Diane Smith / For The Ark Chuck Auerbach holds three of his uniform ribbons, the World War II Victory medal, Bronze Star and five battle stars.		Belvedere veteran earns France's highest honor By DIANE SMITH dsmith@thearknewspaper.com ______ "It is far better to have a world where the sons bury the fathers, than one where fathers bury the sons," said President Bill Clinton, paraphrasing Herodotus, at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 1994, on Utah Beach in Normandy, France. Belvedere resident Chuck Auerbach was among those present at the ceremony. Get the rest of the story and more in this week's ARK. Subscribe NOW!

Assistant city manager to be laid off in Belvedere streamlining

By TERI RONEY
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In the latest shake-up at Belvedere City Hall, the position of assistant city manager/community development director held by Felicia Wheaton will be eliminated effective July 1. She was also passed over for the new post of city planner.

Hinted at during April budget talks, City Manager Mary Neilan's recommendation to eliminate the assistant role appeared in a draft budget and staff report presented to the Belvedere City Council at its May 13 meeting. Neilan declined to discuss the particulars, saying only that the city could no longer afford Wheaton's annual total compensation of $183,000 — a figure that includes a salary of $116,256 plus health and pension benefits.

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3,300 gallons of wastewater spills into Racoon Strait

By DEIRDRE McCROHAN
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About 3,300 gallons of nonchlorinated but treated wastewater was released into Racoon Strait May 15 when a wireless telephone company crew doing maintenance of its leased facility at the Sanitary District No. 5 plant dropped a 75-pound battery on a section of pipe, puncturing a hole in it.

The plant is at the corner of the Paradise Drive and Mar West Street. Wastewater spilled out and ran into the street and storm drain leading to Racoon Strait.
The San 5 office immediately contacted the Marin Office of Emergency Services and posted signs on Elephant Rock Fishing Pier and along Shoreline Park urging fishermen not to take fish and urging people to keep themselves and their animals out of the water.

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