The 2009 Senior Games

Sponsored by AstraZeneca 2009 Official daily newspaper of the 2009 Senior Games | Palo Alto, California Thursday, July 30, 2009 Games ready to roll Age no barrier to thousands of Senior Games athletes by Tom Gibboney early 10,000 highly motivated athletes of a certain age are poised to descend N on Palo Alto as the 2009 Senior Games begin this week on the Stanford campus and at other venues in the Bay Area. The competitors, all over age 50 and some reaching the triple digits, will go for medals in 18 events, plus another seven demonstration sports. Mainstay competitions in track and field, swimming, tennis and volleyball will share the stage with lawn bowling, shuffle- board and archery when the games officially begin a two-week run on Saturday, Aug. 1, with the arrival of the solar-powered Games torch at Palo Alto City Hall. After a run beginning at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, through San Francisco and AT&T Park and down the Peninsula by train, the torch will be used to “ignite” a massive, high-tech cauldron, signifying the official beginning of the Games during evening ceremonies that will feature local organizing committee CEO Anne Warner Cribbs receiving a proclamation from Palo Alto Mayor Peter Drekmeier. Even before the arrival of the torch, many athletes will have already begun preliminary rounds of competition earlier in the day in their specialty, while others will take part in official practice. Those who arrive early and visit the primary Games venue at Stanford, will find a wealth of resources at their dis- posal, including a daily dose of bananas and oranges, and keepsake metal water bottles designed to virtually eliminate the use of dispos-

(continued on page 13) John Todd Images Todd John Senior Daily will cover the Games Welcome to the first edition of the Senior Let the games begin! Games Daily, the official newspaper of the Water Polo competition begins Saturday at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center, the first day of the 2009 Senior Games. Games that will be distributed on the Stanford campus and at local hotels from Aug. 1 to 14. Published by The Palo Alto Weekly, the Daily will include feature stories about many athletes, photo essays of the days events, Welcome to the 2009 Senior Games handy maps of Games venues, and information about upcoming events. Dear Senior Athletes: The facilities at And, when you are not competing, please Senior Games Publisher Tom Gibboney said On behalf of the 2009 Summer National Stanford University enjoy the special events, the California sun- his staff is excited about getting involved in the Senior Games Local Organizing Committee and other Bay Area shine and weather and the many exciting Games and invite all athletes and their fami- (2009 LOC), I want to welcome you to the venues are champion- places during your stay. All of us stand ready lies to enjoy the paper. The Daily also will be 2009 Summer National Senior Games, Stan- ship quality and we to help you discover California – please ask us available at www.PaloAltoOnline.com ★ ford University, the City of Palo Alto and the have work tirelessly to and have a wonderful time. And we hope you San Francisco Bay Area. provide the finest com- will leave at least part of your heart in the San We are honored to welcome nearly 10,000 petitive conditions for Francisco Bay Area. competitors plus their families and friends from all of you so that you around the United States who have traveled to may achieve your per- Anne Warner Cribbs California to compete in this Championship– to sonal goals. Thanks to President & CEO celebrate sports and lifelong fitness. you all for your com- Anne Warner Cribbs 2009 Summer National Senior Games Sport truly has a way of bringing the world mitment to sports and Local Organizing Committee together and we know that the 2009 Senior for traveling to this important competition. 1960 Olympian, Swimming Games will continue in this great tradition May you enjoy much success.

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Dermatology | Digestive Health | Imaging | Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine | Pain Management | Sleep Medicine 2009 Senior games | Thursday, July 30 | Page 3 Game Schedule Stanford Sports Center Venues/Athlete Village Sport Venue(s) Today’s/This Weekend’s Game Schedule 1 Stanford Stadium Fri: Practice, M/W, all ages 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Stanford 2 Cobb track & Angell Field Stadium Sat/Sun: M/W 50-54, 55-59, 85-100+ To Palm Dr. 3 Cahan Field Archery Practice: All ages Arboretum Rd. 4 Avery Aquatic Center Embarcadero Road Arillaga Fri: Practice M/W 65-100+; 5 Maples Pavilion Rec. Center Sat/Sun: M/W 70-100+ 6 Taube Tennis Center 7 Arrillaga Center for Sports & Rec Fri: MS/WS 65-69; Badminton Burnham 8 Ford Center Pavilion Sat/Sun: M/W 65-69 9 Burnham Pavilion Maples Fri: Practice M/W 50+ 70+ El Camino Real Pavilion Sat/Sun: M/W 50+, M 70+

Basketball Ford Sat/Sun: W 70+ Center 1 P Avery Fri: Practice: M/W All Ages Aquatic Sat: M/W All Ages: 100 Fly, 200 IM, 100 Free, 50 Breast Swimming Center Sun: M/W All Ages: 200 Back, 50 Free, 100 Breast

Port of Sat: Practice M/W All Ages Redwood Sun: M/W All Ages P 3 City Triathlon P Lake Merritt Sat: M/W 50-70+; 1x Galvez Street Churchill Avenue Boating Center, Sun: M/W 50-70+; 2x, 4+, 8+ Rowing Oakland 2 El Camino Sun: W 60+ Fields A

Soccer Sand Hill Sun: M 50+ 4 Fields 6 Avery Today: M/W All Ages ✪ Aquatic Sat/Sun: M/W All Ages Water Polo Center 7 For complete schedule through Aug. 15, visit www.2009SeniorGames.org. 5 Senior Games Special Events 8 Flame Arrival Ceremony 9 Campus DriveP Saturday, Aug. 1 — 8:30 p.m. King Plaza (City Hall) Entertainment Stage/ Middlefield Rd. Serra Street Serra Street✪ 250 Hamilton Ave., downtown Palo Alto Celebration Plaza Olympic champion swimmer John Naber will emcee festivities beginning at A Avery Rehearsal Hall

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PORTOLA Pearson- LOS ALTOS Arastradero El Monte. LOSRd. ALTOS VALLEY Preserve HILLS Page 4 | thursday, july 30 | 2009 Senior games Senior Games Special Hospitality Food & Beverage Events are located under the “Party Tent” Senior Games Entertainment Schedule and Free Nighttime Entertainment will be located on the Euflexxa Entertainment Stage Wine Tasting & Cheese Sampling Free Entertainment — Pete Escovedo Real Texas Barbeque Sunday, Aug. 2, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, 6 - 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center Euflexxa Entertainment Stage Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center Enjoy a variety of wines from Clos LaChance Winery a famous local Enjoy Mariachi & Folklorico music and salsa sounds with Legendary A real Texas barbecue served picnic style from Armadillo Willy’s. California vineyard. Along with wine sampling, taste the rich fresh Pete Escovedo. Enjoy this finger-licking dinner featuring Barbecue ribs and chicken cheeses of local California farms. Cheese producers from the “happy with all the sides. Reservations are required and can be made at the cows” of California will provide samples paired with the famous San Sock Hop & Ice Cream Social Information Center. The cost is $25 per person. Francisco Sourdough bread. Reservations are required. Friday, Aug. 7, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. $20 per person. Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center Free Entertainment — It’s time to “rock Around the Biological Clock” with some jitterbug Country Band, Appaloosa Free Entertainment dancing to work off the calories from the delicious complimentary Tuesday, Aug. 11, 6 - 8:30 p.m Sunday, Aug. 2, 6 - 8:30 p.m. ice cream. Bring your poodle skirt and slick back your hair for this Euflexxa Entertainment Stage Euflexxa Entertainment Stage nostalgic celebration. No reservations necessary. Free to creden- Kick up your heels to the sounds of country music. tialed participants. Dine Around Palo Alto ‘60s Be In and Psychadelic Ice Cream Social Monday, Aug. 3 Free Entertainment — Wednesday, Aug. 12, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Downtown Palo Alto Butch Whacks and the Glass Packs Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center The award winning restaurants of Palo Alto welcome participants Friday, Aug. 7, 6 - 8:30 p.m. Everyone knows that when you come to San Francisco you need in the 2009 Summer National Senior Games with a special night on Euflexxa Entertainment Stage “wear some flowers in your hair.” Tonight, we will flashback to the the town at selected restaurants. Show your athlete credential to 1960s when San Francisco became the center of the Flower Child receive special discounts. Bon Appetit! Check the information booth Celebration of Athletes movement and the world began to rock to the sounds of the Dead, for more details. Saturday, Aug. 8, Doors open at 6 p.m. The Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin. Guests will enjoy an assort- Maples Pavilion ment of complimentary ice cream. No reservations necessary. Free to USO Club and Microbrewery Beer Tasting Join us for the traditional Celebration of Athletes to be held inside credentialed participants. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Maples Pavilion. This event includes live entertainment by Mickey Free Entertainment — Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center Thomas of the Starship, with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir ’60s & ’70s Band, Livewire The microbrewery beer tasting featuring Gordon Biersch is located and special guest stars and appearances by some of the Bay Area’s in the hospitality tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center. Reservations most celebrated Olympic and professional athletes. It will truly be an Wednesday, Aug. 12, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm are required and can be made at the information booth. $20 per inspirational night. Euflexxa Entertainment Stage person. The Celebration of Athletes is being produced by E2k Sports, a lo- Music from the ’60s and ’70s. cal entertainment production company that has produced major Dick Bright Band ceremonies for the Super Bowl, the World Cup, the Olympics and the California Wine & Cheese Party Presidential Inauguration. Presented by Astra Zeneca. Complimen- Thursday, Aug. 13, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 6 - 8:30 p.m. tary event.** Euflexxa Entertainment Stage **This is a ticketed event with limited free seats open to the public. Tickets for Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center Dance to the sounds of a 40’s Big Band as we transform the Humana athletes will be available at the Athlete Village and information for ticket pick As the Senior Games wind down it is time to relax to the sounds of Celebration Plaza into a swinging USO Club. We will honor our men up will be available at Athlete Check in. kool jazz and enjoy the California wine under a beautiful summer and women in uniform and the veteran athletes participating in this sky. The cost is $25 per person. year’s games. This event promises to be fun for all. Taste of California & California Beach Party Sunday, Aug. 9, 5:30 - 7 p.m. Free Entertainment — Jazz Trio Big Easy New Orleans Style Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center Thursday, Aug. 13, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Wednesday, Aug. 5, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 2009 Summer National Senior Games Local Organizing Commit- Euflexxa Entertainment Stage tee proudly presents the “Taste of California” for participants and Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center their guests, to highlight California cuisine and wines. The menu Micro Brewery Beer Tasting It may be August but it’s going to feel like Mardi Gras at Stanford. En- will include an assortment of salads, main courses, and desserts as joy the Cajun cuisine. $25 per person reservations required. determined by the freshest ingredients available at that time. The Friday, Aug. 14, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. FREE on the Euflexxa Entertainment Stage 6pm-8:30 pm Enjoy the host chefs and will be in attendance. Reservations are required. $25 Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center sounds of New Orleans Jazz. Everyone will have a chance to get up per person. With videos, photos, and stories we will relive the great moments of and dance to the upbeat rhythms of zydeco. the 2009 Senior Games and celebrate the spirit of hope that the ath- Free Entertainment — Papa Do Run Run letes have inspired. Reservations required $20 per person New Orelans Jazz Band, Blues Bayou Sunday, Aug. 9, 6 - 8:30 p.m Farewell Party Wednesday, Aug. 5, 6 - 8:30 p.m. Euflexxa Entertainment Stage Euflexxa Entertainment Stage Saturday, Aug. 15, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Enjoy the tasty delights South of the Border style cuisine by Com- Dine Around Palo Alto Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center padres. California celebrates its diversity with a rich heritage of His- Monday, Aug. 10 Say goodbye to the 2009 Senior Games, celebrate the achievements panic cultures. Reservations required $25 per person of all the competitors and raise a glass to “Long Live the Challenge” Downtown Palo Alto as the Senior Games move on to Houston in 2011. Complimentary South of the Border Fiesta The award winning restaurants of Palo Alto welcome participants Event. in the 2009 Summer National Senior Games with a special night on Thursday, Aug. 6, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. the town at selected restaurants. The list of participating restaurants Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center will be available at the Information booths. Restaurants will include a range of cuisines. Be sure you have your athlete credentials with you. Bon Appetit! Check the information booth for more details.

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by Keith Peters the first five days of the short-course yards meet before heading off to Indianapolis for the he may be 65 years young, but there’s Masters National Championships that begin nothing senior about Palo Alto’s Dan- August 6. S iela Barnea. She swims 365 days a year This will be Barnea’s first Senior Games and often breaks more records in one meet because of her mindset on the event. than others in a lifetime. “I just didn’t think I was a senior yet,” she “They always say you’re over the hill at 50,” said, “but I’ve come to accept it — now that Barnea said. “I’m stronger today than ever. I’m getting Social Security.” Fifty is not over the hill. I’m still reaching to Barnea certainly doesn’t feel 65 or look her new heights. I’ve broken all of my records af- age, despite her long silver hair. She is slim ter 60. When you are an athlete, you have that and trim, energetic and athletic and awakes Keith Peters desire to stay in shape.” each day looking forward to getting into the Palo Alto’s Daniela Barnea, 65, is a national-class swimmer who says she is stronger and Barnea, a mother of three grown children who pool and working out. Two years ago, she swimming faster times than when she was in her 50s. She’ll compete in her first National lives in Palo Alto with her husband Steve, is one was one of nine women, 50 and older, select- Senior Games beginning Saturday. of the top Masters swimmers in the nation. At ed from around the nation to participate in a the Pacific Masters Swimming championships Dove beauty “pro-age” campaign promoting her children got into aquatic sports. equipment. Recently, after spending 26 hours earlier this month at Chabot College in Oak- “real” women. Daniela joined Pacific Masters Swimming traveling to Israel for a high school reunion, land, she won seven events and set six Pacific “Aging is not something I enjoy, but I accept that year and swam in her first meet for the the first thing she did was find a pool. Swimming marks — one of which was also a it and make the best of it,” she said at the time. Stanford Masters in 1996 at age 52. She didn’t As for the Senior Games, Barnea hopes she national record in the 200-meter butterfly. Helping her in that goal is swimming. start competing in the butterfly strokes un- can be inspiring to those watching and perhaps Barnea won the award for most points accu- “The sport is the thing of my day,” Barnea til age 60 and now is a national recordholder wondering if they can do what she does. mulated, matching her performance from the said. “It is an important part of my life. I al- in that stroke. She competes in the Masters “Living in California, there’s no excuse not Pacific Masters short-course (yards) champi- ways wanted to be an Olympic swimmer, but World Championships every two years and to be doing something outdoors,” Barnea said. onship in April when she won seven events in never got the opportunity.” says “I’m breaking records that I couldn’t “I swim every day, 365 days a year.” the 65-69 age division and set three Pacific Barnea grew up in Jerusalem and was al- touch in my 50s.” And what if she couldn’t swim? records on her 65th birthday. ways involved in sports. She began swimming At an age when others are just settling into “It would kill me,” she said. “I’d probably Barnea will be on the blocks again start- at age 15 when her school’s physical education retirement, there is nothing retiring about stand in the shower for an hour every day.” ing this weekend for the 2009 National Senior teacher decided to start a swim team at the Barnea. At 65 and still tutoring foreign students in Games, based at Stanford University, for ath- local YMCA. “I like to win,” she said. “I like to see myself the Palo Alto Unified School District, Barnea letes age 50 and older. Nearly 10,000 athletes When Barnea was married at age 24, she improving.” does not see herself slowing down any time are expected to compete from Aug. 1-15 in the stopped swimming and started a family that Barnea has made swimming her lifestyle. soon. largest multi-sport event in the United States. included son Jon and daughters Shelley and She doesn’t travel anywhere without a swim “I want to swim the rest of my life,” she Swimming begins Saturday at the Avery Mishkie. When the family moved to Palo Alto suit and rarely goes anywhere without a near- said. “I want to break the 90-year-old records. SSC Senior Games:Layout 1 7/28/09 9:32 AM Page 1 Aquatic Center and Barnea will be busy over in 1992, she got the itch to swim again when by pool. Her SUV is filled with swimming I love being an athlete.” ★

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fter more than five years of plan- five years, with the last 2 1/2 years at Stan- ning, it’s crunch time for organizers ford, she said. A of the 2009 Summer National Senior “In the last six months, it’s been taking on a Games. life of its own,” she said recently at headquar- The event’s Encina Way headquarters in ters, as shipments of computers from Hewlett- Palo Alto — just a stone’s throw from Stan- Packard Co. were trundled up the stairs. ford University’s main athletic venues — was Nearby, nearly a dozen organizers at a bustling with activity Monday. conference table discussed conflicts in event A team of tech geeks worked on comput- scheduling and how to get enough time to ers that will serve as the nerve center for the properly set up for sports sharing the same multi-sport event, which officially begins venue — just one of thousands of details or- Saturday and is expected to draw upwards of ganizers have contended with. 30,000 people over two weeks. Other volun- But it will all be worth it, they say. The teers and staff, crammed into the two-story Senior Games is the biggest event of its kind walk-up, snatched up ringing phones and hov- in the world, drawing more participants than ered over laptops. even the Olympics. Some 10,000 athletes age Colorful banners announcing the Games 50 and older are expected to compete in 18 have been hoisted up all over Palo Alto and medaled and seven demonstration sports. on the Stanford campus — on buildings and The Games are often called the Senior Greg Edgeington arranges specially labeled merchandise that is ready for sale in the posts all around the main cluster of athletic Olympics, and like the namesake, the two- Athletes Village. venues. week event launches with a torchbearers run City officials, police, firefighters, medical and the lighting of a cauldron. Saturday eve- teams from Stanford University Medical Cen- ning, a solar torch will arrive on Caltrain, be Senior Games sportswear, T-shirts, mugs, stood at the ready: AstraZeneca, sponsor of ter and hundreds of others have been coordi- carried throughout the Stanford campus and patches and other memorabilia. the Athlete Village; Avenidas, a Palo Alto nating every aspect of the Games, from staff- then arrive at Martin Luther King Jr. and He was on the Stanford campus Tuesday, nonprofit for seniors and their families; Ad- ing medical tents to presenting live music. Coretta Scott King Plaza at Palo Alto City setting up the Games gift shop. ministration on Aging; Home Instead Senior At the helm of this vast undertaking is Anne Hall for the cauldron-lighting ceremony. The carpet in the gift shop tent still smelled Care; and Palo Alto Commons. Warner Cribbs, the 2009 National Senior Louis Trujillo, for one, is looking forward new and the walls were lined with metal grids Mayne said he and his crew have been chal- Games Local Organizing Committee presi- to the Games. and racks all driven in from New Mexico in lenged by the amount of activity at Stanford dent and a former Olympic swimmer. “This is the most exciting thing. I’ve never the three large trucks, two vans and a trailer this week “at every hour of the day and night,” Cribbs and her team have been putting in been out to Northern California. It’s a beau- that were solid with merchandise and equip- he said. 12-hour days, seven days a week for months to tiful place,” said Trujillo, who is well under ment, he said. Try constructing a music stage with heavy make sure the event goes off without a hitch. 50 and the event manager for Zia Graphics, “It’s been spectacular. This is the biggest equipment quietly while the Bank of the West Cribbs has been involved in the planning for an Albuquerque, N.M., company supplying event we’ve ever taken on,” he said. Women’s Tennis Tournament is going on next So far, things have gone smoothly, but Tru- door, he said. jillo worried just a bit that perhaps some box But he’s been working with the other groups, of T-shirts important to the whole plan was trying to not step on anyone’s toes. forgotten back home. “It’s a struggle to do that; we’ve each got our Across the way, Ian Mayne was supervis- own agendas,” he said. ing the site build-out for e2k, a Mountain As the village took form, though, the col- View event company that is co-producing orful trimming that adorned the white tents the Games. brought a satisfied look to Mayne’s face. It’s Scores of workers toiled to get more than 45 coming together, he said. vendors’ tents and medical stations in place. Colorful banners in red, blue, yellow and he department of Stanford Athletics, green snapped in the wind from flag poles which is hosting 17 sports, has faced its in PAC-10 Plaza, proclaiming “Long Live T own quandaries. One of the main tac- the Challenge” — the Games’ motto — and tical areas was how to transition from one “Welcome Athletes.” sport to another, said Christina Cribbs, senior A large musical stage featured a phalanx events and operations manager and daughter of lights suspended overhead from a grid of of Anne Cribbs. metal trusses, and dozens of stacked speakers ”We have to set up each facility as each were piled on the stage. sport goes on. At Maples Pavilion, we need to Various sponsors’ posters and banners were go from basketball to volleyball to badminton. assembled: Humana, Catholic Healthcare ... 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Police are not anticipating any major prob- “We’ll have lots of coffee — and a very lems during the Games, according to Agent young crew,” she said, laughing. Max Nielepko, a Palo Alto Police Depart- Medical care is also a big part of the ment spokesman. But the city’s SWAT team Games strategy, what with so many senior is available, he said. athletes, fit as they might be, and potentially Traffic is not expected to heavily impact high summer temperatures, said Palo Alto Palo Alto, he said. The flow of athletes and Fire Chief Nick Marinaro, a co-chair of the guests will be spread out over the 15-day pe- medical committee with Dr. Phil Harter of riod. Stanford Hospital & Clinics. But Hamilton Avenue will be closed near A team of Stanford physicians, orthope- City Hall on Saturday, Aug. 1, for the open- dists, emergency medical technicians, am- ing ceremony at 8:30 p.m. for three hours and bulance drivers and fire personnel have been police will escort the torch runners along their assembled, according to Kimberly Carlisle, route. director of sponsorship for Stanford Hospital Parking should not be a problem. Six park- and Clinics for the Games and liaison to the ing areas will be available on the Stanford medical team. campus, he said. In downtown Palo Alto, new, blue direc- tional signs have been installed by the city on lampposts, pointing visitors to various locales, such as City Hall. The city has donated more than 50,000 stainless-steel water bottles that will keep plastic out of the landfill and 47 bicycles that will be available as part of a 125-bike fleet at Stanford for visitors to ride around town and campus, said Richard James, coordina- tor of the event for the City of Palo Alto and the city’s former director of community services.

ogistics and intense preparations aside, the point of the Games is athletics, and L on that score, Anne Cribbs said she an- ticipates several records could be made during the Games. Not only that, but spectators can watch un- usual competitors, such as 100-year-old Roger Gentilhomme on the tennis court or former Harlem Globetrotter Anthony Davis shooting hoops in the basketball competition. Back at the Encina Way headquarters, words of encouragement are stenciled on the wall in Helen Mendel, marketing and operations di- the form of the Senior Games’ motto, “Long rector for the Games, shares her office with Live the Challenge.” Sunny, the Games mascot. Cribbs pointed out a large inflatable ba- nana in a corner of her office that makes Stanford, a Games sponsor, will have five the rounds in the office when someone stations for medical assessment and care at the does a good deed. The 3-foot-long bananas different venues, including in Sunnyvale, San will hang from Games way stations, where Jose and San Francisco, she said. 47,000 of the crescent-shaped fruits donat- Set up as triage centers, each venue will ed by Del Monte Foods will be distributed have an orthopedist from Stanford’s sports- to athletes as a replenishing source of po- medicine division on hand to assess and treat tassium. athletes’ injuries. If necessary, patients will The company sent 1,000 inflatable bananas, be transported to the emergency room. another — but perhaps less critical — dilem- Between 15,000 and 20,000 family and ma of the many Cribbs has had to face. friends of athletes are expected, and Menlo “What do we do with them all?” she Medical Clinic will provide urgent care, she asked. ★ said. Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be Marinaro said 911 calls related to the e-mailed at [email protected].

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