Dave and Susan Myers were traveling the country and living the retirement dream when, after 10 years, they decided they needed something more.
The Myers joined the North Fork Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary but still had time to spare so in September 2004, they signed up for training to become Citizens on Patrol with the Madera County Sheriff's Department.
"After 29 years with emergency services and my wife's career in computer sales, we thought we had some skills to offer," said Dave, who retired from a Southern California fire department.
A former Yosemite High School student and long-time ship captain has played a major role in the clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sheriff's Department ensures fun, safety
All it took was a few short days for the people of Haiti to make a lifelong impression on the hearts of Tim and Susan Madden.
The notes resonate, ascending to the 34-foot-high beamed ceilings of Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel's dining room, one of the most impressive restaurants in the United States, host to presidents, royalty, celebrities and commoners.
Back-breaking 18-hour work days, cold temperatures, a sun that never sets, no Internet, no cell phones, one shower a week, no indoor plumbing and an overwhelming smell of fish -- dead and alive -- were all part of 16-year-old Damien Holt's 28-day Ala
"How Art Shapes Our Lives," an art column by Sal Maccarone of Mariposa, appears for the first time in today's Sierra Star.
Our final day in Kagoshima was devoted to visiting Shiroyama, a hill overlooking the city, with observatory points that allow a majestic view of the city at its volcano in the bay.
Impressionism is defined as "a theory or practice in painting, originally among French painters of around 1870, of depicting the natural appearances of objects by means of dabs or strokes of unmixed colors in order to simulate reflected light."
By Brian Wilkinson
