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Suisun City police log, Friday, May 27, 2011

12 a.m. — Domestic violence, 800 block GREENHEAD 12:57 a.m. — Vandalism, 300 block RIDGECREST 11:57 a.m. — Fraud, 500 block WHISPERING BAY 7:58 p.m. — Juvenile runaway, 1200 block RICKY 8:43 p.m. — Hit-and-run, 1500 block PETERSEN

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Services honor those who died for their country

Keal Sanchez, 4, center, plays with the American flag as he sits on the shoulders of his father Ryan, a Iraq war veteran during a Memorial Day ceremony in downtown Fairfield Monday morning. (Mike Greener/Daily Republic)

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. [...]

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Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Memorial Day Program

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 [...]

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Workshop held to make quilts for wounded soldiers

Cheryl Williams, center, laughs with the other quilters as Miranda Lewis, 12, left, works on her quilt during the Under our Wing workshop, a day long quilt making event Saturday afternoon in Vacaville. The even hosted through a group of Quilts for Valor brings beginners and advanced quilters together to make quilts for returning troops. In all the group made about fifteen quilts on Tuesday. (Mike Greener/Daily Republic)

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 [...]

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At 38, Kidd oldest guard to start in NBA finals

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 [...]

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Jim Tressel resigns as Ohio State’s football coach

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 [...]

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Athletics bats silent against Colon in 5-0 loss

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 [...]

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Torres gets slam, Giants shuffle Cards 7-3

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’ [...]

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Vacaville Memorial Day Service

Army Veteran and Fiesta Days parade grand marshall Dallas Jackson, center, blows a kiss and touches his hand to Solano County Vietnam War Memorial statue as he leaves the Memorial Day service in Vacaville Saturday afternoon. (Mike Greener/Daily Republic)

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Quilts for Valor

Cheryl Williams, center, laughs with the other quilters as Miranda Lewis, 12, left, works on her quilt during the Under our Wing workshop, a day long quilt making event Saturday afternoon in Vacaville. The even hosted through a group of Quilts for Valor brings beginners and advanced quilters together to make quilts for returning troops. In all the group made about fifteen quilts on Tuesday. (Mike Greener/Daily Republic)

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Fairfield Memorial Day ceremony

Keal Sanchez, 4, center, plays with the American flag as he sits on the shoulders of his father Ryan, a Iraq war veteran during a Memorial Day ceremony in downtown Fairfield Monday morning. (Mike Greener/Daily Republic)

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Mary H. Neasbitt

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 [...]

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