Varda Main Quilters create quilts to bring joy and warmth to their family, friends and those in need. There are many ways that quilt clubs participate in charitable work. For the SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters, it is more like “let me count the ways.” Kris Prass and Janette Volz are the Friday Quilters Community co-chairs. They,…
Madelaine Salas Monday morning, May 20 at the Mountain Vista School auditorium in Oracle, the atmosphere is charged with excitement. At the end-of-year awards ceremony, the school principal, Crystle Nehrmeyer, is doing what she does best: leading, urging, rewarding and challenging her students to become the best versions of themselves they can be. And the…
Unit 3-S Cinco de Mayo fiesta Mexican music flowed from the home of Helen and Steve Bellacqua on Sunday, May 5, for their annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. Fifty-five Unit 3-S neighbors and friends, some dressed in their finest Mexican attire, attended the celebration. Everyone enjoyed the variety of delicious Mexican dishes, desserts and, of…
Pat Cox The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks National Foundation recognizes top high school graduates from across the country with $2.5 million in scholarship awards. The scholarships are awarded based upon the student’s academic achievements, leadership skills, extracurricular activities, participation in community services and financial need. Within the southern district alone, there are 34…
The award winning American Legion Oro Valley Post 132 is sponsoring its tenth annual charity golf tournament Saturday, August 31, at “The Views” in Sun City, Oro Valley. One hundred percent of the proceeds are to provide care and assistance to local homeless and at-risk veterans and to the families of the deployed soldiers of…
Gail Blizard Word for the day: tacos (no translation needed!) Our May meeting was a party – a taco party, that is! An energetic team of club members, led by the always creative MaryJo Swartzberg, set out a feast and provided entertainment that made us want to shout, “¡Olé!” If memory serves correctly, a few…
What is a reverse mortgage? Melanie Sedam, ReverseMortgage62AZ.com Reverse mortgages were originally created in the 1980s to help Americans age 62 and older convert part of the equity in their home into money that could be used during retirement. Equity is the amount of money you have made as a result of the value of…
Jim Donat “He plays a game with which I am not familiar.” Those famous words can also be used to describe Mike Williams. To begin, he hits from the wrong side of the ball. Yes, he is a lefty. He is also a member of the Sensitivity Group that meets every Monday on the golf…
Michael Sedgwick My home town of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England has been a naval base since medieval times. Since then it has been the premier base for the British Navy and occupied a strategic role during WWII by preventing Germany from moving its capital ships into the Atlantic Ocean via the English Channel. Portsmouth is…
Several members of the Catalina Mountains Satellite (Tucson) Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America MOAA) attended the interment ceremony for indigent and homeless veterans at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Marana Arizona on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Seventeen cremains of Veterans who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and…