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Approaching the one-year mark since the devastating October fires, I am practicing gratitude. Only last week did I have the heart to venture back to Deer Trail Road.

Last week our local newspapers made big news with a write-up in The New York Times. The article covered our new model for small newspapers to become community-owned with a reader-powered newsroom and dozens of new individual investors.

The latest presidential news conference transcript, directly from the White House:

Thanks for senior center

Note: This column originally appeared eleven years ago. Our friends’ now-nineteen-year-old daughter—who checks straws as a matter-of-fact routine—did not know why or how the habit began. This is for you, Kate.

Act now to connect

Caramba! According to CNBC, parents will be spending an average of $510 per child this back-to-school shopping season. The new wardrobe—to start the year in style—plus pens, pencils, crayons, backpack and notebooks will be purchased both in-store and on-line, all designed to launch a successful school year.

Cloverdale High School color blast

Here's what's happening at the Senior Center in September: