Kay Sullivan Bill Wilkening, a 15-year volunteer for the Watershed Management Group, gave a presentation called “Rainwater Harvesting: It’s More Than Just Tanks” to 50 Nature Club members on Feb. 12 in the DesertView Theater. Some of Bill’s family members can trace their Tucson roots back for six generations. He shared that his grandfather used…
John Ahlen On March 29 Gays, Lesbians and Allies at SaddleBrooke (GLAAS) will welcome Dr. Tracey Kurtzman, an esteemed Tucson pediatrician, to speak on the topic of caring for transgender children and their families. Dr. Kurtzman practices at El Rio Health, here in Tucson, where she cares for young patients and also teaches medical students…
Pat Knepler Spring is the time of new beginnings. The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club is just that. We strive to keep our dances and activities varied enough so that everything seems new and fresh. April may be known as the time for showers in much of the world—“April showers bring May flowers”—but here, April brings…
Join the Santa Catalina Catholic Church Mental Health Ministry as it presents its March Mental Health Focus. Danielle Trujillo, director of Clinical Services at Sonora Behavioral Health, will be presenting on mental health in children and adolescents. The presentation will be at 14380 N. Oracle Road on March 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. and…
Letta Jo Case Letta Jo Case, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and dedicated advocate for animals, passed away on Feb. 15, 2024, in Tucson, Ariz., at the age of 88. Jo was born on May 29, 1935, in Shawnee, Okla., to her parents, Joe Smoykeifer and Lava Smith Maggert, and half-sister, Beverly Smoykiefer. On Feb. 15, 1958, Jo married her…
Joe Giammarino Tucson Parks and Recreation and Pain Institute of Southern Arizona presents the 39th Annual Senior Olympic Festival. This festival is a celebration to promote fitness, health, and an active lifestyle among adults 50 years of age and older. Events include volleyball, billiards, bowling, bridge, racquetball, basketball shoot, pickleball, archery, golf, tennis, horseshoes, badminton,…