By Thomas Atkins

Coach Marlin Heldstab (right) and assistant coach Jim Hodges (left) stand by their undefeated Bears freshman basketball team. Photo courtesy of Lee Suggs.
When Summerville High’s freshman boys’ basketball team defeated Argonaut (78-43) on Feb. 12 in the last game of the season, it was a significant moment. It wasn’t the victory itself, but […]

By Thomas Atkins

Mi-Wuk’s new Fire Chief, Randy Miller stands before the Auxiliary Brick Fundraising Wall at the Mi-Wuk Fire Station. The bricks, which are inscripted with the donor’s name, “are a main source of revenue generated by the Auxiliary to keep this department functioning,” said Chief Miller. Photo by Greg Kristapovich.
When Randy Miller retired from […]

By Wayne Kirkbride

Theodore D. Judah, Chief Engineer of the California Pacific Railroad. Photo Courtesy of the Bruce Clement Cooper Collection.
Just about anyone who has studied or been taught history in school remembers something about the building of the transcontinental railroad in the 19th century. The old photograph depicting the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines […]

Crazy Ivan’s lead guitarist, Greg E. Noll, cuts loose with a searing solo.
The 148th Fireman’s Ball rocked the Sonora Opera House on Saturday night, Feb. 16. Crazy Ivan played their renditions of hits including Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion, Rick James’ “Super Freak” and Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “If the House is a Rockin’ (don’t bother knockin’), […]

Jill Jackson’s Hollywood
In an early December 2007 issue of the SMT I read in Jill Jackson’s Hollywood about a new book for sale. I bought it for my (now) 15-year-old’s birthday present. She has a tendency to be very “particular” about gifts. But she LOVED the book on glamour. She reads it on the weekends […]