Archive for August, 2009
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
And you were there
“What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times. And you were there.” That was Walter Cronkite’s weekly signoff in the 1950s when he hosted TV docu-dramas, You Are There, which reenacted historic events. Here in no particular order are some of the [...]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Hospitalized ad manager of West Marin Citizen coming home; friends volunteering to provide meals
West Marin Citizen ad manager Linda Petersen, who has been hospitalized since June 13, is scheduled to return to West Marin Saturday. She’s excited to be coming home, and many of us are quite happy for her. Linda in the courtyard of the Rafael Convalescent Hospital this week. Making possible Linda’s return is her rapid [...]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Scenes from the Inverness Fair
Several hundred people on Saturday attended the annual Inverness Fair at the town’s firehouse green. The day of fundraising began with a pancake breakfast sponsored by the Inverness Volunteer Fire Department. The fair also coincided with the Inverness Library’s annual book sale. As a benefit for Inverness School, the Inverness Store barbecued oysters and sold [...]
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Great progress for injured ad manager of The West Marin Citizen despite problems with convalescent hospital
West Marin Citizen ad manager Linda Petersen, who has been hospitalized ever since a horrific car wreck June 13, this past week made significant progress in her recovery. On Friday, a doctor at the Kaiser Medical Center in Oakland removed the steel-and-carbon halo (right) that had immobilized her head and neck for seven weeks. Linda [...]
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Thieves use ruse to clean out till at Station House Gifts
A pair of thieves in their late 20s or early 30s cleaned out the cash drawer of Point Reyes Gifts shortly before 3 p.m. today. The shop is relatively small, however, and owner Barbara McClellan told sheriff’s deputies the loss was not large. Shop owner Barbara McClellan told deputy Rick Johnson the couple used a [...]
