Danna C. Koelling The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a nonprofit service organization. Membership is based on documented proof of direct lineage to a person who served in the war. Service can be military, patriotic, civil or a signer of the Declaration of Independence. DAR is involved in many projects locally and around…
Colonel Rett Benedict The speakers for the January 21 meeting of the Catalina Mountain Satellite were SaddleBrooke residents Jim and Joanna Fairweather relating the story of “where they were” on September 11, 2001. They were flying former President George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, from Washington D.C. to Milwaukee and then to the…
Harriet Shemer The Catalina Timewalkers, a SaddleBrooke chapter of the national organization of Questers, January meeting featured a presentation about Theo Faberge and his St. Petersburg Collection of eggs. Theo Faberge was the grandson of Carl Faberge the creator of the Russian Imperial Eggs. He continued the tradition of creating decorative eggs that were sold…
Patricia Tarner Back by popular demand, Barry Webb returned to share his in-depth knowledge of the forces of terrorism in the form of al-Qaeda and ISIS which threaten not only the very foundation of the United States but the safety of the world at large. To the fascination of his audience, Mr. Webb shared the…
Participants in the Wasson Peak hike on Tuesday, January 17 were Dave Corrigan, Ray Peale, Kathryn Madore, Larry Allen, Rick Hagen, Fred Norris, Seth Basker, Dave Streicher, Jeff Traft, Wendy Butler Burns, Steve Aiken, Tom Gieger and Clare Collins.
Micki Wilverding The Refugee Ministry of Santa Catalina Catholic Church has teamed up with Refugee Focus, a refugee resettlement agency in Tucson. We are currently seeking basic items to set up apartments in Tucson for newly arriving refugee families. Household items such as lamps, kitchen utensils, can openers, pots and pans, other cookware, teakettles, household…