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Vol. 7, No. 22 Including Bethel Island & Surrounding Communities www.oakleypress.com June 1,2007
Sounds and silence on Memorial Day
��Oakley students are
taking
Staff Writer
a break
from
There were the sonorous tones of singer Char- hip hop,
lie Baggett, the thunder of the motorcycles ridden focusing
by the Patriot Sentinel Riders, and the crack of 21 on sing-
rifle shots. The lofty words of Abraham Lincoln, ing show
the haunting drone of “Amazing Grace” on bag- tunes and
pipes, and the rhythmic tread of the color guard other classics. See Page 3.
marching past. And it all ended with the fluttering
wings of 100 white doves.
But while the sounds that were heard at An- ��A whale of a good time is
tioch’s Memorial Day observance helped those being had
in attendance at Oak View Memorial Park honor by whale
America’s dead, silence made its presence felt as watchers
well. There were hundreds of flags on veterans’ and by a res-
graves at Oak View Memorial Park, all standing taurant that
motionless in the baking sun on a breezeless after- was named
noon.
after the last
The stillness of the crowd of hundreds when wayward
speaker Tom Judge’s voice broke while remember- fishy mammal. See Page 11.
ing his Air Force daughter Sandra, and he paused
a moment to collect himself. And there was the memorial
to the emergency workers who died on Sept. ��The Greatest Generation
11, the newly unveiled granite monument standing lived through the Depression
in stoic, silent remembrance.
and fought in WWII. One of
Hosted by Antioch City Councilman Jim Da- these heroes is on Page 4.
vis, the event included traditional remarks from local
leaders. Antioch Mayor Don Freitas noted the
i rtance of days of remembrance, while Oak- � The Freedom softball
kinvoked the wisdom of team saw
it NCS
by Rick Lemyre