Galen Kusic
Approximately 100 families attended the Rio Vista Children’s Clothing Exchange, put on by St. Brigid’s Episcopal Church at the Youth Center on Saturday.
Founder Chandra Drury started the program three years ago. It was designed to provide an outlet to families that need new school clothes, in turn helping other families that donate their old clothes. Read the rest of this entry →
Defense Appeals Charge, Judge Postpones Hearing
Nicole Baptista
It’s been nearly two years since an auto accident on Shiloh Road took the life of 17-year-old Ashlee Barkman and critically injured Christopher Ceelen. Since that tragic night, both families have been tangled within the justice system – reaching for resolution and closure after loosing a daughter, sister and friend.
The Barkman and Ceelen families waited in the hallway of Fairfield Superior Court on Monday morning, after a judge, once again, postponed a hearing. Read the rest of this entry →
Galen Kusic
After recent public scrutiny, Rio Vista City Manager Hector De La Rosa addressed issues about his salary, his role and duties as city manager and the challenges that the City currently faces.
De La Rosa graduated in 1992 from San Jose State University with a Bachelor’s in accounting. He then worked in landscaping and for the VA hospital for a short time before serving the City of Soledad for 13 years. His duties there varied between Finance Director, Assistant City Manager and Interim City Manager. Read the rest of this entry →
Nicole Baptista
Ryan Pace, Rio Vista High School art teacher, has been instrumental in the reconstruction and improvement of the school’s art studio, which can be compared to a high-quality junior college facility, and he will be teaching an adult course starting Sept. 14.
The six-week program will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 4 to 6 p.m. and will offer two-dimensional works in painting, drawing and mixed media. Read the rest of this entry →
Nicole Baptista
The Rio Vista Taxpayers Association (RVTA) has been collecting Initiative signatures for the last few weeks, and will continue to do so until Nov. The group has already collected 300, nearly half the needed signatures to push for a special election.
According to Loetta Papetti, RVTA president, a special election will cost the City – both monetarily and in trust. Though the group tried to avoid a special election, their first petition failed due to lack of specific language within the Initiative. Read the rest of this entry →
Galen Kusic
A showing of films featuring T’ai-chi Grand Master Professor Cheng Man-Ching will be shown at the Center of Movement at 183 Main St. Suite A in Rio Vista from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 27.
The professor was called a master of five excellences, as a painter, poet, calligrapher, Chinese medical doctor and master teacher of T’ai-chi. During his lifetime, in a country of a billion people, he was regarded as one of the finest painters, poets and calligraphers. He was also the founder of the Chinese Medical Association. Read the rest of this entry →
Contributing Article by Hale Conklin
At an all-school assembly at Riverview Middle School on Friday morning, Principal Pierre Laleau made an annual presentation of the Rio Vista Advocates Literacy Awards and the Rio Vista Lions Club Mathematics Awards. In attendance, representing Advocates was Sue Conklin; and representing the Lions was Club President Larry LaFleur.
The Lions Mathematics Awards go to students who achieved the greatest improvement in math and science studies as measured by their performance in the State-mandated STAR tests administered in April of each year. Awards are made in each grade to the student who showed the greatest percentage improvement in his/her grade in test score over his previous score – for a total of four awards each year. Read the rest of this entry →
Galen Kusic
Executive Director of the LMA, Russell Ooms, made a presentation on Locke and the changes that have been made over recent years at the Walnut Grove Rotary meeting on Monday. Ooms spoke about residents who he states are resistant to change, and stated that he’s there to improve the small town.
Ooms presented the history of the Chinese and how Locke was built. It then focused on the Chinese gardens and what Russell has done to clean up the community in back of town. He stated that he’s received threats – referring to two River-News Herald articles. Read the rest of this entry →
By Norman Spalding
Don’t wait until it hurts … by the time you feel pain in your mouth, it is usually too late to correct the damage without losing your teeth or spending a lot of time and money in the dental office.
If you take the time, before you have a dental emergency, you can find a dentist that will provide you with a positive, painless experience.
The most common diseases of the oral cavity (your mouth), which every dentist is trained to diagnose and treat, are dental caries (cavities) and periodontal disease (gum problems). Each has the potential of making you very uncomfortable and causing you to spend a lot of time and money in the dental office and possibly loose your teeth. Read the rest of this entry →
Galen Kusic
For the first time in nine years the Delta Saints came up victorious over the Rio Vista Rams 34-12 in Clarksburg on Friday. Delta Head Coach Bob Lee’s 300th career game resulted in a decisive win for the Saints, highlighted by a formidable passing attack and control of the line of scrimmage. Read the rest of this entry →