WVILLE RECOMMENDS FLUORIDATION CONTRACT 08-31-10 17:30 a.v.

A 2-to-1 vote yesterday in Watsonville comes after city council members recommended moving ahead with a contract to pay for fluoridation of the public water supply. Yesterday’s decision comes a day after a deadline set by the state Department of Public Health for the city to commit to fluoridating it’s water. Cities with populations of 10,000 or more are required to fluoridate if an outside entity is willing to pay.

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GLEN CANYON - ROADWORK - 08/31/10 10:54 S.S.

THE  ROADWAY  SURFACE  OF  GLEN  CANYON  ROAD (IN  SCOTTS  VALLEY)   IS  BEING  RE-SURFACED  TODAY  AND  TOMORROW.     GRANITE  CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES  ARE  DOING  THE  WORK,   AND  THIS  MORNING  (AROUND 9  A.M.)  ONE  OF  THE GRANITE  CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS  GOT  STUCK  ON  THE  SOFT  SHOULDER  OF  THE  ROAD.    A  TOW  TRUCK  IS  NOW  UP  THERE,   BUT  ALL  OF  THAT  IS  COMPLICATING  THE  TRAFFIC  EVEN  MORE  THAN  USUAL.

THERE  WILL  BE  1-WAY  TRAFFIC  CONTROL  ALL  ALONG  GLEN  CANYON  ROAD  FROM  7:30  A.M.  UNTIL  4:30  P.M.  TODAY  AND  TOMORROW.

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CHUALAR HOME-INVASION ARREST - 08/31/10 10:19 S.S.

AN  18  YEAR-OLD  SALINAS  MAN  HAS  BEEN  ARRESTED  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  A  CHUALAR  HOME-INVASION  ROBBERY.  GUSTAVO  GARCIA  TORRES WAS  ARRESTED  AFTER  HIS  VICTIMS  SPOTTED  HIM  WALKING  ALONG  A  SALINAS  STREET  RECENTLY.       TORRES FACES  CHARGES  OF  ROBBERY,  KIDNAPPING,  AND  FALSE  IMPRISONMENT FOR  HIS  PART  IN  THE   MAY 27^TH INCIDENT,   IN  WHICH  HE  HELD  2  ADULTS  AND  A  12  YEAR-OLD  AT  GUNPOINT,    WHILE  2  OTHERS  RANSACKED  THE  CHUALAR  HOME.

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11 Y/O RAISES MONEY FOR FRIEND - 08/31/10 10:15 S.S.

A  PRUNEDALE  GIRL  HAS  RAISED  SOME  MONEY  TO  HELP  PAY  FOR  A  YOUNG  FRIEND’S  MEDICAL  NEEDS.    11  YEAR-OLD  APRIL  STRICKLAND HELD  A  BAKE-SALE  OUTSIDE  THE PRUNEDALE  SAFEWAY  STORE  RECENTLY,   AND  RAISED  MORE  THAN  13  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  (THAT  SHE  HAS  GIVEN TO  HER  6  YEAR-OLD  FRIEND,  ASHTON  HAMILTON’S,  FAMILY).      ASHTON,   WHO  HAS  BEEN  HOSPITALIZED  SINCE  FEBRUARY  WITH  FUNGAL  MENINGITIS,    IS   THE  SON  OF  A  FAMILY  FRIEND,    AND  APRIL HAS  KNOWN  ASHTON ALL  OF  HIS  LIFE.

ASHTON  WAS  SCHEDULED  TO  COME  HOME  THIS PAST  WEEKEND,  BUT  A  BLOOD  CLOT  DEVELOPED  IN  HIS  BRAIN  AND  SO  HE   IS  STILL  A  PATIENT  AT  LUCILLE  PACKARD’S  CHILDREN’S  HOSPITAL AT  STANFORD  UNIVERSITY.

ANYONE  WHO  WOULD  LIKE  TO  DONATE  TO  THE  ASHTON  HAMILTON  BENEFIT  FUND CAN  DO  SO  THROUGH  THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK ON  FRONT STREET IN  SOLEDAD.

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