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SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tempore Dar-rell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez today announced their strong sup-port for AB 10 by Assembly-member Luis Alejo (D-Salinas), which will raise the minimum wage in California from $8.00 per hour to $10.00 per hour.

“The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs,” said Governor Brown. “This leg-islation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.”

“For millions of California’s hard working minimum wage employees, a few extra dollars a week can make a huge differ-ence to help them provide for their families,” said Senate Pres-ident pro Tempore Steinberg. “They deserve a modest boost and after six years, an increase in California’s minimum wage is the right thing to do.”

“The real winner here is the economy. A $10 hour mini-mum wage boosts earnings by $4,000 a year and will put $2.6 billion dollars back into the

hands of workers,” said Speaker Pérez. “This is money that will be spent at grocery stores, on school supplies and invested in education, and that ultimately strengthens the recovery and ensures California’s job market continues growing faster than the rest of the nation.”

AB 10 will raise California’s minimum wage in two one-dollar increments, from $8 per hour today to $9 per hour, ef-fective July 1, 2014 and from $9 per hour to $10 per hour, effec-tive January 1, 2016. More than 90 percent of minimum wage workers in California are over the age of 20, and 25 percent of California children – nearly 2.4 million – live in a household with one minimum wage-earn-ing parent.

“AB 10 is about equity. It puts more money directly into the pockets of workers struggling to provide food, clothes, and housing for their families. I’m proud to author this measure on behalf of hard working fam-ilies in California,” said Assem-blymember Alejo.

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Dr. Napoleon Washington with wife Nadine, August 15, 2013 at String's Italian Café in Mer-ced. He was honored for his years of dedication and service to improving the lives of our neighbors and community.

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50 Years Later, Civil Rights LeadersFace Bigger Challenges

New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari HutchinsonThe 50th anniversary of the

monumental 1963 March on Washington was accompanied by a wave of commemorative events that tried hard to recap-ture the energy and the spirit of the 1963 March. This was a tall order. The original march, punctuated by Dr. Martin Lu-ther King, Jr.'s towering "I Have a Dream" speech, acted as a powerful wrecking ball that crumbled the walls of legal segregation and ushered in an era of unbridled opportunities for many blacks. The results are unmistakable today. Blacks are

better educated, more pros-perous, own more businesses, hold more positions in the pro-fessions, and have more elect-ed officials than ever before.

Yet the towering racial im-provements since the 1963 March on Washington mask the harsh reality: The challeng-es 50 years later are, in some ways, more daunting than what King and other civil rights leaders faced.

When King marched in 1963, black leaders had already firm-ly staked out the moral high ground for a powerful and irre-sistible civil rights movement. It was classic good versus evil. Many white Americans were sickened by the gory news scenes of baton-battering rac-ist Southern sheriffs, fire hoses, police dogs, and Klan violence unleashed against peaceful black protesters. Racial segre-gation was considered immor-al and indefensible, and the civil rights leaders were hailed as martyrs and heroes in the fight for justice.

As America unraveled in the 1960s in the anarchy of urban riots, campus takeovers, and anti-war street battles, the civil rights movement and its lead-ers fell apart, too. Many of them fell victim to their own success and failure. When they broke down the racially restricted doors of corporations, govern-ment agencies, and universi-ties, it was middle-class blacks, not the poor, who rushed headlong through them. As King embraced the rhetoric

of the militant anti-war move-ment, he became a political pariah shunned by the White House, as well as mainstream white and black leaders.

King's murder in 1968 was a turning point for race rela-tions in America. The self-de-struction from within and po-litical sabotage from outside of black organizations left the black poor organizationally fragmented and politically rud-derless. The black poor, lack-ing competitive technical skills and professional training, and shunned by many middle-class black leaders, became expend-able jail and street and cem-etery fodder. Some turned to gangs, guns and drugs to sur-vive.

A Pew study specifically re-leased to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebrations graphically made the point that the economic and social gaps between whites and African-Americans have widened over the last few decades despite massive spending by federal and state governments, state and federal civil rights laws, and two decades of affirma-tive action programs. The racial polarization has been endemic between blacks and whites on everything from the George Zimmerman trial to just about every other controversial case that involves black and white perceptions of the workings of the criminal justice system.

A half century later, the task of redeeming King’s dream means confronting the crises of family breakdown, the rash of shamefully failing public schools, racial profiling, urban police violence, the obscene racial disparities in the prison and criminal justice system, and HIV/AIDS. These are be-guiling problems that sledge-hammer the black poor and these are the problems that King and the civil rights move-ment of his day only had begun to recognize and address. Civil

rights leaders today also have to confront something else that King did not have to face. King had the sympathy and goodwill of millions of whites, politicians, and business lead-ers in the peak years of the civil rights movement. Much of that goodwill has vanished in the belief that blacks have attained full equality.

Then there’s the reality that race matters in America can no longer be framed exclusively in black and white. Latinos and Asians have become major players in the fight for political and economic empowerment and figure big in the political strategies of Democratic and Republican presidential con-tenders. Today’s civil rights leaders will have to figure out ways to balance the compet-ing and sometimes contradic-tory needs of these and other ethnic groups and patch them into a workable coalition for change.

It's grossly unfair to expect today’s civil rights leaders to be the charismatic, aggressive champions of, and martyrs for, civil rights that King was. Or to think that 50 years later, anoth-er March on Washington can solve the seemingly intracta-ble problems of the black poor. The times and circumstances have changed too much for that. Still, civil rights leaders can draw strength from King's courage, vision and dedication and fight the hardest they can against racial and economic in-justices that have hardly disap-peared. This is still a significant step toward redeeming King’s dream.

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers. It was first nationally recognized in 1894 to placate unionists following the Pull-man Railroad Car Strike.

In 1882, Matthew Maguire, a machinist, first proposed the holiday while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union (CLU) of New York. Fol-lowing the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. marshals during the Pullman Strike, the United States Congress unani-mously voted to approve rush legislation that made Labor Day a national holiday; Presi-dent Grover Cleveland signed it into law a mere six days after the strike ended. The Septem-ber date was originally chosen by the CLU.

The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holi-day: A street parade to exhibit to the public “The strength and spirit de corps of the trade and labor reorganizations,” followed by a festival for the workers and their families. That became the pattern for Labor Day celebrations. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the civil significance of the holiday.

But with a decline in union membership, the holiday is generally viewed as a time for barbecues and the end of sum-mer vacations. Labor Day has come to be celebrated by most as a symbolic end of summer.

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But many Americans don’t have much to celebrate nowa-days because the U.S. has a weak and sluggish economy; some say it’s on life support. One noted economist said the United States deserves this type of economy; because be-ing a prosperous nation, that it once was, was a fluke and mediocrity no doubt is, and will be, the norm. President Obama’s vision for America is social justice, spreading the wealth about, which need not necessar-ily apply to him or others in the established hierarchy of Washington, D.C.

That imperialist view many have in the Democratic Party comes in the form of more spending, vast entitlement programs, higher taxation, in-creased regulation, and intru-sion.

It would appear Mr. Obama doesn’t trust capitalism - so-cialism is the higher road he seeks.

The social economic justice plan he’s tried to fashion over the last five years is failing and Americans are suffering great-ly for it.

Seven out of eight new jobs created since Barack Obama was elected in 2008 are part-time.

54% of American workers now earn less than $30,000 a year.

The average duration of unemployment in 2009 was 20 weeks, in 2013 it’s now 37 weeks.

More than 8 million Ameri-cans have stopped looking for work. That’s the highest total ever for a four-year period in American history.

And the poverty rate is now 16% and climbing.

Since Barack Obama took office Americans have signed up for food stamps by more than 11,000 per day.

In 2009, gas was $1.85 a gal-lon, now it’s over $3.50.

The average health insur-ance cost for an American has increased over 29% under

President Obama’s watch. On August 26th, former

Senator Jim DeMint, now heading up the Heritage Foun-dation, was in Indianapolis to conduct a town hall meeting to make citizens aware of the current and looming devasta-tion the Affordable Care Act will have on citizens. A local news crew covered the event and a high-ranking Hoosier of-ficial, a senior Democrat in the Indiana House of Representa-tives, along with two other Democratic colleagues, with about a dozen demonstrators, stood in protest outside the building where the Heritage Foundation was conduct-ing their meeting. Strikingly, that high-ranking Democrat opened the television inter-view by jokingly saying: “We of the Socialist party protest what these people are trying to do by encouraging the de-funding of ObamaCare.”

Most would agree the Af-fordable Care Act is unman-ageable, disastrous and a job killer. An early sponsor of the bill, a retiring Democratic Senator, claimed: “This thing’s a train wreck!”

One could ascertain a de-cent vocation’s becoming ex-tinct under the rule of the ad-ministration.

We all know someone who’s out of work, underemployed, or struggling to keep their head above water. So it might be best to rename America’s Labor Day holiday to some-thing like Citizens Barbecue, The End Of Summer Celebra-tion, The National Antique-ish Occupational Affair, The En-dangered Career Parade, or The Rare & Scarce Trades Ob-servance.

Greg Allen’s column, Thinkin’ Out Loud, is published bi-monthly. He’s an author, na-tionally syndicated columnist and the founder of Builder of the Spirit in Jamestown, Indi-ana, a non-profit organization aiding the poor. He can be reached at 765-676-5014 or www.builderofthespirit.org

CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2The Bay State Banner: Civil Rights GroupsDemand Lower Home Loan Down PaymentsIn the midst of varying proposals for housing reform, civil rights leaders are publicly calling for lawmakers to keep mortgage lending affordable and accessible.

In the midst of varying pro-posals for housing reform, civil rights leaders are publicly calling for lawmakers to keep mortgage lending affordable and accessible.

A recent letter jointly signed by the NAACP, the National Urban League, the National Council of LaRaza, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the Haas Institute’s John Powell and the Center for Responsible Lend-ing (CRL) reminded Capitol Hill lawmakers how low-down-payment mortgages enabled many low-wealth borrowers to become successful homeown-ers.

“For decades, low-down-payment loans have been used with great success to promote sustainable home ownership, particularly for low-to-moder-ate income families and peo-ple of color,” wrote the signers. “Furthermore, low-down-pay-ment loans did not cause the current foreclosure crisis — ir-responsible underwriting and toxic loan terms did.”

Nikitra Bailey, CRL executive vice-president, added, “While families and communities struggle to recover from their tremendous lost wealth, no community should be left be-hind. All Americans deserve to be part of the nation’s financial recovery. ... Without that ac-

cess, the nation’s wealth gap will only grow wider.”

G ove r n m e n t - m a n d a te d down payments of 10 percent or 5 percent are currently un-der consideration in Wash-ington. CRL’s research shows that for the average family, it would take 22 years to amass a 10 percent down payment. But for African American fami-lies, 34 years of saving would be needed — 21 years for the typical Latino family.

Even if the government were to mandate a 5 percent down payment, the typical African American family would wait 28 years to become homeowners, and the average Latino family would wait 17. Overall, Ameri-ca’s average family would need to save 14 years for a home.

These savings fail to take into account the closing costs, which typically are an added 3 percent of the cost of the mort-gage. Further, there seems to be no wisdom in requir-ing home-ownership delays when so many families have sustained their low-down-pay-ment mortgages.

For example, Federal Hous-ing Administration (FHA) mortgages typically require a minimum of 3.5 percent of the purchase price and can include most of the closing costs and fees in the mortgage payment. According to FHA, 78 percent

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of 784,000 mortgages made in 2012 were to first-time home buyers.

Similarly, in 2012, 86 percent of 88,000 Veterans Administra-tion (VA) mortgage loans went to first-time home buyers and were acquired with no down payment costs.

A recent joint study by CRL and the Center for Commu-nity Capital at the University of North Carolina found that among borrowers who took out a mortgage from 2004 to 2008 and were current through February of 2011, 60 percent of successful black mortgage borrowers would have been excluded if a 10 per-cent down payment had been required. A 5 percent down payment would have excluded 33 percent of successful black borrowers.

These data points become even more disturbing when the nation’s growing diver-sity is considered. By 2010, an estimated 70 percent of new households are expected to be comprised of people of color.

The irony of these propos-als is that the government broadened access to home ownership through its post-World War II policies. As home ownership grew, so did family wealth.

“What began as a mortgage became the bedrock for family wealth,” observed Bailey. “That is the American Dream we must fight to preserve in 2013. ... We must wage strategic and focused efforts to force policy-makers to enact reforms that benefit low-wealth families, not just the wealthy.”

Charlene Crowell is a com-munications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at charlene.crowell@responsi-blelending.org.

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California's State Senate voted Wednesday September 12, 2103 to pass a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. If signed by Governor Jerry Brown, California would become the third state after New York and Hawaii to ensure labor pro-tections for domestic workers

such as housekeepers, child-care providers and caregivers for elders and people with dis-abilities. The bill, AB 241, now heads to the governor's desk. Last September, Gov. Brown vetoed a previous version of the legislation.

California State Senate Passes Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Legislature Passes Package of Bills Advancing Move to Common Core and Next Generation Standards

S A C R A M E N T O — B i l l s backed by State Superinten-dent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson to take major steps forward in updating how schools prepare stu-dents for success in college and careers are now on their way to the Governor's desk, Torlakson announced.

In addition to Assembly Bill 484, which would overhaul the state's testing system and passed the Legislature Wednesday, lawmakers also approved Senate Bill 201 Ex-ternal link opens in new win-dow or ta., AB 899 External link opens in new window or tab, and SB 300 External link opens in new window or tab.. The first two bills authorize the State Board of Education to move forward on aligning the state's English language development standards with the Common Core English language arts and math stan-dards.

SB 300 empowers the State Board of Education to move forward with develop-ing a curriculum framework aligned to the Next Genera-tion Science Standards. The Board adopted the standards

at its September meeting—the first major update to sci-ence standards in 15 years, a decision that reflects major advances in not only science, but in the understanding of how students best learn.

"With more than 1.4 mil-lion English learners in our schools—about a quarter of our total student popula-tion—California has good reason to lead the way in con-sidering their needs within the broader framework of English, math, and science learning," Torlakson said. "This is about reaching and teach-ing every child, and making sure they have the tools to succeed when they leave our classrooms, no matter where

they come from or where they live."

All three bills will now go to Governor Brown for his signa-ture.

"Taken together, these bills represent huge leaps forward for individual students and for education as a whole in California," Torlakson said. "Common Core and the Next Generation Science Stan-dards—and the materials and tests that go with them—build on a great foundation, but recognize that students today need very different skills and knowledge than they did 15 years ago. I'm proud of California's leader-ship—and of our leaders in the Legislature and beyond."

SAN FRANCISCO – Gov-ernor Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined dozens of California business, automotive, con-sumer, technology and util-ity leaders to discuss public and private sector efforts to expand the state's electric ve-hicle market.

"This is mainstream Amer-ica, in California, promot-ing electric vehicles, electric charging and changing the very nature of how we live to-gether," said Governor Brown.

The "Drive the Dream" event, sponsored by the Cali-fornia Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative, featured the latest models of plug-in elec-tric vehicles and highlighted new corporate commitments and partnerships to help grow California's electric ve-hicle market and infrastruc-ture.

At the event, Governor Brown also announced that he intends to sign two key bills to support electric ve-hicles in California before the end of the legislation session:

• AB 8 (Perea, Fresno): Ex-tends to 2024 programs aimed at reducing auto emis-sions in California, including the Alternative and Renew-able Fuel and Vehicle Tech-nology Program, the Air Qual-

ity Improvement Program, the Enhanced Fleet Modern-ization Program and the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Pro-gram.

• SB 359 (Corbett, Hayward): Provides $30 million to fund the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project; $10 million to fund the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program; and appropriates $8 million for the enhanced fleet modernization program.

This builds on the state's efforts to help California's electric vehicle market grow, including an Executive Order issued by Governor Brown that established a target of 1.5 million zero-emission ve-hicles on the road in Califor-nia by 2025 and a number of other long-term goals.

California also supports electric vehicles by:

• Offering consumer re-bates for pure battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

• Giving electric vehicles access to HOV lanes.

• Supporting the state's electric vehicle charging sta-tion infrastructure.

• Amending the state build-

Governor Brown, Business Leaders Highlight California's Commitment To Electric Vehicles

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ing code to require that new homes and buildings are electric vehicle ready.

• Developing permit streamlining guidelines for lo-cal governments to approve electric vehicle infrastructure.

• Funding vehicle-to-grid pilot programs that allow electric vehicle batteries to provide electricity to the grid when necessary.1.) Governor Brown delivers remarks at "Drive the Dream" event.

2.) Governor Brown and Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols (right) tour elec-tric car display.

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The Merced County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce cor-dially invites you, your signifi-cant other, your colleagues and your friends to the 36th Annual Installation & Awards Ceremo-ny on October 25, 2013.

The Installation Ceremony permits the Hispanic Chamber to introduce and inaugurate our new Board Members and Officers for 2013-2014. The Awards Ceremony gives us the privilege of recognizing out-standing citizens and business-es in our community. If you know outstanding persons or organizations, please request

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and complete a nomination form.

As a non-profit 501c (6) orga-nization the Hispanic Chamber relies on your generous support to carry out the goal of advanc-ing economic development in Merced County. In addition, we will be asking for raffle/silent auction items, to help support the Linda Lopez Scholarship fund. To become a sponsor and/or submit a raffle/auction item, please see the sponsor-ship form attached.On behalf of the Merced County His-panic Chamber of Commerce, we thank you in advance for your support and look forward to seeing you at our event. Gaterway Gardens 560 W. 18th, Merced, CA 95340 (209) 384-9597- info@merced-hcc.com

36th Annual Installation and Awards Dinner

Love Merced DaySeptember 28th is officially

Love Merced Day! What a huge honor. Thank you to the City Council for all the support. This day is because of each of you who come out to Love our city as well as those who allow us

the privilege to serve them! The twice-yearly event,

which is focused on beau-tifying the city, got its start in Modesto in 2007 and has grown to 44 cities -- mostly in the Central Valley.

The event kicked off at 9 a.m.

Win $500 in Fair Logo Design ContestMERCED – Time is running

out to enter the 2014 Merced County Fair’s annual logo de-sign contest.

The fair is accepting graphic design entries and photo illus-trations to go with the 2014 slogan, “Saluting Our Farmers and Ranchers.”

The creator of the winning logo design or photo illustra-tion will be awarded a $500 prize and a pair of season passes to the fair. The deadline has been extended to turn in entries. The new deadline is Fri-day, October 4 at 4 p.m.

The winning artwork will be used on the fair’s website, Facebook, ads, posters, post-cards, schedules, T-shirts and

more. The competition is open to Merced County residents only.

“We want the best graphic design or photo illustration that will say ‘Saluting Our Farmers and Ranchers,’ ” said Tom Musser, the fair’s CEO. “We want to see entries that cel-ebrate our farmers, ranchers and all the people who work hard to grow our food. The fair is about fun, and what’s more fun than food? So we’ll be look-ing for a logo that celebrates all those things.”

To enter the contest, graph-ic artists may use any medium and submit a maximum of three entries on 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper. For photo illustra-

tions, submit a maximum of three 8 1/2 by 11-inch prints. For photo illustrations, photos must be high resolution (300 dpi or better). If a photo illus-tration is selected as the con-test winner, high resolution digital files must be provided to the fair.

All entries become the Mer-ced County Fair’s property and won’t be returned to the artist. The winning entry may be al-tered for marketing purposes.

Entries may be submitted to the fairgrounds office, 900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way or mailed to the Merced County Fair, 900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way , Merced CA 95341 . Sub-

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2013 Pillar of The Community HOPeLeadership Awards and Debutante Ball

The 2013 Pillar of the Community HOPe Lead-ership Awards and Debutante Ball will be held on Saturday Oct. 5th, 2013 from 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Gateway Event Center 353 E. Donna Drive, Merced CA.

HOPe for YOUth is sponsored by Valley Harvest Church.

Tickets: $25 per person (all ages) Family, Church, or Faith-Based Tables of 8: $175 - 10 Tables Available, Corporate/Large Nonprofits Tables of 8: $225 - 10 tables available.

Donations: Investment Levels: $250+ Bronze, $750+ Gold, $1,500 Platinum.

For more information contact: Co-Chairs Dea-con Darryll Davis (209) 769-5138, Trustee or Shir-ley Brown (209) 617-1078 .

Harvest of Love” EventThis notice is for the an-

nouncement in your commu-nity bulletin, broadcast or com-munity event notice.

St.Anthony/Immaculate Conception Churches in At-water announces its annual “Harvest of Love” dinner/dance raiser on Saturday October 5, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.The funds will be used for property improvement. A stake

dinner with all the delicious fix-ing will be served. A silent and live auction to also include a dessert auction will take place at 8:00 p.m. Local performer, Chico Avila will provide music. Dancing 9:00 p.m. to midnight at the APC Hall located at 1420 Third Street, Atwater, CA.Question about this event may be directed to: Kathy Jansen, (209) 394-4975.

Castle Air Museum Car ShowCastle Air Museum Car Show

is held Saturday, September 28, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 5050 Santa Fe Drive in Atwater, CA.

Special General Admission price for this date is $5 per per-son. All proceeds will benefit the museum.

Current projects are for 200 plus cars to be on display on the museum grounds among the aircraft displays. There will be different types of food, ven-dors and much more! For more information call Don Harmon at (209) 993-6929 or Castle Mu-seum at (209) 723-2178.

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Free senior legal servicesCentral California Legal Services Inc. and Merced County provide free legal services to seniors. Clients must live in Merced County, be 60-plus years old and a U.S. citizen. Appointments are avail-able in Dos Palos, Livingston, Los Banos, Atwater and Merced. Call (209) 385-7550. Legal services free to eligible peopleCentral California Legal Services offers legal advice and represen-tation to eligible individuals involved in tenant rights and home-less issues, Social Security and SSI disability claims, CalWorks, Medi-Cal, unemployment and CalFresh (food stamp) cases and much more. This is available to low-income people at no cost. Call (209) 723-5466 or go to 1640 N St., Suite 200, in Merced.

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Every 4th Sunday, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. -- Sunday Dance Social with live Latin, waltz, fox trot, polka, swing, and old fashioned rock 'n' roll at the Merced Community Center, 755 W. 15th St. Re-freshments served. Admission $8. Call (209)723-0839 for more information. Last Sunday of the month -- "Conjuntos," an artist, poet, and musician create improvised music on the spot at J and R Tacos.

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First Annual African American Women's Health Conference November 2, 2013 at TBA . Information will be coming out over the next few months. We are looking forward to community par-ticipation. If you would like to volunteer for the event, please let us know. Here is the link. www.volunteermatch.org/search

AARPThe Atwater AARP 2194 meets at 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Community Center, 760 Bellevue Road. Call (209) 357-7391.

Thursday, September 26 | 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Merced City Council Chambers

The League of Women Voters Merced County is hosting an open meeting focusing on the impact of social media on elec-tions and voters.

The panel includes Jessica Trounstine, professor of politi-cal science at UC Merced, Tee-nie Matlock, professor of cogni-tive science at UC Merced, Bill Trounstine and Ryan Heller.

The open meeting will be from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Merced City Council Chambers, 10th and N streets in Merced.

The Atwater Senior Social Club is taking new members age 55 years and older. They meet each Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Atwater Community Center, 760 E. Bel-levue Road in Atwater. We have a short business meeting then play bingo.

Birthdays are celebrated each month with old fashion Potluck Lunch. Come and join us and have some fun.

For more information, please call President Hop Bailey at (209) 358-4966, Frances Parker at (209) 358-2907 or Faye Frei-sen at (209) 358-1765.

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Keep Your Balance foe Senior 60 & Over Strength Training & Tai Chi Classes For Merced County Senior Adults 60 and over. Classes are held Monday and Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Atwater Community Center,760 E. Bellevue Road (Across from Osborn Park), Atwater, CA 95301. These classes are free, however, donations are accepted.

Monday-Tai Chi, Mobility & More Wednesday-Strength Mobility & StretchFor more information about the classes, please call Merced Coun-ty Human Services Area Agency on Aging at (209) 385-7550 or Starr Carson Cleary at (209) 827-1960 or you can visit their website at www.regenerationswellness.org.

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missions should include the entrants’ name, address and phone number and a copy of the following statement with your signature: “The logo en-try (entries) are the artist’s own original, artistic creation and intellectual property.”

Any photo of a recogniz-able, living person must be ac-companied by a photo release form signed by that person. No copyrighted photos will be accepted -- photos must be either owned by the entrant or the photo must be in the public domain – such as a U.S. National Archives photo -- and entrants may be required to provide proof.

The fair’s Board of Directors will select the first, second and third place graphic design and/

or photo illustration winners at their October board meeting. All eligible entries will be as-signed a number for judging. The numbered entries will be reviewed by the fair’s market-ing/promotions committee before the winning entries are selected by the fair board. The entrants’ names won’t be re-vealed until after the winners are picked. The second and third place winners will each receive a pair of season passes to the fair.

A news release and photo about the contest winners may be issued by the fair. Informa-tion on the contest is available at www.MercedCountyFair.com For more information, call the fair office at (209) 722-1507.

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The Merriman Family Reunion

ATWATER- The Atwater Wom-en’s Club will host a chicken salad fundraiser, featuring Con-nie Corvelo’s famous chicken salad, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 11, to dine in or take out. Tickets are $10 per person; orders of three or more can be delivered in the Atwater area. Call (209) 358-3128 or (209) 358-1668 or email out-2lunch1@sbcglobal.net.

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The Merriman Family Reunion held August 31, 2013 at Yosemite Lake in Merced.

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Merced Chapter NAACPMeeting information: Every Fourth Monday of every month @ 6:30 p.m.Modesto Chapter NAACP3rd Thursday each month, 6-9 p.m. Information: (209) 577-5355Location: Senior Citizens Center 211 Rodem St. Modesto, CA

The National Council of Negro Women Merced Section: Meeting Information: Every First Thursday at Merced Civic PlazaMerced, CA @ 6:30 p.m.

King-Kennedy Memorial: Center Board of Directors3rd Tuesday each month, 7 p.m.Location: King Kennedy Memorial Center601 S. Martin Luther Dr. • Modesto, CA Phone: (209) 577-5355

Hispanic Leadership Council1st & 3rd Fridays at 7 a.m., El Concilio, • 1314 H St. Other meetingsat Terrace Café, Double Tree Hotel. Info: Yamilet Valladolid(209) 523-2860

Merced County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: 1640 N Street Suite 120 • Merced, CA 95340Office: (209) 384-9537 • Fax: (209) 384-0934 E-mail: info@mercedhcc.com

African American Chamber 445 N San Joaquin Street • Stockton, CA95202-2003Phone: (209) 271-4762

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. • MercedCall 209-769-2728 or 209-358-3636

Merced Black Chamber 6735 52nd Street • Sacramento, CA 95823Phone: (209) 826-2633

Merced Community Celebrated The 50th Anniversary Of TheHistoric March On Washington

Tina Williams, left, Tamara Cobb, center, and NAACP President-Loretta Spence, right, attended The Church In the Park Event. Cobb was an organizer of the event.

The Merced Community celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the March onWashington where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech fifty years ago August 28, 1963. The community joined together SundayAugust 24, 2013 in Applegate Park for Church in the Park.

Ministers, singers, speakers, dancers, musicians, vendors and supporters from throughout the state attended this historic event.

Lenard Rhodes, member of the Perry Yokely Development Center helped organized the cel-ebration of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.Darlene Dupree-Tomilinson, right, with sister Dorene

Tomilinson at Church in The Park Celebration. Darlene performed a beautiful dance at the event.

Keepin It 100 SC Merced Chapter at celebration. The Keepin It 100 SC Merced Chapter a diverse group of women committed to serving their community.

Special Thanks to the entire Perry YokleyDevelopment Center and The Church in the Park Committee members led by KirkWright, Ruth Tomilinson and Tamara Cobb.

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Maddux Youth Cen-ter Free Programs for Youth, Teens, and Adults! The City of Modesto Parks, Rec-reation and Neighborhoods Department’s Maddux Youth Center is located at 615 Sierra Drive and offers free commu-nity services for youths, teens, adults, and seniors. Mem-bers enjoy a variety of sports, games, educational programs, cultural enrichment activities, special events, and health and fitness classes.

The facility is open Monday-Thursday 12:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m., Friday 12:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. and Saturdays 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Programs include daily drop-in activities, structured classes and special projects. Member-ship is free and all members receive a photo ID card which provides access to the facility programs. Both drop-in bas-ketball and tournament bas-ketball games are presented. Maddux Youth Center’s fitness gym features both cardio ma-chines and weights for those that wish to increase their fit-ness level. The computer lab provides opportunities for participants to job search, create resumes, and provide after-school classes for youth and teens. Maddux Youth Cen-ter labs are available to con-duct computer skill classes for

Maddux Youth Center Free Programsadults and seniors, as well. Ad-ditional Maddux Youth Center programs include: after-school Homework Time program, M.A.D. Lounge (music, art & dance) program, Ballet Folk-lorico Xochippili, Folklorico Group Mixtlan Mexican Dance classes, cardio fitness work-out classes and P.A.L. Boxing. For more information regard-ing any of the Maddux Youth Center programs, days and time or any general questions on services that are provided through the City of Modesto, Parks Recreation and Neigh-borhoods Department call (209) 341-2950 or (209) 577-5344.

A survey of local groups and organizations that serve the youth of the community is un-der way by the City of Merced and UC Merced. We need the help of the public. The goal of the survey is to determine what services and programs are available for young people within the city limits of Merced, and what gaps there are in ser-vices. The survey is focusing on all youth-oriented programs, including those operated by churches and non-profit groups. It is not just focused on programs that serve at-risk youths. Even if a program is al-ready full or is not open to the general public, groups are en-couraged to participate in the survey so that the City can de-termine how many programs are being offered to Merced’s young people.

If contacted by UC Merced researchers, please participate. To contact the researchers, please call Steve Roussos of the UC Merced Health Sciences Institute at 209-489-9913.

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(Modesto, CA) – The Modesto Junior College Civic Engage-ment Project invites the com-munity to a screening of the film Bully at 7 p.m. on Thurs-day, September 26, in Forum 110 on MJC’s East Campus, 435 College Avenue. The free event is part of the CEP Fall Film and Lecture Series. Campus park-ing is available for $1 in stu-dent parking lots.

MJC presents free screening of the documentary film Bully

The documentary Bully fol-lows the lives of five students who face bullying on a daily basis. The film suggests that the cruelty suffered by these children is part of a wide-spread problem that includes and affects all, whether victims, perpetrators, or silent bystand-ers.

Following the film will be guest speakers Ruben San-chez, M.A., mental health cli-nician, and Jenny Solis, assis-tant principal at Gregori High School. Solis will also be joined by colleagues from Gregori High who are familiar with the topic of bullying.

For more information on MJC’s Civic Engagement Proj-ect or the Fall Film and Lecture Series, contact Jason Wohl-stadter, professor of English, at wohlstadterj@mjc.edu.

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Stanislaus County, CA – Stanislaus County of-ficials are releasing their Recommended Final Budget for 2013-2014 which contains changes and updates to the Adopted Proposed Budget for 2013-2014 approved by the County Board of Supervisors on June 11, 2013. After approval, the Final Budget for 2013-2014 will serve as the official budget document for the remainder of the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year.

The Recommended Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 totals $1,042,987,731 in appro-priations (authorized spending) which reflects a 3.2% increase over the 2013-2014 Adopted Pro-posed Budget and a 6% increase over the 2012-2013 Adopted Final Budget.

Spending increases since Fiscal Year 2012-2013 are primarily due to significant additional federal revenue for social services programs and revenue associated with public safety realign-ment.

“I am pleased the financial state of our county is showing modest signs of improvement,” stat-ed Stan Risen, Interim Chief Executive Officer for Stanislaus County. “We are committed to return-ing the County to financial strength through sound fiscal policy and prudent management decisions.”

“Even though we are seeing an increase in ap-propriations in areas receiving additional state or federal revenue, we are moving forward in a conservative way,” Risen continued.

The increase in appropriations since the Ad-opted Proposed Budget in June is largely driven by three factors: 1) The accounting adjustment needed to reflect just under $14.8 million in cost savings from prior fiscal years; 2) $8.1 million of additional revenue in the General and Special Revenue funds related to the implementation of Phase III of the Community Corrections Partner-ship (AB109); 3) nearly $6 million in the Commu-

nity Services Agency budgets is due to the in-

creased federal revenue in StanWORKs pro-grams in preparation for changes as a result of the Health Care Reform.

The County is recommending 13 new posi-tions for a total of 3,920 allocated full-time posi-tions in the Recommended Final Budget. Most of the new positions are funded by new federal revenue. Also, separate from the Final Budget process, 10 positions have been added since the 2013-2014 Adopted Proposed Budget was ap-proved in June, through separate Board agenda items for the Public Safety Center AB 900 Phase Two/Jail Expansion Project and for the Commu-nity Corrections Partnership Plan. With the rec-ommended changes, the number of full-time allocated positions will be 12% lower than the high of 4,459 in Fiscal Year 2008-2009.

Discretionary revenue is unrestricted money the County is free to use for things like law en-forcement, health care, parks and other services. Property tax and sales tax are two key compo-nents of discretionary revenue. Discretionary revenue is budgeted at $156 million in the Final Budget and is unchanged from the Adopted Proposed Budget in June.

This number is compared to the actual historic high of $181 million in the 2007-2008 Fiscal Year and the seven-year low of $141 million in the 2009-2010 Fiscal Year.

The Stanislaus County 2013-2014 Recom-mended Final Budget is available for public re-view. It can be viewed at the Board of Supervisors Office of the County of Stanislaus at 1010 10th Street, Suite 6500 in Modesto. It is also available on the County’s web site, www.stancounty.com/budget or at any of the thirteen libraries located throughout Stanislaus County.

Stanislaus County Final BudgetReleased for Fiscal Year 2013- 2014

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10 SEPTEMBER 2013

32nd Anniversary Celebration

Dr. Robert Walker escorted by Sis. Tauheedah Smith at his 32nd Pastor’s and wife 32nd Anniversary.

Photos Credits : Minister Sterling Kyle Jr.

Lady Walker escorted by Bro. Marcus Smith.

In the last twenty years, civil rights leaders have been suc-cessful in sensitizing people to the many guises of discrimina-tion. These efforts have been successful both in the United States and in many other coun-tries of the world which strug-gle with racial disharmony. An off-shoot of this trend is that much is being written which seeks both to reconcile the vic-tims and to lay guilt upon the presumed perpetrators.

One major source of dis-crimination is laid at the door of "Christendom." For example, Roger Bastide (professor at the Sorbonne and onetime re-searcher on race relations for UNESCO) blames Christianity for nearly all the negative at-titudes about skin color found in the world today. In a 1967 article published for the Ameri-can Academy of Arts and Sci-ences, Bastide asserts that the Protestants and Catholics took their religion to the New World and Africa and thereby in-fected the indigenous peoples with the same racist attitudes. Even the Age of Enlightenment supposedly failed to supplant the "Christian symbolic asso-ciation of color" which was, in his thinking, merely carried for-ward in a non-religious form.

However, Bastide's article does not distinguish Christen-dom from pure Christianity, or men's precepts from biblical

teaching. Thus, he confuses the actions of false teachers with the true teaching of God. Neither does the author point out that racism based on color is a relatively new problem, and can be traced to the rise of colonialism and national-ism in the last few hundred years. On closer examination, it is evident that only misin-terpretation and violation of scripture can result in the use of the Bible to support racist views. Thus, Christians who are striving to live consistently

with God's word should avoid discriminating among ethnic groups and encourage, by their example, harmony among all nations (1 John 4:21). The par-able of the merciful Samaritan in Luke 10:30-37 is a wonderful illustration of the transcendent power of goodness over world-ly distinctions and prejudices. Conversely, secular human-ism, with organic evolution as its primary doctrine, not only fails to offer an ethical system under which differences may be resolved, but has resulted in overt racism. If evolution is interpreted as support for rac-ist views, this conclusion is not a result of false reasoning but is, as this article will attempt to show, a necessary and logical conclusion.

Racism and Darwin Before the advent of Dar-

winian evolution, most scien-tists embraced the idea that all mankind came from a single, original human pair, that is,

Scientific Racism By Trevor Major

Adam and Eve. Thus, any justi-fication for racism had to come from false theories of science and/or false interpretations of the Bible. For instance Louis Agassiz, who opposed Dar-winian theory until his death in 1873, wrongly asserted that each major race had been cre-ated as a separate species with the Caucasian race being both separate and superior to all other races. Agassiz then set about "proving" this "fact" by pointing out supposed differ-ences in intellect and disposi-tion between the various races. He expressed these ideas, not out of any malicious intent, but because he honestly believed in the validity of his conclu-sions. With regard to men such as Agassiz, Stephen Jay Gould commented, "Racism has often been buttressed by scientists who present a public facade of objectivity to mask their guid-ing prejudices."

"And you shall be called the repairer of the breach, The Restorer of pathsto dwell in." (Isaiah 58:12)

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The 32nd Anniversary Cele-bration was held for Dr. Robert L & Lady Rose Walker on Sun-day, August 25, 2013 at Galilee Missionary Baptist in Chow-chilla, CA.

The theme was “Time for a Change.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

The Anniversary begin with

the processional of all choir, devotion and the entrance of Dr. & Lady Walker. The es-corts were Bro. Marcus & Sister Jauheedah Smith. Mistress of Ceremony was Sis. Antoinette Gaines and Sis. Marie Moore. Guest speaker was Jerome Jackson.

Saturday, September 28 at 9:30 a.m. - 12: 30 p.m. at House Of Rest Church 1231 7th Street Modesto, CA.

Guest speaker is Corina Damigo of Livingston, CA. The

Modesto Women ofLove Prayer Breakfast

Love Prayer Breakfast will in-clude: Gift Give-a ways, Praise Worship, and Praise Dancing.

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However, there were rac-ists waiting in the wings, so to speak, who were ready to ac-cept a purely "scientific" justi-fication for racism. The advent of Darwinian evolution gave many such racists a sufficient excuse to separate the origin and development of humans from any suggestion of super-natural involvement. These new evolutionists advocated superiority of one race over another on the basis that some "man-like" creatures were only "one-up" from their ape ances-tors, whereas the white races were "supremely human," hav-ing evolved to a much greater degree than their "primitive" neighbors. Incidentally, Christians must understand that the term "race" should be used with cau-tion when referring to human-ity. Technically speaking, the biological definition of "race" is a subspecies. In evolutionary terms, the word "race" refers to one group or variety of a spe-cies which is in the process of developing into a separate species. Although modern an-thropologists prefer not to use the word "race" in reference to different human groups, owing to the unscientific connota-tions which have arisen, early evolutionists were clear about its meaning. The full title of Charles Darwin's famous book published in 1859 was The Ori-gin of Species by Means of Nat-ural Selection: Or, the Preserva-tion of Favoured Races in the Struggle for life. However, God did not create different races of men, and the Bible makes no distinctions on the basis of skin color or other so-called racial features. Rather, God is con-cerned with only two groups of mankind: those who are in his kingdom, and those who are not (Matt. 13:38). Not surprisingly, given the preeminence of European and American biologists and soci-ologists, the Caucasoid group of humanity was considered the most advanced race. Thus, Victorian scientists assumed superiority over the objects of their study. In speaking about the effect of natural selection

on races, Darwin suggested in his 1871 book The Descent of Man that the success of "ci-vilised nations" (i.e., Europe-ans) in "supplanting barbarous nations" had been achieved by the former developing greater "Intellectual faculties" than the latter. Some of Darwin's peers were more forthright in their asser-tions. For example, Thomas H. Huxley stated" ...no rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes the average Negro is the equal, still less the supe-rior of the average white man." Huxley's dedication to Dar-win, combined with the typi-cal mind-set of a nineteenth-century evolutionist, led him to order human "varieties" ac-cording to the extent of their "development." His scheme be-gan with Australian aborigines at the bottom ("lowest savag-es"), progressing through Poly-nesians, native Americans, Ne-groes, and Chinese (the "lower races"), and finally to the pale-skinned Europeans at the top.Racism and Nazism Ernst Haeckel, a German anat-omist and professor of zoology at the University of Jena, was a contemporary of Huxley. How-ever, unlike Huxley and Agassiz who erected that "facade of ob-jectivity" discussed by Gould, Haeckel was an unabashed racist. He fervently supported and promoted Darwin's ideas, but he also believed that the theory of selection should be extended from the biological world into the social and po-litical world. Hence, Haeckel urged the German people to seek racial purity by purging the unfit among them and to increase the superiority of the "Nordic race" by violent com-petition (i.e., war) with other nations. A few decades later, these ideas found fertile soil in Adolph Hitler's mind and were openly expressed in his book Mein Kampf, or in English, My Struggle. The importance of Darwinism to National Social-ism, compared with the bibli-cal account of creation, is made clear in The Nazi Primer (a handbook for the Hitler Youth). After discussing the "evidence"

for Darwin's theories and the effect they would have on the genetic make-up of a popu-lation, the Primer warns its young readers that any defect, whether congenital or racial, must be eliminated from the desired breeding group. In so doing, "we will preserve the race of Germans in its true character and guard it against false mixing." It may be true that Nazism represents an extreme case. However, it was not the result of some strange set of coinci-dences never to be repeated. There is no reason to believe that all people everywhere will always respect human life and thus prohibit mass murders of innocent people. Indeed, acts of genocide, although per-haps not on the scale of the Holocaust, have occurred since World War II, and will continue to occur for as long as mankind ignores the lessons of the past. In the present context, it is im-portant to realize that while scientific racism was allowed to run rampant in Germany, evo-lutionists in other parts of the world also took Darwinism to its natural conclusion.Other Scientific Racists In 1921, American biologist Edwin G. Conklin wrote: "Com-parison of any modern race with the Neanderthal or Hei-delberg types shows that all have changed, but probably the negroid races more closely resemble the original stock than the white or yellow races." On a later page Conklin pleads: "Every consideration should lead those who believe in the superiority of the white race to strive to preserve its purity and to establish and maintain the segregation of the races, for the longer this is maintained, the greater the preponderance of the white race will be." Another American biologist, Henry Fairfield Osborn, wrote the following in the January/February, 1926 issue of Natural History:The Negroid stock is even more ancient than the Caucasian and Mongolians, as may be proved by an examination not only of the brain, of the hair, of the

bodily characteristics. . .but of the instincts, the intelligence. The standard intelligence of the average adult Negro is sim-ilar to that of the eleven-year-old youth of the species Homo sapiens.

These comments are so typi-cal of many scientists of the early twentieth century that Hitler may have drawn some of his ideas not only from Darwin and Nietzsche but also from contemporary American biolo-gists. English evolutionist Sir Arthur Keith, one of the few scientists to criticize Hitler's "abuse" of Darwinism, accused the Ger-man Fuhrer of a conscious effort "to make the practice of Germany conform to the theory of evolution." Yet ear-lier in the same book, Dr. Keith criticized Christianity, arguing that its effort to break racial barriers set its hand "against that of Nature, for are not the races of mankind the evolu-tionary harvest which Nature has toiled through long ages to produce?" Once again, the inconsistency inherent in any purely materialistic philosophy of life is brought to light. That is not to say that all people

who claim to be evolutionists are consciously racists, but the theory of evolution needs ra-cial conflict. Certainly no evo-lutionist can appeal for world peace and harmony based on such a belief. Christianity is just the oppo-site. Not only does it prescribe a formula for peace, but its teaching has a consistent and sound basis. Indeed, the rea-son Keith criticized Christian-ity for interfering with natural selection was that Christianity "makes no distinction of race or color; it seeks to break down all racial barriers." Christ's blood was shed for the salvation of all nationalities and ethnic groups in the whole world (1 John 2:2; Rev. 5:9). In Acts 10, as Peter prepared to present the Good News to the Gentiles for the first time, the apostle stated: "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteous-ness, is accepted with him" (vv. 34, 35). If God loves every soul, and treats each person according to the same im-mutable standard, then those who profess their belief in him should do no less.

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12 SEPTEMBER 2013

Paul Smith, left, MC and James Bethune, Treasure of NAACPMerced Chapter at Strings Italian Cafe.

Pastor& Sister Walker 32nd Anniversary Celebration

Dr. Robert L. and Lady Rose Walker at their 32nd Pastor’s & wife Anniversary heldAugust 25, 2013.

LuJean Ross at the 50th Anni-versary of March on Washing-ton Celebration held in Merced on August 25, 2013. Mrs. Ross was among the performers at the event.

Alice Cooper, center, celebrated her 80th Birthday on August 10, 2013 at the Italian American Lodge in Merced. Alice attended Merced High School. The celebration included delicious food, music, good friends and family. “Let’s just say it’s a “Celebration of Time.” Time has pass, low and behold...I am still here”, Alice Cooper.

Ruby McCrady attended the event at Strings honoring Dr. Washington.

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Michelle Allison, center, joined by Merced City Council candidate Chris Ramirez, daugther-Alecia Allison, right,-Thomas, daughter-in-law Danielle Allison, left, and her grandchildren at the 50th Year March on Washington celebration in Merced.

which debuted at #1 on the iTunes Jazz Chart—the smooth jazz/jazz fusion quartet has earned a worldwide following. The Yellowjackets are Russell Ferrante (keyboard), Bob Mint-zer (sax), Felix Pastorius (bass) and William Kennedy (drums). Pastorius is the newest mem-ber of the group. He replaces original Yellowjackets bassist, the legendary Jimmy Haslip, who is on hiatus to focus on other projects and spend more

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Yet more than two-thirds of children living in poverty don’t have any books at home1.

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Recently, children’s book author, actor and father Taye Diggs demonstrated his sup-port by creating a public ser-vice announcement to raise awareness about childhood literacy. Diggs explains how families can earn free books for their home libraries and pro-vide books to kids in need.

Children’s book author and actor Taye Diggs under-stands how having books at home can help set kids up for success.

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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has provided grants to Cam-pus Compact, Cesar Chavez Foundation, HOPE world-wide, Points of Light, Service for Peace, and Youth Service America to plan and carry out projects that bring Americans together to serve in their com-munities in observance of Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Day. These MLK Day grantees are making available sub-grant funds to organizations that plan service activities for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

Below is information on the available MLK Day grants in-cluding who can apply, the topical focus of each Request for Proposal (RFP) and the deadline date. For more in-formation on each RFP, please click the grantee’s name below.

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the capacity to collaboratively address specific community-identified needs, Communities that have never hosted an MLK Day of Service, Those that inte-grate MLK Day of Service proj-ects into a Semester of Service:

Fall semester – began on the 9/11 Day of Service and culmi-nates on the MLK Day of Ser-vice.

Spring semester – begins on the MLK Day of Service and concludes on Global Youth Ser-vice Day.

RFP focus area(s): The focus areas for the 2014 Campus Compact MLK Collegiate Chal-lenge are:Economic OpportunityEducation, Healthy FuturesNatural and Other Disasters/Di-saster Preparedness & Aware-ness.

RFP focus area(s): Engaging 3,000 volunteers;

including at least 1,000 youth

volunteers, ages 5-25, and their families,

Partnering with organiza-tions, including: schools, youth development organizations, local businesses, veteran and military family organizations,Veterans and military familiesEducation (reading, tutoring, mentoring)Due: September 30, 2013

HOPE worldwideTarget audience/who can ap-ply:

At-risk neighborhoods and statistically at-risk populations for home fires as determined by local fire departments, local data, or US Census data. Appli-cants may include, but are not limited to:

HOPE worldwide chapters American Red Cross chap-

ters or other local affiliates of disaster preparedness and/or response organizations

AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs

Local emergency manage-ment agencies or fire depart-mentsInstitutions of higher education

RFP focus area(s): Disaster Preparedness (specifi-cally fire prevention activities) Due: October 1, 2013.

MLK Day Grants and PartnershipOpportunities are Available

The First Annual Fundraiser Banquet

When: September 28th at 6:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m.

Where: Boys & Girls Club Merced, Ca. 615 W. 15th St. Merced, CA.

For Ticket Information: Con-tact Rachelle Abril (209) 947-882.

Special Key Note Speaker: Sammy Nunez Founding Ex-ecutive Director Of Fathers And Families Of San Joaquin with an impressive portfolio of key-note presentations, conferences and training, sammy nuñez has an extensive knowledge and a pro-found understanding of working with young men and fathers”.

$35.00 Donation per person with special Group Rates.

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UC Merced Sees 26 Percent Increase in Private FundingIncrease in individual giving helps campus reach $5 million goal in 2012-13 fiscal year; endowment fund reaches $30 million

The University of California, Merced, recorded $5.04 million in private gift and grant support from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 — an increase of 26 percent over the last fiscal year’s total of $3.98 million.

The percentage increase in private funding was far higher than the na-tional average and exceeded the divi-sion's goal of $5 million.

Across the nation, college and uni-versity fundraisers estimated that giving grew 7.1 percent for the 2013 fiscal year, according to survey results released in the most recent Council for Advancement and Support of Educa-tion Fundraising Index.

“An immense amount of work went into tightening up our fundraising ef-forts, looking at every opportunity to collaborate. This led to a substantial in-crease over last year,” Chancellor Doro-thy Leland said. “Despite the fact that it was a transitional year with a new vice chancellor on board, the Development and Alumni Relations team and the campus were able to really focus ef-forts on our newly approved fundraiser initiatives.”

Those initiatives, which were vetted with the campus’s academic leader-ship and will remain for five years, in-clude increasing fellowships for gradu-ate students, enhancing research culture and infrastructure, recruiting distinguished faculty, providing schol-arships for undergraduate students

and building upon the medical educa-tion initiative.

In 2012-13, support from first-time donors increased 38 percent over 2011-12.

Some of the major gifts include:Margo Souza committed $1 mil-

lion to establish The Margo F. Souza Leadership Center — a multi-faceted leadership program — housed within UC Merced’s Office of Student Life. The leadership center will encom-pass a wide-range of campus leader-ship initiatives, including the Margo Souza Entrepreneur-in-Training Track, and the Mentorship and Celebration Lunch.

Joel and Elizabeth Wallace lever-aged the benefits of a planned gift of real estate to UC Merced. The Wallaces gave the campus $575,000 from the proceeds of a property sale to estab-lish the Wallace-Dutra Amphitheater and the Yablokoff-Wallace Health Sci-ence Research Endowment, which will support the campus’s Community Re-search, Innovations and Solutions for the Health of the San Joaquin Valley Network (CRIS).

UC Merced received a $500,000 donation from San Francisco-based The Bernard Osher Foundation, which will support up to 10 Osher Scholars annually. The scholarship will benefit incoming transfer students who have demonstrated a financial need and shown academic promise in commu-

nity college.A $450,000 pledge from the Walter

S. Johnson Foundation to establish the Guardian Scholars Program will pro-vide resources and support services to help former foster youth in Merced, Madera and Stanislaus counties transi-tion and succeed in college.

·Frederick R. and Mitzie Ruiz pledged $262,500 to help generations of students through the Rose R. Ruiz Endowed Scholarship and Fellowship Fund — named in honor of Fred’s mother. The endowed scholarship will support highly motivated undergrad-uate and graduate students who face obstacles. Fred Ruiz has served as a UC Regent since 2004.

“We could not do what we do with-out generous private support from our friends,” said Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations Kyle Hoffman. “Since arriving here, I’ve been so impressed with the fact that people have believed in the university since it was just a dream. They stepped up in the beginning in such a signifi-cant way, and they are continuing to support this campus.”

This year’s gifts bring UC Merced’s total to more than $87.5 million since it began accepting gifts in 1998. Ad-ditionally, as of July 31, 2013, the uni-versity’s endowment fund has reached $30 million.

“That is quite an accomplishment for a young campus,” said Hoffman, who has been involved in fundraising for 30 years. “What other university in the world has achieved what we have achieved in its first 10 years?”

To learn more about supporting UC Merced, visit makeagift.ucmerced.edu.

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Now that I have capture your attention let’s talk skincare for women over 50. I received a text a few weeks ago from one of my Aunts wanting to know what she could do to reverse the signs of aging. I thought to myself she looks amazing, I need to ask her what fountain of youth she is drinking from; nevertheless I began to do the research for her and all of the beautiful Divas over 50.

If you smoke, stop. Research shows that smoking prema-turely ages your skin.

Wear sunscreen religiously. Use products with SPF 30 or higher and with both UVB and UVA protection. Sun damage can result in such changes as fine wrinkles and an uneven skin tone.

Check your skin often for skin cancer. If there are chang-

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HEALTH NEWS

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W O R K I N G TO G E T H E R , A G R O U P O F W O M E NC A N M A K E T H E I R CO M M U N I T Y H E A LT H I E R

(NAPSI)—Would you like to help the nearly 80 percent of U.S. black women who are overweight or obese improve their health? If yes, consider starting a Sisters Together group where you live, work or worship.

Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better is a national program to help black women ages 18 and older control their weight through healthy eating and physical activity. Designed by the Weight-con-trol Information Network (WIN) of the National Institute of Diabe-tes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Insti-tutes of Health, the free program guide helps black women form groups that work together to reach their goals.

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To help you get started, the Sisters Together Program Guide fea-tures:

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To learn more about the Sisters Together program and download the guide and other materials, check out this link: www.win.niddk.nih.gov/sisters.

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es that worry you, call your doctor right away. Older, fair-skinned people are at high risk and must have a yearly check.

Eat right and hydrate. Good nutrition helps the body re-pair skin. Drinking lots of water helps hydrate skin from the in-side out.

Try anti-aging products. If you’re over 50, over-the-coun-ter creams and lotions can help enhance your natural beauty by rejuvenating your skin. Pen-tapeptides (a chemical com-pound in many new products) may help prompt skin cells to produce more collagen, which

is the support structure that gives skin a firmer look. Pre-scription treatments and reti-noid creams are also options.

Know about skin treatments. Injections of Botox or Dysport can ease wrinkles in the upper third of your face. Wrinkle fill-ers can plump up your skin and erase lines. Microdermabra-sion erases ultrafine lines, reju-venates your complexion, and improves skin tone and color. Laser resurfacing can improve sun-damaged skin, scars, and other facial problems. You can have a chemical peel by an es-thetician to improve your skin

tone and texture and soften the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. They’re relatively painless and less expensive than lasers but for the best results, I recommend getting a series of 6 or more that get stronger in strength as your skin adapts. You should get them about once a month for best results.

Exfoliation is Key Exfoliation is a must as we age. “The outer layer is a roof of dead skin, and it thickens as you age, so you need to exfoliate to see more of the fresher skin,” states Ste-ven J. Pearlman, MD, a New York City plastic surgeon in Ladies Home Journal. I recom-mend exfoliating both your body and your face weekly. For the face, I recommend a good facial scrub. You can make one yourself with coconut oil and brown sugar (recipe below) or

better yet treat yourself with a facial from a Day Spa. Use a dry brush to exfoliate your body before you take a bath or show-er. You’ll find your moisturizer goes on much more smoothly if your skin is exfoliated.

What to Do About Sprout-ing Chin Hairs & Your Mous-tache For the record, there are younger women with chin hair problems. You can tweeze them or have your esthetician tweeze or wax your upper lip and chin, but they will always grow back. The only way to keep chin hairs at bay perma-nently is electrolysis

Your favorite beauty tip may be as simple as wearing a radi-ant smile, wearing your lovely perfume, or it may mean using a few products or treatments along the way. Whatever your choice, taking care of yourself is the most beautiful thing of all.

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(Modesto, CA) –Modesto Junior College’s annual Jam ‘n Jive Jazz Dance Concert, featuring the MJC Off-bal-ance Dancers and invited guest dancers from local high schools and dance stu-dios, will “Celebrate American Bandstand” with a Student Preview Night on Septem-ber 25, and performances on Sept. 26, 27, 28 and 29 in the Auditorium on East Campus. The September 25 through 28 performances are at 7:30 p.m. and the September 29 show will be a matinee at 2 p.m.

Friday, October 4 | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Art Kamangar Center at Merced Theatre, 301 W. Main St., Merced, CA.

Dust off your zoot suit and fedora! Arts UC Merced Pres-ents...Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on the band's “Rattle Them Bones” 20th anniversary tour. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4, at The Art Ka-mangar Center at the Merced Theatre, 301 W. Main St., Mer-ced.

Purchase tickets online for $35, $25 or $15.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy helped jump start the swing revival. This high-energy, big-band-style ensemble will have you swinging in the aisles!

For more information, call Arts UC Merced Presents at (209) 228-4566 or the Merced Theatre at (209) 381-0500.

Tickets are $15/$25/$35.

MODESTO, CA - In a special appearance to ben-efit the Wounded Warrior Project, co-author Scott McEwen will give an inside look at the writing of the best-selling autobiography, "American Sniper," when he appears at the Gallo Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 3.

Tickets for the event are $12, $15 and $25, and

An MJC theater student will impersonate Dick Clark, music choices are all from featured artists that had their start on American Bandstand, the stage set will feature an American Bandstand mini studio, and there will be an opportunity for audience par-ticipation!

The high schools involved in this year’s Jam ‘n Jive Con-cert are Modesto High, Gre-gori High, Davis High, and Central Catholic. The dance studios participating are Strut Studio of Dance, Juline School of Dance, Backstage

Dance Academy, 5678 Dance Studio and Valley Oak School of Dance.

Admission is $10 general and $8 for students and se-nior citizens. The Student Preview Night on September 25 is $5. Tickets are available online at http://mjc.tix.com and at the Auditorium Box Office Tuesdays through Fri-days, 12 noon to 5 p.m., and at the door 90 minutes before each performance. For more information call during Box Office hours at 575-6776.

Jam ‘n Jive Jazz Dance Concert to “Celebrate American Bandstand”

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'American Sniper' Co-Author ScottMcEwen At The GalloCenter October 3

may be purchased online at GalloArts.org, by calling (209) 338-2100, or from the Gallo Cen-ter ticket office at 1000 I Street in downtown Modesto.

McEwen is a trial attorney in San Diego who works with and provides support for several military charitable organizations, including the Seal Team Foundation. His patriotism, in-terest in military history, and experience with long-range hunting rifles, compelled him to accurately record the battlefield heroics of Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. mili-tary history. Written with Kyle and Jim DeFe-lice, "American Sniper" became #1 New York Times best seller. In this speaking engage-ment, McEwen will share his perspective on the experiences that brought the book to life. He is donating his time and a percentage of the proceeds from the event will go to the Wounded Warrior Project.

CONTACT: Doug Hosner, pr@galloarts.org

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time with his family. Pastorius is the son of another famed jazz bassist, the late Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report.

“A Rise in the Road” is a 10-track study that burnishes the group’s sterling reputation for high quality tonal explora-tions and ensemble execution, and it’s an appropriate title for a time-honored jazz ensemble that has never been fearful of facing newer musical horizons. Yellowjackets has earned 17

Grammy nominations—with two wins—and their new re-lease is enjoying the type of critical acclaim that has fol-lowed every one of their previ-ous 21 recordings.

The album is "surely one of their best," says Will Layman of Popmatters.com and a contrib-utor to National Public Radio. "'A Rise in the Road' is a lift, an elevation of a band’s game, a move forward."

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(NAPSI)—It’s important to start the day off right with a nutrient-rich breakfast. For a refreshing way to jump-start your morning, why not incor-porate canned peaches, like Del Monte. They are picked and packed at the peak of ripeness, and provide garden quality nutrients, including vitamins A and C, which help protect your immune system.

“Canning allows us to enjoy the sweet flavor of peaches all year round without skimp-ing on nutrition,” said Sarah Ludmer, RD, LN, Nutritionist at Del Monte Foods. “Studies show that canned peaches actually have more folate and beta-carotene than fresh. Plus, there’s no mess. Canned peaches are peeled and cut, which means they are ready to add instant flavor to your

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1 can (15 oz.) Del Mon-te® Lite Yellow Cling Sliced Peaches, undrained

1 small ripe banana

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Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Secure with lid and puree until smooth.

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For more information, down-load and to register for the cook-off or car show, please download the information packet

Proceeds benefit the Cal State Stanislaus baseball pro-

gramREGISTRATION FEESCar Show - $30Trophies to class winners &

Dash Plaque to participants. Drivers and 1 guest admitted to entire event free.

Rib & Tri-Tip Cook-Off - $50Chili Cook-Off - $20Trophies to class winners. We

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For more information, download and to register for the cook-off or car show, please call (209) 664-6878 or visit: www.warriorsathletics.com

74 Matt Cochran on September 13, 2013 at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. Matt is a former Buhach Colony High School football player. His parents are Roderick and Nicole Cochran.

Register to learn this Fall!The City of Modesto Parks,

Recreation and Neighbor-hoods Department offers year-round swim lessons!! We are gearing up to begin our next session of Fall Classes. Sign up today to save your spot. Classes are held in the evening two days a week for about four weeks totaling 8 classes in a session. Two more sessions are available for Fall:

Mon & Wed: September 23-October 16; Tues & Thur: September 24-October 17

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Swim lesson Levels 1 and 2, preschool, private, semi-pri-vate and adult & child classes are available, as well as adult water exercise.

Register in person at the Parks, Recreation and Neigh-borhoods Department office, 1010 Tenth Street, Suite 4400, or online at www.modestogov.com/econnect.

For more information call Parks, Recreation and Neigh-borhoods at (209) 577-5344

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2013 Girl’s VolleyballThe Recreation Division will

begin registration for 2013 Girl’s Volleyball Program on Monday, October 7, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Regis-tration will continue through Thursday, October 17, 2013 or until the program has filled. Please note: Due to the popu-larity of this program, it is like-ly to fill very quickly. All girls in 4th thru 9th grades are highly encouraged to participate in this program. The following are the grades requirements: Upper Division-Participants must be currently enrolled in 7th, 8th, or 9th grade Lower Division-Participants must be currently enrolled in 4th, 5th, or 6th grade.

Rancho Del ReySaturday October 5, 20137:30 a.m. Registration Tee time 9:00 a.m.4 Man Scramble No Handicap$75.00 Registration FeeFor Information: Joe Hoffa (209) 357-0966Patrick Faretta (209) 357-6320 Fax: (209) 357-6325.

Format of League Play will be determined at the coaches meeting. Number of regular season will dependupon the amount of teams that regis-ter. Games will be played on Sundays at the Atwater High Schoo Gymnasium. A maxi-mum of 12 teams will be ac-cepted inthis league. The Costis $540.00 per team.

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Fall Tennis Classes

The fee to participate in the Girls Volleyball Program will be $46.00. Registration will take place at the Atwater Com-munity Center located at 760 E. Bellevue Road (Across from Osborn Park).

The Parks & Community Ser-vices Department is always in need of knowledgeable and caring volunteers to coach in their Youth Sports Program. If you are interested in coach-ing your child’s team, or if you would like to learn more about this program, please do not hesitate to call the Recreation Division at (209) 357-6321.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Rosa Maria Barajas, 68, of Hunting-ton Park, was arrested for al-legedly receiving workers' compensation benefits of her deceased husband. The arrest was made by California De-partment of Insurance Detec-tives with assistance from the Huntington Park Police De-partment. Barajas is charged with two felony counts of in-surance fraud.

New York Life contacted the California Department of Insurance in January of 2013 to report that Barajas was continuing to collect on her deceased husband's workers' compensation settlement. Barajas had been receiving monthly payments of over $18,000 that would continue only while Jesus Barajas was

alive, as ordered by the Work-ers' Compensation Appeals Board in September of 2000. As part of the agreement Rosa Barajas was directed to notify New York Life in the event of the demise of her husband, but according to the investiga-tors she failed to do so when Jesus Barajas died in May of 2010.

"Workers' compensation fraud is a drain on California's economy and can increase the cost of doing business, result in a decrease in employee sal-aries, and increase the cost of insurance for all Californians," said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. "Employees need to know that their family will receive compensation if they are injured at work, but their families must also be honest

with insurers if they are no lon-ger entitled to receive settle-ment payments for a deceased family member."

Jesus Barajas suffered an in-dustrial accident in October of 1997 when he fell from a scaf-fold while working for Aramark Uniform Services. As a result of his accident and serious inju-ries, Jesus was comatose and declared legally brain dead. Due to his condition, Rosa was appointed his legal guardian in April of 1998 by the Work-ers' Compensation Appeals Board and placed in charge of all his financial dealings and pending workers' compensa-tion suit.

Bail has been set at $505,341. If convicted, Barajas faces up to five years in state prison and a fine in excess of $500,000.

The State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the City of Merced in a case dealing with a planned Wal-Mart Distribu-tion Center. The State Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal of a Fifth District Court of Appeal decision that found no problems with the City’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the project.

The plaintiffs in the case were three City residents and the Merced Alliance for Responsible Growth. They claimed the document did not adequately assess the project’s impacts on air quality, hydrolo-gy and water quality, traffic, ur-ban decay, visual impacts, and greenhouse gases and global climate change. The plaintiffs

Supreme Court ruling favors Cityalso took issue with some of the processes the City used in creating the EIR.

The City also won the initial case in Superior Court brought by MARG and others.

Wal-Mart plans to build a 1.2 million square-foot warehouse and distribution center on Childs Avenue in the Universi-ty Industrial Park. The site is on land zoned for industrial use near the Mission Interchange.

The center would initially employ about 600 people and ultimately it could employ 1,200 workers. It is expected that the 1,200 Wal-Mart Center jobs could lower the County’s jobless rate of 14.7 percent by a full percentage point.

The City’s Economic De-

velopment Department has worked on the project since 2002. The City did not offer any financial subsidy, relief, prop-erty tax rebates, fee waivers, sales tax rebates or tax-free land for the project. Wal-Mart is paying all of the required fees, which are expected to be approximately $3 million. Area schools are expected to receive more than $400,000 in fees from the Wal-Mart project.

The center would operate 24-hours a day, 7-days a week and generate an estimated 450 truck trips into and out of the facility each day. The trucks will leave from one of the two gates on Gerard Avenue, going to the Campus Parkway and then onto Highway 99.

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"Our approval of Covered California's license will open the doors of the Exchange to health insurance agents, so they can provide their exten-sive knowledge and experi-ence with health insurance to assist consumers and business-es with purchasing health in-surance sold on the Exchange," said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. "Health insurance agents have to meet very high standards and are subject to fingerprinting, background checks, training, and licensing, and are subject to criminal in-vestigation, fines and prosecu-tion if they go astray."

Full implementation of healthcare reform has been a priority for the Department of Insurance since Commissioner Jones was elected Insurance Commissioner in late 2010. The Department already has imple-mented numerous provisions of the Affordable Care Act, providing immediate benefits to Californians and is working with federal and state partners, including Covered California.

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Additionally, the Depart-ment fast-tracked its approval of Covered California as an ed-ucation training provider, thus ensuring that insurance agents completing Covered Califor-nia's training receive continu-ing education credit. Continu-ing education is a requirement that all licensed agents must meet, in order to make sure they are up to date on the lat-est consumer protections and other insurance regulations. The Department will also mon-itor and review the training and training curriculum used by Covered California.

"The good news for small businesses looking to pur-chase through the SHOP or small business Exchange is that agents selling health plans through the Exchange are sub-ject to our stringent licensing processes," said Commissioner Jones. "Our licensing process helps to screen out those who the public cannot trust, but if an agent violates the law or takes advantage of a business buying through the Exchange, we will use our full enforce-ment authority to investigate and sanction the agent, includ-ing criminal charges and pros-ecution, if warranted."

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CAR CORNERTraveling With Kids—Be Car Seat SmartWhen a lien is placed against a car, it can prevent a new owner from registering the car until it is resolved.

(NAPSI)—Road trips with children can be daunting, but with AAA’s expert advice, your next family car trip can be both safe and fun:

• Involve your children early on when planning a road trip. Let them help decide places to stop.

• Give kids a map so they can see where you are and how far it is to your destination.

• Remember, loose items in the car can be dangerous in a crash or just a sudden stop. Keep loose items in the trunk, a console or under a cargo net.

• Be sure children are secure in the proper car seats. Each year, more than 1,000 kids die and 170,000 are injured in car crashes—but giving them the proper protection will help keep them safe.

Following these best prac-tice recommendations will en-sure your children are as safe as possible on the road:

First, remember that the backseat is the safest place for all kids under 13. Toddlers should be kept in rear-facing seats for as long as possible, until reaching the height or weight limits of the car seat, typically around age 2. Chil-dren who have outgrown the harnesses on their forward-fac-ing car seats can use a booster seat to help position them so the lap/shoulder belt fits prop-erly across their hips and upper thighs and across their chest and collarbone. The American Academy of Pediatrics says children should remain in a booster seat until they have reached 4’9” in height, which is typically between ages 8 and 12. A child is ready to move from a booster seat to a lap/

shoulder belt if the following criteria are met:• The child can sit all the way back against the vehicle seat;• The child’s knees can bend comfortably at the edge of the

vehicle seat;

• The lap/shoulder belt cross-es the child’s shoulder be-tween the neck and arm and

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the lap belt remains low across the thighs and hips;

• And, the child can remain in this position for the duration of the ride.

Before heading out on your trip, be sure that your child’s car seat is installed properly. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-istration, three out of four car seats are incorrectly installed.

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It’s important to read the owner’s manual for both the vehicle and the car seat before attempting the installation. Fortunately, Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians are available to advise you. You can find them through an AAA office, by calling (866) SEAT-CHECK or by visiting www.seatcheck.org. Another way to protect children all over the country, the experts at AAA say, is to strengthen child pas-senger safety laws. Learn more at www.SafeSeat-s4Kids.AAA.com.

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