But then there is — as Paul Harvey used to say — the rest of the story. Fast forward 100 years: this weekend, 11 a.m. Aug. 22, 2009 to be exact, the C.V. Starr Community Center was scheduled to open thanks to a $4 million gift from his foundation. The donation paid for nearly one third of the $13 million project. With its aquatic facility, it will be a huge boon to Fort Bragg’s economy at a time when the economy is not doing too well. And here’s the rest of the story: C.V. Starr was the founder of AIG, the insurance giant considered “too big to fail” and given $140 billion in government support. It just came to mind that the very month Starr was graduating from Fort Bragg High, the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse was lit for the very first time… (more…)