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Alan believed in community journalism

11/8/2022
The thing I admired most about Alan Cruikshank was his commitment to community journalism. Alan was a newsman, the kind who earned the ink in his blood through endless hours of work; work he …

Happy trails, Alan

11/8/2022
I have known Alan Cruikshank for nearly 50 years. Neither of us could figure out how that much time could pass, and lo and behold, we each got older. The years I have known Alan were spent at The …

Alan believed in Fountain Hills

11/8/2022
I don’t think anyone loved Fountain Hills as much as L. Alan Cruikshank. Obviously a very subjective statement and perhaps open to debate among the many folks who have devoted so much of their …

Thank you, Dad, for everything you did

11/8/2022
Where do I start with a column about a father who meant so much to me? The night of Oct. 30 was the toughest night of my life. It’s a pain I could not describe, saying goodbye to the greatest man I …

Remembering Fountain Hills' newsman L. Alan Cruikshank

11/8/2022
L. Alan Cruikshank was born in Oklahoma July 18, 1947, to Leslie and Joyce Cruikshank. He passed away on Oct. 30, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nev. Between those dates he lived nearly all his life in the …

DBS can regain a quality of life

1/11/2022
In researching for this week’s column, I ran across an article on the Internet that had run in the Las Vegas Review Journal back in 2013 that told the story of other DBS patients. The story was …

Hall of Fame dinner deadline is March 9

3/6/2018
The deadline to make reservations for the Lower Verde River Valley Hall of Fame dinner is Friday, March 9. The dinner is set for Wednesday, March 28. A response card was enclosed with the …

Saying goodbye to Judy

10/21/2014
I took my last vacation of the year last week, but I’ll tell you about that next week. We left for Newport Beach on Saturday morning with news that we had lost a really dear friend, Judy Confer, …

Cruikshank given NNA Amos Award

9/17/2013
Times Publisher L. Alan Cruikshank was honored during the National Newspaper Association’s annual convention with the James O. Amos Award. Recognized as the highest and most dignified tribute in …

Publisher Cruikshank has had distinguished career

9/17/2013
As a young boy in Oklahoma, Times publisher L. Alan Cruikshank went on nights and weekends with his father when he worked at The Daily Oklahoman daily newspaper and later the Oklahoma City …

Publisher Alan Cruikshank to get national award

6/25/2013
L. Alan Cruikshank, publisher of The Times, will be recognized in September with a national award for his decades-long involvement with community journalism and commitment to volunteerism. The …

A little of this and a new website, too!

5/7/2013
Well, we haven’t reached 100 degrees in Fountain Hills yet. It hit the magical number in Phoenix on Sunday, April 28, but the temperature only managed to reach 99 degrees on Monday the 29th for the …