SFBAPPA honored 26 new members to the Life Members club on Saturday, December 10.
They each received a free lunch and a plaque and our thanks as members of SFBAPPA. Life Membership is open to retired SFBAPPA members and includes free SFBAPPA membership for the rest of the member's life.
Here is a list of new Life Members who attended:
San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner:
Chris Hardy
Vince Maggioria
John O'Hara
John Storey
Jerry Telfer
KRON:
Rich Carlson
Jerry McEowen
Raymond Johnson
Associated Press:
Sal Veder
San Mateo Times/ANG:
Dave Dornlas
Mike Russell
Bob Stinnett
Contra Costa Times/Sacramento Union:
Jim Vestal
San Jose Mercury News:
Judith Calson
Caroline Couig
Jim Geiger
Eugene Louie
Fred Matthes
Dick Wisdom
Sacramento Bee:
Richard Gilmore
Dick Schmidt
Harlin Smith
Frank Stork
Skip Shuman
Modesto Bee
Al Golub
Peninsula Times Tribune/Palo Alto Weekly:
Joe Melena

Modesto Bee Al Golub

Oakland Tribune Robert Stinnett

San Jose Mercury News Caroline Couig

San Francisco Chronicle Chris Hardy

San Mateo Times Dave Dornlas

Sacramento Bee Dick Gilmore

Sacramento Bee Dick Schmidt

San Jose Mercury News Dick Wisdom

Sacramento Bee Frank Stork

San Jose Mercury News Fred Matthes

Sacramento Bee Harlin Smtih
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KRON Jerry McEowen

San Francisco Chronicle Jerry Telfer

San Jose Mercury News Jim Geiger

Contra Costa Times and Sacramento Union Jim Vestal

Peninsula Times Tribune/Palo Alto Weekly Joe Melena

San Francisco Chronicle John O'Hara

San Francisco Chronicle John Storey

San Jose Mercury News Judith Calson

San Mateo Times Mike Russell

KRON Raymond Johnson

KRON Rich Carlson

Sacramento Bee, from left to right, Frank Stork, Skip Shuman, Harlin Smith, Dick Schmidt, Dick Gilmore

Retired Associated Press photographer and Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Sal Veder, right, receives plaque from SFBAPPA president Paul Sakuma

Sacramento Bee Skip Shuman

San Francisco Chronicle Vince Maggioria

San Jose Mercury News Eugene Louie
(Photos by Al Bullock, retired KGO)