Landis Quietly Leaves Oregon Cycling Event

Disgraced cyclist Landis leaves Oregon event before finishing the final stage Oregon - United States - Cycling - Floyd Landis - Genealogy

BRIEFLY COMMUNITY

Magic of Quilts theme of Coburg show and tea COBURG More than 200 quilts and a special trunk show will be featured during the 6th Annual Outdoor Coburg Quilt Show & Tea from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The theme for the show is The Magic of Quilts,

Graying Adoptees Still Seeking Their Identities

Graying adoptees say their lifelong search for identity is quashed by archaic and barbaric state laws. Birth certificate - Adoption - Home - Family - Search and Reunion

Jean Barton: Stone Family Reunion at Woodson Bridge State Park

We attended the 2010 Stone Family Reunion in late June at Woodson Bridge State Park. The last one was held in 2005, and the date for the next one will be the Saturday after Father's Day in 2015 at the same location. This was the first reunion held at Woodson Bridge since the 1950s or 60s.

Tijuana Was Once Satans Playground

"Satan's Playground," a new book by SDSU Professor Emeritus Paul Vanderwood, chronicles the rise and fall of the gambling industry that developed in and around Tijuana, particularly the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino, as prohibitions against alcohol, horse racing, gambling, and prostitution swept the United States.

Hispanic Heritage Month 2010: Sept. 15 - Oct. 15

WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In September 1968, Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week, which was observed during the week that included Sept. 15 and Sept. 16. The observance was expanded in 1988 by Congress to a month-long celebration (Sept. 15 Oct. 15), effective the following year. America celebrates the culture and ...