Category: Features

Conservation Corner

Pauline Lee Just what is processed food? Why is it the cause for our epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and chronic health problems? How does food processing damage our environment? Concerned about the health and environmental effects of processed food, 26 year-old Megan Kimble, a food writer in Tucson, decided to spend a year eating only…

New CAP coordinator

Deputy Chief Rob Helie congratulates SLFD CAP member Scott Jaeger on his appointment as the first Community Assistance Program Coordinator as Chief Troy Maloney looks on.

Brian Curry The volunteer position of coordinator will be the liaison between the CAP officers and members with Helie’s office. “This appointment was treated just like a promotional opportunity with our own firefighters and officers” said Chief Maloney. “We are very lucky to get someone with Scott’s experience to apply for this unique position” stressed…

Joe Schwab’s 3 books

Joe Schwab Twenty four years ago I walked out of the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Portland after having completed all three phases of the 25 Ton Masters License plus the optional commercial vessels towing permit with a perfect score. I was ready to go, soon returning to Clam Gulch, Alaska with a brand new…

Sun Lakes Authors

Larry Tyree’s Sci-Fi adventure Long-time Sun Lakes resident Larry Tyree has just published the novel Accidental Traveler Time Port Santa Fe, a time-travel adventure based in the early 1940s. The main character, Tyler Farnsworth, up and coming entrepreneur, departed Phoenix in the summer of 1991 a broken man. He had once been a successful real…