| Duane L. Cronk, Publisher | THE ANGWIN REPORTER | May 18, 2006 |
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About Angwin...
Angwin is a community of about 2500 residents on Howell Mountain. We are in a coastal range of northern California, about 70 mi. north of San Francisco.
The Village ranges from 1600 to 2200 ft. elevation, overlooking the scenic Napa Valley. It is surrounded by vineyards and forests.
Many Angwin residents work for Pacific Union College, a liberal arts college with a national reputation, or the nearby St. Helena Hospital.
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Geologist Hare Dies
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One of the most illustrious PUC graduates, Peter Hare, died last week in a nursing home in Florida. Peter, the son of Eric B. Hare, a renowned story teller, was an expert in the science of dating. He worked for the Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C., for many years. He made national news as the scientist who was given the task of dating the moon rocks brought back to earth by Neil Armstrong in 1969. His wife, Patti, also grew up in Angwin.
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Shakespeare in Performance
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The Shakespeare in Performance class offered through Pacific Union College will take place at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland from July 25 to 28. Space is limited to the first 15 applicants.
The class may be taken for credit or just for fun and will include a backstage tour, interview with an actor, prefaces to all plays, and class discussion. Featured plays are "The Winter’s Tale," “King John," "Two Gentlemen of Verona," "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Cyranode Bergerac."
For more information, visit www.puc.edu/ashland or call 965-6610.
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Lilac Time
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In Angwin, the murky days of winter are over when we see the lilacs blooming in the back yard. Lilac time reminds us of the terribly sad poetic memoir of Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd."
But it also reminds us of a more delightful poem, which speaks of the lilacs blooming in Kew Gardens, London. So here is an excerpt from a longer poem by Alfred Noyes that like a catchy tune will come back to you at lilac times future. Enjoy.
Go down to Kew in lilac-time, in lilac-time, in lilac-time.
Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London). And you shall wander hand in hand with love in summer's wonderland. Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London). The cherry-trees are seas of bloom and soft perfume and sweet perfume.
The cherry-trees are seas of bloom (and oh, so near to London!). And there they say, when dawn is high and all the world's a blaze of sky. The cuckoo, though he's very shy, will sing a song for London. The nightingale is rather rare and yet they say you'll hear him there,
At Kew, at Kew in lilac-time (and oh, so near to London). The linnet and the throstle, too, and after dark the long halloo, And golden-eyed tu-whit, tu-whoo of owls that ogle London. For Noah hardly knew a bird, of any kind, that isn't heard,
At Kew, at Kew in lilac-time (and oh, so near to London). And when the rose begins to pout and all the chestnut spires are out, You'll hear the rest, without a doubt, all chorusing for London. Come down to Kew in lilac-time, in lilac-time, in lilac-time.
Come down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London). And you shall wander hand in hand with love in summer's wonderland. Come down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London) |
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Angwin Airport Expo
A Family Affair
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Men, women, and children . . . they all had a good time at the PUC airport last Sunday, eating heartily, and watching the planes coming and going. A couple hundred Angwinites took short flights or just watched the competitions.
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Bill Price, long-time College industrial arts professor, climbs out of his little experimental plane. What a beauty! 
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Melissa Staid and her two kids watched from the sidelines... till the little guy tuckered out. 
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Nathan Tasker directs a pilot over the drop zone in the flour bag bombing competition. 
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Janelle Tasker, wife of Airport Manager Nathan, did her turn at the hot food counter. 
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George and Jenny Hilton and Norm Skeels watching the flour bag bombing competition. 
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A CHP officer describes the rescue mission of the agency's medical helicopter. 
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