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Yuman earns presidential award

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - SUN STAFF WRITER

Wanda Broom loves to volunteer and has given so much that she's been honored with the President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama.Broom, who mostly volunteers through her church, racked up more than 250 volunteer hours in 20... Full story

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Bryan P. Heppel Army Pfc. Bryan P. Heppel has graduated from One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood in Waynesville, Mo. During basic military training, Heppel received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, map reading, tactics, milita... Full story

Fitness buff shifts focus to competition

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - SUN STAFF WRITER

Yuma's Amanda Butz is a woman who knows fitness. She not only teaches others how to get ripped but competes in several body building competitions each year around the country. She and her husband Richard Butz travel the body building circuit together... Full story

Teddy bears in Cerisa's memory

BY WILLIAM ROLLER - SUN STAFF WRITER

In honor of a former teacher's impact on students, a Yuma dance studio has kicked off its Empty Arms for Cerisa campaign to collect teddy bears for the chronically ill.Cerisa Cardenas, a Yuma High School graduate and former student and instructor wit... Full story

Never too young for cancer

BY MARA KNAUB - SUN STAFF WRITER

Breast cancer does not just strike older women. That is the message that former Yuma resident Elkie Wills wants to send to local women.The 39-year-old Wills was diagnosed with cancer last August. Her message to women under 40: "You need to be respons... Full story

Namedropper 4-11-10

Aron N. FigueroaAir Force Airman Aron N. Figueroa has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.The airman completed an intensive eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air... Full story

Local author pens 12th book

BY MARA KNAUB - SUN STAFF WRITER

Many writers yearn to have their work published by a major publishing company. Winterhaven resident Pinkie Paranya, 75, lives that dream.Paranya has authored 12 books, with her newest book, "Señora of the Superstitions," recently published by ... Full story

Midnight Sun: Procrastinators keep the beat

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - SUN STAFF WRITER

The Yuma County Fair had plenty of musical entertainment again this year, but there was only one act I wanted to see - The Procrastinators. They are a group of three professional percussionists who play urban percussion on average kitchen utensils a... Full story

Summer camp offers cellos, not canoes

BY DARIN FENGER - FEATURES EDITOR

Most kids don't head off to summer camp with a violin under their arm. But Yuma's own Strings Del Rio Summer Music Camp is certainly no ordinary camp experience. Instead of canoes and campfires, students are treated to all things string, be it cell... Full story

4-4-10 Namedropper

Renee Michelle IsraelsRenee Michelle Israels has recently become recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, a national leadership and honors organization, at the University of Arizona. Israels, majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology, is the... Full story

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