The Computer Vet Weblog

Marty Cronin was the Speech and Debate teacher at Douglas High School in Minden. My wife works with his wife at the middle school. I never knew him, even though he was at the school the same time I was, but he was a good guy and a popular teacher. On February 18th, he died from brain cancer.

Now the community is coming together to raise money for brain cancer research in his memory. Already the family has been asking for donations in his name to go to UCLA’s brain cancer research efforts. And now, this coming weekend, Pau-Wa-Lu students are putting on a fundraising event. It will be this weekend at Minden Park, the park with the big gazebo at the center of town. There will be a barbecue, a bake sale, a silent auction, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, and a car wash. You can get discounts if you’re wearing a special grey Marty Cronin bracelet. The bracelets are being sold by middle school kids on the sidewalk outside Raley’s in Gardnerville.

The “Festival of Life” is this Saturday, May 7th, from 11am to 3pm. I’ll see you there! And stick around town afterwards. Walk around, kill some time, go to the new Jimmy G’s Cafe that opened in the old Heidi’s building. It will be worth it, since at 7pm, the Carson Valley Pops Orchestra is putting on a free concert right across the street from Minden Park, at the CVIC Hall.