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Third annual Turkey Trot raises fun
and funds

By Carol Rosen
Editor

The third annual Applied Materials Turkey Trot brought out 6,160 participants and more than 475 volunteers raising more than $225,000 for three charities and providing fun—and room for turkey—for those running or walking in the various races.
The annual race was founded by Carl Guardino and his wife Leslee, who listened to a race in Sacramento on Thanksgiving morning in 2004. The couple decided that they could do the same thing in San Jose and do it better.
And, in the three years since they began the race, it’s Read more...

By Jeanne C. Carbone
Staff Writer

Doris Dillon received many awards during her lifetime and was recently honored when the Almaden Branch named its children’s library after her. The noted educator died of ALS in 2001, but her inspiration lives on—and now spans the globe.
The Doris Dillon School in the province of Kampot, Cambodia is almost complete, bringing the educator worldwide awareness for her contributions to education. School donors are the Bret Harte Middle School and the Almaden Read more...