San Diego (Calif.)

Scope and Contents Interview with Cheryl Knowles (Cheryl Dinning), Petty Officer First Class, United States Navy. In her interview, Dinning discusses her enlistment, basic and advanced training, and four deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Knowles also discusses life in the Navy, including shipboard life, as well as what it was like serving in the Navy as a lesbian during the Don't Act, Don't Tell era, and how it forced her to lead a double life and impacted her ability to be her genuine self and to grieve...

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[Author's account of panic shopping at beginning of pandemic, unsure employment outlook, uncle's passing from Covid-19.]

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My husband and I hadn’t been to my mom and dad’s house in San Diego since the start of the stay-at-home order, and about six weeks later, we decided we'd head down from our house in Escondido and visit them. My mom had set up chairs on the front porch for the four of us, and she had also put out a tape measure to show everyone that we were correctly maintaining our six-foot social distance.

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[Author's recollection of witnessing accidental death of uncle, dealing with trauma and bipolar disorder, self-admittance to behavorial health hospital, unemployment, isolation, social justice activism, internship with Mark Mercer, Deputy City Attorney for San Diego, building a more just and equitable society.]

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[Author's struggles with social life and academics pre-pandemic, perspective on pandemic from sister in Japan, mental and emotional state as pandemic continues, the future.]

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[Author's account of passing of her father from Covid-19, and the aftermath of his death.]

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[Author's account of working as a Youth Director at a San Marcos elementary school and Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos, online education, delaying graduation, contracting Covid, working as a substitute teacher in San Diego.]

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Weekly publication geared towards coverage of local and national news with an audience of San Diego's North Park and surrounding communities. Byline: "Covers North Park Like Sunshine." First issue was April 25th, 1930, and was printed under this title until October 10th, 1930, when it became the North Park Journal-News.

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The North Park Journal-News is a weekly publication by the Progress-Journal Co. which succeeded the North Park Journal (April 25, 1930 - October 10, 1930) when it merged with the North Park News (library does not hold issues of the North Park News). Byline: "Covers North Park Like Sunshine."