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Jonathan Whitaker serves as the Chief Editor for Mid Valley Publications and oversees the Merced County Times and the Atwater-Winton Times Newspapers. He can be contacted by calling the Merced Office at 209.383.0433 or by stopping by 2221 K Street, Merced CA, 95340 or by calling the Winton office at 209.358.5311 or by stopping by 6950 Gerard Avenue, Winton CA, 95388. Additionally he can be contaced by email at [email protected]

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Impactful Lives Cross Paths For A Reason

Jonathan Whitaker
On the surface, Aletha June Schelby Nel and General Vang Pao came from completely different worlds. They never even met each other. But their lives — and the memory of their lives — have crossed paths more than once, and in a most optimistic way. At the most recent Merced City Council meeting, leaders voted unanimously to…
Local News

Removing Barriers & Changing Young Lives

Jonathan Whitaker
For someone like Kelly Turner, a fulfilling life is being wide awake at 5:30 a.m. for the drive to Los Banos where a troubled young man is in need of a ride to court. It’s a 19-hour Saturday for a field trip to Folsom Prison where a group of teens experience a heartfelt and emotional intervention program and then a decompression dinner in…
Local News

Levey leaves legacy of strengthening county offices

Jonathan Whitaker
Overwhelmed is not a word that appears to apply for someone like Barbara Levey. Levey has simultaneously led four major Merced County departments with a steady hand for the past eight years, and this came after 26 years as a key player in the Assessor’s Office. She’s enjoyed a stellar local government career for 34 years…

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