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Mining for gold Hermosan Holly Miagawa returns from the National Kidney Foundation’s U.S. Transplant Games in Madison, WI, with four gold medals in racquetball, the 100 meter sprint, long jump, and volleyball, one silver medal in the 200 meters, “and a pair of crutches” from a ruptured Achilles tendon received in her silver event. She flew home and had surgery, and was awarded Outstanding Athlete of the Year. She has begun injury rehab as she prepares for the World Games in Sweden in June 2011. Miyagawa has a transplanted kidney from her cousin Darlene. Firearm Fiesta The Second Amendment group South Bay Open Carry will hand out fliers in the “free speech area” at the Fiesta Hermosa street fair on Labor Day Weekend. The group organized an event last month in which about a dozen gun-rights advocates with holstered side arms – and two with long arms strapped across their backs – held a brief rally and then picked up litter along Eighth Street and The Strand. The event was designed to remind the public that it has long been legal to carry unloaded weapons, along with ammunition, in plain sight in most public areas of California. It was not immediately clear whether the open carry…
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