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SIERRA NEVADA COMMUNICATIONS
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This Rabbit recommends that you, family and friends go check these fun events out:

Exotic Bird Expo
September 4, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Sonora, Ca.
Adults: $2
Info: 1 (209) 533-3496
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Sonora Wildcats 2010 Football Schedule
09/03/2010...7:30p.____vs. Johansen (home game)
09/10/2010...7 p.m.____vs. Modesto
09/17/2010...7 p.m.____vs. Calaveras (home game)
09/24/2010...7 p.m.____vs. Western Ranch
10/01/2010...7 p.m.____vs. Lathrop (home game)
10/08/2010...7 p.m.____vs. Kimball
10/15/2010...7 p.m.____vs. Manteca (home game)
10/22/2010...7 p.m.____vs. Sierra
10/29/2010...7 p.m.____vs. East Union (home game)
11/05/2010...7 p.m.____vs. Oakdale
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Summerville High School Football Schedule
09/02/2010...5:30_____vs. Mariposa
09/10/2010...5:30_____vs. Bradshaw Christian (V) (home game)
09/17/2010...5:30_____vs. Denair
09/24/2010...5:30_____vs. Castlemont
10/01/2010...5:30_____vs. West Campus (home game)
10/08/2010...5:30_____vs. Calaveras
10/15/2010...5:30_____vs. Amador (home game)
10/22/2010...5:30_____vs. Bret Harte
10/29/2010...5:30_____vs. Argonaut (home game)
11/05/2010...5:30_____vs. Linden
11/12/2010...5:30_____vs. Playoffs TBA
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FREE! FREE! FREE!
Square Dance lessons beginning September 14, 2010. Check it out on our "EVENT" site. Sponsored by Twain Harte Twirlers Square Dance Club.
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Amber Star vs. Deanna Jenny
Muay Thai (kick boxing)
Amber Star won once again (10-0) at Buffalo Bill's Casino & Convention Arena in Primm, Nevada (near Las Vegas). My niece/God Child is so cute, but don't mess with her! Rabbit

Local News

The Koch brothers invade California

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
If you haven't already read Jane Mayer's devastating New Yorker profile of the billionaire Koch brothers who, among other things, have been bankrolling the Tea Party and funding climate change skepticism on a massive scale, well, what are you waiting for? I can't think of a better way to ruin a great three-day weekend! But if you have read the ...

Jerry Brown Moves Campaign Into High Gear - 'I Can Bring Californians Together

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
At campaign stops in Oakland and City of Commerce, the Democrat says he wants to bridge Sacramento's partisan divide, deplores rival Whitman's 'negativity' and announces he will launch ads next week Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown, flanked by Latino leaders, makes a campaign appearance in Oakland on Thursday A fired-up Jerry Brown ...

Whitman tests memories of Latino voters

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
Back in 1978, Tom Quinn, campaign manager of Jerry Brown's two previous runs for governor, observed that "It doesn't matter what you say or do before January 1 of an election year, because the voters will never remember." In those days long before long before the Internet and the seemingly ubiquitous YouTube videos it so often features, candidates ...

LA sheriff says almost all pot clinics criminal

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises.

Calif. Assembly limits media recording of sessions

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
The California Assembly this week began enforcing a long-forgotten rule that constrains media coverage of legislative debates by prohibiting audio or video recorders without permission.

Court won't force California to defend gay union ban

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.

Bonnie Blue actress from 'GWTW' dies

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
Cammie King Conlon, the former child actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," has died at the age of 76.

California schools to receive federal boost

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
School districts throughout California soon will receive an influx of money from the federal government to rehire laid-off teachers, hire new employees or add days to the school calendar that had been cut to balance the budget.

Cal U. student assaulted at bus stop

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
This article has been read 1130 times. California police are investigating the attempted sexual assault of a 19-year-old freshman at California University of Pennsylvania as she waited for a bus about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at a stop on Route 88 near Vulcan Village.

Calif. mosque informant refiles lawsuit vs. FBI

CALIFORNIA STATE NEWS
A former FBI informant who infiltrated a Southern California mosque has revised his lawsuit against the U.S. government and a local police department, saying they violated his civil rights and were negligent.

National News

General Strike after Attack on Pakistani Shi'ites

VOICE OF AMERICA
More than 160 others wounded by explosion at Shi'ite rally called to express solidarity with Palestinians

Flood Emergency in Pakistan Not Over

VOICE OF AMERICA
UNHCR says emergency far from over, survivors of these catastrophic floods will be in need of aid for long time

Earthquake in New Zealand Causes Devastation, No Deaths

VOICE OF AMERICA
7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Christchurch early Saturday

US Expects Turkey to Be Used in US Troop Withdrawal

VOICE OF AMERICA
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff visiting Turkey to meet with newly appointed Turkish counterpart General Isik Kosaner

Report: US Military More Tolerant of Afghan Corruption

VOICE OF AMERICA
Washington Post cites unnamed officials who believe 'most pressing threat' to stability is Taliban insurgency, not corruption

Blackwater Still in Business Through Subsidiaries

VOICE OF AMERICA
'New York Times' reports at least 3 subsidiary businesses had deals with the US military, CIA

Obama Says Middle Class Key to Economy

VOICE OF AMERICA
New report shows US unemployment rate rose last month to 9.6 percent, though private employers added about 67,000 jobs

Crisis Group Says Sudan Border Dispute Complicating Peace Agreement

VOICE OF AMERICA
Stalled negotiations to define Sudan's north-south border fuel mistrust, tension before a referendum could split country in two

FAO Calls Meeting to Discuss Rising Food Prices

VOICE OF AMERICA
Meeting will discuss current situation and whether any action needs to be taken

EVENTS CALENDAR

PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE

Project Hope FREE Health Clinic
Mon, Wed, & Fri. 12:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: Walmart Parking Lot on Sanguenetti Rd., Sonora, Ca.
Info: 1 (209) 536-5020

Recycle: household batteries & fluorescent lamps
Location: Andy's Home Center, 900 Mono Way, Sonora, Ca.
Location: Twain Harte Lumber, 22956 Twain Harte Dr., Sonora, Ca.

Senior Wheels USA Program
Wheel chairs are available to people who can no longer walk safely or self propel a manual wheelchair.
Call for Info and qualifications:
1 (800) 246-6010 Leon Johnson, program director.