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Staff Sgt. Jon Adams is congratulated by Lt. Col Bill Carter, who has just presented the Knightsen resident a Purple Heart for being wounded in Afghanistan. For a slide show of the evening, <a href="http://www.thepress.net/bookmark/17632976">click here</a>.<Br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i>
Staff Sgt. Jon Adams is congratulated by Lt. Col Bill Carter, who has just presented the Knightsen resident a Purple Heart for being wounded in Afghanistan. For a slide show of the evening, click here.
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Surprise for returning veteran
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It’s not an easy thing, sneaking up on a sniper. But if you thought it couldn’t be done, you might have underestimated the power of a mother. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jon Adams, a Knighsten resident a...

Devin Beard, a student at Delta Academy for the Performing Arts, performs the improv game “Kitty Wants a Corner” during class.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i>
Grant to enrich after-school arts
As art programs across the country fall victim to budget cuts, Antioch’s Delta Academy for the Performing Arts is bucking the trend and looking to expand. Delta Academy recently received a $20,000...
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Cane-Do participant Pat Gray practices her accuracy on a dummy at the Antioch Senior Center.<br><i>Photo by Justin Lafferty</i>
A Cane-Do attitude
Though he walks with a cane, Antioch resident Charles Faletti feels healthier, stronger and safer because of it. Faletti has become a dedicated practitioner of Cane-Do, which combines his walking ...
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Fire meeting on Monday
After two years of planning in dozens of community and board meetings, residents of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District get one more chance to help shape a tax measure expected to be pla...
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