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Kids’ success
Dear Editor: On Friday morning, Aug. 27, a happy vibrant group of Gauldin Elementary students gathered at Independence Park for an awards and appreciation day for members of the Gauldin Community ...
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Support for veterans
Dear Editor: I’m a veteran who lives in Downey. I was at Furman Park for the last two summer concerts and thought the park would be an ideal site for a veterans’ stand-down. Stand-downs are one pa...
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Poor planning
Dear Editor: If the water barrel distribution [Saturday] was an example of emergency preparedness in Downey, thank God we did not have a disaster today. Poor planning and execution were evident. O...
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Junior college blues
DOWNEY – Thanks to the failing economy and continuous budget cuts, more and more high school graduates are running into financial roadblocks when moving on to follow their dreams of attending co...
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Downey’s identity
Dear Editor: I am so sorry our City Council feels they have to pay an outsider $90,000 to tell us the essence of our wonderful city. That answer is very simple: Downey simply has its own. Its own ...
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Save the trees
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to express my deep concern for the many mature trees that are being removed from or neighborhood streets here in Downey. I understand that general maintenanc...
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Going to Mars
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Dear Editor: In the Aug. 26 issue of The Downey Patriot, there was an article about a science-oriented group of people meeting at the Columbia Memorial Space Center. Robert Zubrin, president and f...
Spanish billboard
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Dear Editor: As I was driving southbound on Brookshire Avenue towards Downey Regional Medical Center, I had just crossed Firestone Boulevard when I saw two billboards, one on either side of the st...
Students racking up school debt fast
by Deanna Kim and Jennifer Cho, Intern
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DOWNEY – With debts amounting up to thousands of dollars or more, Downey and Warren students have been having financial dilemmas in owing the respective schools fees. Warren principal John Harris ...
Drugs and speed
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Dear Editor: In regard to the letter from Michael Parmer on the subject of legalization of narcotics, he maintains that if illegal drugs are legalized and controlled it would "immediately eliminat...
Fig beetle
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Dear Editor: Fig beetles look like black bumble bees and act like June bugs as they bump into things in their surroundings, including humans. They are annoying like flies as they buzz around one’s...
Missing safety pads
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Dear Editor: Regarding the front page photo on the Aug. 5 edition of The Downey Patriot: the skateboarder in question was pictured doing an aerial trick without benefit of pads, gloves and helmet....
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Another Downey resident joins 'Survivor' cast
Producers of “Survivor” may have an affinity for Downey, or perhaps it’s the other way around. In any case, the reality show will feature its second Downey resident when it premieres Sept. 15 on ...
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New 7-Eleven gains liquor license
The Planning Commission yesterday approved a liquor license for a 7-Eleven slated to take over Price’s Liquor at Florence Avenue and Tecum Road. 7-Eleven officials said the company will make...
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Planning Commission to consider ban on medical marijuana dispensaries**
The Planning Commission will consider on Wednesday asking the City Council to revise the city charter to permanently bar medical marijuana dispensaries from operating in Downey. The meeting begins...
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