Author: Larry Flora
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Mission City Voices: Thank You For Your Service
May 29, 2023
The Year 2023 had just begun and I was grocery shopping at Lucky’s when I was approached by another customer....
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Mission City Voices: More Than a Stewardess
December 18, 2022
We were waiting inside the boarding area, ready to walk onto our Alaska Airlines flight leaving the Big Island of...
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Mission City Voices: Twister in Santa Clara
November 27, 2022
It was the middle of a hot summer day. My home, across from Olsen’s Pear orchard, is located toward the...
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Mission City Voices: Mentoring
November 24, 2022
I never thought about how important it was to be a mentor. I grew up in Santa Clara during the...
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Mission City Voices: Bob Hope
November 11, 2022
We are in Vietnam. It’s December 1970 and I was glad November ended, as there were too many memories to...
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Mission City Voices: River of No Return
October 2, 2022
Somehow Robert Mitchum’s movie in 1954, River of No Return, with the beautiful Marlyn Monroe about their adventure down a...
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Mission City Voices: A Small Army
September 2, 2022
The small Army was preparing again for battle. Their tired bodies were spread across the battlefield. They had gathered their...
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Mission City Voices: Great Way to Stay in Shape
August 5, 2022
It was a warm sunny day during another summer month. School was out and I couldn’t help but notice the...
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Mission City Voices: The Same Game
July 22, 2022
I look at their uniforms and they are covered with dirt and grass stains. They’re only 8 and 9 years...
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Mission City Voices: Little League
July 4, 2022
It’s the year 2022 and just like that, 60 years have passed. Recently I was transported to my old ball...