You had better drink plenty of water this week as it is going to be very warm, dare I say, not.

We’ve been fortunate so far this summer, since the warmest recorded high temperature so far has been 107on July 13.

The forecast calls for highs of 110 and above for at least the next 10 days. It could reach 115 or higher making this next 10 days the hottest we’ve experienced so far this year. And there’s little or no chance of rain as the monsoon season is taking a break.

That ‘s too bad as it has been active so far, bringing us some much needed rain and not too much damage (except for Judy Confer’s lightning strike and palm tree fire.)

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Some of us at the office have seen a new roadrunner scurrying around the grounds near our office lately. When I came into the office on weekends, I would often see a fairly fat lizard taking a rest on our steps at the front entry.

Well, no more, Last Thursday when I was leaving for lunch, the roadrunner was last seen with the lizard firmly in his beak running into the oleanders that line our rear parking lot.

I’m going to miss that lizard. He’s been hanging around our office since spring. He was just a little thing when I first noticed him.

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Can you believe it’s been 45 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren became the first men to set foot on the moon. The date was July 20, 1969.

I remember where I was very clearly. My first wife, Bobbie, and I were living in an apartment building in Sunnyslope. I had my Super 8 movie camera set up on a tripod getting ready to film the historic event off my black and white television.

I had a seventh grade science teacher, Mr. White, who got me and my fellow students interested in space exploration. I was in seventh grade in1959 and 1960. John Glenn had not yet flown into orbit. The Russians had already launched the first satellite and the first dog into space. Mr. White built a flying saucer, which was really a hover craft that he made to look like the saucers seen in the movie, “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.”

My senior year of high school we had a guest speaker in our Physics class who did nothing to quell my interest in the space race. It was Buzz Aldren, THE Buzz Aldren, who would become the second man to set foot on the moon!

1969 was the year I graduated from Arizona State University.

My experiment with the Super 8 movie camera worked surprisingly well.

I had that film for years, but now I can’t locate it. Maybe, it will turn up one of these days.

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Our series on Page 1A continues about our town’s future. It’s interesting reading.

This week’s story is by Bob Burns. It is on considerations being studied to bring economic stability to Fountain Hills.

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Our grandson, Camden, is doing very well following his recent open heart surgery. He’s got the green light to go on his first trip. Toni and Camden will be traveling to Carlsbad, Calif., this week to visit my other daughter, Holly. Thanks for all your prayers and good thoughts during his surgery.