Larry Wolfe Even though Tim “TJ” Tjernlund graduated from Corvallis High School in Oregon, he considers Kalispell, Montana and Glacier National Park as his true home. It was there that he spent every summer from ages 10 through 20 while his father, a school teacher, worked at the park. He considers that experience life defining,…
Get out of the heat, have fun and support veterans’ needs! Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8053 Bingo remains the center for community support to our veterans and their families. Playing in VFW’s weekly game raises funds for the Post’s veteran support programs. The game also enables the sharing of unique local projects and…
Diane Price The Arizona Chapter of the ALS Association was pleased to send 17 representatives to Washington, D.C. May 10-12, to attend a National Conference and share their personal life stories with Arizona legislators. A record number of people, 1,100 participants, including 131 people living with the disease, joined forces for this year’s Public Policy…
Brian Curry The volunteer Community Assistance Program of the Sun Lakes Fire Department continues their service through the hot summer months. Though the most visual part of that service is when the community sees them responding in their CR231 (Crisis Response unit) to ambulance and fire calls with the Fire Department, they are also working…
Jay R. Strisik, MSW, ACSW I just returned from the Honor Flight Arizona. For those who do not know, this is a privately financed program run by all volunteers that flies WWII veterans for a three-day trip to Washington, D.C. to view the national monuments there. During this trip I was inspired by our awesome…
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. How many times have we gazed out into space without remembering the reason for our hesitation? I would guess more times than we care to remember. It is scary because we do not know if we are forgetting everything or just having a temporary memory lapse. Some people I know will…
Results of recent events: 5/02. Morning: Ace of Aces Qualifying – Flight 1 Gross: 1st Deno Edwards; Flight 2 Gross: 1st Dennis Bockelman, 2nd Dan Paxton, 3rd Ken Pearson; Flight 3 Gross: 1st Steve Martz, 2nd Jim Crandal, 3rd Neil Lilley and Peter Gorman; Flight 4 Gross: 1st Dennis Madigan, 2nd John Gettles, 3rd Earl…
Come on into the Ed Robson Library and get out of the heat! On Saturday, July 18 at 10:00 a.m., we’ll be hosting Cowgirl Jan Presents Everyday Heroes. This program is aimed at children, ages 3-10, so please spread the word and bring your grandchildren! Thursday, August 6 at 1:00 p.m. brings the return of…
Jim Davis – Publicity This month started on the 16th. Our 2015 Match Play was two rounds, beginning on the 16th and ending on the 23rd. The champions were as follows: 1st Flight: Dennis Bockelman; 2nd Flight: Ron Cox; 3rd Flight: Barry Mostovoy; 4th Flight: Jeff Martin; 5th Flight: Larry Chidester. The afternoon group on…
Eric Ehst, Executive Director On July 4 we will celebrate that day 239 years ago when our forebears created a new nation, one that allows us the freedom to live with dignity where we want and how we want. At Neighbors Who Care our volunteers help over 1300 of their frail, homebound and disabled neighbors…