Archive for October, 2009
Monday, October 26th, 2009
What we inherit
While in Sausalito Sunday, I watched as a sailboat race and a blimp glided over San Francisco Bay on the afternoon breezes. The lettering on the side of the blimp was difficult to read at a distance until I photographed the air ship, using a zoom lens. And even after studying the photograph, I wasn’t [...]
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Over 200 show up at fundraiser to help pay injured ad manager’s medical bills
More than 200 people showed up Sunday at Toby’s Feed Barn for a fundraising party to help pay the medical expenses of Linda Petersen, the injured ad manager of The West Marin Citizen. Linda received numerous severe injuries when she fell asleep at the wheel in Inverness June 13 and struck a utility pole. Although [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General News,Point Reyes Station,West Marin Citizen by DavidMitchell
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
A community helping one of its own
Friends of Linda Petersen, the injured ad manager of The West Marin Citizen, will sponsor a major fundraiser from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, to help pay her medical bills. It’s being billed as a “CommUNITY FUN-Raising Event.” Linda suffered 11 broken ribs, a tear in her diaphragm, a collapsed lung, a broken [...]
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
A country mouse in the Tenderloin
It was one of those times I felt like the Country Mouse. I’d been reading San Francisco Chronicle about the city police department’s wanting to clean up the Tenderloin. And I’ve been reading Chronicle columnist CW Nevius’ fulminations against drug use and sexual activity in the district. By the way, while most of us know [...]
