Fred and Sidonia St. Germaine, of Tucson, received their BaccaLOOPerate degree from America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association (AGLCA). The degree is given in recognition of completing one of the world’s most unique adventures, America’s Great Loop. Boaters doing the Great Loop are on a 6,000-mile journey that circumnavigates the eastern part of the U.S. and…
Category: April 2023
Features, April 2023
I Dedicate this Poem
Stuart Watkins I dedicate this poem to you, Don Sheldon, Noel Wein, Dick Reeve, Bruce Kennedy, Ron Cosgrave, charters of Alaska skies, and to Nick Begich, Ernest Gruening, Bob Bartlett, and Tony Knowles, a few Alaska leaders who shaped Alaska’s future. I dedicate this poem to Dean Keim, and Everad and Helga Horton, who helped…
Features, April 2023
This I Have Learned … Music and Mind Connection
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg “Music is the medicine of the soul.” —Plato In 2020 the Harvard Health blog published an AARP study about the various ways in which music can affect one’s life. It comes as no surprise, of course, that music can affect all aspects of your life, including your well-being, cognitive function, quality of…
Features, April 2023
Why Didn’t I Try a Chiropractor First?
Craig Brue, D.C. This month I want to tell you the story of John’s experience with severe back and leg pain. This story is important because it exemplifies the common mistakes that many patients make in their choices for the treatment of back and neck pain. Like most individuals who experience severe back pain and leg…
Generals, April 2023
Word of the Month: Sempiternal
David Zapatka While reading The Metaphysics of Ping Pong by Guido Mina Di Sospiro recently, I ran across this long sentence, “…I certainly didn’t suspect a number of things: that I’d be soundly beaten by my teenage son; that shortly thereafter I’d become obsessed with table tennis; that my obsession would fuel a grueling initiation…
Generals, April 2023
National Day of Prayer Vigil on May 4
Sharon Scanlan Join us at Vista de la Montana United Methodist Church for the National Day of Prayer Vigil on Thursday, May 4. Stop by the sanctuary anytime between 10 and 11 a.m. Prayer guides will be available, and you will be able to pray in silence. This is a “come as you are, stay…
Generals, April 2023
Easy, Elegant Ways to Cooperatively Promote SaddleBrooke
United SaddleBrooke Board United SaddleBrooke is committed to improving the quality of life for SaddleBrooke residents through increased cooperation between its homeowners associations. Surveys of residents in both HOAs have overwhelmingly supported cooperative efforts between the two HOAs. Actually, both boards of directors have publicly committed to such cooperative efforts as well. What can cooperation…
Generals, April 2023
Frustrated You Can’t Get Tucson TV Stations?
Ed Ehrman Surprised your news and weather TV stations are based out of Phoenix when using Dish Network or DirecTV? Neighbors told you how to work around the system to receive Tucson TV stations, which worked until you had a service problem or power outage, and you were reset back. This problem is based on…
Generals, April 2023
It’s Tax Season—Time to Toss Old Paperwork!
Nancy McCluskey-Moore Outdated files weighing you down? If so, gather your old papers into boxes or bags and bring them to the Shredding and Recycling Event on Saturday, April 22, from 9 .m. to noon (or until the truck is full). The event, hosted by Long Realty-Golder Ranch, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, and the Beacon Foundation,…
Generals, April 2023
What’s the Rush?
Michael Leesley, SBHOA2 Rules and Regulations Committee Here we are enjoying life in the tranquility of SBHOA2, taking it easy in our hard-earned retirements. But there’s a small minority who abandon the laid-back style when they get behind their steering wheels or a pair of handlebars and ignore speed restriction signs and stop signs and…