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Week in Review, Aug. 20: Community Support, American Dreams, Gold Medal Alumnus

A look back at the week ending August 20.

Another busy week in Fair Oaks omes to a conclusion. The week was fraught with a number of goings on, including a chartiable fundraising basketball game and memorial for a pair of newlyweds faced with the tragically unimaginable. A Del Campo alumnus took home gold from the 2011 Special Olympics Summer Games. And that's not all. Find all the latest news making headlines in Fair Oaks for the week ending Aug. 20.

  1.  - Friends and family of Victor and Crystal Rodriguez, the newlyweds involved in a tragic honeymooon accident 12 days after they were married. The community came together and shared their thoughts in this accompanying .
  2.  - Is the American Dream changing? Like so many traditions and institutions, how has the American Dream evolved or changed in your life?
  3.  - Law enforcement officials still search for answers in the case of a father and daughter, whose bodies were found on the family's remote El Dorado property.
  4.  - The latest statistics of scholastic scores gathered show Earl LeGette and many other Fair Oaks schools leading the way in the San Juan Unified School District.
  5.  - Patrick Underly, a Del Campo alumnus, shares his story of triumph at this year's Special Olympics Summer Games. He and his family also share some thoughts on the achievment in this accompanying .
  6.  - A benefit concert has been scheduled to raise funds for Crystal and Victor Rodriguez.
  7.  - Casey Robbins will place the work she has accomplished as an ambassador of literature to Liberian students to a Bella Vista High School student.
  8.  - Sacramento Sheriff's deputies were able to aprehend two would-be copper thieves in an early-morning arrest near Will Rogers Middle School.
  9.  - A Fair Oaks resident identified a suspicious looking individual in his neighborhood who had happened to just burglarize a nearby home.
  10.  - Fair Oaks Patch invites residents to share their thoughts and memories on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy that brought a nation together in the fight against terrorism.

That's not all either. Be sure to check out the full list of Fair Oaks news to catch up on everything that happened this week.

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