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Education

Brownie Troop No. 4095 serves community

Appeal-Democrat staff report

Girls in Brownie Troop No. 4095, composed of second-graders at St. Isidore Catholic School in Yuba City and troop leader Rose McIsaac, recently participated in two service projects. On March 26, the girls delivered 10 infant care kits to Children's ... Full story

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Business

J.T. and Dale Talk Jobs: Thrown under the bus

Dear J.T. & Dale: A few months ago, my department manager left the company and a new manager was hired from outside. Conflicts with the team began almost immediately, and two of our best employees resigned. When it was time for my annual perform... Full story

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Food

Neighbor's Favorite Recipe: Traditional Indian Chicken Curry

Fresh ingredients important to Big John of Little India in Yuba City

By John Hollis/For the Appeal-Democrat

When Harcharan ("Big John") Banwait was trying to decide which recipe to share with me, he was torn between traditional Indian cuisine and something I'd call strange but he calls fusion. If he'd gone with fusion, he could have demonstrated his recip... Full story

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Lifestyles

Skin cancer: In the nick of time

Woman survives Stage 4 melanoma with help of new drug

By Courtney Perkes/Freedom News Service

After Louise Belley-Schnarr's 2007 diagnosis with metastatic melanoma, she parted with one piece of clothing from her closet each day, a ritual to prepare herself for death. Her outlook remained bleak after her tumors grew back despite surgical remo... Full story

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Faith & Family

Ex-NFL player preaches being a humble father

David Whiting

Tables sag with manly food: scrambled eggs cooked in bacon grease, muffins, sausages, french toast as thick as my wrist, gallon jugs of syrup. Below a couple of basketball hoops, about 80 men sit at a collection of tables chowing down, gulping black... Full story

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Special Editions

Marysville Gold Sox 2012

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