Yuma Life

Rural mail carrier provides special assistance

BY WILLIAM ROLLER, SUN STAFF WRITER

Neither rain, wind, nor scorching heat, will stop Yuma's rural mail carriers from delivering to Foothills residents who cherish that vital link to the daily loop. Rural carriers have become like extended family to those living far afield from... Full story

Diabetes forum focuses on age, genetics

BY WILLIAM ROLLER, SUN STAFF WRITER

Type II diabetes, typically occurring later in life, now afflicts more young people and has shown links to age and genetics, says an expert who presents an overview of the disease at the Main Library today. Christine Winters, diabetes education... Full story

Woman vet selected as marshal of parade

BY CHRIS McDANIEL, SUN STAFF WRITER

The focus of the 2009 Veterans Day parade will be on the women who serve in the armed forces. That is why Yuma resident Maria Currie, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, has been selected as grand marshal for the parade. For Currie, who was on active... Full story

Benefit to help local musician battling cancer

BY DARIN FENGER, FEATURES EDITOR

A veteran musician known for playing at charity events around Yuma County is now battling cancer and will finally get paid back Saturday. Musician friends and relatives are putting together a barbecue benefit for Kenny Baughman. Organizers say... Full story

Yuman's travels take him to India

BY DENNIS WEBER, SPECIAL TO YUMA SUN

Desperate for a change of pace from the spicy vegetarian food featured in Indian cuisine, I begged our tour guide to let me off at the McDonald's and I would find my own way back to the hotel. I saw only three McDonald's in all of India on my... Full story

Yuman shares Day of the Dead experience

Once a year people in Mexico beckon spirits of the dead to return home for just a day, luring loved ones back with offerings of delicious food and extravagantly colorful altars. Day of the Dead, which reaches back thousands of years into Mexico's... Full story

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