Ronald Silkey Major Ronald David Silkey, USAF, Ret., a proud veteran of the United States Air Force, took his final flight on Dec. 4, 2025. The son of Irven and Eleanor (née Krughoff) Silkey, Ron was born in Peoria, Ill., in 1942 and graduated from the University of Illinois, where he was a member of…
David Zapatka Reader, friend and fellow bridge player, Maria, writes, “Hi Dave. I came across this word while reading The Road to Character by David Brooks. He was describing the life and writing of George Eliot. ‘She was a meliorist and a gradualist, believing that people and society were best reformed by slow stretching, not…
Doug Adair, ConversionsbyDoug@gmail.com Want your golf cart to run smoother and travel further on one charge? Then check the condition of your golf cart tires and tire pressure ideally once a month, but at least three to four times a year. Golf cart tires often appear fully inflated even when significantly low on air, due…
Kathy Smith December is a very busy and festive month but such an important one for people who have birthdays that month. Often it’s just too busy to celebrate everyone’s birthday so many times it gets combined with Christmas celebrations. In the photo, from left to right, are: Kayrene Braden, Cindie Johnson, Jane Barnhart, Beth…
Robert Hover As songwriters for Lou Adler’s Trousdale Music, P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri had churned out tons of surfing songs for Jan & Dean, the Rip chords, the Fantastic Baggies, the Lifeguards, the Rally Packs, the Street Cleaners, the Rincon Surfside Band, and Willie and the Wheels. All that changed in 1965, when…
AzOPT A simple fact of life is that we need three things to survive: food, air, and water. The human body is essentially made of 50% water throughout the lifespan. It varies by age, gender, and body size, but in general, we are mostly fluid. Read on to find out the vital importance of hydration.…