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March 20, 2007

Who wants to live forever?

I'm on vacation through the rest of the week but have stories running Wednesday and Friday.

Whilst on vacation, I've just had my first exposure to the Guitar Hero.

Although I'm more comfortable mashing keys behind a pair of Rolands or plucking a sitar -- the experience was intoxicating.

Chance

Tommy Bowman
Eldon Bowman says it was "happenstance" that Gordon Wicks, his brother in law, invited the family out from Redondo Beach to their Altadena home for dinner that night, and that they spontaneously decided to take a hike while that dinner was being prepared.

His 50 years of anguish over Tommy, who disappeared on a spur-of-the-moment hike into the Arroyo Seco while that dinner was cooking, was best explained to me by Weston DeWalt in his Pasadena office.

It's like that first moment of panic when you realize your child is unaccounted for, he explains, has never gone away after 50 years.

I'm going to visit Eldon tomorrow morning to take him some copies of Monday's paper and the story about Tommy.

The Roll

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Hallway Monitor
Caroline An's experiences the Pasadena Unified School District.
The Public Eye
SGVN Public Editor Larry Wilson muses on life, newspapering and the Velvet Underground.
Scott Galetti Talks Prep Sports What else is there to say? Scott's a cool guy who posts about local prep sports.
Crime Scene
Tribune crime guy Frank Girardot wants to know where the bodies are and what they're stuffed into.
Editors' Corner
Edward Barrera and Kate Kealey, las editors libres, reflect on the news in general with a dash of newsroom insidering.
Leftovers from City Hall
More city hall news and tidbits from around the Valley, brought to you by reporters Jennifer McLain and Tania Chatila.
Fred Robledo Talks Prep Sports
Tribune sports dude Fred Robledo's monster prep sports blog.

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