Pat Cox Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 used a $2,000 Elks National Foundation Spotlight Grant and close to $4,000 in donations from the lodge to purchase 210 backpacks and personal items for homeless and transitioning veterans. Thirty-three Elks lodge veterans, under the leadership of Dan Bradshaw, met and filled the backpacks with shirts, socks, underwear,…
Stuart Watkins I won my pile of woes riding in rodeos county, state, even national rodeos broke my nose and bent my spurs riding in rodeos but I’m a cowboy can’t you see got the rodeo blood in me roping a steer ain’t nothing I fear bull riding is another thing thought I was cowboy…
Kris Rudin Our putter in the spotlight this month is Thelma O’Loughlin. She has been a part of the MountainView Lady Putters (MVLP) for 15 years. She started with no prior golf experience. Thelma is originally from Oklahoma, but has spent the last 16 years between Michigan and Arizona. Her favorite thing about being a…
Stuart Watkins Driving and walking around the various streets in SaddleBrooke, I began to notice the odd, unusual, and beautiful pieces of art that many of our residents have in their front yards. Drive or walk a different route from the one you usually take and pause to check out some of the sculptures, art,…
Jan Tenery Originally planned for April 4 and 5, the art tour has been rescheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.oracleartiststudiotour.org for updates. Drive the high desert byways of Oracle and visit more than 40 artists and artisans showing and selling in…
Stuart Watkins Sucking on a green mint looking around the Gift Shop lots of artist’s works for sale not a customer all day nary a one Artists work so hard on their crafts show them off on consignment and hope, wait, hope that someone will appreciate and buy share the artist’s joy with a loved…