Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg She was a slightly built lady whom I saw sitting in a CVS store near the photo department. Her walker was beside her. She had a smartphone and was scrolling through it to find photos. Also beside her was a young, pretty, dark-haired woman home health care aide who was wearing…
Ruth Caldwell It was a beautiful day for the inaugural hiking combo—a tour of the historic Colossal Cave in Vail, Ariz., and a hike in Colossal Cave Mountain Park and the Arizona Trail. Colossal Cave’s human history reaches back as far as the Hohokam, circa 900-1300 AD, then rediscovered by new residents of the Wild…
Al Weigel Yes, you heard that right. Tickets for the spring production of The House of Agatha Mystrie are still available. Let me introduce our scintillating cast: • Agatha Mystrie: Shawne Cryderman • Dudley: Jim Burke • Anna Sthesia: Karen Moore • Rob Remington: Jay Schweitzer • Nancy Sketch: Mary Kay Voss • Frank Hardly: Al…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg My friend Laura Benson kept saying to me, “You have to interview Jo Helms for an article!” After several months, I finally was able to call Jo to set up an interview. And what an interview it was! Jo Helms is the volunteer coordinator (17 years and running) for the MountainView…
R.O.S.E., Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly Scammers are everywhere. They continue to attack unsuspecting individuals in new ways. In our increasingly digital world, scammers are constantly finding ways to exploit unsuspecting individuals. It starts with stolen, or compromised, credentials—your account IDs and passwords. Criminal rings harvest credentials by different forms of phishing. Whether through email…
Raymond H. Goettsch Pickleball play at the Ed Robson Pickleball Center is now on television. SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) has installed a 43-inch television monitor in the Michael and Shirley Hovan Ramada. The monitor lists the daily schedule for the forms of play, court by court, from 7 a.m. through 5 p.m.: drop-in play, round-robin…