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Stamford's First City Councilwoman BY HEATHER SUTTON
Hunting For Good Health Dr. Doug Kruckner explains to Patsy Richards what an Enzyme is and how it works in the human body. The Stamford Memorial Hospital kicked off its annual Health Fair Wednesday, November 1st. Each booth had a theme of “Hunting For Health.” Doctors, nurses, and staff of the hospital all pitched in to help the Stamford community live healthier lives.
From SHS Graduate to SISD Employee BY GAYLE LOVVORN Stamford ISD is blessed with outstanding teachers and staff. One of the unique components of the SISD staff is that numerous SHS alumni have returned to Stamford to teach and work in the school district where they graduated. We at the Stamford American reached out to the staff to compile a list of Stamford graduates
who are now employed at SISD. Here is our list: Dennis Dean, Class of 1973, Maintenance Yolanda (Gonzales) Martinez, Class of 1975, Paraprofessional Lupie (Gonzales) Gonzales, Class of 1978, Oliver Library Aide Clara (Gonzales) Carter, Class of
1981, Pre-K Paraprofessional Joe Garcia, Jr, Class of 1982, Maintenance Supt. Demectrio Moreno, Class of 1984, Paraprofessional at High School Sandra Sanchez, Class of 1987, Paraprofessional SEE ALUMNI, PAGE 6
In a world full of women politicians, doctors, lawyers and other positions that women were not always allowed to do, we sometimes forget that there were strong women who paved the way for women today. Marge Barnett is one of those women for us here in Stamford. Marge Barnett Marge was born in Wisconsin in 1921, and shortly after Pearl Harbor she joined the WAC (Women's Auxiliary Corps) which was in its first years, where she served for 2 years. Then she married her husband and moved to Florida and was, as most women were back then, a house wife. She says that her husband, Barney, who was a flight instructor wanted to try being a crop duster. So in 1953 they left Florida and moved here to Stamford for her husband's work. Marge says that she loved it here in Stamford from the start. She loved the quiet town, and how friendly everyone was. She says she was always involved in something here in town, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts and Garden Club. She even worked with the store Yours, Mine, and Ours here in town where she sold her hand painted china. Then in 1976 Barnett says she was in the beauty shop one afternoon, and she was complaining to her friends about something going on in the city, and one of them suggested that she run for City Council and that’s exactly what she did. SEE COUNCILWOMAN, PG 3