Three Decades With President Ford
Written by Dan Poppers   

Three Decades With President Ford
Loyal Staff Member Develops Into A Special Friendship


From his humble beginning in Evergreen, Alabama, to mingling with Presidents and world-renown dignitaries in Washington D.C. and capitals around the globe, Palm Desert-resident and avid golfer Lee F. Simmons has led quite a life. As crewmember on Air Force One and special assistant to President Ford for over 30 years, Simmons has experienced things that few people have the opportunity to ever encounter. This multi-part series is the story of Lee F. Simmons, one of our desert heroes.

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China World Class Golf
Written by Dan Poppers   

Travel is full of surprises. I think it's one reason so many of us love it so much. The farther away we go, the more we expect the unexpected.

In everyday life, we can often predict what's coming around the corner. When traveling, the challenge is to find the corner (while gazing gallantly at our "Visitor's Map"), realizing that once we find the corner and make the turn, the excitement of the unknown still remains.

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Feature Story

Grand Golf in Him

95 Years Before Padraig, A Star-Crossed Dubliner Served Notice That the Irish Could Play

This year marks the anniversary of one of golf’s most poignant “what-might-have-been” stories. When 2007 British Open champion Padraig Harrington tees it up at Royal Birkdale next month (July 17-20) to defend his title, he will fittingly do so some 95 years after a star-crossed fellow Irishman truly put his homeland on the game’s map at the 1913 British Open.

 

Instructional

Know Where Your Body Parts Are

Why do you see so many LPGA Tour caddies behind player in close proximity just before the actual swing?

 

Health & Fitness

What is Acupuncture?

Q: What are the basic axioms (established principles) of acupuncture?
Dr. Bohnet: There are two principles that immediately come to mind. Energy flow of the body is one. How energy flow or the lack of it affects different parts of the body. In acupuncture, if energy is flowing well in the body, then there is optimal health. If energy is not flowing well in the body, then there is a pattern of dis-ease or disease.