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Dueling Dallabettas: Bands to meet at football game
If band instructor Amanda Dallabetta looks a bit nervous at the football game tonight (Friday), it's only because she's squaring off against her father-in-law on the other end of the field. Six years ago Dallabetta took over her father-in-law's...
Namedropper 8-29-08
Daniel J. Vance Airman Daniel J. Vance, the son of Jay and Carol Vance of Yuma, has graduated from U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. He is currently at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., where he...
Yuma arts lovers create new theater organization
Some local arts lovers recently launched an ambitious endeavor to create a new theater company, stage big-city quality shows, raise thousands in scholarship funds and one of these years get around to building a new performing arts complex. But in the...
Haircuts from heaven
Sometimes God arms his angels with clippers and combs. Sandy Ernst knows that, because four years ago she was looking to fill an empty place in her heart. Ernst found the outpouring of love she needed at the Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital, where she volunteers...
Namedropper 8-27-08
Elizabeth Gonzalez Air Force Airman Elizabeth Gonzalez, a 2007 graduate of Kofa High School, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. She is the daughter of Frances Castillo of Yuma. Gonzalez...
Yuman's nursing career takes her to faraway destinations
Trinidad Nabarrete used to dream of visiting places and people all over the world. She says she fulfilled this dream and more when she became a nurse, joined the Peace Corps and eventually became a volunteer for the Red Cross. Nabarrete was born in Waipahu,...
Yuma Jazz Company celebrates another season in its desert oasis
The members of the Yuma Jazz Company don't have to travel far to find an audience. A jazz haven already exists in the middle of the desert, they say. They're happy playing to local jazz enthusiasts rather than going on the road. Despite not having toured...
Local man's job held for eight months after accident
After a car accident on the way to a family vacation in Big Bear, Calif., Ricky Gutierrez was left severely injured and in a wheelchair. Today he walks, albeit with a limp, and does physically intensive work as a water repair and remediation expert with...
Yuma native working to become medical research scientist
Misha Pangasa has always had lofty career aspirations. "When I was in third grade, I wanted to be the first woman president," the Cibola High graduate recalled. "In sixth or seventh, I wanted to be a pop star, (but) I think it was in eighth or ninth...
Poem commemorates helicopter crash
One year ago today, Gene and Kathi Sandburg lost their son when the Yuma-based Marine Search and Rescue helicopter he was aboard crashed north of Yuma. On the anniversary, the Sandburg family seeks to remind Yuma of the sacrifices made not...
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