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Record Bee
January 16, 2018
Nominees to date are: Marla Ruzicka Humanitarian of the Year: Shelly Mascari, Carla Ritz; Volunteer of the Year: Jennifer Strong; Organization of the Year-Nonprofit: Hospice Services of Lake County; Environmental Award: Kathleen Blair; Small Business of the Year: Old World Tavern/Lakeport Pizza,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
November 22, 2017
Marla Ruzicka, a young activist from California who traveled to Afghanistan to call attention to civilian casualties, was the inspiration for that program. When the military shifted its focus to Iraq, Ms. Ruzicka followed the bombs. Based on information she collected, I worked with her as Congress created theÃÂ ...
New York Times
November 17, 2017
Late on the evening of Sept. 20, 2015, Basim Razzo sat in the study of his home on the eastern side of Mosul, his face lit up by a computer screen. His wife, Mayada, was already upstairs in bed, but Basim could lose hours clicking through car reviews on YouTube: the BMW Alpina B7, the Audi Q7. AlmostÃÂ ...
Record Bee
April 29, 2016
One of the twelve being remembered by the recent tree planting was Marla Ruzicka, a local woman who lost her life in Iraq in an IED explosion. She was in Iraq on a humanitarian mission to assist the victims of the war. The tree planting was held on the 11th anniversary of her death. The planting of a tree inÃÂ ...
The Nation.
September 23, 2013
Arifa had lost nearly everything when Marla Ruzicka walked through the door and into her life. The American intervention in Afghanistan had started just weeks before. A US bomb missed its target by three miles and landed instead on Arifa's home, leaving her a widow at the age of 30. She buried herÃÂ ...
YouTube
April 18, 2007
Two years ago today, the world lost humanitarian Marla Ruzicka. Marla worked tirelessly to help civilian victims of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her biography, Sweet Relief (by Jennifer Abrahamson), has just been published by Simon and Schuster, and is available on Amazon.com and at most majorÃÂ ...
Antiwar.com
April 28, 2005
People all across the political spectrum, encompassing all possible views on the Iraq war, stopped for a moment of rueful silence when the news broke that Marla Ruzicka was killed by a suicide bomber the other day. Well, almost everyone, that is, except for one Debbie Schlussel, a right-wing columnistÃÂ ...
San Francisco Chronicle
April 26, 2005
2005-04-24 04:00:00 PDT Lakeport -- More than 600 family, friends and admirers of Marla Ruzicka mourned her death at a memorial service in her hometown Saturday, praising the activist killed in Iraq as a voice for the voiceless and champion of human rights. Ruzicka, 28, a native of Lake County, and anÃÂ ...
San Francisco Chronicle
April 19, 2005
Marla Ruzicka, 28, of Lakeport (Lake County), founder of CIVIC -- Campaign for Innocent Victims of Conflict -- died with her driver on the Baghdad Airport road Saturday when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of security contractors that was passing next to her vehicle, according to her family and newsÃÂ ...
New York Times
April 18, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 17 - For more than two years, Marla Ruzicka worked to get help for innocent civilians caught in cross-fires here. A 28-year-old Californian with blond hair and an electric smile, she ran a one-woman aid group. On Saturday afternoon, Ms. Ruzicka became a casualty herself. A suicideÃÂ ...
Addison County Independent
November 27, 2017
Marla Ruzicka, a young activist from California who traveled to Afghanistan to call attention to civilian casualties, was the inspiration for that ...
CNN
March 31, 2017
Father Khalil Jaar, chosen by Jomana Karadsheh – "In 2014, Jordanian churches opened their doors to Christian refugees from northern Iraqi ...
Record Bee
January 20, 2017
... and large businesses, youth advocates, students, ideas and heroes — all the way up to the Marla Ruzicka Humanitarian of the Year award.
Record Bee
January 19, 2017
She was away from home for about 24 years before coming back to Lakeport to be with her family after her sister, Marla Ruzicka, passed away.
Record Bee
April 29, 2016
One of the twelve being remembered by the recent tree planting was Marla Ruzicka, a local woman who lost her life in Iraq in an IED explosion.
PetaPixel
May 30, 2014
As it turned out, the first to die from the Al-Hamra scene was Marla Ruzicka, a 28-year-old aid worker-activist. I'd first met her on another ...
The Nation.
September 23, 2013
Arifa had lost nearly everything when Marla Ruzicka walked through the door and into her life. The American intervention in Afghanistan had ...
YouTube
April 18, 2007
Two years ago today, the world lost humanitarian Marla Ruzicka. Marla worked tirelessly to help civilian victims of the wars in Iraq and ...
San Francisco Chronicle
April 21, 2005
2005-04-19 04:00:00 PDT Lakeport , Lake County -- Marla Ruzicka would slip into town to recharge herself, physically and emotionally. For the ...
CounterCurrents.org
April 20, 2005
She looked like she should be surfing on a beach in California but Marla Ruzicka was drawn instead to Iraq and her self-appointed task of ...
San Francisco Chronicle
April 20, 2005
Marla Ruzicka, 28, of Lakeport (Lake County), founder of CIVIC -- Campaign for Innocent Victims of Conflict -- died with her driver on the ...
New York Times
April 19, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 17 - For more than two years, Marla Ruzicka worked to get help for innocent civilians caught in cross-fires here.
CNN
March 31, 2017
Father Khalil Jaar, chosen by Jomana Karadsheh – "In 2014, Jordanian churches opened their doors to Christian refugees from northern IraqiÃÂ ...
Record Bee
January 20, 2017
... and large businesses, youth advocates, students, ideas and heroes — all the way up to the Marla Ruzicka Humanitarian of the Year award.
Record Bee
January 19, 2017
She was away from home for about 24 years before coming back to Lakeport to be with her family after her sister, Marla Ruzicka, passed away.
The Guardian
December 2, 2016
A speech he gave in 2005 mused that it was “fun to shoot some people” in Iraq and Afghanistan, a statement called callous by Marla Ruzicka,ÃÂ ...
Record Bee
April 29, 2016
One of the twelve being remembered by the recent tree planting was Marla Ruzicka, a local woman who lost her life in Iraq in an IED explosion.
The Nation.
September 23, 2013
Arifa had lost nearly everything when Marla Ruzicka walked through the door and into her life. The American intervention in Afghanistan hadÃÂ ...
YouTube
April 18, 2007
Two years ago today, the world lost humanitarian Marla Ruzicka. Marla worked tirelessly to help civilian victims of the wars in Iraq andÃÂ ...
Antiwar.com
April 28, 2005
“Marla Ruzicka was no mere peace activist. She formed the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), the goal of which was anythingÃÂ ...
San Francisco Chronicle
April 20, 2005
Marla Ruzicka, 28, of Lakeport (Lake County), founder of CIVIC -- Campaign for Innocent Victims of Conflict -- died with her driver on theÃÂ ...
New York Times
April 19, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 17 - For more than two years, Marla Ruzicka worked to get help for innocent civilians caught in cross-fires here.
Record Bee
January 22, 2017
Nominations fall into 20 different categories honoring small and large businesses, youth advocates, students, ideas and heroes - all the way up to the Marla Ruzicka Humanitarian of the Year award. This is the 19th edition of the annual community ...
Record Bee
January 19, 2017
Former film production manager and Lake County officer Jill Ruzicka has been announced as the new Executive Director of the Lake County Winery Association.
Record Bee
April 29, 2016
One of the twelve being remembered by the recent tree planting was Marla Ruzicka, a local woman who lost her life in Iraq in an IED explosion.
Lake County News
December 15, 2015
Donors to the Memorial Grove are the Keeling-Barnes Family Foundation; Leanne and Jim Harvey in memory of Helen Barbara Harvey; Nancy and Cliff Ruzicka in memory of Marla Ruzicka; Gary and Linda Cambria in memory of Tony and Sophie Cambria;ÃÂ ...
