VACAVILLE — Tessla Papin, 10, held on to the hand of her grandfather, David Papin, as the two walked up the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Monday afternoon. Then, they placed flowers at the site in honor of Samuel Papin, who died in Vietnam in 1969. He was only 18. “I know he was a good man. [...]
DIXON — More then 1,200 families and veterans came and held their hands over their hearts as the “The Star Spangled Banner” played on Monday morning at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery’s Memorial Day Program. “We are here to honor the courage of the American spirit,” Cynthia Nunez, director of the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, told [...]
VACAVILLE — The buzz of sewing machines and the chatter and laughter of local women filled the air of a small building in the Alamo Shopping Center on Monday. A Quilted Heart sponsored the sewing event as part of the program, Under our Wings, a national service for participants to sew a Quilt of Valor for an [...]
MIAMI — After all the assists, steals, 3-pointers and triple-doubles, Jason Kidd has an easier path to his next entry in the NBA record book. All he has to do is show up. Kidd will become the oldest guard to start a game in an NBA finals when the Dallas Mavericks face the Miami Heat [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At the bottom of the stunning resignation letter that he carefully typed in his office on Monday morning, in the last lines above his characteristically neat and clear signature, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel closed with a personal note. “We know that God has a plan for us and we will be [...]
OAKLAND — The way Bartolo Colon was dealing, the Oakland Athletics had little chance overcoming the first-inning hole starter Trevor Cahill created. Cahill allowed a homer to Mark Teixeira in a three-run first inning and the A’s managed just four baserunners against Colon as they fell to the New York Yankees for the eighth straight [...]
ST. LOUIS — Andres Torres was so excited about his first career grand slam, he nearly passed Madison Bumgarner on the way to second base. Bumgarner stuck out an arm for the stop sign and Torres applied the brakes in time, giving the National League’s worst offense a big boost in the San Francisco Giants’ [...]
1923 – 2011 Mary Helen Neasbitt, born December 15, 1923, in Stuart, Okla., passed away on May 23, 2011 in Sutter Creek, Calif. Mrs. Neasbitt, a resident of Fairfield since 1958 was graduate of the University of Oklahoma, from which she received both a Bachelor of Science in Business and a Master’s degree in Commercial [...]