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MoBand
Pair the warm evening breezes of the Central Valley’s summer nights with one of the country’s most long-established, continuously performing bands and you have Modesto’s Concert in the Park. “Groovin since 1919,” the Modesto Band of Stanislaus County has helped furnish the sound track of our humble city and Concert in the Park has filled [...]
Bicycle! Bicycle!
Quake View By Efren Martinez Bicycle! Bicycle! I want to ride my bicycle; I want to ride my bike. And, why not! With Amgen Tour of California heading for Modesto this month, the wheels are already turning with most of us. I have recently awakened my Super 6 road bike from a long winter slumber, [...]
Maniax To Host So-Cal Breakers
Week 2 for the IWFL team the Modesto Maniax, as they take on the So-Cal Breakers. The So-Cal Breakers will be traveling from the Mission Viejo/Irvine area for their first game of the season, after a week one bye. Game time at Roy Blakely field on the campus of the Modesto Christian High School is [...]
What’s Growin’ On!
Stanislaus County agriculture comes alive in April with almost all perennial crops coming out of winter and spring dormancy. Grapes usually are one of the last to emerge with the green tissue you see bust out and grow with vigor. Soon you will see forage crops being harvested and you can tell by seeing big [...]
Oakdale Rodeo: 60 Years of Tradition
For 60 years, the Oakdale Rodeo has been a destination for some of the most famous cowboys in the world. Fans from everywhere have enjoyed some of the greatest exhibitions of athleticism and determination put on by the best of the best in the sport of rodeo. Not only are the cowboys athletic, the livestock [...]
Out Of The Rough!
It’s been a rough couple of years for the private golf country club industry it seems, except Oakdale Golf and Country Club. In a time when everyone’s hard earned dollars being spent are looked at carefully and the fact that it’s not so chic to belong to a “Country Club” anymore, it’s remarkable that Oakdale [...]
Caswell Memorial State Park
Without Old Man Winter, spring, with her green light, would not seem as charming. So, in welcoming April and reconnecting with the outdoors, let’s not forget the frost of winter as we embrace spring, for the Old Man is bound to return. In the meantime, however, agreeing with the wise words of Robin Williams – [...]
The Biggest Well Known Secret to Losing Weight
Sitting in a break room in March, I found myself sitting next to a lady eating her lean microwave meal that guarantees here that she will lose weight if she sticks to these meals by her weight club she joined. After microwaving it, I notice her practically eating the cardboard box that the meal was [...]
Fly Fishing Benefit for Disabled Veterans
Modesto Fly Fishing Film Tour March 10, 2011 Doors Open 5:30 pm- Introduction andFilm at 6:15 pm The 2011 Fly Fishing Film Tour (www.thef3t.com) is returning to The State, courtesy of Stanislaus Fly Fishers (www.stanislausflyfishers.org) and Rivers of Recovery (www.riversofrecovery.org). Proceeds will again benefit “Rivers of Recovery” (also on Facebook) to provide scholarships for local [...]
Dry Creek Revisited
Although the brisk weather may have you peering out the window, clutching your favorite coffee mug, and wrapped inside the Snuggie you said you would never wear, Modesto offers a range of outdoor activities capable of warming the winter cold. So, give your heater a rest and embrace the outdoors as a second home. A [...]
InterView: Suzy Powell
George Lucas, American Graffiti, Carol Channing and Royal Robbins, superstars … Modesto is in the groove right now for international celebrity. Besides being known as the home of George Lucas, American Graffiti, Carol Channing and Royal Robbins, superstars like Tim Olyphant, Jeremy Renner and James Marsters are all on the big and little screen. Our [...]
What’s Growin’ On?
Welcome to What’s Growin’ On! Let us introduce ourselves – we are Wayne Zipser and Tom Orvis of the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau. But we are much more than that! Wayne grew up in the Ceres area on a family farm that grew grapes, peaches and almonds. He currently farms almonds in the eastern part [...]
Fit for Fun
It’s been a little over 2 years since we have all had the pleasure in opening Modesto’s one and only The Modestoview Magazine. I invite you to take a trip with me on my first piece here and I’ll ask you to forgive me if I get ahead of myself from excitement in the resurrection of [...]
Dodge Ridge Ski Resort: The Closest Snow to Home
Located a mere 80 miles northeast of Modesto, nestled in Stanislaus National Forest amidst the great Pines and Firs of the Sierra Nevadas, Dodge Ridge Ski Resort rightly earns its slogan “The Closest Snow to Home.” In addition, getting to this mecca of wintersports doesn’t demand driving over dangerous high-mountain passes. For those not wanting [...]
