Greetings members, this weeks showcase features a man of faith and a friend to all. Born in TJ,Mexico he hails from Modesto, California.
Modesto, originally a stop on the railroad connecting Sacramento to Los Angeles, was founded in 1870 and was to be named for William C. Ralston, financier of many projects in early California. However, he declined the suggestion and a Spanish-speaking railroad worker at the naming ceremony said that Ralston was "Muy modesto" (very modest). Thus, the town was named Modesto. It is unknown at this time if this story is mere folklore, or actual fact. The fact is no one seems to know for certain how Modesto got its name. The city was incorporated in 1884 in which it had over 1000 in 1880. By 1900 its population was over 4,500. For the next decades Modesto's population boomed to over 100,000 in 1980 and over 200,000 in 2001.
Modesto's official slogan is "Water Wealth Contentment Health," which is emblazoned on a large arch downtown that has been immortalized in many photographs. A contest was run in 1911 to determine the slogan. The original winning slogan was: "Nobody's got Modesto's goat". The second place entry was the final winner.
Modesto is served by one of the busiest rail corridors in the country. The Amtrak San Joaquins make ten daily stops on the route between Oakland and Bakersfield, and two stops daily on the route between Sacramento and Bakersfield.
Modesto is served by the Modesto City-County Airport that lies east of California State Route 99 within the city limits. The airport serves the United Airlines and Skywest Airlines of San Francisco air service. The airport is used for manufacturing and the shipping industries throughout California and the United States. 
The location of the city is surpassed by a large extensive highway system. The city of Modesto is accessible only on the eastern and western parts of the county. Interstate 5 and California State Route 99 are the major highways that are the north and south road systems. Although, the city and county have been plauged by heavy smog covering the county which gets trapped by the sierra and diablo grande mountains even that of Los Angeles. California State Route 99 passes through the Modesto urban areas and Turlock areas.Interstate 5 surpasses Patterson and Newman which people from the San Francisco Bay Area come to live there turning the cities into bedroom communities. Since Interstate 5 and State Route 99 and not linked together ,overlaps and interchanges will probably never be connected from Patterson to Downtown Modesto along the Tuolumne River and then the overlap into the the area. Other highways such as California State Route 132 and California State Route 108 are the western transportation to the city from Interstate 580 to the city limits. California 108 transportates to Oakdale, Califorina and east to the the foothills. Therefore, the county is accessible anywhere in Northen California. 
Three public transit systems serve Modesto. MAX is the local system with additional connections to the Altamont Commuter Express train station in Lathrop and the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. MAX also provides a paratransit "dial-a-ride" service which specifically caters to seniors and the disabled. It is open to the general public only during certain times. StaRT connects Modesto to the county's other populated centers.
The large industrial region south and east of the city is served by the Modesto and Empire Traction Railroad, a 5-mile (8-km) short line with a web of industry tracks and many customers.
At one time, the city was the operational center of the Tidewater Southern Railway, which had its mainline down the center of Ninth Street, a major north-south road. A law passed by the city kept electric wire over this section of street running long after the railroad converted to steam power. In 2000, the last trains ran down Ninth Street and now the railroad (owned by the Union Pacific Railroad since 1983) is severed through Modesto.
Although the city is surrounded by the Tuolumne River and Stanislaus River, it has no operating port for oceangoing ships due to the width of the rivers. Fortunatley, rivers and lakes near Waterford are wide enough to be accessible for small boats and ferries. The nearest large operating port is the Port of Stockton, used for oceangoing ships that transport goods from the San Francisco Bay Area and Foreign ports.
The city is planning to build an expressway that would expand State Route 132's expressway status from Interstate 580 to State Route 99. The expressway would follow Kansas Ave. from the new freeway interchange on Highway 99 and would go straight out of the city. The city is also planning to add more ramps on the Central Modesto exit in SR 99 for less traffic downtown. A linking system from Interstate 5 to the California State Route 99 will probably never exist due to inept city and county planning. If it were to be built, overlaps would be constructed on Interstate 5 and State Route 99 such as Downtown Modesto and ramps into Crows Landing Road. This would make travel to and from the West Side of the county much faster. Unfortunately, the project will probably never exist in the future. WE LOVE YOU JOHN :) 
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Hello Everyone!
Here's the Bio that I used on my POTY forum:
My name is John Sanchez and I was born in Tijuana, Mexico. I’ve been in the United States since I was 6 months old and I’m a US citizen. My Dad was born in Sonora, California and my Mom was born in Zacatecas, Mexico. My Dad met my Mom in Mexico so that’s why I was born there. I’ve lived in California all this time. I graduated from Patterson high school in Patterson, California and I attended two years of Jr. College in Modesto, California. I also attended and graduated from Pacific Technical Institute as a Computer and Copier Technician. I’ve worked for the Del Monte Corporation for 30 years and I’m currently a supervisor there.
What else have I’ve been up to? Well, I’m a distributor for Dipetane fuel treatment and I recently bought a Christian bookstore which I named Living Words. I’m also an affiliate for Custom Super Homes and I’m a manager in Bio Performance. I am hoping to make a living in Network Marketing so I can retire early from Del Monte.
As far as family, I have a son and a daughter, Trevor and Holly and I also have the most awesome grandson you could ask for. His name is Ulises and he is just the sweetest kid in the world. He loves his Papa (me).  And his Papa loves him too. I’ve been single for about six years now.
I was a devout Christian for about 16 years but my divorce some how weaken my faith and I stopped attending church. I recently started getting back too my Christian roots and it has changed my life again. I’m much happier and content in my life now than I’ve been the past five years. I’ve been a member of AdlandPro since March 14, 2005 and my time here has been most enjoyable. I have made so many awesome friends here. I’m doing at AdlandPro what I most like to do and that’s to help people. There’s nothing more rewarding than the thanks you get when you’ve helped someone with a problem they had. In the past 10 months I was placed on the Team and I was bestowed the title of Goodwill Ambassador by Bogdan Fiedur (CEO of AdlandPro). Recently I was elected as Team Leader for team 8 of WOSAT. Since I’ve been here at AdlandPro I’ve created several projects that some of the new members might not be familiar with so I will post them here (your participation in these projects is appreciated):
- The Happy Place forum and blog: Partners: Craftie Linda, Lisa “Lee Lu” Westberry, Ana Maria Padurean, and Judy Woodson
- The Birthday’s of the Week forum and blog: Partners: Kathy Martin and Kenneth Sword (Ken created the Blog).
- The Welcome Wagon forum and blog: Partners: Marilyn Ali, Dennis Clairmont, and Judy Woodson.
- The Feature of the Week aka Person of the Week forum: Partners: Former partner Kathy Martin, current partner LaNell.
- Link Deposit Blog: Partners: Several Partners.
I would now like to thank Bogdan for the kindness he has shown me and for the great opportunities he has provided us with here at AdlandPro. In my book Bogdan is the Person of the Year, if it weren’t for him creating AdlandPro we wouldn’t be here. Bogdan is continuously looking for ways to improve Adland, so we should all thank him for the hard work he puts into making this a better community for us. I would also like to thank LaNell my partner at the POTW forum who has helped me a lot since she joined the community. LaNell is an awesome friend whom I can always count on for help as well as my other partners, Marilyn, Kathy, Ken, Dennis, Judy, Ana Maria, Linda and Lisa. Thanks to all of you I’ve been able to do more here at Adland because of your help. Last but not least, I would like to thank all of you who voted for me and those of you who have supported me since I’ve been here. You are truly the best group of people I’ve ever known. I love you all! Thanks!
Sincerely,
John Sanchez
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