Category: April 2021

Sixty Months of Happy Hours and Still Counting

Janelle Authur Sixty-three Unit 8Ars gathered at the neighborhood cul-de-sac for a group picture and celebration of 60 months-in-a-row of happy hours on Feb. 19. The happy hour gatherings started at The Bistro in March 2016 with a small group of the first Unit 8Ars. The monthly event quickly became a Unit 8A tradition as…

Community Map: Let’s Hear from You!

Elizabeth Maddox, Editorial Assistant Can you believe that it’s already springtime here in Arizona? It seems as if the year just began! The end of 2020 saw a new addition to Robson Publishing: the introduction of our new community map. We were excited to introduce the community map to you with its wealth of information…

IJSS and SaddleBrooke Ranch

Gerri Koen Mike and I would like to tell you about the Institute for Judaic Services and Studies (IJSS) in SaddleBrooke. We meet monthly from September through April, at SaddleBrooke, MountainView Clubhouse. Due to COVID restrictions, currently services are on Zoom. The IJSS hopes to resume in-person services by Rosh Hashanah. My husband and I have…

Word of the Month: Negentropy

David Zapatka While reading Starseed Transmissions by Ken Carey, I ran across the word negentropy. I’ve always been fascinated by the word entropy and its meaning so I was immediately intrigued by this related word driving me to research it for this month’s issue. Entropy: noun /ˈentrəpē/ 1. thermodynamics: a measure of the unavailable energy in a…

Volunteers Help Fight Hunger in the Copper Corridor

Maggie de Block Help us fight hunger in Pinal County. The first step to making hunger disappear, according to the Feeding America Program, is to recognize the seriousness of the problem. Children face hunger through no fault of their own in higher numbers then the general population. One in five adults face hunger in Arizona,…

Ranch Roots Genealogy Club Update

Pegg Ridolfo It’s been a long year of isolating at home. Hopefully you’ve all stayed safe and sane and taken time to continue with your genealogy research. As of now we are planning a first meeting back for the club and any new residents who are interested in joining the group, on Sept. 27, from…

U.S. Military History: Armed Forces Day

Ross Dunfee Armed Forces Day is celebrated May 15 this year but with Memorial Day also in May this Armed Forces Day article is printed in April to avoid printing two articles in May. Clip and save. Each of the Branches of Military Service (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard) has a day…

L’hitra’ot, Rabbi Seltzer

Rabbi Seltzer

Melani Einbund Institute of Jewish Services and Studies (IJSS) April services will be held on Friday, April 23 at 7 p.m. Rabbi Seltzer will be officiating. Services will be viewed via Zoom. IJSS members will be receiving the Zoom link prior to Friday, April 23 via email. Following is a discussion with Rabbi Seltzer as…