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Vol. 17, No. 40
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School Taking a run program Z to donate yearbooks by Aly Brown Staff Writer
Connecting the decline of yearbook sales over the last six years with a 250 percent increase of foster children at Deer Valley High School (DVHS), leadership teacher Stephanie Marple launched a program to give these memorable books to struggling students. As a first-year teacher and Antioch Rotarian, Marple was introduced to the statistics of her district twice – once in the new teacher orientation and again during a Rotary meeting that featured Antioch Unified School District Superintendent Stephanie see Yearbooks page 30A
Women In Business
oe Davis completes a 1-mile run with other members of the Antioch High School crosscountry team and a shelter dog in Antioch. The program, Panther Tails, buddies up runners with dogs from the shelter. The mission of Panther Tails is to socialize and exercise the dogs – giving them exposure and a better chance of adoption.
Local women are making their mark in the business world. See who they are. Page 1B
Waiting On A Miracle
Ally Jenkins is in need of a double lung transplant, the third in eight years. Page 5A
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Residents recount Vegas shooting by Ruth Roberts Staff Writer
Discovery Bay resident Brett Eastwood was watching Jason Aldean perform in Las Vegas from the right side of the concert stage when the first rounds of gunfire erupted. “All of a sudden, you hear this pop, pop, pop and the first thing in my mind was, ‘What idiot just threw a firecracker?’” said Eastwood. “Then 10 seconds later, you hear pop, pop, pop again, and you begin to see people hit the ground.” Eastwood and his friends were next to some bleachers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Oct. 1 when the shooting began, and as they climbed beneath the metal bleachers, he said the reality of the situation began to sink in.
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Discovery Bay resident Brett Eastwood with Kurt Allison, guitarist for Jason Aldean, survived the attack in Las Vegas. “It was really loud, and the band was off the stage at that point, and in my mind, every shot I hear,
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I’m wondering if the next shot is going to be me,” he said. “It was dark, people were screaming and yelling
and I honestly thought I might be down to my last few seconds.” In what is being called the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history, the world now knows that a 64-year-old gunman named Steven Paddock opened fire on the crowd from his sniper’s nest on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500. The rampage lasted just 8 to 11 minutes according to authorities, but for Eastwood and his friends, the time seemed endless. As they waited for the shooting to stop, Eastwood remembers looking around at the carnage unfolding. “Two feet in front of us there are two guys carrying a girl with see Vegas page 30A
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Assemblymember Jim Frazier authors bill limiting pesticides in Delta Wetlands.
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Lions triumph against Heritage High rivals in annual Brentwood Bowl game. Page 23A Breaking News..................12A Calendar............................. 31A Classifieds.......................... 27A Entertainment.................. 11A Food..................................... 10A Health & Beauty............... 18A Milestones......................... 15A Opinion............................... 22A Pets.........................................6B Sports.................................. 23A
Going Green
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Countywide Sustainable Enterprise Conference set for Nov. 1.