By Deanna Maurer and Suzy Hopkins A few months ago Joe and Amy Haratani, seated next to 26 empty chairs, were stunned to find themselves receiving a standing ovation from a Modesto Junior College graduation crowd. The thunderous applause was part appreciation, part apology. It came 68 years after Joe and Amy’s late sister, Nobu,
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Jack Glass, 86, looks back on his two years of service aboard the USS Enterprise during World War II, including the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, one of many he feels fortunate to have survived.
On March 28, 2010, thousands of people gathered in downtown Sonora for the nation’s first “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans” parade, organized by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 391. Here is one veteran’s view of the emotional event. By George Eldridge On September 29, 2009, California became the first state to make March 30 Welcome Home
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By Tirzah Woodward Hopefully you’ve followed the advice in our past Friends and Neighbors articles … but you’re not done yet! Here are a few more tips vital to proper estate planning, and to ensuring that your survivors can easily honor your wishes. Keep documents up to date. If it has been more than five
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By Dr. Doug Ankrom My patient listened carefully to the treatment options for his problem: difficulty urinating. I knew that the options we discussed could
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She was living in her car when a pastor’s act of kindness helped her change her life for the better.
Too often, we see patients who have waited at home for several hours, sometimes up to a day, to see if the symptoms disappear. A “wait and see” approach is no way to treat stroke symptoms.
By George Sharrard One night just after blackout restrictions came into play, the family held a discussion. There was no need to anticipate what the subject would be: A few rolls of three-quarter-inch masking tape were in full sight close by. It’s to do with the chore of taping the windows with the masking tape
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By Tom Dahl We moved to Tuolumne in 1917, and I started school here the next year. Mrs. Hill was my first-grade teacher. She was a pretty elderly woman, a good teacher but strict. A couple of boys would get out of hand and man, they got a licking. We got warned: If you got
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By Sean Day “It is a real privilege to be around people who are doing something positive for themselves. It is absolutely fantastic.” So says
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