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December 17, 2004
| Evergreen residents embrace the holidays |
By Bea Baechle
Editor
“It’s the most wonderful time, of the year.” With Ramadan and Diwahli ending in November, Christmas and Chanukah are the focus in Evergreen this month.
Night of Lights
An Evergreen Valley tradition for the last 19 years, Night of Lights on Dec. 11 featured an evening of Christmas carols, Christmas lights, pictures with Santa and holiday goodies—culminating with a spectacular fireworks display.
The holiday spirit swept up hundreds of guests as Councilmember Dave Cortese led the countdown to light a 45-foot Christmas tree atop one of the waterslides at Raging Waters adjacent to Lake Cunningham Park.
The event provided an opportunity for local musical groups to Read
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Future engineers
compete in local
Robotics Tournament By Matthew Adamski
Staff Writer
A Lego robot serves dinner for a blind person, another feeds pets for a paralyzed person. An even more sophisticated robot opens a gate for a person with a debilitating disease.
These were a just a few of the ideas unveiled at the San Jose Unified Robotics Tournament Saturday, Dec. 4.
The majority of the 64 teams competing in the tournament were from the San Jose Unified School District, which hosted the event. But two schools from the Evergreen School District (ESD) also got approval to enter the Read
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