Cindy Davis and her son Jacob have a contest
going. If she can answerseven or more questions
correctly, Jacob must agree to do seven chores– of
her choosing – with no complaints.
Brentwood native Staff Sgt. Michael Broussard, left, and his teammate Staff Sgt. Shayne Cherry, hold up Colt 45 pistols they were awarded after winning the Army’s Best Ranger competition at Ft. Benning, Ga. on April 21.
In 2001, Michael
Broussard was a skinny
kid who scrambled for
playingtime on the
football team, went to
the wrong parties and
barely passedenough
classes to graduate from
Liberty High School.
Freedom junior Billy Wardell prepares to uncork a blazing fastball in his masterful outing against Liberty last Thursday. Wardell threw a complete-game one-hitter, striking out seven in the first-place Falcons’ 1-0 victory.
Last Thursday,
Freedom’s Billy Wardell
and Liberty’s Drew
Gagnontreated East County
to a pitching revival, as
the two hurlers
threwspectacular
games.
Traffic congestion on
Highway 4, Vasco Road and
many other major
thoroughfares in East
County will continue for
decades, despite the
best efforts of local
leaders and more than a
billion dollars being
spent on improvements.
For the third year in
a row, first-grade
students at Timber Point
Elementary School in
Discovery Bay have
undertaken a large
recycling
event to
celebrate Earth Day.