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The Spectrum.FEB.2012
Table of Contents
Inside The Spectrum – 4
RCSD Corner – 5
“As I Was Saying...” – 6
Get ‘Sauced’ at La Victoria – 7
Community Interest – 10
Cultural Events – 11
‘Music of Our Times’
and Finding Love at Woodside
Terrace – 14
Shop Redwood City – 18
Welcome to the February 2012 printed edition of The Spectrum Magazine.
Our cover story this month is twofold. We had originally wanted to present a business profile
of the Woodside Terrace facility on Woodside Road, but when contributing writer Julie McCoy
started to do her story research, she met Joe Lavoie and Kathleen “Kay” Knauf-Lavoie, who
were to celebrate their first Valentine’s Day as a married couple. Needless to say, the focus of
the article changed and now includes their love story. Enjoy the journey.
Once again this month, we bring you our regular features on senior activities, items of
community interest, cultural and entertainment events, insurance tips from Hector Flamenco,
information from the Redwood City School District and the popular feature “A Minute With.”
We also have an advertising section highlighting businesses in the Main Street area, tips on
where to shop locally for Valentine’s Day and a great business profile of La Victoria on Main Street.
In his column, “As I Was Saying…,” publisher Steve Penna writes about the restoration of
a popular parking meter feature, the mayor’s State of the City address and some exciting
changes coming to the July Fourth celebration downtown.
As in all communities, businesses are an important component of ours because they create
sales tax revenues that contribute to our overall city budget while providing much-needed
services for our community. In that spirit, we encourage you, our readers, to support our
valuable Spectrum advertisers by using their services when you are out shopping, dining or
enjoying yourself in our community with friends and family. Many of them have special offers
for you to cut out and present, including discounts on services, food and beverages, so please
take the time to look over their ads this month and use their coupons and discounts.
We have been updating our website daily, so if you are looking for up-to-the-minute
information about our community, visit us online at www.spectrummagazine.net.
Happy Valentine’s Day to The Spectrum’s special someones — our readers! Without you we
would not have been able to become Redwood City’s most-read publication.
Insurance Tips:
Risk Retention and
Reduction for Low Auto
Insurance – 24
Senior Activities – 24
A Minute With Cupid – 26
Steve Penna
Owner and Publisher
penna@spectrummagazine.net
Anne Callery
Copy Editor
writers@spectrummagazine.net
Dale McKee
Julie McCoy
Contributing Writers
writers@spectrummagazine.net
James Massey
Graphic Designer
007massey@gmail.com
James R. Kaspar
Cover/Cover Story Photography
staff@spectrummagazine.net
Contact Information:
Phone 650-368-2434
www.spectrummagazine.net
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