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Thursday, July 16, 2009

NANNETTE MORGAN'S FAMILY STORY

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IVANO SAYS : Over the past year or so, I have been selling/signing books at the Guglielmo Winery in Morgan Hill. There I have met many pe...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

NICHOLAS PAGNINI MEMORIAL FUND

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IVANO SAYS : Len Klempnauer alerted me to article below which was first published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel: http://www.santacruzsentinel.c...
Saturday, July 04, 2009

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY - 2009

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IVANO SAYS: I searched the "La Nostra Costa" photo archives for a suitable photo to commemorate our Independence Day. None ...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

FIGLIO DI SANTA CROCE - NICK PAGNINI

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IVANO SAYS: The following Remembrance appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel www.santacruzsentinel.com Nicholas Roy Pagnini Nicholas Roy Pag...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

LA NOSTRA COSTA - IL BUCO

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IL BUCO AT THE GULCH RANCH (C. 1953) [' Clicca ' on photo for enlarged image] IVANO SAYS : IN 'LA NOSTRA COSTA' I write ...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

FIGLIO DELLA COSTA - RICHARD STEFANI REMEMBERED

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IVANO SAYS: In "La Nostra Costa" (P.237) I write: :It seemed to me (I was two or three years younger than they were), that those D...
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Sunday, June 07, 2009

LA COSTA - PHOTOS BY GINO CAMPIONI -ARTICLE BY NANCY JACOBS

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LOVER'S BEACH ON THE GULCH RANCH (SOUTH TO NORTH) THE DAM O...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

THE LA NOSTRA COSTA STORY CONTINUES - JENNA, JESSUP AND KADIN SWANEY

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JENNA (CENTER) AND FRIENDS JESSUP - JOANNE - KADEN ---------- IVANO SAYS: In "La Nostra Costa" (Our Coast), I write about the...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

SANTA CRUZ HIGH ALUM ANNOUNCEMENT

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SANTA CRUZ HIGH PEP BAND '54-'55 ----------- IVANO SAYS : Bring on the Band! Len Klempnauer, SCHS Class of '54, makes the fol...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

LA NOSTRA COSTA STORY CONTINUES - ANDREW ROUBAL

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Andrew Roubal Andrew and Ivano at the Capitola Bookstore and Cafe (...
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Friday, May 22, 2009

A GHOST STORY BY ANON FURLANA

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In a little Friulian Village, circa 1920 (when poor people did not have electricity), something spooky was going on in the family home. In...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

AMICA DELLA COSTA DOLLY GREGORY - REMEMBERED

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Services will be Monday and Tuesday for Dolly Gregory who passed away peacefully on May 11, 2009 surrounded by her loving family. Dolly wa...
Saturday, May 09, 2009

FIGLIO DELLA COSTA RICHARD RAFFIN REMEMBERED

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THE LNOSTRA-COSTA BLOG IS A WONDERFUL THING. THROUGH IT I HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH JENNIFER RAFFIN FOUST, THE DAUGHTER OF RICHARD RAFFIN. IT W...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

TOM SILVA REMEMBERED

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Thomas F. Silva Entered into rest on May 4, 2009 at the age of 71. Loving husband of 43 years to Filomena Silva of Newark. Beloved father ...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

THE CANADIAN FURLAN'S STORY

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The Canadian Furlan , Doriano (left), and brother Gianpaolo (Paul) under family sign - Italy. IVANO SAYS: Many of my LNostra -Costa ...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

FIGHTING FURLANS OF WW II - BY DORIANO DEGANO

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"Fighting Furlans": (l-r) Fortunato [Toni] Degano and Tarcisio [Civon] Rossi IVANO SAYS: IN MY BOOK 'LA NOSTRA COSTA', I...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

SANTA CRUZ RECOLLECTIONS - BY LaNORMA

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l LaNORMA (IN FRONT) WITH (L-R) UNCLE QUINTO NERI, MOTHER DIANA AND FATHER DANTE DINELLI AND AUNT ELVIRA NERI THIS PHOTO TAKEN IN FROM OF S...
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Ivano Franco Comelli
Born the youngest son of Immigrant parents from the Friuli Region in Northeastern Italy, I was raised on a "rancio" on the North Coast of Santa Cruz. In 1959 I graduated from San Jose State College and joined the City Police Force. I retired in 1989 with the rank of Captain. In 2001, my article, "Wrong Side of the Highway," was published in the book, "Una Storia Segreta: The Secret History of Italian American Evacuation and Internment during World War II" (Heyday Books). "La Nostra Costa" (Our Coast),which covers my family's journey to and from the north coast, roughly covers the period between 1923 to 1983. It is my first book. LA NOSTRA COSTA (OUR COAST) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORHOUSE: www.authorhouse.com, Copies of book also available at Amazon.com..
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