Rusty Strait

Her looks and demean belie the streaks of grey and some sixty-plus years. She shows no signs of age. Ann Record is a human dynamo. Her eyes twinkle with mischief, ambition, and ‘let’s get on with the show.’ She is a real trooper who has devoted her whole life to the service of others in one manner or the other.

As an only child, I often felt lonely and left out. My cousin Bill, with siblings coming every year, did not have that problem. He was always happy to be away from what he called “too much family.”

9/11/2019 - Bright sunshine morning, clouds sparse, and floating aloft. Three silver planes crossing the lazy skies with destination unknown and in no hurry to get there. All is well and happy with the world.

With National Skate Month coming October it seems only proper that Hemet, with its enthusiastic skating community, should host this year's National Skate-Off tournament which will bring more than a hundred skill blades to the San Jacinto Valley and our local rink, The Wheelhouse.

As a kid, girls were not usually on my radar, as a matter of fact, they were somewhere beyond the horizon. However, when I was about twelve or thirteen a blonde-haired, blue-eyed neighbor caught my eye, and I suffered through my first case of being lovesick, and boy did I have it bad.