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A Surprise Visit to Jac Siegel

Posted on July 28, 2010 by deb

by Carter Coleman & Robert Cox Robert Cox and I were biking around Mountain View last Wednesday when Robert spotted Jac Siegel’s house. Perhaps a surprise visit to the Vice Mayor would make an interesting article for the newsletter. And … Continue reading →

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Ingredients for Success

Posted on June 9, 2010 by deb

by Deb Keller What if you could chow down on Cheetos but get the nutritional impact of munching on broccoli? And do something good for the environment to boot? Those are the benefits of a new food line developed by … Continue reading →

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Doing the Right Thing: Nick at Dana Street Roasting

Posted on February 18, 2010 by deb

A favorite coffee supplier for Nick Chaput, proprietor of Dana Street Roastng Company, is La Minita, a small grower in Costa Rica. “Coffee beans get touched about 50 times before you get handed the cup, so it’s incredibly labor intensive,” … Continue reading →

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Meet the Mayor

Posted on January 24, 2010 by deb

by Deb Keller Our new mayor, Ronit Bryant, began her climb to power as Newsletter Editor of OMVNA. Might I too aspire to be Mayor someday? To research this, I walked down to the corner to talk to Ronit. I … Continue reading →

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A Few Minutes With…Aaron Grossman

Posted on August 1, 2008 by deb

By Velva Rowell This month I spoke to fellow OMVNA Steering Committee member Aaron Grossman. Aaron Grossman has served OMVNA as Treasurer since 1999 and CERT CoChair since around 2000. I was very interested in sitting down with him to … Continue reading →

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