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Vol. 11, No. 52
Including Surrounding Communities
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December 25, 2009
From the Press family to yours to all our Press Readers
THIS WEEK
Rotary to the rescue
East County came to West Africa as two Brentwood residents joined in an effort to immunize children against polio.
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s another year draws to a close, it’s time once again for our annual message of thanks and good wishes to the communities that we at the Press newspaper group have been proud and privileged to serve for 10 years now. A lot has changed for a lot of people and companies during 2009, and due to the economy, not all of the change has been pleasant. Nevertheless, we hope your difficulties this year have been offset just a bit by the stories of success, achievement and caring we’ve been able to share in these pages and on our Web site, thepress.net. As we all look forward to a more prosperous 2010, we hope you’ll continue to share your lives with us and your neighbors, and we wish you a world of health and happiness along the way.
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Brentwood spirit shines through The residents of Brentwood might not be recession-proof, but their spirit of giving surely is. ON Last EADLINE weekend locals again bucked the recessionary trend by making the annual Brentwood Regional Community RICK Chest program LEMYRE a rousing suc-
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cess. They provided more than enough to take care of 550 local families with a box full of food, toys for every child, plus a turkey, stuffing, fresh vegetables, bread, gravy and warm holiday wishes. More than 300 volunteers descended on Brentwood Elementary School Friday night to sort and pack the food, an annual outpouring of eagerness to help that warms the cockles of the heart. Many returned on Saturday to help distributed the see Spirit page 20A
Sign in!
A young volunteer unloads a frozen turkey nearly as big as he is during the annual Community Chest Christmas Basket program last weekend. For more pictures of the event, see Page 18A. Photo by Richard Wisdom
Pristine preseason
When league play tips off Jan. 2, the Heritage Patriots will be primed to hit the court running.
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