by alan | Dec 25, 2013 | Special Military Issue
After eight years, Family Gym on B street near Orange avenue in Coronado has closed up shop. “We just didn’t have the volume to offer $20 and $30 a month memberships,” said Reed Holman, a trainer at the gym and Ethyanne Ochoa’s son. “If we had 2000 or even 1000 people...
by alan | Jan 28, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
“DAMN THE TORPEDOES FULL SPEED AHEAD!” – Admiral David G. Farragut/The Civil War (Posted by L.H.K.) “DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP!” – Captain James Lawrence/The Naval War of 1812 (Posted by L.H.K.) “PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE...
by alan | Jan 23, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By A. R. Graham Mount Soledad sits high above the Pacific Ocean with a breathtaking 360-degree view of San Diego. A concrete cross measuring 29-feet tall and 14-foot wide was installed in 1954 as a war memorial. As I walk around the towering concrete monolith, an air...
by alan | Jan 16, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By Suzi Pignataro He’s been watching me for about forty minutes from behind a creased and dog-eared trade copy of Don Quixote. I guess a hippie chick stirring a pot of wax over an open fire on the beach might be more captivating than a self-deluded Spaniard –...
by alan | Jan 22, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By Kimberley Graham Several years ago, when our children were very young, there was an adorable, friendly couple who lived a few doors down from us: Mandy ‘n’ Randy. Mandy was a civil engineer and Randy in flight command with the Navy. We lived happily near each...
by alan | Jan 19, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
Submitted by Ray Fletcher “Good Ole Days” The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She...
