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March 2015 Lucky Dog Rescue: Going the Extra Mile
Serving Danville
By Jody Morgan
Lucky Dog Rescue (LDR), founded in 2010, never stops looking for ways to put deserving dogs in appropriate homes. Partnering with Wings of Rescue, another 100% volunteer non-profit, gives LDR the ability to send healthy, adoptable animals flying from over-crowded California shelters to places where they are wanted. The sky is no longer the limit, but the capacity of shelters to hold animals seeking humans to love is a major obstacle to giving abandoned pets time to find forever homes.
L to R: Dan Dunn with Civil War saber, Bob Chardler with parade torch, and Jerry Warren with poster as they ready the MuseSRV Lincoln exhibit.
Forty-one lucky dogs flew from CA to WA on the Wings of Rescue 2/13 flight from Livermore. Front L to R: Anji (Wing of Rescue Pilot), Nancy Moore (LDR), Audrey Lennox (LDR) and Cindy Smith Wings of Rescue Co-Founder.
With decades of experience among them in caring for rescued pets, LDR founders decided to apply their skills to saving homeless dogs at high-kill shelters where lack of funding and space often preclude keeping animals alive for more than the 3-4 business days mandated by law. As a long-term
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St. Isidore School students decided to “Go GOLD”: Give Out Love Deliberately. The 7th and 8th grade students planned a service project that focused on a work of mercy they were passionate about, identified a need in society, researched and learned about this need, and carried out a plan of action--Giving Out Love Deliberately! Some of the projects included packaging food for Kids Against Hunger, gathering clothes for 1 Closet, assisting at several local retirement communities, anonymously sending games and bracelets to various children’s hospitals, and making numerous donations to various charities and organizations. Many of the students have decided to continue their service to the community. St. Isidore members are proud of and inspired by these students and the myriad of service they provided to the community.
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Lincoln Exhibit Opens at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley By Jody Morgan
How did Lincoln’s contemporaries in the San Ramon Valley view his presidency? What legacy did his leadership provide? The exhibition opening on March 17th at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley (MuseSRV) is full of thought provocative material. The core component is “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War.” Organized by the National Constitution Center and the American Library Association, this traveling exhibit was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is based on an exhibit by the same name developed by the National Constitution Center. Local stories, artifacts from the era, and evening programs offer insight into how Californians reacted to Lincoln’s policies. The American Library Association’s website describes the traveling presentation. “Organized thematically, the exhibition explores how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the war – the secession of Southern States, slavery, and wartime civil liberties.” Jerry Warren, President of the Board, is pleased MuseSRV was chosen to offer the traveling exhibit. This in-depth study highlighting the struggles Lincoln faced and the multiple options he considered to resolve each issue raises awareness of how controversial his decisions were, especially during his lifetime. Information from local archives gives the presentation a more personal perspective on living through a time when voicing an opinion on Lincoln’s decisions might alter the course of history. Although California entered the union in 1850 as a free state two years after being ceded to the United States by Mexico, the political positions of the settlers of the San Ramon Valley, like those of most Californians, tended to reflect the parts of the country from which they originated. Volume VI - Number 5 Some saw the nation as a confederacy of sovereign 3000F Danville Blvd. #117, states, while others argued that it was an indivisible Alamo, CA 94507 (925) 405-6397 political entity. African Americans lacked basic Fax (925) 406-0547 legal rights, and some remained enslaved. Daniel Dunn, MuseSRV Executive Director, Alisa Corstorphine ~ Publisher editor@ shares insight on how elements of the exhibiyourmonthlypaper.com tion come together. “Traveling exhibits come ‘freeze-dried’ complete with marketing infor- The opinions expressed herein belong to the writers, and do not necessarily mation, education packets, and the exhibits,” reflect that of Danville Today News. Danville Today News is not he explains. “Augmenting the traveler with responsible for the content of any of the advertising herein, nor does local materials is the most time-consuming
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