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Published May 22nd, 2013
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The Benefits of Tapping into Business
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| By Sophie Braccini |
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| Randall (Randi) Martin, co-founder of Skyline Building Care, has seen the benefits of mentoring in business. A mentor himself for at-risk youth and sales people, when the Moraga businessman wanted to pursue the idea of expanding his business through a franchise, he felt the need for support and turned to Score - a non-profit organization ... read |
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| Campolinodo students
smiled at the unique annual town-wide photo extravaganza before their Senior Ball in San
Francisco. Photo Ohlen Alexander
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| Campo Seniors Ready
for Their Close-Up |
| By Cathy
Tyson |
| Behind the sparkles and
hairspray, prior to their big night out in San Francisco at City Hall a crush of dolled
up students got to pose in their shiny new or rented attire with a parade of parents
snapping ...read |
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| One Step
Closer to a Lamorinda Fire District? |
| By Nick Marnell |
| After the defeat of a proposed fire station consolidation with
the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District
altered its strategy and sought a partnership with the city of ...read
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| Joey Forman #17 Photos Ohlen
Alexander
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| NCS Lacrosse Action
Continues Tonight |
| By Marissa
Harnett |
| Last Wednesday marked the start of
the Division II boys' lacrosse NCS championship tournament. As the top two finishers in
the DFAL, both Acalanes and Miramonte earned berths in the playoffs. With an ...read
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| The Kit House today
Photo Andy Scheck
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| Mail
Order House |
| By Cathy Dausman |
Does a 75-year-old mail order house stand out in a neighborhood
residents call "eclectic"? Not if it's the Lafayette home built by James Ford and his
wife, Mary, in 1940.
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Editor:
In 2006, when America's population was approaching 300 million (now approaching 320 million) and California's population was about 36.5 million (now over 38 million), I was in Bellingham promoting The Population Fix. From the audience, a consultant to Pacific Northwest municipalities said he'd never met a mayor of a small town who didn't want to be mayor of a large town, a mayor of a large town who didn't want to be mayor of a small city, or a mayor of a small city who didn't want to be mayor of a larger city.
"Is Moraga Unsustainable" in May 8, Lamorinda Weekly reminded me of him. As power-hungry politicians (a redundancy) create bunches of bumbling bureaucracies telling us where to work, where to live, and how to live, one wonders when the public will recognize the pain of self-inflicted wounds created by perpetual population growth. Experience from China and India suggest when U.S. population reaches 750 million.
California's governor wants a tunnel ...
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| Plan Bay Area
Riles Some Orinda Residents |
| By Laurie
Snyder |
| A glossy flyer with an
Association of Bay Area Governments logo alerted Orindans to a "town hall" at the
Lafayette Veterans' Memorial Building. Robo-calls warned of "a plan to bring massive
high density ...read |
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| Orinda Wins
Bragging Rights at Moraga Tri |
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| The annual City Team
challenge continued this year at the 2013 Moraga Treeline Triathlon. According to City
Clerk Michele Olsen, Team Orinda posted a 77-second margin of victory over Team
Lafayette. Team ...read |
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| Orinda Wins
Bragging Rights at Moraga Tri |
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| The annual City Team
challenge continued this year at the 2013 Moraga Treeline Triathlon. According to City
Clerk Michele Olsen, Team Orinda posted a 77-second margin of victory over Team
Lafayette. Team ...read |
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| Current issue May 22, 2013Issue and
deadline schedule |
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Lamorinda
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| 'Take5' Takes Hold at
Campolindo |
| By Cathy
Dausman |
| Amid student council
campaign signs plastered on Campolindo High School buildings, there is evidence of a
second, campus-wide campaign called Take5. This one, its founders hope, will be
something the students ...read |
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| Miramonte Art Center
Enters New Era |
| Submitted by
Catherine Soso |
| Deborah Hovey-LaCour has
brought a new approach to teaching art at Miramonte High School. Her previous career as
a graphic designer and art director in San Francisco brings an added benefit to her
curriculum. ...read |
| School Calendar |
Acalanes Union High School
District
Board Room AUHSD Office
1212 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette |
| Wednesday, June 5, at 7:30pm |
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Lafayette School District
LAFSD Office
3477 School Street, Lafayette |
| Wednesday, June 20, at 7pm |
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Moraga School District
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School Auditorium 1010 Camino Pablo, Moraga |
| Tuesday, June 11, at 7:30pm |
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Orinda Union School
District
OUSD Office 8 Altarinda Road, Orinda |
| Monday, June 10, at 6pm |
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| Girls' Lax Dominant in
NCS Playoffs
Dons host Mats tonight |
| By Michael
Sakoda |
| The North Coast Section
girls' lacrosse playoffs got underway this week featuring all three Lamorinda high
schools-Acalanes, Campolindo and Miramonte-playing in the division II bracket. All teams
will play in ...read
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| Swimming and Diving
Post-Season Report |
| By Sarada Symonds
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Campolindo's Soda
Aquatic Center played host to both the DFAL diving and swimming meets on May 11. The
participants were all hoping to earn a spot at the NCS Championships on May 18.
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| DFAL Track and
Field Tough Competition |
| By Tommy
Bush |
| The 2013 Diablo Foothill
Athletic League (DFAL) track and field season has been one of intense competition. From
the bang of the starting gun to the final turn of the season, Acalanes, Miramonte and
Campolindo ...read |
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| Saint Mary’s College Museum of Arts will present Points of View with Mary Lou Correia and Paul Kratter, two of the East Bay’s most vibrant and spontaneous en plein air painters on Saturday, June 1 – Sunday, Sept. 22. A reception for the artists ... |
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| The Acalanes Performing Arts Department presents the 2013 Pops Concerts: "CarTunes" at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28-29 in the Performing Arts Center at the ... |
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| The Summer Music Series returns to the Orinda Library this season with music for the whole family. At 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 19, the Orinda Library welcomes ... |
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| Remembering the
Fallen on Memorial Day |
| By
Cathy Tyson |
| How can
a family deal with the loss of a child to war? It's every parent's worst nightmare.
Lafayette mother Yolanda "Jolie" Vega knows that pain and trauma; her son, Jonathan
"Antonio" Vega Yelner, was ...read |
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| "Measure for
Measure" at Town Hall Theatre |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| A sometimes overlooked play because of its dubious nature as a comedy or a
drama, Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" is the new production of Lafayette's local
troupe, Town Hall Theater Company. The ...read |
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA