Comment on this story
News & Notes
last updated: August 05, 2008 07:34:18 AM
The High Five
Most Emailed Stories
Most Commented Stories
- Borrowers get a lifeline
- Driver in fatal crash arrested; Modestan killed
- Mystery woman's relatives fill in a few gaps
- Modesto man suspected in San Francisco biker death arrested
- Bay Area hiker missing in Sierra found dead
The High Five are the five most-read stories, updated hourly.
Air, ground spraying targets West Nile
Citing "significant West Nile virus activity," the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District will spray for mosquitoes around Stockton, Manteca and Escalon this week. Aerial spraying is scheduled in Stockton from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and in Manteca from 8 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday. The targeted area in Manteca will be from Lathrop Road south to the Stanislaus County line, between McKinley Avenue and Main Street. Thursday from 5:30 to 7 a.m. ground spraying will be conducted near Escalon from Skiff Road south to Victory Road, between Lone Tree Road and Highway 120. For more information, call 800-300-4675 or go to www.sjmosquito.org.
Yesteryears
50 YEARS AGO: Mary Traver of Patterson was crowned the 1958 Miss Stanislaus District Fair queen in front of the grandstand at the opening ceremonies of the fair. Traver, a Patterson Union High School senior, was chosen from among eight Future Farmers of America chapter sweethearts.
25 YEARS AGO: Jon Rivera of Waterford placed sixth in the triple jump during the TAC Junior Olympics held at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Rivera, a sophomore at Oakdale High, leaped 42 feet, 9½ inches among the field of 20. -- Karen Aiello
Modbee.com is pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make comments and hold conversations online. However, the interactive nature of the internet makes it impracticable for our staff to monitor each and every posting.
Since Modbee.com does not control user submitted statements, we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted on our website. In addition, we remind anyone interested in making an online comment that responsibility for statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not The Modesto Bee.
If you find a comment offensive, clicking on the exclamation icon will flag the comment for review by the administrators, we are counting on the good judgment of all our readers to help us.
Copyright © 2008, The Modesto Bee.
