I am a retired dairy farmer who has lived in Los Banos all my life on Ward Road in the country, I don't come into town very often. Thank God!

I have only lived in Los Banos for about a year, but I look forward to the newspaper every week because of Diana Ingram's column "Around Town."

The Los Banos Chamber of Commerce and the Los Banos Enterprise thank you for supporting the annual Reader's Choice Awards. This is an evening for our local merchants to be recognized for their outstanding service to our community.

Happy birthday, Parks!

Dear Mayor,

I cannot express the joy and gratitude I have with the fantastic results of the Angel Tree project this year.

The city of Los Banos Parks and Recreation Division would like to thank VFW Post 2487 and American Legion #166 for their generous sponsorship donation for our youth basketball program this year. The Los Banos veterans are very active in our community helping many organizations, including us. The Los Banos veterans' continuing support helps our program out tremendously every year.

AT A GLANCE Updated: Nov. 25, 2011 4:16 AM |Full Story

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The César Chávez Committee (CCC) wishes to make public a couple of library notes vis-á-vis our group. First, to correct an error that appeared in the Enterprise; we state that it was the CCC that brought to Los Baños th Updated: Nov. 25, 2011 4:16 AM |Full Story

Alady wrote last week in regard to shopping carts left all over town. I heartily agree that it is an "eyesore."

Soroptimist International of Los Banos would like to thank the community of Los Banos and Dos Palos for, once again, making our 15th annual See’s holiday candy fundraiser another huge success. A special thank you to our local businesses who so generously participated in our fund-raising efforts: Deluxe Cleaners, Cloud Nine (Dos Palos), Impressions Hair Salon, Los Banos Drug, Lou’s Beauty Salon, Los Banos Flower Shop, Mary Jane’s Klassy Kuts, Olin’s Floor Covering, One Hour Photo, Fleur de Lis, Pearson’s Jewelers, Rabobank, Santos Chevron, Sorensen’s True Value, Sue & Co., Toscano RV, Trendy Salon, Los Banos Memorial Hospital and The Paper.

This past Friday was the annual downtown Christmas parade in Los Baños. We decided at our office meeting five days earlier to make this our first year of participation. There was very limited grumbling and fussing during the preparation of our entry at the office. Many of us had to rush to complete the day's assignments and others cancelled or otherwise changed evening plans.

The focus of the mayor and the City Council should be directed towards attracting new industry to the city. At present, the city has no clear vision or identity and needs to find some creative ways to rethink its focus for future development. There should be greater leadership and cooperation at the regional level to attract investment from Silicon Valley. State mandates for utilities to "go green" are creating unique opportunities for the communities smart enough to embrace them. We have ample land and sunlight to make the valley the solar epicenter of the United States. We should send a delegation to Silicon Valley to encourage them to think of us first as a place to invest. It is time to think smarter.

Congressman Cardoza, don't you get tired of lying to the American people? I could remember when there was a time when most of us believed in what you were doing in Congress. Now you just tell us what we want to hear while you are putting a knife in our backs.