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Kudos to Folau Niua, Olympian from East Palo Alto (Woodside HS)

Posted on July 20, 2021 by markweiss86

  There are also seven female soccer players from Stanford including a couple with peninsula prep ties, plus Maddie Price the former Menlo High sprinter, competing for Canada.

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Jim Harbaugh and Michigan assault case

Posted on June 12, 2021 by markweiss86

Gilvanni Johnson, age 57, pictured above, was a receiver and special teams player for Michigan Wolverines football circa 1985, three seasons, 36 games, a teammate of Jim Harbaugh the current coach and the former Palo Alto Viking three-sport star. On … Continue reading →

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Life as strange as fiction in ‘Last Picture Show’

Posted on May 30, 2021 by markweiss86

You have to be the son of and the son of a son of a car dealer to search the name of the Chevy dealer in the background as Sonny and Dwayne fight in last picture show: Murphy Chevrolet. Vincent … Continue reading →

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Tennis champion returns

Posted on April 30, 2021 by markweiss86

I ran into Hilary Whiting, my Gunn schoolmate, who teamed with Stacy Savides Sullivan to win the 1977 CCS doubles championship. I saw her checking the site of the former family home, corner of Churchill and Cowper, near the Lawn … Continue reading →

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Undefeated Gunn wins mythical City Championship: ‘Big Red’ football goes 5-0 under coach Miller, with Jackson and Erlan

Posted on April 18, 2021 by markweiss86

Undefeated Gunn Titans win mythical City Championship: ‘Big Red’ football goes 5-0 Gunn after Cupertino game, April 17, 2021 including Erlan (79 second row, obscured) and Jackson #4, also obscured or his number is) Gunn beat Cupertino 65-21 last night … Continue reading →

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Stanford victory parade: April 5, 2021

Posted on April 5, 2021 by markweiss86

At first I thought the procession was for a fallen firefighter. Soon enough it dawned on me that this was a Covid-protocol social distance parade. I saw Tara Vanderveer with assistant Kate Paye, Haley Jones and others. Two or three … Continue reading →

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Fieldwork regarding the skate park initiative in Palo Alto

Posted on April 5, 2021 by markweiss86

Palo Alto City Council has agendized for next week, Monday, April 12, a discussion of skateboarding. There is also a memo written by members Alison Cormack and Greg Tanaka on the topic.What should we do with the Greer Park skateboard … Continue reading →

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Rufus T. Fireball Fingers and their finery

Posted on December 25, 2020 by markweiss86

OR, WHEN I HEAR ‘CHIN MUSIC’, I ‘DUCK SOUP’ Been walking around all morning with 10 baseball cards in the pocket of either my Patagonia green vest or my Polo maroon cotton pants, what I call “finery”; “Finery” is a … Continue reading →

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Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Kent Lockhart, Danny McCalister, LenRay McCalister

Posted on December 11, 2020 by markweiss86

LenRay McCalister has died, age 49. His brother Stanley was my teammate for Gunn basketball, and his oldest brother Danny McCalister was a star of the Gunn Titans first championship basketball team, 22-5 in 1979-1980. There were six McCalister brothers … Continue reading →

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The rush dies when Colts lineman rookie Danny Pinter becomes versed

Posted on December 3, 2020 by markweiss86

I’m following the development of Colts lineman Danny Pinter, number 63 above, a rookie from Ball State and South Bend, Indiana. His position coach is Chris Strausser who was the quarterback for Gunn of Palo Alto Titans in 1981. I … Continue reading →

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