How does your garden grow? Louise Grabell, Pinal County Master Gardener Outdoor gardening is over. Rest for the weary is not a bad thing. However, it is time to spruce up your home for the holidays. Everyone loves to decorate with those gorgeous poinsettias and I must admit the big box stores have been offering…
Rodger Bivens On Sunday, October 21 Arizona’s Half Ironman Triathlon race was held in Tempe, Arizona. A Half Ironman triathlon is exactly half the distance of a full Ironman (think Ironman Hawaii), which means competitors must first do a 1.2-mile swim, then a 56-mile bike and finally a 13.1-mile run. Participants are grouped into five-year…
LaVerne Kyriss “Talent is not the most important aspect in any of the creative arts,” explained Vivian Sathre. “No matter your medium or your forum, you must find your own voice to be successful in any creative endeavor.” “I still copy other artists when I’m trying to understand how they achieved a particular outcome,” she…
Dean A. Wilson Dean A. Wilson of Whimbrel Circle, Indian Land, SC passed peacefully to heaven on October 30, 2018 at the age of 80. Born April 24, 1938 in Rhinelander, WI, Dean attended Rhinelander High School and went on to earn B.S. and M.S. degrees in Meteorology from the University of Wisconsin and the…
Gary Goebel The Making of an Audio Book The audio book Mustang Ace was finished in February 2018, and is available on Amazon and on Audible.com. My brother Mark and I decided to create the audio book to make Mustang Ace available to a wider audience; I did the reading and Mark did the editing. It turned…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg It goes without saying that December is probably the most hectic and frenetic month of the year. Over-extended, over-stressed and over-stimulated, we sometimes find that when the last day of the month arrives, ergo – New Year’s Eve, we have become inured to all of the emotions that come with “the…
Russell C Stokes Michael E. Sedgwick is an author and writer of novels, short stories, essays and memoirs. Mike’s love for reading novels and his desire to write began at an early age. He initiated and edited the school’s journal of poetry and essays while earning his degree in physics and chemistry at London University.…
Joe Pinella If you’re over fifty, your body has probably accumulated some dents and dings and bad habits over the years. Fitness for people over fifty is not the same as it is for twenty-year olds. Here are some of the biggest mistakes we make in our quest to stay healthy and pain-free: Mistake #1…
Presentation of a thank you letter from the Arizona Trail Association to Norm Rechkemmer, president of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club, for the club’s donation of $1000 to the Seeds of Stewardship program. The Seeds of Stewardship program takes students into outdoor settings to provide environmental education and stewardship learning.
On Thursday, November 1, Shaylee Thar from Chandler, Arizona was the successful recipient of the first Visian Toric Implantable Contact Lens (ICL) in the Southwest. The surgery was performed by Dr. Scott Perkins, Founding Partner of Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center. The procedure provides a new solution for patients with moderate to high levels of…