Category: Features

Local author releases second Sun Lakes mystery novel

Sun Lakes author Carmen Will and Cozy Cat Press announce the release of Deadly Degree, the second novel in the Amanda Winters mystery series. Will is a freelance writer and editor whose first Amanda Winters mystery novel, Doubly Departed, was published in October, 2016. Will’s series is set in Sun Lakes and the surrounding area…

Local author recognized

Sandra Givens, Sun Lakes author, has been recognized by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) for her debut novel, Running Horse Ranch. With this debut novel, Givens becomes part of the RWA’s Published Authors Network (PAN), a community dedicated to promote and protect the interests of published romance authors.

2 Your Health: Amazing benefits of massage

Alzheimer’s is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over the passage of time. The cause of Alzheimer’s disease is poorly understood, which is why there is no authentic cause identified yet. However, 70% of the risk is believed to be genetic. Some other risks that can lead to Alzheimer’s at some…

Three Weeks a lie memoir by John Gaudioso

Our mom was taken from our apartment; force marched through our hallway by “Men in White.” My brothers Al, Bob and I were sitting against our living room wall… facing our hallway. We had ringside seats. Loud voices mixed together, erupted. Mom’s voice was the loudest. “Who are you?” “Why are you here?” “Don’t touch…

Happy Birthday to you!

Maretta Wood More than 40 friends and relatives honored Maretta Wood on September 2 for her 93rd birthday. Here she is shown with a specially-decorated birthday cake prepared for the occasion. Photo by Diana Boyd

News From Your Neighbors – Neighbors Who Care, Inc

Do you have questions about Medicare? Whether you are new to Medicare or would like to reevaluate your current plan, it’s a good time to look into options that are available to you, especially since Medicare open enrollment is in full swing. The Area Agency on Aging, Region One, in partnership with Neighbors Who Care,…

In Passing

  Ralph D. Annen Ralph D. Annen of Sun Lakes, AZ, and Stoughton, WI, lost his life to West Nile Virus on October 4, 2018. Ralph was born on November 10, 1944, to Adam and Charlotte Annen. He married Tenni Bailey in 1970 and raised two sons, Jeremy and Joshua, in Stoughton, WI. He was…

Word of the Month: Bonhomie

  David Zapatka While speaking with friends from out of town at a recent bridge tournament, I heard this description of a mutual friend who was not present. “It’s so refreshing to have a man of his character in our game. He exudes a fresh and easy bonhomie.” Being unfamiliar with the word “bonhomie,” I…