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May 19, 2008
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San Jose observes Police Memorial Week
By Bill Highlander
Editor
San Jose City Council, Police Chief Rob Davis and hundreds of the city’s police officers observed the 14th annual National Police Week on May 14. A moving tribute to the 11 officers killed in the line of duty since 1924 was made with solemnity and precision in the City Hall Rotunda and the Flagstone Court.
All police radio channels went silent for a minute in memory of the fallen officers, and the bagpipers followed that by playing “Amazing Grace” As a bell was sounded, an officer saluted the photograph of each of the slain policemen as each name was called and the circumstances Read more...
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Blooming in the garden of Girl Scouting
Service Unit 642 celebrates accomplishments
By Jeanne C. Carbone
Staff Writer
If you want to witness inspirational girls and young women, attend a yearly Girl Scout awards ceremony.
On May 4, Girl Scout Service Unit 642 presented “Blooming in the Garden of Girl Scouting,” awarding their young women bronze, silver, gold and 10-year pins at Cornerstone Community Church. Keynote speakers included District 10 Councilmember Nancy Pyle, the Family Giving Tree Queen Elf and Executive Director Read more...
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