Softball player profile

Larry Wolfe When you think California native, you envision someone from the land of palm trees, beaches and high-priced houses, but Bill Stanick is a different type of California native. You see Bill grew up in a four-room shack (his description!) on the Monongahela River in California, Pennsylvania in the land of steel mills and…

Conservation Corner

Pauline Lee While most national parks were established to preserve vast areas of untouched nature from human development, Cuyahoga National Park has a very different story. Before the area was designated a national park, it was ruined and then restored. The park’s centerpiece, the Cuyahoga River, was originally pristine and unblemished until two expanding industrial…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

All Souls’ Day Ellie Clark All Souls’ Day was a day I remembered from the time I was a little girl. It was the day that we prayed for the souls of the departed. As a little girl I really didn’t grasp the full meaning of the day. As a matter of fact, I didn’t grasp…

Men’s Niner’s July results

Jim Wegman, Publicity We are in the deepest part of the Arizona summer; don’t forget to hydrate the day before, the day you play and the day after, to keep the fluid level in your system at a safe level. Check the water level in your car and golf cart batteries before you start to…

Chordaires Show Chorus plans a delicious fundraiser

“Please Buy Us a Song” is the theme for this season’s fundraising effort. While the Chordaires sing for the sheer love of music and to make others in the local community happy, music is not free. One song for the full chorus costs us approximately $175 including copyright and arranger’s fees. The Chordaires are hoping…

The Hot Spot

Sun Lakes Fire District places new ambulance in service.

Brian Curry As part of their continuing dedication to provide the finest in emergency medical services to the residents of the Sun Lakes fire district a new 2016 Ford-Horton ambulance was recently put into service. “In addition to all the medical devices expected in any advanced life services ambulance, this ambulance has the latest in…