NO SUMMER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CAN compare to the drama of building a school. San Ramon residents have had the entertainment value and satisfaction of watching the rising of Gale Ranch Middle School since last June.

DALTON -- All the pieces are in place for the Dalton boys cross country team to have a memorable season. The team has the deepest team roster in the Wayne County Athletic League and a definite senior leader in fourth-year varsity runner Scott Ramer.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur of World War II fame offered the following observation about sports at West Point: "On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory."

SANTA CRUZ -- Given the plethora of backyard barbecues, parades, and other events planned for the Fourth of July, it might seem foolish to think that a fledgling Frisbee tournament could compete for some Independence Day attention.

In the early years of ultimate Frisbee, the late 1970s, Tom D'Urso remembers driving for hours in a cramped car to weekend tournaments. Video: Catch an Ultimate Frisbee