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The Spectrum . Redwood City's Monthly Magazine
Redwood City's Monthly Magazine
June 2005
Vol 1, No. 10
Steve Penna
Publisher
penna@spectrummagazine.net
Judy Buchan
Contributing Writer/Editor
writers@spectrummagazine.net
Valerie Harris
Contributing Writer
writers@spectrummagazine.net
Melanie Myers
Contributing Writer
writers@spectrummagazine.net
Nick Mukhar, Katherine Ehat
Student Writers
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Dale McKee, Damaris Divito
Graphic Artists
DJ Design
Advertising Graphic Art
James R. Kaspar &
Sarah G. Gist
Special Assignment
Photography
Snap, Crackle, Pop, and welcome to the tenth edition of The
Spectrum Magazine. As all residents of Redwood City are
doing, we are getting ready to celebrate our country’s
Independence Day. Look on page 22 and see what activities are
planned for our community. The aunnual parade sponsored by the
Peninsula Celebration Association’s, a Redwood City-based group, is
expected to attract over 100,000 viewers this year.
We want to thank our readers for making the Spectrum Magazine the
largest distributed publication in Redwood City and also for visiting
our website: www.spectrummagazine.net. We have had a few technical
problems with the site, but are working them out. We plan on
having community updates throughout the month so please check it out.
The response we got on the cover story with Police Chief Carlos
Bolanos last month was great. We also received several responses
about the youth profiles on Christy Lynch and John Bordy as well as
Publisher Steve Penna’s column about all the political going-ons.
With an active election season upon us, he will make sure you are
informed to the who, what, when, where and how the campaigns will
proceed.
Our cover story this month is on Mayor Jeff Ira. What a treat it is for
us to bring him to our readers. You may think you know everything
about someone and what motivates them, but until you sit with them
you don’t. Regardless of your political leanings, we hope you enjoy it.
Redwood City is going through a positive renaissance with the
Downtown and Emerald Hills business areas being redeveloped and
the new Sequoia Veteran’s Memorial planned to be dedicated in
September. We are proud to keep you updated.
This month, we have a business profile for you we know you will
enjoy reading about. Redwood General Tire has been in our community
for around 50 years. As you will read, business owner Alpio
Barbara contributes to our community in many ways and in return
deserves our patronage. If you know of a business that you would
like to learn more about please let us know.
We encourage our readers to support our business advertisers by
using their services when you can. They are the real reason you are
reading community news every month. We also encourage you to
subscribe to our publication by filling out the form below. You can
have The Spectrum delivered by mail to your home each month for
only $30 per year, seniors $24.
Until next month, Happy Independence Day!
Table of Contents
Inside the Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Dee’s Labor of Love . . . . . . . . . .5-6
Cultural Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Much Ado about Middlefield .19, 20
Business Spotlight:
Redwood General Tire . . . . . . . . .8, 27
“As I Was Saying” by Steve Penna . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 28
Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Cover Story “Suited to be Mayor” .16 17
Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 14
Social Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
“A Minute With...” . . . . . . . . . . . .30
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