Melanie Einbund Magic! It was absolute magic when some five or so years ago I started playing timpani with my adult school band in Northern California. To be a part of making music was just pure magic! Now I play with SaddleBrooke Winds & Strings. Every Friday morning, for an hour and a half, we…
Cutting the Cord and Home Automation SIGs in November Linda Shannon-Hills A special interest group (SIG) is a community within a larger organization that has a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning, or technology where members cooperate to affect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet,…
Debbie Witten Eight women play pickleball each Thursday evening. They have been playing together all year. The group was started by Linda Wright. She keeps the women organized, as well as maintains a list of available substitutes for the regular members. They took on the name of Sweet Pickles shortly after the group was formed.
The Horseback Riding Group was treated to a really fun ride down the Tanque Verde Wash with the stable of Rockin’ Star Ranch. The group of seven met at the trailhead by the wash to mount up. Then they headed down the broad, sandy wash, which was being crisscrossed in spots by shallow meandering streams running…
Joy Hellard Carved pumpkins, hot apple cider, cozy sweaters—these are my thoughts of fall as I watch my fireplace cast dancing shadows around the room. Autumn is my favorite season. It is the time of year when nature brings forth its last burst of beauty as if it had been saving up for a spectacular…
Scholarship Student Majors in Political Science and Arabic Ron Andrea Anastasia Taylor graduated from high school with honors and a 3.7 GPA. In addition to excelling in her classes, she was also an active volunteer in both her school and community. Her school counselor described her as “an outgoing young leader” and her history teacher…