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Freedom of religion ignored in federal health plan mandates

On Friday, January 20, 2012, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ruled that virtually all private health plans will be required to include sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion inducing drugs. A very restricted "religious exemption" is granted to religious groups only if they are serving people of the same belief in a very narrow setting such as a parish and employ people of their own faith. However, the Catholic Church in ... Read More
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Posted: feb. 03, 2012 10:17 p.m.



Cities need SB 659

Dear Editor: Legislators should pass SB 659 to extend the dissolution date of redevelopment agencies or cities will face dire consequences. Senate Bill 659 is a pertinent piece of legislation that would extend the Feb. 1 deadline for redevelopment agency dissolution as prescribed by last year’s Assembly Bill 1X 26. Without it, cities throughout California are facing significant job losses and financial burdens, bond payments will be at risk and credit ratings ... Read More
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Posted: jan. 27, 2012 9:01 p.m.


Starbucks brightens holiday for hundreds of local foster youth

Thanks to the giving spirit exhibited by Starbucks in the Turlock area, many foster youth in our community have great memories of the 2011 holiday season. Starbucks lent their support to Aspiranet’s third annual holiday gift drive, helping us solicit and collect gifts for foster children and families in need during November and December. Because of the generosity of Starbucks’ staff and their customers, we collected and distributed 3,400 gifts throughout California. Whether ... Read More
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Posted: jan. 24, 2012 9:07 p.m.


Construction should happen after school hours

In response to the article in Wednesday’s Journal, “Blaze burns Crowell School classrooms;” First and foremost our family would like to thank the teachers and staff for keeping our grandson Aaron Murray and all the other boys and girls safe during this time. Thank God they had their fire escape plans in place. Second, we tip our hats off to the first responders, the Turlock Fire Department and Turlock Police Department. To all ... Read More
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Posted: jan. 20, 2012 7:25 p.m.


Generosity abounds in Turlock

We would like to thank the community of Turlock for the outpour of love and care towards the children who would have gone without a toy this Christmas. We feared because of the state of our economy, that our donations would be low; thankfully this was one of our best years! Mr. Claus and I (Mrs. Claus) delivered over 200 toys. Thank you so much Turlock for giving us the opportunity to see the joy ... Read More
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Posted: dec. 27, 2011 10:10 p.m.


Thank you Turlock

On behalf of the Turlock Branch of the American Association of University Women, I want to thank the many businesses in Turlock that contributed to our Wine Event Fundraiser. Thanks to your generous support, we were able to raise $6,000 for educational fellowships, scholarships for local high school students and Tech Trek, a summer camp for middle school girls to encourage their interest in math and science. Despite the difficulties of maintaining a ... Read More
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Posted: dec. 06, 2011 8:32 p.m.


A good example

A couple of weeks ago, I was going to an appointment and went down Mitchell Road. There was a group of men working with a police officer cleaning the side of the road. I assumed they were inmates or men that were working off time. To my surprise, I saw the officer that was with them working hard right alongside of the men. He was raking and had already worked up a sweat ... Read More
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Posted: dec. 02, 2011 11:31 p.m.


Make sure veterans have all the benefits they deserve

The Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party thanks President Barack Obama for honoring his pledge to bring home all of our troops from Iraq by the end of 2012. We encourage the President to bring the war in Afghanistan – the longest in America's history – to a rapid and responsible close as well. It's time once again to turn veterans’ swords into ploughshares and attend to the growing inequities here at home. ... Read More
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Posted: nov. 11, 2011 11:26 p.m.


Life in America for an Assyrian

I was born in Iran and now my family and I live in Turlock. Life between America and Iran is very different.  The biggest difference is freedom, notably, religious and social freedoms. In this country you can have freedom about religion without somebody telling you how to think. You have freedom about the clothes you wear, how you wear your hair, or anything about your appearance. In Iran you can get in trouble ... Read More
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Posted: nov. 11, 2011 11:25 p.m.


Shame on the City of Turlock

The city came out a couple of years ago while my parents were out of town for a few weeks, tore out their nice driveway, poured a new one that is cheap and has a place where the water sits. They also removed nice brass automatic lawn waters, replaced them with plastic, and didn’t even get them all reconnected. The city also cut roots off of trees that have since died;  and put ... Read More
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Posted: nov. 11, 2011 11:25 p.m.


Coming to America

My wife and I had many serious discussions when we considered emigrating to the USA from Iran. We would leave behind family, friends and my position as a millwright. We would have to learn about a different culture and acquire a new language. One reason we decided to leave Iran was because of the repressive government. Most people in Iran — from any religion — are very unhappy with their government. We ... Read More
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Posted: nov. 04, 2011 8:52 p.m.
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