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The City of Merced posted the Draft EIR for the proposed Wal-Mart Distribution Center just moments ago. Please feel free to download a copy of the report by clicking here.

By EVELYN NIEVES, Associated Press Writer
Thu Apr 3, 1:43 PM ET

MERCED, Calif. - The end came in a blink outside the Merced County courthouse.

Only six people showed up for the foreclosure auction, Janice Pimentel and her son Nick included. By chance, the Pimentels' dairy farm was the first property offered.

The auctioneer, a young man in aviator sunglasses and blue jeans, read their address and paused for bids. When none came, the Joe T and Janice R Pimentel Dairy Farm, 21 years in the life of the family, officially became the property of its main creditor, a local lender.

We talk a lot about progress on this website. MeetMerced.com is always trying to find ways to be on the leading edge of the grassroots movement to make Merced a better place to live, work, and play. This is all good, but Merced seems to be stuck in rut.

That's right, we could be looking at the return of Baseball to Firemen's Memorial Field in Atwater. I remember attending games of the minor league team that was there back in the mid '90s. What fun it was and it was not even that far away. The big water tower in the background just made the entire experience so surreal.

Today is history for Merced County and its residents. Merced County annexed more than 4000 acres of land from Fresno County in the Dos Palos area. The annexation brings with it 400 residents and 6.5 square miles of prime ag land.

This addition is good for Merced and its history because Merced County hasn't grown geographically since 1887. That is 121 years for those that want the math done for them.

I want to congratulate the people involved in this land deal and welcome our new Merced County residents to Merced.

Thanks,
Shady

Its a shame the city turned down the Mongolian Grill’s permit to operate a 18 and over dance club. For a city that fought for a UC, it is not seeming very UC friendly. In fact this move showed the power Thomas the police chief has over the council. Heaven forbid police would have to do a little more work. Maybe if they spent less time complaining about their pay they could focus on doing their jobs instead of trying to prevent Merced from becoming a college town.

In rankings released November 29th, 2007 by the US Council of Mayors, Merced was ranked number one for foreclosures. Ouch! We need to be number one, but not for that reason. I thought that the UC was supposed to be the answer for the economic disparity found in this town. What's going on...

In this crazy online world, part of establishing your site is attracting visitors. Here at MeetMerced.com we are no different. We can't have a site with no visitors. So today, we introduce a major feature of the site, the restaurant review, in the hopes that we can attract more visitors. We, like everyone else, have to pay our bills. We can't do that without selling advertisements that help maintain this free service to the community of Merced.

If you look up the definition of Gift on the internet you get something along the lines of:

But what really is a gift and what power does it hold?

Kiwanis Club of Greater Merced’s Save the Train BBQ on Friday, October 12, 2007 was a great success despite the rain.

Wow! What can I say other than we have an awesome club. Despite the rain, wind, and the fact that our decorations, etc…melted, we had a successful event. I truly stressed all day about the impending rain and had a difficult time finding the silver lining in the cloud. When will I learn to just go with the flow…hopefully after this day!