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Mike Barris, pastor of the Tri-Valley’s Centerpointe Presbyterian Church, has

returned from a trip to Rwanda, inspired by the tremendous success he saw there in national renewal and family reconciliations that fol-lowed the days of mass genocide in the mid-1990s. More than a million people died in the 100 days of rampage and killings in the country. If he didn’t know the his-tory, Barris said, he might not have realized the hatred that existed then between the mainly minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus that led to the wholesale slaughters.

Barris went to Rwanda on a fact-finding mission with a Christian ministry group called the Leadership Network to see first-hand the suc-cess the country’s President Paul Kagame has had in ending the tur-moil and rebuilding Rwanda into a first-class state. Where many neighboring African states and most Western countries had turned their heads as Rwandan rivals killed each other, Kagame was part of a UN-sponsored militia that went to Rwanda to stop the bloodshed. He stayed, was elected president and has gained in popularity because of the programs he and his team have initiated to bring peace and the start of democracy and prosperity to the troubled nation.

Particularly effective, Barris found, was a three-step process Kagame has adopted to empty the prisons of the tens of thousands seized in the after-math of the 100 days of genocide by encouraging the villains to acknowl-edge their deeds, deal with what they did, regret it, find remorse and ask to be forgiven. Once they go through this process and are truly believed by their court counselors, they then can actually meet with their victim’s fam-ily face-to-face where they apologize, talk about their pain in recognizing the horror of their actions and ask for the family’s forgiveness. After hear-ing the bid for forgiveness it’s then up to the victim’s family to continue the process, talking directly to the perpetrator about the pain they have

suffered, too, and then determining if they believe he is ready to start anew.

For Barris, it’s an almost unbe-lievable process to work with those who have killed randomly in an effort at repentance, reconciliation and rehabilitation. He doubts that many of us could do the same if someone in our own family had been slaughtered by a marauding crusader. Yet he found thousands of Rwandans were putting the ugli-ness of the mid-1990s behind them and moving forward almost arm-in-arm with ethnic groups they had been taught to hate only a decade ago.

As an observer and with his col-leagues, Barris wonders if Kagame’s process of national healing could work here, say in the way we judge those responsible for the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a Richmond High School gym recently. Following Kagame’s program, those guilty would still be punished but a process of recon-ciliation would also be undertaken with the perpetrators to see if any of them could acknowledged the evil of their actions. To do so might go a long way in helping the victim, the families, the high school, the Richmond community and even the perpetrator to move forward in a healing process. Right now, Barris points out, many are clamoring for justice, wanting the boys respon-sible to be tried, found guilty and punished. If one or more are truly repentant, Barris asks, should that also be a consideration in the legal outcome.

Barris learned that as part of rebuilding his country, Kagame also has declared every fourth Saturday a community service day. Rwandans are expected to spend three hours on those days doing something to make their community better — painting schools, picking up trash, sweeping the streets. The Tutsis and Hutus work together in this effort. In fact, no one is allowed to use those ethnic definitions pub-licly, with authorities making sure that all references to the population are that everyone is a Rwandan.

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Those being honored reside in Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, Blackhawk and Alamo. This year, the Town of Danville will play host from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, 400 Hartz Ave.

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A special recognition will be pre-sented to each of the honorees, followed by a reception of coffee and cookies. The public is invited to attend.

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As part of the program, the council honors them with a proc-lamation presented at a formal City Council meeting in appreciation of their commitment to the country. Dublin resident Millie Wasik is the city’s liaison for the Sentinels of Freedom. As liaison, shewill contacts anyone who submits an application for recognition. For more information on the program or to have an application mailed, call the City Manager’s office at 833-6650.

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The effort is a fundraiser for the troop, so those interested in the scouts’ service are asked to donate $5 per tree. Pickup will be on Jan. 2 and reservations are required. For information, visit www.troop905.org/trees or call 875-2216.

Amador Valley Industries, which handles trash service in Dublin, will also pick up discarded trees. Residents should put their tree on the curb by 5:30 a.m. on the regu-lar trash service day from Dec. 28 through Jan. 8.

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The Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority held a ceremony last month at the Livermore Transit Center, marking the start of work on the system that is planned to run from Stoneridge Shopping Center, up and east through Dublin and ending at the Lawrence Livermore and Sandia national laboratories.

It will be a revision of the cur-rent Route 10 that officials say will cut the drive time by 20 percent. It will feature a fleet of 14 clean technology buses that will stop at stations every 10 minutes during peak times. It’s estimated to double ridership by offering such perks as fewer stops (27 instead of 70), new energy-efficient buses with low-flooring designed to better accom-modate seniors and the disabled, and bus shelters equipped with digital arrival signs and bike racks.

The buses, in addition to being low-emission hybrids, will utilize traffic signal prioritization technol-ogy that will allow them to reduce travel time by getting more green lights as the signals “communicate” with sensors placed on each bus. “The Rapid” will have the same fare as regular local bus service — $2.

Pleasanton City Councilman Jerry Thorne, who is chair of the LAVTA board of directors, said the rapid bus route will help Tri-Valley residents travel efficiently until a BART extension to Livermore is realized. That project, which is currently undergoing an environ-mental review process, could be at

least 10-25 years away. “Maybe we’ll lure some people

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The system is anticipated to be operational in January 2011 and will cost $14 million to design and construct. Funds are coming from the federal government, of which $11 million Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) was credited with securing. The service is projected to cost $1.4 million per year to operate, and operating revenues will come from bridge tolls, the Measure B sales tax and passenger fares.

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According to a city staff report, the City Council set as part of its fiscal year 2009/10 goals whether it’s feasible to have a farmers’ mar-ket in town. City staffers have met twice with John Silveira, who is the director of the Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association (PCFMA), to discuss the creation of a market. The PCFMA is one of the largest certified farmers’ market operators in the Bay Area and operates markets in Pleasanton, Livermore and Danville. Pleasanton also has another farmers’ market, held Fridays and Sundays at Stoneridge Shopping Center that is operated by a San Francisco-based organization which began a few months ago.

According to research, an esti-mated 825 people would potentially frequent a market in Dublin, which is less than one-third of how many people are drawn to the downtown Pleasanton farmers’ market.

The Dublin market could look to attract a larger crowd if residents from San Ramon and Pleasanton visit, bringing the number to 2,000 shoppers.

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Dec. 27Food Pantry at Valley BiBle ChurChThe Food Pantry at Valley Bible Church, 7106 Johnson Drive in Pleasanton, has an open pantry from 6 to 8:30 p.m. It can be reached from Wheels route 3. It will be closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, but will be open from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 27. Donations of food are by Valley Bible Church, Centerpointe Church, Valley Community Church, Boy Scout Troop 941, and Pleasanton Middle School. Call 426-2492.

Dec. 28-29Winter art WorkshoPThis workshop, from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 28 at the Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 8th St., Livermore, will combine drawing and clay activities to promote artistic study in two and three dimensions. On Dec. 29, there will be a Winter Watercolor Workshop 2. Call 484-0126 or visit www.pleasantonart.com.

Through Jan. 17Model trains at BlaCkhaWk MuseuMThe European Train Enthusiasts will be bringing their exhibition

of HO Scale Model trains to the Blackhawk Museum, 3700 Black-hawk Plaza Circle, Danville, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays through Sundays, through Jan. 17. With hand built miniature countrysides and an assortment of locomotives and engineers, this exhibition shows the European rail experience. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and children 6 and under are free. Call 736-2280 or visit www.blackhawkmu-seum.org.

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