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MERCED SUN-STAR Friday, October 24, 2014 B1 or a lover of old cars, one-stop shopping. The old-car swap meet gives auto buffs a chance to buy a complete vehicle or selected parts while enjoying the great outdoors, rubbing elbows with like-minded enthusiasts, thinning out the wallet and getting some exercise to boot. The fall automotive swap meet a couple of Sundays ago at the Stanislaus County Fairground was all that and more. I heartily recommend attending an old-car swap meet; a terrific educa- tional experience and fun, too. About two dozen vintage vehicles stood out as I made the rounds.

A few were quite while others were more reasonable and could help a budding old-car devo- tee get his or her feet wet in the car-collecting hobby. A 1972 Chevrolet half-ton pickup showed four decades of wear but appeared to be serviceable. It had a V-8 engine and automatic trans- mission and was priced at what seemed like a reason- able no major body flaws were detected and the truck was decent. A 1976 Chevrolet pickup, a bit more presentable, had a 16K sticker. A 1953 Studebaker would set you back considerably more, with a $25,000 price tag.

A 1966 Pontiac Grand Prix luxocruiser was priced at $7,500 and seemed like a lot of car for the money. My eyes were drawn to a white 1965 Cadillac convert- ible with a $15,500 price tag; that old Cad looked like loads of fun. On the higher side of the price spectrum was a 1960 Chevrolet two-door sedan for $20,000 that was up- dated and seemed to be a high-caliber street machine. betting the owner had more invested in that car than he was going to get back. A 1966 Ford Mustang hardtop had a mint-green color and would have taken $8,500 in greenbacks to drive home.

A bit more different was a red 1969 Chevelle four-door station wagon marked with a window sticker. That means the owner would drive it home if someone pay him all he wanted. I bet he drove it home. a bit partial to 1964 Thunderbird two-door hard- tops, and a white one was selling for I suspect it would take quite a bit more money to make it serviceable and reliable. Still, the entry price bad for the enterprising restorer.

The muscle car enthusiast might have been attracted to a 1969 Ford Fairlane 500 two-door hardtop with a $4,000 price tag. It had a 302 cubic-inch V-8, a dull white-colored paint job and some potential if the new owner wanted to tear it down and start over. Perhaps the nicest old car for sale in Turlock was a 1949 Chevrolet convertible that looked showroom-fresh. It had a $29,500 price stick- er and certainly was no slouch in the looks depart- ment. A 1940 Cadillac La Salle four-door sedan was sitting on the back of a rollback truck.

It had mild street rod touches and looked like the perfect gangster car, all for Retro Rides DOANE YAWGER Car buffs just love meets YAWGER Page B2 Merced police are praising one group of neighbors as an example of the right way to conduct a neighbor- hood watch program. Rivera Mobile Estates, a mobile home park of roughly 400 residents, plans to celebrate its effort to rid the neighborhood of drugs and other crimes with a block party this week- end. Les Faulkner has lived in the neighborhood for about four years. He said he had dealt with theft in the area, but a confrontation last year led him to talk to his neighbors, who came together to push their neighborhood watch program. The 60-year-old said a man pulled a gun on him in front of his home.

started a thing called Safe Streets and it helped us with the problem that we were he said. Merced city employees and police helped Faulkner understand how to get the watch group up and run- ning, he said. The group worked closely with Lt. Andre Matthews, who said the Po- lice Operation Safe Streets Program could be a useful tool to others in Merced. The program guides residents through using the civil court pro- cess to work with property owners to eliminate criminal activity and clean up nuisance properties in neighborhoods, he said.

It can be used by residents to push a landlord to clean up an apartment complex, or by neighbors who believe one home on their block is the root of their problems. Judy Price, the property manager for the mobile home park, said she Neighborhood watch is a success RIVERA MOBILE ESTATES TO CELEBRATE PROGRAM PRAISED BY MERCED POLICE By Thaddeus Miller WATCH Page B2 community in Merced County. The artists should be available to facilitate workshops, give performances, con- duct teacher in-services, and assist in curriculum development. Typically, ARTREE activities include culture, dance, drama, music and visual arts. Some examples include: Recording Story Writing Songwriting Print and Web Design Film Making Fashion Design Photography Performance Art 3D Graphics Cultural Dance Natural Science, Outdoor Studies Mr.

Nye style science Those interested in applying to be an ARTREE Artist can visit www.artsmerced.org. Multicultural Arts Center is giving new life to its ARTREE pro- gram, one that aims to stimulate cre- ativity and originality in the commu- nity. The program was developed in 1984 in partnership with the schools of Merced County. Its intent is to bring artists into classrooms to provide in- struction and education on their art. According to program directors at the Multicultural Arts Center, the pro- gram has been underutilized in past years, but is being restored and updat- ed to fit the current needs of Merced.

The program is in search of artists who are capable of teaching their own art, and who can also tie their work to Common Core curriculum and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics). According to the Multi- cultural Arts Center website, ARTREE is a resource for the schools and the Arts center program in search of instructors Sun-Star Staff Graciela Iniguez guesses she has spent $12,000 on traffic tickets and vehicle impound fees since she start- ed driving 20 years ago. As an undocumented immigrant from Jalisco, Mexico, Iniguez drives without a license. But soon to change. Starting Jan.

1, California residents who prove they are in United States legally will be allowed to obtain licenses under Assembly Bill 60, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law last year. law is going to benefit us so she said. God, now we have to be afraid to Iniguez, who lives in Fresno, said she drives out of necessity. The single mother works full-time at the meat market Carniceria La Hacienda in Fresno.

She said buses are too unre- liable and, even if she opted to use public transportation, it would take her two hours to get to work. If she works a late shift, the buses have stopped running by the time done. not a privilege to have a car a she said. you have a car, you go to The Department of Motor Vehi- cles estimates that around 1.5 million immigrants will end up with the new licenses, which will cost $33. Advocate groups estimate there are about 39,000 Stanislaus County resi- dents who have entered the country illegally.

Congregations Building Commu- nity is expecting another few hundred attendees at its informa- tional meeting about the new driv- Immigrants prepare to get driver licenses By Andrea Castillo The Fresno Bee LICENSES Page B2 Dozens of students and faculty gathered on the Merced College campus Thursday to get a peek at the roughly 90-minute solar eclipse. The Merced College Geology and Earth Sciences Club sponsored the gathering, which used special glasses, a solar telescope and a projector to allow anyone interested to see the partial eclipse safely. think important for people to know happening in the said Robert Davies, an astron- omy professor at the college. An eclipse occurs when the shadow of one celestial body passes over another. In case, the moon passed in front of the sun.

Looking into the sun can be dangerous and seriously damage the human eye, so the club used dark glasses made of a special film and a projector to give students and others a look at the eclipse. The students oohed and aahed as they used the glasses to watch the black shadow pass in front of the reddish sun. Eclipses happen every year but are not visible from all parts of the Earth at the same time. The next par- tial solar eclipse that will be visible in Merced will be Aug. 21, 2017.

STUDENTS DAZZLED BY SOLAR ECLIPSE Thaddeus Miller Merced College students watch the partial solar eclipse using special glasses Thursday at Merced College. The eclipse lasted about 90 minutes. Sun and moon put on a show Above, astronomy professor Robert Davies adjusts a solar telescope projecting the eclipse onto a screen on Thursday at Merced College. At left, Davies uses an inflatable moon and sun to demonstrate the partial solar eclipse, caused when the moon passed in front of the sun. Sun-Star Staff.