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It lets a lot of us at the Sun-Star pay our respects, appreciation and best wishes to a man we all owe a lot. Thanks, Hank. Hank Vander Veen, our publisher for five years and a 25-year McClatchy stalwart, resigned,...

But since I wrote this earlier in the week, I was still looking forward to a cozy holiday gathering with family and friends. So, please allow me to share my thoughts here about these last few weeks of the year......

He called it a tough decision, one on his mind for some time. Vander Veen, a 25-year McClatchy Co. employee, will leave Friday. Debbie Kuykendall, the paper's vice president of sales and marketing, will serve as interim publisher until a...

The horrid little toy that Jan insisted on owning back when she was just a little pup has raised three puppies since that day in a pet store when Jan discovered it. The monkey was Jan's favorite toy when she...

A vibrant Yosemite High School student, Contreras dreams of a degree from Los Angeles' Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Still, her main focus now is pretty simple: four straight, double-hemmed edges. Contreras is collecting, washing and pressing extra pieces...

The Buhach Colony High School teacher knows the hardships facing the students in her life skills class. All of Bertolotti's students are handicapped. Developmentally, physically, or both, the students run the gamut of handicaps...The 15-year-old sophomore is the one who...

Surely that's what was going through the minds of the more than 200 guests who turned out for the third biennial HOPe for YOUth Debutante-Pillars of the Community Ball last Saturday evening. Dressed in tuxedos and white gowns with tiaras,...