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Gold medal in transplant games

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Sep 152012

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 12, 2012 – David Anderson of West Sacramento won a gold medal in men’s table tennis at the biannual “Transplant Games of America,” held this year in July in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Anderson’s life was saved by a transplanted heart that came from a 21-year old Monterey man [...]

River Cats settle for division title

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Sep 142012

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 12, 2012 – FROM THE RIVER CATS The Sacramento River Cats forced the Reno Aces to the fifth game of the playoff series. But after leading Sacramento led 3-0 in the fifth inning they allowed Reno to score six unanswered runs and lost 7-4 at Aces Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. [...]

Recycle your old computers

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Sep 142012

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – Got some old computers & electronic appliances? Old electronic devices may be recycled at an “e-waste” day at San Pedro Park (708 N. Hobson Ave.) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 15. Bring your old TVs, computers, laptops, monitors, small appliances, etc. Drop them off inside [...]

Volunteers wanted for waterway cleanup

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Sep 142012

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 12, 2012 – Yolo County’s Creek Cleanup Day will be held this Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at various sites throughout Yolo County as part of the California Coastal Commission’s 28th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest volunteer trash cleanup in the world. One such site [...]

9/11: Paying their respects

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Sep 132012

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 12, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor The flags returned on Friday, thousands of them, fluttering in just about the same Southport location they have occupied on each anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. There’s one flag for each victim of that day – [...]

Riverbank gets spruced up

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Sep 122012

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 5, 2012 – Riverbank Elementary was opened more than 50 years ago as a high school, later becoming Golden State Middle School and then an elementary campus. During the 2011-2012 school year the 12-acre campus was home to third through eighth graders but after a 10-week, $8-million overhaul the campus [...]

Suspicious characters in Southport

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Sep 112012

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — SEPT 11, 2011 – At least two Southport residents reported to police last week that there were suspicious people going door-to-door, claiming to have something to do with the home security business. One report came from St. John Road. Here’s the other, from tomorrow’s “Police Log” in the News-Ledger: “An Eagle Street [...]