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Tracing Tracy: Memories of world-champ boxer's visit still vivid
Once upon a time, Max Baer visited Tracy. And one lucky lass recalls taking a trip on the big man’s shoulders.
Oct 30, 2009 | 4 4 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Todd Rickets races for 62 yards on a punt return against Lincoln High of Stockton in 1987, the same year the Bulldogs won the Sac-Joaquin Section championship. Press file photo Tracing Tracy Territory: Readers recall past Bulldog powerhouse
Last week’s win over Lincoln has publisher emeritus Sam Matthews recalling the glory championship days of Tracy High football.
Oct 24, 2009 | 2 2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chateau Frontenac is a 19th-century Quebec City hotel perched atop the bluff that creates Old Town in the Quebec Providence’s capital city. Sam Matthews/Tracy Press Tracing Tracy Territory: A peek at Canada's divide
The final stops on a tour of eastern Canada shine light on its beauty, history and the divide that continues to simmer beneath its surface.
Oct 17, 2009 | 3 3 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tracing Tracy Territory: Take a tour of our neighbor to the north
This week’s report is coming from the Maritime provinces of Canada, where I’m traveling aboard the Holland-America Line’s Maasdam.
Oct 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Roger Garcia (left), a 52-year Tracy native, worked with veteran actor Ernest Borgnine on the set of “The Genesis Code.” Courtesy photo Tracing Tracy Territory: Actor turns hobby into profession
Former forklift driver and Tracyite Roger Garcia lands back in SoCal to pursue his love of acting.
Oct 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dianne and Ralph Timan look over the handbrake on the new caboose they brought to their property. The former Southern Pacific rail line caboose traveled on two flatbed trucks to arrive at its new home. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press Tracing Tracy Territory: Caboose reaches new end of the line
Ralph and Dianne Timan plan to restore the railcar to its original glory of a half-century ago.
Sep 25, 2009 | 5 5 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tracing Tracy Territory: Fighting the foam at the bean fest
by Sam Matthews/ TP publisher emeritus
Sep 18, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Publisher emeritus Sam Matthews learns the trick to pulling the perfect pint at last week’s bean fest.
Tracing Tracy Territory
by Sam Matthews
Sep 11, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
'Mystery' photo hardly a surprise, since Dorothy Zanussi reminded people often that she was Tracy's first woman mayor, remembers publisher emeritus Sam Matthews.
Keeping the Grand Theatre open
by Sam Matthews/ TP publisher emeritus
Aug 28, 2009 | 24 24 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
The center is the jewel of the arts in Tracy, but it will be an uphill battle to find more money for the downtown gem.
Tracing Tracy Territory: A building for BBID's liquid gold
by Sam Matthews/ TP publisher emeritus
Aug 21, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Byron-Bethany Irrigation District, which has long delivered precious water to local farmers, has a new headquarters.
Tracing Tracy Territory: A meeting of the minds
by Sam Matthews/ TP publisher emeritus
Aug 14, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Three veterans of the Tracy Press newsroom gather to share stories of the good ol' days.
Tracing Tracy Territory: A sneak peek at a new school
by Sam Matthews/ TP publisher emeritus
Aug 07, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
Sam Matthews wanders the halls of Kimball High School just days before it first students hit the books.
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