Food trucks are the new trend. The Arizona Daily Star had two stories in January reporting on Tucson’s street food culture, comparing it favorably to the trends on the East Coast and on the West Coast.

Sunsites has a long history of food trucks that can roll into a location and sell tasty foods on the spot to Sunsites residents hungry for non-standard fare.

The mobile restaurants have diversified into offering ethnic cuisines served at affordable prices.

Now there’s a new truck in town introducing us to a traditional Middle Eastern food, the falafel.

Erik Deri, who lives in Willcox, parks his food truck next to the post office during the week. He sells more than falafels. His customers claim that his French fries are the best in town.

Erik, who moved to the United States from Israel in 1997, says he started his food truck business in order to achieve his dream of bringing something he loves here to Cochise County.

Falafels are made from garbanzo beans or chick peas, and they are high in protein. The final result is a medium-sized ball resembling a meat ball with a texture very similar to a hush puppy.

Website for their business, North Woven Broom Co.

RV West article about the Schwiegers.

Plus…a note about our coffee shop. It’s a welcoming gathering place for locals, winter visitors and travelers. Stop in. You never know who you’ll meet.

The photo above is courtesy of Edith and Jerry Muir of Sunsites and shows Jerry Muir taking his turn while playing archery golf.

Jerry Muir and John Mathias tried out archery golf after a regular golf tournament in the spring of 1987.

In March 1988, two teams demonstrated the sport in the first organized archery golf tournament in Sunsites. Playing on the small executive course, John Mathias (golf) and Jim Cramer (archery) paired up to play against Troy Wilmoth (golf) and Jerry Muir (archery).

Although the teams were playing for fun, about 50 spectators followed the men around while they played.

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The Pearce and Sunsites authors greet their first customer.

We authors couldn’t have asked for nicer weather for the first book signing for “Pearce and Sunsites” at Sunsites’ St. Jude’s Catholic Church Festival on Saturday, Oct. 29.
Standing, from left, are authors Naaman Nickell, Anna Nickell and S.M. “Susan” Ballard with our first customer of the day.
Susan was also signing her books. View her website at http://www.smballard.com/
If you would like to purchase a signed copy of the Pearce and Sunsites book, and you live outside of the Sunsites area, contact me at am.nickell@yahoo.com.
We’ll be having more book signings in and around Sunsites.
Old Pearce Preservation Association will sell books from their booth at Old Pearce Heritage Days on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving.

In 1967 the Pearce post office moved to Frontage Road in Sunsites.

This photo of the Pearce Post Office was taken by John Pearce in the early sixties.

Heres’s the answer to an earlier trivia question.
The Pearce United States Post Office relocated to Sunsites and opened its doors on January 16, 1967.
According to Horizon Corporation literature, the growing population in Sunsites, combined with the need to replace outdated equipment, brought about the move.

The new building was stocked with new equipment. Gladys McLeon continued to serve as Pearce post mistress, a position she had held since 1934.