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When Charles Lindbergh needed a plane to carry him across the Atlantic, he had a lot of choices. Back then America was dotted with small aircraft manufacturers, start-ups inventing a brand new industry as they went along. Lindbergh settled on Ryan Airlines in San Diego, which designed and built the Spirit of St. Louis in [...]
Here’s another President Obama “We can’t wait” boondoggle. The administration is going to spend as much as $1 billion “to hire, train and deploy health care workers,” according to a Washington Post story. That’s part of his jobs bill. This money will be given as grants to “doctors, community groups, local government and other organizations [...]
The redesigned Website based on an open architecture won “Innovators of the Year” honors for the digital publishing team serving the Mountain Democrat and the three other major newspapers owned by McNaughton Newspapers. “Judges from the Suburban Newspaper Association praised the use of open-source software to produce both the newspaper and the Website and described [...]
Mother Lode News The fourth annual Summer Solstice Celebration at Chili Bar, coming up June 18 through 20, promises weekend of music and family-friendly fun at the gorgeous but little known Nugget River Park. Located beside the South Fork of the American River just upstream of the Chili Bar Bridge, the parkÕs shady meadow provides [...]