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From Part-Timer to Head Honcho San Clemente’s Cathy Lee … Making a Difference

Feb 01, 2008 03:53PM ● By Don Kindred

By the time she was eight-years-old, Cathy Lee, the Director of the San Clemente Seaside Senior Center, had lived in seven states. And though difficult for her - never having much time to make friends or for others to get to know her - this continuous meandering prepared her for the adaptability and flexibility she would eventually utilize in life, as well as her career.

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Tais Hoffman - Weaving the Tapestry of Her Life

Nov 05, 2005 04:10PM ● By Don Kindred

So believes San Clemente resident and Tai Chi/Qi Gong teacher, Tais Hoffman. It is a creed, one among many, intricately woven into the fabric of her life.

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Marla Lund - She Came, She Saw, She Loved, Lived, Worked and Plans to Stay

May 05, 2005 03:25PM ● By Don Kindred

At a time when San Clemente was truly a “Mayberry” like place with cattle-filled rolling hills, more vacant lots than homes and townsfolk who once knew everybody’s name, San Clementean Marla Lund and her family came to town.

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Rod Rodriguez From an Indian Village, to the Village by The Sea

Feb 05, 2005 02:21PM ● By Don Kindred

Rod and Gloria, mates for life. As a young boy raised in a Yacqui Indian Village in Tucson, Arizona, San Clementean Rod Rodriguez often found himself in trouble.

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Pondo Vleisides The Journey From Hometown Boy to Hometown Pastor

Feb 05, 2005 01:10PM ● By Don Kindred

To take a journey is to travel from one place to another. To take a personal journey is to pass or progress from one stage to another. Both definitions hold true in the life journey of San Clementean Pondo Vleisides. His has been a journey of passage from boyhood to pastorship, and it has been one involving several places and many stages.

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Ryan Sheckler

Aug 05, 2004 07:04PM ● By Don Kindred

He’s made a couple of movies. He’s traveled to some of the most desirable spots on the planet. He’s seen both the underside and over side of the U.S. His face graces the covers and the pages of numerous magazines in his sport. He’s done demo videos with the veteran stars of skateboarding, including Tony Hawk. He ha

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The Many Hats of Julia DiGiovanni -Wife, Mother, Self-Taught Businesswoman & Much More

May 05, 2004 06:18PM ● By Don Kindred

A young Julia standing beside her man, Tony DiGiovanni, in the 1940s. In her presence, it’s hard to believe Julia DiGiovanni is in her mid-eighties. Her gait is strong, her mind sharp and her wit quick.

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Raad Ghantous World Citizen Finds San Clemente Home

Feb 05, 2004 04:55PM ● By Don Kindred

There is a story behind every door in San Clemente. We have each found our way here through some complex path of choices and circumstances.

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