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BLOCKBUSTER SETTLEMENT vs

THE ATTORNEYS GENERALS OF 47 STATES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH BLOCKBUSTER INCORPORATED, TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS THEY MISLED CONSUMERS IN ADVERTISING ITS "END OF LATE FEES" OR "NO LATE FEES" PROGRAM. THE SUIT STATED THE ADVERTISING DIDN'T DISCLOSE THAT CUSTOMERS WHO KEEP THE ITEM MORE THAN 7 DAYS (AFTER ITS DUE DATE), ARE AUTOMATICALLY CHARGED THE RETAIL PRICE, UNLESS THEY RETURN IT WITHIN 30 DAYS. EVEN IF THE ITEM IS RETURNED WITHIN 30 DAYS, THEY STILL MUST PAY A "RESTOCKING" FEE. CUSTOMERS WRONGLY THOUGHT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY LATE FEES. NOW ALL BLOCKBUSTER STORES WILL HAVE TO CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY THEIR POLICY. ALSO CUSTOMERS CAN OBTAIN REFUNDS OF SOME FEES. A REQUEST FOR RESTITUTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND ALLEGE A FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THE "NO LATE FEE" PROGRAM. REFUND FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT BLOCKBUSTER STORES.


MILLER JOINS DENHAM TEAM VS

STATE SENATOR JEFF DENHAM ANNOUNCED AN ADDITION TO HIS WORK TEAM, OF A WOMAN WITH STRONG TIES TO THE SALINAS AREA. MIKEL ANN MILLER WILL SERVE AS A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SALINAS, ATTENDED NORTH SALINAS AND ATASCADERO HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE ATTENDED HARTNELL COLLEGE, AND LIVES IN GONZALES WITH HER HUSBAND AND 2 CHILDREN. MILLER WAS RECENTLY GIVEN THE "SPIRIT OF AGRICULTURE AWARD" BY THE MONTEREY COUNTY AGRICULTURE EDUCATION GROUP. SHE HAS WORKED IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY FOR 28 YEARS AND IS KNOWN FOR HER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, ESPECIALLY IN MANY AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. SHE ALSO SERVES AS TREASURER FOR THE SALINAS VALLEY FAIR HERITAGE FOUNDATION, AND IS A MEMBER OF THE KING CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

GRUBBS TRIAL UPDATE VS

IN A SALINAS COURTROOM ANGELA GRUBBS DENIED STARVING HER BROTHER-IN-LAW TO DEATH. SHE AND HER HUSBAND SHINJI HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY ABUSE IN THE 2003 DEATH OF 33-YEAR-OLD JUNJI GRUBBS. SHE TESTIFIED MONDAY THAT SHE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW EMACIATED JUNJI WAS UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED. SHE SAID THAT ACCUSATIONS SHE WITHHELD FOOD FROM JUNJI AND ABUSED HIM, WERE NOT TRUE. A DOCTOR TESTIFIED LATER IN THE AFTERNOON THAT IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS NOT TO RECOGNIZE MALNUTRITION. ACCORDING TO THE AUTOPSY, 68 POUND JUNJI GRUBBS DIED FROM PNEUMONIA BROUGHT ON BY MALNUTRITION.

NEW GIRL SCOUT EXECUTIVE VS

A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE GIRL SCOUTS OF MONTEREY BAY HAS BEEN NAMED. SHARON REECE WILL TAKE OVER FOR BRENDA WHITSETT WHO HELD THAT OFFICE FOR 26 YEARS, AND RETIRED IN JANUARY. REECE HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS AND HELD THE OFFICE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR THE USA GIRL SCOUTS OVERSEAS, WEST PACIFIC DIVISION. SHE WILL LEAD THE GIRL SCOUTS PROGRAMS IN MONTEREY, SAN BENITO AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR OVER 5,500 GIRLS.

TEEN NAMED MISS SALINAS VALLEY FAIR VS

AN 18-YEAR-OLD FROM CARMEL VALLEY WAS CROWNED MISS SALINAS VALLEY FAIR 2005 SATURDAY. JANA NASON, WILL RECEIVE A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP AND OTHER PRIZES. THE SALINAS VALLEY FAIR WILL BE HELD AT THE KING CITY FAIRGROUNDS MAY 12TH TO 15TH. NASON WILL ALSO REPRESENT THE FAIR IN THE MISS CALIFORNIA RODEO CONTEST IN SALINAS THIS SUMMER.

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