Carol Chiarello Ahh, cooler weather really makes us eager to pick up the knitting needles and work on a soft and cozy project. It is not too early to think about special items for the upcoming holiday season. You know it will be here sooner than you think. The Knit Wits recently had a successful…
Pat Cox Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 Dictionary Project Chairperson Joyce Garcia distributed dictionaries to third-grade students at Casa Christian, Copper Creek, Immaculate Heart and Mesa Verde elementary schools in Oro Valley. Joyce personally purchased 300 dictionaries for distribution to these students and to the Roadrunner Elementary students, who will receive their dictionaries at the…
Lydia O’Connor The October Genealogy Club topic was “But Isn’t Everything Online?” Family History Research in State Archives. The title led many to think, what isn’t available online? Our guest speaker Melanie Spurgeon from Mesa, Arizona provided an eye-opening list of resources that aren’t online. She recently retired as the State Archivist and Director of…
Pat Dawydowych Perhaps you or a loved one is living with Parkinson’s, cognitive decline, dementia, Alzheimer’s or some other form of neurodegenerative disease. Music Mends Minds invites you to make music with us! You are welcome to become part of the “Mindful Menders Band” as a musician, singer, volunteer or observer. This group is a…
Sandi Newberry The October meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers, Chapter of Questers International was held in the home of Harriet Shemer with Marilyn Bertke assisting. Harriet presented a program on bisque porcelain. Harriet began antiquing and collecting when she was a child near Philadelphia. She shared her collection of bisque figurines and other decorative pieces.…
Summer rains bring overgrowth of grasses and shrubs on the Arizona National Scenic Trail. Eighteen members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club joined Zach MacDonald, Assistant Trail Director of the Arizona Trail, for three hours of improving the tread of the Arizona Trail at the northern end of Oracle State Park. Ray Peale, co-steward of the…