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Trumble: Check out the 'Wall of Money'

I post a list of persons that have property coming to them from the state. This list is posted at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center on Saturdays between 8 a.m. and noon. I also post the list at the Lakeport Senior Center at their breakfast on the third Sunday of each month. The purpose is to inform residents that the state is holding property for them and also to raise funds for the senior center.


I call this listing "The Lake County Wall of Money." The listing is on poster boards that I hang from a framework that is 24 feet in length. The posters hang from the front and back of the framework. So far I have over 5,000 names listed with over $1 million coming.


I've completed the listing for all the Lake county towns except the city of Clearlake. I'm working on Clearlake. They have over 3,000 people with money coming to them.


Some of the people have moved from the area, others may be deceased. People visiting the senior center and observing the list sometimes recognize people that they know and provide me with information as to their present status or address.


I cannot claim the property for an individual but I will assist anyone in making their claim. All I ask is that when they receive the property that they make a donation to the senior center.


Needless to say, this information is on the Internet but not in the concise town-by-town layout that I have provided.


One beneficiary of my search is the County of Lake that had about $2,000 coming unknown to them. I would really like to find the couple from Lower Lake who has over $50,000 due them.


Anyway, come have breakfast with us (it's only $6 for a great breakfast) and check out the "WALL OF MONEY.”


Glenn Trumble is unclaimed property liaison for the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center. He can be reached at 274-8851.


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Smith: Facing disabilities takes courage

I want to bring to the attention of the people in this county and this great nation a group of extraordinary people that have the ability to show tremendous courage. I am writing about those that were either born with or developed a disability during their lifetime.


I personally have dealt with people that come from many walks of life, and with the disabilities that became of my own family, with a wife that suffered renal failure, due to a certain medication, a kidney transplant from my daughter, and later, subsequent death during a "simple" operation. I have a son who developed seizures due to an accident he had when he was young.


These are my personal stories, but many people can relate to what I have watched my family go through. These extraordinary people push on with their lives, not knowing what is in store for them from day to day. They persevere through the same troubles that "normal" people have to deal with, yet they manage to hold their heads high. There are times when they can be down, and they absolutely have that right to be, without being judged by those that are not dealing with a disability.


As a father who helps his son through his disability with seizures, it pains me to watch him suffer, especially when, at times he says, "Dad, I don't know if I have the strength to go on," and when he asks me if he is being "punished." It's hard to find the words to help him, but I know, in my heart, that he has the courage of a lion and he fits the mold of many of these individuals who are dealing with these setbacks.


Please remember those who are disabled and remember the strength and courage that it takes for them to survive, in today's day and age.


David Smith lives in Nice.


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