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Publisher's Message - Historical Perspective

Aug 05, 2004 06:30PM ● By Don Kindred

Almost twenty years ago, our business community received word that the County of Orange and the State of California had completed a master plan for South County’s transportation infrastructure.

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Why do we have Toll Roads

Feb 05, 2004 05:55PM ● By Don Kindred

Twenty years ago when these roadways were conceived, toll roads were not the first option… or the second option. In fact, they were only built as Toll Roads when all other alternatives to fund the roads as freeways were exhausted and the choice came down to “Toll Road or no road.”

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Growing up in South Orange County, the way it used to be...

Feb 05, 2004 05:27PM ● By Don Kindred

Growing up in rural San Juan Capistrano in the 1960s was a dream. My family lived at the top of a hill on a cul de sac. There were enough kids in the neighborhood that we could spend hours outside playing softball and kickball.

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San Clemente Scrap Book 2004

Feb 05, 2004 05:07PM ● By Don Kindred

San Clemente Scrap Book 2004

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Ole Wasn’t Alone - Capistrano Beach and Dana Point Claim Visionaries of Their Own

Nov 01, 2003 10:19PM ● By Don Kindred

Deservedly, much of the recognition for establishing San Clemente is attributed to Ole Hanson, real estate developer, entrepreneur, and former mayor of Seattle. But Hanson wasn’t the only early mover and shaker of housing projects in South Orange County in the late ‘20s.

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A Man of Goodwill - Frank Flegal

Sep 01, 2003 09:50PM ● By Don Kindred

One hundred years ago a man by the name of Dr. Edgar J. Helms began an organization that would help tens of millions get through life with a little more - more dignity, more essentials, more employment and more help.

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Hello Dolly! ...Sadell, That Is

Aug 01, 2003 09:43PM ● By Don Kindred

She doesn’t have a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, but she should. Dolly Sadell has contributed as much to the arts as many on that walkway. She has written, produced and directed more than fifteen different musical revues.

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A President, An Ordinary Man and a School

Feb 01, 2003 08:27PM ● By Don Kindred

The Name is Truman... Truman Benedict that is. Once upon a San Clemente sunset, 53-years-ago, a quiet, gentle-man and his much-loved wife came to dwell in the Spanish Village by the Sea. He bore the first name of a president, and never dreamt that a school would one day share the same name.

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Publisher's Message - "Railroaded"

Aug 01, 2002 08:27AM ● By Don Kindred

I had heard about the protest, even silently saluted it. It took place at the San Juan Capistrano Depot. I saw the picture in the Register afterwards. Former San Juan Mayor Philip Swartze and others stringing what seemed to be a laundry line across the sacred right-of-way of the railroad.

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The Under-Overhaul

May 01, 2001 05:21PM ● By Don Kindred

The City of San Clemente retained TM, Inc. Engineers to assess the structural condition of the Municipal Pier and the adjacent Marine Safety Building, and to design a dedicated pier fire line system.

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