Louise Grabell Spring is in the air! That’s right all you gardeners out—ready, set, go! By now your yards are cleaned, citrus has been fertilized, pruning is done, shears and clippers are cleaned and sharpened and plenty of Tylenol is on hand for those aching backs. Ah—the joys of gardening! It’s a good time to…
Jonathan Green Root, root, root for the home team! Your two March choices are as follows: 1. Drive to Phoenix. Pay $5 to $10 to park. Pay about $25 each for tickets. Pay lots more $$$ for some just OK stadium grub. And then watch some players that you don’t know play for a team…
Unit 7 Nancy and Neil Macdonald On February 13, the evening before Valentine’s Day, almost forty of our Unit Seveners got together at Kay and Tony Cruise’s home where we all had an excellent time. The Cruises treated us to pulled pork sandwiches and later to cake and ice cream while the rest of us…
Bobbi Forsch The Knit Wits had their fourth annual Troop Support Baby Shower on February 18 and it was a huge success. Barb Carter talked with the group about her efforts with the VA and shared how much the shower gifts are appreciated by recipients. Each recipient receives a bushel basket of goodies for their…
Ed Sand Tucson Concert Band held a special concert on Saturday, January 24 at DesertView PAC. The band is in its 49th year being founded by Howard Beaver in 1966. It is a community concert band of volunteer musicians from 18 to 80. The director is Lorelei Allison Conrad, LCDR, U.S. Navy, retired. She enlisted…
Tom Kurtz It was truly a Gala Affair with 64 ballroom dancers decked out in their finest formal attire dancing cheek to cheek around the floor. The evening was filled with Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Rumba, Cha Cha and Swing music provided by our favorite resident D.J. Steve Holdener. This is an annual event sponsored by…
Elaine Stamm The Republican Women of Pinal County met on Saturday, January 24 at the Activity Center for brunch and installation of new officers. The good attendance included many of the members’ husbands and other guests. AzFRW Regional Director is Jo Ann Evans. New officers are Janice Hacking, treasurer; Mary Ann Mehlhorn, first vice president;…
The chapter met at the home of member Karen Thomas, January 14, 2015, with thirteen members and four guests present as hostess Karen presented the program on Primitives. The dining room table was covered with Primitives. Each item was numbered. They were all considered Tools from the l800s and Early 1900s. These were all collected…
Susan Dawson-Cook Most people give me puzzled looks when I talk about the multifidus muscles before they ask, “What’s that?” One of the smallest muscles in the body and also one of the most important, the multifidus is a muscle attaching to joint segments along the vertebrae near the spine’s midline. The multifidus muscles in…
Eat, Drink and be Trivial! Every Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. in the Agave Lounge join us to play Tuesday Trivia. To be eligible for prizes, the teams will consist of two to six players. (If you don’t have a team, we can help you join one). Each team will only be eligible to win the…