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Parents plead for middle school sports

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Budget cuts prompt suspension of middle school sports programs.
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Left-turn signal coming back

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Signal at Lakewood and Columbia Way to return.
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News Briefs

Blood drive at St. Matthias
DOWNEY – St. Matthias High School will host a blood drive Wednesday to benefit the American Red Cross. The drive will be held in the school gym from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donors should see the front ...

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Emily Arellano
Emily Arellano, a first grade student at Imperial Elementary, won the PTA Reflection Award in a literature contest themed “Beauty Is…” Her poem follows: Beauty can mean lots of things/ Beauty is...

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Travel film March 14
DOWNEY – The travel film “Etched in Stone: Scotland to Provence” will be shown at the Downey High School auditorium Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Monty Brown will serve as narrator. Tickets are $10 and av...

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Features

Optimism is key at Arc
Breaking news: the Laker Girls have been confirmed for the March 27 Arc Walk for Independence. For the developmentally disabled clientele of Arc, or “consumers” as they are called, this is wonderf...

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Madariaga’s focus is jobs, jobs, jobs
A fresh visitor to the Downey Adult School at Woodruff and Imperial will be hard-pressed at first to locate H-61, the offices of the school’s Career One Stop Center, but once it’s located, it may ...

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Can wild turkeys be planted on private land?
Q: Is it possible (and legal) to purchase live wild turkeys to turn loose on my property to see how they do? Is there any law against buying live wild turkeys inside California or outside the stat...

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Downey hairstylist and aunt publishes how-to book
Maricela Scott knows the secret to being a ‘fabulous aunt.’

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Sports

Baseball isn’t Warren’s strongpoint
BASEBALL PREVIEW : Pitching will need to improve if Warren hopes to break .500.

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Tiger Woods, come back!
I’ll say it. I’m not afraid to say it. In fact, I’ll say it in the most infuriating way that I possibly can. Tiger, I miss you. I don’t care what you did, please come back to golf. It’s been a few...

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Vikings impressive as season nears
BOYS LACROSSE : Downey 2-0 is preseason games.

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Warren ready to make a splash
WATER POLO PREVIEW : Bears preparing for upcoming season.

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Dining & Entertainment

Chinese festival in Norwalk
NORWALK – A festival celebrating “The Year of the Tiger” will be held on the Cerritos College campus tomorrow from 12-3:30 p.m. The event will include traditional dishes, various performances an...

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Soroptimist plans casino night
DOWNEY – Soroptimist International of Downey will host a safari casino fundraiser April 16 at the Rio Hondo Event Center. Cost is $40. The event begins at 6 p.m. For more information, including ...

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Still time to attend symphony gala
DOWNEY – Downey Symphony Guild’s annual fundraiser gala to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day is being held at the Embassy Suites in Downey on March 12 at 6 p.m. Preparations for an evening of Irish en...

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Health & Wellness

Healthy Kids Day at the Y
DOWNEY – The Downey Family YMCA will host Healthy Kids Day on April 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors can sign-up for summer programs, participate in giveaways, enjoy food, and more. For mo...

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Colon cancer topic of lecture
CYPRESS – Pioneer Medical Group will host a presentation on colon cancer Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Cypress Senior Center, 9031 Grindlay St. Dr. Valentina Dalili will lead the lecture and off...

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Health officials convene roundtable
COMMERCE – Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard convened her fifth annual health clinics roundtable and second annual hospital roundtable discussion during which healthcare providers throughout the 34th C...

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Student Life

From Legs to Wheels
Whizzing by in the driver’s seat to show off their newly acquired licenses and permits, more and more juniors and seniors begin to move onto the next exciting level of the teenage years as the sec...

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Botany Class at Downey Holds Tomato and Pepper Sale
DOWNEY – Downey High School’s Botany class, in collaboration with teacher Greg Pittenger, is growing a large variety of tomatoes and peppers to be sold on Sat., April 3, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at...

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Bears will rock out in the name of leukemia
Guitar Hero tournament will raise money for Leukemia & Lymphona Society.

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Events

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Seminary hosting reception
BELLFLOWER – St. John’s Seminary will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a series of dinners at parishes throughout the Los Angeles Archdiocese, with the next one planned Thursday at St. Bernar...

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Students can learn MLA style
DOWNEY – Students can learn to create a works-cited bibliography using the MLA format at a free class hosted by the Downey City Library on Wednesday. The class is free to teens ages 13-19. It ...

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