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October 9, 2008
| Where the Wild Things Were |
Los Alamitos students take a ‘Walk on the Wild Side’
By Shana McLean Moore
Staff Writer
While many Los Alamitos Elementary School parents feared Mother Nature would rain on their parade during this year’s walk-a-thon, the 528 students participating took the weather in stride as they set out on their annual 6,000-mile journey of fun and fundraising.
The event is a 19-year tradition at the school, with the first Los Alamitos walk-a-thon (WAT) held on Oct. 21, 1989. WAT was the brainchild of Faith Borges (a current Los Alamitos teacher) and Doreene Chang (a kindergarten parent at the time) who reached out to parents, teachers and community members to raise Read more...
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| In Memoriam: Phil Hill
An American Champion 1927-2008
By Gary Luke
Special to the Times
As a child I watched the international races that were covered on TV with my father, and soon became aware of the celebrity named Phil Hill. As a seven-year-old, I watched Hill dominate the Can Am race held at Laguna Seca driving the Flipper-Winged Chaparral. As a ten-year-old I read books about the racing record of the Ferrari Team where the photographs of Phil Hill were abundant. It was clear to me that Phil Hill was no average talent.
As twenty-year-olds Pat Olsen and I got to shake his hand Read more...
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