Robert Koblewski In observance of Labor Day and Patriot Golf Day, the Oro Valley American Legion Post Color Guard honored our veterans by performing a 21-Gun Salute at the MountainView driving range tee on Sept. 7. Many residents attended and sang along for the national anthem.
Jo Ann Evans, Programs The Republican Women of Pinal County will meet at 10 a.m. Oct. 26 in the Coyote Room of the SaddleBrooke Country Club. Our speaker will be Douglas Wolf, the Pinal County Assessor. He will discuss how the upcoming election will affect our bank accounts. Our last meeting was held in September after…
Stuart Watkins This is the last poem I’ll ever write you and I am glad words have been arranged rearragned thoughtfully and randomly presented the gist always the same I love you but your distance has remained friendship contained response restrained yet I still love you no matter where winds fate and time find me…
David Zapatka When your opponent hits the ball high in the air, above your shoulders, think overhead smash! The smash is one of the most fun shots in all of pickleball. It ends rallies with an exclamation point. Execute this fun, rally-ending shot using these seven steps: 1. Use many small steps to position your…
Anne Grant In a flash, the photographer has captured a moment The photographic image, frozen now, and thus suspended out of time, Invites me to roam There’s much I do not know Does the overarching lynx, suspended in mid-air Reaching for the golden partridge terrifyingly suspended between life and death make his kill? Safely removed,…
Becky Kueker I had a bad fall recently. Shopping at a furniture store when a young man pushed past me and I fell backwards over a bench and went splat on the floor. Not funny of course but the actions after the fact made me pause to think about how we have to take adversity…