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What Are We Going To Do With All This Water?

The view of Lake McClure as you drive past Horseshoe Bend is amazing. Never in our memory has the lake been this full of water. The river through Snelling is maxed out and far above its normal banks. The docks at Lake Yosemite are almost under water. The falls at Yosemite have never been so full, powering from the top of the mountains…

Why Poor Counties Keep On Being Poor

Statistics say the United States has an unemployment rate of 3 percent; however, Merced County has an unemployment rate of over 11 percent. What is the problem here? The Federal Reserve looks at the country and sees everyone working and spending money like crazy, while we in Merced County see people sleeping under bridges or walking the…

Wedding Bells Are Ringing All Over This World

We are in a different country; in a different world. We are attending the wedding of our grand niece who is marrying a man who was born in Colombia, South America. More than 50 people related to the bride or groom have converged on the town of Medellin, Columbia for the wedding. Medellin is the second largest city in Colombia, after…

A Case For Being Vaccinated

The wedding was planned for Sept. 18, and the groom had waited six years to marry his bride. The bride's father was reluctant to give his daughter in marriage to a young man who he felt would not provide his daughter with the type of living which she had been used to. The young man was in love and tried first one job and then another. He…