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When he was a child, Drew DeGuzman said his parents couldn’t always afford to get his hair cut.“So, when I got a little older into my teens, I bought a cheap pair of clippers and started cutting my own hair and found out I had a real gift for it,” said DeGuzman, an Antioch native and 2004 graduate of De La Salle High School in Concord. DeGuzman started cutting his classmates’ hair, and also his Dad’s and brother’s. He cut hair on the weekends, and it was clear to him that this wasn’t just a hobby, but a career. | By Mike Kinney When he was a child, Drew DeGuzman said his parents couldn’t always afford to get his hair cut. “So, when I got a little older into my teens, I bought a cheap pair of clippers and started cutting my own hair and found out I had a real gift for it,” said
Brandon is going to LIVE a 1918 pandemic Christmas By: Colin Slark
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One hundred and two years ago, the people of Brandon had to deal with a familiar problem: getting ready for Christmas in the middle of a global pandemic.
Though the circumstances weren’t the same as during the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish Flu saw Brandonites have to come to grips with keeping things clean, dealing with gathering bans and following public health orders.
ABOVE: Brandon’s schools were closed from mid-October 1918 to Dec. 30 of the same year during the Spanish Flu epidemic. This excerpt from a Dec. 31, 1918 Brandon Sun article said that classes were well attended on the first day back.