Review of the year - Andy triumphant (Halifax Today)

The dedicated individuals whose efforts ensure golf is prospering in the Calderdale area can not only look back on the past year with satisfaction but also look forward with relish to 2007.

Softball: Utsugi to sit on task force for softball`s Olympic return (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)

_ Taeko Utsugi, who was the head coach of the Japanese national softball team for the Sydney and Athens Olympics, will sit on a special committee of the International Softball Federation that is hoping to get its sport back on the docket at the 2016 Summer Games, sources said Sunday.

Obituaries (Honolulu Advertiser)

STANLEY GUNJI ABE, 80, of Hilo, Hawai`i, died Dec. 24, 2006. Born in Hilo. Former branch manager and retired vice president of branch administration with the former International Savings & Loan Association. Survived by wife, Patricia; son, Nathan N.; daughter, Pamela Mizuno; brother, Henry; sisters, Bernice Tajima, Helen Shinkawa, and Ethel Uehara; four grandchildren; a great-grandson. Visitation ...