This lively 1953 operetta follows the story of a horse raised in Tucson that defies all odds to win the prestigious Kentucky Derby. Emmerich Kálmán, the Jewish Hungarian composer of the piece, moved to Hollywood to write movie music after fleeing Nazi persecution during World War II. He also spent a great deal of time…
Terry Barringer The Women’s Ministry of Community Church At SaddleBrooke is excited to present a five-week video study by renowned author Kay Warren, co-founder of Saddleback Church in southern California. Kay Warren has a passion for inspiring and motivating others to make a difference in their lives. This passion inspired her to write her newest…
Linda Ryan Pinal County Library District offers free eBooks to residents of Pinal County. Their digital platform has a wide variety of works and genres so there is something for everyone. In addition to having over 4500 eBooks, a digital library card would enable you to have access to research databases, hoopla digital streaming media,…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg My husband parked our car under the portico of Fairwinds at La Reserve. I helped Joan, my 93 ½ year-old mother-in-law, exit from the back seat while my husband unloaded his mother’s collapsible, wheeled walker. Once we saw that Joan was steady on her feet we said our goodbyes. We watched…
Rett Benedict The Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter met on April 11, 2015, at the MountainView Clubhouse in SaddleBrooke. The speaker was General Earl T. O’Loughlin, United States Air Force (retired). General O’Loughlin entered the Air Force as an enlisted man and retired as a Four Star General. He flew 29 combat missions over North Korea,…
Jane Gromelski Do you remember dancing at Sock Hops in the high school gym? We couldn’t wear shoes because the finish on the gym floor might be damaged, but our moms were not happy with us when the bottoms of our socks were no longer white. Fortunately, the finishes on wood floors today no longer…