Stuart Watkins These eyes have seen thousands of rounds going downrange seeking the center shot seeking perfection seeking awards seeking the Olympics representing the United States of America These eyes have seen images of Vietnam soldiers, civilians, Viet Cong dead watched life slip into never land watched soldiers scramble into foxholes when “Incoming,” was yelled…
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Features, October 2022
You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Cowboy
Stuart Watkins You picked a fine time to leave me cowboy With two sets of twins And heifers to feed We’ve had some bad times Lived through some sad times But this time, your leaving won’t heal You picked a fine time to leave me cowboy Your rodeo trophies and silver buckles won Never seemed…
Features, October 2022
Dollars & Sense: What as an Investor Should We Be Looking For?
Premier Coin Galleries, Inc. Lost decade for the stock market? Winds of change. The sun will always come out in Arizona. It’s been a long time—the stock market could be at the beginning of a lost decade. It’s impossible to overstate just how good the stock market returns have been for investors over the last…
Features, October 2022
Bruce Cornell: A Life-Changing and Inspiring Story
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg I was preparing dinner when my husband called from the driving range. “I just met a person you really need to meet. His life story is amazing,” my husband said. And that exchange led to a sit-down interview with Bruce Cornell, a remarkable and truly inspiring individual. Bruce arrived for the…
Features, October 2022
Odell, Pedota Seeking Seats on Oracle School Board
Karen Schickedanz Two new candidates from SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch are running in the November election for four-year terms on the Oracle School Board. Both Wendy Odell, a six-year SaddleBrooke resident, and Donna Pedota, a six-year SaddleBrooke Ranch resident, have extensive experience in public education and health care. Wendy grew up in Minnesota and attended…
Features, October 2022
SaddleBrooke Resident, Expedition Ship Doctor
Joseph Rizza, M.D., SaddleBrooke resident and specialist in internal medicine and emergency medicine, has been a cruise ship doctor for 30 years. Many of his cruises have been on expedition ships and icebreakers to Antarctica, South Georgia, and the high Arctic, including the North Pole. He has typically accompanied from 50 to 180 passengers to…
Features, October 2022
A Celebration of Poetry
Rev. Rachel Srubas Award-winning poet Janet Rives will present a poetry reading at Mountain Shadows Church, located at 14240 N. Oracle Road at Mountainaire Drive, on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 1:30 p.m. Rives is the author of two poetry collections, Into This Sea of Green and Washed by a Summer Rain.
Features, October 2022
Experience a ‘Journey’ at Madaras Gallery’s Annual Show!
‘Journey’ is the title of this October’s Annual Show at Madaras Gallery, featuring 20 new paintings by award-winning Tucson artist Diana Madaras. “For everyone, myself included, the last two years have been filled with unexpected challenges,” Madaras said. “My outlet is my art.” Since opening the gallery in 1999, Madaras has been on her own…
Features, October 2022
Boot Prints—Walt Shields
Diana Smith Walt Shields moved to Tucson when he was six years old and describes it as a “fantastic” place to grow up. As a Boy Scout and All-American high school swimmer, he spent countless hours exploring the desert. Walt’s fond memories of growing up in the Old Pueblo were the catalyst behind the Historic Downtown Tucson…
Features, October 2022
SaddleBrooke Flora Placards
Stuart and Jeanette Watkins Jeanette told me of seeing a Mexico Petunia by the entrance to SaddleBrooke One clubhouse. She then started naming some of the other plants that have identification placards beside them. Interested, I went and took pictures of the many identified plants and wanted to know who put the placards there for…