Janet Cook If you would like a new, better-functioning kitchen by Thanksgiving, August is the time to get started gathering photos online and scheduling an appointment with a full-service, design-build firm. It can be helpful to get input from homeowners who remodeled their kitchen in the last year, and here are some of the most…
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Features, August 2020
In Passing
Francis Gordon “Gus” Gustafson Francis Gordon “Gus” Gustafson passed peacefully at the age of 89 at his Houston assisted living apartment the evening of Nov. 1, 2018. He was survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Margaret Gustafson, whom he married on his birthday in 1953. He was survived by his two children: Scott…
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What a Wonderful Life!
Roger Bonngard We have fields of green, expansive skies of blue; Parks, schools, highways for me and you We can say to ourselves, What a wonderful life! The colored flowers in our neighborhoods are beautiful against the sky, As are the colors on the faces of our neighbors and friends passing by. Seeing our people…
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What Is Dry Heat?
Dale Fanzo Living in the desert one must adjust, The sun rises early and then goes down at dusk. The thermometer can reach as high as one hundred fifteen, The asphalt can skillet my eggs and bacon that is lean. Humidity can go as low as one percent, My sandals will melt on the scorching…
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Rover’s Rest Stops
Most everyone knows that their dogs must walk. It is in their DNA. But most people do not think about engaging their best friend in mental stimulation. What kind of life is it to just hang around the house all the time? Get up, go for a walk, eat, lay around, eat, go for a…
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Word of the Month: Contumacious
David Zapatka Sister and reader Judy Haberstroh wrote after reading the June column, “This one is interesting. Initially, I was leaning toward using ‘yet,’ but once I saw the specific definition of ‘still,’ I felt that was the correct word. However, when talking, I would more likely place the word ‘still’ after ‘it’s’ rather than…
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Military Order of Purple Heart Saluted by Gila Butte Chapter, NSDAR
Carole Jones “August 7, 1782, General George Washington announced in his Orders of the Day: The General, ever desirous to cherish a virtuous ambition in his soldiers, as well as to foster and encourage every species of Military Merit, directs that whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted…
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Library Services Amid Closure
Jenn Lopez Hello, I’m the new library manager at Ed Robson Library. The library is offering curbside pickup from Monday through Friday from 8 to 10 a.m. and Tuesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. in order to serve our customers in the Sun Lakes area. Customers may place items on hold using the online catalog…
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Artists Who Aspire to Inspire
Linda Shanahan Vic Hermann’s the man, our lapidary chair Can make you a handle or make you a bear Can make you a box or a puzzle or knife Discovered this talent in his later life He tells us that “anything made out of wood Can be made out of stone.” He knew that he…