Welcome to the Friends and Neighbors website, a companion to our quarterly, full-color magazine devoted to seniors, Boomers and their families in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.
Dedicated FAN fans, of course, will want to read the magazine fresh off the presses for the full roster of stories, photos and community resources it provides. We now distribute 16,000 quarterly copies at more than 400 sites in Tuolumne & Calaveras counties and by mail to subscribers who enjoy easy and early access to each new issue for just $20 a year.
But our magazine runneth over. So here you'll find even more information: upcoming events, links to senior resources, and a rich archive of key stories from each issue dating back to the magazine's June 2008 launch. New stories are posted three months after publication in FAN.
Here also you can submit advertising requests, calendar items, FAN mail, story ideas, or "volunteers needed" notices to run in the next issue. In the meantime, enjoy exploring our site!
Recent Articles
Be sure to browse through all the categories to read more from Friends and Neighbors!
- Graciano “Tete” Arellano: Three-war veteran recalls life aboard B-17s in World War II
- Max Kernaghan, U.S. Army Air Corps: Flying The Hump
- Dennis “Denny” Thompson, 1st Lt. Pilot-Bombardier, 487th Bombardment Group
- Fitness First: Pay Attention to Posture
- An Expert’s Advice on Coping with Grief
- Celia Seubert, Coast Guard Yeoman Second Class
- Advice to the List-Less: Dream Big, Aim Low
- Finding Your Roots: ‘The Hunter’s Dream’
- A Fruitful Quest for a Better Life
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Community
A Fruitful Quest for a Better Life
A Calaveras County resident recalls the 1930s “fruit tramp” days, moving into and through California following the harvest, in this excerpt from her autobiography.
Sheriff’s Community Service Unit
In an era of public-safety budget cuts, a corps of dedicated volunteers reaches the 20-year mark and wonders: Will anyone else step forward to help?
Healing Power of Pets
Meet five foothill residents who are living proof that pets can be the best medicine.
Fitness and Health
Fitness First: Pay Attention to Posture “Stand up straight!” We’ve all heard this great advice. How we stand and carry ourselves directly reflects how we feel, and good posture is key
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Pets
The Vet Is In: Pet Allergies Allergies are states of hypersensitivity, where the body’s immune system overreacts to an otherwise harmless substance. They can be set off by insect bites, pollen, mold spores, mites, fabric, food and much more. Just as with people, allergies can wreak havoc on your pet’s skin, health and happy disposition. Fleas are a common cause. Their
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Fanfare
Advice to the List-Less: Dream Big, Aim Low I began to get the question as soon as I turned 65: “What’s on your bucket list?” Life expectancy tables say I have less than two decades left before I shuffle off. So friends are wondering whether I want to skydive, cliff dive, scuba dive or dive headlong into any other death-defying, irrational pursuits befitting
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Remember When
Finding Your Roots: ‘The Hunter’s Dream’ Returning from my 18-month Family History mission in Utah, I walked into the Carlo M. DeFerrari Archive in Sonora wondering, “What’s new?” Directly in front of me was a huge painting called “The Hunter’s Dream.” To my left were several more paintings and artifacts, and to my right sat County Historian Carlo De Ferrari and
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Veterans
Combat Zone: WWII Marine fighter pilot Paul Becker A ‘party animal’ turned fighter pilot, then college dean, Sonora resident Paul Becker recalls the dogfight days of World War II.
