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Lorraine s Lowdown: Time for raising fun

Lorraine s Lowdown: Back at the bar

Lorraine s Lowdown: Back at the bar
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Lorraine s Lowdown: He ain t lion about COVID

By Lorraine Jewett | Special to The Union Pat Warner Has Lived Here Since 1988, and he appreciates our town’s idiosyncrasies. Pat recalls when flashlights put GeeVee in the national spotlight. “Back in ’98 I turned on the TV late one night and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno was on so I gave it a watch,” recalls Pat. “Imagine my surprise when he was right in the middle of a regular segment in which he showed actual newspaper clips of local police blotters and our very own blotter from The Union was featured. It was something like, ‘A caller in Grass Valley reported seeing an abandoned car without headlights that had two flashlights duct-taped to the hood and two taped to the roof.’ The audience went nuts! All I could think was, ‘Yep, that’s our town…’”

Meals on Wheels volunteer clocks 30 years, 47K miles

Submitted to The Union “The years and the miles have added up fast,” said Everette Burkard, as he celebrates his 30th anniversary as a Meals on Wheels volunteer driver. “I signed up in 1991, after retiring from a 40-year career with the federal civil service,” he said. “I never imagined that volunteering would become a lifestyle, but it certainly has for me.” In earlier years, his wife Faye would accompany him on his delivery routes. After she died, Burkard’s 100-year-old dad, Oscar, would occasionally join him. “Helping homebound seniors is rewarding in a very personal way. The connection goes well beyond simply providing food. It’s an opportunity to make sure the people on your route are healthy and safe,” he explained. “Many become friends. For example, one elderly couple had a playful, miniature poodle named Annie. While delivering meals, I’d often take a moment or two to throw a ball or toy for her to fetch. Eventually, her owners had to move to a con

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