inside a Gustine bar involving suspected members of an outlaw motorcycle gang resulted in the death of a 33-year-old man.
	Suspicious fire investigated A vegetation fire that scorched about a quarter acre of land Monday afternoon was deemed suspicious by the Turlock City Fire Department.
	Turlock Christian embraces new online trend in journalism Students in Lynne Thompson’s journalism class at Turlock Christian High School recently took a step into the current media trend, converting their paper and ink TCS Tribune into a news Web site.
	Tobacco settlement benefits wetlands, waterfowl Ducks Unlimited, the non-profit conservation and hunting group with chapters across the nation, including Turlock, has been selected as one of the beneficiaries in a multi-million class action lawsuit against the makers of chewing tobacco.
	CSU Stanislaus honors local veterans Cal State Stanislaus student Derek McGinnis was sitting in an ambulance rushing to help wounded Marines in the battle for Fallujah when, suddenly, the ambulance was hit by a suicide driver in a car loaded with explosive devices. From that moment on, McGinnis’ life was changed forever. He suffered severe brain injuries, his left leg was amputated and his hands were seriously wounded.
	First place for MJC speech and debate The Modesto Junior College speech and debate team claimed first place among community colleges in the Kevin Towhy Memorial Speech Tournament, held Oct. 23-25 at Diablo Valley College. MJC defeated 14 Northern California community colleges for the honor.
	Legless CSU Stanislaus student author to celebrate Veterans Day CSU Stanislaus Social Work grad student Derek McGinnis lost his left leg and suffered serious brain and hand injuries, shrapnel wounds, and burns when a suicide bomber attacked his Naval unit in Iraq. From 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the veteran, author, and student will participate in the “Support Our Troops” information table program at CSU Stanislaus, at the “Thank a Veteran” booth in front of the Vasche Library Building.
	Election Results 2009 Denair Unified School Board Robert Hodges 414 23.10% Louisa Allen 404 22.54% Ray Prock Jr. 311 17.35% Denise M. Hurd 234 13.06% Norma M. Cordova 219 12.22% Eric Andersen 206 11.50% Turlock Unified School District Bob Weaver 3,489 21.76% Josh Bernard 3,340 20.83% Lori Crivelli 2,572 16.04% Timm La Velle ...
	Women caught in stolen pickup also suspects in robberies Two women suspected of numerous robberies in Merced were arrested on multiple felony charges after they were caught in a vehicle stolen out of Turlock.
	Expectant mothers get first dibs for county H1N1 vaccine The Stanislaus County Health Services Agency has decided to use their limited supply of the H1N1 virus vaccine to inoculate pregnant women.
	More students want to attend Turlock schools, fewer students are leaving With school district funding dependent upon the number of students attending school, inter-district transfers can be quite troublesome when a large number of students elect to go to school in a town other than where they live.
	‘Historic’ water bill paves way for new infrastructure Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law what he termed a “historic package to reform and rebuild California’s water system” on Friday.
	CSU Stanislaus to offer Degree Completion Program in Tracy To help working professionals earn their degrees, CSU Stanislaus will begin a Tracy-based Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program in January 2010, through their College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Office of Extended Education.
	Stanislaus seeks applicants for Stockton-based Educational Doctorate Program The California State University, Stanislaus Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership program will soon accept its third cohort of doctoral candidates. Classes will be held at the CSU Stanislaus-Stockton Center, beginning in June 2010. The priority deadline for applications is Feb. 15, 2010.
	Pitman student’s dreams fly at 30,000 feet Pitman High student Jose Zapien knows why he chose the hobby he did. “It is the sensation you get when you take off,” Zapien said. “You aren’t looking at things like you normally do. You start looking at things from a different perspective.” Zapien took his first seat behind an airplane when he was 16 years old. Since he was a little boy, Zapien said he was fascinated with airplanes. This fascination has driven him ...
	Cargo container legislation in the works The City of Turlock may soon adopt a policy to address the countless cargo containers around town.

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