Ironwood Lady Niners get around

Vickie Mendenhall and Beth Zdeblick, Publicity Making sure the IWLN are represented at all functions, Judy Thompson and Denise Fleshner work the table at the October 27 Open House at Oakwood. The Niners also had Judy Thompson and Judy Frink available to disperse information at the November 7 Golf Expo at the Oakwood driving range.…

New Horizons Writers’ Group

  Character Building Bob Hirt On a trip to Colorado Springs to visit grandkids and friends we ran into an old friend, Johnny Schmitt, from back East. John is 84 years old now and in good health. In fact, of his 12 siblings, mostly boys, and all but one still living, 10 still reside in…

Join Lucky Shot Pool Club

Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club welcomed four new and returning members and passed changes in tournament procedures at its fall membership meeting October 23. New members are Bob Heilshorn, Jim Perrault and Jim Moline. Tim Ferris and Gary Vacin returned to tournament play after brief absences. Club members discussed present status of the…

Softball Player Profile: Paul Gayer

Larry Wolfe A lankier version of Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams, Paul Gayer has that same sweet swing that connects for both average and power. In his rookie debut in our Sun Division last year, Paul finished third in average (.737), had a 1.069 slugging percentage (a measure of both average and extra-base power) and smashed 17…