Dana was born in the Panama Canal Zone. According to Wikipedea, The Panama Canal Zone was an unincorporated territory of the United States from 1903 to 1979, centered on the Panama Canal and surrounded by the Republic of Panama.
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Pasadena Star-News, CA, Thursday, August 21, 2008
Baskin, editor-publisher of local newspaper, dies
By Alfred Lee, Staff Writer
TEMPLE CITY - The editor and publisher of the San Gabriel Valley Weekly newspaper, known also as the Temple City Weekly, died at his home Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack. Dana Baskin was 55.
Baskin, a longtime Temple City resident, founded the Temple City Weekly in 1996, later expanding it into the San Gabriel Valley Weekly to cover additional cities throughout the region.
The operation, run out of Baskin's home, grew to a circulation of about 25,000. Its mix of news, lifestyle columns, events information and sometimes controversial editorials made Baskin well-known throughout Temple City.
"We're devastated," said Dana's wife, Cheri Baskin. "So many in the community have already been here to pay their respects. ... He's been the biggest part of my life since I was 17."
Cheri, a secretary at Temple City's La Rosa Elementary School, helped unofficially with the paper's production. She said the newspaper's future has not yet been fully considered.
"We're going to do what we can. We're going to get by this week first," she said. "I think that after his family it was the biggest part of his life. He loved it and at times he hated it, but every week he kept producing it."
This Friday's issue will publish on schedule.
"People around town literally referred to it as 'Dana's paper,"' said Jaimi Harrison, director of marketing and sales for the San Gabriel Valley Weekly. "We weren't in it to become rich. It was more about the service part of it - that was what Dana meant to everybody."
Harrison added that Baskin posed questions and raised topics that others were afraid to.
"By people reading it, he got people talking and looking for solutions, and he held people accountable," she said.
Baskin was born in the Panama Canal Zone, moving to Rosemead in his youth and graduating from Rosemead High School. He moved to Temple City in 1976.
"Dana's family was his whole life," Harrison said. "He could talk for hours about his children and his wife and his mom. That was his focus in life, and that's why he loved working at home."
At Tuesday's City Council meeting, an emotional Mayor Cath Wilson - a friend of Baskin's for almost 40 years - asked for a moment of silence in Baskin's memory. The meeting adjourned in his memory, as well.
"We lost a wonderful person. A fine, fine young man who loved Temple City and did a lot for us," Wilson said tearfully on Wednesday. "He's going to be really missed by a lot of people here."
In addition to his wife, Baskin is survived by his son, Bryan, 26; daughter, Blair, 23; and mother, Jane Baskin, 86.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 400 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia.
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Pasadena Star-News, CA, Thursday, August 21, 2008
Baskin, editor-publisher of local newspaper, dies
By Alfred Lee, Staff Writer
TEMPLE CITY - The editor and publisher of the San Gabriel Valley Weekly newspaper, known also as the Temple City Weekly, died at his home Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack. Dana Baskin was 55.
Baskin, a longtime Temple City resident, founded the Temple City Weekly in 1996, later expanding it into the San Gabriel Valley Weekly to cover additional cities throughout the region.
The operation, run out of Baskin's home, grew to a circulation of about 25,000. Its mix of news, lifestyle columns, events information and sometimes controversial editorials made Baskin well-known throughout Temple City.
"We're devastated," said Dana's wife, Cheri Baskin. "So many in the community have already been here to pay their respects. ... He's been the biggest part of my life since I was 17."
Cheri, a secretary at Temple City's La Rosa Elementary School, helped unofficially with the paper's production. She said the newspaper's future has not yet been fully considered.
"We're going to do what we can. We're going to get by this week first," she said. "I think that after his family it was the biggest part of his life. He loved it and at times he hated it, but every week he kept producing it."
This Friday's issue will publish on schedule.
"People around town literally referred to it as 'Dana's paper,"' said Jaimi Harrison, director of marketing and sales for the San Gabriel Valley Weekly. "We weren't in it to become rich. It was more about the service part of it - that was what Dana meant to everybody."
Harrison added that Baskin posed questions and raised topics that others were afraid to.
"By people reading it, he got people talking and looking for solutions, and he held people accountable," she said.
Baskin was born in the Panama Canal Zone, moving to Rosemead in his youth and graduating from Rosemead High School. He moved to Temple City in 1976.
"Dana's family was his whole life," Harrison said. "He could talk for hours about his children and his wife and his mom. That was his focus in life, and that's why he loved working at home."
At Tuesday's City Council meeting, an emotional Mayor Cath Wilson - a friend of Baskin's for almost 40 years - asked for a moment of silence in Baskin's memory. The meeting adjourned in his memory, as well.
"We lost a wonderful person. A fine, fine young man who loved Temple City and did a lot for us," Wilson said tearfully on Wednesday. "He's going to be really missed by a lot of people here."
In addition to his wife, Baskin is survived by his son, Bryan, 26; daughter, Blair, 23; and mother, Jane Baskin, 86.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 400 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia.
Dana was born in the Panama Canal Zone. According to Wikipedea, The Panama Canal Zone was an unincorporated territory of the United States from 1903 to 1979, centered on the Panama Canal and surrounded by the Republic of Panama.
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Pasadena Star-News, CA, Thursday, August 21, 2008
Baskin, editor-publisher of local newspaper, dies
By Alfred Lee, Staff Writer
TEMPLE CITY - The editor and publisher of the San Gabriel Valley Weekly newspaper, known also as the Temple City Weekly, died at his home Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack. Dana Baskin was 55.
Baskin, a longtime Temple City resident, founded the Temple City Weekly in 1996, later expanding it into the San Gabriel Valley Weekly to cover additional cities throughout the region.
The operation, run out of Baskin's home, grew to a circulation of about 25,000. Its mix of news, lifestyle columns, events information and sometimes controversial editorials made Baskin well-known throughout Temple City.
"We're devastated," said Dana's wife, Cheri Baskin. "So many in the community have already been here to pay their respects. ... He's been the biggest part of my life since I was 17."
Cheri, a secretary at Temple City's La Rosa Elementary School, helped unofficially with the paper's production. She said the newspaper's future has not yet been fully considered.
"We're going to do what we can. We're going to get by this week first," she said. "I think that after his family it was the biggest part of his life. He loved it and at times he hated it, but every week he kept producing it."
This Friday's issue will publish on schedule.
"People around town literally referred to it as 'Dana's paper,"' said Jaimi Harrison, director of marketing and sales for the San Gabriel Valley Weekly. "We weren't in it to become rich. It was more about the service part of it - that was what Dana meant to everybody."
Harrison added that Baskin posed questions and raised topics that others were afraid to.
"By people reading it, he got people talking and looking for solutions, and he held people accountable," she said.
Baskin was born in the Panama Canal Zone, moving to Rosemead in his youth and graduating from Rosemead High School. He moved to Temple City in 1976.
"Dana's family was his whole life," Harrison said. "He could talk for hours about his children and his wife and his mom. That was his focus in life, and that's why he loved working at home."
At Tuesday's City Council meeting, an emotional Mayor Cath Wilson - a friend of Baskin's for almost 40 years - asked for a moment of silence in Baskin's memory. The meeting adjourned in his memory, as well.
"We lost a wonderful person. A fine, fine young man who loved Temple City and did a lot for us," Wilson said tearfully on Wednesday. "He's going to be really missed by a lot of people here."
In addition to his wife, Baskin is survived by his son, Bryan, 26; daughter, Blair, 23; and mother, Jane Baskin, 86.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 400 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia.
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Pasadena Star-News, CA, Thursday, August 21, 2008
Baskin, editor-publisher of local newspaper, dies
By Alfred Lee, Staff Writer
TEMPLE CITY - The editor and publisher of the San Gabriel Valley Weekly newspaper, known also as the Temple City Weekly, died at his home Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack. Dana Baskin was 55.
Baskin, a longtime Temple City resident, founded the Temple City Weekly in 1996, later expanding it into the San Gabriel Valley Weekly to cover additional cities throughout the region.
The operation, run out of Baskin's home, grew to a circulation of about 25,000. Its mix of news, lifestyle columns, events information and sometimes controversial editorials made Baskin well-known throughout Temple City.
"We're devastated," said Dana's wife, Cheri Baskin. "So many in the community have already been here to pay their respects. ... He's been the biggest part of my life since I was 17."
Cheri, a secretary at Temple City's La Rosa Elementary School, helped unofficially with the paper's production. She said the newspaper's future has not yet been fully considered.
"We're going to do what we can. We're going to get by this week first," she said. "I think that after his family it was the biggest part of his life. He loved it and at times he hated it, but every week he kept producing it."
This Friday's issue will publish on schedule.
"People around town literally referred to it as 'Dana's paper,"' said Jaimi Harrison, director of marketing and sales for the San Gabriel Valley Weekly. "We weren't in it to become rich. It was more about the service part of it - that was what Dana meant to everybody."
Harrison added that Baskin posed questions and raised topics that others were afraid to.
"By people reading it, he got people talking and looking for solutions, and he held people accountable," she said.
Baskin was born in the Panama Canal Zone, moving to Rosemead in his youth and graduating from Rosemead High School. He moved to Temple City in 1976.
"Dana's family was his whole life," Harrison said. "He could talk for hours about his children and his wife and his mom. That was his focus in life, and that's why he loved working at home."
At Tuesday's City Council meeting, an emotional Mayor Cath Wilson - a friend of Baskin's for almost 40 years - asked for a moment of silence in Baskin's memory. The meeting adjourned in his memory, as well.
"We lost a wonderful person. A fine, fine young man who loved Temple City and did a lot for us," Wilson said tearfully on Wednesday. "He's going to be really missed by a lot of people here."
In addition to his wife, Baskin is survived by his son, Bryan, 26; daughter, Blair, 23; and mother, Jane Baskin, 86.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 400 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia.
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