Friday, March 9, 2007

People finders - Lost and found, but mostly lost

Editors Note: This column was first published June 27, 2003. Im starting to worry myself. I dont really know how long this has been going on. I cant remember, which is a large part of the problem.
Pet finders unleashed NADIA BOROWSKI SCOTT / Union-Tribune Landa Coldiron used her bloodhound Ellie Mae to help track down a missing Jack Russell terrier in Oceanside. Coldiron, who lives near Los Angeles, took the case through her pet detective agency.
A red Folgers coffee canister was used to hide a cache in tall grass.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
In his new novel, "Lost City Radio" (HarperCollins, $24.95), young Peruvian-born writer Daniel Alarc n has created a world that seems to exist simultaneously in the future and the distant past. It's a nameless war-torn country that bears some resemblance to the futuristic dystopias of "1984" and "Brave New World." But television and the Internet don't exist. People queue up to make long-distance ...
"Past Finders, Puppets and Pizza," for children in grades one through six, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Buttonwoods Museum, 240 Water St. Using the museum's toy collection for Inspiration, Past Finders will create their own handmade puppets, props and plays from household objects.