Welcome Spring with an Afternoon Tea Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg What is more delightful than an afternoon tea, complete with beautiful, vintage china, and an alluring tablescape appointed with spring flowers? And so it was on May 4 at the beautiful home of host Maria Menconi. Twelve ladies were festooned with “tea apparel,” including fascinators…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg If you have ever visited any of the ancient cities of the world, you have probably seen the beautiful and intricate artistic style of mosaic art. Mosaic style is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. The oldest mosaics were…
Kathy DeMerritt Throughout four days of play, Pat Stead led the match play tournament, winning the 2025 Presidents Cup. It was a well-earned honor. In talking with Pat, she said this is the first major tournament she has won. As many golfers know, it’s a difficult task. You are competing against friends, you must play…
Esta Goldstein Quote from Helen Keller: “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” We encourage the caregiver to be physically and emotionally well by doing what will not only help to maintain their health but will so much improve their attitude towards their loved one. So,…
Dee Rock The nearly full moon on May 9 provided an impressive setting for the annual MountainView Lady Putters (MVLP) Moonlight Madness event. MVLP members and their partners ventured onto the MountainView putting green after dinner and raffle drawings in the MountainView ballroom. It was a dark and cloudless night, and putters were ready to…
EJ Snearly MountainView (MV) PGA golf professional Wayne Clark recently held two golf clinics. The Putting clinic was held on March 20, and a Chipping clinic was held on May 21. These clinics were offered to MVLNiners, followed by a happy hour at the MountainView Bar and Grill. The positive feedback from the golfers for…
Denise Cashmore The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association held its annual Coyote Classic, co-chaired by Barb Sullivan and Debbie Mielke, on April 29. It was a gorgeous day for this pick-your-partner event at the MountainView Golf Course, with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start. The game was one best net ball of the twosome—each player played her…
Jim Grosjean They say July is the hottest month in Tucson, but in my limited experience, it’s June, for sure. At least the possibility of rain in the monsoon season gives us hope for July. June promises no such respite from the unrelenting dry heat. Be that as it may, the intrepid golfers of MPMGA…
Connie Kotke Across Arizona According to the Arizona Department of Water Resources (AZDWR), the past year (April 2024 to March 2025) ranked as the “3rd hottest and 4th driest on record, expanding long-term drought conditions. The weak La Niña phase has ended with neutral conditions persisting through at least the summer. While odds are tilted…
Former Lt. William Myers, CEC, USN The Catalina Mountain Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its recent meeting on April 19 at SaddleBrooke Ranch. The meeting began with a business session presided over by CMC’s president, retired Col. Kurt McMillen, U.S. Army, during which members were updated on the chapter’s…