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Local newspaper founder remembered as special man
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Dave Anderson, a founder of Gainesville’s only Spanish-language newspaper and a former North Hall High School coach, died Wednesday. He was 75.Anderson, who along with his wife, Haydee, started the bilingual community newspaper Mexico Lindo in 1990 will be remembered today in a service at First Presbyterian Church, where he was a member for nearly 40 years.Friends who paid their respects at a visitation Friday remembered Anderson as a man who seemed to be everywhere and always looked out for the disadvantaged.Anderson was born in South Dakota and grew up in Florida. His family moved to Helen in the 1950s.After graduating from Piedmont College in Demorest, Anderson taught chemistry at North Hall High on the late 1950s.