Family life

This must have been taken around 1959 and shows my two sisters and me in our parents’ bed having an early morning cuppa. This was a ritual that persisted until we became too big to fit comfortably. My dad used to be the first up, followed by mum. I’m assuming that, to give them a [...]

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Families learn the fun of reading at Conrad Ball literacy event (slide show)

Oh, the places you’ll go at a family literacy night like the one at Conrad Ball Middle School. You’ll play games like follow the cat in the hat and clip pages on the green eggs and ham clothesline. You’ll write a book, make a Lorax mustache and eat an edible truffula tree. Because as Dr. [...]

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Home & garden news, upcoming events

Whether you just like to look or you’re trolling for ideas and inspiration, mark your calendar for one of these popular self-guided home and garden tours, a once-a-year chance to visit private gardens in all their spring glory. Seven Santa Rosa gardens — including two homes — are featured on the Sonoma County Medical Association [...]

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Bunking with cats, inmates learn value of teamwork

Inmate Richard Amaro walks Clementine at Larch Correctional Facility Friday, April 20, 2012, in Yacolt, Wash. The Cuddly Catz program at the Larch Correctional Facility, a minimum-security prison is several months old, but inmates say they

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What’s happening today in the north valley

Music/Nightclubs Cafe Coda: Geoff Baker Birthday show, Chris Keene, 8 p.m. $5, all ages. The end Zone: Chuck Epperson Jr. Band featuring Sid Walker on violin. 9 p.m.-midnight. 250 Cohasset Road. Holiday Inn: Karaoke, 9 p.m. to close. 685 Manzanita Court. Ongoing. Feather Falls Brewing Co., Oroville: cold Shot, cover band of Stevie Ray Vaughn. [...]

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The Community Voice – Leaving as principal, but not leaving children

By Heidi Bailey  may 17, 2012 10:12 am There’s a certain sparkle Penngrove Principal Kathleen Larsen gets in her eyes when she talks about her time in the Petaluma School District. when speaking specifically about children, there’s a light in her face filled with contentment and complete satisfaction; her tone overflowing with an underlying mixture of [...]

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CALENDAR for the week of May 18, 2012

Milpitas Camera Club exhibition opens today The Milpitas Camera Club will celebrate its 10th year of photography at its Ninth Annual Photographic Exhibition May 18 through May 31 at the Milpitas Public Library. There will be an Artist Reception on Saturday, May 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. Visit to see top photography, nosh on [...]

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Magdalena Kožená: ‘I’m not scared of the big maestro’

Magdalena Kožená believes musicians fall into two categories. “There are people who love to work with their partners and those who simply can’t,” she says. it is, she admits, “fortunate that I’m the first case”: the celebrated Czech mezzo-soprano’s husband happens to be conductor Simon Rattle. What’s the main advantage of being married to the conductor? [...]

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Fine Bedding Company’s great balance sheet as profits hit £636,000

A Greater Manchester bedding manufacturer has hailed a year of bumper profits growth as its investment in new machinery meant lower production costs and higher margins. Pre-tax earnings rocketed 68 per cent in the year to January 31, from £378,000 to  £636,000. Trafford Park-based Trendsetter, which also has its own brand, the Fine Bedding Company, said [...]

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CHAFFORD HUNDRED WI (From Thurrock Gazette)

CHAFFORD HUNDRED WI 1:21pm Wednesday 9th May 2012 in Leisure THE highlight of this month was the Easter weekend, when we were invited by the EWT Chafford Gorges Nature Park to attend its Easter event. This enabled us to have a produce stall to raise funds. the stall was mainly organised by our secretary Patricia [...]

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