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October 8, 2004
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earns ‘Internet Innovator Award’ |
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Gifts his $10,000 award to Evergreen
Valley
By Bea Baechle
Special to
the Times
Mark Gross did what many of us only
dream of doing. He snagged his financial security in
technology and decided to give back to the world by inspiring
high school students with his energy, his ingenuity and his
technical know-how.
With just one year of teaching social
studies at Evergreen Valley High School under his belt, Gross’
honest desire to make a difference was caught on the radar
screen of National Semiconductor’s Foundation, which gives
away about $2,000,000 annually, mostly to education.
So
Lewis Chew, chief financial officer of National Semiconductor,
came to EVHS on Oct. 6 to presentGross with Read
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In the beginning...
By Colleen Cortese
Special to the
Times
During the early colonial period of Spanish
rule, Governor Don Felipe de Neve found it necessary to
establish a settlement to provide for the agricultural needs
of the California Presidio in San Francisco and the community
in Monterey.
On Nov. 29, 1777, Lieutenant Don Jose de
Moraga sent nine soldiers with agricultural experience, along
with two settlers and three laborers, to form California’s
first civil community. Called “the Pueblo de San Jose de
Guadalupe,” this farming community would soon number 66
individuals.
At this time, California Read
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