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February 10, 2005
Almaden native Capt. Craig Macina reports on Iraq’s reconstruction
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By Jeanne Carbone Lewis
Staff Writer
As a child growing up in Almaden, Craig Macina led an idyllic life exploring the railroad tracks that passed through neighboring streets and the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine. Fast forward a few decades and National Guard Capt. Craig Macina has just returned from Umm Qasr, where he was assigned to command his U.S. Army’s 133rd movement control team at Iraq’s solitary deep water port.
Commanding six soldiers, two females and four males, Macina successfully controlled all traffic from truck, train, rail and ship movements for the U. S. Army in Umm Qasr on the Khorazzubyr River near the Kuwait border. Working alongside the Iraqi Port Authority, eight additional U.S. Read more...
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| Bret Harte students sell CDs to aid tsunami victims and realize they can make a difference
By Lorraine Gabbert
Staff Writer
Take one innovative teacher with a passion for music, 150 students who feel compelled to help those in need, and one life-altering cause. Add them together, and the result is the tremendous success of the Bret Harte CD project and the students’ ability to feel they are making a real difference in the world.
Guided by language arts teacher Jim DeLong, eighth grade students at Bret Harte Middle School Read more...
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