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Through the Lens: New member earns camera club acclaim
The Tracy Camera Club’s November photo-of-the-month honors went to Pat Ching, competing for the first time as a member, for this photo of Mokuleia Beach on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Ching repor...
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Through the Lens: A mother's moment
“Aimee,” an image of an expectant mother silhouetted against the setting sun, earned John Martin top honors at the Tracy Camera Club’s latest meeting. Martin, a local wedding and portrait photogra...
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Taking one for the cause
Donald Patzer, vice principal of Traina School, agreed to take a cream pie in the face to reward students at the school for rallying in support of the fight against breast cancer. In fact, 300 crea...
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Members of the Turlock Suicide Squad tackle the bull as they take part in the bloodless bullfight marking the end of the Holy Ghost festa celebration in Tracy. Glenn Moore/Press
Battle in the bullring
Friday night’s bloodless bullfights cap off this year’s Holy Ghost festa.
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Fireworks light up the night sky as the pyrotechnic display capped off the July 4 celebration festivities. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
Finishing with a bang
The annual fireworks show ends Tracy’s July Fourth celebration for 2011.
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Around Town: Local Boys & Girls Clubs recognize Tracy’s youth
More than 400 kids from the Boys and Girls Clubs in Tracy graduated early this month from various club programs, including Passport to Manhood, Cavity Free Zone, Too Good for Drugs, Healthy Habits,...
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Around Town: Rotary Club gives back
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Stan Morri, a member of the Tracy Rotary Club, hands a dictionary to Faith Christopher during the club’s distribution at the kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school.
Around Town: A rural reunion
by TP staff
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Jefferson School celebrates 80 years at country corner
Scene & Heard: Bullfights return to Portuguese Hall
by OT staff
Jun 10, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
The “Campo Pequeno” bullring behind the Portuguese Hall will be bursting with bulls, matadors and pageantry Friday, June 11.
Scene & Heard: Chow time
by Sam Matthews / Tracy Press
Jun 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
The traditional meal of boiled beef, broth and bread was served after a parade and Mass at St. Bernard's Catholic Church.
Around Town: Teacher goes true blue for reading
by Our Town
May 18, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
This spring, Central School Principal Nancy Link, at top, made a promise to her students: If they read for a total of 500,000 minutes in six weeks, she would reward them with a crazy stunt of the...
Helping Our Town: TLC students raise cash for Relay
by Our Town
Apr 27, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
Paramedics Gail Carter and Tim Rivas stop by a lemonade stand Friday operated by Tracy Learning Center students Sydney Hatch (left), 7, and Emma Brown, 6, who raised nearly $700 that day for the Am...
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