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December 31 - The
Kiwanis
Club Christmas Dinner was a wonderful community event that fed hundreds
of people and brought out the volunteer spirit in many others. Santa came by the
fire station and spent some time with the kids as well.
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December
27 - Christmas Light King! - One
Man's Gift To The Community of Los Banos - a sequenced light and music
show in his front yard!
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here to read the story...
December
26 - On Saturday New
Beginnings Church put on a performance of "It's A Wonderful Life"
- I have posted some additional photos to Compliment the newspaper story I wrote
for the Los Banos Enterprise (the story appears in today's edition on page C4.)
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here to see more pictures...
December
22 - On Saturday Day Three Church honored many local seniors and with a Wonderful
Christmas Luncheon. This event included a wonderful Christmas meal with
all the trimmings, and a little trip back in time to the 1940s and music by some
talented people.
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here to read the story...
December
17 - Last night there was a budget workshop at the Los Banos City Hall. This
has prompted a lot of forum discussion. Read
what your neighbors have to say as well as my own editorial (which is
posted several pages later) in this thread. I have also posted some photos.
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here to read people's opinions..
Quick Peek: A selected preview of a FEW of the items you can find on our Detailed Calendar For January. Click here for even more events and detailed information on the items below. Some
of This Week's Highlights: Mark
your calendars... For more December events and further details click here. For Details on January event click here. The holiday season bring lots of stress, but with stress comes opportunity for betterment and positive change. Need a little help? I have compiled a brief list of some of the help and recovery resources available to the community this holiday season. |
December
13 - The
Annual Performance of Handel's Messiah was very well attended and very
enjoyable. We're proud to present this photo essay of the concert.
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here for more photos...
December
11th -
The Los Banos Christmas Parade - A Photo Essay. Friday's Christmas parade
was a colorful and enjoyable event. Please have a look at this compilation of
photos taken before, during and after the parade.
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to see more...
December
10th - Another ribbon cutting! This time Charter
Funding is welcomed to Los Banos.
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December
9th -
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Jimos "Name Brands For Less" is welcomed
to their new home on Pacheco Blvd.
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here to see more..
December
8 - The Annual
Chamber of Commerce Mixer at Pearson's Jewelers brought in quite a few
people and a large number of smiling faces. Lots of folks went home with some
cool door prizes too.
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here to read the story...
December
4 - Los Banos always seems to have something culturally
interesting going on. On November 29th a colorful pair of
dancers performed at the Region Supermarket. The dancers are from a group
that I believe calls themselves "Danza Azteca Nuestra Senora del Valle"
and they put on quite an energetic show.
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here to see more photos and read the story...
Announcement:
The Los Banos Soroptimist website
is now on the air! We are proud to support the Los Banos Soroptimists and are
happy to have donated the website construction to the local SI organization. (sans
the text of course)
Click
on over to their brand new website and have a look around!
Previous Stories, Features Or Event Coverage:
Previously
Featured on OurLosBanos:
We cover as many local events as we can and try
to post about them at least once per week. Previous stories
that we have posted can be found in the forums section - usually in the general
section of the blog. Some will be archived to the photo area of the site.
Special Note: 1-1-2009 - This page was getting way too long so I have put up a new section on the site that links many of the stories that we have done in the last year. You can find the PREVIOUS ARTICLES SECTION here.
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We have created a tremendous number of of pages for this site and have spent many hundreds (possibly even a couple of thousand) hours on this 'gift'. We see OurLosBanos.com (in part) as our version of service to our community. We really do love our town and want to help Los Banos by giving something back to our city in our own small way.
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