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• Clash over City Park plans
  LINDSAY — As far as many residents here are concerned, city staffers and members of the City Council just can’t seem to do anything right these days. Understandably, some citizens have become more vocal and suspicious after audits last year...
• Downtown merchants work to unify
  It has been several years since there was any unifying effort for the scores of merchants who line Main Street. That is changing. Georgia Goode of Calico Mermaid at 122 N. Main St. came up with the idea a few weeks ago and with the support and...
• Sheriff to promote new captain
  Tulare County Sheriff Bill Wittman will promote Lt. Keith Douglass to the rank of captain during a ceremony Monday. The event will begin at 10 a.m., in the lobby of the Tulare County Sheriff’s headquarters, 2404 W. Burrel Ave. in Visalia. Douglass...
• St. Anne’s creates electrical spark in Future City competition
  A team of future engineers from St. Anne’s School have recently returned with a third-place win in the 2012 Northern California Future City competition at University of California, Davis. Under the direction of coach Irwin Samson, the St. Anne’s...
• Homegrown talent finds Hollywood success
  Jeff Helton has been outdistancing the competition for years. The Springville native and Porterville High graduate is a prime example of the kind of persistence that is needed when working in the ultra-competitive film industry. “I’ve never seen...