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Friday, Feb. 28, 2003

William & Patty: Chapter Three

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Sandra Hall was born in Quebec in 1958. Her father was a relentless vagabond; Sandra attended 12 schools in 10 years. To this day, she never has lived anywhere longer than three years.

At 15, she gave birth to her son, Gary. She had a daughter, Dutch, 10 years later. Never finding time for college, she raised her kids mostly by slinging ale and greasy food.

As she hit her 30s, she started a free newspaper called Neighbor to Neighbor and eventually operated monthly publications in Toronto, Vancouver and Modesto.

The newspapers' primary function was advertising trustworthy child care services. In time, however, the focus evolved into printing detailed information and photographs about numerous sex offenders living in Canada.

There was one problem: Because Canada has no equivalent of Megan's Law, Sandra's actions were illegal. She began to receive serious threats. Three years ago, her children grown, Sandra left Canada and moved to Modesto.

A woman starting over.