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January 9, 2009
| Helping others is the spirit of the season |
By Bill Highlander
Editor
The spirit of the holiday season is most manifest not in the getting of presents but in helping others. Several Evergreen residents and businesses exemplified this by donating time and items to those needing special attention.
In many ways, Christmas is for kids. But kids locked up in Juvenile Hall don’t often get much attention during the holidays. Debbie Gentry-Rao heard about the situation while involved with volunteer activities at Saint Francis of Assisi church with Pattie Cortese. She decided to do something about it.
She met with Aldo Montufar, co-owner of MegaByte Pizza, and he readily agreed to provide food for a holiday dinner at Juvenile Hall. On Thursday, Dec. 18, Gentry-Rao and the staff Read more...
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Local business: good, bad and the ugly
By Bill Highlander
Editor
The economic woes are hitting Evergreen as well the rest of the country, but the news is not all bad.
First, the good. Melissa and Joe Sanfilippo, are the new owners of Klondike Pizza and busily providing family fun with the food. The restaurant opened under new management in October after some renovation and the addition of new video games and jukebox.
Klondike Pizza is at 2850 Quimby Road, in a shopping center at the corner of Quimby and South White Road. On Mondays and Tuesday, Read
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