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National Park Week April 22-30

Linda Harvey Every year one week is set aside to celebrate our national parks. This year National Park Week is April 22 through April 30. There are more than 400 park sites to choose from. With 22 in Arizona alone, the national park service is recommending three ways to engage with the parks during this week.…

Do You Want to Help Refugees Start New Lives?

Leslie Fore Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) Refugee Services helps set up apartments for incoming refugee families. These families have spent time in refugee camps in other countries and have been approved to come to the U.S. to start a new life. LSS-SW is in need of dining or kitchen table/chair sets, sofas,…

Having Trouble Getting Tucson TV Stations?

Ed Ehrman Surprised your news and weather TV stations are based out of Phoenix when using Dish Network or Direct TV? Perhaps neighbors told you how to work around the system to receive Tucson TV stations, which worked until you had a service problem or power outage, and you were reset back. This problem is…

Changing Your Reaction to Stress

Rev. Suzanne Marlatt Stewart The following story, “Stress and the Glass of Water,” is often quoted in stress management therapies. The story reminds us that stress is something very subjective. Stress is part of our lives and can be very helpful to achieve our goals. “If we think too much and for too long about any…

Word of the Month: Sempiternal

David Zapatka While reading The Metaphysics of Ping Pong by Guido Mina Di Sospiro recently, I ran across this long sentence, “…I certainly didn’t suspect a number of things: that I’d be soundly beaten by my teenage son; that shortly thereafter I’d become obsessed with table tennis; that my obsession would fuel a grueling initiation…