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The typical college student’s weekend is devoted to sleeping, partying and studying, but this weekend a group of students will go out and do something for the community.

Wednesday’s article, “USPS proposes cutting delivery to five days a week,” incorrectly stated that USPS spokesperson Augustine Ruiz said the Postal Service was a$900billion industry.

Many state employees are not pleased withGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to give them several days of unpaid vacation a month.The governor’s budget-saving plan forces furloughs,or unpaid days off,onto most state employees startingFriday.Over200,000state workers will be affected,saving the state$1.3

A recent report comparing California hospitals‘ inpatientmortality rates for certain treatments was a mixed bag for Woodland Healthcare and UC Davis Medical Center hospitals.According to data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development,theUC Davis Medical Center has worse than average mortality rates for strokes and craniotomysurgeries.

Something has been lost.Populist sentiment is on the rise.The public’s confidence in America’s leaders and her businesses is broken.The world’s admiration for America’s financial prowess is fading.American capitalism is under assault.This frustration is evident most clearly in the recent backlash to Wall Street’s reward of a lavish$18billion bonus after receiving taxpayer bailouts.For certain segments such as college students,this is the future disappearing; for others,this indicates thelossesof a moral compass and ethical consciousness.

Most of Yolo County does not meet the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency’s national ambient air quality standards,the agency announced in December. The designation refers particularly to high levels of fine particulate matter,which many studies have linked to significant health problems and early death.

Athletes who get concussions could be in for more than a couple days of headache.Researchers are discovering that the effects of mild head trauma may not be benign.A recent study into the effects of repeated concussions on former athletes found that deficits in brain function can be apparent as many as30or more years after the initial incident.

For those people who enjoy waiting by the mail box for a new post card or letter from a friend, you may have a day off. Postmaster General John E. Potter is proposing that the requirement for mail to be delivered six days a week be changed to five. Potter said the U.S. Postal Service is $2.8 billion in the red and is projecting a net loss of $6 billion in 2009.

The fight against global warming will not be brief.While scientists weren’t expecting Earth to reenter equilibrium tomorrow,new research shows the ecosystem will not cool for another1,000years.

TUESDAY But it wasn’t a hot day? A homeless person was cooking something on the sidewalk on C Street.

After18months of looking for work,Woodland resident James Edwards is down but not out. As a commercial fisherman,Edwards says it’s difficult to just go find a fishing job,especially in this economy. After cashing out all his savings and exhausting other options,he has been able to scrape by with the help of public assistance programs like unemployment.

Memories of getting an “I voted” sticker, hanging up a U.S. flag, entering the voting booth, could soon be simply memories past. County clerk-recorder Freddie Oakley is pushing a proposal that would make Yolo County a testing ground for a voting system that operates completely through the mail.