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RotaCare honors local volunteer
RotaCare Bay Area honored Jim Cochran of the RotaCare Mountain View Free Medical Clinic with the Outstanding Clinic Volunteer Award April 10 for his commitment to RotaCare’s mission of providing free medical care to those with the greatest need and least access.
Cochran was among the dozen volunteers recognized by the 12 RotaCare clinics in the Bay Area, which are run with a work force of volunteer physicians, nurses, health-care administrators and local residents.
Scouting News
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Bill Gascoyne, pictured with his wife, Kristin, has served Los Altos Boy Scout Troop 31 for 31 years. The troop recently honored his contributions.
Leader marks 31 years with Troop 31
Los Altos Boy Scout Troop 31 honored assistant scoutmaster Bill Gascoyne April 2.
More than three decades ago, Gascoyne, an Eagle Scout, arrived in California to work as an engineer. He contacted the local Boy Scouts office to inquire about volunteer opportunities and landed at Troop 31. The Troop 31 community recognized Gascoyne, who oversees training of new scouts, for his 31 years of dedication and service.
LA teen releases book during National Autism Month
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After a diagnosis of autism at age 3, a Los Altos teenager struggled to untangle the complex world around her. Grappling with a confusing lexicon of facial expressions, feelings, human reactions and how she should respond, the teen began documenting her experiences through a written and visual journal as a child.
Now a high school student who takes AP courses, the teen shared her journey in a book that chronicles the barriers she overcame. “How to Be Human: Diary of an Autistic Girl” (Creston Books, 2013), written under the pseudonym Florida Frenz, features handwritten journal entries and colorful illustrations that communicate how she felt growing up with autism.
RUTHANN WIGGLESWORTH LYNCH
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June 25, 1927 – March 22, 2014
Ruthann grew up in Kenilworth, Illinois and graduated from Marymount College, New York in 1948. She raised her children, the grandchildren of Denis and Edith Renuart, in Miami, FL, and then settled in Los Altos, CA where Ruthann spent the last 40 years of her life.
DALE PERRY MASHER
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April 14, 1929 - March 30, 2014
Dale Perry Masher, 84, died at his home under Pathways Hospice care in Los Altos, CA, with his wife by his side, on March 30, 2014, after a long battle with prostate cancer and chronic pain. He was born on April 14, 1929, in Bedford, Indiana, to Elmer George and Ola (Ahl) Masher.
MARGARET C. SNEAD
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In Cupertino, April 5, 2014
Age 95, preceded in death by her parents, John and Isabelle Coullie, her husband, Dr. Claude Rabert Snead, and her sister Maisie Bicking.
Noteworthies
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The American Watercolor Society’s International Exhibition in New York features Jane McCullough’s “The End of the Game.”
Watercolor Society selects Los Altos artist’s work for display
The American Watercolor Society selected the work of Los Altos artist Jane McCullough for its 147th Annual International Exhibition at the historical Salmagundi Club on Fifth Avenue in New York City, on display through April 20. This is the second time McCullough’s work has been featured in the show.
Each year since 1867, the American Watercolor Society has hosted a juried exhibition of watercolors by artist members of the organization. The organization boasts such past members as Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, John LaFarge and Andrew Wyeth.
JOHN STEVENSON EILERS
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April 21, 1928 – March 2, 2014
Born in Seattle to John Campbell and Annie Stevenson Eilers, John died peacefully at the age of 85 in Los Altos Hills, California. In 1944 John, older brother William Lewis and parents settled in San Mateo, where he graduated from high school. While studying at Stanford University he was a midshipman in the U.S. Naval Reserve, where he sailed on USS Iowa and USS Boxer.
