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Editor’s Note

Friday December 30, 2005
Welcome to this year’s second Reader Contribution Issue. In this issue you will find more submissions from our readers, as well as a few columns from our regular contributors. -more-

A West Oakland Visit By Mertis L. Shekeloff

Friday December 30, 2005
“I talked to Elizabeth yesterday. Can you believe she’s 90-years-old? Anyway, she wants to see you,” Mother said on the phone. Miss Elizabeth had been our landlady when I was in junior high school. This was right up my alley—I’m always thrilled to take a walk down Memory Lane. -more-

About a Gorilla By Sherry Bridgman

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With a three-foot acacia branch, Bwana, the then massive male gorilla at the S.F. Zoo sits down, shucks the leaves off and stuffs them in his mouth and begins to chew. -more-

The Secret Ingredient By RUBY LONG

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Soon after Ruff joined our household, my husband and I hosted a family event to introduce him to everyone. -more-

Supermarket Love By JUDY WELLS

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Last week at Whole Foods -more-

Elderly Woman Arrested in West Berkeley Shooting By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

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Column: The Public Eye: Ten Christmas Wishes By Bob Burnett

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Column: The View From Here: Tookie and Tina: A Christmas Carol By P.M. Price

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A Guide to Bay Area New Year’s Eve Celebrations By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet

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Forty Years of Donovan By Patrick T. Keilch

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Arts Calendar

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Plant Seeds Are a Letter of Life to the Future By RON SULLIVAN Special to the Planet

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About the House: If the Shower Scalds With Each Flush By MATT CANTOR

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Ask Matt

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Garden Variety: Winter Is a Good Time to Choose Seeds for Planting By RON SULLIVAN

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Sweetie By LENORE WATERS

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Hexclusive! GOP, Fortune 500 Battle Over 2006 Hurricane Branding By ARMIN A. LEGDON

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Beds. Beds. Beds. By MAYA ELMER

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A Candle for Cindy By Melanie Wendell

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Heirloom By JANIS MITCHELL

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Lost Love By Roopa Ramamoorthi

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High Ropes By J. Steven Svoboda

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Christmas After Mastectomy By Ellen Scheiner

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Soup, Glorious Soup By Claudia Pessin

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To Excess By ALLISON FLOYD

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Holiday Spirit By GERALD COTE

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Lake Merritt by Michael Howerton

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A Holiday By Linda J. Rawls

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I Dream of Circus Characters By Judy wells

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Strolling Through Tilden By Yvette Hoffer

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Monterey Market By lENORE WATERS

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Brian Shiratsuki SATHER GATE ALL AGLOW UC Berkeley’s Sather Gate was decked out for November’s Big Game against Stanford. •
Brian Shiratsuki SATHER GATE ALL AGLOW UC Berkeley’s Sather Gate was decked out for November’s Big Game against Stanford. •

Editorials

Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

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Takes smokes -more-

Reader Commentaries

Columnists

Fathering 101: Tyranny, Tuning Out or FINE-Tuning By PETE WALKER

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Kashmir By Roopa Ramamoorthi

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Mary’s Poem By JUDY WELLS

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Berkeley This Week

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Arts & Entertainment

Events Calendar