Sun Citians prepare to 'Ring That Bell'

The Recreation Centers of Sun City will honor tradition this Fourth of July with the Ring That Bell ceremony at the Bell Recreation Center, featuring a decorated former FBI special agent as the keynote speaker.

 At 9 a.m. in Social halls 1 and 2, Sun City residents and friends  will take the time to honor the prinicples on which this country was founded.

Ray Mills will emcee the program, and Uncle Sam and Betty will be present to greet residents. Sgt. Richard Luders, American Legion John Harries Post No. 101 of Sun City, will present the colors. Rev. Stan Giza, St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church, will provide the invocation. Bill Lohmeyer, a Sun City resident, will be the vocalist and lead the audience in several patriotic songs.

The keynote speaker for the ceremony will be Constable Ron Myers, who is  serving as the elected constable for the Arrowhead Justice Court. This court serves all of Sun City, part of Youngtown, most of Peoria and Glendale north of Bell Road.

Myers is a 1969 graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock with a degree in business administration. In 1970, he became a special agent for the FBI, a position he held until his retirement in 2000. During his career, he served in Albany and Ithaca, New York; Philadelphia and Phoenix. He was assigned to Phoenix from 1973 to 2000.

Myers worked on a variety of cases during his time in the FBI ranging from background investigations to bank fraud, bank robbery, fugitives, public corruption, interstate stolen property, domestic terrorism and drug matters. His last three years were served as the principal firearms iInstructor where he was responsible for all the firearms training for the FBI in Arizona.