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Library offers reading recommendations, story time kits

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Stanislaus County Library staff have always offered reading recommendations and help finding materials of interest for customers, but COVID-19 has created a need to find creative new ways to highlight library materials.

Customers can now request personalized reading recommendations by completing a form on the library website. After answering a few questions about preferences, interests, and books and authors they’ve enjoyed, the form is sent to librarians for suggestions. Each request is forwarded to librarians with expertise in the areas requested by the customer.

“In recent months, fewer customers are asking for recommendations, but we still want to make people aware of the great collection the library offers,” said Reference Librarian Vicki Salinas, who created the Reading Recommendations Form. “Because people are unable to browse right now, this is also a way to highlight new materials.”

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Library to expand its hours

For the first time in two years, the Turlock library will be open on Fridays after the Stanislaus County Board

Local animal shelter lowering ‘kill’ rate

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The Stanislaus Animal Services Agency (SASA) has made great strides to reducing the euthanization of pets that come into its shelter, its executive director told members of the Ceres City Council on Monday, but unwanted pets continue to be a problem.

Annette Patton delivered her annual report, which also contained mostly good news about declining euthanasia rates. The city Ceres is a member of the agency’s Joint Powers Authority (JPA), along with Stanislaus County and the cities of Hughson, Modesto, Waterford and Patterson. The cities of Turlock, Oakdale, Newman and Riverbank have their own animal control services.

“This report brings the highest live release rate in all of Stanislaus Animal Services history,” said Patton. “I’ve said that for four years straight now but it’s true.”

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Council OKs gap funding for water plant

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Sitting as the Ceres Financing Authority, members of the Ceres City Council last week unanimously approved the sale of $22 million in bonds to finance the surface water project as an interim measure.

The cities of Ceres and Turlock have formed a joint powers authority, called the Stanislaus Regional Water Authority (SRWA), with the Turlock Irrigation District to build and run a plant to siphon water out of the Tuolumne River, filter it and pipe it to homes. The water will be stored in a large above ground tank at Ceres River Bluff Regional Park and comingled with groundwater.

The design-build contract awarded to CH2M Hill costs $195.4 million with total costs expected to reach $285 million. Each city’s share of the plant’s cost will be based on how much water is being used. Turlock will receive 10 million gallons of water per day and Ceres will receive 5 million gallons per day. The Ceres City Council approved a five-year series of rate increases on water service to help pay off Ceres’ share of $89 million.

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TURLOCK WOMEN’S MARCH

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Members of the community gathered at Rotary Park on Saturday to celebrate women and show solidarity in the fight for equal rights at the inaugural Turlock Women’s March. The event, organized by Turlocker Caryn Kyte, saw individuals of all ages and genders march along the sidewalks near Stanislaus State, holding signs such as “Real Men are Feminists” and “Each Time a Woman Stands Up for Herself She Stands Up for All Women.” Local elected officials and others spoke about the history of women’s rights and the need to continue fighting for them.

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Local nonprofits struggling in wake of fundraiser cancellations

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The Turlock community is known for its tendency to give back to nonprofits in big ways, whether it’s by supporting the city’s “stars” as they sashay on stage or through dashing around an event center with a red kettle in their hand. This year, however, there haven’t been many opportunities for Turlock’s most generous residents to contribute to worthy causes — and local organizations are hurting because of it.

The coronavirus pandemic has put a stop to many fundraisers this year, and quite a few are typically scheduled for the fall and winter months. The Turlock Salvation Army has already lost out on funds they would have received from their August event Moonlight and Margaritas and the September spectacle Dancing with the Turlock Stars, both of which were cancelled, and is now hoping the community will support the new drive-thru format of its annual Kettle Kickoff Luncheon.

According to Turlock Salvation Army Captain Jeffrey Breazeale, the nonprofit that provides services for those in need has lost about $80,000 in revenue this year due to the cancellation of its most significant fundraisers. This year, the organization is campaigning to “Rescue Christmas” and raise $100,000 through the Kettle Klash.

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More power shutoffs probable: some Plumas residents impacted

in Around California

PG&E announced that high fire-risk conditions are expected to arrive Wednesday evening, Oct. 21 in Northern California and continue through Friday morning, Oct. 24, impacting 50,000 people in 19 counties including 353 in Plumas County as of now.

Sheriff Todd Johns said that those customers include residents in the La Porte/Little Grass Valley Reservoir areas, but that could change.

For the outage map visit:
For outage updates from PG&E visit:

According to PG&E, the weather will impact the shutoffs primarily in the following areas:

  • Northern Sacramento Valley and adjacent elevated terrain;
  • The Northern Sierra Nevada generally north of I-80;
  • The North Bay mountains; and
  • Mt. Diablo in the East Bay.

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Today’s Turlock Eats

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Eating out has been a well-mourned commodity since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down social systems and immune systems alike.  Many small businesses in the area have been severely impacted, and some have gone under due to the temporary shut-down and subsequent lack of indoor eating accommodations. Others have still managed to survive by delivering or offering outdoor seating options. Being that many students are still residing in Turlock, whether on campus or off, they may wish to be informed of the numerous tasty and affordable places to eat.

Willie’s Pizza and Wings + Lulu’s Ice Cream Parlor

Run by the same owner, these two establishments have a variety of foods to offer, and at decent prices as well.

Owner Patricia Ashman says that “Willie’s makes everything from scratch, pizza sauces, wing sauces, everything. We grate our own cheese and slice all of our vegetables. We have a really cool ‘hella hella hot wing’ challenge.” The menu ranges between $7.50 for 6-piece wings and about $27 for a specialty pizza.

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SCAN Health Plan Earns 4.5-Star Medicare Rating for Fourth Straight Year, Named to U.S. News Best List for Third Straight Year

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LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As millions of seniors across California select Medicare Advantage plans for the coming year, SCAN Health Plan®, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, earned a series of accolades reflecting SCAN's unending commitment to keeping older adults healthy and independent.

First, SCAN received a 4.5-star rating* from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the fourth consecutive year, making it the only Medicare Advantage plan in California to do so. SCAN was also named to U.S. News & World Report's 2021 list of Best Insurance Companies for Medicare Advantage in California for the third year in a row. Also for the third year running, 90% of SCAN members gave the plan high marks in the annual CMS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (CAHPS) survey, which gauges member satisfaction.

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Cal Football: Healthy Will Craig Solidifies Starting Offensive Line

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Cal came out of its abbreviated spring workouts with basically four of five offensive line positions set.

Now, it appears, all five starters are pretty well established.

Sophomore Will Craig was listed as the No. 2 left tackle on the post-spring depth chart, but that may have been more a function of him battling back from a season-ending foot injury that limited him to a single game last fall.

Versatile senior Valentino Daltoso was penciled in as the No. 1 left tackle after spring ball, but Craig has come on strong, as expected.

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Natomas Unified School District sets re-opening plan

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Natomas Unified School District is paving the way to re-opening in-person school instruction, its board of trustees announced Thursday.

The district plans to use a phased approach to returning to the classroom with students possibly resuming on-campus learning as soon as Nov. 16, the district said.

Six benchmarks would need to be met before students could come back to school.

"To be clear, this would NOT be a full re-opening, but a transitional re-opening that would have significantly less students in classes and on campus each day," NUSD Superintendent Chris Evans said in a press release.

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