The Campbell Reporter | December 29, 1999

December 29, 1999

Campbell, California Since 1999


Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? An examination of different traditions shows that time is a matter of culture
The event from which people begin counting time varies from one religious culture to another. But for purposes of business, commerce, international trade and making plans to meet a friend for a latte, the world has generally agreed to start new years on Jan. 1 and to recognize this particular New Year's Day as the beginning of the next millennium. This is all based on the Gregorian calendar, the standard by which most of the Western world now divides and counts years. There is, however, as Rabbi Eitan Julius of Congregation Sinai in Willow Glen so eloquently puts it, a "willy-nilliness to the whole thing." More


News Watertower Plaza Campbell developer purchases historic downtown complex. More	News Holiday Manners Luncheon Annual Village School program teaches dining etiquette to youngsters. More	News Council Watch City officials offer their predictions for Campbell in 2000. More



	Time is a matter of culture

	Council Watch South Bay Development purchases historic Watertower Plaza Students learn etiquette at Village School's Holiday Manners Luncheon Suspects arrested in string of bank robberies Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District purchases Global Positioning Satellite receiver Photos: Gift Wrap/Snowman

	Speak Out Home birthing shows that love's labors aren't lost at home A trip to the fabric store reminds writer of simpler times

	News Stand Public Citizen: 'Jack of Many Trades' Richard Gordon Talk of the Town Police Blotter

	A diary of Y2K cuisine

	Sports Briefs Del Mar High School basketball 16th Annual Hot Stove Baseball Banquet Local coaches earn CCS honors Little League signups

	Lectures, readings, auditions, sports & recreation,announcements, theater & arts, kids' stuff, clubs, public meetings...

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