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Mayor's Corner
Dear Downey Residents and Friends: Happy 2012 to all! I am happy to say that we have kicked off this New Year with exciting things happening in our City. First, I would like to congratulate ... |
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Friday the 13th not unlucky for Lotto winners
DOWNEY - In this Downey family's ethos, there's no room for imagined fears or Utopian dreams. Practicality will do. When wife Dilma A.'s $5 Set for Life scratcher won the top prize of $2 mi... |
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Great communicators get the healthcare jobs
There's a bright spot in the U.S. employment picture: the health-care industry. Health-care employers added 17,000 jobs in November, and they've been adding an average 27,000 jobs a month si... |
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Don't flush your money down the toilet
DOWNEY - This is the fourth installment in our current series on water conservation in the city of Downey. The city has recently made available an informative brochure designed to help citiz... |
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Downey family's cat featured in 2012 feline calendar
DOWNEY - The Heintzelmans of Downey, consisting of dad Dennis, mom Kathy, and only daughter Sherry, have five adopted house cats named, in order of age, HR (for "Hot Rod"), Cinnamon, Spot, C... |
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Is it legal to keep my limit plus my friend's fish?
Q: My buddies and I fish for rockfish out of Pillar Point Harbor and are very careful about following the rules. We usually return with legal limits. However, on occasion one or more of my f... |
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Looking Back On - First Baptist Church of Downey
DOWNEY - Character, faith, and conviction have always been an integral part of the development of Downey. For the earliest settlers who journeyed across land and sea to the Golden West, civi... |
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More on water conservation in Downey
Much has been written in this space on water conservation since these articles began this past July, as the city of Downey implemented its first water rate increase in 16 years. Not long be... |
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Water conservation, Downey style
DOWNEY - To put our water use in global perspective, recent data indicates that Americans use an average of about 152 gallons of water per capita per day, whereas in the U.K. average daily w... |
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In 2012, consider a resolution to be more neighborly
DOWNEY - As we celebrate the coming New Year let's make a resolution we all can benefit from...let's promise ourselves to be good neighbors. Good neighbors know the strengths and weaknesses... |
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Rancho Los Amigos makes holiday magic
D0WNEY - An extra measure of heart and holiday magic from Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center staff and community volunteers brought the spirit of the season to hundreds of Ranc... |
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Today's boomers downsize homes, but upsize the amenities
Say goodbye to the McMansion. According to a leading real estate website, Trulia.com, 2011 was officially the year that homes over 3,200 square feet ended their dominance and appeal. But do... |
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'Tis the Season
DOWNEY - The Christmas catalogues have been spilling out of my mailbox for over a month. They come from Boston, New Jersey, North Carolina, Chicago and New York. I foolishly sent away for a... |
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Mayor's Corner
Dear Downey Residents and Friends: As we close out 2011, I'm happy to report that Downey has continued to thrive this year under the leadership of outgoing Mayor Luis Marquez and retiring C... |
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Don't water the driveway
This writer witnessed a Downey resident hosing down his driveway last Friday, and - aside from the ineluctable "What Is he thinking!?" that sprang from this environmentally conscious brain -... |
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